Chapter 571: Chapter 571

Shi Che had fallen ill with a high fever that reached nearly forty degrees.

Shi Che had always been healthy since he was young and loved sports, which gave him a strong physique. Over the years, except for occasional headaches caused by drinking or irritability, he had never really been sick.

Now, his sudden illness came fiercely, and his persistent high fever terrified everyone.

Mrs. Shi’s health wasn’t good, yet she insisted on staying by Shi Che’s side, but eventually, she was persuaded to leave, allowing the servants to take turns watching over him.

Shi Che was delirious from the fever, mumbling under his breath continuously, but his voice was too low and muffled for anyone to clearly hear what he was saying.

Mrs. Shi almost got sick with worry. After some thought, she asked Sister Hua to call Ling Chuxia, but the phone number was disconnected.

Mrs. Shi’s face sank immediately.

No matter what, they weren’t divorced yet. How could Ling Chuxia just disappear like that without any decency?

Her own husband was ill , and she could still remain unconcerned?

Mrs. Shi didn’t understand what her son liked about Ling Chuxia at all. If it weren’t for Shi Che, she wouldn’t have accepted Ling Chuxia again!

Xiao Zhao, upon learning that Shi Che was sick, rushed to the old house non-stop.

When he entered Shi Che’s room and saw Shi Che lying quietly on the sickbed—their cheeks flushed from the fever, nearly unconscious—their dry lips still moving slowly.

Others might not understand what he was saying, but how could Xiao Zhao not know? The person he was muttering about, the person in his heart, who else could it be but Ling Chuxia?

He stared at Shi Che for a while, his hand involuntarily gripping tight as he grabbed the cell phone and dialed Ling Chuxia’s number, but the moment he pressed the call button, his hand fiercely halted.

That day, after Shi Che had signed the divorce agreement and left the office, he had said to him, "From now on, no one is allowed to disturb her, no matter who it is."

That was why even when Shi Che was so gravely ill, he gritted his teeth and bore it, not informing Ling Chuxia. Even when Mrs. Shi asked, he only admitted that Shi Che had signed.

He understood President Shi’s thoughts.

Since he had decided to let go, walking out of her life and not disturbing her anymore was the last thing he could do for her.

Somehow, Shi Che felt an overwhelming restlessness, and suddenly, he opened his eyes, then forced himself to sit up. He had been feverish all these days, drifting in and out of consciousness, his vision blurry, his body weak, yet he managed to get up. His feet hit the floor, and he walked toward the door.

Sister Hua, who had been watching him, was startled awake. Seeing Shi Che already staggering toward the door, her sleepiness vanished completely, and she hurriedly followed and supported him, "Young master, where are you going?"

Shi Che didn’t answer, his lips pursed as he took difficult steps until he reached the doorway of the room once occupied by Ling Chuxia and finally stopped. ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ novel※fire.net

He stood there, staring intently at the door for a long time, as time seemed to fly by, taking him back to that year, when he stood here, shyly confessing his feelings to Chuxia inside the room, but ultimately, it was all but a foolish infatuation.

He smiled, a bitter smile, "Sister Hua, let me tell you a secret. I confessed to Chuxia here, right on the evening I agreed to marry her."

"What? Young master, when exactly that evening? I remember, that evening, Miss Chuxia came to see you."