The moon was bright and the stars were few. On a rare night when he didn’t have to work overtime, He Chuzhou was forced to give up his leisure time walking his dog and drive to the hospital.

Naturally, the dog didn’t come.

History tended to repeat itself.

Different time, same place. After catching up on his sleep and walking the dog, He Chuzhou once again stood at the door of the hospital ward, facing the same doctor as during the day and discussing the same topic about the same person.

He Chuzhou: “So he really has side effects?”

The doctor nodded affirmatively: “Judging from the current situation, that is indeed the case.”

Was this person a voice-con, repeating everything he said?

He Chuzhou asked again: “Then when will he recover?”

The doctor: “It could be as soon as three to five hours or as slow as three to five days. It could also be three to five weeks. I can’t say for sure.”

He Chuzhou’s head hurt when he heard this probability: “Why didn’t you contact his family?”

Speaking of this, the doctor was also very helpless: “The patient claimed that he had contacted his family and they would pick him up soon. We didn’t know that the person he contacted was you.”

Doctor: “He is now out of his coma. He doesn’t want anyone to touch his phone and insists that you are his family member. There is nothing we can do.”

This situation was indeed difficult to handle. He Chuzhou lifted his hand and pinched the bridge of his nose: “I’ll find a way to contact his family in a moment.”

The doctor had great trust in this warm-hearted passerby, and after saying, “We’ll trouble you,” he took the medical files and went elsewhere.

It was getting late now, and there were not many people left in the hallway of the inpatient department.

He Chuzhou turned and walked into the ward, and the eyes glued to him moved accordingly.

Pei Xi was looking at him.

This was really an unprecedented first.

It should be known that in the past, this person would have ignored him to the end. His boundaries were clearly drawn, and no matter when or where, he wouldn’t bother to look at him.

The change of attitude was so sudden that He Chuzhou couldn’t help but stop in front of the hospital bed and observe.

From the full, smooth forehead to the straight and narrow bridge of his nose, from the slightly drooping corners of his eyes hidden by long eyelashes to the moderately thin pursed lips. The cold white skin. The sharp jaw.

In fact, since returning to China a few years ago, He Chuzhou had heard others describe Pei Xi as “beautiful” more than once.

He had thought at first that it was an exaggeration, because it was really hard to imagine how a man could be described as beautiful.

Later, when he saw him with his own eyes, he unexpectedly found that describing Pei Xi with this word was practically a tailor-made fit.

It was impossible to deny that Pei Xi was beautiful. And it was not the androgynous sort of beauty. Viewed from a completely male perspective, it could be said that he was a beauty that was entirely pleasing to the eye.

It was a pity that his temperament was so cold and his style of behavior was overly strict. His entire being exuded an aura that would repel people thousands of miles away, and his extremely beautiful appearance was reduced to 8.8 points due to the alienation welded to his face.

Especially when facing He Chuzhou, the inexplicable disgust in his eyes practically solidified and fell out.

But the Pei Xi in front of him was nothing like the Pei Xi he knew well.

The long-condensed frost between his brows had melted completely, becoming a stream connecting snow-capped mountains on a plateau, enveloped in gentleness and delicacy beneath the coolness. When staring straight at a person, even his eyes were incredibly soft.

An unprecedented brain-addled Pei Xi.

It was quite novel.

He Chuzhou’s eyebrows shifted slightly and he bent down, putting himself and the patient at the same level as they looked at each other: “You’ve left so many relatives and friends without contact, and only took advantage of me. President Pei, are you touching porcelain to cheat me?”

Pei Xi sat back on the bed with the blanket pulled to his waist, staring at him without saying a word.

He Chuzhou: “Let’s talk it over, can you give your parents a call?”

Pei Xi pursed the corners of his mouth slightly, but still did not speak.

“What, are you worried about them knowing?”

After some thought, He Chuzhou changed his mind: “Otherwise, can you call a friend? Or a sibling?”

Pei Xi still did not speak.

He Chuzhou waited for a while and then simply stretched out his hand: “Then give me your phone and I’ll find someone suitable, okay?”

At this time, instead of saying anything, Pei Xi silently put his hand behind his back and stuffed his cellphone under the pillow, an action of silent refusal.

He Chuzhou didn’t understand. He straightened up and hissed: “President Pei, what are you—”

“He Chuzhou.”

The person who had long been silent was finally willing to speak.

It was just that his voice was off. There was a faint tremor in the calmness, and the expression wasn’t right, his eyes slightly red: “Do you want to divorce me?”

He Chuzhou: “……?”

He Chuzhou: “? ? ? ? ?”

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“It’s my fault, I don’t want to divorce.”

“You’re not angry?”

“It’s not that I purposely didn’t pick you up, I was so busy with the things at hand that I forgot. I don’t intend to divorce you.”

Driving out of the hospital parking lot, He Chuzhou made pleasant remarks along the way, his words a bit frazzled. But the person in the passenger seat was still sulking, and firmly pointed the back of his head at him.

When he took the time to turn his head and look, Pei Xi’s appearance was reflected in the car window under the night sky. His expression was very mild, but he exuded grievance and sadness everywhere.

He Chuzhou was really at his wits end.

He had to retract his previous opinion at the hospital. A brain-addled Pei Xi was not novel, but troublesome.

Before this, he had never met anyone so difficult to coax. Even if that girl He Aiyue came, she would have to accept defeat.

He also hadn’t expected that Pei Xi’s memory problem was not simply a matter of confusion, but had directly edited and inserted brand new memories into his brain.

He Chuzhou, who had inexplicably become a “married person,” didn’t care much about this. After all, it was not him who should be sweating, but Pei Xi once he returned to his senses.

For such a person who could not tolerate things outside of his own views, when he realized what he had done during his confusion, there was no telling how revolted he would be.

As for the family member issue, he had brought him to the hospital, so he couldn’t actually leave him alone there. Since he couldn’t contact his real family members, he had to be taken back by his fake family member first.

But right now, what was the deal with being unable to coax him no matter how hard he tried?

He tapped the steering wheel from time to time, recalling the methods he used to coax He Aiyue in the past, and tried them all on Pei Xi one by one.

“Do you want milk tea?”

“Do you want to eat cake?”

“A new skirt…..do you want new clothes?”

“I can take you to the mall to ride the sightseeing train?”

It was no use.

It was no use at all.

After talking for a long time, the only response he got was the throaty female vocals of the music in the car.

He Chuzhou gave up.

If he couldn’t be coaxed, he wouldn’t coax him. If he wanted to be angry, then he could just be angry.

It was just one night’s work. Once he asked his assistant to contact the He family tomorrow and sent this person away, it would have nothing to do with him.

Twenty minutes later, the car drove steadily into a high-end residential area in the city center and stopped in the private parking space of a villa.

He Chuzhou shut off the engine and got out of the car. He closed the door and was about to lock the vehicle when he noticed that there had been no movement from the passenger side for a long time.

Puzzled, he walked around the car and opened the door. The patient he had brought back was still sitting in the passenger seat, unmoving.

Pei Xi had his hands clasped and sat in a well-behaved posture with his head lowered. From He Chuzhou’s perspective, only a bit of his fair profile and lowered eyelashes could be seen.

This reincarnation of a puffer fish had such a bad temper. He Chuzhou was also frustrated. He held the car door and said angrily: “How about we get out of the car first?”

President Pei still chose to remain silent.

“The lighting here isn’t good. Wouldn’t you rather be angry inside the house?”

“How about I drive you around a couple of times?”

“Are you going to sit here all night?”

“Princess, please get out of the car?”

After several repeated attempts, He Chuzhou finally lost his patience and simply leaned down to hold Pei Xi’s face in his palm, forcing him to look at him: “Ancestor, I’ve already apologized. Why are you still angry?”

Pei Xi pressed his chin against He Chuzhou’s warm, dry palm. His eyelashes trembled a few times before lifting up, and he finally spoke: “You just want to divorce me.”

……This troublemaker still wasn’t over it?

He Chuzhou frowned and was about to say something, but when his eyes met Pei Xi’s, he was so stunned that he couldn’t utter a single word.

Due to his nature, even if there was a problem with his memory, Pei Xi shouldn’t expose too much emotion on his face. His expression was perpetually calm, with a coldness that came from within his bones.

But just with the subtle changes in his eyes and tone of voice, he could still vividly convey his emotions, directly touching people’s hearts even more than an outstanding command of language.

For example, right now, the downturn in his voice and the sadness in his eyes easily gave He Chuzhou the misconception that he really deserved to die.

The impatience that had arisen immediately vanished.

Forget it, He Chuzhou thought. Why am I fussing over a person with a brain problem?

“Whoever wants to divorce you is a dog.”

He released his grip and helped push down a strand of hair sticking up on the back of Pei Xi’s head: “I really was busy and forgot. Didn’t I rush to pick you up as soon as you called me? I guarantee this won’t happen next time.”

Pei Xi didn’t answer immediately, but the expression in his eyes clearly eased.

Seeing that there was hope, He Chuzhou continued to work hard: “How about I write you a letter of guarantee when we get back with a seal and signature? Will you stop being angry then?”

Pei Xi: “…..That’s not it.”

When He Chuzhou heard this, he didn’t understand: “What?”

Pei Xi’s attitude softened, and he became a little more awkward, saying in a low voice: “It’s not because of that.”

He Chuzhou speculated: “You’re not angry because I forgot to pick you up?”

Pei Xi nodded slightly.

He Chuzhou: “Then what is it?”

Pei Xi raised his eyes to look at him again. His voice was not loud, but his words were clear: “You just called me President Pei.”

He Chuzhou: “?”

Pei Xi: “Twice.”

He Chuzhou: “? ?”

What was the problem with this? If not President Pei, what should he call him?

To be honest, He Chuzhou couldn’t understand it. But when he was thinking about how to ask, he suddenly felt fortune smile upon him.

Just like how a parent calling your full name indicated that you would be beaten soon, an unfamiliar address between husband and wife was either sexy or the prelude to a mystifying quarrel.

Judging by the current situation, it was obvious that there was no such sexy fun in the compilation of Pei Xi’s memories.

But if he couldn’t call him President Pei, what should he call him?

How could he know what kind of character Pei Xi had arranged for his “husband?”

Right, husband!

“It was just a little joke.”

Paying close attention to the emotional changes in Pei Xi’s eyes, he ventured: “…..Wife?”

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