After Setting Me Up With My Ex, The Aloof Alpha Regrets It - Chapter 23.2

Chapter 23.2

Not long after the colleagues left, Tang Yingchi returned with a bunch of medicines and supplements. Seeing the scene in the room, she screamed and clutched her head. Dr. Ji followed her, looking helpless.

“Ms. Tang, we said to try not to expose the patient to bad memories in this state, but they are from the Combat Department, and we…”

There was really nothing they could do. They couldn’t just stop them.

In the next second, Tang Yingchi unscrewed a bottle of oral solution and splashed it all over Wen Yue.

“Wen Yue, are you even a human being? Why don’t you just die? Are you happy to see Shi Li like this? Is she your girlfriend or your enemy? Why do you have to treat her this way?”

She could understand if Shi Li yelled at her, but who was Tang Yingchi to yell at her? Did she think she was Shi Li’s good friend, so she could just yell at her?

Wen Yue wiped the medicine from her hair. A few drops landed on her lips, bitter and astringent.

“Didn’t I tell them to go back first? Tang Yingchi, what did I do to Shi Li? Did I kill her or harm her? Wasn’t I the first one to rush there and save her? I got injured too. I haven’t slept and have been working non-stop until now…”

Tang Yingchi looked at Wen Yue in disbelief. “Are you showing your true colors now? If it weren’t for you, Li Bao wouldn’t have been hurt! Don’t forget who asked me to rush back last night to take care of Li Bao—Li Bao, I’m not yelling at you. I’m happy to take care of you. I’m just unhappy with Wen Yue!”

“So what if it was me? I asked you to come back and take care of her, not to come here and yell at me.”

The argument was too loud, attracting onlookers from the next room. Dr. Ji quickly closed the door. “Quiet down, this is a hospital. Wen Yue, you really shouldn’t have brought your colleagues here today…”

Dr. Ji hadn’t forgotten the many times Shi Li had come to the hospital alone. She had long been unhappy with Shi Li’s so-called Beta girlfriend, but since she and Shi Li were just doctor and patient, it wasn’t her place to say anything. Now that she had finally met her, she really wasn’t very good.

“I said I know!” Wen Yue yelled in frustration. Why was everyone blaming her? What could she have done? She was also captured and injured yesterday. No one comforted or took care of her. She treated her own injuries and went straight to work without even closing her eyes. Wasn’t she a victim? Didn’t she feel pain? Wasn’t she tired?

Why was everyone blaming her?

Did she want to see Shi Li having a breakdown? Seeing Shi Li’s pale and pained expression, she was more heartbroken than anyone. But she had no choice.

Tears streamed down her face. She ran to the bedside and sobbed on Shi Li’s lap.

“I’m sorry…”

Dr. Ji looked helpless. She checked the medicine that had been thrown on the ground, noted it down, and went to get a new prescription.

Tang Yingchi’s face was flushed with anger. She paced around the room like a trapped animal for a few turns before plopping down on the sofa to catch her breath. After a while, only Wen Yue’s sobs remained in the room. Shi Li was silent, her face as pale as paper. But at least she had calmed down. She ran her fingers through Wen Yue’s hair over and over again.

After a while, Tang Yingchi got up to clean up the mess on the floor.

Seeing this, Shi Li said softly, “Yingchi, you don’t have to. I’ll do it myself later.”

Tang Yingchi said, “You’re a patient. Just lie down.”

“I’ll do it,” Wen Yue lifted her tear-stained face from Shi Li’s lap and straightened her hair. As she stood up, she accidentally knocked over the bald little dog flowerpot from the bedside table.

With a “crash,” the flowerpot shattered. The nutrient soil spilled out, and the clump of little green grass, only a centimeter tall, lay pitifully in the dirt.

Shi Li’s face changed.

That was the little grass Zhu Yunqi had given her.

Wen Yue noticed the object in the room for the first time.

Seeing Shi Li getting out of bed to pick it up, she immediately pushed her back.

“Why are you so idle? It’s just dirt. It’s making a mess everywhere.”

Meeting those dark eyes, Wen Yue immediately realized she had said the wrong thing.

She quickly changed her words. “That’s not what I meant. It’s good to plant things. If it’s broken, it’s broken. I’ll buy you a new one later.”

“No.”

The voice was gentle but firm.

“I want this one.”

Even if it were an identical bald little dog, it wouldn’t be the same as this one.

A nameless fire inexplicably rose in Shi Li’s heart, which had just calmed down. How could Wen Yue be so careless and break this little flowerpot?

It was also her own fault for putting the flowerpot so close to the edge. She should have pushed it back.

She insisted on getting out of bed. The needle was still in her arm, so she had to hold one arm up awkwardly as she squatted next to the wreckage.

“Don’t move. Yingchi, help me find a bag. I’ll check if there’s any ceramic glue nearby and put it back together.”

Tang Yingchi brought a few small bags. The two of them worked together to put the soil, the little grass, and the pot fragments into different bags.

Wen Yue stood by, unable to help.

She couldn’t help but say, “Baby, don’t cut your hand. Those fragments are sharp. Give me two days, and I promise to get you an identical one.”

Shi Li didn’t want to see her right now.

She lowered her head and cleaned up the little grass. “Just leave it.”

With that, she carefully picked up the little grass, afraid of damaging any part of it. The little grass was so tender and fragile. The roots were so light that they were almost white, and each stalk was only a millimeter thick. A careless touch would leave a mark.

Wen Yue really didn’t understand why that broken grass was so precious.

But since Shi Li was sick and she had just upset her, she didn’t dare to say anything more.

And judging by the tone, Shi Li was angry.

Whether she was angry about the broken flowerpot, about Wen Yue bringing her colleagues to investigate, or about her arguing with Tang Yingchi in front of the doctor, she was in the wrong.

She decided to just take care of her patient’s emotions.

She cleaned up the remaining trash on the floor and went to throw it away, and then went to the doctor to have her bleeding arm re-bandaged. The space pirate’s shot had pierced her arm in the bar. Fortunately, medical technology was advanced, and the damaged muscles and bones were perfectly repaired, so she could continue working as if nothing had happened.

When she came back, the two of them had already cleaned up the pot fragments. Tang Yingchi was on the phone by the window, and Shi Li was focused on searching for the materials needed to repair the ceramic flowerpot on the internet.

Wen Yue wanted to spend more time with her, so she pulled a small stool to the bedside and quietly played with Shi Li’s hair.

Shi Li hadn’t spoken to her much. Wen Yue knew she was upset.

Midway, Dr. Ji came with a small nurse to collect a small amount of pheromones from Shi Li’s gland.

They had injected some drugs to stimulate pheromone secretion in the afternoon, saying it was related to her condition and needed to be tested. Now was a good time to collect them.

Wen Yue said, “Is your gland really okay? You were already…”

The gland was incomplete.

Shi Li didn’t look at her. She just replied flatly, “I don’t know.”

Wen Yue felt snubbed. She figured she could just look at the final results when the doctor sent them to the Combat Department.

She was also tired. She had just had a big argument and cried a lot, and she was so dizzy. Without realizing it, she fell asleep on Shi Li’s lap.

At the same time, at the Second Pheromone Testing Room of Star City General Hospital.

Through the glass, Zhu Yunqi watched as the pheromones collected from Shi Li’s gland were put into the machine. Dr. Ji put on gloves. A very thin test tube was on the medical tray next to her. Dr. Ji took out a shiny needle.

“Who wants to go first?”

Zhu Yunqi started to unbutton her clothes. “I’ll go first.”

Siren said, “Yes, yes, you go first.”

Zhu Yunqi glanced at her. “Weren’t you very enthusiastic when you first came?”

When she brought it up, Siren had agreed without a second thought.

Siren awkwardly combed her hair. Her exaggerated blue makeup couldn’t hide her inner turmoil.

“Who said I’m not enthusiastic? I’m just a little, you know, afraid of needles…”

She was genuinely afraid. Every time Siren had to see a doctor, she would ponder a profound question: Why, with such rapid advancements in medicine and technology, had something as terrifying as a needle not been evolved away?

The needle pierced the skin on the back of Zhu Yunqi’s neck, drawing a small amount of clear liquid.

It was put into the machine.

The red light turned on. The liquid in the two test tubes seemed to evaporate and merge.

Two minutes later, Dr. Ji checked the results. “Ninety-nine point nine percent, almost a hundred percent. In my decades of practice, this is the first time I’ve seen such a high match. It should be very useful.”

Zhu Yunqi was no longer so concerned about how high the match was. She only cared if it was useful.

Siren exclaimed, “Captain Zhu, what’s the difference between this and destiny? A hundred percent match doesn’t exist, and a ninety-nine point nine percent match is something I’ve only seen in novels.”

Before she could finish, Zhu Yunqi pushed her and turned her around, her back facing Dr. Ji.

Siren said, “Wait, I’m not ready yet!”

She only heard Zhu Yunqi’s light lips say two words: “Go on. Thank you.”

Siren was dressed very revealingly and sexily. A large part of her back was bare, and her gland was exposed without any care. There was no need to take off her clothes.

Siren’s pheromone test result was a seventy-five percent match.

Dr. Ji was genuinely happy. Both of their pheromone matching percentages had reached the required seventy percent or higher, and one was almost infinitely close to a hundred percent. It was very likely to have a multiplied effect.

“Thank you both. This was a matching test. If we need you in the end, we will contact you in advance.”

Zhu Yunqi was worried that the medical resources at Star City General Hospital weren’t enough, so she said, “If you need any medical technology or equipment, you can also contact me. I know experts in that field.”

For the first time, she was glad to have a mother who was the chairman of the Zhu Group and another who was a research director at a biological institute. If needed, asking Zhu Jingxian to secretly select a few elites from her research department for a joint diagnosis shouldn’t be a problem.

She thought for a moment and added, “Also, please don’t tell Shi Li that I’ve come for a pheromone test. If she asks later, just say we are enthusiastic donors. Otherwise, she might feel guilty.”

Dr. Ji nodded, indicating that she had noted it down.

After recording the data, Dr. Ji saw them out. In the hospital hallway, Siren suggested, “Should we go see her? You haven’t told me her name yet.”

“Her name is Shi Li. ‘Shi’ from time and ‘Li’ from dawn,” Zhu Yunqi said. She also wanted to see her. Even a glimpse from the doorway would be fine.

The two of them arrived at the inpatient ward. Zhu Yunqi warned Siren in advance, “Control your mouth.”

Siren nodded repeatedly. “I won’t say a word. From the moment I step into the room, I’m a mute.”

She turned back, and the moment her hand touched the doorknob, Zhu Yunqi froze as she looked through the glass window on the door.

In the room, Tang Yingchi was talking to the window, probably on the phone; Shi Li was scrolling on her light brain on the bed, and the person sleeping on her lap was none other than Wen Yue.

She paused. It wasn’t strange for Wen Yue to be here.

They were lovers.

When Shi Li was almost losing her mind during her heat, the first person she called was Wen Yue.

Although Shi Li had begged her for a mark when her heat briefly overwhelmed her rationality, didn’t she immediately want to keep her distance once she came to her senses?

Her eyes shifted to the bedside table. The bald little dog flowerpot she had put there this morning was gone. The bedside table was empty, with no trace of the flowerpot. It was as if she had never been there. Shi Li and Wen Yue’s relationship didn’t need anything related to her.

Suddenly, Zhu Yunqi felt the air in the hospital was foul. The smell of disinfectant was so cold. It flowed into her respiratory tract, making her mucous membranes dry and painful.

The air was stuck in her throat, and she had to force herself to swallow it down.

Zhu Yunqi told herself: It’s okay. It’s normal to throw it away. That carefully selected plant was indeed a little ugly.

At this moment, she was the one who was superfluous.

She, Zhu Yunqi, was the one who shouldn’t be here.

What was her identity? A regular client? A client should just care about whether the other party is alive or dead. Does she need to come to visit twice in one day?

Then she thought about it again. Forget it. Since she was already here, she might as well see Shi Li. She could just pretend others weren’t there.

That’s right, she was a client. Now she was just checking to see if her client was still alive. And she was lucky enough to see her client working diligently. At this moment, she wasn’t here to visit Shi Li. She was here as a client inspecting the work. Shi Li and Wen Yue’s intimacy… wasn’t it just like a client inspecting the work?

Seeing Zhu Yunqi standing at the door like a character who had encountered a bug in a game, Siren was curious. “Captain Zhu, aren’t you going in?”

She peeked inside and found the person sleeping on the bed a little familiar.

“Who is that? I think I’ve seen her somewhere…”

“Shi Li’s girlfriend.”

Zhu Yunqi reminded her. Then she said coolly, “They don’t need anyone to disturb their private time.”

Siren pointed at Tang Yingchi in the room. “They don’t need anyone to disturb them?”

Was that beautiful woman not a person?

Hehe, it must be selective. Zhu Yunqi probably meant anyone could disturb them, but not the two of them.

She was being treated differently.

But… if they didn’t need them to disturb them, why was Captain Zhu still standing at the door?

And looking so intently?

Siren wondered.

After a long time, Siren finally realized something.

Not only had she confirmed the captain’s secret crush, but she had also accidentally stumbled upon the captain’s unknown fetish.

Siren asked tremblingly, “Captain Zhu, are you a little… into NTR?”

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