Given Su Qinghe’s current condition, Jiang Che truly did not feel at ease letting her stay home alone. What if one day she secretly went out by herself and got lost, or ran into bad people again? With HeartLink, he would be able to locate her immediately. It was practically made for her.
“Alright, this one. Install it for me,” Jiang Che said as he took out his phone. “Put it on my phone too.”
“Sure thing!”
The clerk quickly installed the software on both of their phones and helped them complete the pairing.
“All set!” The clerk handed Su Qinghe her new phone. “Miss, you and your boyfriend are successfully linked now. He can see your location anytime.”
Su Qinghe hugged the pink phone tightly, her fair fingers gently stroking it again and again.
She knew she was not actually Jiang Che’s girlfriend. Yet with HeartLink binding them together, she still could not help feeling happy.
At that moment, Jiang Che lowered his head to look at his own phone screen.
On the map, beside the blue dot representing him, there was now a small pink dot nestled closely against it.
One blue, one pink. The two dots were almost overlapping, pressed tightly together. They looked unexpectedly intimate.
For some reason, as he stared at those two glowing dots, a phrase suddenly popped into Jiang Che’s mind—
Since ancient times, red and blue make a couple.
The thought stunned him so badly he felt scorched inside and out.
What couple? What nonsense was he thinking? He had absolutely no such feelings for Su Qinghe.
If he had really liked her, something would have happened back in their first year of high school when they rehearsed together. How could there have been Lin Wanwan afterward?
Besides, he had just been hurt by Lin Wanwan. His heart was still wounded. There was no way he would develop feelings for anyone else in such a short time.
Taking Su Qinghe in was simply an act of kindness. It had nothing to do with any messy thoughts.
After reasoning through all that, Jiang Che finally suppressed the chaotic ideas in his head.
…
After leaving the mall, Jiang Che originally planned to head straight home.
But as they walked along the road, he noticed how Su Qinghe struggled to hold onto his arm while walking. It suddenly struck him that her constant blindness could not go on like this.
He had to take her to the hospital. What if there was still a chance her eyes could be treated?
Having made up his mind, Jiang Che stopped by the roadside while holding her wrist. “We’re going somewhere else.”
Su Qinghe obediently stayed by his side. Tilting her head slightly, she asked curiously, “Where are we going?”
“The hospital,” Jiang Che replied. He looked down at her slightly upturned face and swallowed before continuing, “We’re going to have your eyes checked.”
The moment she heard the word “hospital,” the smile at the corner of Su Qinghe’s eyes froze slightly. Instinctively, she wanted to refuse. “There’s no need…”
What she wanted to say next was that eye treatment cost a lot of money, and her eyes probably could not be cured anyway. There was no need to waste that money.
But Jiang Che had already anticipated her refusal. His tone turned firm, leaving her no room to object. “You don’t need to worry about the money. I told you, just treat it as a loan from me.”
Without waiting for her reaction, he took out his phone and called for a ride.
After several attempts in the past, Su Qinghe knew she could not win against him. So she obediently closed her mouth, feeling half happy and half afraid.
She was happy because Jiang Che was willing to spend money to treat her.
She was afraid because she feared that once they went to the hospital, the doctor would tell her that her eyes would never recover for the rest of her life.
She did not want to face such a result. She was not that strong.
But…
Feeling the warmth of his palm wrapped around her wrist, Su Qinghe suddenly felt that even if the chances of her eyes being cured were slim, as long as Jiang Che stayed by her side, everything might still be possible.
She wanted to see the light again. She wanted to look at the person she liked with her own eyes, to see his handsome face, to see the way his eyes would be filled with her.
Thinking of this, the heaviness and fear in her heart eased a little. Her tightly furrowed brows slowly relaxed.
…
Half an hour later, Lincheng No.1 Hospital.
Jiang Che led Su Qinghe through the crowded outpatient hall with practiced ease and took the elevator directly to the fourth floor, where the specialist clinics were located.
While waiting for the elevator, he took out his phone and made a call.
“Hello, sis. Are you at the hospital right now?”
A crisp female voice filled with amusement came from the other end. “Oh? What a rare guest. What made our young master think of calling me? Did you cause trouble again and need me to clean up the mess?”
“I’m talking to you, Bai Yuning, can’t you hope for something good from me?” Jiang Che replied irritably. “I brought a friend to see a doctor. Which consultation room are you in today? I’ll come find you.”
“A friend?” Bai Yuning dragged out the word, clearly unconvinced. “Male or female?”
“Female.”
“Oh ho~” Bai Yuning laughed even louder. “Alright then, I’m in Specialist Consultation Room No. 3. Bring her over.”
After hanging up, the elevator doors opened.
Jiang Che led Su Qinghe upstairs and soon found Room No. 3.
Considering that Bai Yuning might be seeing a patient, he knocked first. Only after hearing permission from inside did he push the door open.
Inside the consultation room, a woman in a white coat and gold-rimmed glasses was sitting at her desk writing something.
She looked about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old. Her long hair was neatly tied up, and she carried an intellectual yet gentle aura.
Hearing the sound, she looked up. When she saw Jiang Che, a bright smile spread across her face. “You’re here?”
Bai Yuning stood up and walked around the desk, her gaze naturally falling on Su Qinghe beside him.
She looked Su Qinghe up and down, the smile in her eyes growing deeper.
Not bad. The girl was pretty and adorable, and she looked especially obedient. Very suitable to be her future sister-in-law.
The thought reminded her of something. She suddenly let out a surprised “Huh?” and said, “Young Master Che, the one you brought last time wasn’t this girl, was it?”
“What’s this? Are you playing so wildly now? Changing women as often as changing clothes?”
Bai Yuning said it teasingly, and Jiang Che could tell she was joking. He was used to her tone, so he simply rolled his eyes at her speechlessly.
But Su Qinghe was different.
The moment she heard those words, it felt like a bolt of lightning striking her under a clear sky.
Last time?
There was another girl?
Was it Lin Wanwan?
Had Jiang Che brought Lin Wanwan to meet his family before?
In an instant, countless thoughts surged into Su Qinghe’s mind like a tide, turning everything upside down.
Her heart felt as if an invisible hand had gripped it tightly. Sourness and bitterness flooded her chest, hurting so much that she could barely breathe.
Of course. How could she forget? He already had someone he liked very much.
Then again, someone as good as him—how could there not be girls who liked him?
In his heart, she was probably nothing more than an ordinary friend.