Arc 1: Revealing Emotions (9)

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Su Ning's eyes suddenly overflowed with tears and she wiped the corner of her eyes with a silk handkerchief, pressed her hand down on the sheets and said, "But your persistent love for me has moved me very much. Don't worry. I don't plan on leaving again."

Su Ning stood up, smiled softly, and said, "I'm going to go and speak to the doctor, and then we will go back together." She opened the curtain and began to walk out.

Suning hurriedly trotted to the old doctor and said, "Quick, get the account book. I'm going to checkout now!"

"Checkout?" The old doctor pointed to the bowl in the sink, "The bowl hasn't been cleaned properly. Look, there's still stains on it!"

"Be quiet, be quiet! I'll do that later!" Su Ning hissed and winked at the back room, "Don't let him hear you!"

"What's the matter?" The old doctor asked, confused: "Girl, what are you hiding from your husband?"

"Alas!" Su Ning sighed: "Doctor, don't you know? My husband has very strong self-esteem. He would be unhappy if he knew that I paid for the hospital fee. "

The old doctor nodded, expressed understanding, and immediately took out the account book to settle the account.

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Su Ning went back to her room, packed everything she had collected in the streets and alleys in a bag, strapped the bag to her back, and walked out through the back door of the hospital, looking back from time to time to make sure that Xiao Hei hadn't followed her.

"444, start navigation!"

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Sitting on a carriage going out of the city, Su Ning was leisurely admiring the bustling scene of people coming and going around her. She took out small snacks from her bag to eat from time to time and played with the system when she was bored. Soon, the carriage arrived at Jiang Kou Harbor.

Su Ning bought a ticket, boarded the ship in the proper manner, and asked for a single room with a window.

The boat floated on the river for three days.

Then the delicate and frail Su Ning collapsed unexpectedly.

Su Ning was so seasick that she couldn't stand steadily and she began to vomit uncontrollably.

Su Ning was laying on a bed, squinting her eyes and trying to sleep till the end of the day when she vaguely saw a black figure appear in the window.

Early the next morning, Su Ning, who was so haggard from the days of dizziness and vomiting, dropped her eyelids and saw Xiao Hei, who was sitting motionless at the edge of the bed and staring at her.

Su Ning hadn't seen him for a few days, but it seemed that he was in a good state of mind, which is the complete opposite to her, who was currently paralyzed in her bed. She was not in the mood to worry about how Xiao Hei appeared here.

Su Ning stretched out a finger, trembling in the process, pointed at the teapot on the wooden table and said: "Water... give me some water."

Xiao Hei, who was originally motionless, got up and poured her a glass of water. He then turned around and disappeared out of the window. The skillful turning movement seemed to have been done several times. It seems he's been here many times before.

So he stayed here until she woke up to check if she was alive or not!

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"Xiao Hei, congratulations! You passed the final test I set for you!" Su Ning seriously said, "My goodbye at the hospital was actually to test whether you could recognize me at a glance in the middle of a crowd, and you've really lived up to my expectations!"

Su Ning seemed extremely moved and said, "Your unrelenting love for me is enough to prove that you are indeed a qualifying partner for me to spend the rest of my life with! Let us go through rivers and lakes together and be a couple even if the heavens don't want us to be together! "

"... En."

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Three days later, Su Ning finally bid farewell to the passenger ship that had tossed her about for a long time and finally entered the extremely prosperous Dafeng Zhou.

Xiao Hei never refused any of her requests; therefore, with Xiao Hei's careful care, after a few days, the dying Su Ning once again turned into an alive Su Ning.

Although the time spent with Xiao Hei was short, it was enough for Su Ning to feel Xiao Hei's character. His indifference is engraved into his bones, and he never has the slightest curiosity about anything that is outside of his task. Even if he lost his memories, it is still the same. He doesn't cause any trouble.

This is a very obvious symptom of a lack of emotions.

If you want to change him, you have to start from scratch.

The first step is to let him reveal his innermost feelings.

The hillsides on the outskirts of the city were covered with green grass and wildflowers.

Su Ning asked Xiao Hei to spread a blanket on the grass, and took out the food for a picnic, enjoying the warm sunshine under the shade of the tree.

The blanket was only sat upon by Su Ning alone, and Xiao Hei silently leaned back against the tree trunk and drooped his eyes to think.

Su Ning ate and drank to her fill, patted her bulging belly, and was about to take a comfortable nap until she remembered the purpose of this picnic.

Su Ning pulled out a lot of flowers and plants and eventually made a flower crown.

In response to Xiao Hei's indifferent gaze, she put the flower crown on his head.

"It looks so good!" Su Ning praised him from the bottom of her heart. Wearing the flower crown just happened to add a little liveliness to his whole person.

Su Ning, seeing him reach for the flower crown on his head, hurriedly went to stop him and said: "Xiao Hei, don't take it off! I made this myself. I gave it to you because I like you. So if you hate me, go ahead and take it off, ba!"

Xiao Hei glanced at her faintly, didn't say anything, and just put the flower crown back on silently.

Seeing this, Su Ning couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and couldn't help but try and ask: "Xiao Hei, if you like me, can you make me a flower crown? Uh, a grass crown is also fine..."

Xiao Hei only continued to look at her indifferently, with no intention of weaving a flower or grass crown.

Su Ning was silent. Even if she had expected it, what was this feeling of shock coming from out of nowhere?!

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Early the next morning.

Su Ning stretched and finally got out of bed, and when she walked to the table to get some water to drink, she was suddenly stunned.

(TL: posting this chapter at 12:10 AM it's finally my birthday :) very excited rn)

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