Jiang Yuan left, leaving cleanly and neatly.
Chi Xu leaned against the wall and slowly slumped down. He bent one leg, put his hand on his knee, and stared blankly at a corner in front of him.
A nurse passed by and couldn't help reminding him, "What are you doing sitting on the floor? You already have a fever. Don't torture yourself."
Chi Xu didn't respond. He hung his head low, looking as if he had lost his soul, dead and lifeless.
"You're his family member, right? Why don't you take care of him?" Seeing that Chi Xu didn't respond, the nurse saw Song Xiangyi standing there in a daze. She shook her head and reminded.
Song Xiangyi suddenly came to her senses. She politely saw the nurse off, then turned around and stood in front of Chi Xu. She lowered her head to soothe his emotions.
"Brother Chi Xu, Jiang Yuan has already left. You should go back to the ward quickly. What if you have a fever again?"
Chi Xu still remained motionless, lifeless.
Song Xiangyi couldn't help stomping her foot and whispered, "Is Jiang Yuan really that good? Is she worth you acting like this? If Uncle and Aunt knew about this, they'd be so angry."
"Shut up." A cold and low scolding voice sounded.
Song Xiangyi stared at him in shock. She was stunned to see Chi Xu with bloodshot eyes. This was also the first time in the two or three years they had known each other that Chi Xu had ever spoken harshly to her.
"No, Brother Chi Xu. Is she really that good? Is she worth you scolding me for her?" Song Xiangyi didn't know the whole story and made a hasty conclusion.
"Yes. You were wrong to read her memo, and you were also wrong to plot against her with her friend. But this mistake isn't unforgivable, right?"
"I don't think Jiang Yuan is as good as you think she is. Have you met Lu Zhen? Lu Zhen is one of my junior high - school classmates. I often see the two of them going out to play!"
Song Xiangyi raised her voice and exaggerated the facts in an attempt to persuade Chi Xu to give up.
"Even when you were in the hospital, I saw Jiang Yuan leaving you behind and having a great conversation with Lu Zhen. This flirtatious girl. Why on earth do you still like her so much..."
Suddenly, her arm was grabbed and pulled down forcefully. Song Xiangyi wasn't prepared at all. She was pulled to her knees on the ground. Her eyes widened in fright, and her face paled. She felt a dull pain in her knees.
She endured the pain and looked up. Just as she was about to complain a little, she suddenly bumped into Chi Xu's cold, abyss - like black eyes.
Song Xiangyi's heart trembled. She forced a smile, her voice trembling, "Chi, Brother Chi Xu, what's wrong?"
Was it really worth it for a Jiang Yuan?
"You don't know anything. I advise you not to spread rumors everywhere." Chi Xu tightened his grip on her wrist. His five fingers pressed hard. Song Xiangyi's face turned pale. She seemed so scared that she didn't dare to move.
She heard Chi Xu say, "Song Xiangyi, I believe in Jiang Yuan. She has nothing to do with Lu Zhen."
"Why do you trust her so much? Isn't she hurting your heart enough?" Song Xiangyi endured the pain and retorted through gritted teeth. "Do you really believe that there's nothing going on between her and Lu Zhen?"
"I've seen the two of them going out to play together twice. Isn't that just too much of a coincidence? Seeing is believing, and hearing is deceiving!"
Chi Xu paused slightly. His dark eyes stared at her, making it even more difficult to figure out his feelings at this moment.
In his impression, Jiang Yuan did go out to play with Lu Zhen a few times, but the total number was no more than five.
It was just such a coincidence that Song Xiangyi happened to see them twice?
"I share an apartment with Jiang Yuan. I basically know when she goes out to play with Lu Zhen."
Song Xiangyi was stunned. Chi Xu continued, "Jiang Yuan and Lu Zhen are high - school classmates. If there was really something between them, why didn't they get together in high school?"
"Of course it's because you can't have puppy love in high school!" Song Xiangyi retorted again. She couldn't believe that she had misunderstood all this time.
Then... those words she had said to Jiang Yuan so proudly at that time. Song Xiangyi didn't dare to think about it anymore. Her face seemed even paler than before.
Chi Xu ignored Song Xiangyi's retort and continued on his own, "No puppy love in high school? After graduating from the college entrance examination, Jiang Yuan and Lu Zhen didn't seem to be in touch, but they applied to universities in the same place."
"I got to know Lu Zhen at a nursing - home activity more than a month ago." He paused and then continued, "The same goes for Jiang Yuan. Since then, the two of them have been in touch."
"This shows that they already had feelings for each other." Song Xiangyi sneered. She tried to shake off Chi Xu's hand that was holding hers, but she couldn't. Her face looked ugly.
The coldness of the floor seeped through her fluffy pants and reached her legs. Her heart felt cold.
"No, this shows that if they had feelings for each other earlier, they should have gotten together as soon as the college entrance examination ended." Just like when everyone realized after the college entrance examination that this person and that person had secret crushes on each other.
This was also the reason why he didn't ask when he accidentally saw Jiang Yuan and Lu Zhen on the first floor.
Actually, it was very simple. You could figure it out if you thought about it carefully.
"Song Xiangyi, do you have some misunderstanding about Jiang Yuan?"
Chi Xu let go of his hand. Song Xiangyi quickly pulled hers back and moved her wrist. Her eyes were dodgy, and she said guiltily, "I'm not familiar with Jiang Yuan at all. How could I have any misunderstandings?"
"Then why do you have a prejudice against her?" Chi Xu was sharp - tongued and pointed out the problem directly. "Just now, for example, you were implying that Jiang Yuan is a two - timing person!"
"I, I didn't." Song Xiangyi was indeed guilty and tried to cover it up. After hearing Chi Xu's explanation and recalling her previous words and actions, her heart skipped a beat. It seemed that she really had misunderstood Jiang Yuan.
Song Xiangyi carefully looked at Chi Xu and then carefully asked, "Do you really like Jiang Yuan?"
"Yes, I like her." Chi Xu answered quickly without blinking. "You know that I've liked her since primary school until now."
Because he liked her so much, he was even more cautious and afraid.
Song Xiangyi fell silent. She sat on the ground with her legs pressed, and her legs were slightly numb.
She looked at Chi Xu, whose eyes were red - rimmed and almost devoid of light. Her fingertips were slightly numb. She took a deep breath. After much hesitation, she told Chi Xu what she had said to Jiang Yuan.
Since Chi Xu liked Jiang Yuan so much, wouldn't the words she had said at that time push the two of them further and further apart?
Song Xiangyi thought blankly that she couldn't get engaged to Chi Xu. Since high school, Chi Xu had been the "other people's child" in her parents' mouths, so she had once hated Chi Xu.
Sometimes she thought it would be great if there was no Chi Xu.
But sometimes she really liked Chi Xu. It was a kind of sibling - like love. She could show off to others that she had a very excellent elder brother who had good grades and was handsome, making her friends extremely envious.
He wasn't a real brother, but better than a real one.
Song Xiangyi lowered her eyes and looked at the person who was so different from the high - spirited one in her memory. She took a deep breath and said in a low voice.
"Brother Chi Xu, actually... I do have a prejudice against Jiang Yuan. I think she doesn't deserve you. She's stringing you along on one hand and Lu Zhen on the other."
"So I told her that I'm going to get engaged to you after graduation, and told her to give up her delusions."