Chapter Seventeen: The Little Bunny Hairpin

Su Qing had recovered from her illness, and Uncle Li was true to his word—after signing, the two million yuan was handed over in full, without a single cent missing.

After bidding farewell to Su Qing, he took the money and began a new chapter of life.

What was wrong with that?

Why hesitate?

Lin Ye slowly sat down beside the bed, gazing at the girl before him, a smile unconsciously spreading across his face.

So many words crowded his heart, yet his thoughts were tangled; the phrases that usually came so easily now felt like a knotted ball of yarn, leaving him uncertain where to begin.

“Uncle Li told me from the start that you are his elder sister. When I first saw you, I thought, Uncle Li’s sister seems quite young…”

“Wife, this should be the last time I call you that. Since we got married, I haven’t even kissed you once. Today, I want to kiss you—surely you won’t mind? If you do, just say the word.”

The girl lay quietly as always, and Lin Ye slowly leaned closer.

At last, his curled knuckles gently brushed the tip of the girl’s nose, the smooth, delicate touch blossoming at his fingertips.

“Actually, you should be Uncle Li’s daughter. I’ve guessed it for a long time.”

The pen tip moved slowly and awkwardly across the white paper, writing his own name. Along with the divorce agreement, Lin Ye left behind the keys to a Mercedes-AMG.

Standing at the door of the hospital room, Lin Ye cast one last glance at the girl in bed.

The head nurse passed by, patting his head. “You won’t need to come to the hospital just to be with your wife anymore. She’ll be discharged and going home tomorrow morning.”

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Inside the room, Li Dehua picked up the folder and grew increasingly satisfied with Lin Ye as he read.

“Good kid!”

“Looks delicate, fair-skinned, but still a real man.”

Li Dehua glanced at his daughter, still sleeping peacefully, then slowly closed the folder and placed it on the bedside table.

Su Qing’s awakening was even earlier than the attending physician had predicted.

It wasn’t yet evening—just past noon.

The sleeping girl’s eyes slowly opened, clear and pure like a mountain spring. In the sunlight, her gaze shimmered as if stars twinkled within, radiating an indescribable beauty.

The slight upward tilt of her eyes added warmth and a delicate grace.

She saw the vast blue sky outside the window, the blooming flowers on the windowsill—but she did not see the person who had been by her side, whispering softly in her ear.

“Fool, I didn’t say a word either.”

The girl’s star-like eyes dimmed just slightly, her voice as gentle as a spring breeze.

She could hear voices even while unconscious.

Though she did not know what the young man who spoke and kept her company looked like, she occasionally overheard nurses mention, without realizing it, that he was quite handsome.

Her gaze shifted to the bedside table, where the folder rested. She knew well what was inside.

The divorce agreement was only a few sheets of paper. Besides signing her name, he seemed to have made some changes to the document.

For example, the payment amount—the original two million had been crossed out by Lin Ye and replaced with a small handwritten note. Su Qing leaned closer to the papers, focusing intently.

“A little bunny hairpin.”