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Chapter 47: Chapter 47: Want a Feel?

With that, Xie Huaizheng hung up.

He raised a hand and rubbed his brow. It was the first time in years he’d felt so troubled.

Su Zhaozhao stayed quietly in her hospital room. Though bored, she didn’t wander out again.

She didn’t want Xie Huaizheng to start worrying about her again.

But her room was anything but quiet.

Because she had helped Fu Yuling today, she had made a bit of a name for herself in the military hospital.

Everyone had also learned that it was Su Zhaozhao who had rescued the others from the overturned truck last night.

They were all incredibly grateful to her.

As a result, many people came to her room to visit.

The table next to Su Zhaozhao’s bed was piled with all sorts of food.

Su Zhaozhao told them all to stop bringing things, but they just kept coming with more food.

It left Su Zhaozhao feeling a little helpless.

And whenever Fu Yuling had a free moment, she would also come to chat with Su Zhaozhao.

"Zhaozhao, thank you so, so much," Fu Yuling said, looking at Su Zhaozhao with a grateful expression.

"Don’t mention it," Su Zhaozhao said. "We girls have to help each other out. You’re very brave, too. To be able to speak up after something like that... honestly, I really admire you for it."

For a time, she had once volunteered for a mental health hotline. Back then, she had encountered many girls who had experienced sexual harassment. They were too timid to speak out, bottling it up inside and letting it eat away at them.

They gradually became depressed, and some even chose to take their own lives.

But even when choosing death, they never thought of going after the people who had hurt them.

And those wicked people wouldn’t have a change of heart because of their deaths. Instead, they would feel that their actions would go unpunished and would hurt other girls again and again.

She had to support Fu Yuling’s brave decision to stand up, no matter what.

That was the only way more girls would find the courage to stand up in the future.

Listening to Su Zhaozhao’s words, Fu Yuling couldn’t help but smile. "Zhaozhao, I’m the one who should admire you."

"Can we be friends from now on?" she asked Su Zhaozhao.

"Of course," Su Zhaozhao said happily. "I have very few friends here. I’m so happy you want to be friends with me!"

"You’re the best!" Fu Yuling was delighted.

She had never met a girl as kind as Su Zhaozhao, and so beautiful on top of that. She seemed to be made of water.

Her skin was a shade more delicate than anyone else’s, as if you could squeeze water from it with the slightest pressure.

’She’s so beautiful,’ Fu Yuling suddenly thought. ’If only I could introduce Su Zhaozhao to my brother.’

’It wouldn’t be bad at all to have her as my sister-in-law someday.’

That evening, Xie Huaizheng came to bring Su Zhaozhao dinner. When Su Zhaozhao opened it, she saw very plain congee and green vegetables.

She frowned. "It’s not like we’re destitute. Do we really have to eat so frugally?"

"The doctor said you’re not well and can’t eat anything too greasy," Xie Huaizheng said.

Su Zhaozhao naturally knew this as well.

In truth, she didn’t have much of an appetite anyway, so after hearing Xie Huaizheng’s words, she began to slowly eat the congee before her.

Xie Huaizheng, in turn, stared at Su Zhaozhao.

When she was quiet, the girl looked truly well-behaved, her eyes downcast as she ate her congee with slow, deliberate spoonfuls.

She chewed her food slowly and thoroughly, showing excellent manners.

She looked like a girl from a good family.

But then he thought of Su Zhaozhao’s parents. For a family like that to raise a daughter like this was truly a rare thing.

Though he always called her thick-skinned, he had to admit she was like a little ray of sunshine.

She could bring boundless warmth to those around her.

Xie Huaizheng’s gaze suddenly fell on the table beside Su Zhaozhao’s bed.

Seeing it piled high with all kinds of food—from fruit to snacks, and even a large jar of malted milk—

The corner of his mouth twitched. "Why is there so much stuff?"

Su Zhaozhao, biting into a stalk of greens, looked up. Seeing Xie Huaizheng’s gaze fixed on the table, she said, "You mean this? People gave it to me. I told them I didn’t need it, but they were so enthusiastic, they made me take it. It’s gotten a bit embarrassing."

"Why don’t you take some back with you? I can’t finish it all, and it’ll just go bad."

Xie Huaizheng let out a short, scoffing laugh. "You’re quite popular, aren’t you."

But thinking of all the people Su Zhaozhao had helped since coming here, he couldn’t say much more.

She was, if anything, a little too kind.

His expression turned a few degrees more serious. "In the future, when you help people, remember to act within your means. Don’t put yourself in a dangerous situation, you understand?"

"I know, I know, Camp Commander Xie. You’re so long-winded," Su Zhaozhao said after she finished her congee. She capped the thermos and handed it to Xie Huaizheng.

’She called me long-winded?’

Xie Huaizheng’s face darkened. In the army, the legends about him were all of a stone-faced, ruthless man.

They all thought he was a man of few words, hard to approach.

And Su Zhaozhao thought he was too long-winded?

Su Zhaozhao glanced at Xie Huaizheng and, noticing his expression sour, immediately corrected herself. "No, no, that’s not it. You’re just concerned for me. I’m very touched, Camp Commander Xie."

Xie Huaizheng snorted, grabbing the meal container and standing up. "Get some rest."

Su Zhaozhao nodded, then asked, "By the way, how’s the wound on your side?"

She remembered he had been out in the rain with her last night.

"It’s fine."

Although the wound had gotten a little inflamed from the water, it was already better today.

His body was just like that—incredibly resilient.

What doesn’t kill him only makes him stronger.

But Su Zhaozhao wasn’t convinced. "How about you let me see?"

Her gaze fell on Xie Huaizheng’s waist. In truth, she was just missing the sight of his abs.

Xie Huaizheng saw right through her. A smirk touched his thin lips. "What do you want to see? The wound?"

Su Zhaozhao nodded.

’As if!’

But for some reason, she felt there was a hint of mischief in his smile now, as if he had already guessed what was on her mind.

Xie Huaizheng suddenly set down the meal container and closed the distance, stepping right in front of Su Zhaozhao.

Sitting on the hospital bed, Su Zhaozhao had to crane her neck to look up at him.

He was so tall that he blocked the light, casting her in his shadow.

His handsome face was backlit, hidden in the dimness and indistinct.

But this somehow made him seem all the more mysterious and inscrutable.

The sudden, oppressive closeness made Su Zhaozhao’s heart race.

’What does Xie Huaizheng want to do?’

Su Zhaozhao grew inexplicably nervous.

The next instant, she saw Xie Huaizheng take her hand. His voice dropped to a low murmur. "Why don’t you feel for yourself?"

"Feel for myself? Me?" Su Zhaozhao’s brain short-circuited; she couldn’t quite process it.

Mainly, when had Xie Huaizheng become so generous?

The last time she’d applied medicine for him, he had refused at first!

Su Zhaozhao’s eyes widened as she watched Xie Huaizheng guide her hand under the hem of his shirt.

’He’s really letting me touch him!’

In that moment, Su Zhaozhao’s heart beat furiously.