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After a couple of days had passed, Xia Yao's bloated face eased down a lot, minor bruises and scars had faded away too. The only thing left is the heavy scar at the corner of his eyes that made it look asymmetrical to the other eye. The fractures are healing pretty quickly, too. For the past two days, he was able to get out of bed for simple activities. He continually called his family and friends about his recoveries.

In those two days, Xia Yao had also been looking into the mirror a lot. In just a day, one wouldn't believe how many times he had looked at his reflection in the mirror. This made him completely forget what he had looked like before, and also don't know how much his face has recovered.

Xia Yao poked Yuan Zong, "Do you think my face has healed completely?"

As a matter of fact, Yuan Zong sees no difference at all, and at most, it was only a tiny defect in some areas. Plus, Yuan Zong like the small flaw, especially when Xia Yao's puffy face smiled, it squeezed out his double chin, which looked particularly pleasant.

"Almost." Yuan Zong said.

Xia Yao asked again, "How much is almost?

"Basically there is no difference."

Xia Yao feels like he hit a jackpot, his face grinning and laughing. Taking advantage of Yuan Zong bending over to tidy things up, Xia Yao slapped his buttock hard. This slap came a bit sudden, Yuan Zong's figure was slightly shook. He turned his head and looked at Xia Yao and Xia Yao grinned back at him with a bright smile.

Yuan Zong wants to laugh, "What are you up to?"

Xia Yao smiled mischievously, making his unequal eyes squeeze out an amusing charm.

"It's nothing, it's just that I find you particularly cute today."

After saying that, Xia Yao even patted Yuan Zong's ass a few more times. "Why are you so cute?"

From the surface, Yuan Zong remained stoic, but his heart was already slowly melting. Even a stone can be touched when being flattered, let alone these were his sweetheart's words. Even though they may only be bantering praises coming from Xia Yao's current giddy feeling, it was enough for Yuan Zong to be drunk in love.

"Knock, knock, knock!" A knock sounded at the door.

Yuan Zong went to open the door, and when he saw Xia Yao's mother, he immediately put on a polite smile, "Aunty, you're here."

After Xia Yao's mother gave Yuan Zong a smile, she immediately rushes into the room. Luckily seeing that Xia Yao is not hurt badly her heart settled down a bit, but that didn't stop her from scowling with love.

"This child.... What do you want me to say? How could you be so thoughtless when driving?!"

Afraid that mother Xia might overthink things and also in order to help Yuan Zong avoid criminal accusations, Xia Yao told his mother that he was involved in a car accident. Other people were told the same story and Yuan Zong was not allowed to reveal the truth.

Xia Yao said, "Only the car got hit badly, it didn't cause me much harm."

"Well, it fine now seeing that you didn't get into any major harm." Xia Yao's mother sighed.

Xia Yao glanced at Yuan Zong with a meaningful look, suggesting to him that the company is in need of their boss and that he has his mother to help look after him now. Originally, Yuan Zong has a lot of things that still needed to be done, seeing that someone is taking care of Xia Yao, he was relieved.

Yuan Zong saw a glimpse of a shadow coming out of the elevator not long after he came out of the ward.

Yuan Ru, from head to toe, was cloaked in a bright coat, face smilling and hand holding flowers. With a hundred percent confident appearance, she walked toward Xia Yao's room. Like her Majesty the Queen.

" What are you doing here?" Yuan Zong asked coldly.

Yuan Ru said, "I want to go see him. Is it not okay to come to see him?"

Yuan Zong didn't mind her coming to visit Xia Yao but minded Yuan Ru's blunt mouth.

"I am just going to say this, when you go into the ward, do not point out anything about his face, especially the different size of his eyes. You understand?" Yuan Zong's cold face ordered.

Yuan Ru was really stunned by Yuan Zong's laser-sharp gaze as she promised while nodding her head.

Can't mention the big and small eyes..... Can't mention the big and small eyes... Yuan Ru repeatedly reminded herself before opening the door of the ward.

"Hi, Auntie!" Seeing Mother Xia, Yuan Ru greeted her politely.

Mother Xia looked at Yuan Ru with a quick glance and couldn't help but let out a sigh from her chest, this girl is too beautiful. But she didn't say it straightforwardly, she just smiled and greeted her to sit down and placed the flower in a vase.

After Yuan Ru sat down, the first thing she did was to stare subconsciously at Xia Yao's eyes. She is laughing in her heart, Wow... it's really one big and small! In fact, if Yuan Zong had not reminded her, she may have not even noticed it, because the difference between Xia Yao's eyes is only obvious when he laughs. Xia Yao, of course, won't laugh in front of Yuan Ru.

Mother Xia, who was sitting next to him, asked, "Sweetheart, are you also from Beijing?"

"No, I came to Beijing when I was a teenager. My hometown is in Northeastern China"

"Northeastern..." Suddenly Mother Xia's heart ignited a small flame inside, a weird hunch rises from the bottom of her chest. "Where exactly on Northeastern China?" Mother Xia asked again.

Yuan Ru said, "Heilongjiang![1]"

[1] Heilongjiang is China's northernmost province, with remote mountain ranges and a flat interior plain. It's named for the Heilong (Black Dragon) river, bordering Russia. The city is also famous for its annual International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival.

Mother Xia's hunch became stronger, and it finally achieves the highest peak when Yuan Ru said her last statement. "The man who just left, he is my brother."

Mother Xia seems to finally understand why Xia Yao, during New years, left home, when he was supposed to go on a blind date. As for the secretive moments with Yuan Zong, it seems that Mother Xia has found a suitable explanation.

Thinking about it, she couldn't help but chat with Yuan Ru for a couple more minute.

Xia Yao did not involve himself in their little chat, instead, his two hands keep touching the corner of his eyes from time to time, feeling a sense that something was not right.

Yuan Ru looked at the time and stood up to say goodbye to Mother Xia.

"Auntie, I have to go now."

"Be careful on your way back."

A nurse just happens to knock on the door when Yuan Ru was on her way out. While at it, the nurse handed Yuan Ru a paper, "We will have an eye exam this afternoon."

Mother Xia asked from behind, "What is this?"

"Oh, the nurse asked for an eye examination for the big and small eyes." Yuan Ru blurted out without thinking.

Mother Xia said, "small and big eye examination?" with a voice that was ten times louder than Yuan Ru.

Xia Yao's face suddenly dropped in temperature.

"What big and small eyes?" Mother Xia questioned as she walked back to Xia Yao's bed, her brows in an instance wrinkled upward.

"Ayo, if you didn't say that I wouldn't even notice. One eye is really big, while the other is small. What is the matter? How did this happen?"

Xia Yao's face became somewhat distorted.

Mother Xia just wanted to check it out when Yuan Ru rushed to her side, and in a way that can most likely cause a misunderstanding.

She whispered in Mother Xia's ear and said, "Auntie, don't say anything about his big and small eyes, he won't be willing to accept it."

Mother Xia instantly put on an understanding smile, nodded her head hurriedly. "Then let's not mention it, let's not mention it."

In fact, without this hushed reminder, Xia Yao will unlikely doubt Yuan Zong. However, the swollen eye crises was only known between him and Yuan Zong, who must have met Yuan Ru on the way out. Xia Yao's firm complexion became worse.

Yuan Ru walked out with a sullen face and kept groaning to herself, "Shit, shit, shit...this funnel mouth of the mine, how could I have bluntly said things like that out loud again?"

While thinking, she saw another figure rushing toward Xia Yao's ward.

Xuan Da Yu looked at the number on the hospital room and was just about to enter when he saw a beauty right across the door.

Yuan Ru steadily looked at Xuan Da Yu and asked, "Are you here to see Xia Yao?"

Xuan Da Yu looked Yuan Ru up and down, immediately recognizing her identity. Because Peng Ze had mentioned her to him before and Xuan Da Yu had even looked at some photos of this woman. Moreover, most average people would remember the face of an eyesore in their hearts easily.

"Yes," He answered in a very uninterested way.

Yuan Ru was quite enthusiastic at his answer, pulling at Xuan Da Yu's arm, "I am gonna tell you this, when you go in, you must not point out anything about his face, especially the big and small eyes.

Xuan Da Yu did not find this statement to be important, but he doesn't like the fact the way Yuan Ru was issuing warnings as if to suggest some kind of superiority in hers and Xia Yao's relationship.

"What I am gonna say to him and what we are going to talk about has nothing to do with you, does it?"

Yuan Ru's face changed, "What kind of person are you? I am only kindly reminding you..."

"I- Don't- Need-You!" Xuan Da Yu coldly pushed Yuan Ru aside, pushing open the door delicately, then slam the door to display his attitude in great detail.

"What kind of person..." Yuan Ru grumbled with anger as she left.

When Xuan Da Yu step into the room, Mother Xia smiled and greeted him, "Da Yu is here."

Xia Yao's heart softens when he saw Xuan Da Yu.

Xuan Da Yu sees that Xia Yao's mood was quite the opposite of what he was feeling. Just looking at the bandages around Xia Yao's leg and injuries on his face, looking at the white bed sheets, white pillow, and white patient clothing already made his heart clench in distress.

"Mom, can you please go wash these clothes that I changed out of for me?" Xia Yao deliberately tries to send Mother Xia away.

After Mother Xia left, Xuan Da Yu went to sit in front of Xia Yao's bed, looking at him with a fixed gaze without saying a word.

Xia Yao broke the uncertain atmosphere and continue to use a joking tone and asked Xuan Da Yu, "I thought you were done with me, I thought you can't stand me anymore, so why did you come and see me?"

Xuan Da Yu was reluctant to admit his mistake. "I only came to see how much you suffered."

Xia Yao didn't mind, like before, he wants to continue teasing and joking with Xuan Da Yu.

Xuan Da Yu clearly feels distressed, but still put on a sour tone. "Somebody wasn't willing to let you suffer by yourself, even telling me not to mention about your big and small eye. I mean, you got yourself into the big and small eyes situation in the first place, so what are you still afraid of."

Xia Yao's face instantly turned green.

Before, when he was just changing clothes, Yuan Zong came in early to greet him in advance, and after that, Yuan Ru blurted out about his eyes, and now Xuan Da Yu? Xia Yao is determined that Yuan Zong is the culprit of such a disgraceful thing!

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Yuan Ru when she realizes she has spilt Xia Yao's secret =]]]]]

Doesn't matter that my eyes are uneven, I'm still handsome!

Love,

Ann