Chapter 152

There seemed to be someone walking outside the door. She didn't know if the hospital still provided food this late, but there seemed to be a 24-hour McDonald's nearby. He Lele thought for a moment, then got up and climbed out of bed.

The light in the hallway made her feel uncomfortable for a moment. It should have been past the time for rounds, and the hallway was empty. Thinking of the footsteps she had just heard, she couldn't help but smile. Could it be some "good friend"?

Down on the first floor, He Lele was just about to head outside when she saw a woman in a patient's gown poking her head into the lobby from the wall of the corridor. Her sneaky behavior in the middle of the night was both strange and suspicious.

He Lele pressed the elevator door and gave a light cough. The strange woman immediately turned around, startled!

Xiao Sha?

"Xiao—"

"Shut up!" Xiao Sha glared viciously at He Lele and hissed in a low, urgent voice. She glanced toward the lobby, scanned He Lele up and down, and then stepped forward to grab He Lele and pull her into the restroom on the other side.

"Why are you here? Never mind! Take off your clothes and give them to me!" Closing the door, Xiao Sha frowned, her whole body filled with anxiety and urgency.

He Lele took a step back. "Miss Xiao, you are a patient. It would be best not to—"

"I told you to give me your clothes!"

Seeing that Xiao Sha's state was not right, He Lele decisively turned to open the door, but Xiao Sha had been prepared. She kicked He Lele in the back of the knee, covered her mouth, and grabbed her head, slamming it hard against the vanity.

Looking coldly at the unconscious He Lele, Xiao Sha's eyes were full of disgust. "You refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit." She had long wanted to teach this bitch a lesson; a mere little assistant actually dared to play her in public! After that last time, she had people looking for this little bitch for a long time without success. She didn't expect to run into her here! If she weren't in a rush to get out, she would definitely have given this little bitch a memory she would never forget!

Recalling the humiliation she suffered last time, Xiao Sha couldn't stop her anger. She raised her hand and slapped her several more times before taking off He Lele's clothes and changing into them.

Glancing at He Lele's chest on the ground, a trace of embarrassment flashed through Xiao Sha's eyes. Then, thinking of the attitude Ruan Lin and Qin Zhixiu had toward this ugly woman that day, Xiao Sha's anger rose from her heart. She stepped on He Lele's hand and ground down hard, gritting her teeth...

"Those who go against me never have a good end! You're lucky this time, but next time I'll make you beg for my forgiveness while you're wide awake!"

Half an hour later, Zong's Hospital was in an uproar.

Three days later.

"I can do it myself, I'm really fine now." He Lele looked at the food by her mouth, then at the frowning Ruan Lin. She didn't know whether to open her mouth or not.

"..." Ruan Lin took the food into his own mouth, then leaned over and kissed her lips!

He Lele was so scared she raised her hand to push against his chest. "I'll eat, I'll eat!" She had seen people feed water like that, but never food!

The nurse on the side chuckled softly, looked at He Lele with envy, then shyly glanced at Ruan Lin's back, and left the ward with the used gauze.

He Lele swallowed the food in her mouth. "Mr. Ruan—Ruan Lin, I'm really fine now. Didn't Dr. Zong say I could be discharged if I was fine after the observation period?"

"...Finish eating first." The low, magnetic voice struck straight at the heart, making it impossible to resist.

He Lele mechanically opened her mouth and chewed, completely unable to taste the food. It was the same ward, but starting three days ago, the roles of patient and caregiver had swapped. Ruan Lin before her was dressed in white clothes and black trousers, simple and without any decoration, but his overbearing presence was even more apparent.

After finally finishing the meal, before she could even speak, Ruan Lin kissed her, not letting go of her lips until she was flushed and struggling to breathe.

What was this? Rinsing her mouth after a meal?

"Ruan Lin, you..." He Lele looked at the small window on the door. Although this was practically an internal hospital, there was no guarantee that gossip wouldn't get out. If... "There are nurses here who can take care of me. You still have work, right?"

"Do you want me to leave?" The domineering dragon eyes stared straight at her.

"I..."

"If I leave now, what do you think I'll do?"

He Lele swallowed. She remembered that when she first woke up, she saw Zong Jieran and several male doctors holding Ruan Lin back to keep him from rushing out. With Ruan Lin's expression and the bulging veins on his hands at the time, she had no doubt about his anger and killing intent.

Ruan Lin pressed the service bell, then lifted the blanket off He Lele and sat beside her, picking up a script to read.

The filming of the movie hadn't ended, and his scenes weren't finished either. He was just taking a few days off in the middle.

He Lele stopped speaking and quietly watched his perfect profile—thick brows like blades, dragon eyes full of power, a handsome nose, lips of even thickness... Under the lens, he was so charming and multifaceted. His total devotion and persistent maintenance of his image and reputation as an actor made her admire him. But as a man, as one of the owners she served...

Although she wanted to treat it as a nightmare, and although she tried hard not to remember, how could she? He raped her, over and over... but she was still grateful, grateful for the way he treated her.

"Don't you want to sleep for a while?"

"...I'll get fat."

"Then let's go for a walk?"

He Lele shook her head. She didn't want to be seen by more people.

Seeing this, Ruan Lin put away the script, turned on the TV, placed the remote control in her left hand, and then gently protected her still-swollen right hand in front of her.

He Lele's nose felt a bit sore. "Ruan Lin..."

"Don't say it, don't say anything." Beneath his deep expression lay suppressed emotion.

"No," He Lele gritted her teeth, pulled back her right hand, and got out of bed. "Enough, don't do this anymore. I am not anyone to you, and I can't handle this kind of ambiguous relationship. After the three-month term is up, I will not appear in your life again." She pointed at the TV screen. "From now on, you will just be a person on the screen to me, and I..."