Mr. Melancholy Wants To Live A Peaceful Life

CHAPTER 28

When You Zhengping had drunk the water, he didn't know what he ought to say, so he stared blankly at Yu Hua, his expression foolish. You Zhengping had been like this when they had been dating, always zoning out looking at Yu Hua. Yu Hua had felt awkward at the time and had pretended not to notice You Zhengping looking at him. 

He would either look at the directions on his phone, or crouch over his computer pretending to be busy with work, or send his subordinates messages, resolving some small issues there was no need to deal with outside of the working day, giving himself a very awesome and professional look.

He enjoyed You Zhengping's gaze but was unwilling to confront his own true inner vanity, so he could only cover up his expression with other things, looking unflustered, making You Zhengping praise him even more adoringly: "You're so professional!"

At times like these, Yu Hua would usually answer modestly, "Just trifles, nothing important."

He would give a subdued and restrained smile, but inside he would be as pleased as though a hundred fireworks were going off in his heart. Now, seeing You Zhengping's expression just the same as it had been at the beginning, Yu Hua's hand holding the paper cup tightened, and the cup wrinkled.

Yu Hua tossed the paper cup in the garbage and stroked You Zhengping's forehead. "Are you dizzy?"

"A bit." You Zhengping wasn't lying. Anyone who'd spent an hour not moving while pretending to be unconscious would be a bit dizzy.

"I'll call the doctor." Yu Hua pressed on the call button at the head of the bed, and soon the doctor on duty came over.

As usual, there was an examination; as usual, there was nothing much the matter. He could leave the hospital in the morning. One week of light foods to reduce the burden on the liver and kidneys, and that would be it. Both of them knew why they were in the hospital, and both knew they had to pretend not to know anything and ask about it, but they were both unwilling to be the first to speak.

The first to speak would be the first to pretend to be clueless and lie to his husband. Neither wanted to actively dupe the other. They were each waiting for the other to ask first, but this led to neither of them speaking.

The atmosphere in the hospital room became awkward. You Zhengping looked at Yu Hua, licked his dry lips, and was about to say something, when the hospital room door opened and Cen Xiao walked in.

"You're finally awake." Cen Xiao was carrying health-restoring congee. "Have some congee to warm up your stomachs."

Yu Hua's gaze fell on Cen Xiao's pants. These were army green slacks, and he was wearing black sneakers, different from the handsome uncle. Naturally Cen Xiao had changed into different clothes from the ones he had been wearing at the amusement park, and he had taken off the nanotech mask, restoring his own features. He had been worried that You Zhengping wouldn't be able to lie to Yu Hua, so when the interrogation had ended, he had rushed over to the hospital.

As he carried over the congee, he said, "You two really are unlucky. You arrange to go on a nice date, and you run into wanted criminals being arrested. Of course that's because you chose a bad place. That amusement park that a bird wouldn't shit on is very dangerous."

With Cen Xiao leading the way for the two of them, You Zhengping said, "What wanted criminals?"

"Don't you guys remember what happened at the amusement park?" As he spoke, Cen Xiao deliberately avoided You Zhengping, fixing his gaze on Yu Hua.

Yu Hua took the bowl of congee, tested the temperature, then fed You Zhengping a spoonful. As he fed him the congee, he said to You Zhengping, "I don't know what happened. It feels like one second we were at the amusement park with bubbles all around us, and the next second I was waking up at the hospital."