Chapter 23 - II
After entering the ward, he realized that the mute nurse had been sitting in the room, waiting. When he saw Qin Yizhi coming back, he quickly got up and went to get his toolbox.
Xie Qi knew that he wouldn’t be needed next, so he wanted to leave. After all, there were a lot of homework recently. If he didn’t go back early, he might have to stay up late. Xie Qi couldn’t stay up late, and his eyes hurt when he did.
But before leaving, he and the nurse worked together to lift Qin Yizhi back to the bed. He paid careful attention and found that Qin Yizhi’s leg and foot strength seemed to be better this time.
Xie Qi checked online and found that in a situation like this, it would take at least a month to return to normal.
But looking at Qin Yizhi’s condition, he always felt that he might recover faster than imagined. After all, Yao Wenzhu was rich and had hired such a nurse.
But Xie Qi remembered one more thing: ‘if you could hire a mute caregiver like this, why was there still the blackhearted caregiver from before?’
Xie Qi was confused, but he didn’t show it. He took off his baseball cap – when talking to people indoors, it was better not to wear a hat. He had to look into people’s eyes and speak more sincerely.
So, Xie Qi looked at Qin Yizhi and said, “Honey, I am going back now.”
The nurse had already unzipped Qin Yizhi’s trouser legs and started to take out silver needles to prick him. When Qin Yizhi heard Xie Qi’s words, he raised his eyelids and glanced at him, replying “Hmm.”
Xie Qi thought: ‘Is this the end?’
Xie Qi looked at him hesitantly, “I am really leaving?”
Qin Yizhi glanced at him and stretched out his hand to make a few gestures to the mute nurse. The nurse stopped inserting the needle and looked at him with some confusion. Qin Yizhi gestured with his fingers again, and the nurse had to stop, turned around, and went to the living room next to him.
The nurse was gone, so Xie Qi couldn’t hold it back and asked, “Why do you need to sign with him when you can talk?”
Xie Qi thought he wouldn’t answer, but he replied indifferently, “Get used to it.”
Xie Qi: “Oh…” He answered dryly, “Honey, you are amazing.”
Qin Yizhi raised his eyes to look at him, his dark eyes seeming to reveal a bit of disbelief. Xie Qi thought he had seen it wrong, and… Wanting to look again, Qin Yizhi turned his head and stopped looking at him.
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The nurse also came back at this time. In his hand was a box of fresh milk with a straw inserted and a beautiful colorful box the size of a basketball.
When he walked up to Xie Qi, he gave it to him in one breath.
Xie Qi was a little confused, but he realized it belatedly. Did Qin Yizhi think he was asking for something? He didn’t mean that; he just wanted to ask if there was a place for him to help, and if not, he would leave.
Xie Qi wanted to explain but didn’t know how, so he said dryly: “I don’t drink milk anymore.”
Qin Yizhi actually answered him. He said in a hoarse but calm voice: “Drink milk and grow taller.”
Mr. Xie felt that it was a bit too much. He was tall just right, very well-proportioned, it would be awkward if he grew taller.
But Xie Qi didn’t say anything anymore. He wondered if Qin Yizhi thought he would become taller and more durable?
Uh, that was not the case either.
Xie Qi didn’t understand this time. He said dryly: “Thank you, honey.”
Then he said: “Then I’m leaving, honey?”
Qin Yizhi replied: “Yes.”
After a pause, “Don’t call me honey.”
Xie Qi: “…”
He always felt that he could figure out what others meant, but now he was confused. Could it be that Qin Yizhi didn’t like this title?
He hesitated and then changed his words: “What should I call you? Darling? Baobao? Baby? Oppa? Which one do you like?”
Qin Yizhi: “…”
He closed his eyes and said, “No need to change.”
Xie Qi: “…husband?”
Qin Yizhi: “Well, you can go.”
Xie Qi’s voice was a little more cheerful: “Okay, goodbye, husband.”
After saying that, he ran out without looking back.
After Xie Qi left, the mute caregiver gestured to Qin Yizhi in confusion. Qin Yizhi didn’t gesture this time and whispered, “He is just a child, it’s hard to say whether you like him or not.”
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Out of curiosity, Xie Qi opened the colorful box, only to find it filled with many small boxes.
Xie Qi: “…”
He was even more curious, what were they?
But it was unreasonable to dismantle it on the street, so Xie Qi rode the shared bicycle back home with all his strength. Before he even took out his homework to write, he had already carried the box to the dining table. He fished out a small box from it and opened it, finding a sports watch with a silver logo inside. It was a very famous brand. Xie Qi opened his phone and searched it and found that it cost 5,000 yuan.
Huh?
Xie Qi was not very interested in watches. He opened the next box and found a pair of Apple headphones, which seemed to cost several thousand yuan.
Xie Qi got excited and continued to open the blind box, finding an iPhone, a silver chain with a tag of his zodiac sign, a lucky bracelet, a German military police doll, a crystal candy decoration… and so on.
There were 16 gifts in such a colorful box, and at the bottom was an iPad Pro.
Xie Qi: “…”
This was too… too generous, right?
Some were valuable and some were not, but they all seemed to be carefully chosen and very thoughtful.
‘It’s over’, Xie Qi feels guilty again.
For such a carefully prepared gift, it was obvious that Qin Yizhi liked him very much.
He was really a sinner who seduced the heart of an older man but could not take responsibility.