Night Fire Lingering

Chapter 378 If I don't love him, I can't love anyone else.

Jiang Xing tilted her head, a look of confusion on her face.

“I thought…” she said honestly, “that you would want me to love you. That I would be with you because I love you.”

Lou Qi chuckled self-deprecatingly.

He did indeed hope that way.

But reality repeatedly eroded his pride. He couldn't accept the idea that Jiang Xing left him because she didn't love him, even more than the idea that Jiang Xing was with him because she loved him.

“Jiang Xing, I don’t want you to compromise with me because of some bullshit favor.” Lou Qi looked at her intently. “However, I accept other reasons for choosing me.”

"Other reasons? For example?"

“For example—” Under the moonlight, the man’s handsome face appeared exceptionally gentle, “For example, you don’t plan to fall in love with anyone else, and you happen to find me somewhat pleasing to the eye, and feel that being with me would be acceptable.”

The key point is that I don't plan to fall in love with anyone else.

If I don't love him, I can't love anyone else.

Jiang Xing found this statement somewhat amusing, and she got to the point: "I heard there's a temple in the east of the city where the divination is very accurate, but it's located in the mountains. Once you've recovered, would you like to come with me?"

……

After that night, Lou Qi seemed to become a different person, transforming from a problem patient in the eyes of the doctor into the most exemplary good patient, actively undergoing rehabilitation every day and even giving himself extra training.

Jiang Xing heard Lou Qi ask the doctor several times, "I want to go hiking tomorrow."

The doctor smiled helplessly: "You're joking, it's not quite right yet."

Lou Qi: "When can I go hiking?"

Doctor: "You need to fully recover."

Lou Qi: "If it can't be restored tomorrow, how about this week?"

Doctor: "...Not really."

Jiang Xing heard this conversation at least three times.

Finally, Lou Qi recovered to about 70-80% and couldn't wait to go to the hospital for a full check-up.

Jiang Xing was waiting outside the consultation room when he suddenly saw a familiar figure—Ying Kaian, sitting in a wheelchair, struggling to enter the outpatient building.

He had lost a lot of weight, his features were almost sunken, and he looked particularly listless and gloomy. His right trouser leg was empty, with only his left foot resting on the wheelchair footrest.

Perhaps it was a case of enemies meeting with intense hatred, for they spotted each other immediately.

"What a coincidence!"

Jiang Xing was surprised that Ying Kaian took the initiative to greet him.

Jiang Xing, remembering Lou Qi who had not fully recovered from his injuries, became even more stern when facing Ying Kaian.

“Ah Xing, you look a little unhappy.” Ying Kaian smiled wickedly. “Is it because you heard that I was acquitted? I’m grateful for our country’s lenient laws that presume innocence, which have cleared my name.”

Jiang Xing knew he was deliberately provoking her. She composed herself and was about to speak when she heard a male voice behind her: "You're recovering well."

Ying Kaian froze instantly, like a mouse seeing a cat. His arrogance from a moment ago vanished like a quail, and his body began to tremble involuntarily.

Jiang Xing turned to look at Lou Qi, who had already taken her hand and given her a reassuring look.

Ying Kaian didn't dare to meet Lou Qi's gaze and drove away in his wheelchair. Lou Qi smiled silently, not stopping him, and led Jiang Xing away from the hospital, saying as they walked, "The doctor said I'm recovering very well, shall we go to the temple tomorrow?"

"Okay." This person didn't even ask her why she wanted to go to the temple?

Lou Qi was in a good mood and asked again, "Shall we have French food tonight?"

"Either is fine." Jiang Xing looked at the man suspiciously.

Why did she feel that such 'magnanimity' towards Kai'an was not Lou Qi's style?

Is he really not harboring any ill intentions?