Chapter 84 Unexpected Accident

Wen Chu's heart was in turmoil. She subconsciously looked into the cabin. The yacht's windows were one-way, so people inside couldn't see out, but people outside could see everything inside clearly.

She saw Wen Xue and Lu Ming sitting side by side. Wen Xue was holding Lu Ming's left hand with a smile on her face, seemingly looking at something, while the man casually rested one hand on the back of the sofa, gently playing with her, completely unconcerned about what was happening between her and Qi Siyan outside, or what the outcome would be.

An indescribable bitterness welled up in her heart again. Wen Chu lowered her head, her breathing rapid, and she was caught in a dilemma.

Qi Siyan noticed her hesitation and smiled without hesitation: "You don't need to answer me in a hurry. I just hope you can give me a chance and look at me more. I had them all stay inside because I didn't want others to influence your true thoughts. You can think about it slowly every day from now on. Just don't resist my approach."

Wen Chu silently raised her eyes to look at him, her eyes sparkling, as if she wanted to say something but hesitated. Qi Siyan's Adam's apple bobbed, and he teased, "Don't look at me like that, or I won't be able to resist kissing the stars in your eyes."

Upon hearing this, Wen Chu turned her head away awkwardly, her hands holding the bouquet tightening, and in the end she could only say "I'm sorry."

"I'm sorry, Siyan, I really can't give you an answer right now..."

"It's okay, we have plenty of time." Qi Siyan slowly took Wen Chu's hand and placed a sincere kiss on the back of her hand. "Today, I just wanted you to understand my feelings. You don't need to feel too much pressure."

"Hey, hey, they kissed!" The person who had been secretly gossiping through the crack in the door saw this and ran back into the crowd with a beaming smile.

"Really?!" Zhou Jiayang stood up in disbelief, about to go outside to see, but was stopped by the person. "They're so lovey-dovey, why are you going to ruin it! Nobody is allowed to spoil my Qi-ge's wonderful D-night!!"

Zhou Jiayang looked at Lu Ming, who was sitting calmly opposite him, dumbfounded. He wanted to speak but shut up again because of Wen Xue.

What happened? Is it really over? Did his favorite couple really break up?

Wen Xue's eyes lit up in surprise: "Really? They're kissing?"

"Ah, no, that's a kiss. My brother Qi is just that cultured, a true gentleman, that's what makes it even more exciting!" The man's words were full of pride.

Lu Ming seemed completely uninterested in what they were saying. He poured himself a glass of champagne from the table, took a sip, and made no attempt to join in the conversation.

His behavior made his attitude clear to those who were still observing in the shadows, and Chen Shih-hao also understood, so he decided to change the way he addressed his sister-in-law.

System: "Host side quest failed! It will refresh later!"

Wen Chu comforted herself, telling herself that as long as it wasn't a confession from Qi Siyan, she would do whatever came up afterward.

They looked at the stars outside for a while. Qi Siyan had high emotional intelligence and quickly adjusted the slightly awkward situation back to its previous relaxed and pleasant state, allowing Wen Chu to relax again.

"It's not good to stand outside in the wind for too long, shall we go inside first?" Qi Siyan said.

Wen Chu nodded, then, feeling really bad, looked at the petals scattered all around her and said, "Thank you for decorating all this for me, it's very beautiful. Happy birthday to you too."

Qi Siyan smiled casually and said, "I'm glad you like it."

She put down the flowers she was holding, grabbed a balloon from the railing, popped it in front of him with a pop, and said with a relaxed smile, "I wish you great success in business and that you make a fortune!"

Qi Siyan was amused by her actions and, not wanting to spoil the fun, grabbed a balloon and popped it, saying, "Okay, then I also wish you great fame in the AI ​​field and that you can start your own business soon."

The two laughed and carried the flowers back inside, meeting the gossipy gazes of the crowd.

Qi Siyan said, "Why are you all staring at us? Is my conversation with Wen Chu interrupting your fun?"

Seeing the subtle tension between the two, everyone figured the outcome wouldn't be bad, so they tacitly agreed and huddled together to continue playing. "Come on, let's keep playing! Let's change to some more upbeat music!!"

Only Wen Xue couldn't wait to step forward, her gaze sweeping between them. Then she looked at the flowers in Wen Chu's hand and said with a smile, "Siyan, you spent quite a bit today."

Wen Chu didn't want to answer her question, so she chose to remain silent.

Qi Siyan stepped forward and said politely, "It's my first birthday back in China, and you all came to support me. It's only right that I spend some money."

“You guys…are you…” Wen Xue winked at him.

Qi Siyan chuckled: "No, I'm still pursuing her. This can't be rushed. Sister Wen Xue, you'll support me, right?"

"Of course! I didn't expect that—"

As they were talking, they suddenly heard a loosening sound from the connection of the huge crystal chandelier above them. The four people, including Lu Ming who was watching the commotion on the sofa, looked up and their pupils shrank.

Lu Ming jumped up from the sofa almost simultaneously and rushed over, but the crystal chandelier gave them no time to react. With another loud bang, it crashed down without warning.

In a split second, with no time to think, he could only grab Wen Xue, who was closest to him and standing at the edge of the chandelier's range, and spun her around heavily, pulling her away from the chandelier's diameter. He narrowly escaped disaster.

Wen Chu, who was standing directly under the chandelier, was not so lucky.

Qi Siyan's eyes widened when she noticed the unusual chandelier, and she turned to look at Wen Chu: "Wen Chu! Be careful!"

He instinctively rushed over and hugged the other person tightly.

Just before Wen Chu was shielded and fell heavily, her pupils showed not only confusion but also Lu Ming, who was rushing towards them but had grabbed Wen Xue.

Her gaze was fixed in that direction, her ears ringing loudly, and strands of hair brushed against her cheek. The world seemed to stand still for a moment. She was expressionless, but an indescribable disappointment, amplified to its peak by the impending danger, caused her bright, black-pearl-like pupils to dim several shades in an instant.

They fell heavily to the ground, the huge chandelier crashing down on Qi Siyan with a heavy thud, burying them inside countless panes of glass.

"Holy crap! Brother Qi!!!" the card players exclaimed in surprise.

Lu Ming stared blankly at the two people who had fallen to the ground, and the hand holding Wen Xue's shoulder tightened heavily.

"Ouch! Lu Ming..." Wen Xue cried out in pain.

Lu Ming quickly released her, strode over without a word, forcefully lifted the chandelier off the two of them, and threw it aside, making a crackling sound as the glass shattered.

Wen Chu, shielded beneath her, was unharmed. She blinked in shock for a moment, then frowned and looked at Qi Siyan, who was on top of her, asking anxiously, "Siyan! How are you?"

Qi Siyan frowned and coughed painfully.

He struggled to sit up, touched Wen Chu's face, his gaze sweeping over her as he asked anxiously, "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine, are you alright?" Wen Chu's tone was full of anxiety. She quickly half-carried and half-helped the person to sit up, looked them up and down, and then shouted to the group of people behind her, "Quick, call the paramedics!"

"Right away!"

Lu Ming stood stiffly to the side, his gaze fixed on the two people showing concern for each other for a long time. His hands, hanging at his sides, were unconsciously clenched tightly, and his eyes were extremely cold.

Wen Chu tried to help him up, but Qi Siyan winced in pain again. He clutched his arm, a trail of blood running down his forehead, which looked quite alarming. He forced a smile and asked, "I... I should be alright, right?"

Wen Xue cried out in alarm as she saw the ground stained red.

The shards of broken glass cut Wen Chu's calf, causing it to bleed profusely, and a piece of glass was embedded directly in her leg.

Qi Siyan's forehead was covered in sweat, and his face was pale. He looked down and saw Wen Chu's wound. He took Wen Chu's hand and said with deep remorse, "I'm sorry, Wen Chu. I don't know why this accident happened... I didn't protect you..."

Wen Chuxin panicked: "It's nothing! Don't say anything!"

Qi Siyan wanted to say something, but she fainted in her arms.

Everyone was shocked again: "Brother Qi!!"

Wen Chu stared blankly at the person who had collapsed into her arms, quite frightened. She quickly tried to use the healing card, but it failed. Then she remembered that Qi Siyan had just hugged her, and that was the highest level of intimate contact. She quickly grabbed the person's arm and repeated the phrase, and the item finally worked.

Lu Ming took in the woman's subtle movements.

That's the kind of heartache and tension that makes you want to hug the other person to relieve your anxiety and panic.

So, Qi Siyan has become that important to her?

The paramedics on the yacht rushed aboard with a first-aid kit and urgently shouted, "Don't move him! He may have multiple fractures; we need to stop the bleeding and immobilize him immediately!"

Upon hearing this, Wen Chu held the person without daring to move. Everyone quickly cleaned up the surrounding glass shards to prevent further injury. Finally, with the help of paramedics, Wen Chu spent ten minutes carefully and gently moving away from the person and was helped onto the sofa by Wen Xue.

Two conspicuous bloodstains appeared on Wen Chu's fair calves. The glass shards were removed after the paramedics treated her, but she was extra careful during the movement for fear of involving Qi Siyan, which made her wounds even worse.

"Does anyone know basic first aid and give this lady some basic first aid? I can't get away right now; Mr. Qi's injuries are quite serious," the paramedic said.

Most of the people present were pampered young masters and ladies who had virtually no first aid knowledge. Even if they did, they wouldn't dare to rashly treat Qi Siyan's girlfriend's complicated wounds, lest they make things worse and become irresponsible. So, after the paramedic finished speaking, everyone fell silent for a moment.

"How about I do it? But I don't really know how to do it either..." Wen Xue hesitated.

"No need, I can do it myself." Wen Chu refused, and took out gauze from the first-aid kit to try to stop the bleeding.

Suddenly someone walked up to her and snatched the gauze from her hand.

Before Wen Chu could react, she met a pair of expressionless, icy eyes. The person looked down at her and said, "Lie down."

Wen Chu looked up at him coldly, without any gratitude. Just as she was about to say that she didn't need him to do it, Lu Ming impatiently lifted her injured leg, causing her to lose her balance and fall onto the sofa.

She grunted, confused, and quickly pressed down on her skirt to avoid exposing herself. Then, a sharp pain shot through her leg. She instinctively tried to pull her leg back, but Lu Ming pulled it back without a word. The force seemed to be warning her not to make trouble and not to be dramatic.

She glared fiercely at the man.

No one required him to do this; if he was unwilling, he didn't have to do it. There was no need to show this attitude to others.

He pressed gauze firmly around the wound to stop the bleeding. Lu Ming lifted her leg and half-squatted down on the edge of the sofa to examine her injury. He noticed small shards of glass in the shallow part of the wound. He frowned, placed her leg on the higher head of the sofa, and whispered, "Keep it at this height and don't move."

Wen Chu didn't want to listen to him, but everyone was watching, and she didn't want others to realize that they had any other relationship, so she could only turn her head away and not look at him. More importantly, she didn't want to say a word to anyone right now.

Lu Ming took out tweezers, disinfected them, and then came over to hold her ankle, reminding her, "Bear with it. There are still fragments inside." He carefully used the tweezers to pick up the fragments, but Wen Chu still frowned.

Lu Ming removed the shards and set them aside, then continued to press the area around the wound with gauze, causing Wen Chu to hiss softly again. He glanced at her, then sat down on the stool next to him, still pressing her leg with his hands, and said, "Don't move. Wait until the bleeding stops before disinfecting."

The people around dared not breathe, glancing at Wen Chu one moment and Qi Siyan the next. No one thought Lu Ming's attitude and actions were related to anything else; they could only sigh in their hearts that he was reliable.

Wen Xue stood aside with a complicated expression, but ultimately said nothing.

Wen Chu felt incredibly tormented. She looked at Qi Siyan, who was still unconscious, and asked the paramedic, "How is he?"

The paramedics, sweating profusely, said, "There's not much I can do. I can only prevent the injury from worsening. My initial assessment is that there's a fracture in the arm. As for whether there's internal bleeding or any problems with the ribs, we'll have to wait for further examination at the hospital."

Wen Chu nodded. She calmed down and realized this couldn't be a coincidence; it was clearly aimed at her. She had just failed her mission, and now this happened. She didn't know if it was punishment from the system, or if the system's warning that failure would make her even more dangerous.

She bit her lip, overwhelmed with self-reproach. Fortunately, she had just obtained a healing card, which meant Qi Siyan was at least out of danger.

Lu Ming took in her bewildered expression, and at that moment, he had a strong premonition that the distance between them had grown once again.

The yacht quickly docked, and Lu Ming cleaned and disinfected the edges of Wen Chu's wound with iodine and wrapped it with gauze, but the wound was still bleeding slightly.

From beginning to end, Wen Chu never looked at him again.

They were rushed to the hospital, bringing their birthday celebration to an abrupt end. Those who cared went to the hospital, while the others dispersed. The remaining flowers on the deck were scattered by the wind, leaving the staff at a loss as to what to do with them, especially since their boss was in trouble.

Lu Ming glanced coldly at the scene and said to the cleaning staff, "Tear it all down and throw it away."

"Huh?" The cleaning staff was about to ask if this was appropriate, but seeing the man's cold and aloof demeanor, they didn't utter a single word of rebuttal and nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, "Okay."

Anyway, when asked, he just said it was this person who said it.