Melodies of Love and Loss

Jiang Yan arranged a private room for Su Jian and took care of her in the hospital for two days until her phone was nearly blowing up with calls. Knowing how busy Jiang Yan was, Su Jian urged her to go back to work right away.

"No way, how can I let you be alone in the hospital?" Jiang Yan said.

Su Jian replied, "I'm much better now, you can hire a caretaker to look after me."

At her company, Jiang Yan was indeed facing some particularly tricky problems that required her personal attention, so she found a professional caretaker for Su Jian before she felt reassured to leave.

Actually, Su Jian wasn't very comfortable with having a stranger take care of her, so she only had the caretaker come during the day to run errands and fetch test reports; she was fine on her own at night.

That very night, Su Jian suddenly woke from a nightmare, gasping for breath, her hair drenched in sweat.

She struggled to get out of bed, but in doing so, accidentally tugged at her wound, causing her to gasp in pain. It took her quite a while to recover.

Su Jian opened the bathroom door, and failing to notice the water on the floor, she walked in. Just two steps in, she felt her feet slip, and she fell flat on her back.

"Ah…"

In the second she hit the floor, Su Jian clutched her incision in agony. She tried to get up by herself, but was in so much pain she couldn't muster any strength.

All she could do was cry out loudly, "Nurse… Is anybody there… Help…"

As she kept yelling, Su Jian's voice grew weaker, and the water on the floor had already soaked through her clothes. She felt both cold and painful all over.

*

Jiang Yan, busy until after ten at night, hadn't finished yet and was somewhat worried about Su Jian, so she called Su Jian, but no one answered for a long time. She then called the caretaker, who said she wasn't at the hospital.

Jiang Yan immediately became concerned, but she was out of town and simply couldn't rush back. In the end, she had no choice but to call Zhou Lu, however, it was Ye Nuannuan who answered.

"Sorry, let me find Zhou Lu for a moment," said Jiang Yan after a slight pause.

Ye Nuannuan, recognizing Jiang Yan, answered lazily, "Zhou Lu is showering, he just finished. Wait a moment."

Zhou Lu, wearing only a loose robe which was gaping open at the collar, revealing his attractive and sexy collarbone, dried his wet hair with a towel in one hand, while picking up the phone with the other. He spoke in an indifferent tone, "Hello, understood, I'll call the nurse to check on her."

After hanging up, Zhou Lu called the nurse's station, but no one answered after a long wait.

He frowned unconsciously.

Ye Nuannuan shifted her gaze and asked, "What's wrong?"

Zhou Lu distractedly replied, "It's nothing."

Ye Nuannuan just gave a sound, her beautiful eyes intently fixed on him, then teasingly started to stroke up his leg from his calf to the thigh with her small foot...

With a hint of a smile, Zhou Lu reached out and grabbed her foot.

Ye Nuannuan chuckled, playfully resisting, "Hahaha… that tickles… let go…"

Zhou Lu exerted slight pressure and pulled her into his arms, then lifted her around the waist towards the bed.

As the flames grew in Ye Nuannuan's eyes, she wrapped her arms around his neck, a seductive charm on her face.

Gently laying her on the bed and covering her with a blanket, Zhou Lu calmly said, "I have something to take care of, I can't stay tonight."

Ye Nuannuan's expression changed subtly, a smile lingering on her lips, she lazily asked, "Where are you going?"

Zhou Lu methodically dressed, "To the hospital."

Ye Nuannuan raised an eyebrow, "This late to the hospital? It's not your shift today. If you leave now, don't come back here again."

Her tone was calm, but she was clearly upset.