Chapter Eleven (Part 2 of 2)
Li Wei Ran took Qin Sang to visit his third brother at the hospital. When they arrived at the hospital on level nine from a distance they saw a large sign outside Chen Yu Bai’s hospital room – ‘Please do not disturb.’
Li Wei Ran and Qin Sang glanced at each other and gave each other a didn’t-see-any-sign look. They walked to Chen Yu Bai’s door and Li Wei Ran took off the sign. He gently opened the door. Then he held her hand and crept softly into his third brother’s hospital room.
‘Eat another bite, ok?’ An Xiao Li coaxed.
‘Too bland, I don’t want to eat anymore,’ Chen Yu Bai sulked.
‘The doctor said that you can’t eat flavoursome food for a while or you’ll have another relapse because your stomach is still weak,’ An Xiao Li reasoned.
‘Didn’t the doctor tell you that you can’t provoke me? I’m really weak too,’ Chen Yu Bai said.
‘Then are you going to eat or not? If you don’t eat, I’m leaving,’ An Xiao Li threatened.
‘Eat,’ Chen Yu Bai said.
‘Hehe… third brother, are you being sulky?’ Li Wei Ran teased.
Chen Yu Bai wore a hospital patient gown. His complexion was still pale but his mood was good until his fifth brother ruined his meal time with Xiao Li. He gave his fifth brother a didn’t-you-see-the-sign-outside look.
In An Xiao Li’s left hand was a bowl of puree congee and in her right hand was a small spoon. When she saw Qin Sang interrupted her feeding little Bai, she narrowed her eyes and greeted Qin Sang sourly.
Li Wei Ran gave a bag of fruits to An Xiao Li.
An Xiao Li accepted the bag of fruits and Chen Yu Bai nodded his head at Qin Sang as a greeting.
Rong Yan didn’t get to see the sign and came to visit his third brother briefly. After Rong Yan left, Qin Sang nodded her head at Chen Yu Bai and Chen Yu Bai understood her signal.
‘Wei Ran, go buy a cup of coffee for me,’ Qin Sang asked.
Chen Yu Bai looked at An Xiao Li. ‘Go to the doctor and ask for my hospital record from last year and bring it here.’
An Xiao Li was eating the grapes from the bag of fruits. She heard Chen Yu Bai’s request and pouted her lips. She unwillingly went outside.
‘What is it?’ Chen Yu Bai asked but he was flicking through work papers and didn’t bother to look at Qin Sang.
‘Of course it’s about you and An Xiao Li,’ Qin Sang said.
‘Thank you for your concern,’ Chen Yu Bai said.
‘No need for thanks. But I need to inconvenient you to give me a clear answer. I used to think you were a little weird, but now I think unless you see the coffin then you won’t shed tears,’ Qin Sang said.
‘Thanks for the compliment,’ Chen Yu Bai said.
‘Don’t be modest,’ Qin Sang said.
Chen Yu Bai and Qin Sang were similar non-humans. He’d fire a cannon and she’d fend it off like a st.u.r.dy mountain. The hospital room quickly became a smoky fog of war of words.
‘I’m serious,’ Chen Yu Bai finally surrendered.
Chen Yu Bai understood who Qin Sang wanted to protect. He knew being civil with Qin Sang would only benefit him instead of harming him.
Qin Sang calmly brushed through her hair. ‘That’s good to hear. Other things you can figure out for yourself. But I’m reminding you, An Xiao Li’s IQ is not enough for you to make a.s.sumptions and scheme. You’re better off being more simple-minded and straightforward. If you keep winding her up then one day she’ll have a rethink and leave you. I won’t be surprised if that happens. Chen Yu Bai, you have your moments when you’re too sure of yourself.’
Chen Yu Bai tossed his work papers aside and looked at Qin Sang. ‘More simple-minded and straightforward? Qin Sang, you’re all talk… what about you? Toward my fifth brother, are you simple-minded and straightforward?’
The smoky fog in Chen Yu Bai’s room became a tensed entrance to h.e.l.l.
The doctor informed An Xiao Li that Chen Yu Bai’s hospital records were stored on level seven. Since she was free, she generously went to level seven to get the hospital records.
An Xiao Li walked to the elevator and when it opened she stepped inside. She pressed the level seven b.u.t.ton and suddenly she heard a familiar voice behind her. ‘Xiao Li?’
An Xiao Li got the shivers and slowly turned around to look at the… stale frog from her past.
The stale frog wore a cast on one of his arms but he was still handsome. It was the former Prince Chu who couldn’t endure a week of loneliness and rode off on his horse that year long ago.
‘It’s really you!’ Chu Hao Ran said.
Chu Hao Ran excitedly wedged between the other people in the elevator and hopped like a frog toward An Xiao Li.
‘Um. Hehe… what a coincidence,’ An Xiao Li said politely. ‘You’re injured?’
‘Um. Car crash,’ Chu Hao Ran said.
An Xiao Li noticed the elevator opened to the seventh floor and waved her hand to farewell the stale frog. ‘This is my stop. We’ll chat more next time.’
An Xiao Li rushed out of the door to distance herself from the stale frog. But he chased after her and called out her name loudly. Then he fell on the ground. She had no choice but to turn around and help him. ‘Hey, be careful.’
The sentimental look in the stale frog’s eyes gave An Xiao Li the creeps and she shivered more. She praised herself for her calmness.
Afterward An Xiao Li returned to level nine, the moment she entered Chen Yu Bai’s room she saw his good mood was gone and he was back to his usual cold self. But she felt like she escaped punishment because he didn’t see her unwanted reunion with the stale frog.
‘Did you fly to the sky to get my records?’ Chen Yu Bai sulked.
An Xiao Li just smiled sweetly and didn’t argue. She didn’t want her tongue to slip.
‘Third sister-in-law’s back, Sang Sang we can leave now,’ Li Wei Ran teased.
An Xiao Li escorted Li Wei Ran and Qin Sang outside, but pulled Qin Sang aside. Li Wei Ran nodded to Qin Sang and went to get his car first to give the two best friends privacy.
‘What is it?’ Qin Sang asked.
‘I… ran into Chu Hao Ran,’ An Xiao Li said.
Qin Sang was surprised but on the inside she felt amused. She thought Chen Yu Bai shouldn’t have dismissed what she advised him as pa.s.sing wind. Even the heavens plotted to shake his arrogance a little.
When An Xiao Li returned back to Chen Yu Bai’s room, the way his eyes focused on her every movement made her paranoid that he overheard what she said to Qin Sang.
‘Want me to peel you an apple to eat?’ An Xiao Li asked sweetly to distract Chen Yu Bai.
‘I want to eat grapes,’ Chen Yu Bai sulked.
An Xiao Li panicked. She ate all the grapes before so she silently peeled the apple and gave it to Chen Yu Bai.
Chen Yu Bai turned his head away and refused to eat the apple.
An Xiao Li didn’t mind, she happily bit into the apple and chewed.
Chen Yu Bai turned his head back and pulled An Xiao Li onto the bed.
An Xiao Li was startled and she dropped her delicious apple on the floor. She hit Chen Yu Bai’s chest gently. ‘My apple…’
‘My grapes…’ Chen Yu Bai said.
Chen Yu Bai kissed An Xiao Li’s lips hungrily and his tongue invaded her mouth. His tongue tasted the grape juice on her tongue.
‘Little Bai…’ An Xiao Li whispered in Chen Yu Bai’s ear. ‘You haven’t recovered… about that… mmm… it’s not suitable… exerts too much energy…’
‘It’s your fault for not letting me eat grapes so I’ll eat you,’ Chen Yu Bai said.
Chen Yu Bai rolled An Xiao Li under him and kissed her until her body was limp. She vaguely realised why she was calm when she ran into the stale frog before, because she was under her little Bai’s spell.
The sound of a nurse’s laughter from outside gradually became louder as the nurse came closer to Chen Yu Bai’s room. He reacted first. He laid on top of An Xiao Li and covered both of them with the bed sheet. For the second time that day, she felt like she was sneaking around like a criminal.
Chen Yu Bai and An Xiao Li silently faced each other. His body was pressed on top of her and she had trouble breathing. She pushed him off her a little and he pressed his body closer to her… as a result something hard sprung to life and made it harder for her to breathe.
‘There’s someone…’ An Xiao Li pleaded weakly.
Chen Yu Bai slammed the nurse call b.u.t.ton on top of the bed off. Then all his attentions and his body were focused on Xiao Li.
An Xiao Li heard the nurse’s laughter gradually disappeared. In her intoxicated state she wanted to lift the bed sheet off them, but Chen Yu Bai gripped her hands. In a blink of an eye she lost all her senses and was completely captivated by him.
Chen Yu Bai liked to be stimulated by sneaking around in public so he kept Xiao Li under him and covered by the bed sheet – he slowly tortured her.
After a long time Chen Yu Bai was done torturing Xiao Li, he still refused to let her go. He kept his body pressed on top of her body and caressed nonstop everywhere on her body. Her body was too limp to struggle against his touch. She wrapped her arms around his waist and gently asked him if his stomach still hurt. They chatted aimlessly with each other. It was the first time after having s.e.x together that they were coc.o.o.ned by tenderness.
End of Chapter Eleven (Part 2 of 2)