After the betrothal gift negotiation collapsed, I turned around and married a wealthy man.

More than an hour passed without me noticing.

Qin Ce and Grandpa Qin played five games in total and ended up in a draw.

Qin Ce was not polite at all throughout the whole process and gave his 100% strength.

If it weren't for the fact that he was his grandson, Grandpa Qin would have suspected that Qin Ce regarded him as a business competitor.

While collecting the chess pieces, Grandpa Qin said to Qin Ce, "When did you become so serious about playing chess with me?"

"I've always been serious."

"Pull it down."

Qiao Xing glanced at the time and it was almost noon. "Grandpa, you must be hungry. I'll ask them to bring you some food."

As soon as the voice fell, Xiaoxiao's voice rang out at the door, "Grandpa Qin, it's time to eat."

Xiaoxiao walked in with food, and when she saw Qin Ce, she was stunned, as if she was frightened by the oppressive feeling he brought with him.

She walked over slowly, put the food on the table, and said softly, "Grandpa Qin, these are still the same as before, but I added two more dishes, both according to your taste. I also told them about your dietary taboos and asked them to pay special attention."

Grandpa Qin nodded and said to her with a smile, "Thank you for your hard work, Xiaoxiao, you should go eat too."

"Okay, Grandpa Qin, you eat first, I'll come and clean up later."

Xiao Xiao finished speaking and was about to leave when she remembered something and said to Grandpa Qin, "By the way, Aunt Zhao is not feeling well and may need to take two days off. The hospital asked me to ask you if you feel that one person is not enough, they are arranging for someone to come over."

Grandpa Qin waved his hand. "No, no, no, I'm not missing any limbs, so I don't need two people to take care of me. You alone are enough, and you're doing a good job."

Xiao Xiao smiled shyly, "Thank you, Grandpa Qin!"

After she left, Qiao Xing asked Grandpa Qin, "Grandpa, how about we arrange another nurse for you? If you start treatment later, it will be more convenient for two people to take care of you."

"No, I wanted to tell you last time when you wanted to find two people. I don't have a serious illness, so I don't need so many people. Besides, Xiaoxiao looks good to me. She can talk and act efficiently. Let's go with her."

Qiao Xing looked at Qin Ce. Qin Ce had no objection to this kind of thing. Whatever Grandpa Qin said was the truth.

What he was more concerned about was Grandpa Qin's follow-up treatment.

Qiao Xing had no choice but to say, "Okay then, whatever you think is good, if it's not suitable later, we can change someone else."

Grandpa Qin nodded, "Yeah."

The two of them accompanied Grandpa Qin to have dinner before leaving the ward.

Qiao Xing said, "It seems that I was overthinking. I was worried that grandpa would be bored in the hospital, but I didn't expect that grandpa's mentality didn't seem to change. Instead, he became more optimistic than before."

Qin Ce said, "He has always been like this. Even if there is something, he keeps it in his heart and won't say it easily."

"He's probably mainly afraid that we'll worry."

"Ah."

The two walked and chatted.

When passing by the tea room, Xiaoxiao happened to walk out with instant noodles and accidentally bumped into Qin Ce.

All the instant noodles in her hand spilled out. The noodles had just been filled with boiling water and were still very hot. Qin Ce's shirt was soaked.

He frowned, and instead of looking at himself first, he subconsciously protected Qiao Xing behind him.

When Xiaoxiao saw the person in front of her clearly, her face turned pale instantly, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I didn't mean it, I...I..."

She seemed to be greatly frightened, tears welled up in her eyes, and she stood there with a look of panic on her face.

After Qiao Xing reacted, he quickly asked Qin Ce, "Are you okay?"

Qin Ce shook his head.

Qiao Xing wondered whether he should take him to the doctor to see how serious the burn was.

But seeing Xiaoxiao panicking, she could only comfort her, "Don't worry, we don't intend to blame you, just be more careful next time." Her comfort made Xiaoxiao unable to control her emotions, and tears fell down.

"I'm...I'm sorry. I'll take responsibility for whatever went wrong, but I really didn't mean it..."

Qiao Xing was thinking about Qin Ce, and she felt a headache after crying like this.

But she still tried to suppress her emotions and said to Xiaoxiao, "It's really okay, go wash your face and clean yourself up, your clothes are dirty."

After Qiao Xing finished speaking, he said to Qin Ce, "Let's go find a nurse and get you some burn medicine or something."

Qin Ce originally wanted to say that he didn’t need to go. Although his shirt was wet, the burn was not serious because it was through his clothes.

But he knew that if he didn't go, Qiao Xing would definitely not be able to rest in peace.

Qin Ce agreed, "Okay."

Xiaoxiao watched them leave, squatted down, and picked up the instant noodle bucket on the ground.

She threw the instant noodle bucket into the trash can, then walked into the bathroom, stood in front of the mirror and looked at herself quietly for a while.

She took a handful of water, washed the tears from her face, took out a tissue, wiped her face dry, and then left the bathroom calmly.

Qiao Xing found the nurse and briefly explained the situation, wanting the nurse to help take a look.

The nurse took them to the dressing room and said to Qin Ce, "Undress."

Qin Ce frowned.

Seeing that he didn't move, Qiao Xing thought he didn't hear her, so she reminded him, "The nurse told you to take off your clothes."

Qin Ce had a strange look on his face and was silent for a moment, but he finally unbuttoned his shirt.

The nurse who was going to examine Qin Ce was originally very calm, because in her eyes Qin Ce was just an ordinary patient.

The only difference is that this patient looks more handsome.

But when she saw Qin Ce unbuttoning his shirt, she was stunned.

She stared at Qin Ce's abdominal muscles, couldn't help swallowing her saliva, and didn't even dare to blink.

Seeing that the nurse didn't move, Qin Ce pursed his lips impatiently, and then simply buttoned his clothes again.

"Hey, you..."

By the time the nurse reacted, Qin Ce had already left with Qiao Xing.

"Why did you leave? I haven't applied the medicine to you yet." Qiao Xing followed Qin Ce and asked suspiciously.

Qin Ce stopped and looked at Qiao Xing gloomily, "Do you really want other women to stare at your husband?"

"Ah?" Qiao Xing blinked, "Who's staring at you?"

Qin Ce was too lazy to explain to her. Her attention would never be on such things anyway.

Qin Ce took a breath and said, "There's no need for her. Just buy some medicine and apply it on me."

A very embarrassing thought suddenly popped up in Qiao Xing's mind.

She pursed her lips, seeming to want to say something but stopped herself.

"What? Don't want to?"

"Ah, no." Qiao Xing bit her lip, hesitated for a moment, but still didn't say anything.

If Qin Ce didn't think about it at all, wouldn't it be embarrassing for her to say it out loud?

She quickly changed the subject, "Let's go buy some medicine." (End of this chapter)