Chapter 214 Killing the Cuckoo (29)
Chapter 214 Killing the Cuckoo (29)
"I came to visit a client and stopped by to see Xiao Li." Yan Zhen smiled at Li Tingyi. "How are you? When can you be discharged from the hospital?"
“I need to observe for a few more days,” Li Tingyi said. “Anyway, I don’t have to pay for the hospitalization, so I’ll just treat it as a vacation.”
After Li Tingyi finished speaking, Fang Yihe frowned and said, "Isn't it boring to stay in the hospital all the time? Your company has been quite busy lately, so don't waste your time here."
Li Tingyi remained unmoved: "What do you know? I'm just trying to save face! The longer I stay, the more evidence I'll have to bring Chen Yang to court!"
Fang Yihe: "..."
After chatting for a while, Yan Zhen got ready to go home and stood up to look at Fang Yi: "Honey, do you want to come home with me?"
Fang Yi was about to find an excuse to refuse when Li Tingyi hurriedly said, "You two go back together."
As he spoke, he looked at Fang Yi and smiled, "I didn't have anything to do anyway, Brother Fang, you don't always need to come and keep me company."
Fang Yihe: "..."
He felt even more uneasy.
Not just today, but ever since Li Tingyi was hospitalized, his attitude towards me has been very strange.
He wasn't exactly cold, but he always took two or three hours to reply to my messages, and his replies were always perfunctory. When I came to the hospital to be with him, he was just hoping I would leave as soon as possible.
It was as if her presence here would be a hindrance to him.
Although Fang Yi was puzzled, he couldn't ask for details because Yan Zhen was there. He could only say, "Okay, you should get some rest and not stay up late. Xiao Li and I will go back first."
"OK, be careful on the road."
Yan Zhen and Fang Yi walked out of the hospital together.
Once in the car, Yan Zhen could clearly sense that Fang Yi was distracted.
Indeed, Fang Yihe is not stupid. His lover of five years had fallen for someone else and was busy hooking up with other men. It was impossible for him not to have noticed at all.
Thinking about the plans ahead, Yan Zhen felt a surge of excitement.
I wonder what Fang Yi's reaction will be when he witnesses Li Tingyi, who is usually so proud and never bows his head in front of him, fawning over his white moonlight like a lapdog.
Shock?
fury?
What goes around comes around; it's time for him to experience the taste of being cheated on.
As the car drove out of the hospital, Yan Zhen guessed that Li Tingyi should have gone upstairs to Qi Zhaoyi's ward by now, so he opened his bag and rummaged through it, and then the rummaging became more exaggerated.
Fang Yi noticed her actions and asked, "What's wrong?"
"I lost something." Yan Zhen turned his bag upside down. "A handwritten booklet of client requirements, I don't know where it is."
Upon hearing this, Fang Yihe pulled over and helped her search.
The two searched through the bag and the car's storage compartments for a while and confirmed that the item was missing.
Yan Zhen patted her head and said in frustration, "Ever since my miscarriage, my memory has been terrible. I'm always forgetting things. That booklet is specifically for handwriting customer requirements. If I can't find it, I won't be able to work tomorrow... Ugh, where did I put it?"
Fang Yi said gently, "Don't rush, try to recall where you went today."
"I put it in my handbag before leaving get off work, and after get off work I only went to the hospital... Oh right, when I was in the client's ward, he asked me for a piece of paper with his phone number written on it. I took it out, but I might have left it in his ward."
"Then let's go back and get it."
Fang Yi turned the car around and the two returned to the hospital.
When the car stopped in the parking lot, Yan Zhen "accidentally" twisted his ankle as he got out, cried out "Ouch!" and barely managed to grab the car door to avoid falling.
Since she had an accident, the task of retrieving the booklet from the ward had to be entrusted to Fang Yihe.
Fang Yihe found out the ward number; it was two floors above Li Tingyi's.
He quickened his pace and jogged into the inpatient department, intending to pick up the booklet and then go to Li Tingyi's ward.
Even if it's only for a few minutes, he wants to spend more time with Li Tingyi.
The elevator ascended to the designated floor, and Fang Yihe arrived at Qi Zhaoyi's ward. Just as she reached out to knock on the door, she suddenly heard Li Tingyi's voice coming from inside.
"Senior, did you order this takeout yourself?" Li Tingyi's voice was gentler than Fang Yihe had ever heard before, and he was so careful that his voice was a little trembling. "The doctor said that you can't eat these things right now. I ordered some five-finger peach chicken soup from a restaurant outside the hospital. Try this."
Then came a deep, magnetic male voice: "Thank you, but no need, I'm allergic to chicken."
"Ah, you're allergic to chicken." Li Tingyi was clearly taken aback, then said, "You seem to be allergic to a lot of things. Why don't you make a list so I can avoid the things you're allergic to..."
“Mr. Li,” the man said helplessly, “I’m an adult and can take care of myself. I’ve already told the doctor I’ll be discharged tomorrow. I’ve already troubled you enough these past few days. Please don’t run around for me anymore. I’ll feel very embarrassed if you do.”
Li Tingyi was silent for a while, and when he spoke again, his tone was a little disappointed: "Senior Qi, to be honest, I admired you a lot back when we were in college. I've always wanted to find a chance to be friends with you, but you've been very busy, and I was too embarrassed to bother you. Now, you're still a very impressive person in my eyes. If you don't mind, could you give me a chance to get to know you?"
Fang Yihe, standing outside the door, was startled.
Senior Qi?
Qi Zhaoyi?
In an instant, he understood why Li Tingyi insisted on being hospitalized and why he had been so perfunctory with him these past few days, always eager to send him away.
Because Qi Zhaoyi is staying at this hospital.
When Fang Yihe was pursuing Li Tingyi, she vaguely knew that he had someone he liked.
However, he was young and impetuous at the time, and he knew that he was superior in every way, so he did not take Li Tingyi, his so-called sweetheart, seriously.
He was confident he could defeat that person in Li Tingyi's heart.
He did indeed succeed, spending two years to win Li Tingyi's heart.
The two had been together for several years. Although they had their share of arguments and conflicts, their relationship was generally harmonious and loving.
Until one day, he accidentally discovered those photos in Li Tingyi's encrypted photo album.
He followed those photos and found out who "Qi Zhaoyi" was. He learned about his family background and knew that Qi Zhaoyi and Li Tingyi were high school and university classmates. In addition, he and Qi Zhaoyi had some similar features...
A fact he couldn't believe, yet had no choice but to accept, was right there in front of him—Li Tingyi wasn't someone he had pursued and won over; he was merely a substitute for Li Tingyi, whom he couldn't have and had to settle for.
The genuine product is named Qi Zhaoyi.
When Fang Yi first learned about this, she was secretly consumed by jealousy, envy, and anger.
But adult rationality and his reluctance to part with Li Tingyi overcame his emotions. He knew very well that if he exposed the matter, he might lose Li Tingyi.
So he chose to swallow his anger.
Anyway, Li Tingyi can't be with Qi Zhaoyi. As long as he pretends not to know, Li Tingyi will always belong to him.
But today, Li Tingyi reached out to Qi Zhaoyi.
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