She walked over, holding her purse in her hand. Seeing the warm scene in front of her, Gu Yuan couldn’t bring herself to break it.

He glanced at her several times but didn’t take the initiative to speak with her.

This is the difference between online and offline.

Online, he could flirt easily; he was a master of sweet talk.

Offline, he became timid, not even daring to look her directly in the eye.

It was Gu Yuan who first spoke to break the awkwardness between them: "Did the doctor say you can be discharged tomorrow?"

He slightly hunched his back, then immediately straightened up like a well-behaved Golden Retriever, answering obediently, "I’ll be discharged tomorrow morning, it’s not a big problem."

Gu Yuan nodded.

Seeing him looking at her eagerly without saying anything else, just staring, Gu Yuan furrowed her brows, "Is there something you want to say?"

A thoughtless remark blurted out of his mouth: "You look so much like my wife."

Gu Yuan: "..."

"Then what about me, what about me, what about me?" Suisui pulled on Quan Jin’s hand, pressing for an answer.

He bent down, touching his forehead to Suisui’s, and nudged her nose with his: "You are my little princess."

Suisui’s eyes widened like grapes, "Really, really, am I the fish-eating little princess~"

"Of course you are." His tone was filled with affection.

Father and daughter shared a warm moment, and Gu Yuan felt that she should give them some space, so she said, "I didn’t mean to interrupt your father-daughter time; I’ll wait outside."

With those words,

Quan Jin froze, looking at Gu Yuan.

However, all he saw was Gu Yuan’s retreating figure.

After Gu Yuan left the hospital room, she checked her phone; there were no missed calls or messages.

She stood in the hallway for a while.

The hospital room Quan Jin was in wasn’t upgraded to VIP; it was just for one night, so he made do. Although it was a standard room, it was a single occupancy, medium-level, at least not too noisy.

Feeling somewhat uneasy just standing, she paced back and forth for a bit, suddenly wanting to go back in to check. But she was afraid Quan Jin would think she was going to take Suisui away, which would break her heart. She looked at her watch; it was already half-past nine, approaching ten o’clock.

After ten minutes or so.

She didn’t know how many times she had paced back and forth; when she turned around again, she was blocked by a human wall.

Gu Yuan slightly tilted her chin up, looking at him, "Why did you come out?"

His voice was somewhat muffled, "I’ve been waiting inside for so long; why didn’t you come in?"

The two stood close; at this hour, there weren’t many people in the hallway, only the nurse’s station was heard with its beeping call. The intervals were long, suggesting most patients were resting.

"Where’s Suisui?"

Just as she expected, Quan Jin said, "I lulled her to sleep. At this hour, little Suisui is very sleepy and fell asleep in my arms."

He didn’t mention that he deliberately put Suisui to sleep just to come out and find Gu Yuan.

He wanted some time alone with her.

"Suisui depends on you a lot," Gu Yuan said, voicing the honest truth in her heart.

Quan Jin knew that well, but his voice still carried a lot of guilt, "I’ve owed Suisui so much...." He didn’t finish his sentence and instead stared into Gu Yuan’s eyes, "Yuanyuan, I’ve owed you so much, so much."

His mental burden was so heavy.

Without knowing, it was caused by Gu Yuan herself.

It was she who took away his memory, turning him completely into Quan Jin, selfishly keeping him by her side forever.

Gu Yuan didn’t want him to bear this burden, "No, Quan Jin, you don’t owe me anything."

"Yuanyuan."

"Hmm?" Gu Yuan responded casually.

There was still a divide between them, and Quan Jin was always afraid of crossing the line and displeasing her, fearing that it would pull the little distance between them even further apart.

"Could I find you in the future?" His voice was very low, afraid she would refuse too quickly, so he quickly added, "I won’t disturb your life, I’ll be discreet, I’ll know when to stop, I promise never to make you uneasy because of my presence."

He was so humble now; it didn’t surprise Gu Yuan at all.

After all, that night, he even knelt down.

She suddenly asked, her voice gentle, "Do your knees still hurt?"

His expression was dumbfounded, not quite grasping it.

Gu Yuan lifted her foot, her toe touching his knee, which brought him back to reality, and he shook his head, speaking the truth, "Actually, that night I didn’t kneel for long; don’t worry about it."

There was a hint of joy mixed in his words.

In his view, her concern showed her softening heart.

"I wasn’t worrying about it; don’t flatter yourself." The mood Gu Yuan was brewing was dampened by his words, and she put on a stern expression.

The call from the nurse’s station sounded again, and a nurse in a white uniform walked toward them.

The hallway was quite wide, but Gu Yuan and Quan Jin stood pretty far apart.