QT: The Host is Listless

1.4

The new hospital he was admitted into looked much newer than the old hospital he was in, but no less prestigious looking. Clean and organised, the whole building looked like a rich hospital described straight out of a novel written by someone who knows nothing about how a private hospital works. Shen Yi leaned his head against the cold walls in the waiting room, eyes closed as he nestled in the sound of quiet yet hurried footsteps along with the smell of antiseptic and chloroform.

"Hey." Lan Xing tapped his cheeks lightly, making him open his eyes. He questioned her silently before turning his gaze to the files in her hand, her lips quirked up. "I got you a private room at discount! Turns out, this hospital offers special services to long term stays."

Shen Yi made an expression of confusion before nodding, brushing off any oddity to just the localities of another world. Lan Xing took a seat beside them and for a moment, both siblings just leaned against each other in silence. Lan Xing slowly reached out and held his hand, rubbing her thumb over his palm. She turned his hand over and traced the veiny blue lines that looked disturbing on the pale, unhealthy skin.

Lan Xing sighed, "Oh Ming'er, I really hope you get better soon."

Shen Yi hummed in response.

"Do you think-" Whatever Lan Xing was going to say was abruptly cut off by the harsh, mocking laughter coming from nearby.

The two siblings stilled and then similar eyes turned in the same direction, greeting them was the appearance of an abnormally handsome man with heavenly defying features. Or well, it was just someone so good-looking that it felt incredibly artificial, to the point Shen Yi would suspect them to have plastic surgery... if it weren't for the fact that he knew, for a fact, that this was the male lead.

"You, you," Lan Xing swallowed down her stutters and a harsh scowl made its way onto her face. "What are you doing here?"

"I own this hospital," The man looked at her coldly. "Nice to know it doesn't take a few days for you to walk into the arms of another man, you're truly a slut!"

"First of all, even if I'm a slut, it's none of your fucking business," Lan Xing hissed. "It's my body, so I can do whatever I want with it. Secondly, mister busybody, this is my brother. So, I have all the right to enjoy being in his arms because it's sibling love, something you don't understand, I'm sure."

Oh, ouch. Shen Yi smiled softly, allowing his sister to fight her own battles. He did worry a little when she stuttered but the fiery comeback instantly resolved any doubts of her ability to stand for herself. She knew where to hurt most as well.

The Male Lead, Ye Jun, was the only legitimate heir to the Y&N corporation. But he had two siblings, an older sister and a younger brother. The Male Lead's family was incredibly patriarchal and old fashioned. His older sister, Ye Ling, was married off to someone regardless of her wishes, growing up, everything good was given to Ye Jun so she began to resent him.

As they grew older, although Ye Ling no longer harboured any hostility to Ye Jun, she didn't have any good feelings for him either. Maturing and understanding it wasn't entirely her brother's fault doesn't automatically mean that Ye Ling will immediately have good feelings for him either. The sibling relationship between them was pretty much non-existent, sitting on the line of 'acquaintances who greet each other obligatorily'.

If Ye Jun and Ye Ling had a cold and distant relationship, then his relationship with his younger brother, Ye Xiao, was like oil and water. Both sides hated each other with a burning passion, simply because Ye Xiao was the son of Ye Jun's stepmother and only younger by three months. That's right, Ye Xiao was an illegitimate child.