Gu Shunuan had been lying in the hospital for a while. Her leg injury wasn't too severe, so she decided to use crutches to go handle her discharge paperwork.

Word had spread throughout the hospital about Gu Shunuan's relationship with Wen Zhan. The young nurse who was attending to her looked troubled, worried that if she let Gu Shunuan go, Wen Zhan would be upset.

As Gu Shunuan was pleading with the nurse, Wen Zhan appeared. He stood behind her, making it very clear to everyone around by casually wrapping an arm around her waist, smiling warmly.

"Getting discharged?"

"Going home. I don't want to see you again."

Gu Shunuan expected Wen Zhan to be angry, but instead, he nodded. "Alright, let's go. Remember, a bone injury takes a hundred days to heal. Make sure you rest well at home."

She couldn't figure out what he was up to, but in front of him, she still went through with the discharge formalities. Her colleague was waiting for her at the door, and after grabbing her things, she bid farewell to the hospital and Wen Zhan.

As Gu Shunuan walked away, the young nurse couldn’t help but ask Wen Zhan, "Dr. Wen, you’re just letting her leave like that?"

"I know her home address, her colleague’s address, her company, and the coffee shops she frequents. I even know which bus she takes to work when she doesn’t drive. Letting her go doesn’t really change anything, does it?"

Wen Zhan paused, then added with a smile, "Besides, the hospital isn't exactly the best place for romance."

Wen Zhan still looked pristine in his white lab coat, as spotless as snow.

But the young nurse couldn’t shake the feeling that this Dr. Wen was more like a big bad wolf toying with a little white rabbit.

Gentle and refined to outsiders, but cunning and devious with his beloved.

Back at work, Gu Shunuan hobbled into the office on her crutches, only to discover that Qin Yu had gotten quite close with the receptionist.

Upon inquiry, she found out that the receptionist was actually Wen Zhan’s neighbor. The receptionist had always harbored feelings for Qin Yu but found him too carefree and unreliable. But with Wen Zhan’s intervention, the two had finally gotten together.

The receptionist had always been on good terms with Gu Shunuan, but now she seemed to have switched sides.

Watching them act all lovey-dovey, Gu Shunuan felt like the whole world had abandoned her.

Noticing Gu Shunuan's mood, the receptionist brought a small cake to her office during lunch.

"Nuannuan," the receptionist called sweetly.

"Traitor!" Gu Shunuan snorted, showing her disinterest.

The receptionist still walked over and placed the cake on Gu Shunuan's desk.

"Nuannuan, are you still mad at Wen Zhan? Didn’t he explain everything to you? It was all a misunderstanding."

Gu Shunuan’s attention was entirely on the cake, not hearing a word the receptionist said. Seeing no response, the receptionist grew nervous and quickly added, "Nuannuan, Wen Zhan really likes you. I live right next to him, and I’ve never seen any other women around him.

"One Valentine’s Day, I saw him alone and jokingly asked why he didn’t have a girlfriend. He said he did, but it seemed she didn’t like him anymore."

Gu Shunuan kept eyeing the cake, planning to take a big bite once the receptionist left.

The receptionist continued, "Another time, I saw him come home drunk, carried back by a friend. Even then, he was mumbling your name, 'Nuannuan, Nuannuan,' like he was in so much pain. You should just get back together with him."

This was only half true. Wen Zhan had indeed been drunk, but he had been sitting at his doorstep, crying incoherently. He hadn’t actually said Gu Shunuan’s name, or else the receptionist would have known long ago that Gu Shunuan was his ex.

But such an embarrassing story was something Wen Zhan would never let her reveal.

Gu Shunuan's hand was already reaching for the cake when the receptionist, thinking she hadn’t gotten through, was about to continue speaking. But Gu Shunuan finally responded.

"I don’t actually mind getting back together with him. It’s just that he threatened to break my leg if I didn’t agree. That’s clearly blackmail. If I agreed right then, wouldn’t I lose all my dignity?"

"So, I’m just stalling for a bit. I’ll say yes after I go for a follow-up at the hospital in a few days."

The receptionist, delighted, finally left.

After finishing the cake, Gu Shunuan found herself unable to calm down. Her mind kept replaying the image of Wen Zhan drunkenly calling her name. The more she thought about it, the more a smile crept onto her face, sweeter than the cake she had just eaten.

What should she do? She really wanted to see him.

Gu Shunuan spent the entire afternoon wrestling with her feelings, but in the end, she couldn't contain her excitement. She pulled out her phone and sent Wen Zhan a text message.

"Let's get back together."

After sending the message, she waited for over ten minutes with no reply. Growing impatient, she decided to call him, but no one answered.

He must be in surgery, she thought.

Even though she knew he would respond as soon as the surgery was over, she couldn't help herself and hobbled to the hospital on her crutches.

As soon as she reached the entrance to Wen Zhan’s office, she saw a crowd gathered—doctors, nurses, and even patients were there watching something.

When Gu Shunuan got closer, she realized it was the boyfriend of the woman who had just undergone surgery. Having heard that his girlfriend might need an amputation, he was furious and had come to confront Wen Zhan.

Wen Zhan had just finished the surgery and looked visibly tired, which made Gu Shunuan’s heart ache.

Despite the man’s aggressive behavior, Wen Zhan remained silent, quietly enduring the confrontation.

Seeing that Wen Zhan wasn’t fighting back, the man got even more enraged and seemed ready to throw a punch. Gu Shunuan couldn't take it anymore; she pushed through the crowd and swung her crutch at the man's leg when he wasn’t looking.

Wen Zhan was startled to see Gu Shunuan suddenly appear. He froze for a moment, then watched as the man, infuriated by Gu Shunuan’s strike, raised his fist at her. Without thinking, Wen Zhan pulled her into his arms, taking the punch on his back.

Just then, the hospital security arrived and pulled the man away.

The punch was heavy, and Wen Zhan winced in pain, which only made Gu Shunuan angrier. She poked her head out from Wen Zhan’s embrace and shouted at the man.

"Enough! I understand you’re worried about your girlfriend, and that’s perfectly fine, but you shouldn’t be taking it out on others—especially not on my boyfriend!"

"We’ve been apart for years, and we were just about to get back together. But because of your girlfriend’s surgery, he didn’t even have time to reply to my message."

"Why is it that the one person I can’t bully has to suffer from your outburst..."

Before she could finish, Gu Shunuan started choking up. The man, now subdued by the security, also quieted down, while Gu Shunuan clung to Wen Zhan’s white coat, sobbing in front of everyone.

Before her tears could escalate further, Wen Zhan half-carried her into his office.

The young nurse outside, sensing the situation, discreetly dispersed the crowd.

Inside the office, Gu Shunuan finally let out all her pent-up frustration, crying uncontrollably as she clung to Wen Zhan's coat, using it to wipe her tears.

Sitting on a chair, she saw Wen Zhan kneeling slightly in front of her, gazing at her gently. "I'm sorry," he said softly. "I’m wearing a white coat, so I can’t fight for you, but I can take the punches for you."

Gu Shunuan continued crying, and after a while, she hiccuped through her tears, "I sent you a text. Did you see it?"

Wen Zhan made a sound of acknowledgment, then pulled out his phone. Sure enough, there was the message from Gu Shunuan, asking to get back together. He smiled, cupped her face in his hands, and kissed her.

When they finally broke apart, he leaned close to her ear, whispering in a low, mesmerizing voice, "Alright, we’ll get back together. We’ll never break up again."

Gu Shunuan sniffled, "Are you still going to break my leg?"

Wen Zhan shook his head, "No, I wouldn’t dare. From now on, if I do anything wrong, you can break my leg instead. I promise I won’t resist."

Finally, Gu Shunuan smiled through her tears.

They say that after a storm comes a rainbow. Fortunately, after all the storms they had weathered, they found each other again at the end of the rainbow.

From this day forward, the decades to come will be a journey they walk together.