Mr. Bo, Madam Is Pregnant!
Chapter 215: Not an Illusion

Chapter 215: Chapter 215: Not an Illusion

Ying Xi’s eyes were somewhat red, and his gaze a bit blurry, but his pupils quickly found focus, staring intently in Jiang Li’s direction.

"Hey, awake?" a teammate approached. "You finally get a chance to catch your breath, and you don’t sleep a bit longer?"

Ying Xi was still staring in Jiang Li’s direction. "...Jiang Li?"

Jiang Li’s expression shifted for a moment, and the heavy sorrow in his eyes gradually dissipated. He hooked the corner of his mouth into a faint smile and said, "I’m here."

Ying Xi blinked, as if finally relieved, and let out a long sigh. "I thought... I scared you away."

Jiang Li walked over. "Nonsense, how could something like this scare me away? I was just... really angry and wanted to go to the police station to find out what was happening."

Hearing this, Ying Xi blinked again. Normally such a quick-reacting person, now tormented by the pain, he had to pause for a moment after hearing each sentence to fully process it, because most of his thoughts and will were being used to fend off the pain.

After a short pause, Ying Xi gently shook his head. "It’s a strange place... don’t just run around, otherwise you might... get lost again, and there’s no one available... to pick you up right now."

Jiang Li wasn’t great with directions and often got lost, and Ying Xi would usually be the one to pick him up. Every time, Ying Xi would seem impatient, but he would still go pick him up each time with a resigned expression on his face.

Jiang Li liked to tease him, always saying he was ironically honest and actually a very kind kid.

"Yeah, not like you, the kind kid who always comes to pick me up," Jiang Li said.

Ying Xi blinked again and then slightly furrowed his brows, "I’m not... a kid."

Looking tired out, Jiang Li gently tapped on the back of his hand, "Don’t talk now. If you can sleep, try to sleep a bit. If you sleep, at least it won’t hurt so much..."

"Mhm," Ying Xi responded, pausing for a moment before repeating, "Mhm."

Then he reversed his hand, holding onto Jiang Li’s which was patting his own, and gently squeezed it, "Don’t be afraid."

He paused, then added, "Lili, don’t be afraid."

Jiang Li’s fingers stiffened.

Watching this unfolding, Su Lu’s heart skipped a beat, then she felt somewhat helpless.

She always felt that something was not quite right, hoping it was just her own misperception...

Su Lu lingered a while in Ying Xi’s hospital room. Ultimately, Jiang Li did not withdraw his hand from Ying Xi’s grip.

Though Ying Xi had already fallen asleep, other team members were still there, so Su Lu simply sat down and discussed with them the future arrangement, the training schedule, and how to deal with the media.

When it was about time to leave, Su Lu prepared to head out.

"I’ll be leaving first then. You’ll be all right staying here?" Su Lu looked at Jiang Li.

The latter nodded, "Yeah, go ahead, I’m fine."

"Alright..." Su Lu’s gaze briefly drifted towards Jiang Li’s hand, tightly held by Ying Xi, then pulled back her gaze and advised the Fierce Eagle Team members, "You should also rest if you need to. Don’t wear yourselves out."

She then returned to Bo Jingshen’s hospital room.

Bo Jingshen was still asleep. Su Lu was also very tired; she didn’t go to the outside makeshift bed to rest, and instead leaned directly on the edge of Bo Jingshen’s bed and fell deeply asleep.

When she woke up, Bo Jingshen had already been awake for a while, gazing intently at her.

"When did you wake up? Why didn’t you wake me..." Su Lu said.

Bo Jingshen shook his head, "The nurse takes care of me. Why would I wake you? Just get some good rest. Did you go with Jiang Li to Ying Xi’s room?"

"Mhm." Su Lu nodded, thought for a moment, and then couldn’t help but say directly, "I hope it’s just my imagination. I always feel that Ying Xi seems..."

Su Lu trailed off after starting her sentence.

But Bo Jingshen gave her a meaningful look, as if he’d already seen through everything, even before her.

"It can’t be... just my imagination, right?" Su Lu said with a somewhat helpless expression.

She had only just noticed it herself, after all... not everyone was willing to take a hit of sulfuric acid for someone else.

But Ying Xi had done that for Jiang Li, and at that moment, it wasn’t even a deliberate reaction but seemed more like a reflex.

And then, the way Ying Xi looked at Jiang Li, as well as the sense of security when holding his hand.

It didn’t look like something that would exist between just friends.

Bo Jingshen said, "Onlookers see clearly, and since you noticed it, it’s obviously not a misperception."

Bo Jingshen actually found it easy to understand why Ying Xi was gradually changing his feelings towards Jiang Li...

"Jiang Li, because of what happened with Ying Heng, wants to make it up to Ying Xi, and so is unconditionally kind to him. Someone being that kind to someone else is very likely to touch their heart," Bo Jingshen said, seeing right through the situation.

If only Ying Xi was a staunch straight man, no matter how kind Jiang Li was to him, he would just see Jiang Li as a close brother or a bro.

But unfortunately... it seems Ying Xi might lean the other way, and it seems he didn’t even realize whether he was straight or not, and then Jiang Li appeared, being so incredibly kind to him.

Su Lu’s expression grew even more helpless, "But Jiang Li... he..."

She always felt it was a tragedy.

Bo Jingshen nodded, "Yeah, Jiang Li can’t reciprocate his feelings."