When Wen Li woke up, the room was a little dark. She vaguely saw a shadowy figure beside the bed. She was startled and completely forgot that she had just finished surgery. She screamed and jumped under the bed.

Her shout startled the man, who moved faster than her and grabbed her around the waist.

Wen Li broke down all of a sudden, crying and grabbing the back of the man's hand without hesitation, and soon felt flesh between her fingernails.

"Why are you running?" It was Huo Yuanchen's voice.

Wen Li stopped moving all of a sudden. She held his hand and asked uncertainly, "Huo Yuanchen? Are you back?"

"Yeah." Huo Yuanchen let go of her and looked at his hand with a bad expression, "Are you a cat?"

Wen Li felt a little embarrassed, but she had moved too much just now and her stomach was aching so much that she couldn't pay attention to him and bent her back in pain.

"Does it hurt?" he asked.

"Um."

"You deserve it." He said as he carried her to the bed like a child.

Wen Li hugged his neck and refused to let go. Her eyes were unfocused, her beautiful eyes were full of fear, her face was pale, and she looked quite pitiful.

Huo Yuanchen looked at her, reached out and patted her ear, and said without any emotion, "My fault, I forgot that you are afraid of the dark."

Wen Li still didn't let go. He could feel that her hand around his neck was trembling slightly.

He sighed, bent down, his lips almost touching her forehead, carefully avoiding her belly, and hugged her quietly for a long time, until he felt that Wen Li's body was not shaking so badly, then he said, "Let go of my hand first, I'll go open the curtains."

Wen Li finally responded and asked him in a low voice, "Huo Yuanchen, what time is it now?"

Huo Yuanchen's voice was a little embarrassed, "Then you have to let me go, so that I can check the time."

Wen Li let go of his hand awkwardly, and when he turned around to draw the curtains, she asked him, "Are you done with the meeting?"

"Not yet." He pulled open the curtains and said casually, "I saw nothing to do, so I left early."

Wen Li hesitated for a moment and said, "I'm sorry to bother you. I suddenly fell ill. Does it affect your work?"

Huo Yuanchen's eyes flickered. Her medical records were in his pocket. The cause of her illness was a cyst rupture caused by strenuous exercise, and she had to undergo emergency surgery. In other words, if he hadn't called her that day to ask her to pick him up at the entrance of the venue, and then forgot to inform her that the meeting was cancelled, there would have been no surgery.

He is a man of principles. Since Wen Li was implicated by him, he has to take care of her who is sick these days.

"It's okay. It's my duty to bother you."

Wen Li paused. She had never considered herself his real girlfriend, and naturally never dared to ask for the treatment a girlfriend should have. She felt guilty for troubling him.

How does the saying go? Children who are not loved by anyone are always sensible. Wen Li is too sensible, especially in front of Huo Yuanchen, for fear of making him unhappy.

Perhaps it was because her silly expression was too funny, Huo Yuanchen stretched out his hand and scratched the tip of her nose, sneering, "Are you silly?"

Wen Li shook his head, "No."

There was something that had been on her mind for too long, and she had never been able to figure it out. Now was an opportunity, and since she was free anyway, she boldly asked, "Huo Yuanchen, why did you agree to let me be your girlfriend?"

Huo Yuanchen was stunned for a moment, "Why are you asking this?"

"I'm just curious. You shouldn't be short of women around you, so why did you choose me?"

Wen Li wanted to figure out whether he was just kidding her or if he was a little serious. This matter had troubled her for too long, and she would not feel at ease until she figured it out.

Huo Yuanchen thought about it and asked casually, "If I don't choose you, you will let me do it?"

Wen Li was a little disappointed, but still asked, "Do you really consider me your girlfriend?"

Huo Yuanchen replied to her impatiently, "How do you want me to be?"

Wen Li deliberately tested him and said, "Then call the nurse over for me. I feel a little pain in my wound."

He agreed and stood up to leave.

Wen Li continued to instruct him from behind, "Go to the hotel again and get a few pairs of underwear from my suitcase. I'm not used to being naked all the time."

He turned around with a normal expression and said, "I can't leave for that long. I've asked the nurse to go back. The medical staff here is overwhelmed, and the nurses don't have extra time to take care of you."

Wen Li said, "Then go buy it for me nearby."

She just wanted to test his attitude towards her. Given how disgusted he usually was with her, she really didn't dare to expect that he would actually go and buy her women's panties.

Unexpectedly, Huo Yuanchen agreed immediately, "Okay."

When he came back, the nurse hadn't left yet and was talking to Wen Li. Wen Li couldn't understand and was so anxious that he broke out in a cold sweat.

Seeing Huo Yuanchen coming back, both of them looked relieved.

The nurse handed him a bottle of medicine and said something incoherent before leaving.

Wen Li asked hurriedly, "What did the nurse say?"

Huo Yuanchen answered her calmly while twisting the bottle cap, "He said your wound is a little infected."

As he spoke, he covered her mouth with his palm, "Anti-inflammatory medicine."

With her mouth sealed by him, her tongue naturally stretched out and rolled the pill in. The tip of her tongue left a little wetness on his palm, and her lips were soft.

Huo Yuanchen's eyes flashed, then disappeared.

Wen Li asked him for water while holding the pill in his mouth. He shook his head and said, "You can't drink water now."

Wen Li said depressedly, "I can't swallow it. Hurry up, the pill has melted and it's so bitter."

Huo Yuanchen hesitated, but still brought her some water to drink, "You can only drink one sip."

Wen Li didn't listen to him. She was almost dying of thirst, her throat was sore, and she finally drank some water, so how could she stop? She took his hand and gulped down half the glass of water in one breath.

Huo Yuanchen did not stop her and let her drink as much as she wanted. After she finished drinking, he said, "With the condition of your wound, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to go to the bathroom."

Wen Li was so angry at him, "Why didn't you say anything just now?"

"I told you, you won't drink?"

Wen Li thought about it and decided that she would still drink water. She was not a determined person and always took things one step at a time. When she was thirsty, she would only think about drinking water and not about going to the bathroom.

Huo Yuanchen seemed very busy, checking his phone from time to time. Several times when she asked him to help her get something, he was busy replying to messages on his phone and ignored her, as if he didn't hear her.

Wen Li felt uneasy, and after he put away his phone, she asked him, "Is it someone from school who wants to see you? Why don't you go over there ? I'm fine here."

After all, he went abroad this time with an inspection mission, and it would not be good for him to stay in the hospital and put his work aside.

Huo Yuanchen said absentmindedly, "Just rest and take care of your wounds. The things I arranged for the past few days were all visits. I've been there several times, so it doesn't matter if I don't go this time."

When he was admitted to the hospital yesterday, he left his contact information. In case he passed away and Wen Li's wound started to hurt, the hospital would still have to contact him to come over. It would be very tiring to run around, and he was too lazy to move.

Wen Li didn't want him to leave. People here didn't usually speak English, so she couldn't understand it at all. She couldn't communicate with the nurses or the caregivers, and could only gesture like a mute. With Huo Yuanchen by her side, she felt more at ease, and it was convenient for her to do whatever she needed.

However, she was really afraid that she would bother Huo Yuanchen and make him hate her again. So she sent a message to Yu Jingchen, "Is your schedule very busy? I'm in the hospital, Huo Yuanchen has to take care of me and reply to messages in the group, which is very hard. If the schedule is very busy, I will try to find a caregiver who can speak English."

Yu Jingchen replied quickly, "What news? My phone has been silent for most of the day."

Wen Li glanced at Huo Yuanchen who was looking at his phone again, pursed her lips, suppressed the inexplicable emotions in her heart, and said, "It's okay, I saw it wrong."