Hearing that his daughter had come around, Father Gu looked quite happy and praised her, "Good. I'll help you find the auction items."
"Dad, I'd like to negotiate for the items myself."
"This..." Hearing that his daughter wanted to handle it herself, Father Gu asked warily, "You're not still thinking about cooperating with those people before, are you? I'm telling you, it's a no - go!"
Seeing her father's strong reaction, Gu Anrou lied, "Dad, I promise the auction items I choose are from legitimate sources."
Hearing his daughter's confident assurance, Father Gu felt relieved. "That's good. Go ahead and do it with confidence."
Gu Anrou hooked her lips in a smug smile and sighed inwardly that it felt so good not to have to beg others.
Xu Qingqing stayed by Lu Chuanbai's side until it got dark. She stared intently at the man's deep - set features and handsome face, and couldn't help reaching out to trace his features. When her hand passed over his eyes, looking at his long, fan - like eyelashes, she marveled at how long a man's eyelashes could be.
Just then, her hand was suddenly grabbed. Lu Chuanbai suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Xu Qingqing.
"Do I look good?"
Caught in the act, Xu Qingqing was startled and quickly withdrew her hand, muttering, "You didn't even say a word when you woke up."
Since Lu Chuanbai had woken up, the effect of the anesthetic must have worn off.
Xu Qingqing asked with concern, "Does your wound hurt?"
"No." Lu Chuanbai shook his head, and his eyes never left Xu Qingqing for a moment.
Xu Qingqing felt uncomfortable under his gaze. Remembering how she couldn't help but shed tears and Lu Chuanbai wiped them away for her, she felt even more useless.
Xu Qingqing avoided Lu Chuanbai's gaze. "Let's eat. I bought some porridge."
Xu Qingqing propped up the small dining table attached to the hospital bed and placed the porridge on it. "Eat."
Lu Chuanbai lay in bed unmoved and blinked innocently. "Qingqing, I'm an injured person now. How can I feed myself?"
"You didn't hurt your arm." Xu Qingqing wasn't fooled.
The strength with which Lu Chuanbai had grabbed her hand just now was quite strong.
Lu Chuanbai continued to make excuses. "What if I accidentally tug at the wound... Ah, my wound hurts a bit."
What a poor actor!
Xu Qingqing rolled her eyes mentally but still picked up the spoon, scooped up some porridge, and brought it to Lu Chuanbai's mouth. "Drink."
But Lu Chuanbai turned his head away and said with a hint of disgust, "How can I drink such hot porridge? You need to blow on it."
Xu Qingqing: "..."
Xu Qingqing picked up the porridge, blew on it twice, and brought it to Lu Chuanbai's mouth. "You're not a child."
Only then did Lu Chuanbai drink the porridge contentedly and sighed, "An'an and Yi Yi really need a more considerate father to take care of them."
Hearing this, Xu Qingqing directly scooped up a large spoonful of porridge and stuffed it into Lu Chuanbai's mouth.
"Even when you're eating, you can't shut up. Don't even think about my two kids!"
Although Xu Qingqing seemed disgusted, Lu Chuanbai noticed that her attitude wasn't as tough as last time. It was like the ice and snow in winter were slowly melting with the arrival of spring.
While drinking the porridge and watching Xu Qingqing puffing her cheeks to blow on the porridge, Lu Chuanbai suddenly felt that getting injured this time was worth it.
After finishing the bowl of porridge, Xu Qingqing looked up and found Lu Chuanbai staring at her with extremely intense eyes. Her cheeks flushed slightly.
"What are you looking at?"
"I'm looking at how beautiful you are." Lu Chuanbai said confidently.
Xu Qingqing resisted the urge to roll her eyes and kept telling herself that Lu Chuanbai was a patient now. She couldn't provoke or hit him.
"My dear brother, I've come to see you."
A spoil - sport voice intruded. The lazy, rising intonation was really annoying.
Lu Chuanbai's face darkened instantly. He closed his eyes irritably. The person he hated the most had finally come.
Holding a bunch of white chrysanthemums in his arms, Lu Fenglin walked over with a beaming smile and deliberately placed the flowers on the bedside table.
"Brother, I heard you were injured, so I specially bought you some flowers. Do you like them?"
Looking at the white chrysanthemums, both Lu Chuanbai and Xu Qingqing looked unhappy.
Who would bring chrysanthemums when visiting a patient?
Wasn't Lu Fenglin deliberately cursing Lu Chuanbai?
Before Lu Chuanbai could say anything, Xu Qingqing said bluntly, "Mr. Lu, hasn't anyone ever taught you that you shouldn't bring chrysanthemums when visiting a patient?"
The disgust in Xu Qingqing's tone made Lu Fenglin tremble slightly, but he still said calmly, "The florist made a mistake, but I thought they were beautiful, so I brought them. I didn't mean anything by it."
Xu Qingqing's face turned even uglier, and her voice was cold and hard. "Lu Chuanbai got injured because of me. If he hadn't saved me, it would be me lying in this bed."
"Is this bunch of chrysanthemums meant for me then?"
Xu Qingqing's words were so sharp that Lu Fenglin was caught off - guard and quickly explained, "It's not for you..."
"Then Mr. Lu should take the flowers back."
Lu Fenglin's gaze fell on Lu Chuanbai, who was lying in bed looking a bit smug. Lu Chuanbai noticed his gaze and gave him a smirk.
Lu Chuanbai said weakly and issued an order to leave. "My wound hurts a bit. It's not convenient for visitors today. Go back, little brother."
Lu Fenglin's face turned black. This guy had just been provoking him. His weak appearance must be an act!
"Do you want me to call a doctor?"
Xu Qingqing pressed the call bell, and soon two nurses came in to check Lu Chuanbai's wound.
Feeling out of place with no one paying attention to him, Lu Fenglin left after placing the flowers on Lu Chuanbai's bedside table.
The nurse checked Lu Chuanbai's wound. "The wound is a bit bleeding. Don't let the patient move around."
"Okay." Xu Qingqing nodded repeatedly, blaming herself for not taking good care of Lu Chuanbai.
After the nurse left, Lu Chuanbai still looked a bit weak, but his eyes looking at Xu Qingqing were like stars, shining brightly with a dazzling glow.
Xu Qingqing was accidentally drawn into those eyes. After realizing it, she coughed lightly. "Why are you looking at me like that?"
"Were you just defending me?" Lu Chuanbai asked with a smile.
"Don't get the wrong idea. I'm just doing this because you saved me." Xu Qingqing made an excuse and thought proudly: She didn't want Lu Chuanbai to think that her heart was leaning towards him.
Although Xu Qingqing was strongly denying it, Lu Chuanbai couldn't stop the corners of his mouth from turning up.
"Xu Qingqing, admit that you have feelings for me too."
Hearing his confident voice.
Xu Qingqing's face burned. She grabbed the bunch of white chrysanthemums and fled in a hurry. "I'm going to throw out the trash."
As soon as Xu Qingqing went out, she bumped into Xu Yan, who was bringing the two kids.
When Xu An'an and Xu Yi Yi saw Xu Qingqing coming out of the room, they immediately ran over and surrounded her, asking with concern.
"Mummy, are you okay!"
"Mummy, I missed you so much!"
The two kids' eyes were all red, like two little rabbits with red eyes, looking so pitiful and endearing.
Seeing the two kids running over, Xu Qingqing's nose twitched. She threw the flowers on the ground, squatted down, and hugged the two kids into her arms.
She really didn't dare to think about what would happen to the two kids if she couldn't come back.
"Mummy."
Xu An'an threw herself into Xu Qingqing's arms. Her little mouth puckered, and she burst into tears. Although Xu Yi Yi didn't cry, he also grabbed Xu Qingqing's clothes and held back his tears aggrievedly.