Rumor has it that the young master has a hidden illness

Jing Sichen then realized he had neglected Jing Rou and hurriedly returned to the ward, urgently asking, "How are you? Where does it hurt? I'll call the doctor!"

"It feels tightness in my chest, like I can't breathe." Jingrou clutched her chest. "Brother, am I... going to die?"

"No!" Jing Sichen said with absolute certainty. "Don't worry! It definitely won't happen!"

"I think I misunderstood something. That girl wasn't a caregiver, but that girl named Lin Lulu, right?" Jingrou asked, "The one you married."

"Okay," Jing Sichen replied. "From now on, when you see her, you should call her sister-in-law."

Upon hearing this, Jingrou unconsciously clenched her fists into her hands, which were hidden under the covers.

After a long silence, he whispered a reminder: "Brother, have you forgotten why you married her?"

Jing Sichen's face immediately paled in shock, "Rou Rou!"

"When A-Liang told me, I thought it was just something a kid was making up." Jing Rou turned her eyes away, already choking up. "But it turns out it was all true."

Seeing Jing Rou's pained expression, Jing Sichen felt a pang of guilt.

"You're going to abandon me, aren't you?" Jing Rou looked at Jing Sichen with teary eyes. "I know! I'm going to die sooner or later! I shouldn't have been a burden to you! I shouldn't have had any illusions! Don't worry! I won't bother you! Don't worry about me! Just let me fend for myself! From now on, my life or death has nothing to do with you! Go! Go away! I... cough cough cough cough—"

"Rou Rou!" Jing Sichen quickly patted her back. "Take a deep breath! Quick! Take a deep breath! Calm down! You have congenital heart disease; you can't get emotional!"

Jingrou tried her best to do as she was told, and it took her a long time to calm down. She looked pitiful and miserable.

"Brother," her voice was very soft, "you've cooked for Lin Lulu, haven't you? A Liang said it was delicious. But you've never cooked for me."

"Rou Rou..."

"I heard you've learned to laugh, and you laugh very happily. But you've never laughed out loud at me! Why? Why can Lin Lulu change you? But I... I..."

"Don't overthink it," he comforted her. "You're my sister, and Lulu is my wife."

"We're not related by blood!" Jing Rou gripped Jing Sichen's hand tightly. "Brother, don't abandon me! Please, don't abandon me! Waaah—"

"I won't."

"Then, can you abandon Lin Lulu?" Jingrou asked hopefully. "Let her go, okay? I don't want to see her clinging to you! We can still live happily together like before, you, me, and A Liang! Lin Lulu was never meant to be! Brother, please promise me, okay? Let Lin Lulu go back to her original life! Compared to that, she'll be happiest that way, right?"

Hearing Jing Rou's words, Jing Sichen fell silent.

Was that kind of life better for Lin Lulu?

Leave him?

Go to a place where it takes several hours by plane to meet?

Although it's only for a few hours, it's not like we'll never see each other again.

However, he had already gotten used to her being in his presence.

He could see her as soon as he opened his eyes, tease her, take advantage of her intentionally or unintentionally, watch her use her clever tricks, watch her try her best to guess his identity, watch her say one thing but mean another, and watch the upward curve of her smile.

What if all of this will be gone from him?

"Rou Rou, you're wrong." Jing Sichen suddenly spoke up, "Lulu didn't pester me, it was me who pestered her."

Jing Rou was stunned, and even felt pained by the tenderness that flashed through Jing Sichen's eyes in that instant.

He always agreed to anything she begged him with a tearful voice.

But now, he's doing this for Lin Lulu?

"Even if Grandpa punishes you, even if he poisons you and makes you suffer terribly, you still don't care?" Jingrou asked in disbelief.

"I've endured the pain of poison flare-ups for so many years," Jing Sichen said in a deep voice. "The pain of losing her, I've never experienced, and I don't intend to experience it again!"

Jingrou: "But you know Grandpa. He's already so heartless towards you. In the end, it won't just be you who suffers, it will also implicate her!"

Jing Sichen's expression changed.

Jingrou continued, "In Grandpa's eyes, you're not just anyone, you're my fiancé! Even if I die, you have to have a posthumous marriage with me and protect me in the other world! If you dare to disobey... No, you won't disobey. You've always been a very loyal person; you'll definitely repay what you owe Grandpa. Brother, do you think I'm living so hard for myself? I'm doing it for you! For you! I beg you, even if you don't do it for me, for A-Liang, for yourself, don't you even consider Lin Lulu? There's no good outcome for the two of you together!"

Jing Sichen stood there, stunned.

Life has been so wonderful lately.

It was so wonderful that he almost forgot his life wouldn't allow him to act so recklessly.

His liking and favor might not be a good thing for Lin Lulu at all.

Should he... let her go?