"Cynthia, if you have something to say, just say it. Could you stop making the atmosphere so gloomy? I'm still a patient, you know!" In the other hospital room, Elesa looked at Cynthia, who sat in a chair staring at her without a word. At first, she could pretend Cynthia wasn't there, but as time dragged on, she couldn't stand it anymore.
"Do you think you've succeeded?" Cynthia finally asked.
"What do you think?!" Elesa wasn't stupid. She knew what Cynthia meant and looked at her with a smile.
"He won't do anything to betray me!" Cynthia stressed. "So everything you've done is pointless!"
"Life is unpredictable, and a man's heart even more so!" Elesa countered.
"His heart won't change!" Pride rang in Cynthia's voice.
"Yes, his heart won't change!" Elesa murmured. She nodded, then looked at Cynthia. "And that's why I've claimed a place in it!"
"I'll drive you out!" Cynthia said coldly.
"Hehe, his heart won't change!" Elesa repeated Cynthia's words, her tone mocking. "You said it yourself!"
"You..." Cynthia was at a loss for words. Battling was her forte, but this sort of thing wasn't.
"Cynthia, I know how Liu Qing feels, and you should know even better than I do. No one can shake your place in his heart, so why bother competing with me?" Elesa knew taking a hard line with Cynthia wouldn't help. Perhaps a gentler approach would work.
"Do I need to compete with you?!" Cynthia recalled what Liu Qing had told her before. She had no need to compete with anyone, because Liu Qing was a person with a mind of his own.
"That's right, you don't need to compete with me. If we really did compete, I'd be the one to lose miserably in the end. So I won't compete with