CHAPTER 177: CHAPTER 162: QUIT THE JOB, I’LL SUPPORT YOU_2

Shen Yanchen looked at the photo but put down his phone without replying.

How could he get Gu Qimiao to stop paying attention to Mo Ming?

Even if she was with him now, she would still run to Mo Ming from time to time. He couldn’t accept this. Regardless of whether Mo Ming and she shared a similar fate, he couldn’t sympathize with Mo Ming to the extent of allowing his woman to take care of another man.

He needed to come up with a solution quickly. Only by resolving the issue with Mo Ming could he be together with Gu Qimiao properly.

Hospital.

Su Yuecheng looked at his daughter, who had woken up but refused to eat, feeling equally helpless.

Mrs. Su walked over, sat by the bed, and gently coaxed her daughter, "Dudu, let’s eat first, okay? You’ve been sleeping for so long. You must be hungry, right?"

Dudu lay sideways on the hospital bed, looking out the window. Her eyelashes were wet, tears at the corners of her eyes, and her voice was weak as she mumbled, "I want Su Bao..."

Mrs. Su patiently soothed her precious daughter, "Su Bao is at work. You need to eat and get better to go find him."

"I just want Su Bao..."

"Xiaoxiao will come over to play with you after school. Eat first so you can play with Xiaoxiao later."

"I don’t want to eat..." She wasn’t interested in anything right now. She only thought about Su Bao, still feeling aggrieved that he left her while she was injured. "Mom, can you call Su Bao to the hospital?"

Mrs. Su turned to look at Su Yuecheng, who sighed and said softly, "Go make the call."

Mrs. Su frowned, looked at Dudu on the bed, then pulled Su Yuecheng outside.

"Honey, Dudu has always been attached to Su Bao since she was a child, but now Su Bao has a fiancée. We need to help Dudu change this habit."

"But don’t you feel bad seeing your daughter not eating? Don’t you know how stubborn she is?"

"But we can’t keep going like this. When Su Bao gets married, Dudu can’t keep clinging to him like this. What will Zi Xuan think? Since they don’t have the fate to be together, we can’t let Dudu continue this way."

Su Yuecheng sighed, "Let’s take it slow. For now, we need to address the immediate problem. She’s weak now and needs to eat. Call Su Bao first. I need to prepare for surgery. Take care of our daughter."

Su Yuecheng kissed her forehead, and Mrs. Su nodded, "Alright, you go ahead."

...

Shen Yiran arrived at the hospital ten minutes later, his face as cold as ever.

Mrs. Su stood by the door, greeted him as he arrived, "Su Bao, sorry to trouble you again. Dudu woke up and insisted on seeing you. She wouldn’t eat until you came. I had no other choice..."

"It’s okay. I’ll go take a look."

"Okay. I need to get her medication downstairs. I’ll leave her to you."

Su Bao nodded lightly and walked into the ward.

Dudu, looking pale with a white bandage wrapped around her head, turned to look at him when she heard him enter. Her eyes were clear and watery.

Seeing him, her expression became even more aggrieved as she kept her eyes on him but didn’t say a word.

He was different from when he was a child, more mature, more charming, more capable, and colder to her.

Wearing a black suit, he looked tired, as if he’d been working all night.

Speaking to her, his tone was impatient, "Why are you throwing a childish tantrum?"

There was no hint of doting in his words, only cold reproach.

When did he start changing? After she said she liked him and wanted to marry him? She couldn’t remember. She only knew he used to be less talkative but never treated her so coldly.

She had insisted on having him come, yet now she said against her will, "Why are you here?"

Her voice quivered with a hint of sobbing, as if tears would break through any second.

"Your refusal to eat won’t threaten anyone. Stop using this tactic every time. It’s really annoying."

She turned her head away, not wanting to look at him. She didn’t want to cry but couldn’t control her tears, all because of his remark that she was annoying.

"...Anyway, you always find me disagreeable."

Shen Yiran’s expression grew darker. He looked away, opened the thermos on the bedside table, and said flatly to the silently crying girl, "Eat your food. I don’t have time to waste on your tantrums. Your body is yours. If you want to harm it, that’s your business. I won’t come again."

She needed to learn to grow up. Indulging her would only make things worse.

Let her hate him.

"Are you eating or not?"

Dudu wiped her tears with her hand. Her heart still hoped that if she didn’t eat, he might coax her. But soon she heard his footsteps heading toward the door. Dudu immediately sat up and pleaded to his back, "I’ll eat, don’t go..."

Shen Yiran stopped, turned around, walked back, raised the bed frame for her, and put the thermos and spoon on it.

She slowly sat up, wiping her tears with the back of her hand. Just like when she was little, she glanced at him, then picked up the spoon, probably hungry, and took big bites.

Mrs. Su came back and saw her daughter eating. She felt relieved and said to Su Bao, "This kid, only you can handle her."

"When will she be discharged?"

"Her dad wants her to stay one more night. She’ll have a check-up tomorrow morning and then be discharged."

"Mom, you can go home. Su Bao can stay with me."

Mrs. Su immediately said, "Don’t trouble Su Bao. He has a lot on his plate."

Dudu looked at Su Bao. From the moment he entered, she could tell he seemed very tired. After a long hesitation, she said to Su Bao, "Then you can go ahead with your work..."

Maybe if she were more considerate, he wouldn’t dislike her so much.

But watching him leave without looking back after she said that, she couldn’t help but feel an overwhelming sense of loss.