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"I'm back!"

Qin Song pushed open the ward door and greeted Pei Xingzhi with a cheerful smile.

Pei Xingzhi had just finished dealing with his work and was enjoying a rare moment of leisure. Seeing Qin Song return, he quickly put down his phone and obediently sat on the edge of the bed, waiting for Qin Song to come and find him.

"Guess what I bought for you?" Qin Song put the bag on the table, then slowly walked to Pei Xingzhi's bedside, waving the brown paper bag in his hand.

Upon hearing this, Pei Xingzhi immediately closed his eyes, wrinkled his nose, and sniffed, detecting a faint sweetness in the air in front of him.

"Is it a roasted sweet potato?" he guessed uncertainly.

"No." Qin Song sat down by the hospital bed, looking at him with a mysterious smile.

"Hmm..." He frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and then guessed, "Is that roasted chestnuts?"

Qin Song: "You guessed right! It's candied chestnuts!"

She placed a warm bag of chestnuts into Pei Xingzhi's hands and said in a coaxing tone, "You've been very good and hardworking lately, so as a reward, I bought you a bag of roasted chestnuts. Do you like them?"

Pei Xingzhi nodded in agreement: "I like it very much, thank you, wife."

"...What are you yelling about?"

The word "wife" made Qin Song blush instantly. She lowered her head shyly, her reproachful voice almost too weak to be real.

Pei Xingzhi gazed at her intently and said with a smile, "I didn't call her that. Isn't Xiao Song my wife?"

"...Ahem." Qin Song deliberately cleared his throat, too embarrassed to speak.

Seeing that she wanted to keep quiet, Pei Xingzhi took out his phone, opened WeChat, and replayed the voice message she had replied to in front of her.

"Honey, I'm coming home now! Wait for me!"

A light, clear female voice rang out crisply in the ward. Qin Song's brow twitched, and a blush instantly spread from her cheeks to the roots of her ears.

"Xiao Song?" Pei Xingzhi tilted his head slightly and called out Qin Song's name with a meaningful tone.

Qin Song scratched his head in embarrassment, so embarrassed that he dug his toes into the ground.

She sent this voice message in a moment of emotional turmoil, never expecting that Pei Xingzhi would seize on it and use it against her to ruin her life.

She remained silent, head down, under Pei Xingzhi's intense gaze.

Pei Xingzhi then played the audio again.

"Honey, I'm coming home now! Wait for me!"

"!!!" Qin Song closed his eyes in shame and indignation.

Pei Xingzhi raised an eyebrow and sized her up: "Xiao Song, you called me husband first, can't I call you wife in return?"

"...Of course!" Qin Song gritted his teeth and finally spoke.

"But Mom and Xiaoxuan are often around, so you can't call them that in front of them."

"Why?" Pei Xingzhi asked, knowing the answer already.

Qin Song honestly replied, "Because I'm embarrassed, I'm afraid they'll hear and laugh at me."

“Ah…” Pei Xingzhi nodded, pretending to understand.

"So it's because Xiao Song is shy and afraid of being laughed at by them. In that case, I won't call you 'wife' in front of them. I'll call you something else."

"Hmm?" Qin Song blushed and looked up at him expectantly. "What other name do you have?"

He smiled, then moved forward slightly to pull Qin Song into his arms.

"Xiao Song, what do you want me to be called?"

Qin Song poked his chest with her finger: "I don't know, you tell me yourself."

"Hmm..." Pei Xingzhi pretended to think for a moment, then lowered his head and pressed his lips to Qin Song's ear, uttering two words in an extremely ambiguous and cheesy way.

"Baby."

"!!!" Qin Song's breath hitched, feeling that this term was even more embarrassing than "wife".

"You...you're talking nonsense!"

Qin Song's heart was pounding rapidly, and his eyes darted around in a panic.

Seeing her reaction, Pei Xingzhi knew she liked the nickname, so he called her that name again in a low voice.

"Baby?"

"...Ahhh!"

Qin Song was so embarrassed that she couldn't help but scream, and at the same time raised her hand to cover Pei Xingzhi's mouth.

"Watch your words! Don't spout nonsense!"

Pei Xingzhi was unable to speak because her mouth was covered, so he could only express his protest by blinking.

His eyes were naturally gentle, and when he looked at Qin Song with such a smile and seriousness, Qin Song felt even more embarrassed than when he was called "baby".

As if knowing that his eyes were very deceptive, he blinked meaningfully again when Qin Song didn't let go.

"..." Qin Song swallowed hard, completely admitting defeat.

"I'm not going to tease you anymore." She withdrew her hand, took a warm chestnut from the brown paper bag, and peeled it for Pei Xingzhi herself.

Pei Xingzhi ate one chestnut and immediately started peeling two more, carefully feeding them to Qin Song.

Qin Song teased him, "I feed you one, you have to give me two back. What, you don't want to lose to me?"

“No.” Pei Xingzhi adjusted his lowered glasses and looked into Qin Song’s eyes earnestly, saying, “I fed you two pills to tell you that as long as you are willing to be good to me, I will repay you with double the tenderness and sincerity.”

"Xiao Song, I won't let you suffer any losses because of me."

“…Okay.” Qin Song smiled at him.

So he peeled two more chestnuts and fed them all to Qin Song.

Qin Song savored the sweet and glutinous taste in his mouth, then suddenly said something that ruined the atmosphere.

"Pei Xingzhi, how did Qin Sisi wrongly accuse you back then?"

"..."

Pei Xingzhi stopped peeling chestnuts instantly, and the smile in his eyes vanished in an instant.

"...Why are you suddenly asking this?" He looked up at Qin Song, his tone still gentle.

Qin Song said, "I just suddenly thought of it and wanted to ask you. If you don't want to answer, just pretend I didn't ask, it's okay."

“…It’s nothing.” Pei Xingzhi looked away, finished peeling the chestnut in his hand, and then fed it to Qin Song.

"There's nothing I don't want to answer in front of Xiao Song."

Upon hearing this, Qin Song immediately softened her gaze. She remained silent, encouraging Pei Xingzhi to continue.

Pei Xingzhi: "That incident happened very inexplicably. I didn't actually know where it started. Moreover, I wasn't even at school that day. I only found out later through a roommate that I had been unfairly blamed for something so serious."

"As you know, Qin Sisi used to be my junior, but I didn't know her very well. We basically had no interaction outside of work and study. I don't know why she would falsely accuse me of harassing her, and I don't know where she got those chat screenshots from."

"Because I wasn't there at the time, I missed the best opportunity to clarify things, and this 'harassment' label stuck with me until I graduated from university."