Mei Li arrived at the hospital at noon the day after Lin Mian left.

She accidentally fell into a deep sleep that night, and it wasn't until the next morning that she turned over and found that the bed next to hers was empty, with only the blankets turned up.

She didn't pay much attention at the time, assuming that Lin Mian had gotten up early or hadn't fallen asleep and had gone to do something else.

Meili rallied her spirits and tried to comfort Lin Mian, but there was neither a restroom nor anyone on the balcony. That's when she started to panic.

Lin Mian isn't the type of person who would run around recklessly and cause others to worry. She seems simple-minded, but she's very cautious in her actions.

Could she have been secretly kidnapped?

Mei Li broke out in a cold sweat. She frantically called Lin Mian, but no one answered. She then called her sister and learned that Lin Mian had actually gone to the hospital where He Duoye was having surgery.

She wiped the sweat from her forehead, thinking to herself that she was doomed and had messed things up.

When Mei Li rushed to the hospital, He Duoye's surgery had already been successfully completed. He was in the intensive care unit, while Lin Mian was sleeping on a mobile hospital bed by the door.

Li Mingshao waited outside, and when she arrived, he lowered his voice to explain.

Last night, Lin Mian followed them all the way to the outside of the intensive care unit. Since they could only go in to visit after dawn, she sat on a chair and waited. Perhaps she was too tired, because she fell asleep on the chair without realizing it.

Meizhu was also there at that time. Seeing the situation, she arranged a hospital bed and had someone carry Lin Mian up to sleep.

He's still not awake.

After explaining, Li Mingshao added, "Your sister was shot in the abdomen and underwent emergency surgery. She didn't rest afterward and was up half the night. She developed a high fever and fainted this morning. She's currently receiving an IV drip in the ward."

Meili panicked upon hearing this, but before leaving, she didn't forget to tell Li Mingshao, "When Lin Mian wakes up, please apologize to her for me. I didn't mean to lie to her."

Fortunately, Lin Mian didn't get angry with Mei Li later. She said she knew it must have been He Duoye's idea, so she didn't blame her.

But judging from Lin Mian's expression, Mei Li was definitely angry, only her anger was directed at He Duoye.

Meili thought that once Third Master He recovered, the score would be settled. She wondered if she would still be able to witness the spectacle by then.

A few days later, He Duoye was transferred from the intensive care unit to a regular ward, and Meizhu stayed in the next room.

Meili found a Chinese auntie nearby, paid her to cook nutritious meals for them every day, and she would pick them up herself.

Meizhu's injuries were not as severe as He Duoye's, and she was discharged from the hospital in less than a week, but Meili still brought her meals to the hospital every day.

After delivering the food for a few more days, Lin Mian hoped that Mei Li would take her to meet the Chinese aunt and learn from her how to make delicious and nutritious meals.

He Duoye will be discharged from the hospital in about a week, but he will need to recuperate for another six months before he can exercise as freely as before.

Lin Mian thought she should learn to cook, since she was bored staying in the hospital anyway.

Meili simply accompanied Lin Mian to learn how to make nutritious meals. After they were made, they divided them up and gave them to He Duoye and Meizhu respectively.

Then she discovered something amazing: He Duoye could tell which of the two identical dishes was made by Lin Mian.

She and Lin Mian were taught by the same master, and their cooking skills were both mediocre, so the taste of their dishes was pretty much the same.

Meili later asked her sister.

At first, you can't tell the difference by eating it, but after eating it a few times, you can roughly guess it.

But He Duoye could initially tell the difference from the first bite, but later he became someone you could tell at a glance. Meili was very puzzled by this and could only attribute it to the tacit understanding between lovers.

Anyway, she never understood love, especially the relationship between Lin Mian and He Duoye, which was different from the couples that Mei Li had met.

Maybe this is true love.

*

He Duoye stayed in the hospital for two weeks, and the next day, they prepared to be discharged.

Lin Mian got up early and started packing her things. She had been living here for more than ten days and had accumulated some scattered luggage.

It was at this moment that the nurse brought over a fruit basket and a bouquet of flowers to congratulate her on her discharge. The card on it identified the giver as Wenya.

During He Duoye's hospitalization, Wenya's grandfather visited him, but Wenya herself did not.

Lin Mian never understood why Wen Ya helped her that day. He Duoye told her not to overthink it, because Wen Ya was a very neurotic woman. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been so persistent in pursuing her first love who had changed his mind, and she would have used every means to marry him.

Lin Mian thought about it and agreed. In her eyes, Wen Ya had always been mysterious and dangerous.

However, the flowers she sent were beautiful—a bouquet of vibrant colors, incredibly dopamine-inducing yet with a touch of delicate freshness. Lin Mian was immediately captivated. Holding the flowers, she said to He Duoye, "These flowers are so beautiful."

He Duoye glanced at it, took the bouquet from Lin Mian's arms, and then tossed it into the trash can.

Lin Mian looked at him, puzzled: "What are you doing?"

He Duoye said unhappily, "When I worked with her before, she extorted a lot of money from me."

Lin Mian thought there was no need to make trouble for the flowers, but then she thought better of it. It was just a bouquet of flowers anyway, so let He Duoye do whatever made him happy.

Lin Mian didn't let He Duoye throw away the fruit basket; she opened it and gave it to the nurses and doctors.

He Duoye leaned against the door of the ward, watching Lin Mian smile as she distributed fruit to the nurses.

Wen Ya did indeed take the opportunity to extort a lot of money from him, but He Duoye didn't care about the money, since it all belonged to the He family anyway. What he cared about was that Wen Ya tried to poach his girlfriend while he was on the verge of death.

Outsiders might not be able to see it, but as a fellow madman, He Duoye could sense that Wen Ya had a strange longing for Lin Mian.

Perhaps it was because she had given her heart and soul to seek love, only to be betrayed and disillusioned, believing that true love did not exist in this world, that she met Lin Mian.

She saw in Lin Mian what she had once longed for.

So she wanted to take Lin Mian away.

He Duoye didn't know if she wanted to verify something from Lin Mian or get something from her. In any case, he would have to be careful of Wen Ya in the future.

Just then, my phone vibrated; it was a call from Wenya.

He Duoye looked at Lin Mian, who was talking to the nurse, and after connecting the call, he said directly, "I threw the stuff away."

Wenya said softly, "Don't be so angry, I'm sincerely apologizing."

He Duoye sneered: "It's no use for you to apologize. There won't be a second chance."

Wenya sighed and said softly, "I went to the temple a few days ago to pray for you and Lin Mian. I also asked a high monk for a blessing for you. The monk told you not to be so violent. The reason you were hit by a stray bullet before was because you killed too many people, which caused a backlash from Heaven. In the future, if you want to live a long and peaceful life, you should be calm, do more good deeds, and not be so petty..."

He Duoye hung up the phone immediately.

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