Chapter 68 Heartbeats 68 "You weren't like this in bed last night..."

At exactly four o'clock the next day, Wen Huai was waiting downstairs for Lu Miaomiao with his chin propped up.

About five minutes later, the corridor door opened and Lu Miaomiao walked out with a suitcase and equipment.

Wen Huai opened the door and got out of the car. Xu Youjing also came around from the driver's seat. He took the suitcase from Wen Huai and put it in the trunk.

Lu Miaomiao obviously didn't expect: "Why are you here?"

"I'll take you to the airport." Wen Huai asked her for the airport address.

The three of them got in the car, and Wen Huai and Lu Miaomiao sat in the back seat.

"I can just take a taxi so early. Look at the dark circles under your eyes." Lu Miaomiao felt sorry for her and knew she wasn't there just to send her off today. "Of course I feel uncomfortable, but I'm long past the love-brain stage. I won't get so worked up over trivial matters all day long. There are dozens of people in the studio waiting for me. Don't worry, I won't do anything stupid."

Wen Huai wanted to say something, but Lu Miaomiao explained all her worries, so she stopped talking and told her to contact him anytime and go to that delicious dessert shop together when she came back.

After seeing Lu Miaomiao off, the two returned from the airport. Surprisingly, Wen Huai didn't feel very sleepy at all after not getting much sleep the previous night.

"I haven't slept a wink all night, don't you want to take a nap?"

She shook her head.

Xu Youjing withdrew his gaze.

Last night he woke up after hearing a noise, only to find that there was no one around him and the quilt was cold.

He turned on the light and went out to look for her, only to find Wen Huai on the small balcony.

She was sitting in a rattan chair in her pajamas, with nothing covering her, staring blankly in front of her, not knowing what she was looking at.

The lonely expression was clearly illuminated by the moonlight, stinging Xu Youjing's pupils.

Except for the death of his father, he had never seen this expression on her pretty face in the past six months.

Xu Youjing called her tentatively, and she looked over.

His tone was very light, "Why don't you sleep?"

"I went to the bathroom and just sat there for a while." She came over and said, "Honey, I want to take Miaomiao to the airport."

"Okay, I'll go with you."

“…”

The clock immediately turned to half past eight. Xu Youjing gathered his thoughts and asked, "What do you want for breakfast?"

Wen Huai didn't have much appetite. "Anything is fine."

"Sandwich or bun?"

"sandwich."

Stopping in front of a fast-food restaurant, Xu Youjing unbuckled his seat belt and said, "It's cold outside. Wait for me in the car. I'll go buy it."

Wen Huai didn't hesitate and agreed.

The cold air rushed in during the brief gap when the car door was opened. Even though Wen Huai was wearing a thick coat, he still couldn't help shivering.

Although it is not October yet, the cold air this year seems to have arrived earlier than usual. She is glad that the wedding venue was chosen indoors.

Watching Xu Youjing walk into the store in the rearview mirror, Wen Huai took his phone and casually scrolled through messages.

A WeChat public account article was pushed in, titled: Peak Group Vice President Sui Jianwen was arrested on September 14th on suspicion of corruption. According to incomplete statistics, the amount is as high as 80 million yuan. The people involved...

With a swipe of her finger, Wen Huai swiped away the pop-up window. She continued to browse her friends' circle and liked their posts from time to time.

She stopped until she saw a selfie of Dong Chen.

In the photo, Dong Chen pointed at the clock, which was nearing midnight, with a gloomy face. The caption read: [I'll never bet with a dog again. I worked for three hours and still have a PowerPoint presentation of over ten pages. Who understands that?]

The entire page of comments below was laughing at him. He Xuwen also commented: [Who told you to bet with me? The loser has to complete all the work the winner has done. We agreed in advance. I accept the loss.]

Dong Chen replied: [No need for you to emphasize!!!]

The response below was a chorus of ridicule.

Wen Huai looked at him, the corners of his lips unconsciously raised, and he gave him a thumbs up.

At this moment, there was a knock on the car window. She looked over and saw a young face.

The other person bent over and gestured, as if he wanted to say something.

Wen Huai lowered the car window and smiled gently at the boy who looked like a college student. "Hello sister, I want to ask, is this your car?"

"No--"

"cough."

The monosyllabic voice without a trace of emotion was cold. Wen Huai and the man looked at Xu Youjing who had walked to the car at some point.

He was also holding a bag of light meals.

Looks like a passerby buying breakfast.

The college student stepped forward to block Wen Huai, "Excuse me sir, can it be first come first served? I came first."

"Oh, first come, first served." Xu Youjing bit each word and considered it carefully.

Sure enough, he stood still and didn't move forward.

Seeing this, the male student looked at the people in the car and asked, "Sister, what do you think of me?"

Feeling a chill on his back, the man in his coat paused and shuddered, then said, "It's quite cold out there. Sister, can you please let me sit in the car?"

"I'm sorry, my husband and I—"

Without waiting for Wen Huai to explain their relationship, the man stood up straight.

"Sister, it's okay to have a family these days. I'm a sophomore at Aviation University, twenty years old this year, younger than your husband. Sometimes a change of pace brings different rewards. As for this gentleman, he looks..." The man glanced at Xu Youjingjun's cold and superior face and said unconscionably, "He's probably around thirty, so naturally, young people are better when it comes to physical strength. What do you think, sister?"

physical strength?

Wen Huai was not sure what the kid was going to do, but now that he understood, he couldn't help but be surprised at the audacity of young people these days, who actually knocked on windows in the street for such a thing.

Just as the serious words were about to come to my lips, I heard someone's slightly hushed voice: "I also want to know what my sister means."

Wen Huai frowned.

Is this an addiction to acting? Or is it jealousy?

During this gap, Xu Youjing had already walked over, put his hand on the window frame, and raised his eyebrows: "You won't choose me?"

"That's not what you said last night in bed."

Wen Huai:?

Male: Get on the bed...! !

Touching the playfulness in her eyes, Wen Huai narrowed his eyes and refused to give in: "It's because you didn't perform well."

A soft laugh was like a barrier, and the ambiguous atmosphere separated them from him.

Xu Youjing stretched out his hand, hooked his slender fingertips into Wen Huai's long hair, twirled it in circles, and said, "Then should I perform well tonight?"

Wen Huai was not used to being like this in front of outsiders. He held his hand and warned him in a low voice, "Enough is enough!"

"Um."

"Haha, so you already are." The male leader chuckled, scratched his head, and said shockingly, "Actually, 2v1 is not impossible."

"2v1?" Xu Youjing laughed. "Who agreed to it? You?"

The older man nodded and said, "Many of my classmates are like this. Do you mind? We can keep it a secret from my sister's husband. I will definitely not tell anyone."

Xu Youjing scoffed, took Wen Huai's hand, and showed him the diamond ring on his slender finger, "See it, brother?"

The older man was stunned and pointed at them with a frozen expression: "You...you are married?"

Satisfied with the result but not happy.

Xu Youjing narrowed his eyes, looking dangerous and oppressive: "Who did you just say you were hiding this from?"

"You hit on my wife in front of me, do you want to die?"

"Sorry, sorry to bother you. I have to leave now."

"etc."

The male turned around.

He saw the stern-faced man frown, his sharp eyes followed closely, and he knocked him to the ground.

Xu Youjing coldly replied to him, "Brother, first come, first served, understand?"

“…”

Close the car door and the air conditioning is isolated outside.

Wen Huai took the sandwich, took out one and opened the box, "Shall we go directly to the hospital?"

When Wen Huai learned that Sui Censhan's condition had improved and he was transferred to the North City Hospital, his first reaction was to go see him.

He had been away from the peak for so long, and Wen Huai had only been there once.

Later, when she was transferred to Lingang, Sui Censhan didn't let her come, saying that it would be a waste of time to come all the way to see him.

So when she learned about the transfer to another hospital yesterday, she couldn't sit still.

I thought about going to the hospital to see him after sending Lu Miaomiao off.

Xu Youjing reminded: "Didn't you say to buy things first?"

"Yes." She remembered, "I forgot. Then let's go to Langyi Phase 1."

This is the nearest large shopping mall to them.

"Um."

He started the car, thought of something, and laughed.

"why are you laughing?"

"Thinking of that person just now, you must be shocked."

Otherwise, I would even forget about bringing things with me when I go to the hospital to see the patient.

Wen Huai had no choice but to tear open the sandwich wrapper and put it to Xu Youjing's lips. After he took a bite, he said, "It was indeed unexpected, but someone also scared me."

Knowing that she was referring to the two deliberate threats at the end, Xu Youjing smiled without saying anything.

"Counting the wedding, we're even."

Wen Huai paused, then realized, "You really hold a grudge."

"I remember everything about you." His eyes fell on the sandwich. "Is it delicious?"

"Um."

"Going to the mall?"

"good."

..

On the way to the hospital from Langyi Phase 1, Wen Huai was thinking about something and didn't even hear what Xu Youjing said.

She came back to her senses, "What did you say?"

The car slowly stopped in the garage. Xu Youjing looked over and asked, "Nervous? Because of resigning?"

Wen Huai acquiesced, "Do you think Mr. Sui knows?"

"I know. I knew it the day it happened." Xu Youjing held her hand. "Even though he's in the hospital, he knows everything about the company. He knows the news no slower than us."

She nodded and unbuckled her seatbelt.

Just as she was about to open the door, someone behind her called her.

"Ahuai."

She turned around and bumped into his eyes as he looked at her.

"It's not your fault that you resigned. Don't feel like you owe anyone anything, okay?"

The lines on the palms of his hands carried a warmth that dispelled the cold, and the palms holding each other felt each other's warm and real heartbeats. Wen Huai pinched his fingers and smiled, "I know."

The hospital's luxury ward.

Sui Censhan's mental state was much better than the first time Wen Huai met him.

After placing the things they brought on the coffee table, the two were invited to sit down and talk.

"Back then, I didn't know about you two, and I even introduced you to You Jing, hoping that you two would spend more time together and cooperate with each other. Now it seems that I am behind the times." Sui Censhan's elegant face had many more wrinkles, and he smiled more. "When is the wedding scheduled? Remember to send me an invitation then."

Xu Youjing mentioned a date and said, "Don't worry, I won't forget you."

As they chatted and laughed, they seemed to be deliberately avoiding something. But in the end, they couldn't avoid the climax of the topic.

Sui Censhan gave himself a lot of psychological hints before finally sighing for the fifth time and saying to Wen Huai, "Xiao Wen, what are your plans for the future?"

Wen Huai had thought about talking about this, but when she met those familiar eyes, the words she had prepared could no longer come out.

The sunlight hit the part of the bed that was exposed to the sun, and it happened to hit Wen Huai's eyes. She didn't notice it at first, but the person next to her calmly stepped forward and blocked it for her.

Only then did she realize that the light had changed its position at some point.

Sui Censhan thought she was hesitating, so he said, "I am sorry for what I saw and heard. He used those means behind your back and did those things to you. As a father, I apologize to you on his behalf. After all, I am half your teacher. The fact that you came to see me means that you still recognize me as your teacher. I have something to say to you. Do you want to hear it?"

Xu Youjing was about to speak when Wen Huai replied, "You go ahead."

He pursed his lips, shielding her from the light without moving.

"I know this is my fault, my fault for what I've seen. You're the person who knows Peak the most besides Lao Tong and Lao Li. Ever since we met at the campus recruitment after graduating from graduate school, you've been with me. You've worked at Peak for so many years, and now you're just leaving like that? Can you let it go?" Sui Censhan spoke slowly, taking a deep breath to persuade her, "Xiao Huai, listen to me. Come back when you've rested enough, okay?"

Her fingers curled up on her knees, and the stickiness of her palms made her rub against the fabric unconsciously.

The person opposite her was her mentor who had benefited her a lot. She couldn't say no, but she didn't want to go against her heart and agree without thinking.

She was very confused.

"Mr. Sui, I..."

"Uncle Sui."

Xu Youjing raised his hand and placed it on her shoulder, interrupting her and bringing up the topic casually, "Did you smell any Chinese medicine when we came in?"

Wen Huai looked up at him, but he just patted her shoulder lightly.

Sui Censhan blinked, "Oh, yes, I thought I smelled it wrongly. What's wrong? Is one of you two sick?"

"You only told me you had a capable general, how outstanding her abilities were, and how trustworthy she was. But you didn't mention that your general also had rhinitis, stomach cramps, irregular meals, and bad habits. He was serious and rigorous in his work, but what about himself?"

Sui Censhan looked at Wen Huai, "Is it serious again?"

"Yes." Xu Youjing took over the conversation, "She was hospitalized some time ago. She has been taking Chinese medicine recently and has shown some improvement. The doctor said that she can't worry too much or stay up late, and most importantly, she must eat and take medicine on time. If she goes back at this point, do you want her to recover or her condition to worsen?"

"Of course I am—" Sui Censhan reacted and said, "Hey," "You kid is waiting for me here. Okay, okay, I can't argue with you. You are always ruthless with your words, and I won't be fooled. Let's talk about this later. Come on, have some fruit."

“…”

On the way back, Wen Huai was obviously in a much happier mood than when he came.

Xu Youjing asked her but she didn't say anything, so he asked, "What did Uncle Sui tell you when he sent me out?"

She pursed her lips, "I won't tell you."

"Okay, keep it from me, right?"

There was no impatience in his tone.

The smiles on the corners of their lips did not fade.

Wen Huai looked out the window in the direction of home, carefully pondering Sui Censhan's words.

She knew that she had been in a bad state recently, and the decisions she made were influenced by her emotions. She wanted to escape because she was really disappointed.

So, it’s better to wait until this period of time passes and the emotions fade, then maybe new ideas will come to you.

She thought of Sui Censhan's words and curled her lips:

"Today I finally understand, Yu Jing, I will protect you."

"Don't think I don't know your little thoughts. You're still emotional, and he doesn't want you to feel wronged, so he deliberately talks nonsense to me."

"Youjing is a protective kid."