Chapter 17: He Said He'd Come in a Few Days<br>“Good that you understand.” Shen Qingchen nodded, then suddenly stood up and walked out.<br>He didn’t say where he was going. Cheng Xiaonuan panicked immediately, propping himself up urgently to call out, “A… A’qing…”<br>Shen Qingchen stopped walking but didn’t turn back. He spoke coldly:<br>“Rest well. I’ll come pick you up once you’re better.”<br>After saying that, he left.<br>The spacious ward was instantly left with only Cheng Xiaonuan. When his body was weak, his heart inevitably became more fragile and uneasy. With no one to talk to now, he could only hug himself tighter, curling up under the quilt, silently shedding tears. In the end, he couldn’t escape the effect of the medication; crying himself to sleep, he drifted into a hazy slumber.<br>When he woke up, it was already pitch dark outside.<br>An extremely distinguished patient had arrived at the hospital. It was said to be the son of a high-ranking official in Beijing who had been in a car accident and was rushed here overnight.<br>Coincidentally, all the VIP rooms were full. As the only VIP room patient who had defaulted on medical fees, Cheng Xiaonuan was moved to a double room under the hospital’s arrangement.<br>When Shen Qingchen left, he hadn’t even settled the medical bills. Cheng Xiaonuan had paid all three thousand yuan he had but was still over two thousand short. The hospital was being polite by not kicking Cheng Xiaonuan out. As for where he lived, he didn’t really care.<br>For the little fool, having lived in a basement for so long before, being able to live in a sunny room now was already incredibly good. He was just afraid that when A’qing came to pick him up to go home, he wouldn’t be able to find him. So, every day, he would go up to the VIP floor to check.<br>But it had been five days, and A’qing still hadn’t come to pick him up. His body was clearly better now.<br>The person next to Cheng Xiaonuan was also a pregnant man. He heard he was a high school teacher. His belly was already very big, and he had come to the hospital ahead of time to await delivery. His lover had taken time off work and stayed by his side day and night, telling him jokes, peeling fruit, massaging his swollen legs. The two were always chatting and laughing, occasionally bickering, loving and warm.<br>Cheng Xiaonuan often watched them until his eyes turned red, missing his A’qing even more. But A’qing wouldn’t even answer his calls; he was colder to him than before.<br>“Here, open wide, ah—”<br>Lunchtime arrived, and the affectionate daily routine began again over there. The beautiful young man held a bowl of fragrant chicken soup, scooped a spoonful, carefully blew on it, and then brought it to his lover’s lips.<br>The elegant, scholarly man gently turned his face away, acting a little sulky.<br>“I already said I want to eat by myself.”<br>“I’m just pregnant, it’s not like my hands and feet are crippled.”<br>The young man blinked playfully, leaned in to quickly kiss the corner of his lips, and said softly, “Teacher, be good. You can’t get too tired right now, so laborious tasks like eating should still be handled by me.”<br>The man sighed, still unable to bring himself to be angry with him. He reached out to touch the young man’s head and said softly, “You should go home. It’s not worth it, falling out with your family like this for me.”<br>“Who says it’s not worth it? You and the baby are my everything.” The smile disappeared from the young man’s lips, replaced by determination.<br>“Even if I don’t go back to that home, I can still make a name for myself outside. Teacher, believe in me.”<br>The man smiled faintly, a radiant light shining in his eyes. “I believe you.”<br>He then obediently drank the soup fed to him by the young man. After swallowing, he suddenly remembered something and looked up. “Oh, right, quickly give that meal to Xiao Wen. Wake him up. With a baby in his belly, he has to eat on time.”<br>“Right, right, I forgot.” The young man stood up, picked up another exquisite two-tiered lunchbox from the bedside table, walked over to the next bed, and nudged the small hill-like lump in the middle.<br>“Xiao Wen, wake up. Get up and eat.”<br>The little fool wasn’t actually asleep. Many times, to avoid awkwardness, he just pretended to sleep. Like when he was first moved to this ward. Unlike the VIP ward where specialized caregivers delivered meals, he was penniless. On his first day there, he didn’t eat anything the whole day. It was the man named Su Langsheng next to him who noticed something was wrong and told his lover to prepare an extra portion for every meal.<br>Cheng Xiaonuan sat up and carefully took the lunchbox from the young man’s hand. “Th… thank you.”<br>He also knew it was wrong to always take things from others, but A’qing didn’t come to see him, he had no money, and his stomach would get hungry…<br>“Don’t mention it.” Lu Ge smiled. “Your body’s almost better, right? When are you being discharged?”<br>Cheng Xiaonuan lowered his head. “In… in a few days.”<br>“What about the child’s father? Why has he never come to see you?” Lu Ge had wanted to ask this question for a while now.<br>Leaving such a simple little fool alone in the hospital, weren’t they afraid he’d be tricked and taken away?<br>Cheng Xiaonuan’s eyes reddened slightly, his voice a bit choked. “He’s busy with work… He said he’d come pick me up in a few days…”