Xiao Feng walked out of the hospital, it was still just past five in the evening, but when he returned to the hospital, it was already close to eleven.

He had just opened a crack in the door when he heard a conversation inside.

"Qingyue sis, has Brother Xiao Feng ever hit you?" This was clearly the voice of the little girl.

Xiao Feng was immediately stunned, thinking that this girl was afraid he'd settle accounts with her later, and had run to Du Qingyue for protection?

If he calculated the time right, and he hadn't changed clothes in the meantime, he might catch her in the act.

As he thought about it, Du Qingyue's voice came through: "No, why? Did he hit you?"

The little girl said aggrievedly, "If I hadn't been smart, you might never see me again."

"Is it that serious?" Du Qingyue said with a helpless laugh.

Little did they know, when the girl said they might never see her again, she meant Xiao Feng might send her back abroad in a fit of anger.

"Qingyue sis, have an apple." The little girl handed over a peeled apple, and tentatively said, "If Brother Xiao Feng comes over later and sees me..."

Du Qingyue took the apple and smiled, "Don't worry, just hide behind me when the time comes. He won't dare to do anything to you. But I'm really curious, what exactly did you do wrong?"

Xiao Feng's fondness for the little girl was obvious to anyone, so Du Qingyue found it hard to imagine what she could have done to make him so angry.

"It's nothing really, after dinner today, I went shopping with Lu Yao sis..." the little girl downplayed.

Just as she began, Du Qingyue couldn't help but interrupt, "Wait a minute, who's Lu Yao sis?"

Outside the door, Xiao Feng was dumbfounded, suspecting the little girl came not for protection, but to deliberately make trouble for him.

The little girl explained, "Lu Yao sis is one of Brother Xiao Feng's friends."

"Is she pretty?" Du Qingyue continued to ask.

"Um... whether she's pretty or not, Qingyue sis, you should see for yourself." Saying this, the little girl took out her phone and brought up a picture of herself with Lu Yao.

Du Qingyue took a look, her gaze flickered with an odd expression. It seemed he was still hiding many things from her.

Xiao Feng, witnessing this scene through the window, couldn't help but feel the urge to rush in.

Whether intentionally or unintentionally, the little girl was definitely disrupting his relationship with Du Qingyue.

"Go on," Du Qingyue returned the phone.

The little girl then gently recounted the story, without much embellishment, but her tone and pitiful expression made anyone feel Xiao Feng was making a mountain out of a molehill.

After hearing it, Du Qingyue suddenly understood why Xiao Feng called her earlier, relieved of much of her inner tension.

A moment later, she patted the little girl's head, "Have you ever thought that his anger might be out of concern for you, not wanting something bad to happen to you?"

"Of course I know." The little girl hung her head and whispered, "But I'm just afraid he'll buy a plane ticket and send me back while he's still mad."

As she spoke, the little girl suddenly grabbed Du Qingyue's sleeve, nervously saying, "Qingyue sis, if that happens, you have to save me, otherwise, who knows when we'll meet again."

Du Qingyue nodded, agreeing, then said, "You're young, it's not a bad thing to suffer a little loss as long as it's within control and nothing major happens."

Thinking it over, Du Qingyue added, "Let's do it this way, I already discussed with Xiao Feng that after I get discharged, I'll learn self-defense from him, and you can join us. That way, you'll have some ability to resist danger."

"Really?!" The little girl's eyes lit up, beaming, "Qingyue sis, you're so good to me, I absolutely love you!"

As she spoke, she was about to throw herself onto Du Qingyue.

Xiao Feng was startled, given Du Qingyue's current condition, if the girl pressed on her like that, all previous efforts might be wasted, not to mention other dangerous situations could occur.

The recovery period is often when one is most vulnerable, and secondary injuries could have unpredictable consequences.

Just as Xiao Feng was about to rush in, he saw the little girl realize her mistake mid-charge, then carefully hugged Du Qingyue, "Thank you, Qingyue sis."

Du Qingyue was amused, the girl's personality was tough to get mad at. Xiao Feng must have scolded her fiercely to teach her a serious lesson.

"Haven't you hugged long enough?" Watching Du Qingyue and the little girl hugging for over half a minute without letting go, Xiao Feng couldn't help but enter with a sullen face.

"Hehe, Brother Xiao Feng, eavesdropping is a very bad behavior, you know." The little girl made a face, then dodged to the other side of Du Qingyue's bed.

Xiao Feng was slightly taken aback, "You knew I was outside long ago?"

Du Qingyue and the little girl nodded simultaneously, one pointing to the door, the other pointing to the window.

Xiao Feng turned around and saw that a monitor was installed on the left wall of the door, displaying the view outside the ward, suggesting the camera was mounted on top of the door.

And through the reflection on the glass window, they could see the screen display clearly.

"..." Xiao Feng was speechless, this was a serious oversight.

At this point, the little girl consoled him, "Brother Xiao Feng, you don't have to feel embarrassed, nobody's perfect, everyone makes mistakes sometimes, and it's okay to make and correct mistakes, just like me..."

Xiao Feng interrupted her chatter, "I get it, you just want a beating."

"Ha, you heard it just now, Qingyue sis said you wouldn't dare do anything to me with her around." The little girl said triumphantly, feeling secure with her newfound protector.

Xiao Feng looked at Du Qingyue and smiled, "You're right, she's still young, her thoughts inevitably naive. She hasn't thought about how you can't even get out of bed, so how can you protect her?"

The little girl panicked and quickly leaned close to Du Qingyue, "Qingyue sis?"

Du Qingyue chuckled, "Alright, stop scaring her. You should teach her how to face danger herself. People need to learn to stand on their own."

Xiao Feng glanced at the little girl, exasperated, "Come over and eat a bun."

"I won't go there." The little girl shook her head wildly, "If I go over, you'll send me to the airport, I won't fall for it!"

"When did I say I'd send you away?" Xiao Feng asked, sighing inwardly, it seemed the girl was really frightened.

Besides, what Du Qingyue said was not wrong, suffering some loss is not bad, people need to learn to grow for themselves, constant protection doesn't solve the fundamental problem.

Like the famous saying, flowers grown in a greenhouse are often less resilient than those exposed to wind and rain.

"You really won't send me away, right?" The little girl approached Xiao Feng cautiously and, ensuring it was safe, dove into his arms, tears streaming down her face.

"Brother Xiao Feng, I promise I'll listen to you from now on, please don't send me away, okay?" the little girl cried and pleaded.

Xiao Feng gently patted her back, tenderly reassuring her, "Okay."

"So no matter what, you won't send me away in the future either."

"Okay."

Only then did the little girl smile through her tears, taking the bun back to sit next to Du Qingyue, eating happily.

Unable to resist, Du Qingyue ate one bun after being urged by the little girl, then looked at Xiao Feng and asked, "Is there anything else?"

Xiao Feng was unsure how to react, what did that imply?

But then Du Qingyue said, "If there's nothing else, we're going to rest. Close the door on your way out."

Xiao Feng glumly realized that sleeping with his beauty tonight was out of the question, so he left.

Luckily, Lone Wolf is next door, so he could have a few drinks with him and not spend the night in boredom.

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