Can't Take My Eyes Off You

"Sleep, I'm tired." Jiang Yao leaned into his arms. "Anyway, your injuries won't heal so quickly. You still have a long time to think about it."

Jiang Yao remained silent after she finished speaking. She did not say anything else to Lu Xingzhi.

She did not tell him everything she said about what she would do if something terrible happened to him was a lie. If he died, she would not marry someone else because she did not believe she had the courage to live in that world alone.

She would follow him if he died because she could not imagine how difficult it would be for her to live in a world without him.

She loved him. She had suffered the pain of losing him once. It was heart-wrenching.

She lacked the strength to go through it again.

The room was deafeningly quiet. The pregnant woman could not stand the exhaustion and promptly fell asleep.

Lu Xingzhi did not bring it up again for the next two days. It was as if they had an unspoken understanding. Jiang Yao would not ask Lu Xingzhi what decision he had made before he recovered from his injury. Lu Xingzhi would not ask Jiang Yao to assist him in convincing his mother.

Jiang Yao's spirits gradually improved after they returned home. Mrs. Jiang would go to the village every morning to buy vegetables and prepare delicious meals for Jiang Yao and Lu Xingzhi. Jiang Yao's appetite was back, and her complexion was improving as well.

Changkang Group's lawyer called her at noon on the third day after Jiang Yao returned to the army base to inform her that they had won the lawsuit. He had sufficient evidence, and Li Hong was brought to justice.

Jiang Yao did not inquire about the difficulty of the process. Such a result was sufficient. After thanking him, Jiang Yao did not take that matter to heart.

However, she could tell from the newspapers delivered to her house every day that the issue had piqued the interest of the city's large and small newspaper agencies. Several newspapers covered the story for several days. The issue stemmed from the fact that the plaintiff was Changkang Group, a large corporation, and the defendant was a female university student.

Both sides were concerned for different reasons. Some newspaper reporters criticized the Changkang Group for treating a female university student who had made a mistake for the first time so harshly. That directly ruined the female university student's future.

Meanwhile, many people from other newspapers began to ramble on about the personal qualities of university students in light of the Li Hong case. Despite using the term university student to attract everyone's attention and curiosity, that side also killed a group of people with a single blow. However, they used that method to demolish a few other newspapers that were critical of the Changkang Group.

Lu Xingzhi frowned when he read the follow-up reports on that matter in the newspapers. Then, he said, "These people have nothing better to do. All they do is report on those trivial matters all day long."

"The limelight has passed. It won't be long before no one remembers that." Jiang Yao sat on the sofa with her legs crossed casually. She held the durian on the coffee table with both hands and leaned over to sniff it.

When Lu Xingzhi turned around, he saw Jiang Yao in that state. He was taken aback and quickly reached out to grab her waist. He reprimanded her quietly. "Sit up straight. You'll know pain when you fall to the ground."