After a moment, he slowly withdrew his hand. “The day after tomorrow… that soon?”
Song Yunfei nodded. “Yeah, but I’ll be back soon. At most, it won’t take more than a month.”
She had already asked Bai Yu. As long as the condition was stabilized, the patient would just need gradual long-term care afterward. If dialysis was continued, the survival rate would still be quite high.
However, she would need to go back to persuade them. Even if she convinced them over the phone, they wouldn’t obediently go for treatment.
Hearing her confirmed timeline, Chu Jinhan finally nodded. “Alright.”
Song Yunfei quickly finished the sweet potato in her hand. Seeing that the time was about right, she said to him, “Let’s head back.”
The two walked back along the tree-lined sidewalk, where patches of light and shadow shifted under their feet. Leaves occasionally fell from the trees, landing quietly on the ground.
It was still early in the evening, and passing cars frequently produced a dull, irritating noise.
Chu Jinhan suddenly asked, “Tomorrow is Saturday. Is there anywhere you want to go?”
“Tomorrow is already Saturday? Time flies.” Song Yunfei sighed.
After thinking for a while, she really couldn’t think of any interesting places in Qingcheng. Suddenly, her eyes lit up. “I’ve got it—we can go watch a movie. It seems like we haven’t been to the movies yet.”
Chu Jinhan nodded. “Alright.”
The next morning.
Song Yunfei woke up in the man’s arms.
It was rare to see him sleeping in. She raised her eyes and looked at his face so close to hers.
Her gaze moved across his dark eyebrows, then to his closed eyes, his straight nose, and his tightly pressed lips.
It was strange—seeing someone’s features so closely, the longer she looked, the more unfamiliar they seemed.
Song Yunfei shook her head, resetting her perception. Looking again, his face returned to something familiar.
Only then did she notice that his eyes had opened.
Caught off guard, their eyes met. Song Yunfei froze slightly.
Before she could react, he suddenly leaned in and kissed her on the lips.
The kiss came unexpectedly, carrying a trace of lingering sleepiness and the warm, cozy scent of the blanket.
It was a very light kiss—just a brief touch before he pulled away.
But their distance didn’t increase; their faces remained close, noses almost touching, eyes meeting.
“Good morning.”
Song Yunfei responded with a soft “mm.” Their breaths intertwined, and the temperature under the blanket seemed to rise even further.
Chu Jinhan gazed at her deeply. The air felt quiet, as if waiting for something—or confirming something.
In such an atmosphere, the intention was already very clear.
Thinking that she would be leaving soon, Song Yunfei made no move.
After a moment, he slightly tilted his head and kissed her again.
This time, the kiss was unhurried, blending with the warm, soft air inside the blanket.
Morning light filtered through the gap in the curtains, casting a beam onto the wall, which then reflected onto the bed.
Dreamlike light and shadows flowed across their intertwined figures.
When she woke again, it was already noon.
Exhausted, Song Yunfei struggled to get out of bed. Her pajamas, which had been thrown onto the floor, were now placed neatly by the bedside.
She picked them up, put them on, lifted the blanket, and got out of bed.
Walking out of the bedroom, she was greeted by the rich aroma of food filling the air.
Several dishes were already laid out on the table: a braised fish, a plate of shrimp, a plate of braised pork ribs, and her favorite—tomato and egg.
After washing up in the kitchen and coming out, Chu Jinhan had also finished setting the dishes on the table.
“Such a lavish meal today—are you preparing a last meal?” she joked.
Chu Jinhan sat down across from her, ignoring her cold joke, and handed her a pair of chopsticks. “Eat your fill before going out to have fun.”
Such a boring man. She took the chopsticks and started eating heartily.
Chu Jinhan looked at movie tickets on his phone for a while, then handed the phone to Song Yunfei. “Take a look and see what you want to watch.”
Song Yunfei took the phone and browsed through it. There weren’t many movies showing, so she casually picked one with high box office earnings.
Holding his phone, Song Yunfei suddenly remembered something and secretly glanced at the man across from her.
Seeing him peeling shrimp, she quietly withdrew her gaze and nonchalantly exited the ticket selection screen.
She then opened his photo album.
After scrolling for quite a while, she still couldn’t find any of her unflattering photos.
“Huh? Did you delete my pictures?”
She looked up at Chu Jinhan across from her with delight, thinking that this man was actually quite considerate.
Chu Jinhan glanced at her. “Aren’t you choosing movie tickets?”
Song Yunfei smiled awkwardly and reopened the ticket selection page.
After making her choice, she returned the phone to Chu Jinhan.
After taking his phone back, Chu Jinhan finally answered her question. “I saved them to cloud storage.”
Song Yunfei’s expression immediately fell.
“What, afraid I’d secretly delete them?”
Chu Jinhan placed the peeled shrimp into her bowl. “I’ll delete them when you come back.”
Song Yunfei froze slightly, not expecting him to have a backup plan like that.
She tentatively asked, “If I don’t come back, what are you going to do with my photos?”
“Turn them into memes and spread them across the internet.”
“…” What a ruthlessly scheming man!
Song Yunfei picked up a shrimp from her bowl, stuffed it into her mouth, and chewed angrily, glaring at Chu Jinhan as if she wasn’t eating shrimp—but him.
Chu Jinhan said, “You really don’t plan on coming back?”
Song Yunfei instantly changed her expression. “Of course not! I already said I’ll be back in at most a month. Do we really have that little trust between us?”
Chu Jinhan looked at her silently for a moment, said nothing more, and continued peeling shrimp.
Almost the entire plate of shrimp ended up in Song Yunfei’s stomach.
In truth, she didn’t really like eating shrimp or crab—peeling them was troublesome—but if someone peeled them for her, it was a different story.
After eating her fill, the two of them went to the cinema.
It was the weekend, so there were many people—families with children, and plenty of couples.
Chu Jinhan picked up the tickets and also bought her a milk tea.
When choosing the movie, they hadn’t read the synopsis. They had assumed it was just a normal romance film, but it turned out to involve time travel.
However, the time travel was from the future to the past.
The plot was very touching, but Song Yunfei watched it with a sense of unease—perhaps because she felt guilty.
She leaned close to Chu Jinhan’s ear and whispered, “Do you believe in time travel?”
Her breath brushed past his ear, and Chu Jinhan’s body stiffened slightly.
He turned his head a little—their faces were extremely close, close enough that a slight movement would result in a kiss.
But since they were in a public place, he silently turned his face back.
“I don’t believe it. There’s no scientific basis.”
His answer was straightforward, but Song Yunfei’s heart inexplicably sank at his firm denial.
Ah… as expected, it really is too absurd to tell others.
Before she had transmigrated, someone had once asked her the same question. Her answer was even more outrageous—she had said she was Qin Shi Huang. So she couldn’t really blame Chu Jinhan.
How she wished someone would ask her that now—she would definitely be so moved that she’d hug that kindred spirit.
“Oh…” Song Yunfei turned her head back toward the screen. The plot, which she had just found touching, suddenly became hard to follow.
By the time the movie ended and they came out, it was already evening.
Song Yunfei looped her arm through his and asked, “Was the movie good?”
“Yes.”
She suspected he was just saying that—he hadn’t shown any change in expression the entire time inside.
“Did you remember the plot?”
“No.”
“Then how can you say it was good?”
Chu Jinhan looked at her. “Because you’re better looking than the movie.”
“….”
That sudden, unexpected confession made her brain completely freeze.
“You win.”
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