Lou Xi changed into protective clothing and skillfully made her way into Qin Mobai’s hospital room.

Qin Mobai, lying on the hospital bed, looked slightly better than yesterday. The doctor said he was improving, and the lung infection was under control. As long as he had such a strong will to live, he would eventually wake up.

Someday...

Lou Xi didn’t know when that "someday" would be, but having hope was better than having none.

She sat in the chair, still holding Qin Mobai’s hand like she did yesterday, talking to him about today’s matters at the Land Bureau.

"Mo Bai," Lou Xi said softly, her voice as pleasant and melodious as a clear stream, "today was my first real interaction with society. People were slick in their dealings, leaving me speechless several times. I remember when I was your assistant in Jia Sheng Group’s President’s Office, with Su Lin, you both must have been deliberately accommodating me, never making things difficult."

Back then, Lou Xi was truly cherished by Qin Mobai, never facing any hardships.

It was under Qin Mobai’s wing that she felt many things in the world were easy.

But now, with Qin Mobai in a coma, and everyone assuming she was his widow, she understood what "difficulties at every step" meant.

"Yet through this, I learned to truly grow. I used to always say I wanted to be strong, to become a powerful woman, but never found the chance. Under your protection, I didn’t need to be strong. Now I want to tell you that I can actually protect your father too."

Lou Xi raised her hand, gently caressing Qin Mobai’s cheek, thinking, he must feel her presence.

"If one day you wake up and find I’ve become a powerful woman, would you be surprised?" she laughed softly, "but no matter how I change, I’m always the Lou Xi you deeply love."

After saying this, Lou Xi distinctly felt Qin Mobai’s hand, held by her, move slightly.

But she was no longer as excited as before.

The doctor had told her it was a patient’s autonomous reaction; most coma patients had such reflexes.

She sighed softly, "Mo Bai, let me tell you something. I’ve gained a brother for no reason. He’s the adoptive son of Mom and Uncle Ji. Now, he’s the only outsider, besides Sinian and the others, who knows you’re still alive. He’s so smart and cunning; he figured it out."

Remembering the scene of being trapped by Ji Nanming’s words, Lou Xi felt a bit angry.

But after her anger, Lou Xi also felt apologetic.

"When I go back later, I plan to apologize to him. This morning, I misunderstood him for being indifferent to your situation, but he had already arranged to meet with the people at the Land Bureau. I feel I’m still too impulsive; if only I could be half... no, a tenth as composed as you, I wouldn’t have spoken harshly to him." Lou Xi’s hand traced Qin Mobai’s brow, filled with tenderness and heartache, "I feel I still have so much to learn from you. But without you, Young Master Qin, personally teaching me, I think I won’t learn well. So you must recover quickly; direct guidance is needed."

In her imagination, Qin Mobai should now open his eyes, displaying his signature smile, then saying domineeringly yet gently, "What kind of guidance do you want, hmm?"

She missed his earnest teasing, she missed him standing vibrantly before her!

She missed him.

Even though the two of them were so close.