Qin Si Ye stared coldly at him for a long moment, then suddenly picked up Shen Xi’s glass of red wine and drank it all in one go.
“I accept her thanks on her behalf. Don’t bother her again. She’s my woman.”
With that, he took Shen Xi’s small hand and strode out.
Along the way, they drew many eyes and whispers.
Shen Xi’s heart pounded wildly. It wasn’t until they reached the corridor that she came back to her senses. Realizing her hand was still being held, she immediately yanked it free with force.
She glared at Qin Si Ye with sharp eyes, “Mr. Qin, what you just said, wasn’t that too much? This is the second time.”
The first time, in front of Han Hao Ming, she hadn’t pointed it out directly. Now, he’d said it again.
Had he become addicted to saying it?
Qin Si Ye replied with a cold face, “If I hadn’t said that, could Su Cheng Yu have let you off so easily? Don’t you think only those words could have deterred him?”
Hearing this, Shen Xi lowered her head and remained silent, feeling that what he said did have some logic.
In this world, the person Su Cheng Yu feared the most was him.
“Last Monday, when I contacted you at the hospital, was he the patient you were performing acupuncture on?” Qin Si Ye asked abruptly.
Shen Xi looked up, meeting his probing and slightly cold gaze.
“Yes. In my eyes, he’s just a normal patient.” Shen Xi didn’t deny it.
At this point, there was no point in hiding it. They had already cleared the air between them, so what if he knew?
“Then why did you hide it from me then, not tell me directly?” Qin Si Ye’s heart felt inexplicably sore as he recalled that day.
She had performed acupuncture on Su Cheng Yu at the hospital during the day, and then calmly prepared dinner for him at home that evening.
Didn’t she know he detested that man and had a history with him?
“What good would it have done if I told you? He had made an appointment with me, and came to the hospital for treatment. I couldn’t just drive him out.” Shen Xi took a deep breath and said with a stiff upper lip, “Besides, it’s all in the past. Is there any point in dwelling on this issue now?”
The implication was that they had no relationship now, and he had no reason to question her about this matter.
Qin Si Ye looked at her with bloodshot eyes, suddenly grabbed her right hand, and forced her back against the wall, “Yes. I was pursuing you then, and you deliberately concealed your intimate contact with him. That’s infidelity to me.”
Hearing this, Shen Xi trembled with anger, “What intimate contact? Qin Si Ye, don’t you go making wild assumptions. I was merely fulfilling my duty as a doctor, performing acupuncture on him.
Also, I never agreed to your pursuit, so there’s no infidelity. Please watch your words, and let me go.”
Qin Si Ye gazed intently at her chattering little mouth, wishing he could kiss her again to alleviate the longing of these past few days.
Even with a mask between them, he could still feel a hint of her warmth and fragrance.
Just as he was slowly closing in on her, Shen Xi raised her left hand and slapped him hard, “Qin Si Ye, what do you think you’re doing? Have you forgotten your words and promises?”
At her words, Qin Si Ye seemed to wake up as if from a dream. He immediately let go of her, straightened up, and took a step back.
“I’m sorry, I just…”
At this moment, Shen Xi’s phone suddenly rang. She immediately took it out; it was Jian Fan.
“Hello?”
“Okay. You take her downstairs first, I’ll be down shortly.”
As she spoke, she walked towards the elevator.
Su Cheng Yu, standing in the inner part of the bar, watched this scene unfold, a sinister and charming smile curling at the corners of his lips.
The next day, at Ankang Hospital, Qin Si Yue pushed open the door to Lu Ying’s single room with a smile, carrying breakfast.
Nurse Tong Jie was administering an IV drip to her, and Han Hao Ming was also present.
“Director Han is here. You must have woken up very early to buy breakfast,” Tong Jie glanced back at her, blinking her bright eyes, and said with a smile.
“It’s not that early. Would you like to share?” Qin Si Yue’s small face blushed slightly, hearing the hidden meaning in her words.
Ever since she saved Han Hao Ming’s mother yesterday and stayed with her until past midnight, everyone at Ankang Hospital knew about it.
The news that she and Qin Hao Ming were dating had already spread like wildfire.
She made no attempt to explain and readily accepted the rumors.
“No, thank you. You two eat. I already had breakfast at the nurses’ station this morning,” Tong Jie replied with a smile, then turned to Lu Ying, “Auntie, look how virtuous our Director Qin is.”