Rong Che sat by An Ruoxue’s bedside, keeping watch for the entire night. Throughout those long hours, he barely blinked. His ink-black, star-bright eyes remained fixed on An Ruoxue, his gaze intense and tender, as if he were afraid that even a momentary lapse would cause him to miss the slightest expression on her face.
However, due to the anesthesia and the sedative added to her IV drip, An Ruoxue remained in a deep, unconscious slumber after the surgery, unaware that Rong Che had spent the whole night at her side.
At dawn, when the first rays of sunlight filtered through the clean glass window and touched An Ruoxue’s cheek, the eyes beneath her closed lids fluttered slightly. She had been asleep all night, and it appeared the effects of the medication were wearing off; she could wake up at any moment.
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