The Billionaire's Hidden Affection

"Understood, thank you, Your Majesty, for enlightening me."

"You may leave."

He laughed heartily, "Seriously, when should I come to pick you up?"

She paused for a moment and couldn’t help but glance in the direction of Huang Xiaojue—there was still an injured person lying in that room.

If she were the one severely injured lying there today, she was convinced that even if the world were about to end, Huang Xiaojue would not abandon her and run away.

Likewise, she would not leave him.

Absolutely impossible.

Not even with ten thousand excuses.

"I’ve already checked, there won’t be any major issues after graduation, I can leave anytime. Xixi, just get everything ready and inform me two days in advance... this can’t be extended indefinitely, I’ve reached my limit..."

"I’ll let you know as soon as possible."

"How soon is ’as soon as possible’?"

"It won’t be long, just wait for my notification. Alright, I have to get to work now."

"Wait a second... girl..."

"What?"

"How is Huang Xiaojue doing?"

She answered lightly, "It’s nothing, just a small injury. It’s just not clear who actually hurt him."

"Should I find someone to help you...?"

"No need, he doesn’t need any extra help."

"Sending him to the hospital would be best..."

"Really, it’s not necessary... he’ll get better soon..."

On the other end, it was Wan Donglin’s turn to be silent. His concern, naturally, wasn’t about the injured Huang Xiaojue developing some romantic feelings with her, but rather her attitude, her approach to handling matters: in reality, these days, she didn’t really need his help anymore.

She, alone, was capable of handling many things.

Was this a testament to her growth in ability?

Or perhaps, was she gradually stepping out of his protective shadow?

"Xixi, about returning to the country..."

"We’ll talk about it when the time comes. I looked into my field, and it’s quite sought-after, so I’ll try things out on my own first, do something I’m interested in..."

He felt a slight pang of loss: Could it be that these two years apart have made her completely free from relying on him??? Men always claim to like independent women who aren’t clingy, but when a woman truly doesn’t cling to you at all, can you still enjoy that tender dependence?

You must know that a person’s character isn’t split.

On one hand, strong and capable like a career woman, and on the other, gentle and clinging like a clinging vine... such contradictory characteristics, unless it’s a case of split personality.

Otherwise, the career women in this world wouldn’t be so overwhelming to men—if you’re capable and independent, they blame you for lacking femininity; if you rely on them to live, they blame you for not being independent or having your own opinion, unable to keep up with their pace.

She turned off her phone and looked back, seeing Huang Xiaojue standing by the window, looking very lonely.

She was startled, ran over, and softly said, "Xiaojue, why did you get up?"

Huang Xiaojue’s gaze shifted back, gently falling on her face.

She went to support him, but he shook his head, "I’m much better now."

"Let me check your wound..."

She lifted one side of his shirt naturally to examine the wound and saw that the cut had already started to scab over, extremely delighted, "Hey, it looks like the Yunnan Baiyao Medicine really is effective. Xiaojue, how do you feel?"

He nodded.

"In this hot weather, it looks like you can wash up a bit. Otherwise, you’ll surely smell bad... come on, let me tidy you up..."

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