Beg Me to Remarry
Chapter 552 - 553: Sincerely Maintain

Chapter 552: Chapter 553: Sincerely Maintain

"I don’t want to hear it, are you trying to say that even if something did happen, it was because you were drunk, and I can’t blame you?" Fu Han raised her arms, attempting to break free from He Xing’s control, but her efforts were futile. She struggled to pry apart He Xing’s arms, but the absolute disparity between male and female strength ensued, with He Xing still tightly grasping her shoulders.

"Xiaohan, listen to me," He Xing’s black eyes were like surging waves, his chest heaving, breathing rushed; it was evident he was extremely agitated, "Don’t be angry, this matter hasn’t been cleared up yet, can you wait until I clear things up?"

Before Fu Han could speak, Xia Ning had already followed, standing gracefully behind He Xing, her face full of smiles as she explained to Fu Han, "Sister Fu Han, don’t be angry, He Xing really likes you, I...I...I’m really envious, so don’t be mad at He Xing."

Her words sounded sincere, at first glance, it seemed like she was genuinely trying to make peace, but the words she spoke were so grating to the ears.

Fu Han was like a balloon about to explode in anger, glaring at Xia Ning, "Stop pretending to be the good person here. If you really wanted us to be together, you should have sent He Xing back last night. Wasn’t it obvious enough taking him to the hotel?"

"I..." Xia Ning’s eyes reddened, looking at He Xing with a wronged expression, "He Xing, don’t you trust me either? If I really had ulterior motives, wouldn’t it have been easy for me to slip a few words to the journalists today?"

He Xing didn’t even glance at Xia Ning; his eyes were fixed on Fu Han’s face, "Fu Han, don’t overthink it, trust me..."

His words were cut off by Elder He, who came over and unceremoniously interrupted He Xing, taking Fu Han with him firmly, "Alright, stop talking about all this nonsense. He Xing, remember, if you want Fu Han to forgive you, you should be thinking about what to do, not talking nonsense every day."

His words left He Xing speechless, and instead, a hue of red rose on his face, pale as white jade.

At that, Xia Ning’s mouth fell open, her face full of defiance, "Grandfather, it’s Fu Han who has been relentless, taking advantage of He Xing’s affection for her..."

"So you know He Xing likes her too, huh?" Elder He rudely cut off Xia Ning, "Then this is a matter between them, and you, an outsider, should not interfere."

The volume of Elder He’s voice when he said "outsider" was loud, his emphasis unmistakable.

Xia Ning’s face alternated between pale and flushed with shame, wishing she could find a hole to crawl into.

Just then, Old Zhou came over, bending respectfully towards Elder He, "Sir, dinner is ready; you can take the young master, the lady, and Lady Xia Ning there now."

Elder He cast another meaningful glance at Xia Ning, before affectionately patting Fu Han’s shoulder, "Alright, hurry up and eat, or I’ll worry you’ll get too thin."

...

First Hospital of City A.

A ward bathed in white: white ceilings, white sheets, white cabinets. Everywhere the eye could see was white, except for Ji Liangchuan’s hospital gown with blue and white stripes.

The hospital gowns here differed from other hospitals’. The women’s gowns were pink and white diagonal stripes, while the men’s were light blue and white diagonal stripes.

If it weren’t for the different colors, many would mistake the hospital gowns here for prison uniforms.

Ji Liangchuan looked at his own hospital gown with disdain, wishing he could rip the clothes right off; his extreme aversion to hospitals was one thing, but what mattered more was that his being here was due to losing to He Xing in a drinking contest, and getting himself hospitalized from the ordeal.

When he had first suggested a drinking contest with He Xing, he was convinced he would win.

The Ji family members could all hold their liquor. From a young age, as soon as they could hold a cup, they were drinking alcohol. It was no exaggeration to say that Ji Liangchuan had drunk more alcohol than water.

It was precisely because drinking was as simple as drinking water for him that he chose to open a bar after returning to his country. Everything related to "alcohol" was his comfort zone, and after losing Taozi, his life’s goal had become to drift aimlessly, so staying in his comfort zone was the most suitable course of action.

But after meeting Fu Han, he felt that there was another way of life open to him, and so he put in great effort to get closer to Fu Han, desiring to draw energy from her.

Initially, Ji Liangchuan was content just being friends with Fu Han, but as they became more familiar with each other, her presence seemed magnetic, drawing him in deeper.

Like a person insatiable for more, he found himself wanting more and more from her, and now his attitude towards Fu Han had become one of getting her by any means necessary.

And He Xing was like an insurmountable river between Ji Liangchuan and Fu Han, a barrier he would have to overcome to get to her.

The previous night, when Ji Liangchuan drank with He Xing, he had a plan. He intended to use his strengths against He Xing’s weaknesses, to create a rift between him and Fu Han using what he was best at.

Yet, he never expected He Xing to win, especially at Ji Liangchuan’s own game, and even more inconceivably, that he’d drink himself sick enough to vomit blood and be taken to the hospital.

Waking up in the hospital, Ji Liangchuan’s first feeling was humiliation, enormous humiliation; his second, anger, after being told by the doctor that his gastritis was due to excessive drinking and mixing various types of alcohol, resulting in this predicament.

Last night, after arriving at the bar, he was surrounded by a crowd egging him on to drink. At the time he didn’t think much of it, but now looking back, he had drunk red wine, ice-cold beer, liquor, cocktails, among others, indeed a wide variety.

Ji Liangchuan knew he had an ulcer, something he should have been aware of long before Taozi left. Feeling lifeless over the years, he never thought about taking care of his body, so his condition had worsened day by day. Unexpectedly, his body let him down at the worst time possible.

His drinking contest with He Xing had a wager involved: if he lost, he’d give up on Fu Han and stop pursuing her. But this was impossible for Ji Liangchuan; he never thought he’d lose, and such a condition was unacceptable, so he agreed without hesitation.

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