From Sidekick to Bigshot

Inside the hospital ward.

There were two beds.

On the bed by the window, there was Zhai Yunsheng.

There was a lot of medical equipment that was attached to Zhai Yunsheng’s body. The equipment monitored his body with a range of indicators.

On the bed by the door, there was Jian Yiling.

Jian Yiling hadn’t suffered any serious injuries. She only had a few bruises and mild swelling. However, she was escorted by Zhai Yunsheng’s men to the hospital. They asked her to do a number of hospital examinations.

The entrance of the ward was guarded by Zhai Yunsheng’s bodyguards and members of the Jian family.

The bodyguards didn’t dare to let Jian Yiling leave. They were worried that Zhai Yunsheng would get worried and lose his temper if he didn’t see her when he woke up.

However, they also did not dare to let anyone else inside. Too many people crowding the ward would disturb Zhai Yunsheng.

And thus, there were only two people in the ward.

When Jian Yiling woke up, she saw Zhai Yunsheng. Zhai Yunsheng hadn’t gained consciousness yet.

However, his lips were no longer purple. Despite that, his lips were still a little discolored.

As Jian Yiling looked at him, she felt that he looked inexplicably frail. He didn’t seem to be his usual self. The overbearing and dominating Zhai Yunsheng.

The medical equipment next to him showed that his heartbeat had returned to normal.

After a while, Zhai Yunsheng gradually regained his consciousness. He slowly opened his eyes.

The first person he saw when he opened his eyes was Jian Yiling. Jian Yiling was still looking at him.

The two red marks had not yet completely faded from her fair and delicate face.

Jian Yiling looked at him with her bright and shining eyes.

It seemed as though she was rather concerned about him. Her eyebrows were slightly knitted together.

The two of them looked at each other quietly.

For a long time, they looked at each other in silence.

After a while, Jian Yiling finally broke the silence: “Are you… Are you feeling better?”

“I’m okay,” Zhai Yunsheng responded. His voice was lower than usual and his tone was a bit more serious as well.

His eyes appeared to be deep in through as well.

“Jian Yiling, I’m going back,” Zhai Yunsheng suddenly said.

“You need to stay in the hospital for another night,” Jian Yiling responded.

“I’m going back to the capital,” Zhai Yunsheng replied.

He did not mean that he was leaving the hospital right now. Instead, he meant that he was planning to leave Hengyuan City.

Jian Yiling was stunned for a moment.

It was a bit sudden. However, it made sense as well.

He shouldn’t have stayed in Hengyuan City for so long in the first place. It made sense for him to return to Beijing.

It was just that the timing of it seemed a bit off…

There was a strange feeling in her heart that Jian Yiling could not describe.

“Mhmm.”

As Jian Yiling couldn’t put her finger on what she felt, she could only respond with an “Mhmm.”

“Promise me one thing,” Zhai Yunsheng started again.

“Okay.” Without asking what it was, Jian Yiling immediately agreed. It was as if she would agree to whatever he wanted to ask of her.

“In the future, don’t go to the capital. The world is a big place. You can go anywhere you want. However, you must not go to Beijing.”

Zhai Yunsheng’s tone was incredibly serious and earnest. It did not seem as though he was joking.

He looked at Jian Yiling with sadness in his eyes. However, it was a sadness that Jian Yiling could not understand.

“Why?”

“There’s no reason. Just promise me that you won’t go there.”

Zhai Yunsheng stared into Jian Yiling’s eyes.

He knew that in his lifetime, he could never love anyone. In his lifetime, he could never get married either.

His congenital heart deformity was inherited from his mother. His mother had died from this condition.

There was a chance that his condition would be passed onto his children.

And thus, how could he love someone? How could he start a family? How could he allow his future wife to suffer the pain of having a husband and child who could both die at any moment?

However, he was a selfish man. He could only convince himself to let go of her only once.