Tears began to run down Murong Xue's face after Shangguan Mo left.

As long as he explained to her, she would believe whatever he said. However, Shangguan Mo said nothing while standing there just now, and he did not comfort her, either. An hour passed before Shangguan Mo came to see her. Murong Xue assumed that Shangguan Mo had used up his words to comfort his sister before, so he could not think of anything to say to her.

Murong Xue thought maybe she had been wrong, and maybe she had overestimated herself. She could not afford to be hurt again.

Murong Xue had no problem with Bai Xueli, and she even did not care about her wounded hand. In her eyes, no matter how Bai Xueli treated her, she would not feel sad. She would probably worry about how to get along with her sister-in-law, but what she really cared about was Shangguan Mo's attitude.

Even if not overwhelmed, women in love were susceptible to their lovers, and they would overthink everything, even a word or a gesture.

Murong Xue's sadness grew stronger and tears poured down her cheeks.

When Zhang Linli opened the door of the ward, he vaguely heard the faint weeping coming from under the quilt, and he saw the quilt was slightly shaking. Zhang Linli felt sorry for Murong Xue. He knew he should leave the room to her, but he could not move his feet.

Zhang Linli reminded himself that Murong Xue was Shangguan Mo's girlfriend, and it should be his good friend to comfort her. He could not understand what Shangguan Mo was doing here.

All of a sudden, he freaked out, ran out of the ward very quickly, and went back to his office.

Indulging in her own world, Murong Xue did not notice that someone had entered the ward.

"What's up? Why are you so pale?" Zhang Wenming, who came to his son for work, was startled by Zhang Linli, who dashed into the office with a pasty face.

Zhang Linli was shocked by his feelings about Murong Xue, but he calmed down a little when seeing his father, "Nothing. I'm just tired."

Zhang Wenming frowned at this answer. His son was his pride. He guessed maybe Zhang Linli worked too hard recently, so he looked so pale. "If you're tired, you should go home and rest." There was a hint of worry in his voice.

Zhang Linli forced a smile, "Father, I'm fine. I will come home and have a rest if I get tired. Maybe I walked so fast just now that I felt dizzy."

Zhang Wenming did not understand why walking could make him feel ill, but he knew his grown-up son could take care of himself. "Well then, you take good care of yourself. I have something to do. I should go now." As for the picture he brought there, he decided to give Zhang Linli later. The picture was of a girl his wife wanted to introduce to Zhang Linli.

Zhang Linli did not notice the picture in his father's hands as he was still shocked by what he just found out about himself.

Shangguan Mo was buried with work. The Shangguan Family's intricate relationships with other big families and the underworld were already challenging. Besides, his family had business all over the world. All of these were interplaying each other, so Shangguan Mo had to be meticulous. What was worse, his grandfather's brothers were all trying to interfere and profit from it, which plagued him much.

Now, something went wrong with their oil business in country C. It was found that the oil was adulterated when traded, and this thing escalated to an emergency, which required his presence. On the other hand, Murong Xue was still in hospital, and they did not part on good terms last time. Shangguan Mo still did not explain to her.

Suddenly, there was a knock at his office door.

Shangguan Mo's thoughts were interrupted by the knock. "Come in."

He thought it was someone in the company, but he looked up, only to see Shangguan Lin. Shangguan Mo's face darkened, "What are you doing here?"

Leaning against the door, Shangguan Lin smiled with a hint of satire, "I don't want to come here, either. Grandfather asks you to leave for country C now. Otherwise, he doesn't mind replacing you with others."

"Ah, forget about it. I know what you have been planning on." Their parents' accident remained a mystery, but Shangguan Mo knew it had something to do with his brother.

"Well then, get your work done." Shangguan Lin turned around and was going to leave. He hated to see his brother's suspicious eyes, and he had been investigating the accident as well.

Shangguan Mo thumped the desk with his fist and pressed the shortcut key on the landline, "Arrange a plane to country C. I'll leave soon."

Then he picked up his cellphone. He wanted to call Murong Xue at first, but he recalled that she suffered a slight concussion and needed a good rest. So he called Zhang Linli, "Hello, Linli, I need to go to country C for a couple of days. Please take care of Xueli and Xue."

"Don't you say goodbye to them?" Zhang Linli thought of how Murong Xue cried under the quilt.

Shangguan Mo spoke after a moment of silence, "No, there is no time. You tell them about it."

"Okay. Be safe." Zhang Linli knew that it would be easier to assassinate Shangguan Mo in foreign countries, so he worried about his friend.

"OK. Let's talk when I come back." Shangguan Mo hung up. He thought of Murong Xue again. He only saw the back of her head, and now he understood she might be feeling sick at that time. He did not speak to her last time when he left because he felt everything was fine between them. He had been guilty of her wound and worried about her all the time.

Obviously, men were from Mars, and women were from Venus. The way they looked at things was totally different.

In the evening, Murong Xue became discouraged after waiting anxiously for a long time. Shangguan Mo did not visit today. She thought he might be busy working, but she assumed that a call or a message would not cost much time. Checking her phone constantly, she received nothing. She even began to suspect that something was wrong with it, but her mom just called her.

Murong Xue now felt that she had expected too much. A man like Shangguan Mo would not take love too seriously, and maybe he just regarded it as a flavor to his life, which was dispensable.

While Murong Xue was thinking about these, she felt the wound on the head aching, reminding her of the thing she tried to ignore again and again.

So, when Zhang Linli opened the door, what he saw was that Murong Xue stared at the ceiling blankly. She even did not notice that he was there.

He coughed to catch her attention, "Xue, does the wound still hurt? It's time to change your dressing."

Murong Xue turned her head and saw Zhang Linli. A disappointed look came into her face and then was replaced by a thin smile. "Linli, I'm fine. No need to change the dressing. I'll check out and leave the hospital later." Since the one Murong Xue was waiting for did not show up, she felt there was no need to stay there.

Zhang Linli did not miss her disappointment just now. Seeing this, he felt sad, too. But then he pulled himself together. He knew Murong Xue was badly hurt, so he said in a serious voice, "No way. You haven't recovered yet. You can't go anywhere." After saying that, Zhang Linli reached out to help her sit up.

"Thanks, but no. I can do it myself. It's not that bad." Murong Xue helped herself sit up with the unwounded hand.

Zhang Linli smiled at her. He did not see she cried out with pain since she got injured, and her face remained calm all the time. However, when he dressed her wounds, he found that her burnt hand was red swollen, and he knew there was blood on the drawer she had hit. It hurt even when he just looked at her.

Different from Murong Xue, the one next door, who just burnt her hand, had been crying out day and night, causing annoying noise. But this was just Zhang Linli's personal opinion. In fact, the way Bai Xueli cried was delicate and touching, but he just happened to dislike it.

In Zhang Linli's eyes, Murong Xue, a woman who could smile at her wound, deserved others' sympathy. Unfortunately, he was untitled to care for her, and the one entitled was not around.

Zhang Linli gently helped her undress the bandage. His touches became lighter when he saw there was a scab around the wound.

Murong Xue stayed put during this time because she knew she should not refuse a good doctor's kindness. However, as she was in a bad mood, she wanted to leave the capital now. Besides, the Stone Gambling Assembly was coming to an end as well. Her raw materials were still kept in her locker in the hall. She had to transport them to A province, even if nobody dared to take them away. She was not concerned about the two highest-grade jades in her room since Shangguan Mo's men were guarding outside the door.

Thinking of Shangguan Mo, she felt miserable again.

Zhang Linli noticed her emotional change while dressing her wound, and his face changed. Then he recalled what Shangguan Mo told him, "Xue, Mo called me just now."

"Oh." Murong Xue confirmed her guess now. She knew he was not that busy. It was just that he did not have time for her.

"He just left for country C. Something happened there."

Murong Xue was caught by surprise, "What happened? Is it serious?" Then she realized that she still cared about him and she became annoyed with herself. She fell for him.

Seeing her reaction, Zhang Linli had mixed feelings. On the one hand, he was pleased that his friend had a caring girlfriend; on the other hand, he was also filled with a touch of sadness. "It must be very tricky since he has to be there in person. He asked me to tell you about it and to take good care of you two."

Murong Xue realized that Shangguan Mo meant Bai Xueli and herself, and she could not help comparing the way he treated his sister and her. She even began to hate herself for thinking that at this time.

She did not like that herself, petty and awkward. "Linli, I'm fine. I want to go home. I'll check out later." Murong Xue just wanted to be home with her parents and her friend Mo Aili now.

What happened to her last life had damaged her confidence. She thought she had let it go, but she did not. She was still trapped where she had been last life, looking for a way out.

"You're going back to A province now? No, you can't. You have to wait for the wound on your head to heal up." Zhang Linli frowned.

Murong Xue raised a thin smile, "Linli, don't you remember I'm a doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine? I'll take care of it."

Zhang Linli knew that he did not stop her only for her injuries. In fact, he wanted her to stay for himself. Although their relationship could not go further, he still wanted to see her every day. Zhang Linli felt like he was crazy, "Still no."

However, what he did not know was that Murong Xue only wanted to go back to the place where she was comfortable and where she could relax. "I'm homesick."

Seeing the sad smile on her face, Zhang Linli failed to continue his persuasion, "Xue, are you angry with Mo?"

She shook her head, "No."

But he knew she was lying. He could see she was almost going to cry out. After finishing dressing the wound, Zhang Linli put down the gauze in his hands and sat face to face with her. "Xue, you misunderstood him. Mo did not mean to..."

Murong Xue found Zhang Linli's words unconvincing. She thought if Shangguan Mo was sorry, he would have comforted her. Instead, he went abroad without even a word. Murong Xue could not refrain from tears now. She thought maybe she got too deep in love to let go of such a small matter.

Zhang Linli panicked, and a flood of explanations for his friend came out of his mouth, "He really did not do it on purpose. He wanted to explain to you himself, but I told him you were tired and you needed to rest. He called to ask me to explain everything to you and let me take care of you. It's true. I swear..."

Murong Xue's tears dropped down on the quilt, leaving flower-like marks. Zhang Linli had no understanding of her feelings now. Whatever he said to her sounded more like comfort and sympathy. She could only believe it when Shangguan Mo told her in person.

Zhang Linli continued in panic, "Don't cry. I don't know why I said that. Don't cry." He held her in his arms and patted her back gently in a comforting way.

With her feelings repressed for a long time, Murong Xue finally found a vent out. She cried on his shoulder, tears streaming down her face.

However, what they were unaware of was that Bai Xueli outside the door had secretly taken many photos of them during this time.

After a long time, Murong Xue's voice became husky and she managed to stop crying at last. Zhang Linli's tear-stained shoulder made her face blush with embarrassment. "Linli, thank you. And sorry."

Zhang Linli only wanted her to stop crying and his heart had already melted with sympathy. Therefore, a piece of clothes was no big deal at all. "Don't you forget you are my tutor? This is what I should do. Ha-ha."

Murong Xue laughed at his words, "You fool. You're really dedicated to medicine."

Zhang Linli nodded madly, "Yeah. So you can forget about coming back to A province now. If you don't teach me everything you know, I'll chase you wherever you are." He was glad that he had asked her to be his tutor, so he could be closer to her without crossing the line.