Chapter 1220: Sad Tears Are Flying

She didn't bring it up, and Shi Ran didn't ask.

She wanted to be alone and quiet; she didn't want her mother here, as she talked too much, and Shi Ran found it noisy when she went on and on.

"Mom, please go home. The younger brothers at home are about to have exams, and they need you more."

Shi Youxuan lovingly helped her daughter tidy up her stray hair and said softly, "Never mind them; even if they score zero, it's not as important as your health."

"I'm fine, please go back."

Shi Ran insisted, so Shi Youxuan went home.

In the Hospital Ward, only she and Yun Qitian remained.

Tears gushed out; Shi Ran didn't need any disguise now. In front of Yun Qitian, she was the most relaxed and could express her inner emotions freely.

He didn't try to persuade her either.

He silently handed over tissues, wet wipes, a hot towel...

"What are you doing?" Shi Ran took the hot towel, puzzled.

Yun Qitian: "The way you're crying, your eyes will be swollen before long. If you apply a hot towel, they won't swell."

"Thank you!"

She threw herself into his arms, and not only did she not stop crying, she cried even louder!

"Sob..."

"Sob..."

Ten minutes passed, and there was still no sign of Shi Ran stopping.

"Ranran, stop crying." Yun Qitian patted her back and comforted her: "It's not very good for people to hear you crying like this all the time; others will misunderstand."

"Misunderstand what?" She raised her head from Yun Qitian's arms, her beautiful little face tear-stained, which made his heart ache.

Yun Qitian: "You're so smart, can't you guess? Although this is a Hospital Ward, we are a lone man and a lone woman, and you are crying like this. The rumors about us outside are always flying around and never stop. Doesn't doing this just confirm those rumors?"

"Let's get married." Shi Ran had a serious face.

"Don't mess around."

Yun Qitian didn't take it seriously: "I'll go wring out a fresh hot towel; you should wipe your face properly."

He turned around, but his arm was grabbed.

Yun Qitian looked back and met Shi Ran's firm gaze: "I'm not joking with you; I'm serious. But if you mind that I have someone else in my heart, then forget it."

"Then let's forget it; I do mind." Yun Qitian refused decisively.

The refusal was too blunt, and Shi Ran felt a bit awkward.

To resolve the awkwardness, she took the initiative to change the subject: "Thank you for staying with me and taking care of me all these days. You are also quite busy with work. Don't come starting tomorrow; go back to work. I have a caregiver here, so it'll be fine."

"No."

Yun Qitian refused flatly: "I don't feel at ease leaving you to be taken care of by others; only if I take care of you personally will it work... By the way, your father and mother have the same thought."

Shi Ran:...

She had taken the initiative to propose, but Yun Qitian didn't agree.

Yet he wouldn't leave either; what was he trying to do?

"You staying here with me affects you finding other young ladies."

Yun Qitian: "I'm not looking for other young ladies. I've set my heart on you for this life; I won't marry anyone but you."

Shi Ran:...

She was speechless at first, and then she felt a fire in her heart, "creeping" upward.

Before she could speak, Yun Qitian continued: "Are you very angry now? You think that since I won't marry anyone but you, why did I refuse your proposal just now? These are two different things."

"That's right, I like you, and I even racked my brains to get close to you, trying hard to create opportunities to be with you because I really want to marry you, I dream about it. But I don't want one-sided affection, and I don't want a piece of paper to maintain my marriage."

"What I want is not just you as a person, but also your heart, belonging entirely and completely to me alone. If I can't achieve that, I won't marry. Anyway, I will achieve it sooner or later; you can't run away at all!"

Shi Ran was speechless once again.

This guy.

Every time she was about to be moved, he would righteously spout some twisted logic. It seemed overbearing and unreasonable, but if you thought about it carefully, everything he said was right.

Indeed.

Why should Yun Qitian be a rebound guy?

The Yun Family is also a prestigious and influential family in Jiangzhou with a good reputation. Yun Qitian himself is also very outstanding and has been a shining star since he was a child.

No matter how you look at it, Yun Qitian is worthy of her.

The reason he stooped to be her Assistant is because he likes her, not because he really needs to love her humbly.

Love is equal; it can be exchanged but does not need to be given as charity.

Shi Ran soon figured it out and sincerely apologized: "I'm sorry, Qitian. It was my fault just now; I cared too much about my own feelings and ignored your thoughts. I'm sorry."

"It's okay, I forgive you!" He smiled very brightly, revealing two rows of neat, white teeth when he smiled.

"Eat something. People are like iron and rice is like steel; you'll feel miserable if you skip a meal."

He pushed the bedside table over, then took over an insulated box and opened it.

He took out something wrapped tightly from inside. It was impossible to tell what it was, but the fragrance had already leaked out!

Pork rib, winter melon, and kelp soup.

Sure enough, he peeled off the towels wrapped around it layer by layer. Finally, an insulated bucket was revealed. He opened the insulated bucket and poured out the pork rib and winter melon soup.

It was just a bowl of soup, yet he treasured it like this?

She didn't even need to drink it; just by smelling the aroma, Shi Ran could tell the soup was made by Sheng Zichen.

Except for him, no one could make soup that emitted such a rich, fresh fragrance through such tight packaging!

"Come, eat while it's hot."

Yun Qitian ladled out the soup, poured it into a small, fine-porcelain bowl with white flowers and gold-leaf edges, and handed over a soup spoon.

She was not hungry; before smelling the aroma of the soup, she had absolutely no appetite.

But with the soup placed before her, she felt a bit of an appetite.

The milky-white soup broth contained ribs cut into perfectly square, uniform pieces, stewed until soft and tender, melting in the mouth.

The winter melon, which had almost merged with the broth, was slightly green, crystalline, and translucent.

The kelp was emerald green, with specks of enticing, vibrant green scallions and tiny shreds of golden carrot floating on top.

The scallions and carrot shreds had not been stewing in the insulated container the whole time; they had been washed, chopped, and kept in small, sealed bags, then added only after the soup was poured into the bowl.

Last year, relying on this seemingly ordinary soup, Sheng Zichen cured a patient with severe anorexia, and his reputation skyrocketed!

"I'll feed you!"

Shi Ran's arm was inconvenient, so Yun Qitian fed her; after she finished the whole bowl, he asked, "Shall we have another? Eating more helps you recover faster."

"No, I'm full." Shi Ran shook her head, so he did not insist.

Following that, the two did not speak, maintaining a constant silence.

Shi Ran had something on her mind, appearing as if she wanted to speak but was holding back.

But since she did not speak, he did not ask.

Two hours later.

She finally could not hold it in anymore and asked, "Where... is he being kept now? I want to see him one last time."

Yun Qitian said, "Don't go. He was mangled beyond recognition, it's quite gruesome; if you go see him, you won't be able to eat anything when you get back, it'll ruin your appetite."

"I want to go..." Shi Ran said stubbornly in a low voice.

"Wait until your injuries heal before you go; seeing the ashes will be the same by then."

Shi Ran:...

How could it be the same?

Although she and Qi Heng had already broken up, Qi Heng died because of her, so it would not be excessive to go and see him.