Chapter 40

Early the next morning, after the doctor checked, the people and cars sent by Zhai Feiyun had already arrived at the hospital. That Dr. Zong also ran over to join the fun again. When Mu Wei was carried into the RV, Dr. Zong walked into the carriage, first charmingly tucked his long curly hair behind his ears, and then looked at Mu Wei with a smile.

"How did you offend Shentu?"

Mu Wei frowned. His relationship with Shentu wasn't bad; he didn't remember when he had violated Shentu's taboos.

"Didn't you feel pain when you were getting stitches?"

"..." He had never suffered an injury that required stitches since he was a child, and he didn't know how painful stitches "should" be.

"It's none of my business, I just found out; Shentu, the major shareholder, called the anesthesiologist on duty that night directly..."

☆, Chapter 48: Past Events Over

Seeing Mu Wei sitting in a wheelchair like a semi-finished mummy being pushed into the living room by He Lele, Ruan Lin's schadenfreude on the sofa was beyond words. But when he learned that in order to take care of Mu Wei, He Lele had to stay by Mu Wei's side except for meal times, and even had to sleep on a floor mat by his bed at night, a sentence floated out of Ruan Lin's eyes nakedly—

Why don't you just die.

"Mr., Mr. Ruan, your face?"

Ruan Lin smiled handsomely. "It's fine, it'll fade in two days. Compared to some bastard, what's this injury of mine?"

"But don't you have a new movie press conference tomorrow?"

"...How did you know? Oh... so you're actually my fan?" A trace of pride leaped into Ruan Lin's black eyes.

"Are you two done talking?" Mu Wei glanced at the extremely smug Ruan Lin impatiently, pressed the remote control of the electric wheelchair, and drove toward the elevator.

He Lele hurried to follow, but when she passed Ruan Lin, she was grabbed by him. Ruan Lin stood up from the sofa and sized up He Lele's body for a while.

"Are you... better?"

"...Mm, clean." She answered in a low voice, feeling a bit awkward. She hadn't forgotten what she had once promised...

"No, I mean... forget it." A sense of powerlessness hit his brain, and Ruan Lin sat back on the sofa to read the script.

That night, Shentu Mo didn't return to the apartment. He Lele took time to see Qin Zhixiu at night and found that Ji Jie was already there.

"It's okay, you go take care of Mu Wei," Qin Zhixiu smiled gently, clean as a lotus, making her almost unable to remember the appearance of him being drunk, chaotic, and rude when she first met him.

"Good night, Mr. Qin, Mr. Ji."

"Hmph." Ji Jie snorted disdainfully.

Before the elevator door closed, He Lele clearly heard a sentence—

"Let her take care of him; I'm afraid Mu Wei's left leg hasn't healed yet, and the leg in the middle will be ruined. Stay away from her in the future."

And the sentence she didn't hear was:

"Ji Jie... you're done for."

Taking care of Mu Wei wasn't easy. Every time changing medicine, wiping the body, and massaging took a lot of time. Fortunately, Mu Wei was quite cooperative. Most of the time, he lay half-reclined on the bed, watching TV and reading magazines, basically not looking at her directly. Even when feeding him, he was flipping through magazines, eating one bite after another.

"Lele, you haven't called me for several days. Why do I feel like you're busier than me? Did you encounter any trouble? If you have something, you must, must tell me!"

When Mu Wei was taking a nap, she happened to receive a call from Lingyu. She walked to the balcony, sat on the platform leaning against the wall, listened to her friend's concern, and let the strong light of the sun burn her skin. She could feel a lot of grievances and repression gradually fading.

Every gain and loss is between looking up and looking down. Whether it's sorrow or joy depends on the direction of the heart. If the heart is calm, it is strong; if there is no desire, it is unyielding. As long as her family is safe and her friends are happy, as long as their love is always with her, she doesn't need to care too much about other things, especially... when she is powerless to care.

She knew very well that she was just an ordinary person without heaven-defying, powerful abilities. She could only... live with the trend, strive to maintain her original heart, not be changed by the environment, not be tempted by others, and live simply, happily, and contentedly.

Shentu Mo returned at dinner time, but Ji Jie and Qin Zhixiu were nowhere to be seen. Before Ruan Lin could pick up his chopsticks, Shentu dragged Ruan Lin to the seventh floor. He Lele went up to check with some worry and saw the two of them fighting fiercely on the boxing ring. Just looking at their appearance, it was hard to tell they would have such agile skills—firm and smooth movements, agile and rapid reactions, without any redundant exploratory movements, every move and style was orderly and evenly matched.

Seeing that the two were just sparring, she went to serve Mu Wei dinner. The entertainment news on TV reported that Ruan Lin was absent from the press conference due to his confidential look, and as a special surprise, the film's production team announced that the popular idol singer Qin Zhixiu would create and sing the theme song and ending song of the film.

He Lele originally just listened casually, but when the host mentioned the name of the second female lead of "One Life, One Lifetime," she couldn't help but turn her head to look at the TV screen.

The name of the second female lead was—Du Wei.

The news didn't show the scene of the press conference again, and she couldn't judge from Qin Zhixiu's expression whether this Du Wei was the girl he had always loved. But Qin Zhixiu and Ji Jie hadn't returned yet...

"How long do you plan to watch?" Mu Wei's voice was magnetic and rich, very charming, but since that day, he always carried a strong gunpowder smell when talking to her.

He Lele turned her head and continued to pick up food for him.

"...Mr. Mu, I did indeed do things that made you angry, but you have also... given me punishment. Can't we let the past be over and get along peacefully? At least if you are happy, your injuries will heal faster."

"Do you think that after provoking me, that little punishment can make me stop being angry?"

"Then what do you want me to do?"

"..." Mu Wei lowered his eyes to look at the magazine. What did he want her to do? A woman who sold herself had messed up his affairs. In the past, he would definitely have called someone to abolish her; how could he "hope she would do something"! But now, there was still a ball of fire in his stomach, but he didn't let anyone continue to attack her, and he let her stay by his side so he could watch her and be even angrier every day—was he crazy!

Ding-ling! The elevator doorbell rang.