We moved to Golden Courtyard

Thinking of this, she said.

"Actually, I haven't known Xu Qi for very long, but I do know a bit about his past. Dr. Su, what are your thoughts on the name 'Xu Qi'?"

"Your opinion?" Su tilted her head and shook it. "I don't know."

"Like a girl's name."

Su was taken aback, then clapped his hands and laughed—indeed.

"Well, maybe it's because I was often told that when I was in school, so Xu Qi really dislikes people saying that his name sounds like a girl's."

"Yes, I understand."

"He and a colleague at work, I think his name is Li Fucong, have always had a strained relationship because of this."

At this point, Mei cleared her throat.

"Xu Qi? That sounds like a woman's name. Oh, he's a man..."

"What's wrong with Xu Qi being a man's name? I'm a man!"

Seeing Mei change her voice and intentionally imitate the scene at that time, Su couldn't help but tremble with her shoulders and laugh with great restraint.

"Huh?~~So Xu Qi has such a cute side..."

Startled by the sudden sound beside her, Mei turned around and realized that Alicia had already sat down next to her.

Beside her, the people in the Golden Garden clearly watched Mei's performance with suppressed laughter.

"When...when did you arrive?"

"It probably arrived around the time Mei started telling Xu Qi's story," Su, with her squinty eyes, couldn't help but tease.

"Huh!? Why didn't Dr. Su tell me?"

"Because it's very interesting."

"Ah!...Don't say I told you!"

"Hahahaha!"

Chapter 10, Mei, I will never let go.

"Xu Qi? We've come to see you!"

A melodious voice, like that of a lark, came from outside the door. I didn't even need to see the person to know who had come... Manager Xia had just left when these people arrived—do I look like someone who can't stand being alone?

Alicia walked to the bedside and couldn't help but pat Xu Qi's head.

What are you doing?

"I'm worried you've lost your mind... Strange, it feels normal to the touch?"

"Doctor, is it really okay for your hospital to be so lenient with mental patients?"

Alicia's fist landed lightly on Xu Qi's chest, and Su couldn't help but let out a wry smile—Don't drag me into your bickering...

"Whoa!! Boss!!"

Suddenly, a large cat emerged from among the people in the Golden Courtyard, pounced on the bedside with a sobbing voice that was clearly feigned, and cried out in anguish.

"Waaaaah! Boss!! Why did you have to do this?!"

"Don't talk like I committed suicide."

"Uh..." Cat stopped crying, raised her head, and her delicate and adorable face made Xu Qi feel much better. Wiping away non-existent tears, Cat tilted her head and thought.

Is there a difference?

"Alright, I know what you mean. Now! Right now! Get out of here!"

“But speaking of Xu Qi…” Wearing a magician’s hat that seemed to be never taken off, Vivi sat down on the edge of the bed and stared at Xu Qi with an indescribable look.

"You dared to park the car while wearing only a standard exoskeleton armor... Do you know that if you had been a little later to the hospital, you would have died?"

……

Xu Qi looked around at everyone in the Golden Courtyard. In each person's eyes, there was more or less concern and blame.

Looking into their eyes, you can almost hear them saying one thing to you—"You don't value your own life at all, Xu Qi."

“At least…” Kevin crossed his arms, “we’ll talk about it when you can wear V2V.”

Mebius's expression changed drastically!

"Kevin... what are you talking about? What V2V?"

Wilvi's lips twitched slightly, and she changed the subject.

"Yeah...yes...V2V? What's that? Is that a nickname they gave me? When did that happen? I'm not happy about it..."

Everyone stared at Mebius and Vervière with strange looks.

Could you be any more obvious about how guilty you are?

"Don't worry, Boss Kevin." Xu Qi breathed a sigh of relief. "I'm not completely reckless, it's just..."

“I understand.” Sakura nodded. “No matter what, it’s his own project. Even if someone else has already taken it from him, he did 90% of the work himself. Of course, I don’t want anything to happen to him.”

As expected, Sakura, who had worked as a project manager, understood him better.

“But Xu Qi,” Ying’s expression turned serious, “I still have to say that there is nothing in this world more important than one’s own life.”

……

I got lectured by Sister Ying again...

Xu Qi nodded humbly.

In the Golden Courtyard, apart from Eden who is still abroad, Kevin, Sakura, and the doctor are the people Xu Qi respects the most.

"Take good care of your injuries." By the window, Qianjie looked out, seemingly lost in thought.

Don't be foolish.

"Yes, yes, yes! Brother Jie is right!" Pado nodded repeatedly at the head of the bed. "Boss, if you're not here, there'll be no one to go shopping with me..."

You call that purchasing?

"Xu Qi, may your future life be free of recklessness," Aponia said, clasping her hands together in prayer.

Little Greta, standing nearby, followed suit, saying, "May Brother Xu Qi no longer be reckless."

"..."

"Once the injury heals, we'll try the medicine."

"Yes, yes, yes! Don't forget my magic show at noon!"

“Brother Xu Qi, when a person dies, it’s like a lamp going out. You are not insignificant to everyone in Golden Courtyard.”

"I don't want to see you on the operating table again, Xu Qi."

“Yes, Xu Qi,” Alicia walked forward slowly, her face unusually serious, devoid of any playfulness. “You are our family, you know that?”

My eyes welled up with tears... The warmth in my heart was indescribable.

Xu Qi turned her head away, seemingly not wanting others to see her crying.

But how could this escape the notice of everyone in the Golden Courtyard? They smiled without saying a word, after all, it was rare to see... Xu Qi like this...

"Oh right! I almost forgot!~~" Ellie pulled a cell phone out of her pocket, and the screen showed Eden, who was still in the hotel.

"Uh! Sister Eden?"

Before she could even process her own red and teary gaze, Xu Qi exclaimed in surprise, "So you were here too..."

"Xu Qi, you must have heard what everyone said, right?"

"...Yes, I've taken it to heart."

On the phone, Eden smiled and said, "Then I won't say anything more, Xu Qi. I hope that when I go home next time, I will see all fourteen of us together, reunited."

"Don't worry, Sister Eden, I won't do anything foolish again."

"Alright, alright~~" Ellie put away her phone, beaming. "Cheer up, everyone~~ At least Xu Qi isn't seriously injured, right? And judging by his healing speed, he should be able to be discharged soon."

“Yes, I agree with that.” Su nodded from the side. “Xu Qi’s recovery ability is indeed the most exaggerated I’ve ever seen.”

"Don't make it sound like I'm not human..."

"What, you don't actually think you're human after testing medicine on me for so long, do you?"

"Don't make it sound so scary, Professor!"

"Hahahaha!"

Laughter, which had been absent for a long time, finally broke the silence in the ward.

Outside in the corridor, Mei held Xu Qi's lunch in her hands, leaning against the door with a look of satisfaction in her eyes.

It's like being surrounded by family, Xu Qi...

······

Everyone at Golden Courtyard left in the afternoon.

After all, everyone is either at work or school, and with Mei around, everyone feels really at ease.

According to Kevin's assessment, it's Mei? Well, with her around, we shouldn't have to worry about anything.

Indeed, she always pays attention to every detail, and... almost all the time, she only needs a glance from Xu Qi to understand.

No one would want to let go of a girl like that.

This includes Xu Qi, of course.

"Mei."

"Ok?"

“I don’t think it’s good to keep taking up your time like this. I can basically get out of bed by myself now. In a few days, when my condition improves, you should go back to school.”

Mei paused in her act of peeling the apple.

"I have my final exams in a few days, and you're telling me this?"

“Uh…” Xu Qi scratched his head—it seemed to make sense.

Mei put down what she was doing, stood up, stroked Xu Qi's cheek, and said softly, "If you really want what's best for me, then let me stay with you."

……

Oh no... I'm completely smitten with Mei's gentleness now...

"But speaking of which..."

Not caring about Xu Qi's gaze, since it was just the two of them in the VIP ward anyway, Mei stretched and revealed her beautiful figure to Xu Qi, almost making his eyes pop out.

"I do need to go back to school in a few days to take the exams first."

Will I pass?

“Pass? What do you think I was doing while I wasn’t taking care of you?” Mei walked to the small table in the ward, picked up a workbook and waved it at Xu Qi.

"It's not a question of passing or failing, it's a question of getting a perfect score."

They are as confident as Xu Qi was back in college.

Xu Qi smiled and turned to look out the window.

My conversation with Supervisor Xia this morning has been completely forgotten. In any case, I need to recover from my injury first. Also, there are some other things that need to be put on the agenda.

Xu Qi looked at Mei—he had to keep this girl with him because he finally understood... just how much he liked Mei.

11. From now on, Mei is my prey.

A week has passed since the surgery, and the nurses at the hospital are amazed by Xu Qi's postoperative recovery.

They had never seen anyone recover so quickly after suffering such severe external trauma. Xu Qi can now even walk without assistance.

The word "miracle" is insufficient to describe what happened to Xu Qi.

After the stitches were removed in the morning, when Mei arrived at the hospital after finishing her exams in the afternoon, she happened to see Xu Qi leaning against the corridor, chatting with a girl in the hallway.