Married to My Ex-Fiancé's Cousin
Chapter 172 More Love than Imagined_1

Chapter 172: Chapter 172 More Love than Imagined_1

His words left Ji Yunhuan speechless. "Qi Cheng, you’re not a child."

"I am a child." He stared at her, his voice a bit anxious. "In front of you, I feel like I’m twenty years younger. No rationality, no grace. Seeing you like this, I really... I really don’t know how to express my emotions."

He cared for her, cared so much that he wanted to punish her for not valuing herself.

Ji Yunhuan looked into his eyes, her gaze gradually darkening.

Qi Cheng seized the moment. "Can you tell me how I can make you understand how much I care about you? How can I make you understand that I hope you can care more for yourself?"

"I know, I know," Ji Yunhuan said softly. "I’ll control it from now on."

"Not from now on. I want you to control it now. Chenchen is your everything, and you are my everything! If you keep doing this, how is it any different from Chenchen leaving you?"

His expression was tense. He was truly worried.

Ji Yunhuan paused, then said helplessly. "Qi Cheng, I know you care about me, but I’m very tired. I don’t want to waste any more time arguing."

She didn’t want to come back and argue with him.

"If you know you’re tired, then you should cherish yourself more."

He took a towel, lifted her feet from the water, dried them, and took the basin away.

He loved this woman so much, spoiled her to the extreme. But, she didn’t love herself, didn’t even know to cherish herself.

He knew Chenchen was her everything.

Without Chenchen, she wouldn’t even be with him. But...

What if one day, Chenchen left?

He thought of his conversation with Chenchen a few days ago, and his heart ached.

Ji Yunhuan climbed into bed, leaned against the pillow, and closed her eyes.

Chenchen had been gone for a day and a night. Her heart had gone from being forcibly calm to almost losing control.

She naively thought that after being capricious with Su Zi, he would give her some news. But...

There was no news at all.

When Qi Cheng came out, she was already asleep. Seeing her completely ignoring his anger and sleeping so peacefully, he felt a sense of helplessness.

He had just scolded her, and was still angry. Yet she had no sense of it at all?

He sighed helplessly and lay down beside her.

Chenchen got up in the middle of the night, found water in the room, and took his medicine.

Su Zi followed him out. "Are you feeling unwell again?"

"Did I wake you up?" Chenchen looked at her apologetically. "Go back to sleep! I’m fine."

His face was getting paler, with no hint of blood. He looked much worse than in the morning.

Su Zi walked over and looked at him, reached out to touch his forehead. "Chenchen, why don’t I call them? Let’s go back!"

"No." He grabbed her hand. "Wait a little longer."

"But you look..." She thought she could take care of him, but she wasn’t a professional. Usually, there was always a doctor with him. She was now very worried he might collapse suddenly, and she had no way to deal with it.

"Tomorrow is Christmas Eve," Chenchen looked at her. "Don’t you want to be with me?"

His words calmed Su Zi’s heart.

Chenchen reached out and pulled her into his arms. "This time, you’re really capricious. But we rarely get to be so capricious. I don’t want it to end like this."

Su Zi held him tightly, not knowing what to say or how to respond.

Su Zi wrote down everything she needed to buy and ordered it online.

On Christmas Eve, the entire city was filled with the Christmas atmosphere. To avoid upsetting Qi Cheng, Ji Yunhuan didn’t go out all day. The things she wanted to do, she asked others to do.

The Christmas tree at the door was shining. She stood by the window, looking at everything unreal. What was she doing last Christmas?

She thought hard. That day, because it was a holiday, there was a lot of work. She got to the hospital very late, and Chenchen had been waiting for her.

She remembered the look in her brother’s eyes and almost burst into tears, but she didn’t.

She restrained herself, not shedding a single tear...

It was Christmas again, but where was Chenchen now?

It’s been so long. He should be out of medicine by now.

A pair of hands wrapped around her from behind. "I’m back."

His body was still somewhat cold.

Ji Yunhuan looked at Qi Cheng behind her. He didn’t say anything, but she knew there was still no news.

Because of Chenchen’s departure, there was no holiday atmosphere at home.

A cold feeling spread around.

Ji Yunhuan looked at the table. "Right, I prepared a gift for you."

"Hmm?" He curiously followed her gaze to an exquisitely wrapped apple.

He walked over and sat down, surprised that she would prepare a gift for him. "You actually got me a gift."

Ji Yunhuan handed it to him. "Don’t you like it?"

Actually, she wanted to prepare it for Chenchen, and then thought of Qi Cheng.

No wonder he was angry. She had indeed neglected him these past two days.

Qi Cheng said, "I went home earlier. Mom and second sister-in-law each gave me a box of apples."

They were all exquisitely wrapped.

"Did you eat them?"

"They’re all downstairs," Qi Cheng said seriously. "But I’ll finish yours."

"You’re not mad at me anymore?" She sat down beside him.

Qi Cheng gave her a surprised look. "Do you think my anger with you can ever really go away?"

"True." She smiled helplessly.

Qi Cheng reached out and pulled her into his arms. "I just hope you’ll be kinder to yourself. Leave the hard work to me. I said I would protect you."

"Okay."

"I didn’t mean to be harsh with you yesterday. It’s just that you were too disobedient." His fingers gently brushed her cheek, bringing a touch of ambiguity.

"Is it good?" On the other side, Chenchen and Su Zi sat by the Christmas tree. She looked at Chenchen beside her.

Chenchen nodded. "Yeah."

The apple Su Zi gave him, he ate half of it, working hard to finish it.

Su Zi said, "They say on Christmas Eve, eating an apple will make your wishes come true."

Chenchen looked at her and silently nodded.

"Chenchen."

"What?" Her sudden serious tone made Chenchen look at her twice.

"How much do you like me?"

Su Zi’s question was very straightforward.

A suspicious blush appeared on his face. "Why ask?"

"Embarrassed? Don’t be so shy."

Chenchen didn’t respond.

She grabbed his hand and shook it. "Tell me!"

"No." He was very stubborn.

Su Zi was unwilling to give up. "You never seriously answer this question."

He stubbornly bit the apple.

Finally worn down by Su Zi, he looked at her. "I don’t like you."

She was stunned.

"I just love you more than you think."

"..."