Flash Marriage: He is a Wife-pampering Addict

Chapter 661: Is 660 very serious?

At dinner, Mo Xiuchen asked Wen Ran if she wanted to take a stroll at the night market later.

Wen Ran shook her head, they had already walked around the vegetable market in the afternoon. Though the apartment Mo Xiuchen lived in was not too far from the vegetable market, she was a little tired after walking to and fro.

After dinner, Wen Ran took upon herself the task of doing the dishes and let him rest in the living room.

But Mo Xiuchen didn’t want to miss any minute of being with her, so he followed her into the kitchen and stood beside her.

After Wen Ran finished washing the dishes, Mo Xiuchen handed her a towel to dry her hands. He stepped half a step closer and unlaced the apron around her waist.

“Xiuchen, are you going to D Country alone this time”

After their bath, the couple went to bed early. As usual, Wen Ran lay in Mo Xiuchen’s arms, their hands intertwined, with their breath mingling.

The atmosphere was a bit ambiguous, yet mostly cozy, a peaceful kind of happiness.

Mo Xiuchen’s lips curled into a gentle smile. Under the soft crystal light, a faint halo was cast upon his features. He appeared gentle and handsome, captivatingly so, “No, I am not alone. Someone is going with me.”

Her eyes twinkling with a smile, Wen Ran gazed at him, “That’s good. I worry about you when you’re alone.”

A touch of struggle flashed in Mo Xiuchen’s heart. Seeing the worry and affection in her eyes, he almost suggested that she should come along.

But in the end, he held it back.

“Ranran, let’s sleep.”

Wen Ran blinked, and obediently responded, “Okay, good night.”

She laid down naturally, wrapping her arms around his waist, burying her face in his chest. Deep adoration surfaced in Mo Xiuchen’s eyes. After gazing at her for a while, he also laid down.

That night, no one spoke. Yet, from dusk till dawn, none of them actually fell asleep.

The next day, after breakfast, Wen Ran left early, claiming she needed to handle some work at the hospital. Mo Xiuchen wanted to drop her off, but she refused.

In the end, they agreed that someone chosen by Mo Xiuchen could escort her to the hospital.

By the time she arrived at the hospital, Manager Zhang and the hospital director, who came with her, were already waiting in the lobby. With everything dealt with, Wen Ran engaged in small talk with the director. Using the excuse of going to the restroom, she called Gu Kai.

“Bro, are you going to D Country with Xiuchen?”

Wen Ran’s straightforward question made Gu Kai pause, unsure why she would ask this. He decided to play dumb, “Ranran, what are you talking about?”

Wen Ran pursed her lips and calmly said, “Yesterday, I saw your stuff at Xiuchen’s apartment. Bro, you’ve been in City C these two days, right? Xiuchen is going to D Country today. He didn’t call Luo Haofeng or Qin Mu because they couldn’t help.”

“And you, you must be going along.”

“Ranran!”

Gu Kai called her name in shock.

His voice was filled with surprise and heartache, as well as a range of complex emotions.

Compared to Gu Kai, Wen Ran’s voice was much calmer, “Bro, I want to know the real situation about Xiuchen now.”

“Ranran, how did you find out?”

It was no use for Gu Kai to play dumb now, but he was still surprised. Mo Xiuchen kept it so tight, how did Ranran find out.

On those nights, Mo Xiuchen would give her sleeping pills. Given those circumstances, she shouldn’t have known then, or even be able to find out later.

Mo Xiuchen never showed any signs in front of her. Gu Kai sat in his car on the side of the road, looking at the apartment through the car window. Even Mo Xiuchen, a man with such attentive mind, failed to spot this.

Wen Ran stood in the corridor outside the washroom, a bitter smile lingering on her lips. Her voice was soft and sad, echoing the melancholic atmosphere of the hospital, “Bro, Xiuchen is my husband. How could I not know that he sacrificed himself to save me? Just that he didn’t want me to know, so I pretended not to.”

“When did you find out?”

“At first, I just had suspicion. The afternoon I had a check up in D Country, Xiuchen accompanied me to a movie. In the middle, he went out to answer a call and took a long time to come back. I got worried and went out to find him. He was smiling and said my illness was cured, but I saw a trace of hidden sadness in his smile.”

“Xiuchen is not the type of man to be indecisive, but he was conflicted about whether we should take wedding photos or hold a wedding ceremony. Later, he had nosebleeds. Yesterday noon, he was cooking, suddenly stopped and asked me to pour water for him. When I came back to the kitchen with the water, his face turned a little pale…”

“Bro, does his willingness to go to D Country mean that his condition is severe?”

When Wen Ran said this, her voice was a bit rigid. She looked up at the ceiling, her eyes moist. She tightened her grip on the mobile phone from time to time.

“Ranran, since you know now, do you want to go with Xiuchen?”

Gu Kai ignored her question. Strangely, now that Wen Ran knew about Mo Xiuchen’s condition, he somehow felt relief.

“No, I won’t go.”

Wen Ran answered somewhat reluctantly. She took a deep breath, struggling to sound calm, “Bro, Xiuchen doesn’t want me to know. I don’t want him to see me upset either. He told me he was going on a business trip, and we agreed on a month. I believe, he will be back in a month.”

She could endure the longing for one more month.

Mo Xiuchen was a man of his word. What he promised her, he would do it. All she needed to do was to wait for him in G city, in the home they shared. That would be enough.

Gu Kai understood Wen Ran’s feelings, but thinking about Mo Xiuchen’s current condition and that his father hadn’t found a treatment for his illness yet, he feared whether Xiuchen could return in a month.

“Bro, don’t tell him that I already know.”

Wen Ran said out again after a pause.

“Okay, I won’t tell Xiuchen. But Ranran, you need to be prepared mentally. I don’t want you to regret it later.”

“No, I won’t.”

Wen Ran retorted firmly. Perhaps her determination was a bit self-deceiving, but she just refused to believe that he would leave her.

**

The following week, Wen Ran hadn’t spoken to Mo Xiuchen.

She only sent him a message every night, telling him about her day.

Mo Xiuchen would reply as soon as he got the message. He would tell her about his progress, as though he was genuinely on a business trip and not there to receive treatment.

Wen Ran enjoyed reading his messages repeatedly, not missing a single punctuation.

In addition to exchanging text messages with Mo Xiuchen every day, she also received calls from Gu Kai every day, informing her about Mo Xiuchen’s daily condition.