My Lovely Wife is a Forensic Doctor - Chapter 77
Chapter 77 May Your Heart Be the Same as Mine
“What’s wrong?” Qin Jinhuan’s seriousness made Mu Yu uneasy.
“Why didn’t you follow Jiang Wenwen back?”
Mu Yu was confused. “Huh? Why do you ask?”
“Jiang Wenwen came here upon your parents’ orders to persuade you to go back home right?”
“No! Well, Wenwen did come upon my parent’s orders. However, it was not because of that. They just wanted her to come check up on both of us because they had no way of contacting me; my phone has run out of battery and it has automatically switched off.”
“Really?”
“Yes! My phone is out of battery. Here, take a look.”
“I am not questioning that.” Qin Jinhuan stopped her from getting her phone out and smiled casually. “You don’t have to cover up for your parents. They’re right, you should go back.”
“They really did not ask me to go back home! Besides, they specifically told me to take good care of you. Look, they even sent over a cheque. They hope that it will help you through these difficult times.” Mu Yu presented the 20 million cheque to him.
Qin Jinhuan looked at the cheque and smiled playfully. “So, you are returning back my betrothal gift.”
Although she had the same thought when she first saw the cheque, Mu Yu still insisted on defending her parents. “You’ve misunderstood. They did not mean it like that. They wanted to…”
“You’re persistent on staying back because you feel guilty toward me, right? I have already told you many times that this matter has nothing to do with you. You don’t have to feel responsible. I will ask Zeyu to send you back home.”
“Don’t!” Mu Yu quickly stopped his hand from reaching for the bell by the bedside. “I won’t leave! I refuse to go back!”
“Mu Yu!”
“I am your wife. You are sick. It would be unreasonable if I didn’t take care of you.”
“We are just husband and wife on paper. You don’t have to take care of me. We will go through the divorce procedures tomorrow morning.”
“No! I won’t agree to it! I don’t want to leave you!”
“I am no longer the young master of the Qin family. I am in a difficult situation right now and the future is uncertain. I might end up on the streets someday, poor and penniless. I may even need to beg for a living. I cannot provide you a comfortable life as the Qin family’s Young Lady anymore, so there is no reason for you to stay with me. You should leave early to avoid being implicated further in the future.”
“I don’t care about the Young Lady title, and I am not afraid to be implicated in this matter for I only want to be with you.” Feeling the pessimism in Qin Jinhuan’s words, Mu Yu quickly advised, “Don’t be too pessimistic. We still have our arms and legs. As long as we work hard, we won’t end up on the streets.”
“Why?”
“Huh?”
“Why do you insist on staying with me?”
“Erm… because… that…” Mu Yu blushed and lowered her head. After stuttering for a while, she still couldn’t give him a reason.
Qin Jinhuan touched her shoulders and told her to look at him. “Give me a good reason then.”
“I…” Unable to meet his penetrating gaze, Mu Yu bit her lips and her eyes wandered around. After a while, she finally managed to force out a sentence. “I just want to be together with you.”
Qin Jinhuan stared at her for a few seconds. Then, he released his grip and said, “I don’t want to be with you. Please leave.” With that, he turned his face away from her, obviously not pleased with her answer.
Mu Yu leaned back into the bed in despair, she pouted and muttered under her breath, “I won’t leave! I won’t!”
At this moment, Qin Jinhuan turned around.
Seeing his gloomy face, she was so terrified that she straightened her body. However, at the same time, she instinctively shifted her body onto the bed. She wanted to let him know with actions that she was not planning on leaving.
Qin Jinhuan suddenly laughed as he said mockingly, “You refuse to leave or divorce me. Could it be that you are actually in love with me?”
His remarks were spot on, and it made Mu Yu flustered. Not only did her face flushed down to her neck, her heart nearly leapt out of her throat.
However, just when she made the difficult decision to admit to it, Qin Jinhuan laughed at himself in a depreciating manner as he smiled bitterly. “I don’t think you would love me now that I have hit rock bottom.”
“Why not?”
“Humans are realistic creatures.”
“But not everybody is like that!”
Qin Jinhuan smiled disdainfully and did not reply.
“At least I am not that kind of person.”
“Really?” Qin Jinhuan laughed again. “Do you mean to tell me that you love a goner like me?”
She saw the disbelief and mockery in his gaze, and it made her sad. She bit her lips and remained silent for a while before plucking up the courage to look him in the eye and said, “I am indeed in love with you. The reason why I am unwilling to divorce or leave you is because I love you. It has nothing to do with you hitting rock bottom or whether you are the Young Master of the Qin family. I just simply love you as a person.”
He probably did not expect her to be so direct as his face suddenly stiffened. Then, he withdrew his mirth, his expression turning serious as he asked, “What part of me do you love?”
“I-I don’t know. I just love you,” Mu Yu stuttered again. However, she was telling the truth.
“You used to like Xin Yihan before this.”
“It’s different!” She knew that he still harbored a misunderstanding regarding past events. Hence, she was anxious. “I did like Yihan, even now, I still like him. However, the feelings that I have for him is different from what I have for you. I admire and look up to him. I also depend on him. I like the fact that he spoils me like a little sister. We have a sibling kind of relationship, but of course, in the past, I misunderstood it as love. However, it was only when I got together with you that did I realize that it was a misconception, and that my feelings for you is love.”
“Are you sure?” Qin Jinhuan raised his eyebrows and asked, “Why do I feel as if you do not love me but hate me instead?”
“That is because you always teased me! Moreover, you kept looking for ways to take advantage of me,” said Mu Yu as she looked aggrieved.
“You mean to say that after getting used to me taking advantage of you, you fell for me?”
“I… Sigh!” Mu Yu did not know how to continue the conversation. She thought her confession was a failure.
Qin Jinhuan was amused by her saddened expression. Suddenly, he caught her chin with his index finger and edged closer to her with a smile on his face. Then, he said jokingly, “It seems that your love stems from me teasing and taking advantage of you.”
“No!” Mu Yu shook his hands away embarrassingly. “I meant to s-say…”
Seeing as she was stuttering again, Qin Jinhuan couldn’t help but smile and said, “Say it again. Why do you want to be together with me?”
She knew that he was intentionally teasing her, so she was feeling bashful at the moment. “Didn’t I say it just now?”
“I have a bad memory so I have forgotten your reply.”
“You! Why are you like this?”
“Just say it then, I’ll wait.” Qin Jinhuan crossed his arms in front of him and smiled as he waited for her reply.
Damn him!
I give up. Since I already said it, there is nothing to be ashamed of.
Despite having these thoughts, Mu Yu seemed to be peeved. “It is because I love you!”
“Why are you so aggressive? You are scaring me. I don’t want your love anymore. Just leave.” Qin Jinhuan acted like he was trembling in panic.
Mu Yu was so pissed off as she glared at him and said, “When was I being aggressive?”
“You still dare to say you are not? You nearly scared me to death.” Qin Jinhuan quickly turned his face away as if pretending he could not meet her eyes. Then, while patting his chest with one hand and trying to shoo her away with the other, he said, “Leave quickly. I don’t want you here.”
“Hey! Can you stop horsing around?!” Unexpectedly, he still had the mood to joke around. Mu Yu was unable to bear it. Seeing as he was still waving his hands, she was so annoyed that she slapped his hands away and roared, “Enough! If you dare ask me to leave again, believe it or not, I will kick you off the bed.”
Qin Jinhuan instantly surrendered ‘embarrassingly’. “Fine, I won’t ask you to leave anymore.”
It was rare to see his cute side. Mu Yu couldn’t hold back her laughter and laughed out loud, but soon she sighed helplessly and said, “I never expected you to enjoy yourself despite sufferings.”
Qin Jinhuan caressed her face and smiled. “Appropriately enjoying yourself in difficult situations can help lighten the mood. You may be defeated by others, but you must never be defeated by yourself.”
In the past, she had been worried about Qin Jinhuan because of Xin Yihan’s words. However, when she heard his words, she instantly relaxed and nodded her head in agreement.
She knew that he wasn’t the type of person to easily be down.
Of course, his changes were still too quick for her. He’s indeed a person who had been through a lot in life. That was what she concluded anyway.
“You really love me?”
“Yes!” Mu Yu placed her hands on top of his which was still resting on her face and nodded.
“You are determined to stick with me during these hard times, for better or for worse?”
“Yes!”
“Your days might get difficult in the future if you follow me. Are you sure you won’t regret it?”
Mu Yu puffed up her chest and said one word at a time, “I won’t regret it.”
She thought that in the next moment, he would embrace her emotionally, just like in a romance drama. However, he withdrew his hands quickly. He looked at her with no expression and said, “You did not ask me whether I love you or not, or if I am willing to be together with you.”
The sudden reversal of plot poured cold water over Mu Yu’s passionate heart. She was instantly dumbfounded as she looked at him weakly, unable to pluck up the courage to follow through on his question.
“Feelings should be mutual. A one-sided relationship cannot support a marriage.”
Mu Yu sensed something as she bit down on her lips and stuttered, “Do you dislike me as a person, or did you take to heart the incident that happened at the West Bay the other day?”
“I don’t blame you for the West Bay incident. You were just a victim dragged into by me.”
“Then, do you mean that you dislike me as a person?” Mu Yu was feeling utterly dejected.
If he loved her, but took offense for the incident that happened at the West Bay that day, then she still had hope. After all, she had doubts about what actually happened that day.
However, if he wasn’t attracted to her as a person, then…
“I don’t think I am in the position to say whether I like you or not since I have never paid attention to you as a person. Why don’t you tell me all your strengths, and I will consider our suitability for each other.”
Although the front part of his sentence made Mu Yu disappointed, Mu Yu’s hopes were ignited when she heard the other end of it as her mind started to work at lightning speed. After thinking about it for a while, she spoke out brazenly, “I am a highly cultured; educated; empathetic; gentle; hardworking; kind; diligent; hardship-tolerating; smart; capable and independent person.”
“Hahaha!”
Qin Jinhuan’s sudden burst of laughter put an abrupt end to Mu Yu’s guilty boasting. Seeing that he was laughing and pointing toward the door of the ward at the same time, she knew that he was signaling for her to leave. Her eyes suddenly dimmed when she knew that she was rejected. Then, tears of humiliation and grievance filled her eyes.
So, it turned out that he did not have any feelings for her after all.
Feeling depressed and helpless, she silently slid down the bed and walked toward the door.