Her love for you cannot be faked.
A week later, Jiang Huaixi insisted that her health was fine and wanted to be discharged from the hospital. Jiang Huaichuan had already returned to Linzhou due to company matters. Unable to persuade Jiang Huaixi alone, Mother Jiang sought advice from Jiang Wang. Seeing Jiang Wang nod in agreement, she reluctantly agreed.
On the morning of the discharge, Xu Baihan arrived at the hospital early to help Lu Zizheng pack her luggage. Afterward, she accompanied Lu Zizheng to meet Jiang Huaixi. As they approached Jiang Huaixi’s ward, Xu Baihan suddenly reached out and gently hooked Lu Zizheng’s wrist, which was pushing the wheelchair, indicating that Lu Zizheng should come to the front.
Lu Zizheng released the wheelchair and walked to Xu Baihan’s side, bending slightly and looking at Xu Baihan in confusion.
Xu Baihan gently held Lu Zizheng’s hand, brought it to her lips, and kissed it lightly. She smiled warmly, her tone gentle, “Zizheng, after today, I don’t know when we’ll meet again. Promise me, from now on, take good care of yourself. No matter where you are, remember that I’m thinking of you. Stay optimistic, positive, healthy, and happy…”
Hearing Xu Baihan’s words, “I don’t know when we’ll meet again,” Lu Zizheng’s eyes reddened. She squatted down, resting her face on Xu Baihan’s knees, looking up at her and gently shaking her head, “Sister, you must take care too. Promise me not to do anything foolish. Wait for my return. I promise you, I’ll help you find her. You have to trust me…”
Xu Baihan’s eyes were full of gentleness. She smiled, nodded, and patted Lu Zizheng’s head, comforting her: “Don’t worry about me, I’m fine…”
Outside, Mother Jiang heard the sound and came out from Jiang Huaixi’s ward. Seeing only Xu Baihan and Lu Zizheng, with Lu Zizheng squatting in front of the wheelchair and looking slightly disheveled with a small bag hanging on her arm, she exclaimed: “Zizheng, where is Xiaowang? I spoke with her; I would help Huaixi, and she would help you pack…”
Lu Zizheng stood up, suppressing her emotional turmoil, and smiled kindly at Mother Jiang, saying: “I haven’t seen Dr. Jiang this morning. She might have been delayed by something. It’s fine, Auntie, I don’t have much stuff, and everything is ready.”
Mother Jiang stepped forward a few steps, disregarding Lu Zizheng’s embarrassment, and took the small bag hanging on her arm. As she walked into Jiang Huaixi’s ward, she said: “Xiaowang is really… Let me call and ask…”
In the ward, Jiang Huaixi had already tidied up, and having taken off the hospital gown, her face finally showed some energy, regaining a bit of her usual elegance and composure. Seeing Lu Zizheng and Xu Baihan enter, she, who was originally sitting by the bed, immediately stood up and walked a few steps to Xu Baihan. Casually taking the other bag from Lu Zizheng’s hand, she slightly nodded and bowed, seriously expressing her gratitude: “Senior, thank you for your trouble during this time. Really, I am very grateful to you.” On her usually calm and expressionless face, there was a rare sincere and warm smile.
Xu Baihan, somewhat surprised, let out a chuckle and looked at Jiang Huaixi’s serious face, teasingly saying: “Huaixi, you know, after knowing you for so many years, this is the first time I’ve seen you bow to someone. For a moment, I really feel a bit flattered.”
Jiang Huaixi looked at Xu Baihan, gently biting her lip, showing a rare hint of shyness.
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Xu Baihan touched her elegant nose, glanced at Lu Zizheng beside her, blinked, and somewhat playfully beckoned Jiang Huaixi to come closer.
Jiang Huaixi then approached and crouched down.
Xu Baihan leaned her head down, close to Jiang Huaixi’s small, pink ear, and softly said: “I’m entrusting Zizheng to you. You must, must take good care of her, as that would be the greatest gratitude to me.” After speaking, she moved back and asked loudly with a smile: “Huaixi, okay?”
Jiang Huaixi looked up, her gaze deep as she observed Lu Zizheng, who was somewhat puzzled while looking at the two of them. She faintly curved her lips into a smile, stood up, and solemnly promised Xu Baihan, “Okay.”
Mother Jiang finished the call and came over from the window, explaining: “Zizheng, Huaixi, Xiaowang said she has a bit of a cold and fever today, so she accidentally slept a bit late. She’s already on her way here and asked us to go downstairs first; she’ll be here soon.”
Jiang Huaixi and Lu Zizheng exchanged a glance, nodded, and agreed.
There are a few steps down at the entrance of the inpatient department. Since Xu Baihan had difficulty with her legs, Jiang Huaixi and Lu Zizheng told her it was fine to just see them off at the entrance of the inpatient department, with no need to go all the way down. Thus, Xu Baihan stood at the entrance, watching Jiang Huaixi and Lu Zizheng go off into the distance.
Just as Jiang Huaixi and Lu Zizheng reached the hospital entrance, a black car drove in timely and steadily stopped in front of them.
Xu Baihan’s heartbeat inexplicably skipped a beat. Is there finally a chance to meet that doctor named Jiang Wang? After that encounter at the staircase, she sometimes couldn’t help but mimic Jiang Wang’s actions from that time, covering her eyes and recalling the feeling, as if there was always something inexplicably unsettling. She saw a tall, slender woman with long hair down to her waist get out of the car and immediately take the luggage from Jiang Huaixi and Lu Zizheng’s hands, walking toward the trunk. The distance wasn’t very far, but Xu Baihan couldn’t clearly see her face and expression because Jiang Wang’s face was covered with a large mask, almost hiding her entire face.
Xu Baihan sighed softly, feeling inevitably a bit disappointed.
Jiang Huaixi naturally helped Lu Zizheng open the car door first, tilted her body slightly, and raised her hand just below the car door to prevent Lu Zizheng from bumping her head while getting in, signaling her to get in the car. Lu Zizheng, slightly embarrassed, looked at Mother Jiang standing beside her with a surprised expression. Mother Jiang noticed Lu Zizheng’s gaze and kindly said, “It’s okay, it’s okay, I’ll sit in the front; you and Huaixi sit in the back.” Saying this, she opened the front passenger seat and, while getting in, couldn’t help but mutter softly, “So many years, and it’s the first time I know you can be so attentive.”
Lu Zizheng held the car door with one hand, her face turning slightly red, and she looked up at Jiang Huaixi in front of her, protesting softly: “In the future, I can do these things myself.”
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Jiang Huaixi frowned slightly, looking at Lu Zizheng with a somewhat displeased expression.
Lu Zizheng, afraid that Jiang Huaixi misunderstood something, hurriedly blurted out to explain: “I mean, in the future, I will do these things, I will help you do them. Didn’t we agree that I would take care of you?” As soon as the words fell, Lu Zizheng realized what she had said, and in an instant, she was too shy to look at Jiang Huaixi’s expression, avoiding her gaze. She waved goodbye to Xu Baihan and then quickly got into the car.
Outside the car, Jiang Huaixi couldn’t help but curve her lips into a smile, her eyes full of laughter, thinking, this fool. She also turned around, nodded once more to Xu Baihan, then waved goodbye. After Xu Baihan waved back, she got into the car and closed the door.
After getting in, Jiang Huaixi turned her face, gazing intently for a while at Lu Zizheng, who kept her head down, not daring to look at her, before suddenly saying in a calm voice, “Taking care of me is not that easy.”
Lu Zizheng immediately lifted her head, her gentle eyes suddenly showing some brightness, cautiously saying, “I will try my best…”
Jiang Huaixi gently laughed, closed her eyes, leaned against the car seat, and with a hint of laughter in her voice, said, “Well, let’s see how you perform…”
Sitting in the front, Mother Jiang decided to assert her presence and spoke up to reprimand Jiang Huaixi: “Huaixi, you must not bully Zizheng.”
Before Jiang Huaixi could respond, Lu Zizheng hurriedly defended her, saying, “Auntie, Huaixi didn’t bully me…”
Mother Jiang: “…”
Jiang Huaixi, with her eyes closed, had an increasingly upward curve at the corners of her lips.
Jiang Wang, after putting away the luggage, walked back to the driver’s seat, opened the door, and bent down, ready to get in the car…
Xu Baihan watched Jiang Wang’s seamless movement of opening the door and bending down. Her smooth black hair fell to the right with her movement, revealing a section of her porcelain-like, white, and beautiful neck. Unexpectedly, Xu Baihan seemed to catch, in that instant, a small butterfly-like red mark amidst Jiang Wang’s whiteness. Xu Baihan’s hand gripping the wheelchair couldn’t help but tremble…
Jiang Wang had already half her head inside the car, but just as she was about to lift her foot in, she suddenly hesitated and then stepped back out. She steadied herself and finally turned her head, looking deeply from a distance at the woman sitting in the wheelchair, as beautiful and gentle as she was back then. In that look, there was pain, longing, love, hatred, and a mix of emotions…
She silently recited in her heart: This is the last time, the last glance; from now on, let all love and hate drift away with the wind. Since we cannot stay together, why not forget each other in the rivers and lakes? Xu Baihan, goodbye; from now on, we will truly never meet again.
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Jiang Wang turned her body, and this time, she had no hesitation. She got in the car, closed the door, started the engine, and drove far away…
Xu Baihan kept her attention on them, naturally noticing Jiang Wang deliberately turn her head to look at her. Although she couldn’t clearly see Jiang Wang’s face, the moment she caught her gaze, Xu Baihan felt as though she had been suddenly electrocuted, losing all sensation, and then an indescribable pain surged up. When she saw the car driving away, about to leave her sight, Xu Baihan finally grabbed the wheelchair, frantically turning it forward with all her might, loudly exclaiming, “Yun Bo! Yun Bo, it’s you, right…”
In the next instant, Xu Baihan rolled down from the steps, off the wheelchair, hitting her head. As she lifted her head, she saw only that gentle and beautiful face covered by bright red blood, concealing its original appearance, drawing exclamations from the surrounding people. Yet she remained oblivious, struggling to support herself with her hands, dragging her numb legs forward, staring in the direction the car left, repeatedly calling out in a daze, “Yun Bo, Yun Bo, don’t go, I beg you…”
“I beg you, don’t go…”
LP: Re-translated on August 31, 2024