"Is he okay now?" Xie Rong sound concerned through the phone.
Chen Rou Jiao walked out from the toilet, seeing Chen Liang Shu sleep soundly at his bed. Wang Zi Mao and Li Da Zhan already went home an hour ago. Left only her to take care of her brother.
"Mn. He is okay." Chen Rou Jiao yawned. "Just need some rest." She walked to him, carefully, to not awake other patients, and settled beside Chen Liang Shu. Even when she was talking with Xie Rong, she kept her voice low.
Xie Rong chuckled. "I think you need to rest. I bet you haven't had a sleep since you arrived at City A, right?"
Although Xie Rong didn't see it, Chen Rou Jiao was beaming and nodded shyly.
"I have no time for that." Her words were a bit downhearted. She bit her lips, while watching her little brother sleeping.
Chen Rou Jiao could breath in relieve when she knew her little brother was in great condition. The moment he cried of the rejection made her heart in pain. That's why she dared to to do anything to make him aware of his worth although she had to do it in rough ways.
"Yes you have. Now go to sleep. I will hang up, good night."
Xie Rong did end the call right away. Chen Rou Jiao had no chance to said anything to her friend.
Chen Rou Jiao sighed deeply while looking at the lock screen on her phone.
"Is that Sister Xie Rong?"
Chen Rou Jiao looked at the awake Chen Liang Shu. Their eyes locked with each other. They could see each other clearly thanks to the position of the bed near to the window. The moonlight shone into the room with it brightness.
She was a bit shocked knowing her brother still did not sleep but she knitted her brows now. She was worried and put her phone on the table. Her hands claspsed his right hand, tightly.
"Why are you still awake? You need to rest."
Chen Liang Shu smiled softly. His dimple shown from that gesture. He tilted his head. "I cannot sleep, when you are still worried about me."
"Stop thinking about others, just think about yourself. Thinking about other people will not lift your burden." She said desperately, but still lowered her volume.
"..."
Chen Liang Shu raised one eyebrows while smirked at his older sister.
"What?"
"Are you talking about yourself?"
Chen Rou Jiao confused with his words. "What about me?"
"That's what you do all this time. You think about me, about dad, about your colleagues, but you never think about yourself. Are you actually trying to advice yourself?"
Chen Rou Jiao opened her mouth to replied that but Chen Liang Shu did not allow her yet.
"I am sorry for being a burden to you." Chen Liang Shu said regretfully. He tightened the grip of her delicate hand that hold his. "You must be exhausted right now."
Chen Rou Jiao was about to cry when Chen Liang Shu said that. She, of course worried about him, but never took it as a burden.
She brought his hand to her face and the back of his hand touch her smooth, cold cheek.
"I love you. I care about you. Nothing on earth can change that. Don't ever have those negative thinking. It's bad for your health." she said calmly.
"But..."
"No buts, all you need to do now is go to sleep. You need to have a strong mind and body to achieve your dreams."
Chen Liang Shu laughed a little. "Okay, My lady. Let's have a good sleep, together, okay."
Chen Rou Jiao snorted with how Chen Liang Shu mocking her but she also tired and need a rest before returned to City B tomorrow.
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Chen Rou Jiao making sure Chen Liang Shu was in good condition before they left the hospital. Wang Zi Mao could not come because he had shooting that morning.
Li Da Zhan and the others also did not turns up at the hospital either, which made Chen Rou Jiao relieve.
Chen Rou Jiao and Chen Liang Shu took a taxi to go to restaurant. They had not have proper meal for days.
Chen Rou Jiao was so worried about her little brother, thus she had no appetite.
Chen Liang Shu was in gloomy days after the production cancelled his appearance, thus he only filled himself with alcohol and junk food. Made both of them thin and lack of energy.
Chen Rou Jiao used up her remaining energy to do the shoulder throw last night. Now she wanted to eat a lot to recharge.
They order food like there were no tomorrow and fill all of them in a short time. The owner of the restaurant amazed with two thin people able to finish food enough for 10 people.
To digest the food fast, they decided to walk to the apartment. Only 1 km from the restaurant, they can arrived in 20 minutes or less.
They had a chit-chat to fill the time, mostly about what Chen Liang Shu's plans after this.
"Do you want to come home with me? Rest your mind first?"
Chen Liang Shu immediately shook his head. "If I leave for too long, I will have hard time to climb up to the top again." They stopped at the traffic light, waiting the light for the pedestrians turned green, he continued.
"I already have name in this industry, I just need to prove myself to be a better actor." After received a throw from his older sister, his vision became brighter again.
Chen Rou Jiao agreed with him.
"I will watch every projects you are in. not a single part will be pass." Chen Rou Jiao said excitedly with sparky eyes.
"Thank you sis." Chen Liang Shu beamed happily with her support.
The green light on, and they continued their journey.
Chen Liang Shu had something playing in his mind since last night but due to his circumstances last night, he had no time to ask his sister. But, he had the opportunity today, and he had no intention to waste it.
Seeing they took a stop in front of the playground, admiring the morning nature.
"Sister?"
"Hm?" Chen Rou Jiao turned from looking at the kids playing at the playground, to Chen Liang Shu. "What?"
"Erm... the men at the hosiptal last night,... who are they?"
Chen Rou Jiao stunned with the question, exclaimed in cold sweat. "Ow.. they.." she rolled her eyes to her left, then move to face hinm again. "They my old friends at the college. Remember I once study at City A?"
Chen Liang Shu nodded.
"Yes. They also studied there. We attend same event before. That's how I knew them." Chen Rou Jiao grinned foolishly, but she was firmed with her answer.
Chen Liang Shu gave her a meaningful look. "But one of them seems so closed to you. The one who with us when I left the hospital. Is he had a thing with you during the college days?"
"A thing?" Chen Rou Jiao snorted. "No way. You just being delusional."
Chen Rou Jiao dared to deny that because what Li Da Zhan had done to her in their college days were unimaginable.
Li Da Zhan did not have a thing towards her. Only her had a crush on him, but she will never exposed it to anyone, not even to her own brother.
"But sister..."
"Enough.. sshh.. sshh.. let's not talk about it. Let's go home now. I need to go to airport before 2 o'clock."
Chen Rou Jiao dragged her little brother and left the playground, headed to his apartment before she took the taxi to the airport. Chen Liang Shu shook his head seeing her chaotic behaviour. He was confirmed there were something going on between them, and made him hate Li Da Zhan so much.
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"Miss Chen?"
Chen Rou Jiao was almost exhausted for always met Li Da Zhan in unexpected places now. First, at City B, he became her important client. Then at the nightclub, now here, at the airport.
What on earth was happening? When she decided to let him go from her life, fate somehow bring him to her, although she did not know what was the meaning behind his presence in her life this time around.
Li Da Zhan in the other hand, never expected to have many coincidences in meeting the same person all over again.
But unlike Chen Rou Jiao, he was delighted for the fate that drawn him to her. As if his prayer all these years to meet her again had been answered.
He took a seat next to Chen Rou Jiao and greeting her properly this time. Chen Rou Jiao however, just gave him cold shoulder, focus on her phone.
"What time of your departure?" Li Da Zhan asked calmly after settled his things.
Chen Rou Jiao without looking at him, answered lazily. "3:15."
"Me too."
Chen Rou Jiao rolled her eyes. "Great. We might sit next to each other."
"I hope so," Li Da Zhan whispered to himself. He only grinned to her.
"It's nice to work with you, Chen Rou Jiao."
Chen Rou Jiao had enough. She put dwon her phone, and face Li Da Zhan. She must put a line between them before anything worse happened. Before her scar in her heart bleed again because of him.
"Look Mr. Li." Li Da Zhan innocently looked into her beautiful eyes. "We are meeting as client," she pointed at Li Da Zhan, "and, me as the interior designer. Nothing more than that."
Li Da Zhan's expression completely change when Chen Rou Jiao tried to put a concrete barrier between them. The things he wanted to convey stuck in his mind, and will stayed there forever.
"So I hope you can be profesional about this. Let the past stay in the past, and we move on with our life."
Li Da Zhan expression turned sour and sad, he understood what she was trying to say here. Well, it was him who hurt her from the start, if she would forgive him that instant, maybe she was not human, maybe she was a robot.
"I am sorry." Li Da Zhan looked down, have no energy to face her right now.
Chen Rou Jiao leaned to the chair that she was sitting on, face shifted away from Li Da Zhan. She satisfied after she said what had been stuck in her mind all these days.
The announcement for their flight came up and they both walked to the check point and then move on to board the flight.
Apparently, what Chen Rou Jiao said earlier about they sat next to each other had been granted. Therefore, they were in the awkward situation until they arrived at the airport in City B.