Chapter 39
The Movie King's Sister Obsession (Part 67)
Xie An pretended to be softened by Jin Yansi's sincerity. She looked at Shen Qingchen with some difficulty, her heart filled with conflict and hesitation.
"She doesn't look very well. Maybe I should stay and keep her company..." Before she could finish, Shen Qingchen interrupted her.
He cupped Xie An's face, forcing her to look at him. A trace of loss appeared on his gentle face as he intentionally showed weakness: "I'm also injured, An An."
Xie An's mind was pulled back by him. She cast a final glance at Jin Yansi, then led Shen Qingchen away: "Let's go bandage you up first."
Jin Yansi engraved these images into her mind. She wanted to run out of bed to stop Xie An, wanted to tell her that Shen Qingchen was completely lying. But the sedative was already taking effect. She could only watch helplessly as the two left, until her mind grew dizzy and her vision plunged into silent darkness.
After visiting Ning Zhitao, Lin Xingyan was about to leave the ward when he passed by Jin Yansi's room, just in time to witness this chaotic scene. Initially, he planned to step forward and greet Xie An, but when he saw Shen Qingchen, he lost interest. Recalling Xie An's evasive expression when mentioning the person in this ward, he stepped inside and finally saw her face clearly.
Her messy platinum-blonde curly hair, pale skin, flushed corners of her eyes, and tear-stained face made her look like a discarded Western doll, surrounded by loneliness and despair. Perhaps due to the sedative, she no longer had her previous madness. She lay obediently on the bed, eyes tightly shut, eyelashes wet with tears, making one wonder if the person who caused this mess was someone else entirely.
Only after stabilizing Jin Yansi did the nurse notice Lin Xingyan. Thinking he was Jin Yansi's friend, she gently instructed: "She needs to rest now. Please come back to visit later."
Lin Xingyan nodded, his peripheral vision catching the name on the medical chart before he turned to leave. Jin Yansi. What was her relationship with Xie An?
In the afternoon, Lin Xingyan passed by the hospital on his way to his part-time job and picked up some fruit for Ning Zhitao. Recently, his relationship with Ning Zhitao had eased a lot, finally resembling siblings, which made him feel very relieved.
When he reached the lobby, he saw Jin Yansi walking alone toward the backyard. His steps paused slightly, and he changed direction to follow her. Jin Yansi wore thin hospital clothes with a loose black cotton coat draped over her shoulders that reached her calves, but it still couldn't cover her ankles. The wide hospital pants allowed the cold wind to blow through, freezing her skin to a pale blue.
No one wanted to run outside in the cold during this season, but Jin Yansi didn't look back. She walked to a long bench and slowly sat down. She took out her phone and looked down at the screen, seemingly lost in thought. She paid little attention to her surroundings; even when he walked past, she didn't spare him a glance. Her frozen, red fingertips stared blankly at the call interface.
"Crack—"
The sound of dry leaves being crushed echoed in her ears. It was very quiet, but Jin Yansi caught it. A shadow fell over her. She looked up and saw that it was neither a nurse nor an acquaintance, so she went back to her phone. It wasn't until Lin Xingyan sat down beside her that her expression changed from dazed to fierce. Her eyes were full of vigilance, and her tone was cold and impatient.
"Are you blind? Can't you see someone is already sitting here?"
Lin Xingyan was slightly surprised by Jin Yansi's reaction. Looking at her appearance, he had thought she was like Ning Zhitao—the weak and gentle type. He didn't expect her to be so full of thorns. She was much harder to get close to than he had imagined.
But there was a breakthrough. "What is Xie An to you?" He wasn't a tactful person, so he asked bluntly in a cold, dry tone.
This question made the atmosphere between them even more tense. Jin Yansi suppressed her anger and looked at him gloomily, the rage in her eyes deepening: "Who are you?!"
Just how many more people did that crazy woman Xie An want to provoke?! Shen Qingchen, Kang Cheng, and Zhao Yan weren't enough, and now even this newcomer had found his way here!!!
Lin Xingyan didn't understand why she was so angry, but he answered calmly: "Lin Xingyan."
"I asked what your relationship with Xie An is!" Jin Yansi bit her lip, glaring at him fiercely.
This question caught Lin Xingyan off guard. Colleagues? But he and Xie An were no longer working together. Friends? That didn't seem quite right either. Lin Xingyan thought for a moment, and finally, before Jin Yansi lost her patience, he answered honestly: "We used to be colleagues."
Great! Now she had run out of school to do a part-time job and develop romantic relationships with others! Xie An was truly a scumbag! Shen Qingchen was also useless! With so much money, why didn't he just give it to Xie An? If she didn't lack money, she wouldn't have gone to work part-time, and she wouldn't have met this Lin Xingyan!
Jin Yansi's beautiful eyes flared with anger, her voice filled with resentment: "So what? Did you, Xie An's former colleague, come here to brag about where she kissed you, or what hickeys she left on you?"
That shameless old man Shen Qingchen had intentionally used hickeys to provoke her, making her lose face in front of Xie An and leaving her too angry to eat lunch. Now, everyone she saw irritated her. She assumed Lin Xingyan was also a self-respecting person who wanted to seduce Xie An, so her words were naturally extremely harsh.
Lin Xingyan was shocked by Jin Yansi's bold words. His expression was stunned, his mouth open for a long time without saying a word, his ears turning red. In Jin Yansi's eyes, this appearance looked like embarrassment from being hit where it hurt. She trembled with rage, her anger soaring.
"Are all of you men sick?! Isn't it enough that Shen Qingchen disgusted me? Does a male homewrecker like you have to come and disgust me too?!"
"What's the use of bragging to me? If you have the ability, go find Shen Qingchen! He is Xie An's boyfriend!"
Jin Yansi dragged out the word "boyfriend," emphasizing each syllable to vent the anger in her heart. Lin Xingyan finally realized he had been misunderstood. He wanted to explain, but the lingering shock of Shen Qingchen bragging about kissing Xie An, combined with the title of "male homewrecker," was still attacking his eardrums. At the same time, the dark emotions at the bottom of his heart were dragged into the light by Jin Yansi's rude words, making him feel like there was nowhere to hide. He clenched his fists, his knuckles protruding, and a flush appeared on his cold, pale face.