After lunch, Fu Shinian changed his clothes and went downstairs again. Xu Yansu was standing by the window making a phone call. Seeing him dressed as if he were about to go out, she imdiately hung up and walked over, asking with concern,
"Are you going out?"
Fu Shinian gave her a faint glance:
"What? Do you have to inquire about going out now?"
"That’s not what I ant. I just think that with your current state, it isn’t very safe for you to go out alone. Do you need to accompany you?"
"Instead of having the ti to accompany going out, you’d better spend it figuring out how to get and the old lady back in good health as soon as possible."
After saying that, Fu Shinian left on his own. Xu Yansu watched his retreating figure. Even though she really wanted to know where he was going, she ultimately didn’t follow. She liked Fu Shinian, but she also clearly knew that she had no place in his heart.
However, she wasn’t worried. She believed that persistence could soften a stone, and that affection could grow over ti. One day, Fu Shinian would notice her by his side. When that day ca, all she had done today would be worth it.
Even if that day never ca, it didn’t really matter. She held enough capital and ability in her hands to keep him by her side for a lifeti.
Fu Shinian had almost completely cut contact with the outside world for two years. Even on the rare occasions when he went out, he didn’t really have anywhere to go, apart from the hospital and Ji Nanfeng’s place.
Now, as he arrived at the hospital, in the underground parking garage, the driver circled the car to open the door for him, his respectful deanor eliciting a faint sneer from Fu Shinian, which he didn’t show. He walked straight to the elevator. The mont the elevator doors opened, he looked back at the driver, and sure enough, he was already eagerly reporting his itinerary to soone.
Qiao Yu had just finished two surgeries and was now resting with his eyes closed, leaning back in his office chair. The sound of the door opening made him slowly open his eyes. Seeing it was Fu Shinian, he adjusted his posture slightly and pinched between his eyebrows:
"Why did you co here today?"
Fu Shinian sat down opposite Qiao Yu, who clearly looked worn out:
"What happened to you?"
"Nothing. I had two surgeries this morning. I’m a bit tired."
Fu Shinian said nothing more, silently gazing out of the window while a quiet fell between them.
The long silence almost lulled Qiao Yu back to sleep in his office chair, but he eventually rembered that Fu Shinian was in front of him. Struggling to revitalize himself, he got up, intending to make a cup of coffee for himself. As the water boiled, he laid his eyes on Fu Shinian’s face:
"Did you co here today just to space out?"
Fu Shinian shook his head:
"It was too stuffy at ho. I needed so fresh air."
"Stuffy? You’ve been stuffy for two years. Why the sudden enlightennt today? And you want fresh air, but you co to the hospital? Didn’t Ji Nanfeng return?"
"Yes," Fu Shinian replied softly, "But Jiang Bei is pregnant, and he’s staying ho with her. I doubt he can co out."
Qiao Yu was silent for a few seconds, seemingly unruffled, but the instant coffee powder he’d been tearing open spilled onto the tabletop. Fu Shinian saw everything, and smiled slightly:
"What’s wrong?"
Qiao Yu ca to his senses, saw the ssy table, and shook his head slightly, pulling out a tissue to clean it up:
"It’s nothing, I just never expected Jiang Bei with her temperant to beco a mother one day. How long has it been?"
"Almost two months."
"That’s great."
Fu Shinian didn’t speak. After Qiao Yu finished making instant coffee and returned to his seat, Shinian slowly opened his mouth:
"Do you still have feelings for Jiang Bei...?"
Qiao Yu shook his head with a smile:
"What are you talking about? As soon as I knew that Ji Nanfeng started pursuing Jiang Bei, I had no intention of making a move. It was a relationship that never began. It’s been three years, how could I possibly still be hung up on it?"
"But your expression tells otherwise."
"Have you been cooped up at ho too long that you’re making judgnt errors?" Qiao Yu awkwardly changed the subject, "Let’s not talk about these pointless things anymore. We rarely get to et up, aren’t you curious about the latest results of the research?"
"If there were results, wouldn’t you tell ?"
Qiao Yu sighed:
"Just wait a bit longer, our own research institute has made progress, and I believe there will be results."
Ever since Shi Lihua brought Xu Yansu back to the country three years ago, Fu Shinian also started researching this type of virus. He knew Xu Yansu had the dication, but he also knew she wouldn’t hand it over to him. Even if there were a chance she would, Shinian wouldn’t feel safe. He had to have the key in his own hands to feel secure.
He couldn’t trust his grandmother’s life to soone with ulterior motives.
Because they couldn’t afford to startle the snake by hitting the grass, they could only research on their own. As a result, Qiao Yu’s institute took many detours in the beginning. However, thanks to their persistence, they’d slowly found so clues and had made substantial progress over three years. They might not be far from completely conquering this virus.
This was all just a matter of ti.
Such matters couldn’t be rushed, and Fu Shinian understood this very well. He had already waited for three years; there was no reason to start rushing now. So he changed the topic:
"Xu Yansu told today she wants to get engaged."
"She’s wanted to marry you for more than a day or two. Why are you suddenly bringing this up to ?" Xu Yansu’s feelings for Fu Shinian were clear for anyone with eyes to see. Qiao Yu wasn’t surprised, but Fu Shinian’s sudden ntion of it did unsettle Qiao Yu a bit:
"What do you an? You’re not considering agreeing to it, are you?"
Fu Shinian shook his head:
"No, that’s not what I an. But I think I can use the prospect of marriage to improve the old lady’s health first."
"What do you an?" Qiao Yu looked at Shinian, "Are you planning to trade your marriage to Xu Yansu? Like what you did with Su Mu 5 years ago?"
Speaking of Su Mu, Fu Shinian’s brows slightly furrowed. It seed he had been unable to bear anyone ntioning that na in his presence for the past three years. Perhaps outsiders didn’t understand why, but Qiao Yu and Ji Nanfeng, who were always by his side, knew. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to ntion her, but that he couldn’t.
There was nothing more cruel than forcing oneself to not see soone you cared about deeply, but Fu Shinian had endured this tornt for three long years.
"Both you and I know that Xu Yansu must have the dication. Her refusal to hand it over initially was definitely because of Shi Lihua, but now it also definitely involves . She wants to use the dication as leverage to blackmail into marrying her so that she can achieve her own goals. I am well aware of my own health; I can hold on for two or three more years without a problem. But the old lady can’t. Her monts of clarity are getting fewer and fewer. I can’t just watch her leave because of such tactics."
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