"Okay." Su Rou nodded.
Su Yuze said contentedly, "Good girl."
The next day
Due to Su Rou's reluctance to get out of bed, the two dawdled until noon before slowly making their way to the hospital. At the door of the VIP ward, there were actually two black - suited bodyguards standing there like two door gods.
"Don't tell me they're here to imprison Jiang Ling?" When Su Rou saw the two black - suited bodyguards, she inexplicably recalled the time when she was locked up in the Wen family by Wen Haotian. There were also two black - suited bodyguards standing guard at the door.
"No."
Su Yuze led Su Rou over, but they were immediately stopped by the two black - suited bodyguards. "Who are you?"
"Su Yuze."
The two black - suited bodyguards glanced at each other, then stepped aside. "Come in, please."
It seemed that these two black - suited bodyguards were here to protect Jiang Ling. Su Rou pushed open the ward door and saw Jiang Ling lying straight on the bed, his body wrapped in bandages. Especially his head, his face was covered in bruises. There were so many that it looked pitiful.
Su Yuze didn't feel much. When he was training as a child, he had injuries much more serious than this. In Su Yuze's eyes, these were just minor injuries. Moreover, Jiang Ling was still his love rival. He wasn't going to show sympathy to his love rival.
Su Rou leaned over to take a look at Jiang Ling's electrocardiogram. The heart rate on it seemed a bit slow, indicating that Jiang Ling's physical functions were not in good condition at the moment.
"They really beat him hard." Su Rou whispered. Jiang Ling's once handsome face was now completely covered in bruises. Where was the former elegance?
"Feeling sorry for him?"
"No..." Why did he always misinterpret her meaning?
"Um..." The person on the bed suddenly groaned, then slowly opened his eyes. He first looked around blankly. What had happened to him? Where was he? He felt that his body seemed extremely heavy, as if there were heavy stones pressing on him.
Right, he remembered. The evening before last, he was cornered in the classroom by Dean and the others. Dean had said obscenely that he wanted to take Su Rou as his slave and defile her. Then, unable to bear it any longer, he had fought with Dean. But the result was that he was outnumbered and knocked down.
And then? He had walked out of the classroom, wanting to find Su Rou. But pain shot through his body, and his vision went black. He lost consciousness. When he woke up again, he was already here... This place seemed to be a hospital?
"Xiaorou!" Right, Su Rou... He had to contact Su Rou quickly and tell her to be careful of Dean!
"What do you want?" Su Rou asked from the side.
Huh? Jiang Ling stiffly turned his neck. But because he had been lying for too long, his neck creaked a few times. Although it was a bit painful, after seeing Su Rou, the pain disappeared. "Xiaorou..." He wasn't dreaming, was he? He had just been thinking about her, and she had appeared so quickly!
Su Rou looked at his excited expression. "You're badly injured. Have a good rest and don't move around." Looking at him wrapped up like a mummy, if he moved around any more, was he trying to die?
Jiang Ling was extremely surprised at this moment. "Xiaorou, is it really you?"
"It's really me." Had he been beaten stupid? "Jiang Ling, don't smile. You look ugly now." With this appearance, if he smiled, it would be simply unbearable to look at.
"I..." Reminded by Su Rou, Jiang Ling then realized the pain in his body. "I was beaten by Dean. Xiaorou, let me tell you, you have to stay away from Dean. Do you hear me? He's a pervert. He has a fetish for collecting Asians as slaves. Don't walk alone with him!" Because Jiang Ling was a bit excited, the indicators on the electrocardiogram were rising rapidly.
Su Rou made a soothing gesture to him. "Jiang Ling, don't be excited. It's all over."
"What's over?" Jiang Ling asked stupidly.
"The Jinsen family has already released all the slaves in the manor, and they won't look for Asian slaves in the future." This time, it was Su Yuze who spoke to explain. His faint, magnetic voice rang out, calm and aloof.
Only then did Jiang Ling notice that there was a third person standing in the ward. Just now, all his attention had been on Su Rou, and he hadn't noticed that there was actually someone else standing here. He was... Su Rou's elder brother! "Mr. Su." So Su Yuze had also come to the United States.
"Yeah." He responded faintly as an acknowledgement.
"Wait, you just said that they've already released all the Asian slaves... What's the date today? How many days have I been lying here?" Jiang Ling then asked belatedly.
"You've been lying here for two days."
"..." No wonder Su Rou was okay. It turned out that the matter had already been resolved. Jiang Ling heaved a sigh of relief. "It's good that you're okay. Xiaorou, I was really worried about you."
Su Yuze looked at Jiang Ling and immediately felt annoyed. So lovesick? Didn't he know that with his current appearance, speaking in such a tone would lower his IQ?
Sure enough, Su Rou frowned. "You'd better stop talking." It was too strenuous. He was clearly grimacing in pain but still insisted on talking. "Don't worry. Your medical expenses and your future tuition fees will all be covered by the Jinsen family."
"Why?"
"Well... this is also my way of repaying you." Su Rou said.
"Repay me? For what?" Jiang Ling was puzzled.
"Because Dean misunderstood that you were my boyfriend and that's why he attacked you. I'm really sorry." She wasn't someone who couldn't tell right from wrong. If it was her fault, she should take responsibility.
Jiang Ling gave a soft laugh and averted his gaze. God knows, in fact, he really enjoyed being misunderstood as Su Rou's boyfriend. "No need. I did it voluntarily."
Su Rou saw his displeasure. There was nothing she could do. Some things still had to be clarified. "Jiang Ling, I'm going back to China next week. I'm here to say goodbye to you."
"What?" Jiang Ling turned his head excitedly. The movement was too big and it pulled the wounds on his body. He immediately grimaced in pain again. "Why are you going back to China again? You've only been here for less than half a year."
"I came here... by accident." It wasn't that she had come here on purpose.
"You..."
Seeing this, Su Yuze patted Su Rou on the shoulder. "Xiaorou, go out and wait for me first. I have something to say to Jiang Ling."
Su Rou nodded and walked out. Su Yuze looked down at Jiang Ling on the hospital bed without saying a word. For a moment, the only sound in the ward was the beeping of the electrocardiogram. Jiang Ling really couldn't bear such an imposing manner and spoke first. "Mr. Su, just say what you want to say."
"How old are you this year?" Su Yuze asked.
"..." Jiang Ling was a bit confused, but still answered honestly. "Twenty."