Chapter 61
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“Qiuqiu, Rong Qin and my brother got into a car accident. They’ve been rushed to the emergency room at the First Hospital. I can’t come over temporarily. Qiuqiu, could you go there to check on them? It would be best if you could sign some documents.”
The villa was twenty-five minutes away from the First Hospital by car. Even though the snow had just stopped, even if the snowplows cleared the roads, the cars still slid on them, so the Thirteenth Military District required all vehicles to travel at no more than thirty kilometers per hour.
As a result, even though Rong Qiu was anxious, it took him quite some time to drive to the hospital.
Once inside, he headed straight for the emergency room.
The First Hospital of the Thirteenth Military District was large, with many emergency rooms.
But it was still easy to find, because Rong Qiu immediately saw Qin Zexi covered in blood.
Qin Zexi looked very despondent, his straight back bent like a cooked shrimp, his head hanging low so his expression couldn’t be seen clearly. Rong Qiu had only seen Qin Zexi’s bright and clean appearance before, never seeing an alpha’s white shirt covered in mud, with red blood stains from the collar to the sleeve of his right arm, and even on his face.
It was unclear whether it was his own blood or someone else’s.
A nurse came to advise him, but was frightened by the alpha’s ferocity.
Rong Qiu gently patted the nurse’s shoulder, shaking his head to signal her not to say anymore.
“But this gentleman’s blood hasn’t been treated yet…”
“He won’t go until someone from the emergency room comes out. I’ll watch over him here. If he’s seriously injured, I’ll take him to see the doctor immediately.”
The nurse had no choice but to let Rong Qiu and Qin Zexi do as they pleased.
After the person left, Rong Qiu’s distant smile faded away, and he stopped in front of Qin Zexi, extending his arm to gently push his shoulder. Unexpectedly, he moved very easily.
Rong Qiu didn’t have time to comfort the despondent Qin Zexi, “What happened to Brother Rong Qin? How could you two, who were fine, get into a car accident?!”
But no matter what Rong Qiu said, Qin Zexi didn’t react. He was like a thoroughly cooked shrimp, his shirt was red, his face was black, and apart from the curved waist and back, the rest was silent like dead ashes.
Until now, Qin Zexi still hadn’t emerged from the moment of the car accident.
It was because he had a dispute with Rong Qin, which caused him to lose control of his emotions while driving and avoid the oncoming vehicles that were already sliding in the opposite direction. At a critical moment, Rong Qin forcefully pushed him away and also turned the steering wheel firmly.
Yet they still collided.
And it was Rong Qin who shielded him completely because of his action.
After the collision, the car veered off into the snowbank on the side of the road, but it didn’t explode. However, Rong Qin, who was blocking him, kept bleeding wet and warm blood. That warm blood flowed out of Rong Qin’s warm body, gradually taking away Rong Qin’s vitality. When he was taken to the emergency room, Rong Qin looked like a man standing at the gate of death.
Rong Qiu didn’t know the specifics, and Qin Zexi, who had been silent like a clam, finally reacted.
He could only stand anxiously outside the emergency operating room.
Soon, a doctor came out.
The notification was that there weren’t enough blood bags inside, and they needed to continue drawing blood. They asked the two present who had blood type O.
Rong Qiu stood up. “I am! Do you need me to donate blood?”
“You can go to draw a spare blood sample first,” the doctor asked again, “Are you a direct or collateral relative of the emergency patient inside? If so, it is not recommended to donate blood.”
Rong Qin quickly replied, “No, I’m not.”
“Okay. Then you can…”
“No!”
Qin Zexi, who had been silent like a turtle hiding in its shell, finally reacted. His footsteps faltered, but his voice was firm.
He affirmed repeatedly—
“No.”
Qin Zexi’s response was inexplicable, and soon the doctor’s notification came, and they quickly entered the emergency room again.
However, Rong Qiu couldn’t help but sneer, “If you don’t want to save Brother Rong Qin, just say so. Why delay me from donating blood? Human life is at stake. What if Rong Qin needs more blood?”
“The hospital won’t run out of blood. And Rong Qin doesn’t need your blood.”
“What?”
What did Qin Zexi mean by this?
Was he looking down on him, looking down on him as a beta donating blood?
When he read books about alphas before, he had seen many arrogant alphas inexplicably discriminate against betas. They looked down on betas, and even refused betas when they needed blood donation or organ donation due to injuries.
Alphas only had slightly more glands than betas, but every cell in their body seemed extremely precious.
Thinking that Qin Zexi also had such thoughts as an alpha, Rong Qiu sneered, still stubbornly saying, “If my blood is needed, I will donate it. You can’t stop me.”
Qin Zexi looked at him intently.
Especially staring at his amber-blue eyes.
He hadn’t noticed before when he met Rong Qiu that Rong Qiu’s eyes were so similar to Rong Qin’s. Today, under the bright hospital lights, he found that Rong Qiu’s eyes were almost identical to Rong Qin’s, except for the color of the irises. Rong Qiu’s irises were blue-amber, while Rong Qin’s were gray-brown.
But Rong Qin didn’t know.
In certain excited situations, Rong Qin’s irises would also turn into this clear blue-amber color.
So Rong Qiu couldn’t donate blood.
Even if there was only a slight possibility, Rong Qin couldn’t use Rong Qiu’s blood now.
Thinking like this, Qin Zexi’s figure staggered. Just standing up and returning to the doctor’s words had already exhausted all his strength. Qin Zexi’s thigh bones were jumping like someone was mercilessly chiseling his marrow with a small iron chisel.
Rong Qiu noticed that Qin Zexi wasn’t well.
He didn’t know if this person was injured or not.
“I’ll call the doctor for you.”
“No need, I want to stay here.”
“What’s the use of you staying here? You’re not a doctor, and you’re delaying me from donating blood.”
“You’re not allowed to donate blood to Ah Qin!”
“Then you go see the doctor quickly.”
The two of them remained at a stalemate for a long time, and Qin Zexi remained unmoved. In a certain aspect, Qin Zexi’s stubbornness reminded Rong Qiu of Qin Muye.
Why wouldn’t these two alpha brothers listen to reason?
“Whatever you want. If you have any irreversible problems with your body later, it’s your own fault.”
Fortunately, twenty-five minutes later, Rong Qin was pushed out of the operating room. On the dark blue operating bed, Rong Qin was still unconscious, like a fragile porcelain patient who would shatter at the slightest touch.
“The patient’s condition has stabilized.”
Rong Qin’s condition when he was brought in wasn’t good, but compared to the previous high-speed car accidents, Rong Qin was very lucky. Because of the slippery road in the snow, the collision between the two cars wasn’t fast. Apart from three fractures and the injuries caused by large pieces of glass embedded in his shoulder, there was brain damage, minor bleeding in the brain leading to cerebral edema, and there was no need for ICU.
Rong Qiu breathed a sigh of relief and followed the nurse pushing the bed to the ward.
As for Qin Zexi, his shoulders, which had been tense all along, finally relaxed when he heard that Rong Qin was saved. But he couldn’t keep up with his steps anymore. With a fractured thigh bone, he collapsed to the ground again as soon as he took a step.
A narrow escape.
One second later.
The tall S-class alpha fell to the ground with a thud in the empty and disinfectant-filled corridor, echoing.
***
Rong Qiu pushed everything aside.
He focused on accompanying Rong Qin in the hospital. Rong Qin woke up that evening, and Rong Qiu immediately pressed the bedside bell and called the doctor.
After the examination, Rong Qin’s condition was okay.
It would just take some time for the fractures and the accumulated blood in his brain to heal.
After accepting the doctor’s examination, Rong Qin closed his eyes again tiredly. His consciousness was hazy, and Rong Qiu didn’t disturb him.
In this single room, Rong Qiu sat upright like an elementary school student, earnestly looking at the instruments on the dial of the equipment. Rong Qin’s fingers were still holding a sensor, connected to a multi-parameter monitor. Various parameters such as electrocardiogram, heart rate, blood oxygen saturation, and blood pressure were displayed. Rong Qiu roughly understood Rong Qin’s parameter data and confirmed that he was indeed within a safe range, and Rong Qiu also breathed a sigh of relief.
His reaction was much slower than Qin Zexi’s.
It wasn’t until now that he saw the Rong Qin who came out of the operating room that he began to feel cold in his heart.
Rong Qin’s injuries looked very intimidating.
Rong Qin’s face had bruises, he had to sleep on his stomach because of the large pieces of glass embedded in his back, not to mention the right arm was broken and wrapped in thick plaster. There were also many fine scratches on the back of his right hand that protruded from the plaster.
Even though it had been cleaned by professional nurses during the operation, Rong Qiu still couldn’t bear to look directly at it now.
Rong Qiu had always thought that his Brother Rong Qin was fearless, but now lying on the bed, Rong Qin seemed extremely fragile.
At that time, when he heard the doctor say that people with type O blood should donate blood, he was afraid that Rong Qin would lose too much blood and wouldn’t be able to get off the operating table.
Fortunately, Rong Qin came back smoothly.
Rong Qiu looked at Rong Qin, who was sleeping on his side. Rong Qin’s face was extremely pale at the moment.
If Rong Qin couldn’t come back successfully, he would definitely not let Qin Zexi off the hook.
Not only did Qin Zexi put Rong Qin in such a dangerous situation, but he also prevented him from donating blood for Rong Qin.
Why couldn’t he and Rong Qin donate blood to each other?
As the doctor said, they were neither first-degree relatives like parents and children nor second-degree relatives like siblings.
There was no blood relationship between him and Rong Qin, so why couldn’t his type O blood enter Rong Qin’s body?
Thinking about this, he looked at the dark night sky outside and remembered that he had notified Zhao Nanchen at home that he wouldn’t be coming home tonight. When Zhao Nanchen heard that Rong Qin had been in a car accident and was hospitalized, he immediately became nervous and wanted to come over.
Rong Qiu asked him to bring some bedside supplies.
Apart from him, Rong Qin’s only companion was Qin Zexi, whose condition was not good either, and now he didn’t feel comfortable letting Rong Qin see Qin Zexi again.
His intuition told him that there must be some problem between Rong Qin and Qin Zexi.
Otherwise, Qin Zexi, who was always assertive, wouldn’t be so dull.
Zhao Nanchen looked casual but was well-prepared.
He not only brought toothpaste, toothbrushes, towels, etc., for Rong Qiu’s use but also prepared a warm water bottle, a straw, and tissues for Rong Qin. Finally, he awkwardly handed over his card.
Worried that the situation was urgent, Zhao Nanchen brought all the wages he had saved up until now.
Because there wasn’t much money in the card, he hesitated.
If it wasn’t enough, Zhao Nanchen thought he could borrow money from his brother first.
But it wasn’t necessary.
Rong Qiu accepted everything Zhao Nanchen brought, but he pushed back the card. He had already asked, and Qin Zexi had already paid for the surgery and hospitalization fees, and even advanced a lot. Even the ward Rong Qin was in now was a VIP ward, with only Rong Qin as the patient.
Unfortunately, the hospital only allowed one family member to accompany the patient.
Even if Zhao Nanchen wanted to take care of Rong Qin, he could only do so during the day.
Before leaving, Zhao Nanchen solemnly told Rong Qiu, “I’ve taken three more days off.”
Rong Qiu was about to say it wasn’t necessary since he would be here, but Zhao Nanchen had already arranged everything himself, “Brother Rong Qin is still unable to move around, so I’ve prepared some food for you. Brother Rong Qin has injuries, so he needs to be careful with his food. Let me handle this, as you’re already tired from staying with Brother Rong Qin in the hospital.”
When it came to food, Rong Qiu couldn’t compare to Zhao Nanchen.
As an alpha who had formally studied cooking, Zhao Nanchen had a good understanding of food supplementation.
At nine o’clock that evening, Zhao Nanchen brought dinner. Originally, he planned to celebrate the successful removal of Rong Qiu’s negative hot search. They did eat together, but it wasn’t a celebration. Rong Qin was still sleeping on the bed, and it was evident that the injury on his shoulder was painful because even in his sleep, Rong Qin occasionally frowned.
When Rong Qiu escorted Zhao Nanchen out of the ward, he saw Qin Zexi outside the ward.
It was quite funny.
Because Qin Zexi was pushed here along with the bed.
Rong Qiu blocked Qin Zexi’s bed with a cold face. “What do you mean by this?”
Qin Zexi, lying on the bed, slightly propped up his upper body. He wanted to see Rong Qin inside through the half-open door, but he couldn’t see anything. His head hit the pillow. “Rong Qin and I are in the same room.”
“If I’m not mistaken, VIP rooms have one bed per room.”
“Extra beds can be added.”
“Are you sure Rong Qin wants to see you? Aren’t you afraid that Rong Qin will be even angrier when he wakes up tomorrow and sees you by the bed?”
Rong Qiu had already guessed that Rong Qin’s accident was related to Qin Zexi.
Now he was even more certain.
If Qin Zexi hadn’t done anything wrong, he would have asked him as his partner not to meddle, but he hadn’t. Qin Zexi had always put himself in a weak position.
In the end, he didn’t know which word of Rong Qiu’s hit Qin Zexi’s sore spot.
Qin Zexi, lying on the hospital bed, no longer insisted on being pushed in by the caregiver behind him. He really wanted to go in and see Rong Qin, but he was also afraid of a certain feeling of nostalgia stirring in his heart.
Rong Qiu didn’t have time to deal with the sentimental thoughts of the alpha.
He comforted Zhao Nanchen as he left, then turned around and closed the door of the VIP ward.
***
The fracture wasn’t a big deal; the only thing Rong Qin found unbearable was the scratches from the glass on his back shoulder.
Every time the dressing was changed, Rong Qin gritted his teeth, and Rong Qiu felt uncomfortable watching. He saw Rong Qin’s shoulder muscles tense up, even though the nurse told him to relax, he was too in pain to be aware, and the gauze that was removed was stained with blood. After disinfection, cleaning, and dressing changes, Rong Qin’s lower lip was pale from the pain.
For the past three days, Rong Qin hadn’t mentioned Qin Zexi at all.
Rong Qiu didn’t bring it up either.
It was as if the other participant in the car accident didn’t exist.
On the fourth day, Zhao Nanchen had no more leave days to take, so he reluctantly returned to work at the military district. However, he instructed Rong Qiu to call him if anything happened, and he would come to help at any time.
Rong Qiu sincerely thanked Zhao Nanchen for his kindness.
But Rong Qin couldn’t help but urge him to leave.
“Hurry up and go. If you continue to take care of me, you might get fired by the military district.”
Rong Qin had a tough exterior but was soft-hearted inside, and Zhao Nanchen naturally understood.
If it were usual, Zhao Nanchen would definitely argue with Rong Qin, but now he thought of Rong Qin, who was still lying in bed, so he complied a little.
So Zhao Nanchen left with a particularly good mood.
This left Rong Qin speechless.
Lying on the pillow, Rong Qin, even though it was difficult to speak, wanted to say, “Why does it feel like Zhao Nanchen has changed a bit?”
Rong Qiu poured warm water for Rong Qin and inserted a straw. “He seems more mature.”
“Thinking about it, he does.”
Rong Qiu smiled. “He’s always been sensible, a good kid.”
Rong Qin laughed, the hot water spraying out.
Rong Qiu immediately took out a tissue to wipe the corners of his mouth, but his expression was somewhat inexplicable. “Why are you laughing, Brother Rong Qin?”
“Hearing you praise Zhao Nanchen as a good kid makes you feel quite mature.”
Rong Qiu pursed his lips. “It’s time to be mature. I’m already twenty-six.”
For a normal beta, they might have already settled down and had children by this age.
Rong Qin disagreed. He endured the pain in his shoulder and reached out his other hand, which wasn’t broken, wanting to pat Rong Qiu’s head, but he couldn’t reach, so he settled for patting Rong Qiu’s leg.
“Never aging, Little Qiu will always be younger than your brother Rong Qin, me.”
***
On the fourth day, Zhao Nanchen had to rush to work, so Rong Qiu planned to order some local specialty dishes for lunch, such as beef bone soup, pigeon soup, and the like.
The ordered meal hadn’t arrived yet when someone personally delivered the meal outside this VIP ward.
On the fourth day, Qin Muye finally appeared.
Rong Qiu felt like it had been a long time since he last saw this alpha. When they met again, the alpha gave him a different feeling. Although he still had a tall and handsome figure, his brows and eyes were covered in an indescribable haze. The alpha’s forehead was also a bit long, hanging over his smooth and deep brows, but it couldn’t conceal the desolate emotions in his dark phoenix eyes.
But when his eyes met Qin Muye’s.
That feeling suddenly disappeared.
The Alpha kindly pursed his lips and smiled, raising the insulated food bag in his hand. “Brought you some food.”
“Did you go see your brother?”
“I did.”
“Can you manage your brother?”
“Huh?”
During this period, Qin Zexi had been sneaking into their room every night, and Rong Qin, due to his physical condition, slept deeply, but Rong Qiu would wake up at the sound; but he couldn’t speak loudly, so he could only argue with Qin Zexi at the door.
Just as Rong Qiu was about to talk to Qin Muye about this, Rong Qin, who was lying on the bed, raised his voice, “Qiuqiu, who’s there?”
Rong Qiu leaned against the door, helplessly rubbing his temples with one hand and letting Qin Muye in with the other.
Qin Muye still didn’t understand what Rong Qiu wanted him to do about his brother.
Qin Muye prepared two lunches, one of which had already been sent to the next room for Qin Zexi, and the other one he brought to Rong Qin’s room. This one was slightly larger than the one in Qin Zexi’s room, after all, it was for two people, and he had some personal intentions; the taste was also biased towards Rong Qiu. But he felt embarrassed to tell Rong Qiu himself, so he suppressed this little thought and remained silent.
Rong Qin lay on the bed, looking particularly interested as Qin Muye opened the food box.
The dishes inside were not exquisite, and even the color, appearance, and cooking were not as enticing as those in restaurants. Stewed ribs with yam, stir-fried vegetables, broccoli with oyster sauce, a bowl of millet porridge, a bowl of rice, and a steamed bass cut in half.
The latter was considered a forbidden food due to its fishy nature, and Rong Qin, with the wound on his shoulder, couldn’t eat it. So this must be for Rong Qiu.
Rong Qin invited Rong Qiu to come over and eat.
Although Qin Muye didn’t say anything, Rong Qin felt enlightened.
Qin Muye wasn’t the type to personally deliver food to others. Even if Qin Zexi was about to pass away, Qin Muye wouldn’t waste any time on cooking. So, this meal was all thanks to Rong Qiu.
He actually had the honor to taste the dishes made by an S-class alpha, which was quite rare.
Rong Qin had been sucking on the millet porridge with a straw. Although it didn’t look appetizing, the porridge was thick and warm, and just a sip filled him with a satisfying sense of grain fullness.
Rong Qiu also picked up his chopsticks.
For some reason, he tasted something completely different from the private kitchen restaurants, especially the bass, which had tender and delicious meat, without any small bones except for the main spine.
After finishing the meal, Rong Qiu voluntarily cleaned up the remnants on the table.
He took the plates to the sink one by one, washed them clean, and neatly put them back in the food insulation bag. Looking at the familiar food insulation bag, Rong Qiu’s heart trembled, as if touched by the softest feathers, gently touching the tender meat inside.
When he handed the things back to Qin Muye, Rong Qiu thanked him calmly.
The Alpha silently took them, and his slightly bent index finger accidentally touched Rong Qiu’s finger. Qin Muye’s movements paused, and his gaze followed the movement, landing on Rong Qiu’s delicate ring finger, which still wore a silver ring.
Qin Muye’s desolation deepened a bit more.
Rong Qiu also keenly noticed something.
Why did Qin Muye have frostbite on his hands?
He had always thought Qin Muye’s hands were beautiful. Before, when he was still maintaining that relationship with Qin Muye, he admired Qin Muye’s face and body the most. The latter encompassed a wide range, from the Adam’s apple, collarbones, to the hand bones that could be seen directly whether Qin Muye was wearing clothes or not.
But now, Qin Muye’s porcelain-like, well-defined fingers had changed drastically.
They were red and swollen, with red patches on the once beautiful joints.
Qin Muye, however, remained composed.
He had brought the food, watched Rong Qiu eat the lunch he had made carefully, and now it was time to leave, but he felt reluctant.
In a place where Rong Qiu couldn’t see, his gaze stared straight at Rong Qiu’s ring finger.
Something that he couldn’t figure out suddenly popped into his mind.
It seemed like Rong Qiu hadn’t completely abandoned him.
Before erasing his memories at the doctor’s office, Rong Qiu was awake. Rong Qiu knew he was going to be hypnotized, but Rong Qiu chose to create beautiful memories about Beta Ah Ye.
Beta Ah Ye’s appearance was based on him.
Could he then transform himself into the lover in Rong Qiu’s heart according to Rong Qiu’s preferences?
But what did the perfect lover in Rong Qiu’s heart look like? Besides the strict condition of being a 0, there must be some implicit qualities that attracted Rong Qiu deeply and made him infatuated.
Rong Qiu was still looking at Qin Muye’s frostbite.
He wanted to ask, but it seemed like asking would make him seem nosy, so Rong Qiu remained silent and escorted him to the door, coincidentally when the delivery phone rang.
It was the lunch Rong Qiu had ordered earlier.
Rong Qiu hesitated for a moment, then quickly answered the deliveryman’s call, ready to go downstairs to pick it up. But he kept frowning; he had already eaten enough for lunch, should he eat this meal in the evening?
Seeing Rong Qiu’s dilemma, Qin Muye took the initiative and said, “If you can’t finish it, can I have the meal you ordered?”
He could just see Rong Qiu’s taste and reconfirm it.
But as soon as he said that, Qin Muye felt abrupt.
He shouldn’t have said that; he should have kept his distance.
The alpha’s eyes reddened as he stared fixedly at the beta’s head, his brain rapidly turning to find remedial words.
But Rong Qiu exclaimed, “ah”, his demeanor fresh and clean.
Rong Qiu straightforwardly replied, “Okay, I’ll go get it for you now.”
As Rong Qiu went downstairs to get it, Qin Muye was still waiting outside the VIP ward. The alpha during this waiting process was completely different from before; his susceptible period had just passed, or perhaps had not completely passed yet. His body was still in a state of emergency recovery. This time, there was no timely placebo to comfort his susceptible period, and in order to come out sooner to solve Rong Qiu’s problem, he even injected twelve doses of pheromone comfort placebo simultaneously.
Although he was clear-headed at the time, the raging glands were suppressed.
But this was temporary.
After he handled the matter of Rong Qiu’s trending topic being attacked, the glands on the back of his neck finally erupted, even more difficult than the previous few times, and the thirteen doses of pheromone comfort placebo quickly became ineffective.
For the next two days, he had to endure it by himself.
It was like walking through the gates of h*ll.
And because he had come out of solitary confinement without authorization, he received a warning from the Federation. There were countless well-equipped alphas guarding outside his office.
Until now, the alpha wearing the pheromone combination ring on his neck was still enduring discomfort in his body. The glands felt like they were being cut with little knives, and every breath brought bone-deep pain. Now the VIP ward was quiet and bright, with no one disturbing him, and Qin Muye was no longer pretending to be strong.
At this moment, the alpha was far more exhausted than Rong Qin in the ward.
He was barely holding on to everything he did.
***
When Rong Qiu returned with the heavy takeout box, he immediately saw the alpha pretending to sleep with closed eyes on the bench. He walked over lightly, and the alpha didn’t even notice.
Is his vigilance that low….
Rong Qiu gently placed the takeout on the bench.
With a “da” sound, the alpha’s thick, black, curly eyelashes trembled, like the slow opening of stage curtains, revealing those unfocused pupils.
Rong Qiu’s eyelashes also fluttered along.
An inexplicable fluttering in his heart.
He was very familiar with this state of the alpha.
So the alpha was sleeping on the bench outside the ward?
It had only been a few minutes.
He took the elevator both downstairs and upstairs; it didn’t take five minutes in total.
Now the alpha’s gaze had regained clarity. Rong Qiu cleared his throat softly. “I’ve got lunch. Take it.”
“Mm.”
The alpha’s response was weak, lacking energy.
Rong Qiu glanced at him again, and it wasn’t his imagination. The alpha in front of him seemed as if he hadn’t slept for days. Even from such a close distance, Rong Qiu could see the bloodshot eyes at the bottom of the alpha’s eyes. He had never seen the alpha so tired before.
“You should go back and rest. You don’t seem to be in good physical condition. Your brother…,” Rong Qiu said reluctantly today. He still promised, “I’ll take a look whenever I have time.”
Qin Muye nodded gratefully. Before leaving, he paused again. “The mastermind behind those black trending topics has been found.”
“Really?”
Rong Qiu had been so busy taking care of Rong Qin lately that he had almost forgotten about it.
“So, who is it?”
“Someone you’ve met.”
Qin Muye said, “It’s the omega doctor who was in my car when I picked you up initially.”
As soon as the words fell, Qin Muye carefully and carefully assessed Rong Qiu’s expression.
He was afraid that Rong Qiu would find him troublesome.
If it weren’t for him, Rong Qiu shouldn’t have suffered such unjust accusations.
But Rong Qiu wasn’t surprised. “How was he dealt with?”
Qin Muye quickly replied, “Sent to the Federation Military Tribunal for interrogation.”
“The military tribunal…” Rong Qiu looked up at Qin Muye. “Wait a minute, he only slandered me. Why was he sent to the Federation Military Tribunal?”
That place was only sent to for committing serious political errors and generally wouldn’t be sent for this kind of matter.
Qin Muye licked his lips and deliberately averted his gaze. “Because he has other things on his hands.”
Qin Muye didn’t want Rong Qiu to know that employees of the Mecha Research Institute had leaked Rong Qiu’s personal information without authorization, leaking not only Rong Qiu’s ID card, employee number, and date of employment, but also taking over all the data from Rong Qiu’s experiments…
Just when Rong Qiu had won the lawsuit against the Mecha Research Institute, don’t use these things to disgust him again.
Qin Muye accepted Rong Qiu’s takeout. After watching Rong Qiu enter Rong Qin’s VIP ward, he did not go back to rest as Rong Qiu suggested, he turned to find Qin Zexi.
Qin Zexi had broken his thigh and right hand.
When Qin Muye pushed open the door, Qin Zexi was struggling to pick up the fish with his left hand.
Seeing Qin Muye come in, Qin Zexi spoke while spitting out fish bones, “I’m your brother. You didn’t leave me any fish belly even though you finally made a fish. All that’s left are these fish heads and tails.”
Qin Muye didn’t say much.
He silently opened the takeaway box in front of him.
His eyes, which had been silent for a long time, suddenly lit up.
Stewed ribs with yam, stir-fried vegetables, no fish, but two bowls of white rice and a bowl of vegetable and egg porridge.
It was obviously a trivial coincidence, but Qin Muye inexplicably felt happy.
Qin Zexi looked at Qin Muye and smiled, “Why are you so happy eating a meal? Are these dishes so delicious? Give me some.”
Qin Muye immediately glared at him and protected it without a word.
Qin Zexi withdrew his curiosity. “If you can’t eat it, you can’t eat it. Oh, by the way, how’s Ah Qin next door?”
He had sneaked over with a cane several times in the middle of the night these days, but he was always discovered by Rong Qiu. He couldn’t wake up Ah Qin sleeping inside, so he could only be half-pushed and half-pulled by Rong Qiu and then sent back.
Thinking about it now, Qin Zexi was itching with hatred.
But without Rong Qiu, he wouldn’t feel at ease with Ah Qin alone in the nearby ward.
Qin Zexi, who hadn’t seen his wife for several days, could only ask Qin Muye.
Qin Muye relaxed his protective gesture over the food and also suppressed the smile on his lips. “He’s doing well.”
“Okay.”
Qin Zexi was still waiting.
And then, how was Ah Qin doing?
Qin Muye remained silent like a clam, burying his head in his meal.
After finishing the meal, he didn’t even take Qin Zexi’s food box and left in the car with the food that Rong Qiu had prepared for him. Along the way, Qin Muye kept thinking about the perfect lover in Rong Qiu’s eyes.
Qin Muye couldn’t wait.
That same evening, he took the initiative to find Zhao Nanchen, who had been living with Rong Qiu for a long time.
Zhao Nanchen had just finished work, intending to drive to the hospital to check on Rong Qin’s condition. Before the car keys even warmed up, he saw Qin Muye outside waving at him. Zhao Nanchen immediately looked around, but there was no one nearby. Who was his idol smiling at?
Soon Zhao Nanchen was completely horrified. Not only was his idol waiting for him, but he also invited him to dinner.
This meal felt a bit like the Feast at Hongmen.
His idol asked him if he knew what Brother Little Qiu’s lover looked like.
Zhao Nanchen had always admired Qin Muye and knew that Qin Muye was pursuing Rong Qiu, so he was very supportive. But Zhao Nanchen said, “But weren’t you and Brother Little Qiu in a secret relationship before?”
“How did you know?”
“Brother Little Qiu told me himself.”
Qin Muye: …
Zhao Nanchen quickly changed the subject.
Qin Muye took the initiative to say, “But no matter what, I’m just a secret lover. I want to know what his deceased beta lover looked like.”
Qin Muye’s hint was already clear enough, and Zhao Nanchen instantly understood, “So Chief Commander wants to pursue our Brother Little Qiu!”
“Yes.”
“So you want to cater to his preferences?”
“That’s right.”
“Why didn’t you say so earlier? I would have helped you earlier.”
“… “
Zhao Nanchen was easy to talk to.
Because Qin Muye’s close relationship with Brother Little Qiu had already been noticed by him. Although they didn’t get along at first, their relationship improved a lot later on. If the Chief Commander openly pursued his Brother Little Qiu, he would naturally agree.
But when Zhao Nanchen mentioned something, Qin Muye seemed to understand it vaguely.
Zhao Nanchen mentioned that Rong Qiu’s partner seemed to be a gentle and smiling beta who would definitely not do anything that Rong Qiu disliked, as Rong Qiu had mentioned to him before.
Zhao Nanchen suddenly thought of something else and added, “Brother Little Qiu doesn’t like changes. If I don’t make breakfast, he eats toast and eggs with soy milk every day; and the layout of the house has remained unchanged for a long time. After it was smashed by Chu Ming before, Brother Little Qiu repaired it, and it was as meticulous as before, even the angle of the marble coffee table relative to the sofa was the same.”
Zhao Nanchen sighed with wisdom, “It might be obsessive-compulsive disorder, or it could be nostalgia. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have let Chu Ming, that scumbag, stay at home.”
Qin Muye got what he wanted.
Rong Qiu was nostalgic.
Then, did he still have a chance to become that “nostalgia”…
***
Rong Qiu was very nostalgic.
The clothes he brought to accompany Rong Qin had been bought four or five years ago, and time passed in the blink of an eye. His figure hadn’t changed, and the clothes he had worn before could still fit him now.
Rong Qiu was also very good at taking care of people, better than many nurses in the hospital.
But Rong Qiu noticed that when he was taking care of Rong Qin, Rong Qin kept lying on the bed, turning his head to look at him seriously, with a strange expression, not knowing if it was because he was in pain.
“Brother Qin, are you feeling uncomfortable?”
Rong Qin shook his head.
Rong Qin noticed that Rong Qiu looked somewhat similar to him from certain angles and expressions.
Thinking of the background check that Qin Muye had given him before. Rong Qiu entered the welfare institution when he was less than a year old, and because he was found in the autumn, his name was chosen as Rong Qiu.
But why was it so coincidental that his last name was the same as mine.
Just now when he was chatting with Rong Qiu, he also knew that Rong Qiu’s blood type was also type O.
It was even more coincidental.
Rong Qin raised himself up slightly and said seriously, “Qiu Qiu, let’s go for a paternity test.”
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