C35

Chapter 35 - Guilt

"Yes, I promise you!" Su Jinyi laughed and said.

He Ruiting looked at Su Jinyi's smiling face and his heart felt soft. He realized that the way they get along with each other was slowly changing.

In the afternoon when he saw the missed call on his phone, he was annoyed that he had forgotten about Su Jinyi. Before returning her call, He Ruiting had received a call from Duan Yunxuan, who had told him about meeting Su Jinyi in the cafeteria. Of course, he had never seen Duan Yunxuan, who cared so much about women, being able to exaggerate Su Jinyi's injuries so much.

Therefore, during the call in the afternoon, Su Jinyi did not take the initiative to tell him about what happened in the dining hall. He was a little angry, but when he came back and saw the wounds on her body, he could only feel pain and regret.

As expected, Nanny Lin cooked a lot of good food. Su Jinyi looked at the big bowls filled to the brim and felt a bit of headache. After coming here, she finally realized that a person's appetite could really be tempered.

"I feel like you guys are treating me like something." Su Jinyi said.

"Eat more." He Ruiting arranged a few bowls for her.

"Have you eaten?" Su Jinyi noticed that he seemed to have only brought up a set of tableware, so he asked.

"Mm, quickly eat." He Ruiting nodded.

Su Jinyi quietly ate, while He Ruiting quietly sat at the side, watching her eat. Su Jinyi was a little uncomfortable from his gaze. She wanted to finish eating quickly to end this awkward atmosphere, but in the end, she accidentally choked.

"Cough cough, cough cough!"

"Slow down, no one is going to fight with you." He Ruiting helped her pour a cup of water, then lightly patted her back to make her feel better.

"I'm fine. Cough, just go with the flow, cough!" Su Jinyi drank two mouthfuls of water and felt better.

Seeing her like that, He Ruiting raised his chopsticks to feed her.

"I'll do it myself." Su Jinyi was not used to such intimate actions, and subconsciously wanted to reject them.

"Open your mouth." With a cold expression, He Ruiting brought the bowl of rice to her lips.

Su Jinyi felt awkward for a while, but seeing that she was unable to dodge, she could only obediently accept it. The speed at which He Ruiting was feeding her was much slower than before, so when she was full, it was already half an hour later. Then, He Ruiting ordered the servants to take away all the bowls.

"Why do I feel like you've been feeding me just now so skillfully, as if you've done it many times." When Su Jinyi had just fed herself, she had been observing silently. She had noticed all those minute movements, and knew that it wasn't the first time he fed someone else.

Hearing Su Jinyi's words, He Ruiting's body trembled. He did not continue with the topic, but said softly, "Can you tell me what happened in the dining hall at noon?"

Su Jinyi pursed her lips and said: "At noon, I met Su Jingran and Li Yi in the dining hall."

"So the injuries on your body were caused by them?" He Ruiting squinted his eyes. He knew it was them right away.

"Yes." Su Jinyi knew that he couldn't hide anything from him, so he could only admit it obediently.

"Don't worry, I will take care of this matter."

After obtaining a definite answer from Su Jinyi, he already had an idea in his heart.

Actually, He Ruiting was also angry at himself, he shouldn't forget the date he had with her at noon. If he didn't leave her alone at noon, she wouldn't have gotten hurt, and wouldn't have suffered any grievances.

Now he wanted to make it up, but He Ruiting was very clear that making up for things like this would be the most useless of them all. As the injury had already been inflicted, no matter how you made up for it, you wouldn't be able to change anything. But now, he couldn't think of any other way to comfort her besides making up for it.

He Ruiting would rather she be angry at him, blaming him for missing his appointment at noon, and would rather she scold him and throw a tantrum at him. However, Su Jinyi showed an extremely understanding expression, not scolding him, not blaming him, and not even blaming him at all.

"How are you going to deal with this?" Su Jinyi saw that his current expression was not very good, and was a little worried about the way he was going to deal with it.

"You just need to obediently recuperate. You don't need to worry about other things, do you understand?"

If he did not say anything, Su Jinyi had no choice, but to leave it entirely to him, no matter what, he would not care, as he knew his limits much better than.

After dinner, Su Jinyi was a little full, but she was currently not suitable for taking a walk to eat, and even had to struggle to get off the bed, so much that she had to rely on herself to walk. She stared at her feet in a daze.

"If your foot doesn't get better tomorrow, you'll have to go to the hospital." He Ruiting said as he pointed to her swollen feet.

"But the doctors at the hospital always like to make a big fuss over nothing. It's better to just sit at home and apply some medicine." Su Jinyi did not like the hospital.

"There is no room for negotiation."

"Then …"

"And no haggling."

Su Jinyi was startled, was he a worm in his own stomach? Did he know what he meant before she said anything?

"I'm going to sleep." Su Jinyi yawned. She was really too tired today.

"Then rest. I'll call for you tomorrow." He Ruiting saw the exhaustion on her face and stopped bothering her.

"Ai, don't go yet." Just as He Ruiting got up, he was stopped by Su Jinyi.

"What's wrong?"

"You just turned off that small night light, I'm a bit scared. Can you help me turn it on?" Seeing that he was about to leave, and even turned off all the lights in the room, Su Jinyi panicked.

He Ruiting helped her switch on the small night light once again, then returned to her bedside and softly said: "Go to sleep, I'll only leave after you're asleep."

"Alright."

It had to be said that He Ruiting's existence made Su Jinyi feel a lot more at ease. She felt that even if the small night light hadn't been turned on, as long as He Ruiting was here, she wouldn't be afraid.

He Ruiting stayed in her room for a long time, and only after her breathing had become even and she had fallen into a deep sleep did he help to tuck her in, and then he quietly left the room.

That night, Su Jinyi slept especially soundly and was extremely at ease. She, who had not slept a dream that night, naturally woke up the next day. As she slept rather early the previous night, although Su Jinyi woke up naturally the next day, she still woke up very early. It was only around seven in the morning.