The heart monitor in the hospital room emitted a steady, rhythmic beep. Wen Xuyu’s pale face was sunken into the snowy pillow, her long eyelashes casting two dark, bruised shadows against her skin.
Bian Xunzhou sat by the bedside, his thumb rubbing over the raised blue vein on the back of her hand, where the puncture mark from the IV drip remained. A layer of dark stubble had sprouted across his jaw, and he looked entirely derelict.
Today was the third day.
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