Siheyuan: tomb robbing? I am serious about hunting.

Chapter 224 Severe Pain

Jia Dongxu sat on the bed blankly, Qin Huairu's words still echoing in his ears, every word piercing his heart like a sharp knife. He pounded the bed board hard, regret and self-blame gnawing at his heart like a poisonous snake. How could he hit her? This woman who gave everything for him and for this family!

He struggled to get out of bed, but the severe pain made him unable to move. He collapsed on the bed weakly, tears blurring his eyes.

The door of the ward was gently pushed open, and Sha Zhu walked in carrying a lunch box.

"Hey, what's wrong? Why are you crying after just a while?" Sha Zhu joked, looking at Jia Dongxu's red and swollen eyes.

Jia Dongxu ignored him and just turned his head away, not wanting him to see his vulnerable side.

Seeing this, Sha Zhu stopped teasing him, put the lunch box on the bedside table, and said, "Okay, stop crying, it's not a big deal! Come, let's eat first."

Jia Dongxu shook his head and said nothing. How could he eat now?

Sha Zhu sighed, sat down on the bed, and said, "I know you feel bad, but you have to think about Huai Ru too. It's not easy for her either!"

"I know, I know everything..." Jia Dongxu said while choking, "But I... I can't control myself..."

"You are just too impulsive!" Sha Zhu said angrily, "Don't you think about it? Huairu is a woman with three children and she has to take care of you. Is it easy for her? If she didn't have you in her heart, she would have run away with someone else long ago!"

Jia Dongxu was silent. Sha Zhu's words pierced his heart like needles. He knew that Sha Zhu was right, but he just couldn't control his emotions.

"Okay, stop thinking too much and eat first." Sha Zhu handed the lunch box to him, "This is my favorite braised pork that I made especially for you."

Jia Dongxu looked at the fragrant braised pork in front of him, feeling mixed emotions. This was his favorite dish in the past, but now, he had no appetite at all.

"Eat quickly, it won't taste good if it gets cold." Sha Zhu urged.

Jia Dongxu reluctantly picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of braised pork and put it into his mouth, but he found it tasteless.

Seeing this, Sha Zhu no longer forced him and just quietly packed up the things on the bedside table.

"Pillar..." Jia Dongxu suddenly said, "Tell me, am I useless?"

Sha Zhu was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "What nonsense are you talking about! You are the strongest guy in our courtyard, how come you are useless?"

"But now..." Jia Dongxu smiled bitterly and shook his head, "I can't do anything now, and I still need Huairu to take care of me..."

"What's the big deal? Everyone gets sick sometimes. Can't you just compensate Huairu when you get better?" Sha Zhu comforted.

Jia Dongxu was silent. He knew that Sha Zhu's words were light, but the reality was cruel. It was unknown whether he could get better in his current state, let alone compensate Qin Huairu.

"Zhu Zi, you say..." Jia Dongxu hesitated for a moment, but still asked the question in his heart, "You say, Huai Ru... does she really still love me?"

Sha Zhu looked at Jia Dongxu, a complicated look flashed in his eyes. He opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he said nothing.

"You... why don't you speak?" Jia Dongxu asked anxiously, "Do you also feel that Huairu... she no longer loves me?"

"Dongxu..." Shazhu sighed and patted his shoulder, "Some things are better left to you. Why do you have to ask me to say them out loud?"

Jia Dongxu was stunned. Sha Zhu's words were like a bucket of cold water that extinguished his last glimmer of hope. He sat on the bed blankly, replaying the look in Qin Huairu's eyes when she left. Despair and heartache overwhelmed him like a tide...

Jia Dongxu's heart sank to the bottom. Sha Zhu's words were like a blunt knife, slowly cutting his heart, and each time it hurt him so much that he wanted to die. He understood what Sha Zhu meant, but he was unwilling to admit it. Was Qin Huairu's kindness and care for him all fake? He would rather believe that Qin Huairu was just too tired, so she was cold to him.

Sha Zhu looked at Jia Dongxu's gloomy face and felt bad. How could he not know how miserable Jia Dongxu felt? But there were some things he couldn't say, and he didn't dare to say. He was afraid that once he said it, it would completely destroy Jia Dongxu's last hope.

The ward fell into deathly silence, with only the sound of Jia Dongxu's suppressed breathing and the whistling wind outside the window.

"Zhu Zi, I want to ask you a favor." Jia Dongxu suddenly spoke, his voice very hoarse.

"What's the matter?" Sha Zhu said quickly.

"Help me... help me keep an eye on Huairu." Jia Dongxu said with difficulty, "I'm afraid... I'm afraid of her..."

"Why are you afraid of her?" Sha Zhu frowned and asked, "Don't you know who Huai Ru is? Can she run away?"

"That's not what I meant..." Jia Dongxu shook his head weakly, "I'm just afraid... I'm afraid that she's working too hard, I'm afraid that she..."

He didn't say anything more, but Sha Zhu understood what he meant. He was afraid that Qin Huairu couldn't stand it alone, that she would remarry, and that she would abandon him and the child.

Sha Zhu sighed, he knew what Jia Dongxu was thinking. "Don't worry, I will." He patted Jia Dongxu's hand, "I will help you take care of Huairu. Just focus on recuperating and don't think about those things."

Jia Dongxu looked at Sha Zhu with gratitude. He knew that in this yard, apart from Sha Zhu, he had no one else he could rely on.

In the following days, Sha Zhu came to the hospital every day to take care of Jia Dongxu, brought him food, chatted with him, and tried his best to make him happy. But Jia Dongxu was still unhappy. He felt like a big stone was pressing on his heart, making him breathless. He was always worried about Qin Huairu, worried whether she would abandon him, and worried whether she would be with another man.

That day, when Sha Zhu came to the hospital, he found that Jia Dongxu was in a particularly low mood.

"What's wrong, Dongxu?" Sha Zhu asked with concern, "Are you feeling unwell?"

Jia Dongxu shook his head, "Zhu Zi, I want to be discharged from the hospital."

Sha Zhu was stunned for a moment, "Discharged? What did the doctor say? You are not well yet!"

"I'm fine now. I'm much better," Jia Dongxu said. "I don't want to stay in the hospital anymore. I want to go home."

Sha Zhu knew that Jia Dongxu was homesick, or more precisely, he missed Qin Huairu and the children. But was his physical condition really suitable for discharge?

"But……"

"Zhu Zi, please let me leave the hospital." Jia Dongxu grabbed Sha Zhu's hand, "Please, I want to go home, I miss Huai Ru, I miss the children..."

His voice was choked and his eyes were red.

Sha Zhu looked at Jia Dongxu's haggard face and pleading eyes, his heart softened, and he finally agreed.

"Okay, I'll talk to the doctor for you."