He seemed to be frozen. After a long while, he slowly lowered his hand and said, "You are protecting him." It was not a question, but an affirmation. This fact made him want to go crazy.

Why?! For Ye Nanqing, she rushed in like this, even ignoring the danger of being hit by him!

"I..." Xia Qi took a deep breath and said, "I just don't think it's necessary to do this. It's just a misunderstanding. What's more, he is a patient now." She couldn't just watch one person being beaten by another person.

Half dead.

"Misunderstanding?" He leaned down, his face was pale, his skin was almost transparent, without any trace of blood, "Because you once wore the ring you bought with him, so you don't want to wear another ring on your middle finger; because of him,

You lied to me, and now, because you were afraid that he would get hurt, you ran out to protect him regardless of the danger. Do you think it was a misunderstanding?"

Their eyes were level with each other, his face was very close to hers, and his eyes almost seemed to swallow her whole.

The rain kept hitting each other's faces and bodies. Xia Qi felt that her face was burning under Jun Jinyan's gaze. Against her numb scalp, she looked at his bloodshot eyes. His eyes were so...

The ground was cold, yet so moist, so moist that she felt as if tears would roll down from her eyes the next moment.

Is it because of the rain? Or are there really tears in his eyes?!

"I..." She opened her mouth again, but this time, she said one word, but his fingers touched her lips.

He looked at her, his eyes slowly changing from a silent accusation to a kind of hollowness, "Qiqi, now, no matter what you say, I won't believe it anymore." His voice sounded like it was squeezed through his teeth.

It felt like he was coming out, and he was bone-chilling, "I said I believed in you, but I only believed it once, and now, I don't believe it anymore."

Xia Qi looked at Jun Jinyan blankly. Once, this person said that he would believe whatever she said!

But now, the same person is saying that no matter what she says, he will never believe it!

An indescribable bitter feeling suddenly spread in Xia Qi's chest. Why was it so uncomfortable? Could it be that it made her eyes feel hot and her nose sore, as if something was about to come out...

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Jun Jinyan left because he was afraid that if he continued to stay, he would uncontrollably hurt her.

Xia Qi, on the other hand, still stood there blankly, thinking about his last words. She didn't come back to her senses until Ye Nanqing walked up to her with an umbrella.

Looking blankly at the umbrella above her head, Xia Qi's eyes turned to Ye Nanqing.

He was in a mess, and his face was red and swollen from being beaten in several places. If the gossip reporters who usually chased him saw him like this, they would probably be shocked.

"Do you regret it?" Ye Nanqing asked abruptly.

Xia Qi pursed her lips and did not answer. She just said, "I'll take you to the hospital first."

He looked at her, even though she was so embarrassed, he still smiled lightly and said, "Okay."

After getting into Ye Nanqing's car, Xia Qi sat in the driver's seat, while Ye Nanqing sat in the passenger seat.

Although she had not driven for a long time, Xia Qi still started the car skillfully. When she learned to drive, although she signed up for a driving school, most of the time, it was Ye Nanqing who taught her step by step.

She passed the test with almost full marks. Even the teacher at the driving school said that she was the most talented driver among girls.

Driving all the way, we arrived at a well-known private hospital in the city. This hospital mostly receives wealthy people, and the cost of medical treatment is very high, but relatively speaking, the physical protection of the patients is also very good.

Ye Nanqing looks like this now. If he went to an ordinary hospital, I'm afraid he would be on the headlines of the gossip entertainment section of the newspaper the next day!

Xia Qi thought about it. After parking the car in the underground garage, she turned around and found Ye Nanqing with her eyes closed and leaning against the back of the seat, seemingly asleep.

"Ye Nanqing, wake up!" Xia Qi shouted to him, but he showed no signs of waking up and his body remained motionless.

She put her palm against his forehead and immediately frowned. Sure enough, the temperature on his forehead was even higher, it was terrifyingly hot!

He had a fever, was wet in the rain, and had a fight in the rain just now. It was really not surprising that he would be like this.

Xia Qi dragged Ye Nanqing out of the car, put one of his hands around her neck and put it on her shoulder, then supported him with difficulty and walked towards the elevator of the underground garage.

Fortunately, although he was semi-conscious, he seemed to feel that she was supporting him, so he staggered forward and followed her footsteps.

When they arrived at the registration office, Xia Qi registered Ye Nanqing, and Ye Nanqing was sent to the ward. After the doctor looked at it, he said to Xia Qi, "The fever is a bit serious, but the problem is not serious. When I checked him just now, I saw

He has some injuries, and I will arrange for an orthopedic surgeon to come over and check him out later."

"Okay, sorry to trouble you." Xia Qi said, then walked into the ward.

Outside the ward, two nurses whispered, "Is that person who came in just now Ye Nanqing from Sihai Group?"

"They look a bit similar, but if it's Ye Nanqing, who is that girl? Isn't Ye Nanqing's girlfriend Mei Xinyi?" another nurse said.

"Who knows, maybe this woman is just an ordinary secretary, or maybe she is a lover. Anyway, the private life of such a rich man is very messy. Who can tell the truth from the lies?"

"That's right."

…

The conversation between the two nurses gradually became quieter, and in the ward, Xia Qi looked at Ye Nanqing, who was sleeping soundly on the hospital bed. He had already changed into dry hospital clothes, and his hair had been dried by the nurse. No.

Like her, she was still wet all over.

After thinking for a while, she took out her mobile phone and dialed the number of the reception desk of Sihai Group.

"Hello, this is Sihai Group." came the sweet voice of the customer service lady.

"I'd like to speak to your HR manager Li Hongsheng. Could you please transfer him to me?" Xia Qi said.

"Do you have an appointment?" the customer service lady asked.

"As long as you say it's Xiaoqi who is looking for him, he will definitely answer the call." Xia Qi replied.

The other party hesitated, perhaps because Xia Qi's tone was too firm. After a while, the customer service lady said, "Okay, please wait a moment."

Xia Qi didn't wait long before Li Hongsheng answered the phone.

"Xiao Qi, why did you call me?" Li Hongsheng couldn't believe it. After all, Xia Qi had never come to him in three years, and at the last recruitment fair of K University, Li Hongsheng could tell that Xia Qi

Qi is trying hard to clear up the relationship.

"Uncle Li, I'm in the hospital now. Something happened to Ye Nanqing, but it shouldn't be serious. Can you come?" Xia Qi said, giving the address of the hospital.

After all, she was not suitable to stay here to take care of Ye Nanqing, but if she had to leave, it would not be appropriate to leave him alone in the hospital. The best way was to find someone to take over.

After much deliberation, the only person Xia Qi knew who was related to Ye Nanqing, besides Mei Xinyi, was Li Hongsheng.

Li Hongsheng immediately agreed, "I'll be there in half an hour!"

"Okay." Xia Qi put away her phone and sat down on the chair next to the hospital bed.

Ye Nanqing was still asleep, covered with a thin quilt. Xia Qi's eyes fell on Ye Nanqing's left hand lying outside the thin quilt. To be more precise, it was the ring on the middle finger of her left hand.

She had read the news media reports and knew that he had never taken off the ring in the past three years.

But with their current relationship, he shouldn't wear this ring anymore! This ring has lost its original meaning and will cause many misunderstandings.

Xia Qi bit her lip, stood up, walked to the bedside, bent down, and stretched out her right hand. She held the ring between her thumb and index finger, trying to pull it out of his middle finger.

However, she just moved slightly, and a big hand covered the back of her hand, stopping her behavior.

Xia Qi was stunned and saw that Ye Nanqing had opened her eyes at some point and was staring straight at her.

"You can't take it off." He said hoarsely, pulling her right hand away from his left hand little by little.

Under the incandescent light, you can clearly see that the silver-plated ring has faded in some places. Such a cheap ring looks so inconsistent with him.

"Because, I can't take it off either." It took him three years, but he couldn't take the ring off his finger. Instead, he wore it deeper and deeper, as if it was deeply embedded in his skin and bones...

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"Jun Jinyan, do you know what love is?"

"have no idea."

"Love, I think, is that only when you truly fall in love with someone can you feel truly alive. The deeper you love, one day in the future, you may be able to experience what the so-called heartache is. That kind of pain should be like

It's like suffocating, the pain is heart-breaking, and it's engraved into the bones."

…

The conversations they had when they were young are constantly echoing in Jun Jinyan's ears now. At that time, she would pull him to watch those romantic TV dramas with her, but he did not understand the emotional struggles of the people in the dramas, even if

After watching it, I didn't feel anything at all. I couldn't be like her, who would cry or be happy because of the fate of the characters in the play.

And she told him that one day, if he really feels pain, then he will understand what love is.

Does love mean pain?

He is in pain now... it hurts... his heart feels like it is going to explode, and every breath brings him more intense pain.

This kind of pain gradually soaks into the blood and is buried deep in the bone marrow, lingering and following me like a shadow.

So, is this love?!
Chapter completed!