“Let me see.” Ruan Tianxin immediately took the phone and looked at the gossip news on it.
Indeed, Feng Anna was taken away by the police from the airport. On Weibo, major brands that had cooperated with Feng Anna all posted announcements, declaring the termination of business cooperation with Feng Anna and promptly removing all advertisements endorsed by her.
Even several film and television crews that had collaborated with Feng Anna, whether currently filming or yet to start, all issued notices of character replacement. For the film and television dramas that Feng Anna had participated in and had already been released, the video platform operators directly removed her name.
Some variety show teams were even faster, pixelating Feng Anna's appearances in their shows.
Even Feng Anna's agency directly issued an announcement to dismiss her.
It wasn't just people in the entertainment industry; even the gossip-mongers could tell that Feng Anna was completely finished. They all expressed confusion and speculation, wondering if Feng Anna had offended some powerful figure.
Otherwise, why would she be in such dire straits, with even her agency rushing to distance themselves from her?
“Who did it?” Ruan Tianxin looked up and asked.
After asking, she immediately thought of Shao Chen, but felt it wasn't very likely. It could also be her parents.
“My Ting Ge didn't do it. Besides him, who else in China has such great power?” Yu He countered, not answering directly.
Ruan Tianxin confirmed from Yu He’s words that she was referring to Shao Chen, but she still felt it was impossible and asked knowingly, “Wasn’t it my parents?”
“You’re asking the obvious. I’ll give you one chance to answer again.” Yu He poked her nose.
Ruan Tianxin pouted, “What reason does he have to do this? Isn’t it a case of the thief crying ‘stop thief,’ and he quickly made Feng Anna take the blame out of fear that my parents would hold him accountable?”
Yu He sighed helplessly, “Just keep guessing. Even I can see that he still has feelings for you, but you don’t believe it. To be honest, I saw him yesterday, he was really worried about you, his eyes were red, he almost cried.”
Ruan Tianxin knew that Yu He was even more oblivious to romance than she was. If even Yu He could see it, then this matter must be true.
This made her heart secretly flutter with joy. However, she couldn't understand, nor was she sure, if he truly still had feelings, why did Shao Chen mock her like that?
“Then where is he now? Why isn’t he here to see me?” she asked with a pout.
“He…”
“Knock knock.” At this moment, a knock on the hospital room door interrupted Yu He.
The person who pushed the door open was James, holding a bouquet of lilies and a thermos. “Tianxin, Auntie told me you were awake. I came to see you. Are you feeling better?”
“Much better, thank you,” Ruan Tianxin said with a smile.
“I made you some nourishing congee. Are you hungry?” James put down the flowers, opened the thermos, and glanced at Yu He, smiling, “And who is this?”
“She's my best friend, Yu He.” Ruan Tianxin introduced. “Xiao He Miao, this is James.”
Yu He raised an eyebrow and asked with her eyes, who is this handsome guy?
“Ex-boyfriend.” Ruan Tianxin whispered to Yu He while James was busy pouring the congee.
“Tsk tsk~ Couldn’t find a new flame, so you’re looking for an old one so quickly?” Yu He teased in a low voice.
Ruan Tianxin quickly pulled her and whispered, “We haven’t reached that point yet.”
Yu He nodded and deliberately said, “It seems like this certain Crown Prince has no hope.”
Ruan Tianxin wanted to say it wasn’t necessarily so, but she wasn’t sure of Shao Chen’s intentions. If he really cared about her, wouldn’t he come to visit her like James?
Just then, Yu He’s phone rang. She glanced at it and said to Ruan Tianxin, “You take care of yourself. I need to go back now. My child is crying and looking for me.”
Ruan Tianxin knew it must be that big baby, Qin Qi Ye, who couldn’t bear to be away from Xiao He Miao. She nodded in agreement. “Mmm, I’ll come find you to play when I get back to China.”
James thoughtfully put down the bowl, helped Ruan Tianxin see Yu He out, then returned to the ward, washed his hands, picked up the congee again, and prepared to feed Ruan Tianxin himself.
“I can do it myself,” Ruan Tianxin took the bowl.
James hesitated, but in the end, he did not insist.
Ruan Tianxin was a romantic person. When they were dating before, she would act spoiled and ask him to feed her. Her being so distant now indicated that she didn’t want to accept him so quickly.
“You brought me to the hospital yesterday, didn’t you? Thank you. You saved my life.” After drinking the congee, Ruan Tianxin felt a little better and said gratefully.
James did not deny it. “You don’t need to thank me. I should apologize to you. As your escort, I should have stayed by your side at all times, and then you wouldn’t have had such an accident.”
“You don’t need to apologize to me. It’s not your fault. It was just my bad luck,” Ruan Tianxin said. “But thankfully, you were there. You are truly an angel to my mother and me, having saved us both consecutively. I will definitely treat you well when I’m discharged from the hospital.”
James wanted to explain that it wasn’t just him who brought her to the hospital, but that Shao Chen had found a divine doctor and guided the doctor via video, which saved her life.
However, seeing Ruan Tianxin’s gratitude towards him, he privately didn’t want to clarify. He wanted to have more contact with her.
“Alright, I’ll be waiting. If possible, I’d like to eat food you cooked yourself,” he said with a gentle smile.
Ruan Tianxin used to cook when she had free time, but her culinary skills were always inconsistent. “Okay, I hope I can perform well then.”
“As long as it’s something you make, I’ll like it,” James said softly.
…
Three days later.
Ruan Tianxin felt that she was mostly recovered and was discharged from the hospital ahead of schedule.
To thank James, Mother Ruan specially invited him to their home for dinner on the night Ruan Tianxin was discharged.
Ruan Tianxin thought this was a good opportunity to fulfill her promise to James to treat him to a meal. On the way home, she went to the supermarket with Mother Ruan to buy ingredients.
“I think I should cook myself to show more sincerity,” Mother Ruan said as she entered the kitchen and picked up an apron.
“Mom, please spare us. I just came out of the hospital, I don’t want to go back in. I’ll do it. Besides, I promised James that I would personally cook him a meal,” Ruan Tianxin took the apron and put it on herself.
Seeing this, Mother Ruan felt there was something fishy and asked with a smile, “Did you two rekindle your old flame?”
During the three days Ruan Tianxin was hospitalized, James stayed by her bedside in the hospital every night. Now her precious daughter was going to cook for him, which clearly indicated that this accident had rapidly heated up their relationship.
“No, don’t think too much about it,” Ruan Tianxin denied.
“It’s you who doesn’t have that intention towards him, but he has that intention towards you, right?” Mother Ruan suddenly saw through her little secret.
“Honestly, Mom thinks James is very good. Look how concerned he was about you during your hospitalization. And look at Shao Chen, he hasn’t shown up again. If you get together with James, at least you won’t have conflicts of nationality, status, or religious beliefs.”
Ruan Tianxin’s lips moved, wanting to say something to refute, but she couldn’t.
Since the accident and waking up, she hadn’t seen Shao Chen again. Xiao He Miao even said he still had feelings for her, but after so many days, he hadn’t appeared, not even a message to express concern.
Was this really lingering affection?