Chapter 276 I Will Support You

Hu Xiaoxiao quickly explained to him that it was a misunderstanding, she was not injured or disfigured, and asked Steven not to worry about what the gossip news said.

Steven seemed to be very busy, rushing to respond to the police call, but he was still worried. He kept nagging Hu Xiaoxiao with a lot of instructions and repeatedly reminded Hu Xiaoxiao to remember to call him if anything happened.

"I know, I know. Go get busy." Hu Xiaoxiao repeatedly assured him that he would take good care of himself and would come to him if anything happened. "If there is anything, I will definitely not be polite and will come to you."

On the other end of the phone, Steven thought that Hu Xiaoxiao wasn't the type to put herself in a difficult position, or to hide in a corner and cry, so he smiled and said, "Then I'll get busy. Let's go out for dinner together when we're free."

Hu Xiaoxiao then hung up the phone on Steven. The phone rang again. When he answered it, it was Chen Tianwang calling, also asking about the news.

She quickly explained again and assured her that she was fine.

After two phone calls, Hu Xiaoxiao couldn't sleep anymore, so he got up and washed up.

The phone never stopped ringing. Friends kept calling to ask about her situation. Even Mr. Lu and Charlie from the TV station called to ask about her. Only then did Hu Xiaoxiao realize that the matter was a bit serious.

Fortunately, everyone was in the same circle and was used to all kinds of news. Knowing that Hu Xiaoxiao was fine, they said they would help tell other friends so that they didn't have to call Hu Xiaoxiao to ask, because Hu Xiaoxiao's phone was always busy.

Dong Peiyu was the one who kept calling but couldn't get through. If she hadn't called the crew and found out what happened yesterday, she would have gone crazy.

She rushed to Hu Xiaoxiao's house, but Hu Xiaoxiao's cell phone had already run out of battery and was being charged aside.

Dong Peiyu placed the breakfast bags she was carrying on the dining table and said, "I met Mingxu downstairs. He asked me to bring this up for you. He went grocery shopping and said he ordered two farm chickens from the countryside yesterday and was going to pick them up. He also asked you not to have fast food for lunch. He would bring it to you when he got to the set."

Boxes of breakfast were opened one after another, all of which were Hu Xiaoxiao's favorites. Hu Xiaoxiao was hungry, so he took a piece of durian cake and started eating it. "Do you have today's newspaper? Let me see it."

"I was in a hurry to get here and forgot to get it from the mailbox for you." Dong Peiyu only remembered that Director Du said Hu Xiaoxiao's hand was injured, so he bought some medicine at the pharmacy on the way here.

After opening the medicine, Dong Peiyu asked Hu Xiaoxiao to stretch out the injured part and changed the medicine for him.

Hu Xiaoxiao stretched out his injured hand in front of Dong Peiyu, and continued to eat breakfast with chopsticks in the other hand.

Dong Peiyu removed the gauze and found a blood scab on Hu Xiaoxiao's wound, red with black, and the bleeding had stopped. Dong Peiyu hadn't seen Hu Xiaoxiao's bleeding wound yesterday. She wasn't a doctor herself, so she was just a little surprised by this and didn't think anything else about it.

If it were an ordinary person, Hu Xiaoxiao's wound would need several stitches to heal quickly. It would not stop bleeding and form a scab in just one night. Her wound seemed to have been healing for two or three days.

Even so, Dong Peiyu couldn't help but hiss when she saw the hideous blood scab on Hu Xiaoxiao's snow-white arm. She asked, "Does it still hurt?"

She still gets a few painful throbs from time to time, especially when she accidentally pulls a muscle, but Hu Xiaoxiao is used to it. Compared to injuries she's had on set before, this is a minor injury. She said, "It's just a minor injury. It will heal in two days."

Dong Peiyu couldn't persuade Hu Xiaoxiao to quit this job, so she could only remind her to be careful. When encountering dangerous scenes, she would rather do a few more NGs than get herself hurt.

Hu Xiaoxiao's attention was focused on the food. The restaurant's signature breakfast dish, the shrimp dumplings, were translucent, plump, and juicy, with the shrimp meat particularly fresh and delicious, perfectly suiting Hu Xiaoxiao's taste. The durian pastry was also a specialty, its crust golden and crispy, crumbling in his mouth. The filling was sweet, fragrant, and smooth, and every bite was filled with the aroma of durian, making Hu Xiaoxiao unable to stop eating.

The door was pushed open with a bang. Hu Xiaoxiao looked over and saw Xie Zhiheng running in with sweat all over his forehead.

"I saw the news—" Xie Zhiheng stopped and looked at Hu Xiaoxiao's intact face, stunned.

Xie Zhiheng was relieved to see that Hu Xiaoxiao was not disfigured as reported in the news. But when he saw the wound on Hu Xiaoxiao's arm, he walked over and looked at the hideous wound, his eyes turned red.

Hu Xiaoxiao asked Xie Zhiheng: "Have you had breakfast? There's still plenty here."

Seeing that Dong Peiyu was a little heavy-handed when bandaging the wound, Xie Zhiheng became anxious, "Do you know how to bandage it? You're using such strong force, what if the wound splits? You're so clumsy, get out of the way, I'll do it!"

Dong Peiyu could only move aside. She really didn't know how to do it. She had only used Band-Aids on artists before.

She thought Xie Zhiheng didn't know how to do it either, but she didn't expect that his technique was much more delicate than hers, and he bandaged it very carefully.

She didn't expect that Mr. Xie, who usually acted so arrogant, could be so delicate and gentle. She thought he only knew how to act cool and handsome, and make people angry.

Hu Xiaoxiao saw that the wound had been patched and was about to pull her hand back, but she saw Xie Zhiheng holding her hand, keeping his head down and not saying a word.

"What's wrong with you?" Hu Xiaoxiao was a little uncomfortable with him being so silent despite being usually so noisy.

Xie Zhiheng raised his head, his eyes red, "Xiaoxiao, does it hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt. This minor wound will heal in two days." Hu Xiaoxiao tried to explain clearly, "I've had deeper wounds before, but this isn't a big deal now."

Unexpectedly, after hearing Hu Xiaoxiao's explanation, Xie Zhiheng's eyes became even redder, and his nose became sore and red.

He sniffed, his voice choked with sobs, "Don't go filming anymore. I'll support you, okay? I have enough money, enough for you to spend your whole life on shopping."

Hu Xiaoxiao silently withdrew his hand, "I guess your family's money is not enough for you to squander."

"I'm not a spendthrift anymore," Xie Zhiheng said, trying to defend himself. "My dad even praised me for being a good person and capable."

Hu Xiaoxiao coaxed him like a child, "Yes, yes, compared to before, you are really amazing now, great, and awesome."

How could Xie Zhiheng not hear Hu Xiaoxiao's perfunctory attitude, but what could he do?

Seeing Hu Xiaoxiao eating non-stop, he looked over with disgust, "You're already injured, why are you still eating these worthless things?"

"How can it be unnutritious? They are all made fresh by the restaurant chef." Hu Xiaoxiao reminded him, "This is a product of your restaurant. How can you be so disgusted with your own business?"

Even though it was freshly made and made with top-notch ingredients, Xie Zhiheng still felt it lacked nutrition. He stood up and ran upstairs, asking Sister Xi to make some tonic soup for Hu Xiaoxiao.

Sister Xi didn't read the newspaper and didn't know today's news. When she heard that Hu Xiaoxiao was injured, she said, "I'll make some bird's nest for Miss Hu so that her wound can heal faster."

When Xie Zhiheng heard that bird's nest was useful, he immediately thought of his mother's collection of golden bird's nests. He rushed back to the old house and took away a large box of golden bird's nests that his mother was reluctant to eat. Then he took a century-old mountain ginseng that his father treasured and brought all the ingredients back to Tiancui City, asking Sister Xi to make a tonic for Hu Xiaoxiao.