Chapter 410

Qiao Muting lowered his head, looking down at Shu Xia in his arms, "Have you fallen in love with me?"

Shu Xia's back stiffened instantly, and she pulled away slightly from Qiao Muting.

These past two days, her relationship with Qiao Muting...

And she clearly felt that she had begun to be moved by him.

Facing Qiao Muting, it is believed that few women could remain unmoved.

It was just that, remembering how they had registered their marriage at the start and the agreement they had made not long ago, she cast her gaze toward the sunset glow in the distance, "We aren't supposed to talk about love between us, are we? I have kept that in my heart the whole time."

Upon hearing this, Qiao Muting's already bottomless pupils grew even darker, and the smile at the corners of his thin lips retracted inch by inch, "Right, we don't talk about love between us."

Shu Xia's curled eyelashes trembled lightly, and a spot in her heart felt as if it had been tugged, a wave of pain washing over her.

She secretly took a deep breath, putting on a facade of peace.

In this very moment, the distance that had originally closed between them was pulled apart again.

The boat soon returned to the pier.

After docking at the pier, the two got into the car and returned to the hotel, and for dinner, they had the hotel send something up to eat.

After showering, Qiao Muting changed into casual clothes and was putting on his wristwatch when Shu Xia walked out of the bathroom.

Qiao Muting swept a glance at Shu Xia and said in a flat tone, "I'm going to the hospital for a bit."

Shu Xia nodded, "Okay."

She held a towel in her hand, gently drying her hair.

As Qiao Muting left, Shu Xia glanced at the closed door.

Then she calmly withdrew her gaze and picked up the hairdryer to dry her hair.

Twenty minutes later.

The hospital.

Song Ziqi was looking at the messages of encouragement her classmates had sent her on her phone.

The concern and greetings from these people were not that important to her.

The person she wanted to see most was Brother Mu Ting.

But...

Brother Mu Ting had gone out to sea with Shu Xia today; perhaps he would not come to see her.

The caregiver was taking very diligent care of her nearby.

She glanced at the caregiver, "I will be resting soon at this hour, Auntie, you go and rest."

"No need, no need, I'll wait until you're asleep before I go." The caregiver auntie liked the young girl before her very much; hearing that the young girl's parents were both gone, she wanted to take even more diligent care of her.

Song Ziqi said thank you sweetly.

The caregiver auntie listened and beamed, "If my future daughter-in-law could be as thoughtful and cute as Miss Song, that would be great!"

Song Ziqi had known how to get along with people since she was small; no matter who she met, she would be pleasant and approachable. She smiled sincerely, "Auntie is a kind person, so your wish will definitely come true."

"Hahaha, good, good, good, I'll take your kind words." The caregiver auntie tidied up even more diligently on the side.

She might really have a sensible daughter-in-law in the future!

Just at this moment, Qiao Muting walked into the ward.

Hearing the laughter in the ward, Qiao Muting's expression softened slightly.

The moment Qiao Muting appeared, the caregiver auntie became instantly reserved. This brother of Miss Song possessed a natural, imposing aura that made someone who had lived for more than half a lifetime like her afraid to look directly at him.

"Brother Mu Ting!"

Song Ziqi was incredibly excited the moment she saw Qiao Muting.

If she hadn't just had surgery and couldn't move around, she definitely would have rushed over to hug him by now!

However, this thought had just emerged before she reined it in. He did not like being too close to people; even though he had watched her grow up, he did not like her being too intimate—for instance, linking arms or hugging were all out of the question.

She had hugged him before, and as a result, she was scolded by him.

At first, she would be heartbroken, but later she saw that he was the same way with everyone else.

Especially that Shen Anran, who had previously tried every possible way to get close to Brother Mu Ting, claiming to the outside world that she was good friends with Brother Mu Ting, and even trying to use Jiang Tu to get close to Brother Mu Ting. But what was the result? In Brother Mu Ting's eyes, Shen Anran was no different from a stranger.

And she was very important in Brother Mu Ting's eyes; Brother Mu Ting would arrange many things for her.