Yixuan maintained his usual refined demeanor, and when he smiled, he seemed especially gentle. Yet, perhaps not even he realized that when Dong Huiying came to see him, a sudden gleam of unusual color flashed in his eyes, as though he was wholeheartedly elated. Dong Huiying’s sweet smile was very natural, "Zhi Chen brought back quite a few useful items yesterday. I originally thought we would have to wait for Master Hong to return before I could perform your surgery, but now I can do it. Would you like that? I have prepared everything needed. This minor operation is not troublesome, it should take only about a quarter of an hour to complete." Suddenly, Yixuan looked up, gazing at her intently, "Have you come to see me just for this?" "Isn’t it important?" She thought the thing Yixuan cared about the most was his leg, and now that she was able to heal him, but why did he seem not at all happy? Yixuan looked down, his eyes half-veiled. Seeing this, Dong Huiying simply smiled and said, "You can think about it. I have to go back, the food is still stewing on the stove." She turned and left with decisive steps. Watching her leave so resolutely, Yixuan felt an inexplicable panic in his heart for some reason. He hurried to catch up with her, and, driven by some emotion, he suddenly opened his arms and hugged her from behind. At the moment he embraced her, he was also taken aback, as if puzzled by his own actions. Dong Huiying paused momentarily, then broke free from his embrace and, still smiling, turned to look at him. "What, have you made up your mind? Do you want to be treated now?" He suddenly found himself speechless, as if there were words on the tip of his tongue, but in the end, he didn’t know what he really wanted to say to her. He just stared blankly, while she waited patiently, smiling kindly. Yixuan’s voice was somewhat hoarse, as if to disguise his abnormality, he casually threw out a question, "Can ’Doctor’ really cure it?" But as soon as he asked, he regretted it. Why did he say that? There were so many other things he could have said, why that particular sentence? He watched as the smile on her face slowly faded until only a shallow curve remained. Her voice was soft and gentle as she spoke, "If you cannot trust me, you can find someone more ’Brilliant’. Liang Zhichen brought back many jewels this time, I believe it’s more than enough to hire several ’doctors’ to treat Liang Shuyu’s illness." Upon seeing the look on her face, Yixuan knew she must have misunderstood. "That’s not what I meant!" he nearly blurted out in a panic. Dong Huiying maintained a faint smile. "If it’s not that, then what do you mean? Liang Yixuan, look into your heart and tell me, have I done anything to hurt you all these months? Have I treated you all like I did before? No, I’ve done my best to do everything I could, but because I am ’Dong Dabao’, because of those things in the past, you don’t trust me. After all, I am just an outsider, someone with a different surname, I understand." Her demeanor was too distant, too cold, and it unsettled him deeply. He suddenly grabbed her wrist, forcefully. A feeling of unease grew inside him, as if, as if... Dong Huiying continued to smile faintly, methodically prying his fingers open before smiling and taking a step back. "I think the core issue between us is difficult to reverse, difficult to resolve." That night, his proposal had suddenly made her realize something. Their kindness to her, their care for her, how much of it was genuine? Where did it come from? What was her significance to them, really? The dream shattered that night. She looked at him deeply one last time, then turned and walked away calmly and rationally, with no hint of lingering attachment, striding away.