The leader of the cultivation alliance has a crush on me.

"If you hadn't sent Tiancheng to pick me up today, I really wouldn't have imagined that Tiancheng would protect me like this."

"You have no idea, the car skidded and went out of control. Before I could react, he lunged at me and shielded me. I was completely terrified."

"He risked his life for me."

"I felt really guilty when I thought about how indifferent I had been to him before."

Upon hearing Gu Qing's words, Song Ke was first taken aback, then overjoyed, and finally a little bittersweet. Her expression changed repeatedly before she finally said with mixed feelings, "Is...is that so?"

"That's great. I told you long ago, Chu Tiancheng... he really likes you."

"Besides, he's a good guy. You'll get away with it if you try to like him."

The moment Gu Qing heard these words, she inexplicably felt a chilling gaze directed at her.

Gu Qing knew that some people had probably suffered another blow.

She smiled and said with the air of a caring older sister, "Song Ke, not every affection will be reciprocated."

"Moreover, it is not the right attitude to treat someone who genuinely likes you with insincere behavior."

"Some relationships should be kept within limits; going too far will only make everyone unhappy."

Song Ke listened with a look that seemed to understand but not quite.

After Gu Qing left, Song Ke sat on the edge of the bed, resting her elbows on her knees, her chin in her hands, staring intently at Chu Tiancheng, who was lying on the bed with his eyes closed.

Chu Tiancheng naturally felt that burning gaze as well.

He even fantasized and speculated in his mind.

There were only him and Song Ke in the ward. Would Song Ke secretly kiss him?

No.

If he kisses her now, he definitely won't be able to hold back and will give himself away.

One of them stared quietly, while the other closed his eyes and drifted off into thought.

Just as Chu Tiancheng was dozing off, Song Ke suddenly said, "Chu Tiancheng, you're really useless."

Chu Tianchen: "...."

Song Ke continued, "You know, this is such a good opportunity to play the victim, but you're unconscious and Sister Gu Qing has already left."

Chu Tiancheng sighed inwardly. At this moment, he just wanted Song Ke to shut up, otherwise even if he really fainted, she would probably wake him up from her anger.

The next day, when Song Ke opened her eyes, she found herself lying in bed.

She quickly sat up, her gaze sweeping across the room, and saw Chu Tiancheng making a phone call by the window. Song Ke looked at herself, paused for a moment, and then quickly got up and jumped off the bed.

Hearing the noise, Chu Tiancheng hung up the phone and turned around, only to see Song Ke jumping off the bed. He raised his eyebrows, exuding a sense of pleasure.

"woke up?"

Song Ke looked at Chu Tiancheng somewhat awkwardly. It was really outrageous that she, as someone who was accompanying the injured person, had actually pushed the injured person off the bed.

"Hmm...yes, yes." After asking, she took out her phone and checked it. It was only a little past eight o'clock, neither early nor late.

"When did you wake up? Why didn't you wake me?"

"Are you hungry? What would you like to eat first? I'll go buy it."

Chu Tiancheng looked at Song Ke for a few seconds before saying, "Stay put and wait for Assistant Fang to bring it over."

Song Ke looked him over with a scrutinizing gaze, and asked uncertainly, "Are you busy or not?"

Chu Tiancheng pointed to his bandaged head: "Do you think this counts as something being wrong or nothing?"

After he finished speaking, he suddenly looked at Song Ke with a scrutinizing expression, which startled Song Ke, who immediately looked at him warily.

"That wasn't an accident. I didn't know it would rain so heavily tonight."

"Besides, you see the weather is getting bad, so why don't you stop driving? There are plenty of places to stay nearby. What's wrong with staying overnight and coming back? Look, isn't this just suffering for nothing?"

Chu Tiancheng chuckled softly as he listened to Song Ke's chatter, and Song Ke immediately shut her mouth and stared at him.

No, you can't even tell the truth?

If two people live together, the progress bar for developing their relationship might just be maxed out.

Therefore, seeing Chu Tiancheng's behavior, she was not surprised at all that he couldn't catch up with her.

Chu Tiancheng looked at her with a cold smile: "You should think carefully about how you're going to tell me about yesterday."

"I had no idea that you were always spouting lies."

Song Ke muttered with dissatisfaction, "Who am I doing this for?"

"If you weren't so passive, I wouldn't be in such a hurry to match you two up. Do you know how outstanding Gu Qing is? If you don't work harder, she'll end up with someone else."

"And I've heard that the reason you were so badly injured was because you were protecting Sister Gu Qing," Song Ke said somewhat sullenly.

After saying that, she looked at Chu Tiancheng with an expression that seemed completely unconvinced: "Look at you, your body is much more honest than your brain. If you don't work hard now, you'll be crying later."

Chu Tiancheng simply looked at her with a faint gaze, his eyes filled with a broken disappointment, which made Song Ke's heart skip a beat.

She didn't say anything wrong, did she?

Why that look in your eyes?

Just as the atmosphere became awkwardly quiet, there was a knock at the door. Song Ke breathed a sigh of relief and rushed to open it.

"Who?"

"Good morning, Miss Song." Assistant Fang came in carrying two bags of breakfast and greeted Song Ke with a smile.

Song Ke looked at him with surprise at how much he had bought: "There are only two of us, you can't possibly finish all this."

Chu Tiancheng said calmly, "Qin Huan also lives here. It seems she hasn't been discharged from the hospital yet."

Assistant Fang smiled and put down a portion, nodding in acknowledgment: "Yes, Qin Huan should be discharged from the hospital in the next couple of days, so I bought her a portion."

Song Ke, looking surprised, went over and sat down opposite Chu Tiancheng, somewhat annoyed: "No, Chu Tiancheng, you even brought breakfast to Qin Huan. She just bumped her head, what could be the big deal? I think she's just deliberately staying at the hospital to try and get your sympathy."

Song Ke was furious. Qin Huan was clearly faking an accident, yet she was allowed to stay in the hospital for so long.

No wonder Gu Qing doesn't like him; he's like a central air conditioner, always warm and welcoming to everyone.

She's doing her best to help him, but he's just dragging her down.

Looking at the breakfast spread on the table, and remembering that she had eaten at the same place as Qin Huan, she stood up and said irritably, "You eat by yourself."

"Since you're awake, then everything's alright. I'll be going now."

"Stop." Chu Tiancheng suddenly looked at her coldly, making Song Ke feel as if her back was facing an air conditioner vent.

Song Ke looked like she didn't want to talk to him anymore, ignoring her slightly aching head: "What?"

Chu Tiancheng pointed to his head: "My condition is not your responsibility. I haven't been discharged from the hospital, so don't go anywhere."

Song Ke scoffed, "My responsibility isn't yours, you understand? I didn't cause your car accident, so why should I be there for you?"

Assistant Fang was a little embarrassed, but he quickly helped Chu Tiancheng up and asked, "Mr. Chu, what's wrong? Do you have a headache?"

“Ms. Song, our CEO Chu already suffered from headaches after the last car accident, and this time he was seriously injured again. Please be understanding and don’t argue with him.”

"The doctor said that given Mr. Chu's current condition, he should not get too excited and needs to rest."

Sure enough, Song Ke shut up when she heard Assistant Fang say that.

"I'd like to trouble Miss Song to look after Mr. Chu for a while. I'll go downstairs and deliver some food."

Without waiting for Song Ke to say anything, he quickly picked up the remaining portion and left the ward.

Chu Tiancheng looked at the person standing motionless in the center, softened his tone, and called out, "Come and eat first."