She was perhaps too well protected by Qin Shirao, naive and unable to hide her emotions, her joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness all showing on her face.
He couldn't think of a word to describe Qin Yige at the moment, only feeling that there were few girls like her in this world, a complete contradiction.
A wondrous existence, both foolish and smart, clumsy and pitiable, willful and sensible.
"Don't just scold me with your mouth, curse me in your heart too," the girl opened her eyes and glared at him, displeased.
Shang Sheng chuckled speechlessly.
She turned over, presenting him with her back.
At this moment, the sound of a phone vibrating echoed clearly in the ward.
Shang Sheng glanced at the caller ID and said, "I'm going out to take a call. You rest first."
Qin Yige turned her head and, as if by some premonition, asked, "Is it Secretary Chen's call?"
Shang Sheng: "Mm."
Did she have a knack for predicting things?
"If she calls you to the company, just go quickly. I'll be fine here alone." The air was thick with sourness.
Shang Sheng's eyes deepened. "I'll have Mom come over to keep you company later!"
Qin Yige didn't even ask which mother before immediately resisting, "No! Don't tell anyone. Only the two of us know about this!"
He looked at her, his eyes filled with confusion.
Qin Yige's expression was a bit strange. "You should go take your call."
He nodded, turned, and left the ward, answering the phone as he did, "It's me."
A few minutes later, just as Qin Yige was drifting off to sleep, Shang Sheng returned.
Hearing the movement, she opened one eye and watched him sit down by the hospital bed.
"I have to go to the company later. Who do you want to come and keep you company?" he asked her opinion.
"There are nurses here. You go and be busy!" she replied listlessly.
"You still haven't answered me, why you don't want Mom to come over."
Qin Yige, who was so sleepy she was about to nod off, suddenly widened her eyes, "You absolutely must not tell her I ate street food, she'll scold me to death!"
"..."
Shang Sheng was silent.
The girl turned back to face him again, pleading pitifully, "Please!"
"I also told you not to eat it. Why didn't you listen then?" Now lying in bed, she knew regret.
Her face pressed against the pillow, she mumbled softly, "I didn't expect my stomach to be so sensitive."
Shang Sheng glanced at her indifferently, considering who would be suitable to look after her.
Finally, he decided, "I'll have a nurse come to watch over you."
"Okay, goodbye!" Qin Yige was finally relieved.
Soon, a nurse walked in. Shang Sheng gave her a few instructions. Seeing Qin Yige with her eyes closed, he left the hospital without saying goodbye to her again.
Without anyone else to bother her, Qin Yige had a good sleep at the hospital.
She woke up close to noon, truly believing that besides herself and Shang Sheng, no one else would know she was hospitalized.
However, things did not go as she wished.
Not long after, Xia Lanqing found out that she had been hospitalized again.
She went to the hospital with Qin Shirao. Seeing her daughter sleeping soundly in the ward, Xia Lanqing had to find the doctor first.
Upon learning that Qin Yige was ill because she ate unhygienic street food, she had been holding back a belly full of fire.
If Qin Shirao hadn't stopped her, she would have woken Qin Yige up just now.
Perhaps it was Xia Lanqing's angry gaze, but within half an hour, Qin Yige woke up.
She opened her eyes and the first thing she saw was her angry mother.
Before Xia Lanqing could speak, she closed her eyes again and mumbled, "Why am I having another nightmare? I even dreamt of Mrs. Qin."
"..." Xia Lanqing was truly about to be angered to laughter by her.
Qin Shirao smiled at his adorable daughter, not angry at all, just heartbroken.
Xia Lanqing rolled her eyes and sternly said, "Qin Yige! Open your eyes if you're awake!"
Qin Yige was startled and didn't dare to open her eyes. So her mom really came...
"Keep pretending!" No one knew a daughter better than her mother, and her mom could see through her daughter's tricks at a glance.
Qin Yige opened her eyes and complained discontentedly, "Shang Sheng is so hateful, he actually sold me out!"
She had told him not to tell anyone, but he not only told, he told her mom directly.
Xia Lanqing's first words were a lecture: "What does it have to do with Shang Sheng? Qin Yige, how old are you? You're still not steady after getting married, ending up in the hospital every few days."
"Do you think I want to?" She didn't want to either.
As soon as she talked back, Xia Lanqing became even angrier: "I've told you hundreds of times, don't eat junk food from outside. Why can't you ever remember?"
She was angry, and Qin Yige was angry too!
"I already told Shang Sheng not to tell you all. He, on the other hand, not only tattled on me but told both of you directly!"
Qin Shirao: "Good daughter, you've misunderstood. Xiao Sheng only told us which hospital you were in. The rest wasn't from him."
"Dad, Shang Sheng is your son-in-law now. You'll naturally side with him." Qin Yige, having already made up her mind, wouldn't listen to any explanations.
She remembered that from a very early age, Qin Shirao seemed to like Shang Sheng very much. Whenever she and Shang Sheng quarreled, her own father never sided with her.
Xia Lanqing: "Reflect on yourself, why do we side with Xiao Sheng?"
"Because he's young and excellent, successful in his career, handsome and steady, low-key and ambitious..." Qin Yige counted Shang Sheng's virtues on her fingers.
These were all things her parents had said countless times, she had them memorized.
"You know that. Qin Yige, you are Mrs. Shang now. Your mother, I beg you, be more steady. Don't let others laugh at the Shang and Qin families. And don't let others say that our Qin family's eldest daughter is not dignified enough and doesn't deserve the position of Mrs. Shang..."
Qin Yige closed her eyes, utterly resigned, and inwardly called out and prayed, "Heaven, please send someone to save me!"
Alas, she waited for a long time, but no one came to save her. She had to find an opportunity to retort.
"I also know I don't deserve the position of Mrs. Shang. I never agreed to marry Shang Sheng at all. It was you and Dad who schemed against me, lied to me saying Shang Sheng agreed, and I believed you, so I agreed to marry him! Ms. Xia, as elders, is it really good to deceive your juniors like this?"
Xia Lanqing: "What's wrong with marrying Xiao Sheng? Look at how much he's sacrificed for you, living in your small territory instead of his mansion. Didn't he bring you here and take care of you both times you were hospitalized?"
Qin Yige couldn't stand it anymore. She suddenly sat up in bed and blurted out without thinking: "You're always saying Xiao Sheng, Xiao Sheng, Mr. Qin, Mrs. Qin. If you like him so much, why don't you marry him!"
Just then, the ward door was pushed open from the outside. The family of three simultaneously looked towards the door. The person entering was the male protagonist they were just talking about.
It was evident that he had also heard Qin Yige's last sentence. He stood at the doorway, gazing at her steadily.