54 (End of the article) Liking makes people anxious, but love makes people brave
54 (End of the full text) Liking makes people anxious, while love makes people brave.
After the long meeting, Shen Hean returned to the office with the documents, and a rare look of fatigue appeared on his face.
He had to admit that his energy had become more limited than when he was in his twenties. This couldn't go on... His Xiaoman was at the age of vigorous energy, or as vigorous as a wolf.
Thinking of Jiang Lai, Shen Hean turned on his mobile phone, and the screen showed that the time was 13:23. At this moment, the assistant knocked on the door of the office and brought him lunch for the day.
Shen Hean put the lunch box aside and opened WeChat first - what is Xiaoman going to eat today? It's time to get up at this time. If there is no class in the morning, it's fine to sleep in and not eat breakfast, but you can't even sleep through lunch, right?
Shen Hean opened WeChat and found that Jiang Lai hadn't sent him any messages. He frowned slightly, and for some reason he had a bad premonition in his heart.
He turned on the surveillance at home without hesitation or any psychological burden. From the living room to the bedroom, and even to the bathroom, he didn't see Jiang Lai.
Chen Hean opened the chat box with Jiang Lai: [My dear, why aren't you home? Where did you go?]
The reply was faster than Jiang Lai's, but it was from an unfamiliar phone number. The phone vibrated wildly in his palm. Chen Hean stared at the phone number for a second before answering it.
The accident happened as he expected, but when he heard Meng Man's crying voice, Chen Hean inevitably began to tremble all over. However, the person on the other end of the phone was even more unstable than him, speaking incoherently and unclearly. The only keywords he heard were Jiang Lai and hospital.
"Explain yourself." Chen Hean stood up, his face was livid, and his tone was very bad: "What happened to Lai Lai?"
Meng Man took a deep breath, and her voice with a crying tone became a little clearer: "We went to play racing, and she crashed and crashed, and was sent to the hospital..."
Chen Hean felt dizzy, and he supported himself on the table to stabilize his body: "Is she in the hospital now?"
"Almost there." Meng Man quickly reported the name of the hospital: "She is unconscious now, we are in the ambulance... We will go to the hospital soon."
"Okay, I will rush over right away." Chen Hean's hand tightly grasped the phone, and an abnormal white color appeared on his fingertips: "Hang up first, take good care of Lai Lai, I will be there right away, right away."
He said "right away" twice in a row, because he was too flustered and began to speak incoherently. In fact, his whole heart was in a mess, and the frequency of his heartbeat was so anxious that it seemed that his heart was about to jump out of his chest. The moment the phone was hung up, Chen Hean ran out of the office holding the phone and car keys.
On the way to the hospital, Chen Hean couldn't even think about other things - how is Jiang Lai, has she arrived at the hospital, will she be okay... All he could see were the traffic, the crowds, and the urgency that was about to burst through his chest: Why couldn't he go faster, faster, Xiaoman must be very scared, he had to get there faster...
The journey of nearly 30 minutes was shortened to 15 minutes by him. Chen Hean walked into the hospital gate while calling Meng Man. The call was connected quickly, and Meng Man's voice sounded much calmer than before: "Lai Lai just went in for a check-up. We are in the emergency room now. Come over."
When Jiang Lai woke up in a daze, the first thing she saw was Chen Hean sitting by her bed, with an ugly face, as if he was going to kill her. Jiang Lai blinked twice, and the figure stood up quickly: "How are you, dear? You don't feel uncomfortable anywhere?"
Jiang Lai's eyes fell on the surrounding environment. It was white everywhere. It was a hospital. She was still wearing a hospital gown... Ah, why was her leg propped up and covered with such a thick plaster?
Jiang Lai remembered. She and Meng Man went to the club to race. Because she was angry, she drove the car out of control and hit the stone wall beside her, and then she fainted. So her leg couldn't be broken? Or something more serious, such as amputation? Jiang Lai's voice trembled, and she became extremely terrified: "My leg?" Shen
He'an calmly comforted her: "It's okay, it's broken, not particularly serious, it will be fine after some rest." After a pause of one second, he added: "You're fine, a slight concussion, a broken leg, and a coma for a night... The doctor said that you'll be fine after waking up, and everything else is fine." Shen
He'an's tone became a little lighter, and he asked again: "Are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere else?"
Jiang Lai smacked her lips: "I'm a little thirsty."
Shen He'an silently picked up the thermos cup on the bedside table next to him, then unscrewed it and touched it with his lips before giving it to her: "Drink it, the temperature is just right."
Jiang Lai picked up the thermos cup and gulped down a few gulps of water, and her throat, which was so dry that it hurt a little, finally felt a little relieved. But the strange thing was that her lips were moist since she just woke up.
Jiang Lai glanced at the trash can next to her, and there were indeed a few cotton swabs in it.
Jiang Lai looked at Shen He'an. There was no expression on his face, but he looked a little tired... Maybe it was because he usually kept himself clean and even delicate, but now there was a little stubble on his lips.
After knowing that nothing happened to her, Jiang Lai began to feel guilty. She couldn't help but observe Shen He'an's face. Her intuition told her that Shen He'an was in a very bad mood at the moment.
The two sat there in silence for a few seconds. Jiang Lai scratched her palm and whispered, "Were you here to watch over me last night?" Shen
He'an didn't say anything. His dark eyes just stared at Jiang Lai without blinking, and his expression looked a little fierce.
The leg in the plaster cast was a little painful. Jiang Lai realized that she was indeed feeling a little unwell and her head seemed a little dizzy. The discomfort and Shen Hean's indifference made Jiang Lai look aggrieved: "What..."
"I'm angry." Shen Hean took a deep breath, and his tone finally turned cold uncontrollably: "You'd better think about how to explain to me. I don't want to talk to you now, dear."
Even if she was angry, she still called her dear. But Jiang Lai was used to being spoiled by Shen Hean, and her eyes were red with grievance at this moment. She drooped her eyelids in anger, not looking at Shen Hean, nor answering his words.
"I'll ask the doctor to come and check again." Shen Hean said this, and then got up and went out.
A few minutes later, he came back with the doctor, and the doctor began to give her a routine check, which was nothing more than asking if it hurt here or there. Jiang Lai said that it was not painful at all. The doctor who came to check her was a female doctor. She was very gentle when asking her questions and pressed her head very lightly.
The doctor stopped at this moment and asked her in surprise: "Why are you crying? Does it hurt a lot?"
Shen Hean looked at Jiang Lai's face when he heard it. Just now he had been paying attention to the doctor's movements and questions, but he didn't look at Jiang Lai's face. When she saw her at this moment, her tears started to fall, and big tears dripped onto the quilt. She cried so violently and so pitifully.
Shen Hean's heart ached. He leaned over to get paper and wanted to wipe Jiang Lai's tears, but she turned her head away.
He paused.
The doctor probably saw that the talented and beautiful couple in front of him had a conflict, so he didn't stay any longer. He just told them to see a doctor in time if they felt unwell and that they needed to rest now, and then he left.
The door of the ward was closed gently, and Shen Hean didn't try to wipe Jiang Lai's tears again, because he took the doctor's words to heart and didn't want Jiang Lai to get too emotional again.
He sighed softly, his voice softened: "Don't cry, baby... The doctor just said that you need to rest and not have too much emotional fluctuations, okay?"
Jiang Lai ignored him and cried to herself.
Chen Hean was a little at a loss. He wanted to hold Jiang Lai in his arms, but was afraid that he would hurt her if he moved too hard. He could only half-kneel at the head of the bed and coax her gently: "I'm sorry, I was too harsh just now, baby, I apologize to you. I was really too angry... I was really anxious when I knew you were in an accident and were sent to the hospital. We clearly agreed that we can't play racing and other things that may endanger life safety, right?"
Jiang Lai turned her head and glared at him: "If it weren't for you, I wouldn't go--" Chen
Hean raised his hand to stroke her back: "Okay, okay, baby, speak slowly, don't be anxious, okay? Good baby..."
"Do you want some water?" Chen Hean asked her softly.
Jiang Lai nodded slightly, and Chen Hean unscrewed the lid of the thermos and handed it to her.
Jiang Lai drank a few sips of water and calmed down a little.
She looked at Shen Hean, and her eyes unconsciously fell on the stubble on his lips. He should be very anxious, right? Jiang Lai thought, if she knew what happened to Shen Hean, she would definitely be very worried.
Jiang Lai felt a little guilty, so she was silent for a while, and spoke awkwardly: "I just, I just want to do something to make you control me. If I don't do it, you won't be interested in me anymore..." Chen
He'an frowned: "What do you mean by this? Why would I lose interest in you if you don't do it?"
"Oh." Jiang Lai was a little embarrassed and didn't want to admit that she was deliberately asking for a beating in the past. She wanted to change the subject, but Chen He'an's expression became serious: "Baby, explain it clearly, ok? I don't want any misunderstandings between us."
Jiang Lai was about to get angry, but when she saw her leg in a cast, she whispered: "It's your white knight syndrome... You see, you don't like me anymore when I get better." As Jiang Lai spoke, her tone inevitably became resentful: "I hate you to death, Chen He'an, you don't really like me at all." "
What a mess." Chen He'an was helpless. He knew that this was probably another misunderstanding like the last time when people thought he was supporting her: "What White Knight Syndrome? I'm mentally healthy, Guaiguai, how could I have this mental illness?"
"Didn't I tell you last time why I like Guaiguai?"
Jiang Lai was a little confused: "I heard it from others, because your brother..." She paused for a second before saying: "So you have White Knight Syndrome."
"Where did you hear this? It's complete nonsense." Chen He'an shook his head helplessly: "My brother did commit suicide because his family didn't discipline him. But in fact, we don't have a very good relationship, baby, I don't have much obsession with him."
Chen He'an's younger brother is six years younger than him and is an illegitimate child. His mother has been instilling some vicious ideas about his younger brother in him since he was a child, and her attitude towards his younger brother is also very bad. Naturally, his younger brother doesn't have a good face for him, and the two have very few exchanges. His younger brother is a typical dandy. His father dotes on him, but he studies hard every day because of the responsibilities imposed on him. So how could Shen Hean have any feelings for his younger brother? And he is a person with an indifferent nature.
Shen Hean was helpless: "Baby, you must ask me next time, okay? I am always misunderstood by you..."
Jiang Lai's ears turned red: "Then, why didn't you do it with me these days?" Shen
Hean shook his head: "Guai Guai has studied too hard these days. I didn't mention it because I was afraid that you would be tired. So, Guai Guai has been itching all the time?"
"No!" Jiang Lai glared at him fiercely, but it was just a bluff like a paper tiger.
"Baby." Shen Hean's eyes became soft: "I love you, and there is no other reason. You know how much I love you, right?"
Jiang Lai looked at Shen Hean's eyes in a daze. His eyes were filled with an almost morbid obsession, which made her subconsciously a little scared, but her heart was boiling.
Didn't she know it all along? Chen He'an was crazy. The apps in her phone, his possessiveness and control, had been like this for a long time, hadn't they?
She knew that Chen He'an was restraining himself for her. Jiang Lai enjoyed the feeling that Chen He'an had changed for her, but she had never felt suffocated by his love.
She raised her hand and hooked Chen He'an's fingers: "I know."
"I love you too." She thought about it, and added seriously: "From the first day I saw you." Chen
He'an smiled gently: "Me too, from the first day I saw you." Chen
He'an told her that when he first saw her at the funeral, he had actually been moved, so all her later cross-border behaviors were his partiality and his subconscious acquiescence.
It turned out that the candy connected the two people's love at first sight.
What is she questioning? In fact, many problems arise only from her own inner entanglement. Why is she, such a straightforward person, always fantasizing?
Probably because love makes people worry about gains and losses, and love makes people brave.
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