Mu Yunchen didn't hesitate. He climbed onto the hospital bed beside her, ignoring protocol, ignoring propriety, ignoring everything except the desperate need to keep her close.
He pulled Zhou Yuxi into his arms, holding her tightly against his chest, keeping her as close as physically possible. Maybe she needed reassurance. Maybe she needed his presence. Maybe she just needed to know she wasn't alone.
Su Feng closed the door softly behind him, shutting out the world, shutting out everyone except the sight of Third Master Mu cradling Zhou Yuxi intimately on the hospital bed, his body curved protectively around hers.
He turned, his cold eyes sweeping over Jin Zixuan and Jin Chengyu, who still stood frozen in the corridor like ghosts haunting a place they no longer belonged.
