"It'll be okay." Seeing Qin Zhaoyang's worry, Ning Xiaofei raised her lips slightly and gave him a comforting smile, "Sit down and wait!"
Meeting her gaze, Qin Zhaoyang nodded slightly and sat down on the chair beside the hospital bed.
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In the hospital corridor, Chu Xinning asked the nurse before walking towards the boiling water room.
Mu Tianye walked three or four steps behind her, staring at the familiar yet unfamiliar figure of the woman in front of him. He took a few breaths and opened his mouth to say something, but the words froze at the edge of his mouth.
Ahead, Chu Xinning stopped in front of the boiling water room, turned around and walked towards the boiling water room.
Noticing his presence from the corner of her eye, she subconsciously stopped and turned towards Mu Tianye.
"Tian... Amano?"
"Oh... let me do it!"
Mu Tianye was startled, then stepped forward, took the thermos bottle from her hand, walked into the boiling water room, opened the lid and put it under the faucet.
Chu Xinning also followed, noticed the temperature displayed on it, and quickly reminded, "The water is not boiling yet."
Of course, Mu Tianye also noticed this detail. He held the cap of the thermos bottle and stood aside, waiting for the water to boil. Chu Xinning stood on the other side.
In the small boiling water room, the two people stood facing each other like this, feeling awkward and speechless for a moment.
"How about... I'll wait?" Chu Xinning broke the silence, "You go back to accompany Xiaofei!"
Mu Tianye stood there without moving, squeezing the thermos bottle's fingers, tightening and loosening them, and then tightening them again.
Noticing his little movements, Chu Xinning said softly, "Just say what you want to say!"
Zhizi Moruomu!
After taking care of him for several years, Chu Xinning was of course very familiar with his habitual little actions and knew that he must have something to say.
His fingers once again tightened the cork in his hand, and Mu Tianye raised his face, his dark eyes meeting the gaze of his mother across from him without hesitation.
Those eyes are no longer as young as they were many years ago. The corners of the eyes are obviously a little loose, and some small lines can be clearly seen, but the gaze is the same as many years ago, gentle and loving, without any change.
"It's because of me... right?"
Chu Xinning was slightly startled.
"what do you mean?"
He suddenly said this, but she still didn't react.
"You divorced dad because of me, right?"
Chu Xinning did not expect that Mu Tianye would suddenly ask such a question, a panic flashed in her eyes, and she subconsciously avoided his eyes.
"Nothing has anything to do with you. That's because... because I..." She pursed her lips and bit her back teeth secretly, "Because I am greedy for wealth. It is all my fault and has nothing to do with you."
She didn't know why Mu Tianye suddenly asked this, who told him this, so that made him suspicious.
Just like before, she quickly denied it and took all the blame on herself.
However, at this time, Mu Tianye was no longer the ignorant child he was more than 20 years ago, and of course he would not be easily deceived by her again.
The panic and evasive eyes of the woman in front of him said it all.
The corners of Mu Tianye's lips trembled, and his voice became dry, "So... you still refuse to forgive me?"
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Chu Xinning suddenly raised her face, covering up her emotions with anger, "Why don't I forgive you? It was not you who was wrong in the first place. I know you are unwilling to forgive me, and I... never... I hope you will forgive me..."