If You Could Hear My Heart

Chapter 703: Chapter 703: Beasts, are always beasts, no matter when

When she was leaving, Shen Chi remained silent.

Zhou Ran stopped at the door and said, “She’s not worth your love.”

After speaking, Zhou Ran opened the door to the ward.

Regardless of whether Shen Chi was listening, she had to say it. Staying with Xu Chaomu would only ruin his future.

As someone who had been there, she understood much more than Shen Chi did.

But Shen Chi remained unresponsive, his face cold, his jawline rigid.

Zhou Ran knew he didn’t want to hear it, so she turned her head, opened the door to the ward, and walked out.

She had just stepped out not far when, quite unexpectedly, she saw Xu Chaomu and the butler, Ling, walking side by side toward her.

She simply stopped in her tracks and waited for them to approach.

The butler, Ling, saw Zhou Ran first and hurriedly bent down respectfully, “Madam Zhou.”

“Mm,” Zhou Ran responded indifferently.

Xu Chaomu looked at her calmly, it had been a long time since she last saw Zhou Ran.

However, this time, she did not call her Aunt Zhou but just stood there, her eyes calm like a serene lake.

Zhou Ran stood in front of them and said nothing.

After a while, she glanced at Xu Chaomu’s belly and left, brushing past them.

Once Zhou Ran had left, the butler whispered, “Chaomu, go inside, the Fourth Young Master is waiting.”

“Okay,” Xu Chaomu nodded her head.

She didn’t want to remember anything related to Zhou Ran, because, from the first time they met, it was all a setup.

It was just that, within this setup, she had met Shen Chi, and perhaps that was her greatest fortune.

When Xu Chaomu pushed open the door to the ward, Shen Chi was lying with his eyes closed, his face still cold and serious even at such a time.

Seeing his iceberg-like expression, Xu Chaomu curved her lips and chuckled.

Actually, this was how he looked most of the time; he was not a gentle person, but even the least gentle people have their tender moments.

So, all his tenderness… was it all given to her?

Hearing her laughter, Shen Chi opened his eyes.

Upon seeing her, the lines on his face softened considerably.

“Guess what I made for you?” Xu Chaomu leaned over his bed, looking up at him like a little kitten.

Shen Chi smirked, “What could it be?”

“Congratulations, you guessed right, nothing at all,” Xu Chaomu laughed triumphantly.

Having said that, she took out a box of tomato and egg soup from her tote bag, “Here, this is all you get, don’t expect anything else.”

Then, she also took a box of food out of the bag.

Shen Chi twitched the corners of his mouth and gave her a cold glare, “I won’t eat.”

“I made it myself,” Xu Chaomu said angrily.

“Then I definitely won’t eat!” Shen Chi retorted angrily.

She had been gone so long and just brought back a bowl of soup to fool him?

“If you don’t eat it, so be it; I’ll go pour it out,” Xu Chaomu said as she took back the soup box.

With that attitude, as if she really would, she stood up and walked towards the door.

Shen Chi frowned, “Come back.”

“Why should I come back?” Xu Chaomu snorted coldly.

“Feed me.”

The butler felt awkward listening to the young couple’s flirtation and found a reason to leave first.

However, she noticed that the Fourth Young Master was different only when he was with Xu Chaomu.

Once the butler left, Shen Chi became even more unrestrained, “Are you going to feed me or not?”

“Who talks like that when asking for a favor?” Xu Chaomu was infuriated.

“If you don’t feed me, I’ll just go to sleep,” Shen Chi closed his eyes.

“You’ll starve to death if you don’t eat!” Xu Chaomu eventually relented out of concern.

Unwillingly, she came back and took out some other dishes from the tote bag.

She had actually made a lot, and although the butler had helped, everything was handmade by her.

Suddenly, the ward was filled with delicious aromas.

She scooped up some rice with a spoon and fed him bite by bite.

This man, of such age, was neither modest nor bashful as he ate with evident satisfaction.

“Is it good? I made it all by myself,” Xu Chaomu said.

“It’s passable.”

“You!” Xu Chaomu was so frustrated that she wanted to hit him. Passable, yet he gobbled it all down?

As she fed him, he ate slowly and thoroughly, still looking appealing despite wearing hospital attire.

Once he had finished eating, he patted the bed and looked at her with ill intentions.

Xu Chaomu put the things away and glanced at him, “What?”

“Sleep next to me.”

“I refuse!” Xu Chaomu firmly declined.@@novelbin@@

“No ‘I refuse.’ Come on over. I’m a patient; I won’t do anything to you.”

Xu Chaomu hesitated, looking at him, “Have you ever heard a saying, ‘a beast is always a beast, no matter the situation.'”

“Are you complimenting me?”

“If you think it’s a compliment, then take it as one,” Xu Chaomu rolled her eyes.

Right then, the IV drip finished, and Xu Chaomu called the nurse over.

When she came out, she saw Zhou Ran pacing back and forth in the corridor, her head down, deep in thought.

Without speaking, Xu Chaomu glanced at her and went back inside.

As soon as the needle was removed, Shen Chi gestured to Xu Chaomu, “Come sleep.”

“I won’t!” Xu Chaomu continued to refuse.

“No ‘I won’t’!” Shen Chi was angered and directly grabbed her hand, pulling her onto the bed.

Discussing it with her was a sign of respect, and she didn’t appreciate it.

He pushed her down beside him, pulled up the quilt over her, and turned off the light with a swift motion.

“Alright, time to sleep.”

The ward was instantly shrouded in darkness as Shen Chi and she lay on the same bed, under the same pillow, sharing one quilt.

Xu Chaomu was dumbfounded, caught by surprise, not understanding what was happening.

He wrapped his arms around her, his voice slightly weary, “Sleep.”

“I…”

“Shut up!”

“…” Xu Chaomu was so irritated, his attitude was terrible, extremely terrible.

Shen Chi, however, held her waist tightly, preventing her from moving, so she had no choice but to sleep beside him and closed her eyes.

The night was quiet; she felt secure in his arms.

Those days, Shen Chi had stayed in the ward the whole time, and Xu Chaomu had been there with him throughout.

Shen Chi didn’t go to the company, and neither did Xu Chaomu. Shen Chi’s excuse was a business trip and a meeting, while Xu Chaomu’s was that her pregnancy made it inconvenient for her to move around.

Thus, both of them disappeared from the company for many days.

However, nobody had the imagination to link Xu Chaomu and Shen Chi together.

Shen Chi’s fever had subsided long ago, and his injuries were almost healed.

Days later, he checked out of the hospital early. Of course, he always stuck to his decisions; even when Wen Zhiyuan suggested he stay for a few more days, he declined.

On that day, he returned to the Shen Family residence, and Xu Chaomu also went back to the Shen Family home.

Having not returned for many days, Shen Chi stood at the doorstep of the Shen Family home, removing his sunglasses, and stood there for a while.

It was the end of summer, and the sun was still warm. The fragmented sunlight shone on the half-yellow leaves, and the light seemed to rotate gently, everywhere was peaceful and tranquil.