Chapter 41

Shu Xia laughed, "This is pearl soup, there are dough drops inside."

It looked like he probably had never eaten pearl soup; and that made sense, if he wanted to eat, all kinds of exquisite dishes would be placed before him, so it was normal that he had neither eaten nor seen pearl soup.

Pearl soup?

Qiao Muting carried the bowl to the dining table.

He didn't start eating, as it was a bit hot.

There weren't many things he liked to eat, and he was somewhat resistant to eating this kind of mushy food.

Shu Xia drank it spoonful by spoonful; although the ingredients were simple, it did not affect the deliciousness.

Seeing Shu Xia eating it mouthful by mouthful, Qiao Muting still picked up his spoon and tried taking a small sip with some difficulty, a very small sip, and after that one small sip, he continued with one spoonful after another.

Before long, Qiao Muting went to the kitchen again, and when he came out, the empty bowl was full again.

Shu Xia did not eat much, and after drinking one bowl, she felt a bit full.

She stood up to get her bag and took out the jewelry box from inside, the very ring that Qiao Nainai had given her at the hospital.

She placed it in front of Qiao Muting.

"You should keep the ring."

Although the ring was very beautiful, so beautiful that it made one want to possess it, it did not belong to her.

It belonged to the wife that Qiao Muting would truly marry in the future.

Qiao Muting looked at the jewelry box Shu Xia handed over, and the image of her hand wearing the ring at the hospital just now surfaced in his mind; that hand was rarely beautiful, slender yet plump and fair, and the nails were simply trimmed without any nail art, which instead made them look clean and pretty.

Except for her, it seemed no one was suitable to wear it.

"Grandmother gave it to you, so it is yours."

"It is too valuable; Grandmother thought we were truly married, she gave it to a granddaughter-in-law, not me." Shu Xia felt her willpower was stronger than before, being able to refuse a diamond ring worth one hundred million.

Qiao Muting raised his eyes to look at Shu Xia, "Grandmother gave it to you; she wouldn't have given it to anyone else, just accept it."

"Alright, I will put it away for now."

Seeing him say this, Shu Xia put the ring away.

Perhaps one day he would regret it, and she could return it to him then.

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Early the next morning, Shu Xia rushed to the hospital.

She left the house at six in the morning, and at this time Qiao Muting should not have been awake, so she sent him a message.

She arrived at the hospital at seven; there were not many people at the hospital at this time.

However, this private hospital did not usually have many patients anyway.

When she arrived at the hospital, Qiao Nainai was eating breakfast, and her complexion was much better than last night; after chatting with Qiao Nainai for over an hour, she left the hospital, preparing to go to Antique Street.

While on the road, Qiao Muting replied to her message.

He only replied with the word "good."

She did not pay much attention to it.

Just as she was about to reach Antique Street, Shu Chen called her.

"Xia Xia, have you seen the post Fu Chenyan made on his Moments?"

"I am driving and haven't looked at my phone, what's wrong, Second Brother?"

Shu Chen was so angry he gritted his teeth, "It's making me so mad, didn't Big Brother say you broke up with him? Is his skin itching for a beating? If I didn't have to stand in for the lead actor for a few scenes today, I would have gone straight to find him!"

"Don't get angry at a piece of human trash, I'll park the car and see what he posted."