Xia Sanghuan had been counting the days on the calendar recently. She was simply too idle.
During her stay in the hospital, she secretly called Professor He to inquire about the research progress, but was caught red - handed by Sister Mo Ning.
Because of this incident, her phone - using time was restricted.
Fortunately, with the meticulous care of her family, she recovered very well.
If she had been allowed to work at the cost of ruining her own health, she might have had to stay in the hospital for a while longer.
Without any surprise, she was taken back to the Fu family's residence.
In fact, even if her family still wanted to send her back to the Leng family, she would have strongly demanded to return to her own home.
Leng Chuanjin came to visit her once in the middle. The two of them just sat face - to - face in silence.
The girl lowered her head, eating snacks and drinking tea, completely ignoring him.
But even with her expressionless face, she still looked cute in Leng Chuanjin's eyes.
Not to mention that her cheeks were bulging with cookies and cakes. From his perspective, the girl looked like a hamster gnawing on nuts.
Finally, when the snacks were almost all eaten by her, he said the first sentence to her today.
"I'll pick you up on the day you're discharged from the hospital."
"What do you pick me up for?"
She swallowed the snack in her mouth and gave him a somewhat disdainful look.
"Of course, to take you home."
The man replied in surprise.
The girl's hand that was holding the teacup paused, and a bit of the tea accidentally spilled out.
He quickly picked up the tissue beside him and wiped the table clean to prevent the tea from flowing onto the girl's snow - white sleeves.
Xia Sanghuan was stunned for a moment but still sipped her tea as if nothing had happened - because she would have choked if she didn't.
Just to avoid eye contact with Leng Chuanjin, she had forcefully eaten most of a plate of cookies without anything to wash them down.
"I'm not going back with you."
After swallowing the cookies and tea together, she put down the teacup and looked squarely at the man in front of her.
Both her expression and tone were very serious. There was no sign that she was joking.
After hearing her words, the smile that had been lingering on the man's lips gradually disappeared.
"Why?"
"You're already engaged. It's inappropriate for me to stay at the Leng family's anymore."
As she spoke, she poured herself another cup of tea, trying to look calm.
"I'm not engaged..."
The girl raised her hand to stop his words.
"I don't want to hear this sentence from you again."
"If you came here just to talk about this, please go back now. I won't agree to it."
She paused, "And I don't want to see you either."
She calmly said these heart - wrenching words.
Leng Chuanjin, who had originally wanted to explain to her, fell silent immediately.
He whispered "Okay" and then stood up.
He picked up the coat on the back of the chair and walked out of the ward without saying a word.
Xia Sanghuan could see his tense back - he was holding back.
Probably he was too embarrassed to get angry at her.
As she thought about it, she stuffed the last few cookies into her mouth.
It was only at the end that she realized that the cookies her family had prepared for her today were of the butter - nut flavor.
For some reason, just thinking of these four words made a burnt and bitter taste spread on her taste buds.
But the cookies were clearly sweet, so sweet that they needed to be eaten with tea.
She closed her eyes and swallowed the cookies along with the tears that were about to well up.
...
"Have you got everything?"
Fu Lingshi helped his younger sister put the bag on the car seat.
"Yeah."
Xia Sanghuan held her eldest brother's hand and got into the car.
After everyone was seated, Fu Lingshi drove towards the Fu family's residence.
The girl looked out of the window and suddenly felt that the scenery along this road seemed a bit strange - after all, she used to go back to the Leng family and took another road.
A sudden sense of sadness welled up in her heart.
And in a place she didn't notice, there was an unassuming black car parked.
Leng Chuanjin was sitting in the driver's seat, staring intently at her.
He watched until she was out of his sight.
...
When they got home, she immediately threw herself onto the sofa.
Fu Youqing rarely saw her younger sister in such a state. She walked forward, squatted down, and whispered in her ear.
"Go out and have fun tonight?"
She originally thought that her younger sister would refuse, as she was a typical good student.
However, Huanhuan turned to look at her and then said.
"Okay."
This really delighted Fu Youqing.
She joined forces with Fu Moning and took her younger sister out to relax for the whole night.
Although the itinerary was all arranged by the third elder sister, Xia Sanghuan didn't feel uncomfortable at all.
The sisters took her to play escape rooms. Considering her poor physical condition, Fu Youqing specially chose a theme that was more of a mental exercise.
Coincidentally, it was about medicine.
Those questions that were extremely difficult for other customers were solved by the girl in less than three minutes.
It was originally agreed that the playing time would be two and a half hours, but she led her two sisters to overcome all obstacles and walked out in less than half an hour.
Although Fu Moning and Fu Youqing didn't have much of an experience, seeing their younger sister finally in high spirits was more gratifying than playing an escape room.
Because of Xia Sanghuan's solid medical knowledge, a shopping option was added after the escape room that was supposed to be the end of the activity.
Knowing that their younger sister was not interested in clothes and jewelry, they simply took her to the most bustling night market in the city center.
There were not only snacks but also some other strange things sold in the night market.
So Xia Sanghuan finally got her hands on three famous books that she had been craving for a long time, with annotations from the previous owner on them.
When the three of them were too tired to walk anymore, they reluctantly went home.
After saying good - night to her sisters, the girl went back to her own room.
After locking the bedroom door, the smile on her face disappeared immediately.
She took out her phone from her pocket and scrolled down the address book.
When she scrolled to Leng Chuanjin's name, she stopped.
Her finger moved slightly, hesitating whether to call him.
She had said such heartless words that day. If she called him now, wouldn't it be very embarrassing?
But thinking that Xia Anying was still staying at the Leng family, she could only brace herself.
She originally thought that Leng Chuanjin wouldn't answer her call, but unexpectedly, the call was picked up after just two or three rings.
"Hello, Brother Chuanjin..."
Before she could finish her sentence, she heard a clear and sweet female voice from the other end of the phone.
"Brother Chuanjin, someone is looking for you - "
After hearing this voice, Xia Sanghuan's mind went blank for a moment.
Who was she?
An answer was on the tip of her tongue.
It was not until Leng Chuanjin's voice rang in her ear that she regained a bit of consciousness.
"What's up, Sanghuan?"