Moreover, Li Caiyi now held the identity of a white moonlight.
Even the iron-willed and ruthless Huo Tingyun was moved.
The man's normally still, black eyes rippled with emotion. Mentioning his childhood, a spark finally appeared in his gaze.
"Tomorrow, I'll have Lin Te pick you up for the bridal shop."
Li Caiyi was stunned for a moment. Bridal shop?
Immediately, she sprang up like a carp, sitting upright.
"Really? Really, really, really? You agreed to marry me? Tingyun, I love you so much! So much! You really do love me, you still love me like you did when we were little!"
Li Caiyi wrapped her arms around the man's neck, trying to kiss his cheek.
The man turned his head, evading Li Caiyi's kiss. "Go wash up and sleep."
Li Caiyi's heart sank. She dejectedly removed her arms from his neck. "Oh, I understand."
They had been together for half a month, and everyone in the world thought this man loved her deeply.
Even with his潔癖, he held her hand.
But besides holding hands, he wouldn't even kiss her.
Li Caiyi lowered her eyes dejectedly and returned to her room. However, thinking about the upcoming marriage, her heart leaped with joy.
Victory was within reach.
The next day, Huo Tingyun left. After breakfast, Li Caiyi picked up her phone and called that man.
"Sir... it's me."
"Didn't I tell you not to call me casually? It's too easy to be discovered."
"Sir, please don't be angry. I'm not calling you casually. I just wanted to share good news with you. Huo Tingyun agreed to marry me. He asked me to go to the bridal shop and pick out a wedding dress."
"Is that so? It seems there's progress. The next step is for you to have Huo Tingyun announce your engagement..."
"By the way, Sir, besides you and me, does a third person know about this matter..."
The man on the other end frowned fiercely upon hearing Li Caiyi's words.
"What did you say?!"
Li Caiyi recalled their last meal together. "That man seemed to be Huo Tingyun's friend. He warned me not to get close to Huo Tingyun, saying he knew everything. I suspect he knows I'm not the real one."
Although she didn't know how that man found out, Li Caiyi was still worried.
What if that man exposed her?
"Don't panic. Leave this matter to me. You just need to handle what's in your hands..."
After a pause, the man lowered his voice and asked sternly.
"What's that man's name? What does he look like?"
Li Caiyi recalled carefully. That man had distinctive features, looked very gentle, and was very handsome, making him easy to identify. She described the man's appearance. The man on the other end of the phone seemed to have an answer after hearing Li Caiyi's description. After she finished, he reminded Li Caiyi to be careful not to say the wrong thing, and then hung up.
Li Caiyi wanted to say something else, but looking at the disconnected phone, she sighed helplessly.
How she wished she could ask him, "Are you feeling better?" But the man never gave her the chance.
Hospital.
The door to the ICU room was ajar.
Su Qi stopped at the doorway and saw the scene inside through the slightly open door.
Gu Tangxue sat beside Xu Linchuan's hospital bed, wanting to hold his hand, but Xu Linchuan's hands were covered in IV lines, making it impossible to do so.
Gu Tangxue could only lean over and look at Xu Linchuan, her tears smudging her makeup. "You're so foolish, why are you so foolish? Don't you know Su Qi doesn't love you? Why are you still throwing yourself at her? I wish you would think of yourself. I don't want you to disregard your own life for love, nor do I want you to fall in love with a woman who doesn't love you."
Xu Linchuan couldn't speak; only Gu Tangxue's voice filled the room.
Su Qi stood at the door, listening, her heart filled with mixed emotions.
She knew Gu Tangxue had feelings for Xu Linchuan. She hadn't expected Gu Tangxue to travel so far to visit Xu Linchuan while filming.
"It's true that doctors can't heal themselves."
After speaking, Gu Tangxue stood up. She turned and happened to see Su Qi standing at the door. Gu Tangxue's eyes widened, and she quickly wiped the tears from her face.
"Why are you here?"
"I was worried about Linchuan, so I came to see him."
Su Qi carried the chicken soup inside. Although Xu Linchuan couldn't drink it, she brought some every time she visited. She opened the lid and let Xu Linchuan smell it. Xu Linchuan could only consume liquids now. "I took time off. Would you like to go to the coffee shop downstairs?"
"Okay."
Su Qi placed the chicken soup on the bedside table and left the room.
At the coffee shop downstairs, Su Qi ordered a cup of hot milk.
Gu Tangxue ordered an iced Americano. The cold, bitter coffee was even more unpleasant in winter, differing from Chinese medicine only in temperature.
After taking a large gulp, Gu Tangxue forced it down her throat, then looked at Su Qi. Although she was drinking coffee, Gu Tangxue seemed drunk, her eyes hazy as she gazed at Su Qi.
"Xiao Su, can you please give Linchuan to me? I don't want to see him suffer anymore. I want to be with Linchuan, I want to love him well. He's such a good person. Seeing you ruin him like this truly breaks my heart..."
Gu Tangxue had heard about Xu Linchuan's injury from her assistant while filming.
Gu Tangxue felt as if her heart had been torn into pieces.
When she arrived at the hospital and saw the man on the bed, she almost fainted.
The man, who was once handsome and graceful, had become like this in the blink of an eye.
He was on the verge of death, as if he could leave at any moment.
"I didn't tie Linchuan up..."
Su Qi was speechless, unsure of what to say for a moment.
"Yes, I know, he did it willingly! Linchuan is to you as you are to Huo Tingyun. Since you don't love him, why not give him peace!"
Su Qi was again speechless.
She had told Xu Linchuan more than once.
"What you're saying makes a lot of sense. Linchuan is to me like I am to Huo Tingyun. Even after so many rejections, he's still full of love and throws himself at me. But in my heart, Linchuan is just a brother."
It was strange, unlike her brother Su Yan, Linchuan gave her a feeling of greater closeness.
It was as if there was an inherent blood connection.
Su Qi couldn't explain why, and even saying it out loud felt amusing.
"What you're saying is a huge blow to me!"
Gu Tangxue cupped the glass of her iced Americano in her palm. Her palm was cold, and her heart was even colder.
During this time, she had been trying to get closer to Xu Linchuan.
Xu Linchuan always had a gentle and refined demeanor.
She thought she could get close to Xu Linchuan, but she always felt that he treated her like a friend.
It wasn't bad, but it wasn't intimate either.
The so-called "more than friends, less than lovers" was probably this.