The ward was completely silent, and the atmosphere suddenly became solemn.
In this huge VIP ward, apart from Xie Duo and Shen Antu, there were six people including the doctor, all of whom were Xie Duo's trusted subordinates. Everyone could hear that Xie Duo was humiliating Shen Antu.
Shen San Shao, who played with women and treated them as playthings, was now described by Xie Duo as his "girlfriend". If Shen An Tu had not lost his memory, he would have jumped out of the bed and fought Xie Duo to the death.
In fact, Shen Antu did not react at all. He just stared at Xie Duo for a few seconds with his eyes that seemed to be unable to focus, and then said softly -
"I have a headache."
Before Xie Duo could react, he closed his eyes and fell asleep.
By the time Xie Duo found time to visit him in the hospital again, it was three days later. After Shen Antu's "disappearance", the Shen Group was in chaos, and the entire business community in City Z was shaken as well.
At that time, Shen Antu had recovered a lot. When Xie Duo arrived at his ward, he saw him chatting and laughing with the nurse who was changing the IV.
Xie Duo stood at the door and knocked. The young nurse immediately lowered her head and left the ward shyly. When the two passed each other, Xie Duo took note of her name tag.
"You're here?" Shen Antu greeted Xie Duo while sitting on the bed, looking in good spirits.
He was wearing the hospital's uniform blue and white striped gown, with his short hair sticking softly to his face. He looked innocent and naive, like a college graduate.
This time Xie Duo came alone. He walked into the ward, closed the door, and sat down on the sofa opposite the bed: "Do you remember who I am?"
"Remember, you are Xie Duo." Shen Antu nodded.
Xie Duo was startled and was about to ask him more, but he heard him add, "My boyfriend."
Shen Antu looked calm when he said this, but Xie Duo was not used to it. He looked away and pretended to be interested in the fruit plate on the bedside table of Shen Antu: "How have you been recovering these days?"
Shen Antu replied: "Much better, but my head still hurts. The doctor said it's normal. The test results show that there's nothing serious. It will be better in a few days, but..."
Xie Duo looked up: "But what?"
"But I'm afraid my memory won't be restored immediately." Shen Antu said distressedly, "So can you tell me about my situation? I still don't know my name. I asked the doctor and nurse, and they said that because of the confidentiality agreement, they only know my last name is Shen."
Xie Duo's eyes slid to the nursing record sheet at the end of the bed, which didn't even have a name written on it.
Xie Duo thought for a moment, picked up a chair and sat down next to Shen Antu's bed: "Your name is Shen Antu, you are 27 years old this year, from a single-parent family. Your mother, Shen Lijun, raised you until you graduated from junior high school, then unfortunately died in a car accident; your father had his own family and supported you through college, but he also died two years ago. You returned from studying abroad when you were 24, and have been working as a freelance translator in the past few years."
Seeing that Shen Antu had no questions, Xie Duo continued, "You and I were classmates in high school. We have been together since then. Later, when you went abroad, we never lost contact. We are still together until now and have a good relationship."
Xie Duo's voice was low, his breath was steady, his pronunciation was clear, and he had the unquestionable aura of a superior. Coupled with his handsome looks, Shen Antu couldn't help but be curious about his identity, so he asked the same question.
"I work for Xie Group." Xie Duo said vaguely.
"He must be a senior executive, right? A department manager?" Shen Antu asked.
"Yes." Xie Duo responded without changing his expression.
Shen Antu nodded and took an orange from the fruit bowl on the bedside table. The orange peel was coated with a layer of wax, and it slipped away after he scratched it a few times. When he was about to scratch it again, the orange had been taken away, the skin was peeled and separated into four pieces, which were placed in Shen Antu's hand.
Shen Antu handed the orange over again: "Here's something for you to eat."
Xie Duo was stunned for a moment, took the orange without saying a word, ate half of it and returned it to Shen Antu. Shen Antu naturally ate the other half of the orange. Xie Duo reached out to take the orange peel and threw it into the trash can beside him.
Shen Antu was chewing the last slice of orange when he suddenly chewed out a seed. He was about to lean over and spit it into the trash can under the bed when suddenly a hand reached out and placed its open palm on his chin.
Shen Antu kept bending over and looked up at Xie Duo with confusion in his eyes.
Xie Duo stared at Shen Antu's long eyelashes and said expressionlessly, "Aren't you going to spit out the seeds?"
"Hmm..." Shen Antu moved his lips, picked up the seed, pushed it with the tip of his tongue and spit it into Xie Duo's palm.
The red tip of the tongue quickly retracted, so Xie Duo's gaze lingered on Shen Antu's lips for a while, and then he looked at the seed in the palm of his hand, which was stained with Shen Antu's saliva and wet his palm.
Shen Antu obviously saw it as well. He awkwardly took out a tissue and handed it to Xie Duo, saying thank you and sorry.
Xie Duo threw away the seeds and wiped his hands with a tissue: "No need."
Shen Antu shook his head: "That's not what I meant. I said sorry because I forgot about you. I'm sorry."
Xie Duo sat so close to Shen Antu in order to observe Shen Antu's expression, but until now, looking at the annoyance and shyness on Shen Antu's face, he really didn't find any trace of disguise. But at the same time, the current Shen Antu was very different from the Shen Lin in his memory.