He just broke up with his girlfriend and is already living with the devilish rich girl.

Chapter 37 Unspeakable Pain

a day ago.

Bai Ziheng was carrying a bag of fruit and standing in the smoking area at the hospital entrance.

He lit the third one.

To go in, or not to go in?

This question had been swirling in his mind for over ten minutes.

That kid is so annoying!

Without fail, she would come to the supermarket where she worked every day and look at me with those wet, puppy-like eyes.

"Brother-in-law, have you gone to see my sister?"

"Brother-in-law, my sister is all alone in the hospital, she's very lonely."

Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, brother-in-law!

I don't even know your sister's name!

Unable to contain himself to no avail, Bai Ziheng had no choice but to tell Luo Yao the whole story.

After all, this person is now more than just his savior.

He was still his nominal boss, the one who paid his salary.

At that moment, Luo Yao was nestled in a soft sofa, in a languid posture.

She held up her phone, a fast-paced short drama playing on the screen, her two smooth legs resting on the sofa armrest, her delicate little feet swinging back and forth.

After listening to Bai Ziheng's troubles, she didn't even lift her eyelids.

"Oh, then go ahead and take a look, it won't hurt."

"Those two are Zheng Ningyuan's children."

"One of the four theater commanders of the Special Administration Bureau, we still have to give them face. You won't lose out by cultivating a good relationship with them."

Bai Ziheng almost choked on his breath when he heard this.

What's going on?!

He was internally cursing: Who was the one who used illusion magic to make that girl forget him completely?

Now you're making me take the initiative to get closer to you?

What on earth is this woman thinking?!

But unfortunately, when you're under someone else's roof, you have no choice but to bow your head.

Whatever the boss says, that's what it is.

No, this is still my home!

Bai Ziheng finally arrived.

Carrying a bag of freshly bought apples and bananas, he finished his third cigarette at the hospital entrance and turned to walk into the inpatient building.

...

He found the ward using the number given to him at the nurses' station.

The door was ajar, leaving a small gap.

Bai Ziheng peered through the crack in the door and saw the back of a young girl.

She was wearing a loose blue and white striped hospital gown and was standing quietly by the window.

The evening breeze blew in through the wide-open window, gently lifting her long, smooth, black hair.

A few strands of hair playfully clung to her fair neck, swaying gently in the breeze.

Even if it's just a silhouette, even if it's wearing the most unsightly hospital gown.

It couldn't hide her elegant and refined temperament.

Bai Ziheng raised his hand and knocked lightly on the door twice.

"Knock knock".

The crisp knock on the door made the figure tremble slightly.

The girl turned around.

When her gaze fell on Bai Ziheng's face, she was first stunned in confusion, as if trying to make out his features.

A few seconds later, she seemed to suddenly remember something.

"You, you... what brings you here?"

She was instantly at a loss, her hands instinctively reaching to tidy her wind-blown hair.

His voice carried a hint of panic.

"I...I...my hair is a mess right now, I..."

"You don't need to mind it."

Bai Ziheng pushed the door open and went in, closing it behind him as he did so, and placed the fruit on the bedside table.

He tried his best to make his tone sound calm and natural.

"Your brother was very worried about you, so he sent me to check on you."

Hearing the words "younger brother" seemed to ease the girl's tension somewhat.

Instead, I felt a deep sense of guilt.

"I'm so sorry... my brother... he's caused you trouble."

"There is no trouble."

Bai Ziheng asked in a businesslike manner.

Are you alright now?

"Hmm...it's all over now."

The conversation abruptly ended, and a brief silence fell over the ward.

Bai Ziheng felt that his mission of visiting the family was complete and he could go back and report.

After all, I really didn't have much to talk about...

What do you want me to say to her? I don't even know her...

"Then I'm leaving."

As he spoke, he prepared to turn and leave.

"Wait, wait a minute!"

A soft hand suddenly reached out and grabbed his wrist.

Bai Ziheng paused and turned around to look.

The hand was small, slightly cold from illness, yet it gripped him tightly, as if afraid he would run away.

After grabbing his hand, Zheng Yueyao's face turned even redder, and she lowered her head even further, not daring to look Bai Ziheng in the eye.

"I'm...I'm sorry...I..."

Bai Ziheng looked at her, who seemed to be burying herself in the ground, and found it a bit strange.

This girl's reaction is a bit too much.

"Is there anything else?" he asked.

Zheng Yueyao gripped the hem of her clothes tightly, her knuckles turning white.

She seemed to be going through a fierce internal struggle.

After a long while, she finally mustered up her courage, slowly raised her head, and looked at him with a pleading look in her watery eyes.

"If... I mean, if you're not busy, could... could you talk to me for a bit?"

Looking into those hopeful eyes, the words of refusal reached my lips, but I couldn't bring myself to say them.

"Can."

Sigh, everyone in this world claims to be a gentleman, but who isn't a sucker for good looks?

People who can create good models can do whatever they want.

Bai Ziheng sat down on the chair next to the hospital bed.

Upon hearing his agreement, Zheng Yueyao's eyes instantly lit up.

She hurriedly picked up the thermos on the table and poured him a cup of hot tea in a disposable paper cup.

He presented it to me with both hands.

"Thank you." Bai Ziheng took it.

"I should be thanking you."

"My younger brother... is very busy with his studies and rarely has time to come and see me."

"Besides the nurses, there are very few people here who I can talk to... I'm so happy that you came today."

Her voice was filled with undisguised joy.

Bai Ziheng took a sip of tea and casually asked, "Where are your parents?"

When her parents were mentioned, the light in Zheng Yueyao's eyes dimmed.

"My mother... passed away when I was very young."

"Father...he's very busy with work, extremely busy."

Bai Ziheng nodded and didn't ask any further questions.

Every family has its own troubles, and the responsibilities of the Special Administration Bureau Commander must be far greater than a supermarket clerk like him could imagine.

His gaze swept across the ward unintentionally, and suddenly he was drawn to something placed on another empty chair.

It was a suit uniform that was folded neatly.

The ironing was impeccable, and the epaulets and collar insignia reflected a cold, hard metallic luster under the light.

"Are you going out?" he asked.

"I……"

Zheng Yueyao followed his gaze, and a look of hesitation and struggle immediately appeared on her face.

She bit her lower lip, seemingly unsure whether she should say these things to someone she had only met twice.

Finally, she spoke up.

"My unit... well, you can think of it as a law enforcement agency, and recently there was a very important operation."

She carefully chose her words and explained them cautiously.

"I really wanted to participate... That operation was very important to me."

Bai Ziheng spoke without hesitation.

"If I were you, I definitely wouldn't go."

Zheng Yueyao was stunned, seemingly never expecting him to give such an answer.

"But, but that was my responsibility!" she pleaded urgently, raising her voice slightly.

Bai Ziheng put down the paper cup in his hand and looked at her calmly.

"I don't really understand those big principles, responsibility, and stuff like that."

"But I also have an older sister."

These few words alone made Zheng Yueyao's breath catch in her throat.

"If I die like this, my sister will be very sad."

"She will cry, lose her appetite, have trouble sleeping, and may have nightmares for the rest of her life."

"She would feel like her whole world has collapsed."

The ward was eerily quiet, with only the sobbing of the evening breeze blowing through the windowpanes, as if providing accompaniment to these heavy words.

Bai Ziheng slowly turned his head, his gaze refocusing on Zheng Yueyao's pale face.

In those dark pupils, an indescribable pain and a deep-seated fear surged.

"Similarly, if my sister died..."

He suddenly closed his eyes halfway through his sentence.

My body began to tremble slightly uncontrollably.

That image, that possibility, just existing in his mind was enough to torture him to death!

He didn't even have the courage to imagine it.

Responsibility? Glory? Ideal?

Compared to the life of the person you cherish most, all those things are nothing.

When he opened his eyes again, his eyes were already red.

His voice was as hoarse as two pieces of sandpaper rubbing together.

"You are dead. To those so-called 'responsibility,' you are just a replaceable name, a cold tombstone, a casualty report in an archive."

"But to your brother, to your father, you are the whole world."