Announced divorce, madly criticized Ling Shaochang for kneeling down

Seeing the figure standing outside the door, Qiao Ruyi was indeed a little surprised.

She stepped aside to let Xu Zhaozhao in. "Zhaozhao, why are you here?"

She was wearing a loose hospital gown. Her face wasn't pale, but it wasn't as good as before.

Xu Zhaozhao entered the room, put down the thermos he was carrying, and took Qiao Ruyi's hand with a worried look on his face. "Ruyi, I heard that you and Ling Che were both injured. How could something like this happen out of the blue?"

The hospital where Qiao Ruyi and Ling Che were sent after being injured was a private hospital under the Ling family, and the news was blocked from the outside world. Outsiders would not know that they were kidnapped and injured.

Xu Zhaozhao knew about this because she probably heard it from the people in Ling Che's circle.

Qiao Ruyi smiled, not wanting to say more, and only said, "Bad luck."

"Ling Che is such a jerk! How could he not protect you?" Xu Zhaozhao said, glancing towards the ward behind him. "Where's he? Isn't he in the ward?"

"He's out." Qiao Ruyi pulled his hand away from hers and prepared to pour her some water.

"It's only been a few days since you last stayed in the ward. Why are you going out? Besides, you're still so weak. How could he let you stay alone in the ward? What if you get upset and start to overthink things?"

Xu Zhaozhao said, with a hint of dissatisfaction in his tone, "He really is such a jerk. I'm going to have a good talk with him later."

Qiao Ruyi wasn't exactly alone in the ward. Ling Che's men were outside, and Song Xilan and Fang Ran would come over whenever they had nothing to do. Just recently, Fang Ran had left, and she'd only rested for a dozen minutes when Xu Zhaozhao arrived.

I put a glass of water in front of her and said, "Zhao Zhao, thank you for coming to see me."

"Don't be so polite, Ruyi." Xu Zhaozhao looked at her apologetically, "I still want to apologize for what happened some time ago. If I hadn't been negligent at work, you wouldn't have been in danger."

Xu Zhaozhao was talking about Wan Danian.

"It's over." Qiao Ruyi smiled. "And Wan Danian was arrested, which is a good thing for many women in the workplace."

"Ruyi, it's great that you don't blame me." Xu Zhaozhao said, opening the thermos he brought with him. "Ruyi, this is the soup I made myself. It's for your health. Try it."

Xu Zhaozhao poured out a small bowl and handed it to Qiao Ruyi. "This is my first time making it, so I don't know how it tastes. Please don't be disgusted."

Qiao Ruyi took it and was a little surprised by the clear color of the soup in the bowl.

She was not very familiar with Xu Zhaozhao, and she did not expect that Xu Zhaozhao would personally make soup for her.

But she couldn't eat these things right now, so she could only decline politely, "Sorry Zhaozhao, I haven't had a good appetite these days. Thank you for the soup, I'll drink it later."

"Ruyi, you're still weak. You can't go without food." Xu Zhaozhao placed the bowl of soup in her hand. "The doctor said you need to nourish yourself well."

It was hard to refuse her kindness, so Qiao Ruyi scooped a small spoonful into her mouth.

Although she had no appetite, she could taste that the soup was delicious and it was obvious that a lot of thought had gone into its preparation.

Qiao Ruyi was still a little concerned about the close relationship between Xu Zhaozhao and Ling Che, but now she couldn't help but wonder if she was overthinking it, and maybe Xu Zhaozhao didn't have that idea at all.

"How does it taste?" Xu Zhaozhao asked her with a smile, "This is my first time making it. Did it work?"

"It's good. It tastes great." Qiao Ruyi looked at her with a smile. "Thank you, Zhao Zhao."

"As long as you like it," Xu Zhaozhao said with relief. "I asked the best experts in Beijing about the ingredients for the soup. They said it's especially good for nourishing a woman's uterus."

Qiao Ruyi's hand holding the spoon was slightly startled, looking at the soup in the bowl. It turned out that Xu Zhaozhao already knew about her miscarriage.

She raised her eyes to look at Xu Zhaozhao, only to see that his eyes were full of regret when he looked at her.

"Ruyi, I know you must be in a bad mood recently. Anyone who encounters this kind of thing would probably have trouble eating or sleeping. But you can't force a child. At worst, you and Ling Che can adopt one later."

Qiao Ruyi asked with a smile, "Why do you want to adopt?"

She plans to prepare for pregnancy after being discharged from the hospital and officially get ready to have a child to make up for the regret of losing her own flesh and blood this time.

"You don't want to adopt?" Xu Zhaozhao nodded in understanding. "It's fine if you don't want to adopt. If you can't have children, then you can't have children. Ling Che doesn't seem to like children that much anyway, so he won't mind if you can't have children."

"What can't you give birth to?" Qiao Ruyi put down the bowl in her hand, and the smile on her lips faded. "Zhao Zhao, are you mistaken?"

"Ah?" Xu Zhaozhao looked at her flat belly in confusion, "Aren't you infertile—"

"Xu Zhaozhao!"

A cold voice came from the door, interrupting Xu Zhaozhao's unfinished words.

They both looked over at the same time. The tall man at the door was wearing a black suit jacket and a black shirt. The buttons on his collar were slightly unbuttoned and he was not wearing a tie. He had a cold expression on his handsome face.

Ling Che entered the ward and glanced at Xu Zhaozhao, "Why are you talking so much?"

His voice was very cold, with a hint of impatience.

Xu Zhaozhao realized that he was angry and stood up from the sofa, "No, I——"

Ling Che interrupted her again, "Who told you such nonsense?"

Xu Zhaozhao had never been told such things since she was a child. Being scolded by Ling Che for no reason made her feel angry and aggrieved. "What nonsense are you talking about? Didn't the doctor say Ruyi can't have children anymore?"

As soon as Xu Zhaozhao finished speaking, the ward suddenly fell silent.

Qiao Ruyi sat on the sofa, and the blood in her body stopped flowing.

She stared at Xu Zhaozhao blankly, then shifted her gaze to the man standing in front of her, "Wha, what do you mean I can never have children again?"

Xu Zhaozhao immediately covered her mouth in surprise, her eyes widening, "Ruyi... doesn't she know about this?"

After saying that, she looked at Ling Che, whose expression was icy, and asked, "You didn't tell Ruyi?"

"Oh my god!" Xu Zhaozhao suddenly understood and apologized quickly, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I really didn't know that... Oh, look at my mouth, I really meant well but ended up doing something bad."

"How long are you going to stay here?"

There was a hint of anger in Ling Che's tone, and his eyes were cold when he looked at her.

Xu Zhaozhao met his impatient gaze and became even more angry and aggrieved. "I didn't mean to do that. Why are you so mean? I came here with good intentions to see you and Ruyi. Did I do anything wrong?"

Xu Zhaozhao had never been so humiliated before. She grabbed her bag and stormed out of the ward.

In the clean white ward, the woman sitting on the sofa didn't look very good.

"Ruyi, this matter——"

Qiao Ruyi raised her head and looked at Ling Che, her eyes misty, "So, I really won't have my own children anymore?"