Chapter 743: Sweetness in the Hospital Room

When Lao Qi received the message from the Madam, he had just gotten off the plane.

After successfully delivering the young lady to L Country and into Qi Fu, he had rushed back without a moment's rest.

His right eyelid had been twitching incessantly the whole way; he had a premonition that something bad was going to happen, but he just hadn't expected it to become reality so quickly.

Lao Qi drove the car at high speed, and when he arrived at the hospital and saw Nianyin, his heart was nearly shattered!

Nianyin had fallen asleep after taking painkillers, her palm-sized face scrunched up into a ball from the pain, pale as paper; Lao Qi felt an unbearable ache in his heart.

"Madam, you should go back; leave this to me."

"Can you handle it here by yourself?" Shi Youxuan expressed her doubt.

Her daughter had already told her everything that happened at the airport, leaving nothing out.

Lao Qi and Nianyin were currently in a state of having fallen out, and she was afraid that if Lao Qi stayed, Nianyin would vent her anger on him when she woke up.

Lao Qi smiled, a bitter smile: "It's fine, Madam. If she doesn't want to see me, I'll leave; I won't make her angry."

Shi Youxuan:...

Very well, it is better to let the two of them resolve their own affairs.

Nianyin opened her eyes.

A concerned voice rang out by her ear: "You're awake? Do you want to drink some water?"

A moment later, a straw was brought to her lips.

She was extremely thirsty.

Even though she recognized it was Lao Qi's voice, she still drank two mouthfuls, feeling quite spineless.

Warm water.

It even had a little honey in it, slightly sweet.

"Thank you," Nianyin said in gratitude.

Lao Qi let out a sigh of relief.

Thank goodness, she didn't tell him to get lost.

It was much better than he had expected.

"Are you hungry? Eat something, okay? This is soup Fang Jie simmered; it's very fragrant."

Lao Qi opened the thermal container, and the intense, savory aroma of pork rib and kelp soup wafted over.

Fang Jie was actually not willing to simmer soup for Nianyin; such "ingrate" behavior was truly displeasing.

It was he who had shamelessly begged for it.

He ladled a small bowl and brought it over; Nianyin's hands were inconvenient for holding a spoon, so Lao Qi fed it to her.

He carefully scooped a spoonful of soup first, blew on it, and waited until it wasn't too hot to burn her mouth before bringing it to Nianyin's face: "Open your mouth."

She felt embarrassed to let him feed her and said softly: "Put it down, I'll do it myself."

Lao Qi smiled and countered: "How will you do it yourself?"

"With both hands bandaged up like ping-pong paddles, how can you do it yourself?"

Nianyin blushed.

Lao Qi brought the spoon to Nianyin's lips again, and this time she did not refuse.

Fang Jie had great culinary skills; the pork ribs were stewed until soft and tender, the kelp was flavorful and soft—it was savory and delicious!

She hadn't been very hungry, but because it was so tasty, she ate quite a bit from Lao Qi's hand.

"Thank you, I'm full."

No sooner had she finished speaking than a layer of fine sweat beads suddenly broke out on Nianyin's forehead, and her palm-sized face scrunched into a ball.

"Are you in pain? I'll go find the doctor."

Lao Qi put down the rice bowl and ran out quickly, bringing the doctor back shortly after.

The doctor came over to take a look, then spread his hands to indicate there was nothing he could do!

"I'm very sorry, sir, but she has reached the limit for her painkiller dosage today; she cannot take any more medication."

Lao Qi grew anxious: "Then what should we do? Just watch her suffer in pain?"

The doctor: "Yes."

Yes?

Lao Qi wanted to hit someone.

But in the end, he didn't.

He wrung out a hot towel to wipe the sweat from Nianyin's head.

He comforted her and told jokes to distract her!

Then he massaged her Zusanli acupoint to relieve the pain.

There are two major acupoints on the human body for pain relief, namely Hegu and Zusanli.

Hegu could not be pressed; pressing it only made it hurt more!

"Stop pressing, I'm fine, it doesn't hurt anymore..." Nianyin's voice grew smaller and smaller.

From childhood to adulthood, this was the first time she had been in such "intimate" contact with a man.

In fact, Nianyin had basically never been in contact with a normal man!

The men of the Ji Family had been tamed for years; they were all timid and submissive, and they didn't even dare to raise their heads when talking to women.

Feiying was the first man she had ever met who truly seemed like a man; just once, and he had walked into her heart!

Lao Qi was the second.

Nianyin blushed involuntarily, her heart beating "thump-thump" quite violently.

She didn't want to be like this, but she just couldn't control herself.

Lao Qi didn't notice.

He wasn't looking at Nianyin's face, just focused on massaging her acupoints.

Nianyin spoke, but he didn't hear clearly what she said, so Lao Qi looked up and asked, "What?"

Looking up, he was met directly with Nianyin's blushing face.

"It doesn't hurt anymore, you don't need to massage it, thank you."

Her voice was still very soft, but this time Lao Qi heard it clearly.

He was overjoyed.

This was a good sign; blushing meant she didn't dislike him, and if she didn't dislike him, there was a chance.

"Alright, lie down and rest for a while."

After all, Lao Qi was ten years older than Nianyin and much more composed.

Though happy inside, he didn't show it on his face, lest Nianyin feel embarrassed.

He considerately helped Nianyin flatten her pillow, helped her lie down properly, and covered her with the quilt.

Nianyin closed her eyes, and soon steady breathing sounds could be heard.

It seemed she had fallen asleep.

Lao Qi went out quietly and closed the door.

Once the door was closed, Nianyin immediately opened her eyes and let out a deep breath!

So hot.

She wanted to throw off the quilt to get some air; her body felt sweaty and uncomfortable.

Mainly, she was too nervous; she was twenty years old, and this was the first time she had been this nervous.

It wasn't just nervousness; her heart was also pounding like a little deer.

As soon as her hand touched the quilt, a sharp pain struck, making her gasp, which also brought her back to reality!

Impossible.

It was destined to be impossible between her and Lao Qi; they were people from two different worlds, and she had sworn before Feiying's grave to be his woman for a lifetime.

Nianyin calmed down.

……

Lao Qi returned, again moving quietly, placed a cup of milk tea on Nianyin's bedside table, and then sat on a chair to keep watch.

Nianyin turned over, her brows slightly furrowed.

She had touched her hand, and the pain was piercing!

The hand pain was bearable, but she needed to go to the restroom, and that was hard to endure.

Yet he just sat there and wouldn't leave; why hadn't he left yet?

Didn't this man know it was very inconvenient for him to sit there?

Lao Qi was oblivious.

He didn't know Nianyin was feigning sleep and stared at her infatuatedly.

But as he watched, he noticed something was wrong; her eyelashes were moving, and although it was a slight movement, it was still caught by Lao Qi.

Why feign sleep?

Did she not want to see him?

He turned and went out, and a moment later, a nursing assistant came in, went to the hospital bed, and asked softly, "Miss Nianyin, do you need help?"

……

Lao Qi stood outside, waited for the nursing assistant to come out, and then went back in.

"Would you like some milk tea? You girls all like to drink it."

Nianyin glared at him: "You know quite a lot about girls, don't you."

Lao Qi nodded honestly: "I don't know that much, but my previous girlfriends all liked drinking milk tea, so I figured you girls are all about the same..."

Halfway through his sentence, he realized belatedly that he probably shouldn't have said that, because Nianyin was still glaring at him, looking very angry.

"Get out—" she squeezed the word out through her teeth.

Lao Qi: "Nianyin, listen to me explain..."

Nianyin: "Get out, get out, get out, don't ever come again, I don't want to see you."

She was very angry, and she didn't know where such a big temper came from, but she was just furious; she kept telling Lao Qi to get lost, and if he didn't leave, she would jump up and hit him!

Lao Qi "got out."

He was actually quite happy "getting out" to the hallway.

Nianyin being angry was a good thing, not a bad thing; being angry meant she had taken him into her heart.

Perhaps the silly girl hadn't realized it herself, but it didn't matter; he had realized it, and he would help her face her own heart!

He didn't go far, just paced back and forth in the corridor.

He chuckled "hehe," smiling like a fool.