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Du Yanqing felt Lin Zining's probing expression, and the bottom of his heart felt a little helpless. He looked elsewhere, but refused to answer seriously with his eyes, concealing the relationship she had with Lu Juyan.

"Friendship."

Lu Juyan noticed Lin Zining's gaze sweeping over, and faintly opened his mouth to echo Du Yanqing. Noticing that Du Yanqing's thin lips had slightly dried up, she habitually picked up the cup of water in front of the bedside table, turned around, and walked out of the sickroom, and personally poured a cup of water for her.

When there were only two people left in the ward, Lin Zining's restraint slightly faded. She casually sat on a nearby chair and opened the fruit basket. Just as she was about to peel the apple with the fruit knife and look at the thin porridge next door, she couldn't help but tease, "Tsk, you don't want such a considerate man, why don't I chase after him?"

Du Yanqing, who had retracted his gaze, looked at the meat porridge on the counter. The bottom of his heart was full of ripples, yet he unilaterally did not want to make peace with Lu Juyan. He opened his mouth, but didn't know what to reply. He pursed his lips, but didn't say anything. He just put on a casual expression.

The dry and astringent feeling in his throat made Du Yanqing want to turn his body to pour a cup of water, but he discovered that there was no water in the kettle. Waking up to drink some warm water, he smacked his lips, and once again, a complicated feeling rippled through his heart.

When Du Yanqing just put down the water bottle, Lu Juyan just happened to push open the door to the ward. He placed the warm water on the bedside table and pretended to be cold as he said, "Drink up the water while you are unconscious."

As soon as he finished, he coughed and pushed back a few steps. His hands were in his pockets, pretending as if nothing had happened. He did not need to explain his actions just now. It was just to stop Du Yanqing from drinking the cup of water awkwardly.

"Tsk, your lips are already dry. Drink more water!"

Lin Zining picked up the water on the cabinet and stuffed it into Du Yanqing's hands, who was holding onto the water that he should not have drunk, and used an excuse to help ease the emotions in the bottom of her heart. Out of the corner of his eyes, he saw the cold and stern face of Lu Juyan.

Being forced to pour water to quench his thirst, Du Yanqing's emotions were exceptionally complicated. Even looking at Lu Juyan made him feel inexplicably uncomfortable. She purposely ignored his existence and fervently chatted with Lin Zining.

After cutting the apple in her hand into a small piece, Lin Zining directly picked one up and stuffed it next to Du Yanqing's lips. During the conversation between the two of them, she had been able to perceive the feelings Du Yanqing had toward Lu Juyan that he had unintentionally revealed, and she had not deliberately pointed out the feelings between the two, allowing the two of them to settle it on their own.

The colourful clouds on the horizon gradually darkened and the night sky quietly descended, causing the two people who had been talking to each other to stop. Lin Zining looked at the time on his phone, to prevent himself from disturbing the two's dinner time, and indifferently said his goodbyes.

"Cough, it's time for me to leave. I'll have to trouble you to take good care of her!"

When Lin Zining turned around and prepared to leave, he just so happened to meet Lu Juyan's eyes, and leisurely walked over. She habitually reached out and patted his shoulder as she faintly instructed him. The corner of his mouth curled up into a smile of support. All of his words were spoken without saying a word.

Lu Juyan glanced at Lin Zining's leaving figure, and suddenly felt that the weight suppressed by his shoulders was not the opponent's palm but Du Yanqing. He walked to Du Yanqing's bedside, and before he even sat down, Du Yanqing had already said coldly: "She's gone, you can leave now!"

It was unknown whether it was because Lu Juyan's actions had angered her too much, or because the separation in her heart was something that she could not let go of. For some reason, she didn't want to be alone with Lu Juyan in one place, so she couldn't help but want to drive him away, even though he hadn't done anything to let her down.

"Then Miss Lin wants me to take care of you!"

Lu Juyan sat on the spot, motionless like a mountain, and watched the bowl of thin meat porridge that had gone from hot to cold. He was feeling a little complicated, and before Du Yanqing could say anything, he took his water jug and walked out.

, who was sitting on the sickbed, didn't notice that Lu Juyan had something in her hands. Her words that wanted to say something but stopped instantly stuck in her throat, causing her eyes to become inexplicably moist. He wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with the tips of his fingers, took a deep breath, and turned his gaze towards the window at the side, pretending that he did not care about anything.

Outside the door, Lu Juyan first went to get a pot of hot water in front of the water dispenser, then asked the nurse for a basin before he returned to Du Yanqing's ward. He poured the hot water from the kettle into the metal basin, and then he put the bowl of meat porridge into the hot water, in an attempt to warm it up a little.

"Have some porridge."

Lu Juyan waited for the porridge to warm up before he picked it up and held it in his hand. When he noticed the absent-minded Du Yanqing, his warm fingertip lightly touched her cheek and gently pinched, attempting to pull her thoughts back together.

Du Yanqing, who had recovered from his shock, stared at the porridge in front of him. Feeling the plastic spoon against her lips, she subconsciously opened her mouth slightly. The warm soup warmed her stomach and at the same time warmed her heart.

"I'll do it myself."

A warm feeling rippled through Du Yanqing's heart, causing her eyes to turn slightly red. Her hazy gaze made her lower her head subconsciously, and just as she was about to take the warm meat porridge in Lu Juyan's hands for herself, she coincidentally touched Lu Juyan's warm fingers.

This made Du Yanqing subconsciously retract his hand, and pursed his lips. A trace of panic flashed through his eyes. He placed his hands on his legs, pretending that nothing had happened just now, and retracted the thought of coming here.

Lu Juyan saw that Du Yanqing did not have any intentions of refusing, and the corner of his mouth raised into a smile. Lu Juyan, who had no appetite in the first place, couldn't help but to feel a bit hungry, but he didn't dare to snatch food from her.

Early in the morning on the second day, Du Yanqing opened her eyes slightly. Looking at the decorations around her, she realized that she was in the sickroom. He leaned against the bed and sat up straight, pouting his lips and stroking his messy hair. He yawned and stretched his body before walking to the bathroom to wash up.

Witnessing all of this, Lu Juyan sat by the side and quietly watched Du Yanqing's few blurred images. A faint smile appeared on his face, and his eyes revealed a trace of love and greed.

After the two of them packed up, they decided to leave the hospital. After completing the discharge procedures, the two of them walked towards the door. Just as he walked out of the hospital, Du Yanqing's phone's ringtone sounded. The person on the screen was Gu Li, so he immediately pressed the answer button, and asked indifferently: "Hey, did you find anything?"