Fortunately, Ou Mucen was a smart man. When he heard Lin Yebai’s reluctance to share, he didn’t press further. Collecting the box, he prepared to return to the guardianship room.
Standing behind him, Lin Yebai finally shouted, "Ou Mucen, are you feeling particularly smug right now? You can finally have her all to yourself?"
Ou Mucen stopped in his tracks. "When have I not completely possessed her?"
"You don’t need to look so desolate. She just hasn’t recovered yet. Don’t you know that very well? Recognizing someone or not has nothing to do with her essence. Don’t worry, once she’s well, I definitely won’t forget to tell her that it was you who saved her."
How magnanimous he was, knowing this was the best time to expel him from her memory, yet he did not do so. Instead, he chose to say he would tell her, once she was well, that it was Lin Yebai who had saved her.
Blushing and then turning pale, Lin Yebai finally stood there silently...
Indeed, when it came to magnanimity, he couldn’t compare to Ou Mucen. But there was something he didn’t know: even though her eyes hadn’t yet assimilated all her original memories and consciousness, certain habits, trusts, some... attachments, would naturally emerge from her instincts.
Just like the unbounded trust in her voice when she called him "husband" just now!
Eventually, Lin Yebai left without confessing to the girl.
Of course, he knew that even if he did confess, she wouldn’t react much. At most, she would politely say goodbye as instructed by that man, and then there would be nothing more.
So, he preferred not to say farewell. By not doing so, he could at least avoid seeing her treat him as a stranger again.
Ou Mucen seemed to understand him too, so he didn’t bring it up when Lin Yebai left. After Yebai was gone and the hospital room quieted down, Ou Mucen finally took the item from the box and placed it in front of her.
"It’s from your brother. Haven’t you been saying your eyes are uncomfortable? Wearing this will make them feel much better." He patiently explained to her, and to make sure she understood, he even mimed the action.
The girl in the wheelchair, upon seeing this, finally understood. But he mentioned "brother"...
She remembered how Lin Yebai had tried to take her away earlier. Her expression still unhappy, she asked, "Why did he give me this? Wasn’t he trying to take you away just now? What does giving me this mean?"
In one breath, she uttered so many words, her tone filled with wariness and displeasure towards that man.
Ou Mucen saw this, and suddenly, it felt like something enveloped his heart like a tide, that warm sensation making him incredibly comfortable and tender.
This feeling of being cared for was truly wonderful!
He soothed her with a few words, mainly about Lin Yebai’s intentions, until she accepted it and stopped resisting. Then he carefully fitted the thin pieces onto her.
And, unexpectedly, once the lenses were on, the previously green hue in her pupils disappeared, making her eyes look normal, no longer strikingly unique.
Ye Ning was pleased too, finding that, upon wearing them, they were indeed much more comfortable. "Cool and comfortable," she said.
"Mm..." Her eyes curved into crescents, like crescent moons, the now black pupils sparkling brightly.