Han Qing was speechless and frozen for a moment.
She couldnât believe that the first person that her daughter thought of after regaining consciousness was that bastard Ye Hao. She felt that Ye Hao was such an ungrateful and despicable man that she would have torn him apart with her bare hands if she could.
âHe stepped out for a moment,â she said and placed her daughterâs hand back inside her blanket.
âOhâ¦â Han Xue said. She pursed her lips and she looked very disappointed that Ye Hao had already left.
âYou should just ignore him,â Han Qing said angrily. âHe is a bastard.â She did not conceal her hatred toward Ye Hao at al.
She had plotted and schemed for Ye Hao to marry her daughter but she had not expected Ye Hao to treat her daughter so coldly and subject her daughter to such humiliation.
Han Xue smiled wryly and turned away from her mother to stare at the door. Her gaze didnât move away from the doorway until she saw the person she wanted to see.
Her legal spouse, Ye Hao.
Ye Haoâs face was stony and his eyes seemed unfocused as though he didnât know where he should be looking at.
He entered the ward and walked toward her bed. He finally looked at the woman lying on the bed, this frail woman who looked very pale.
âYouâve come to?â he said softly. He forced the corners of his lips upwards to paste a smile on his face.
Han Xue pursed her lips and she still tried to lift her hand despite how frail and weak she was at the moment.
Ye Hao frowned.
Naturally, he could tell what she was trying to do.
He looked down and looked conflicted for a split second before he finally stretched out his hand a few seconds later to take her slender hand in his.
Han Xue pursed her lips. She was thrilled when he finally held her hand. His hand was very warm and this was the warmth that she was familiar with. It felt like how he used to hold her hand while they were still dating eight years ago.
She waved her mother off and gestured for her to leave. There were some words she wanted to say and some things that she didnât want her mother to be privy to.
The estranged couple were the only ones in the hospital ward after Han Qing left the ward.They were a loving couple several years ago but their relationship failed to live up to the test of time. Now, Ye Hao found her presence annoying while she hated him intensely. However, at this very moment, they still pretended to be very much in love with each other.
Ye Hao placed Han Xueâs hand back under her covers and pulled her blankets upward.
âYouâve lost so much blood so youâre still very weak. You canât afford to catch a cold,â he said in concern and tried his best to keep the smile pasted on his face.
âAre you concerned about me?â Han Xue asked as she stared intently at him. She didnât want to miss any changes in his expression and yearned to see his concern for her reflected in his eyes.
However, she could not see any emotion in his eyes and knew that he was putting on an act.
She guessed that it must have been really hard for him to try to maintain this pretense.
Ye Hao acknowledged her words with a soft âyesâ. He guessed that he was probably concerned about her because he did not wish to see her attempt to kill herself again.
He hated this woman but he did not wish to see her dead.
âAh Haoâ¦â Han Xueâs eyes brimmed with tears after the smile faded from her face. Her tears spilled over to become tiny teardrops that rolled down her cheeks.
She stretched out her hand once more and grabbed hold of his sleeve.
âCan we please not get a divorce? Please let me know if youâre unhappy with any aspect of our marriage and Iâll do my best to change,â she eked out through sobs. Then, she started coughing uncontrollably which made her seem extremely weak, as though she was about to take her final breath before she could finish her sentence.