Since he had slept since the afternoon, Ruan Xing woke up early in the evening before dawn the next day.
She stretched, turned around and looked at the man sleeping next to her, breathing a little softly for fear of disturbing him.
When Zhou Cishen was asleep, he was likeable to everyone.
Ruan Xingwan looked at him quietly for a while, then gently lifted the quilt. Just as he was about to get out of bed, someone grabbed his wrist.
The man's hoarse and tired voice came: "Where are you going?"
"I...go to lie down in the bathroom."
Ruan Xingwan whispered, "Are you awake?
It's quite early now, please sleep a little longer."
Zhou Cishen closed his eyes and hummed lightly, but did not let go of her hand.
Ruan Xingwan leaned forward and approached him: "Zhou Cishen?"
no answer.
She added: "I really need to go to the bathroom, but I can't run away."
The hand that held her wrist slowly let go.
Ruan Xing got out of bed at night, was covered with a quilt again, and went to the bathroom.
After coming out, she couldn't sleep, so she stood by the window and looked at the scenery outside.
It was already dawning now, and there were already many pedestrians on the street.
Although summer is almost here, there is still a mist in the morning air, which should be quite cold.
Ruan Xingwan stood for a few minutes, walked to the bed again, and said in a very soft voice, "Zhou Cishen?"
After a pause, she added: "I want to go downstairs for a walk. I'll be back in half an hour at most. You can continue to sleep."
After saying that, she took her coat and left the ward.
But what she didn't expect was that as soon as she walked to the door, she saw someone sitting in the corridor.
Ruan Xingwan was startled: "Xiao Chen, why are you here?"
Ruan Chen obviously didn't sleep all night, his face was gloomy, he stood up and said, "Are you feeling better?"
"There's nothing wrong with me. I'm much better now."
Ruan Xingwan looked at him and couldn't help but frown, "Are you staying here all night?"
Ruan Chen did not answer, but said: "Since there is nothing else, I will leave first."
As soon as he turned around, Ruan Xingwan said: "Wait a minute."
After Ruan Xingwan finished speaking, he looked back at the ward and pulled Ruan Chen out.
There was no one in the hospital garden at the moment and it was very quiet.
Ruan Xingwan took back his hand: "I know what you are thinking, but I tell you, don't think about anything. You are my brother. Other than that, you have nothing to do with anyone. Do you hear me?"
Ruan Chen pulled his lips and smiled self-deprecatingly.
Ruan Xingwan pursed his lips slightly and said again: "Xiao Chen, everything is done by Ruan Jun. You are you and he is him, you know."
After a long while, Ruan Chen's voice came: "How is that possible?"
Ruan Xingwan didn't quite hear: "What?"
"How can it be."
Ruan Chen looked at her, with no light in his eyes, "I am Ruan Junsheng, his blood flows in my body, and I will never be able to get rid of his shadow in this life."
"Xiao Chen..."
"You don't need to say anything, I understand everything."
Ruan Xingwan continued: "What do you understand?
If you really understood, you wouldn't be standing here right now.
Xiaochen, you can't choose a person's birth, but the future is in your own hands. You are not Ruan Jun, and you will not follow his path.
You are my brother, and I have always been proud of having you as my brother. We are the closest people to each other in this world, and this is what you should understand."
Before Ruan Chen could speak, Ruan Xingwan continued: "I don't care what Ruan Jun said to you last night, just go back to school and study well. Have you forgotten that you said you would support me?
How can a man take back what he says? I'm still waiting."
Ruan Chen lowered his head and said nothing.
Ruan Xingwan patted his arm: "Okay, let's go back to school."
Ruan Chen hummed: "I know."
After watching Ruan Chen leave, Ruan Xingwan looked away. Just as he was about to walk around in the garden, he saw a man standing not far away.
She walked over and asked, "When did you come down?"
Zhou Ci looked at her quietly with deep black eyes, and said in a hoarse voice: "Just got here."
Ruan Xingwan didn’t believe it.
If her guess was correct, Zhou Cishen must have followed her down.
And she was definitely not asleep when she left the ward.
She doesn't run.
Ruan Xingwan said: "Go up."
Zhou Cishen said: "Didn't you say you wanted to go around?"
"I don't want to anymore."
"Are all women so fickle like you?"
Ruan Xingwan: "..."
She glared at him: "Are you leaving?
If you don’t leave, I will leave.”
Zhou Cishen curled his thin lips and followed her back to the ward.
Lying on the bed again, Ruan Xingwan looked at the time and saw that it was only after six o'clock.
Totally unable to sleep.
She looked at the man sitting on the sofa rubbing his eyebrows and asked softly: "Aren't you going to sleep?"
Zhou Cishen hummed: "Go to sleep."
Ruan Xingwan thought for a while and continued: "Have you dealt with Xie Rong's matter? I..."
Before she finished speaking, she saw Zhou Cishen looking over, with a bit of chill in his eyes.
Ruan Xingwan said: "You promised me."
"I also said I won't let you see him alone."
"That……"
"Such a big thing happened yesterday, and you didn't even plan to tell me."
Ruan Xingwan explained: "It's not that I didn't plan to tell you. Xie Rong just asked me and Xiaochen to go back. I didn't know the specific situation at the time. It was because the wall was opened. Then I didn't even react. Why?
Let me tell you."
Zhou Cishen's voice was neither cold nor indifferent: "There are quite a few reasons."
Ruan Xingwan corrected: "This is not a reason, this is a fact."
Zhou Cishen leaned on the sofa, crossing his slender legs: "If there is anything else, please tell me."
Ruan Xingwan licked his lips: "You can see it."
"It's all written on your face, can you tell?"
"It's...about Xiaochen."
Zhou Cishen said slowly: "You want me to help you check whether he is Ruan Junsheng's?"
Ruan Xingwan nodded.
"They've already checked."
Ruan Xingwan pursed her lips. Daniel had tested her out a long time ago. Apart from them, there was a high probability that no one would care about this.
She was silent for a while and then said: "I don't know how they checked, but they probably haven't done a paternity test."
Zhou Cishen said: "Do you want to do a paternity test?"
Ruan Xingwan said: "You also know that Ruan Jun is full of lies. The more he says that Xiao Chen is his biological son, the less I believe it. Moreover, he seems to enjoy it and uses himself to insult and hurt Xiao Chen.
Before that, Ruan Jun had been in the hands of Lin Zhi'an, so they had no choice and couldn't do a paternity test."
"What if the result of the appraisal is not what you guessed."
"Then I admit it."
Zhou Cishen said: "Okay, I'll have someone go check it out."
A smile appeared on Ruan Xingwan's face: "Thank you."
Zhou Cishen stood up: "I still prefer gratitude with practical actions."