Before she could even utter the word "smart," Zhao Xuning had already carried her to bed.
Zhao Xuning pressed down with overwhelming force, whispering through gritted teeth in her ear, "Baby, you're too obvious."
Shen Hui blinked at her.
Zhao Xuning's lips landed on her eyes, and Shen Hui clung to her neck.
Another day of absurdity.
One day, it snowed heavily, so they could only go out in the morning.
I didn't even eat lunch, and only ordered crayfish for dinner.
Back then, we always had inexhaustible energy and endless little conflicts.
Ultimately, it all ends in bed.
It had clearly been a long time, so long that Zhao Xuning couldn't even remember what courses she had taken that year, but when she thought of Chen Hui, those images seemed to have been vividly painted.
It will always be vivid in her mind.
Zhao Xuning stared downstairs, then slowly took out his phone and snapped a picture.
It was snowing heavily, but it perfectly framed the image of Liang Shi and Xu Qingzhu walking hand in hand in the snow.
She posted a message on her WeChat Moments: "Frost and snow may blanket the sky, but we will surely grow old together."
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Liang felt himself being woken up by a cold wind. He remembered the wind howling and then he found it was snowing.
Snowflakes were falling heavily outside, and she was in a daze for a few seconds.
It was clearly still spring yesterday, and the peach trees outside the community were in full bloom; she even picked two branches.
A moment later, her memory returned, and she let out a heavy sigh on the bed.
—I'm back.
Unable to find her phone, she hurriedly grabbed a coat from the room, threw it on, and left the ward.
During the run, she realized that it was her own body.
Although the wound from Chen Liuying's stab was still there, it didn't hurt at all. She ran with great strength, not at all like someone who had been unconscious for a long time.
Liang Shi didn't expect to see Xu Qingzhu downstairs. At that time, she was walking in the wind and snow with a faint expression, holding a bunch of yellow sunflowers in her hands. She looked indifferent and aloof under the streetlights.
It feels like being isolated from the world.
Liang Shi's heart tightened.
She called out to Xu Qingzhu, and everything that happened afterward was a result of her heart.
She wanted to hug Xu Qingzhu and kiss her.
Even she, who usually wouldn't dare to have any intimate contact with Xu Qingzhu in public, hugged Xu Qingzhu and kissed her on the lips in that instant, in front of many people.
They kissed and hugged each other without a care in the world, releasing the longing they had felt for one another during these days.
Xu Qingzhu's tears mingled with the snow in an instant, dripping onto the ground.
Liang Shi kissed her eyes, wiping away her tears.
After that, as if by prior agreement, no one spoke.
They walked hand in hand through the hospital, strolling leisurely while everyone else sought shelter from the wind and snow.
Xu Qingzhu didn't come to her senses until Liang Shi sneezed.
Xu Qingzhu asked her anxiously, "Are you feeling unwell anywhere?"
Liang Shi shook his head.
"Let's go." Xu Qingzhu raised her other hand and brushed the snow off her hair. "Let's go back."
"Where to go?" Liang Shi said, "I still need to go through the discharge procedures."
Xu Qingzhu nodded: "Go back to the ward. Zhao Xuning should be at work today."
"But then again, I didn't see her when I woke up," Liang Shi said.
However, she ran out as soon as she woke up, so it's normal that she didn't see Zhao Xuning.
She was in a coma every day, and it was impossible for Zhao Xuning to keep an eye on her every day.
"She's probably busy with other things." Xu Qingzhu walked into the building alongside her. "Why don't you get a full check-up first? We'll discharge you if everything's alright."
Liang Shi frowned: "No need... I know my own body well."
She has been sick and injured before.
She never used a stunt double when filming. Whether it was wire work or action scenes, she did it all herself, and she even fell and swelled up her knees.
The wound will be painful during the healing process, but you will never feel what she is experiencing now.
Liang was momentarily surprised, but then she remembered that the system had said it would change her physiology each time it was deployed, making her become the person she was in this world.
In other words, she is currently in her body, but she has already fully differentiated and is now an Alpha.
And in order to avoid being discovered, she still had her wounds, but she couldn't feel the pain.
She's a perfectly healthy person inside now; it's just those superficial injuries... she'll get better slowly.
“The staff who handle discharges have all gone home, and the earliest I can be discharged is tomorrow morning. I might as well get a check-up before leaving,” Xu Qingzhu said. “I’m not working tomorrow morning.”
Liang Shi couldn't persuade her otherwise, nor did he really want to.
She paused for a moment, then nodded in agreement: "Okay."
The two returned to the ward hand in hand. Liang Shi took off his coat and hung it by the door. Xu Qingzhu then said, "Your clothes are right here. Why are you wearing mine?"
"I didn't see it." Liang Shi had already been settled into a hospital bed by Xu Qingzhu: "I was too anxious at the time."
"Why are you in such a hurry?" Xu Qingzhu covered her with a blanket, but Liang Shi grabbed her hand.
His warm hand grasped hers in an instant, and his light brown eyes stared straight at her with a hint of longing, making him look exceptionally alluring, as if to say—why don't you know?
Xu Qingzhu's hands were cold.
Their eyes met, and Liang Shi pulled her close, their lips meeting again.
However, they parted ways immediately upon contact.
Liang Shi said with a hint of resentment, "Why don't you know?"
Xu Qingzhu: "...How would I know?"
She spoke indifferently, lowering her eyes, but a mischievous glint shone in them.
Liang Shi said softly, "I want to see you."
I think about it day and night.
I've finally arrived in a world where you are.
Xu Qingzhu covered her with a blanket and wanted Liang Shi to continue lying down. Liang Shi didn't want to at first, but she couldn't persuade Xu Qingzhu otherwise.
After covering her with a blanket, Xu Qingzhu was about to leave when Liang Shi suddenly sat up and grabbed her hand.
Xu Qingzhu asked in confusion, "Huh? What?"
"What are you going to do?" Liang Shi asked. "Why are you leaving?"
"I'll go get a doctor for you," Xu Qingzhu said. "We need to do a quick check-up first, so you don't faint again."
Liang Shi: "...I'm really fine."
No matter what she said, Xu Qingzhu insisted on going to see a doctor. Liang Shi was anxious and used too much force, which resulted in him pulling Xu Qingzhu to sit on the edge of the bed.
Their eyes met again, and Liang Shi sighed helplessly, his eyelashes trembling as he gently closed his eyes.
She placed one hand on the back of Xu Qingzhu's head and slowly moved it closer.
Xu Qingzhu's hand landed on her waist.
It's hard to part.
Omega's body is more flexible than Alpha's. Xu Qingzhu was so overwhelmed by the kiss that she leaned slightly and almost fell onto the hospital bed with Liang Shi.
"Cough cough..."
A sudden, low cough was heard.
Liang Shi snapped out of his infatuation and immediately separated from Xu Qingzhu.
Her lips were just glistening.
Zhao Xuning clicked his tongue, took out a pen from his white coat pocket, and said calmly, "You're still quite energetic after just waking up."
Liang Shi: "..."
Liang Shi's ears and face were so red they looked like they had a fever.
"It's alright," Liang Shi replied sheepishly.
Zhao Xuning scoffed: "Couldn't you just wait until you get home?"
Liang Shi: "..."
She was so embarrassed by Zhao Xuning's teasing that she almost wanted to disappear. She had never encountered such a situation before and didn't know how to refute him.
Xu Qingzhu had already adjusted her mindset and answered Zhao Xuning without any politeness: "If you were to get back together with Dr. Shen, you would definitely be much crazier than us."
Zhao Xuning: "...?"
“You…” Zhao Xuning looked at Xu Qingzhu: “When did you become so close to her?”
Xu Qingzhu shrugged: "Maybe it's because beautiful women attract each other."
She said this in a very calm tone, which was not at all annoying.
On the contrary, it was convincing, and with her face as evidence, no one would doubt the truthfulness of her words.
When Shen Hui was mentioned, Zhao Xuning lowered his eyes and retorted without much confidence, "Not really."
Xu Qingzhu: "Is it that you guys can't be crazier than us, or that Dr. Shen won't get back together with you?"
Zhao Xuning: "..."