Coming back for more?

Had this woman really decided to pick a fight with him?

Xu Fan, annoyed, turned away—Xia Yanyu had already left the ward...

After going through all that, she still wanted to come back? Xu Fan couldn't help but laugh. Did she actually enjoy being played by him?

Once Xia Yanyu had left, no one else came to disturb him.

She had elbowed his wound just now, which had worsened it somewhat. Xu Fan was too lazy to call for a nurse at this point, so after changing the dressing himself, he settled down to rest in the hospital bed.

After sleeping straight through to noon, before Xu Fan had time to figure out what to do about lunch, someone barged into the ward.

"Yo? Xu Fan, how come you're not dead yet?"

Right as she entered, Qin Mengyue's voice dripped with sarcasm, and seeing her schadenfreude expression, Xu Fan chuckled awkwardly before snapping back, "Little Yueyue, if I died, then you'd have to wear widow's weeds, wouldn't you?"

"You!"

Even lying in the hospital bed, his bad habit of running his mouth off hadn't changed. Qin Mengyue, fist clenched, seemed ready to teach Xu Fan a lesson.

"Meng Yue, stop it, you know what he's like."

Seeing Qin Mengyue poised to strike with something in her hand, Zhou Keren immediately stepped in to block her.

"Hmph, serves you right to get beaten up."

Probably considering that Xu Fan was injured, Qin Mengyue grumpily huffed before dropping the urge to hit someone.

Xu Fan, this scoundrel, afraid that the world wouldn't be in chaos, made a face at Qin Mengyue and then turned to Zhou Keren with a grin.

"Hehe, Keren is the good one in our house."

"Since when did I become yours?"

Made to feel goosebumps by Xu Fan's sleazy antics, Zhou Keren rolled her eyes at him and handed over the lunchbox she was holding.

"Here, eat."

"Just so you know, if you don't go back to school and get kicked out one day, don't expect me to help you."

After giving the lunchbox to Xu Fan, Zhou Keren sat down at the edge of the bed.

Hearing her warning, Xu Fan couldn't help but find it funny. She was clearly being tough with a soft heart—he guessed she had probably already requested sick leave on his behalf before coming over.

"Eat up now."

Seeing Xu Fan holding the lunchbox without any rush to eat, Zhou Keren, propping her chin up with her hands, couldn't help but urge him again.

There was a touch of anticipation in her eyes, as if she really hoped he would start eating quickly.

"What's the rush? Let's chat for a bit. I've been lying down all morning and am about to die of boredom..."

Xu Fan had no intention of eating right away, sitting in the bed with the lunchbox in hand, more interested in bantering with the two of them.

"Eat up! I need to take the lunchbox with me when I leave!"

But Zhou Keren urged him sternly, leaving Xu Fan with a look of grievance.

He thought, it was just a box lunch; what did it matter if he ate it now or later? Besides, he wasn't even hungry yet...

With a shrug, but not wanting to let Keren's kind gesture go to waste, he opened the lunchbox under her watchful gaze, raising his eyebrows in surprise.

"Yo? The boxed lunches from around the hospital aren't bad, huh? Looks pretty appetizing."

The food inside the lunchbox was carefully arranged into a cartoon character—it looked pleasing to the eye. Xu Fan picked up his chopsticks, ready to enjoy the meal.

Zhou Keren's face brightened when she heard Xu Fan complimenting the lunchbox.

Clearly, she had prepared this boxed lunch with great care for Xu Fan.

A hearty lunch prepared with love was sure to lighten the mood when appreciated.

"Bleh! This, this is so salty! Ah, sugar? Why is there sugar in it?"

However, before Zhou Keren could revel in her thoughts for long, Xu Fan started to criticize with a disgusted expression on his face.

"Keren, where did you buy this lunch box? This chef is really awful, isn't he? Can he even cook? Complaints! There must be complaints!"

"..."

Xu Fan was now tirelessly pointing out the flaws in each dish in the lunch box, his critiques so detailed that Zhou Keren's face sank instantly.

"Hmph! Eat it or not!"

Furiously glaring at Xu Fan, Zhou Keren snatched the lunch box from his hands and stormed out of the hospital room without a second thought.

"What's going on..."

Xu Fan was utterly confused. He was complaining about the poor quality of the food from the hospital's nearby eatery, so why on earth was she getting angry...

"Hahaha, Xu Fan, you, you're really an idiot..."

Apparently finding his downtrodden state amusing, Qin Mengyue, who was still in the room, couldn't help but burst into laughter while holding her stomach.

"I mean, Qin Mengyue, is it that funny..."

This woman was clearly taking pleasure in his misfortune, which Xu Fan noticed and couldn't help feeling a bit annoyed.

I'm a patient right now, can't you be a little nicer?

Must human interaction always involve hurting each other?

"Hey, Xu Fan, I don't know if I should call you foolish or idiotic, but can't you see that the lunch box you just insulted was carefully prepared by Keren for you?"

"What?"

Hearing Qin Mengyue's explanation, Xu Fan raised his eyebrows in surprise.

He had felt that something was off with Zhou Keren, so that lunch box was actually made by her own hands?

No wonder she seemed upset when he was critiquing it...

"It's over..."

It had taken him so long just to get on good terms with Zhou Keren these past few days, and now, considering what he had just said, it would probably be days before she spoke to him again.

"Hahaha, doomed bachelor, Xu Fan, that's you!"

Qin Mengyue's temper wasn't one to offer comfort at this time, and she started hitting where it hurt without any hesitation.

Xu Fan found it really annoying.

Why did he feel like the more he looked at this woman, the more he wanted to give her a piece of his mind...

"Hehehe, Qin Mengyue, you are a single dog yourself, what face do you have to laugh at me? One of these days, I'm going to feed you ten kilos of dog food!"

Chuckling dryly, Xu Fan returned the verbal jab.

He knew Qin Mengyue well enough; there wasn't anyone up to her standards around her.

If there had to be someone she fancied, it would probably be the fake identity he used online.

But these past few days, he hadn't logged into that alternate QQ account, so he had no idea if Qin Mengyue was getting anxious or not.

"Hmph! Who, who said I'm single? Xu Fan, if I weren't worried about crushing your spirit, I'd bring my incredibly handsome boyfriend to you right now and outshine you completely!"

Qin Mengyue seemed to be really indignant, and now she was facing off with Xu Fan, neck for neck.

Her teasing didn't affect Xu Fan in the slightest; he figured that her so-called boyfriend must be the alternate identity he had constructed.

Handsome to the max? Tsk tsk tsk, that's just too fitting!

"Yo, yo, yo, little Yueyue has got some skills, hiding a secret lover? Why not bring over your supremely handsome boyfriend sometime, let us have a look?"

Being bedridden for the next few days would be rather boring, and Xu Fan thought that teasing Qin Mengyue might be a good pastime. He now provocatively challenged her with a crooked smile.

"Hmph! You, you really think I won't dare?"

"Xu Fan, you just wait, when the time comes, I'm going to make you eat ten kilos of dog food!"

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