Xia Zimu quickly nodded, “Yes, yes! Hurry up and come back!” As Shen Nanxing was about to leave the hospital room, Fu Zhiyuan immediately called out to him, “Xingbao, let me go instead.” After speaking, he turned around and gave Xia Zimu a cold look. Xia Zimu instantly shivered, feeling terrified. Wuwu X﹏X.

Shen Nanxing leaned in close, looking at him with a curious expression, “What were you just thinking? You were so focused that you didn’t even react when we came in!” Xia Zimu froze for a moment, and then nonchalantly replied, “Nothing, nothing.”

“You think I believe that?” Shen Nanxing crossed his arms, looking at him with a teasing smile. He clearly didn’t believe Xia Zimu’s answer. Xia Zimu reluctantly insisted, “Really, nothing.”

Seeing that Xia Zimu was still being stubborn, a mischievous glint flashed in Shen Nanxing’s eyes. He decided to play a little trick, “By the way, Zhou He asked me to tell you something.”

The moment Xia Zimu heard Zhou He’s name, he immediately became anxious, “What did he say?” In his excitement, he accidentally bumped his leg, causing sharp pain that made his scalp tingle. Shen Nanxing was only trying to test his reaction, but he didn’t expect Xia Zimu to get so worked up. Seeing Xia Zimu’s pale face from the pain, Shen Nanxing was also startled. “Are you alright? Should I call a doctor?”

Xia Zimu shook his head. Compared to the pain, he was more concerned about what Zhou He had said to Shen Nanxing. “Tell me first, what did Zhou He say?”

Shen Nanxing remembered Zhou He’s lost and distraught expression yesterday and decided to give him a bit of a push. “Yesterday, when you were in the operating room, Zhou He looked so pale, you’d think his wife was the one lying there instead of you.”

Xia Zimu froze at this, a strange heat rising on his cheeks, and he felt a little awkward. Wife? From his point of view, he might as well be a tough guy, right!?

Shen Nanxing’s eyes gleamed with a mischievous smile. After a pause, he continued, “Zhou He also said that he likes you and wants to pursue you.”

Xia Zimu instinctively grabbed the bed sheet, and reflexively rebutted, “No way! I’m his good brother!”

“Good brothers can also develop into lovers!” Shen Nanxing, drawing from his years of experience with boys’ love novels, countered. He then pressed on, “Come on, tell me, what do you really think?”

Xia Zimu’s eyes flashed with confusion, and he mumbled, “I don’t know.” If anyone were suddenly confessed to by their good brother, they’d be in disbelief, right?! Zhou He had been driving him crazy, constantly throwing him these difficult questions.

Seeing Xia Zimu so conflicted, Shen Nanxing decided to add more fuel to the fire. “It’s simple, really. If you don’t like him, just reject him. At worst, you two can be like the most familiar strangers from then on.”

Xia Zimu was completely led astray by this logic and anxiously asked, “But can’t we just keep being brothers?”

Shen Nanxing shook his head. “I’ve never seen a confession fail and still allow the two people to stay friends. If that happens, the one who confessed will be tortured. Not only will they suffer from unrequited love, but they’ll have to watch the person they like end up with someone else. Won’t they go crazy sooner or later?”

“Rather than that, they might as well just completely withdraw from the person’s life and never interfere again!”

Hearing that he might have to become a stranger to Zhou He, Xia Zimu felt a heaviness in his chest, as though something important was slipping away slowly.

Seeing that Shen Nanxing had said enough, he decided to let him think things over on his own. At this point, Fu Zhiyuan wheeled in a wheelchair, interrupting Xia Zimu’s thoughts.

Shen Nanxing stepped forward. “Back so soon?”

Fu Zhiyuan nodded slightly, his face cold as he spoke to the person lying in bed. “Weren’t you supposed to go to the bathroom?”

Xia Zimu forced a smile. “Uncle Fu, I suddenly don’t really need to go anymore.” Fu Zhiyuan’s expression instantly darkened, his brows raising, “Tired of living?”

After almost dying once, his courage had grown, and now he dared to play tricks on him!

Shen Nanxing tugged on Fu Zhiyuan’s sleeve. “Brother Zhiyuan, why are you raising your voice? He’s still a patient.”

Seizing the opportunity, Fu Zhiyuan grabbed Shen Nanxing’s hand and quietly rebutted, “I wasn’t really raising my voice, was I?”

Shen Nanxing leaned closer to his ear and whispered, “Xia Zimu’s not in a good mood, so don’t scare him with your cold face.”

“What were you two talking about just now?” Fu Zhiyuan looked at him indulgently.

Shen Nanxing coughed lightly. “I can’t tell you yet.”

Fu Zhiyuan reached out and pinched his cheek, conceding, “Alright, I’ll let you keep it secret.”

The two’s interaction, as if no one else were around, made Xia Zimu unable to hold back anymore. “I say, can you two go home to have your romance? This is a hospital, and I’m still here, you know?”

Just bullying him because he’s single, huh!

Shen Nanxing pushed Fu Zhiyuan and countered defensively, “What love affair? Don’t say random things!” Fu Zhiyuan felt a bit down.

Xia Zimu sneered, mercilessly exposing him, “Stop pretending. I saw it that night.” Shen Nanxing’s face showed signs of cracking, not expecting that Xia Zimu would be the first to figure out their relationship. This completely ruined the long speech he had prepared.

Fu Zhiyuan had a faint sense of satisfaction. Finally, someone knew about his relationship with Xingbao. He calmly responded, “It’s exactly what you saw.”

“Uncle Fu, you’re really devious, stealing away Xingbao like that.” Xia Zimu looked at him with disbelief. He was sure that Fu Zhiyuan was subtly asserting his dominance right in front of him. ‘Tch, petty man.’

Fu Zhiyuan stopped pretending and directly wrapped his arm around Shen Nanxing’s waist. “Stealing away? I’m pursuing him openly.”

Xia Zimu made an “oh” sound. “Really? You’re amazing.”

Shen Nanxing couldn’t help but laugh, silently giving Xia Zimu a thumbs up in his heart: ‘You’re a true warrior!‘

Fu Zhiyuan didn’t spend much time online, so he didn’t know what “amazing” meant in this context, but his intuition told him it wasn’t something good. He irritably said, “Are you jealous of me?” If he remembered correctly, Xia Zimu had once wanted to be the third party.

At this thought, Fu Zhiyuan’s gaze toward Xia Zimu grew more wary.

Xia Zimu, enraged, responded with a mocking smile, “Uncle Fu, why would I be jealous of you? Jealous that you’re older than me?”

Fu Zhiyuan, once again mocked for his age, felt his anger ignite. He was on the verge of exploding, but Shen Nanxing calmed him down by gently scratching his palm. “Twenty-five is the best age for a man. How could you be considered old?”

For a moment, both of the other two people in the room gave Shen Nanxing strange looks.

Fu Zhiyuan: Xingbao praised me, hehe.

Xia Zimu: Didn’t expect Xingbao is secretly attracted to a man’s body…

Shen Nanxing suddenly realized what he had said and regretted it deeply. Why did I say that? It was something he had read in a novel recently, and he blurted it out without thinking. Shen Nanxing, did you forget your brain at home? He slapped his forehead and immediately tried to fix it. “Brother Zhiyuan, what I meant was that you’re not old at all.”

Fu Zhiyuan, feeling quite pleased, gave a small “mm” in response and reached out to rub his head.

Xia Zimu watched their intimate actions, feeling strange. He liked Nanxing, so logically, shouldn’t he feel sad or jealous seeing this? Why was he only angry that Fu Zhiyuan had quietly taken Nanxing away, yet didn’t feel heartbroken?