CHAPTER 142: CHAPTER 142: CHILDISH

Doctor Fang nodded, "Almost done, there are barely any patients now.

Isn’t it wonderful! Hard to imagine it was overcrowded not long ago, and now it’s slowly emptying out."

Xiao Li nodded, "Yeah! But... the sooner it empties, the better!"

Doctor Fang nodded as well, "Yes, the sooner the better!

Alright, now you’re taking over the shift, I’ll be off work."

Xiao Li nodded, "You can go! It’s been tough lately, and now we can finally take it a bit easier."

Doctor Fang waved a hand as he left.

Xiao Li then went to do her rounds.

When she reached Chen Tingting’s area, she found that she wasn’t lying on her hospital bed but standing in front of the isolation glass window of an isolated ward, watching the TV in the duty room outside, which was showing Qin Xiao’s interview.

Before Xiao Li walked over, Chen Tingting had already seen her, and as she approached, Chen Tingting spoke first, "The first time I saw Qin Xiao, I was certain that he was the person I wanted to marry in this lifetime.

When I found out he married you, I was so shocked.

I thought, how is this possible?

He was mine, how could he marry someone else?

I wanted to go find him and ask for an explanation, but my dad sent me abroad.

Two years later, I finally persuaded my dad to let me return from abroad, only to find that the day I came back was the day you held your wedding banquet.

I saw how full his heart and eyes were of you, and I was almost insane with jealousy.

I couldn’t understand what was so good about you.

How did you manage to take Qin Xiao from me?

That time at the Zhen Family banquet, you made a move against me, which made me realize you weren’t a simple woman, and you had a calculating mind.

Qin Xiao was completely deceived by you.

But at that time, our Chen Family had already collapsed, so what if I knew your true side?

Still, I never thought we’d meet again!

The moment I saw you again, I was overwhelmed with excitement, and when I pulled down your colleague’s mask, I felt so happy that I got to retaliate against you.

At that moment, even if you didn’t save me because of what I did, I would have died happily...

But you all just had to save me, even after what I did.

Your colleagues never created any rift with you; you showed me with actions how foolish my behavior had been..."

Chen Tingting said this, then glanced again at Qin Xiao on the TV, "Xiao Li, I never understood before, with Qin Xiao being so good, what made you qualified to stand by his side?

But now I know you are qualified!

In terms of character, I’m not as good as you, and maybe that’s why I lost!"

Xiao Li heard this, and a smile tugged at the corner of her lips as she sneered, "You’re wrong. I stand by Qin Xiao not because I’m qualified, but because he loves me.

Not to mention anything else, as you just said, I’m also a person with schemes.

At the Zhen Family banquet when I acted against you, Qin Xiao knew everything from beginning to end!

Yet he stood by my side from start to finish; see, even though he knew I was playing innocent, even though he knew you were the one genuinely hurt that day, he still took my side.

Do you know why?

Because I am the one in his heart, and you are not!

You don’t need so many reasons to love someone.

Qin Xiao loves me; he won’t stop loving me because of any flaws, true love can embrace everything.

You say you lost, but... you never were in the game, so where’s the defeat?"

Hearing Xiao Li’s words, Chen Tingting’s eyes flickered slightly before she tugged a bitter smile, "You’re right, I never was in the game, so where’s the defeat?"

She had always thought that Qin Xiao didn’t know about Xiao Li’s other side, but it turns out he knew everything!

Xiao Li didn’t want to discuss personal matters with her any longer and directly said, "Get back to your bed! We’ll do another re-check today, and if everything’s okay, you can be discharged."

Hearing about discharge, Chen Tingting’s eyes flickered, "After being discharged, will I be detained?"

Xiao Li said blandly, "After discharge, you still need to be isolated for a period, and after that ends, the judicial department will talk to you.

What? Are you scared now?

You have to take responsibility for your actions!"

Chen Tingting bit her lip, "I’m not scared, I can take responsibility for what I’ve done!

It’s just... can you tell Qin Xiao not to go against the Chen Family, the Chen Family is too fragile to withstand any more hits."

Xiao Li shook her head with a laugh, "Do you think I’m like you? So immature!

Whoever made the mistake should take the responsibility; you’re not a child, should I fetch your parents just because you made a mistake?

Only someone as childish as you would involve unrelated people in their matters..."

At the end of her speech, Xiao Li couldn’t help but sarcastically mention Dai Zihan.

Xiao Li never intended to go against the Chen Family, even during the last incident at the Zhen Family, she had no plans to have Qin Xiao go against the Chen Family.

Last time, the Qin Family indeed didn’t take action against the Chen Family; they merely terminated their cooperation.

As for the Chen Family’s downfall, it was purely the cruelty of the business world!

The bustle of this world is all for the sake of profit and gain!

After hearing Xiao Li’s words, and knowing they wouldn’t act against the Chen Family, Chen Tingting exhaled slightly with relief. She had already harmed the Chen Family enough and truly couldn’t bear to see them suffer more because of her.

Chen Tingting returned to her bed, and after Xiao Li checked her briefly, she left.

Reaching the spot where Chen Tingting had been standing, and seeing Qin Xiao on the TV, a wave of sourness surged in Xiao Li’s heart...

She missed him so much!

Although they exchanged messages every day, it had been almost two months since they last saw each other, or hugged. She missed him so dearly!

In the lab, just finished with an interview, Qin Xiao was also resting with closed eyes, thinking of Xiao Li.

Qin Xiao had been very busy lately, tracking clinical feedback for the new drug, and doing interviews, but no matter how tired or busy he was, once he closed his eyes, all he saw was Xiao Li’s image...

This was the first and only time they had been apart since their marriage, and for so long, he missed Nini so much!

Zhang Yang and Gou Feng were coming over with reports for Qin Xiao when they saw him resting with closed eyes and quietly backed out...

Following him out, Gou Feng asked, "What are you doing?"

Zhang Yang raised a finger to his lips, "Shh... Senior Brother is resting; he’s been exhausted lately. Let’s come back later! Let him rest for ten minutes,"

Upon hearing this, Gou Feng curled his lips, "Busy with interviews, since when was that tiring!

How grand that must be!

Everyone in our lab works long hours and overtime; we’ve been following the professor on the new drug research for years, and the moment he arrived, he got all the glory, making a huge scene.

What’s all this exhaustion about? Only you feel that baseless worry for him..."

Gou Feng was one of the earliest to follow Professor Zhou in researching the new drug. After Professor Zhou stepped down, he thought the research would fall to him, but unexpectedly it was handed over to Qin Xiao, who returned to the lab not long before.