C21 (1/2)

”What are you thinking about? Someone helped you pay yet you're unhappy?” Qu Yanzhi did not think as much as Du Liqing, and she helplessly glanced at him. Patting her hair, he tried to pull her thoughts back to her.

Yuan Wei didn't deny it as he placed the flower basket on the cabinet beside old man Du's bed. He then placed the dying flower into the trash can and inserted it full of vitality.

Naturally, he wasn't used to her movements. Yuan Wei didn't intend to interrupt their conversation at all. Instead, he would occasionally utter a few words to express his presence.

The three of them greeted each other in the same ward. They had been busy these past few days, so they knew that they had to cherish the people around them when they were free.

”Speaking of which, where did Lu Juyan go?” Qu Yan yan was surprised to find that the person beside Du Ruqing had disappeared. At the same time, she was also curious where that person had gone to. He actually didn't accompany her to her room. This made her quite surprised.

This unintentional question caused Du Ruqing to not know what to say in that instant. His thin lips that were slightly parted to begin with subconsciously closed as a trace of a strange emotion was revealed in his eyes.

The thoughts in his mind drifted to a Post-it note Lu Juyan had left on the dining table. It read: Warm up and put the food in the microwave. I'll go out today and remember to dress up.

The handwriting was neat and impressive, giving one the impression that it was an excellent calligraphy technique. Suddenly it reminded Du of her instinctive occupation as a teacher of the countryside.

Her days of companionship in the past few days had made her realize that Lu Juyan and that profession were a bit incongruous. She couldn't help but secretly feel suspicious.

Why would a teacher in charge of a school have such a strange pattern of travel? What kind of person was he?

Du Xiangqing's brows tightly knitted together, the suspicion in his heart unceasingly grew. Her mind was filled with all sorts of thoughts, causing her to lose track of the expression on Qu Yan's face.

Silly girl, why are you so serious?” Qu Yan Yao called out to Du Ruqing a few times, but she did not get a reply. He suddenly pushed the person aside and noticed that Du Liqing's vision had returned to clear. He pulled up her ears and asked with a stern voice and a pretty face.

The slight pain in his earlobes made Du Ruqing reach out her hand to cover her ears, and when she looked at Qu Yan Yan, her eyes were filled with complaints. She couldn't help but whisper a few words to her abdomen.

The two began to play again, but Qu Yanzhi did not plan on letting Du Liqing off, and once again asked the other party what they were thinking about.

He had no choice but to withdraw his hand, sit up and seriously look at the two people in front of him. Doubts surfaced in her mind once more, causing her to be unable to stop herself from saying, ”I'm thinking about what sort of person Lu Juyan is.”

The confusion made Du Ruqing recall her invitation to Lu Juyan the day before yesterday. Unfortunately, she had been rejected. This made her even more suspicious of his identity. The feeling of being unable to figure it out made her feel extremely impatient and she couldn't help but question him.

Qu Yan Shi and Yuan Wei looked at each other in shock. They couldn't help but feel that there was something changing with Du Lianqing, and they couldn't tell where it was.

The three of them looked at each other. None of them spoke any symbolic words. No one knew exactly what sort of person Lu Juyan was.

With regards to Du Liqing's suspicion and thoughts, the other two could only choose to remain silent because they had never understood it before. This caused Du Ruqing to feel more and more uneasy. She couldn't help but privately interrogate that man's mysteriousness in order to let go of the wariness in her heart.