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"Eat something," he said.
It was nine in the morning.
At Yunfu People's Hospital.
Pei Yunxi, who was lying beside the bed, was startled awake and looked up only to see Liao Xiangdong, who was supposed to be lying in the hospital bed, standing right next to her with breakfast laid out on the table.
She had no idea when he had left.
"Why are you up?" she asked.
The old saying "a beauty is hard to abandon" was no lie; even without makeup, her face drawn with exhaustion, the actress still managed to stir hearts, her beauty tinged with a fragile grace.
"The doctor said you need to rest properly. Get back in bed," she implored.
Pei Yunxi quickly stood up.
"It's nothing," Liao Xiangdong said softly, wearing his hospital gown with a coat draped over him. "As you well know, I'm pretty resilient. It's just a minor superficial wound."