He had a serious expression. "You held onto my hand all night, and your leg was on top of mine. My legs almost went completely numb. Wasn’t I just taking pity on you because you were sick? I couldn’t bring myself to forcefully push you away either. So, I sacrificed my own time to be your human cushion, and you’re not even grateful?" 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

Yan Xixi was left speechless.

"Hey, don’t you have meetings to attend these days? Shouldn’t you be getting up now?"

"The meeting starts at nine. It’s too late to go now."

"You can catch the one in the afternoon."

"But I have to accompany you for your IV drip this afternoon, don’t I? Forget it. Either way, you’re the reason I’m delayed."

"Look at you, always blaming me for your own laziness. HMPH, later on, you’ll complain that I’m not independent enough."

He giggled. "You really aren’t independent enough. If I’m not with you, I worry about the ’lion’s roar’ I’ll face when I return home in the evening. So, after weighing my options, I decided it’s better to tolerate it for the sake of domestic harmony."

She pouted. Why is he making himself out to be the victim? Who asked him to stick around? Seriously.

She immediately reached for her clothes. "I’ll go by myself. You don’t need to accompany me."

He grabbed her hand. "Do you think I don’t know? If I really don’t accompany you, there will definitely be serious consequences..."

"What consequences?"

"HEH HEH, Yan Xixi, I’ll make you a bet. If I don’t accompany you to your IV drip for just one day, I estimate that once you’re better, the first thing you’ll do is find an excuse to break up with me."

"..."

"So, will you take the bet?"

"What are the terms?"

"If I don’t accompany you for that one day, and you promise not to find any excuse to act up, to marry me as soon as you’re well, and to vow you’ll never change your mind, then I’ll dare to let you go alone. If you agree, write a letter of guarantee right now!"

"..."

"So, will you write it?"

"Why should I write such a boring thing?"

Little trickster.

Women always say one thing and mean another. They obviously crave it deep down but always beat around the bush.

He chuckled. "See? I knew you wouldn’t dare write it. Since you don’t dare, what are you standing around for like a fool? Hurry up, get dressed and washed, and I’ll go with you."

She was completely speechless.

This guy! He could argue black was white and always had to have the last word. What else could I say?

After receiving an IV and crying herself out the night before, her spirits had lifted considerably.

Perhaps it was because the congee this morning was particularly delicious. Yan Xixi ate two small bowls, only stopping when her forehead was beaded with sweat.

Wan Donglin poured her a large glass of water. "When you have a cold, you need to sweat it out. Drinking more water and sweating more is even more effective than medicine."

She gulped down the water. "In that case, I don’t need to go to the hospital. I can just stay home."

"That won’t do. We need to go for one more day of observation. If there are no issues, then that should be enough. Besides, too many IV drips aren’t good for your body."

She asked skeptically, "Will it really be okay if you don’t attend the meeting?"

"The important matters of the meeting were settled yesterday. Whether I go these next two days doesn’t really matter. Don’t worry. No matter how critical something seems, the Earth will keep spinning even if I miss one meeting. People should never think they’re more important than the heavens."

"You said it yourself."

He took her hand, and they set off. After just a few steps, he distinctly felt her grip tighten on his, their fingers interlacing. She looked as smug as a child. He stole a glance at her. She was beaming, a stark contrast to the forced composure she had maintained before yesterday.