Oh no! Drunk last night, I accidentally wandered into my ex-boyfriend's room.

The ward fell into an instant of silence, so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Lin Qian paused for a moment, tears still glistening on her eyelashes, staring blankly at him.

"Lu Beiting, what did you say? What do you mean... it was intentional?"

She had been in a panic the whole way, and had just flagged down a car at random from the company entrance, forgetting to even take her umbrella. Her hair, damp from the light rain, clung messily to her pale cheeks and neck, making her look rather disheveled.

Tears fell one by one, like beads from a broken string.

It hurts people.

I felt so sorry for her that I didn't want to hide it from her.

Lu Beiting swallowed hard, managing to squeeze out a sentence:

"I deliberately caused the car accident."

Lin Qianmang didn't quite understand what he meant, and it took her a long time before she stared into his eyes.

"You deliberately bumped into it? Why...?"

Lu Beiting: "Because I want to see you, I want you to feel sorry for me."

Lin Qian remained silent for a long time.

She simply looked directly into his eyes without making any move.

Lin Qian's pupils were light-colored, her eyes clear, bright, pure, and clean. Lu Beiting could even see his own despicable and filthy reflection in them.

He looked away first, a wave of guilt washing over him, and whispered again, "I'm sorry."

Lin Qian's eyes slowly reddened, and her voice carried a hint of disbelief.

"So Xiao Si also knows the truth, right? You had him deliberately call me in a panic so I would rush over, is that right?"

Lu Beiting: "Yes."

Lin Qian lowered her head sadly, her voice muffled:

Why did you lie to me like that? Is it fun to play tricks on me...?

She was really scared to death just now.

I ran frantically, my heart pounding like a drum, my mind a jumble of thoughts, filled with all sorts of worst-case scenarios.

She was afraid something would happen to him, afraid he would get hurt, afraid that he... would be like those unfortunate people in the news, never to wake up again.

But now, he tells her that it was all part of his plan.

Lin Qian felt a sense of frustration at being fooled.

She questioned him, each word distinct: "Lu Beiting, you saw me rushing over to see you, and you saw how worried I was about you. Are you feeling smug?"

She should have expected this.

Lu Beiting is a cunning and ruthless villain who will stop at nothing to achieve his goals.

The time before last, I pretended I had nowhere to sleep.

Last time, I pretended to have a stomachache.

This time, of course, we could also meticulously plan a car accident and treat her like a fool.

Lu Beiting's voice was hoarse: "I didn't mean to tease you, I just wanted to act pitiful so you would look at me a few more times."

He reached out from under the covers and gently hooked his hand around Lin Qian's index finger.

"It's true that I crashed into the mountain, and it's true that I was injured. The instant I hit it, my internal organs were in pain, so much so that I didn't even have the strength to breathe. But when I thought that you would come to see me, the pain disappeared."

Lin Qian pulled her hand away. "Lu Beiting, are you crazy? Why don't you just run yourself over? Go die!"

After saying that, Lin Qian turned and left without looking back.

The door slammed shut.

-

"What did you say?!" Xiao Si's voice suddenly rose eight octaves on the other end of the phone. "You told her you deliberately staged the car accident? Why?!"

Lu Beiting lay in the cold, silent hospital room, staring at the pale white light on the ceiling. After a long silence, he slowly spoke:

"Because she cried, I couldn't bear to lie to her."

"Isn't it good that you cried? She feels sorry for you. Once you get better, you'll both be happy again. Why did you have to tell her? Isn't that how you play the victim?"

Xiao Si wanted to give him the middle finger.

You're an idiot.

He was already 99% successful, and he had to mess it up like this; that's just not his style.

Xiao Si even suspected that his brain might have been flattened in the car accident.

That's really weird!

Lu Beiting asked in a hoarse voice, "So, is there any other way to remedy this?"

"Yes," Xiao Si said, "Do you see that window in your hospital room?"

Lu Beiting: "I saw it."

Xiao Si: "Open the window, jump out, and it'll all be over. She'll definitely forgive you."

Lu Beiting: "..."

That evening, Lu Beiting tried calling Lin Qian several times.

The other party refused to answer, and eventually even blocked him.

Lin Qian was naturally angry.

Lying in bed, I was too angry to sleep.

Why? Why would he risk getting hurt just to get her attention?

Lin Qian had a dream late at night.

In his dream, a black Bugatti was driving on a winding mountain road. As it turned a corner, the man suddenly accelerated and crashed into the mountainside.

The explosion was deafening.

Immediately following was a burst of flames that shot into the sky. The entire black sports car was instantly shattered into countless burning metal fragments, which flew everywhere...

When Lin Qian suddenly opened her eyes.

My eyes and the pillow were soaked with sweat.

-

Two o'clock in the morning, at the hospital.

Lu Beiting still couldn't sleep.

"Clatter"

A very faint sound of a door opening rang out.

At this hour, no doctor would just barge in without knocking. The only people with the authority to come in are Assistant Gao and Xiao Si.

"roll."

Lu Beiting sternly dismissed them, his mood not good.

The people at the door haven't left.

"Okay, I'm leaving then."

A gentle yet cool female voice rang out.

Lu Beiting suddenly opened his eyes and saw Lin Qian at the door, wearing a thin nightgown with a down jacket casually over it.

Lu Beiting turned on the light. "Why are you back?"

Lin Qian, her face still streaked with tears, walked to the bedside and stared at his face, her voice trembling slightly:

"I just came to see if you were dead."

Lu Beiting chuckled softly, "Don't worry, I'm not dead. If you're still angry, why don't you slap me?"

I won't reward him.

Just as Lin Qian was about to leave, her wrist was suddenly grabbed and gently pulled back.

Caught off guard, she fell backward, sinking into the soft bed, landing squarely on Lu Beiting's bandaged chest.

Lu Beiting groaned in pain, sweat beading on his forehead; the wound in his chest felt like it was about to tear open.

"What are you doing?" Lin Qian quickly moved aside and scolded him, "You're still injured!"

"You care about me, don't you?"

Ignoring the pain, Lu Beiting pulled her even closer, burying his chin in the crook of her neck. "Let me hold you for a while, just a little while."

Lin Qian was pulled into his arms from behind, her back to him, and her eyes suddenly reddened.

Why did you suddenly tell me the truth this afternoon?

If I don't tell her, she might actually soften her heart.

Lu Beiting: "I don't know, I just suddenly don't want to lie to you anymore."

Lin Qian felt down, her nose stinging with tears, and she continued to secretly shed them with her back to him.

"I'm really angry today, you know? Angrier than before."

Lu Beiting: "Okay, I won't try to gain your sympathy on purpose anymore."

That's not what I'm angry about.

Lin Qian rubbed her eyes, her voice choked with sobs, "But why did you treat your own body like that? I saw the video; the car was smoking from the crash. Do you know that if the car exploded, you would really be dead? What if rocks fell from the mountain and killed you? Don't you value your own life at all?"

Behind him, Lu Beiting suddenly stopped.

An unprecedented warm current surged in, mixed with bitterness and regret, and suddenly broke down the hard barrier in his heart.

After a long time, he suddenly turned Lin Qian's body over, said sorry in a hoarse voice, and lowered his head to kiss her salty tears.

His Lin Qian, his baby...

How can someone be so kind?

Lu Beiting donated millions of yuan worth of medical equipment and stayed in this top-tier VIP ward, which could be described as a five-star hotel, with soft double beds.

Lin Qian turned her head away, her voice thick with sobs, "You...you let me go...I want to go back..."

"I won't let go." Lu Beiting hugged her even tighter. "It's dark and not safe outside, and it's raining. How about we stay here?"

As he spoke, Lu Beiting suddenly picked up a fruit knife from the table next to him and handed it to Lin Qian.

Lin Qian gripped the cold hilt of the knife, bewildered. "What are you doing?"

"I'm injured right now and don't have much strength," Lu Beiting said. "If I dare to do anything to you in the middle of the night, you can stab me to death with a knife, stab me in my private parts, and make me infertile for life."

As he spoke, Lu Beiting helped Lin Qian take off her down jacket.

Lin Qian was wearing a thin white silk nightgown underneath, revealing the curves of her body.

Lu Beiting lowered his head and kissed away her tears, then her neck, and then her collarbone...

Lin Qian let out a soft moan, like a kitten whimpering, and her body trembled slightly uncontrollably.

She tried to push him, but found herself completely limp and powerless.

The body is always more honest than the brain.

She was physically attracted to him, so much so that she couldn't resist him anymore.

Lin Qian's face flushed red, and she sobbed softly, "Be gentle...don't leave a hickey, someone will see..."

After saying that, the man's movements became much gentler, kissing her skin little by little, his lips seeming to be covered in static electricity.

Lin Qian felt like melted cream, her whole body tingling from the kisses, her fair skin flushed with a pink mist.

She raised her hand to cover her burning face, "Lu Beiting..."

"Yes, I'm here."

As Lu Beiting kissed her, he cupped her face in his hands and whispered, "Lin Qian, I've missed you so much this past month."

I want to hold your hand, I want to hug you, I want to kiss you...