The CEO's wife, suffering from terminal cancer, is filled with regret!

Shen Zhixia stared at Xu Jin, and after a long silence, she finally remembered that long-buried memory.

When she first met Xu Jin, she spent money to seek thrills outside, got drunk, and was harassed by two or three men. It was Xu Jin who got her out of the predicament, and he probably thought that was a life-saving grace.

Unfortunately, it isn't.

She was alone at the time; it was just that her bodyguard had gone to the restroom.

Whether Xu Jin intervenes or not is of little concern to her.

However, based on this portrait of Pei Jin's face, she doesn't want to give up on him yet.

She just doesn't want to see him right now.

Pei Jin used to be as pure as a blank sheet of paper in her mind, but later her perception was overturned. Pei Jin was not as pure as she thought, and neither was Xu Jin.

But how many people in this world are truly clean?

"Xia Xia?"

Xu Jin looked at Shen Zhixia with a somewhat dazed expression and couldn't help but call out her name again.

Shen Zhixia snapped back to reality, her dark eyes slowly clearing. "Xu Jin, you should go back first."

"Xiaxia? You...you don't want me anymore?"

Xu Jin's breath hitched, and she stared at Shen Zhixia with terror in her eyes. Her hands, which were placed at her sides, slowly tightened, and her palms were covered with a thin layer of sweat.

He can't leave Shen Zhixia yet!

At this moment, he only had this thought in his mind, so he tightened his grip on Shen Zhixia's trouser leg again. "Xiaxia, don't treat me like this. I'm very scared when you treat me like this. I was just envious of Nan Chen, so I made a mistake in a moment of confusion."

“Xu Jin, Ji Nanchen’s condition cannot withstand any further stimulation. In order to prevent his condition from worsening, you should move back to your home from the villa.”

As soon as Shen Zhixia finished speaking, Xu Jin eagerly followed up with a question.

"how about you?"

I'll come see you again in a while.

Shen Zhixia reached out and gently rubbed Xu Jin's head as usual. "Xu Jin, I won't abandon you. You were just confused for a moment. This world is so complicated, who hasn't made mistakes?"

"You go back first, I'll come to see you in a while."

Her words were meant to comfort Xu Jin, but also to be spoken to herself.

She kept telling herself that no one in this world is clean and pure, so it was understandable that Xu Jin made a mistake.

When Xu Jin first heard Shen Zhixia's words, she was a little stunned. After regaining her senses, she felt like a fish back in the sea, and instantly felt relaxed all over.

The way he breathed a sigh of relief made Shen Zhixia's dark eyes even more complicated.

"Xu Jin, I don't want this to happen again."

"There won't be a next time, Xiaxia, you believe me, I will never say or do such things again."

Xu Jin looked at Shen Zhixia with a sense of rebirth, her dark eyes sparkling.

Shen Zhixia responded softly, her tone noticeably softening as she spoke again, "Alright, I'll have Uncle Wang come and take you and Aunt Wang back. Once you get back, pack your things and move back as soon as possible."

Upon hearing this, Xu Jin unconsciously clenched her other hand at her side, but feigned fear as she asked, "Then when will you come to see me?"

“I will come to see you once Ji Nanchen’s condition stabilizes. Wang Ma is just sitting alone in the villa anyway, so I’ll have her come back with you to take care of you.”

Although Shen Zhixia spoke in a very gentle tone, it sounded extremely harsh to Xu Jin.

The feeling of surviving a disaster that had been lingering in his heart was stabbed again after Shen Zhixia's words, making him feel cold all over.

But Shen Zhixia seemed oblivious to his unusual behavior, and simply pulled his hand away, turned around, and walked out of the ward.

This was the first time Xu Jin had realized so clearly that Shen Zhixia's feelings for him were neither love nor liking.

In her heart, he was a substitute, a pet that could be abandoned if he disobeyed.

He really wanted to make a scene with Shen Zhixia, but he knew perfectly well in his heart that he had no right to do so.

If he really makes a scene, they might not be able to maintain their current pitiful relationship.

As Shen Zhixia walked out of Xu Jin's hospital room, she clearly heard him crying.

As if she hadn't heard me, she walked directly to the ward across the hall and gently knocked on my door.

"Knock knock knock."

The knocking was very soft, as if afraid of waking me.

The next second, the ward door was suddenly opened, and Shen Zhixia's eyes darkened slightly, her heart involuntarily leaping into her throat.

The person who opened the door was the nurse who came to check on me. She came to check on my condition to prevent me from self-harming again in the middle of the night.

Is he still asleep?

Shen Zhixia's hands, which were placed at her sides, tightened involuntarily, and she asked softly.

The nurse nodded slightly, signaling Shen Zhixia to go outside to talk.

After the nurse closed the ward door, she replied gently, "The patient is still resting. It's best not to disturb him at this time."

After she finished speaking, she paused, then suddenly remembered what she had overheard the other nurses discussing during the day, and couldn't help but add another sentence.

"Miss, if you don't have anything else to do, you shouldn't come here. It will be better for the patient's recovery."

Upon hearing this, Shen Zhixia unconsciously furrowed her brows and glared at the nurse with displeasure.

The nurse wasn't intimidated at all, sticking her neck out as if she was doing everything she could for the patient's health.

Shen Zhixia pursed her lips, but ultimately said nothing.

She gently pushed open the ward door and immediately saw me lying lifelessly on the hospital bed.

My hands were on the blanket, and my left wrist was wrapped in gauze, making me look like a lifeless puppet.

The scene from earlier that day flashed through Shen Zhixia's mind again, and the doctor's warning words rang in his ears—

"Miss, our doctors and nurses are professionals and will not allow the patient to be in any danger. If you continue to stay here, it will cause the patient a lot of psychological stress, and in severe cases, it may lead to the patient developing a mental illness."

If she hadn't misunderstood Ji Nanchen, would he not have become the way he is now?

Shen Zhixia sighed silently, slowly closed the ward door, and walked to a bench not far away in the corridor to sit down.

She recalled the words Meng Jinghuai had said.

Xu Jin was completely different from what she had imagined. No, perhaps she had never really known Xu Jin at all.

The hospital was quiet at night, so quiet that Shen Zhixia could hear her own breathing.

Two days ago, before the solid wood bookcase collapsed, Ji Nanchen had actually been refusing to let her into the room.

At that time, he kept telling her to check the surveillance footage, saying that as long as she checked the footage, it would prove that he wasn't lying.

If today's events were orchestrated by Xu Jin, could the events of that day also have been part of Xu Jin's scheme?

Thinking of this, Shen Zhixia narrowed her eyes slightly and picked up her phone to call her assistant, Li Xiangnan.

The phone was answered shortly after it rang, and Li Xiangnan's somewhat groggy voice came through the phone, "President Shen, you wanted to see me?"