Chapter 47: Does it have a sense of boundaries?

After realizing what was happening, Qiao Wu slapped him hard on the back of the head: "Has your brain gotten waterlogged too?"

He thinks about all sorts of random things all day long.

Lu Yingchi then realized that he had indeed been feeling a little dizzy, but his body had always been as strong as an ox, and he rarely got sick. Even when he broke his leg after jumping off a building, he was still in good spirits. So he never thought that he would get sick just from swimming in the river.

“.

His gaze darted around, "I thought..."

I thought she was just intoxicated by her fragrance.

It scared him to death.

"The river water is dirty and contains many microorganisms, which could potentially cause infection and fever." Qiao Wu called the hotel and asked for a thermometer.

As expected, the temperature was 39 degrees Celsius after the measurement was taken.

Lu Yingchi slumped onto the sofa and began to groan, "I feel nauseous, I feel like throwing up."

"Your acting skills aren't much better than your brother's."

"..." Lu Yingchi opened his eyes and said angrily, "I have a fever, and you don't even care about me! Do you know that acts of bravery are rewarded!"

Qiao Wu poured him a glass of hot water: "Go lie down on the bed. I asked Guo Liyan to buy some medicine."

"Speaking of which, I haven't asked about this yet." Lu Yingchi's head was indeed a little heavy, and his breathing became a little slow. Holding his water glass, he asked, "When did you go out with him?"

He hadn't realized it when they were at the guesthouse, but now he found it strange.

"He is my newly hired assistant."

“Assistant?” Lu Yingchi sat up abruptly. “Him?”

"What's wrong with him?" Qiao Wu rubbed his temples to relieve the day's fatigue. "He graduated from a prestigious university, he's perceptive, and he's willing to learn and endure hardship."

"But……"

But after a long time, Lu Yingchi couldn't find any other reason to refute him.

In his eyes, Guo Liyan was the same kind of person as him, eating at home, living at home, and playing around outside.

But in the blink of an eye, he was dressed in a sharp suit and looked very respectable, standing next to Qiao Wu as her assistant, while he was still getting into conflicts with people at school and participating in a reality show.

The person Qiao Wu has his eye on should be alright.

No wonder he spoke up for Guo Liyan back then.

He closed his eyes and remained silent.

Taking this opportunity, Qiao Wu leaned back on the sofa and dozed off.

Not long after, Guo Liyan rang the doorbell.

Lu Yingchi was the first to open his eyes, and before he could find a focal point, his gaze first fell on the person next to him.

She must have just woken up; her light-eyed gaze was unfocused, and even her makeup couldn't hide her deep weariness. Lu Yingchi had never seen Qiao Wu so vulnerable before.

Seeing that she sat up straight and was about to get up, Lu Yingchi pressed her down, saying, "I'll go."

He stood up unsteadily and opened the door.

"Are you alright?" Guo Liyan handed him the medicine. "If your fever doesn't go down after taking the medicine, we'll have to go to the hospital."

"It's not that fussy." Lu Yingchi turned around, opened the bag, checked the dosage, and stuffed it into his mouth, swallowing it with the water on the table.

Guo Liyan followed him in and noticed that Qiao Wu hadn't even changed his clothes since he came back. He said, "How about I sleep here tonight? It'll be more convenient to take care of him. You've had a busy day, so get some rest. You have an event tomorrow."

To be honest, Qiao Wu was a little worried, as Lu Yingchi rarely got sick.

But before she could speak, Lu Yingchi urged her to get up: "Let him stay here, you go to sleep, I'll be fine in a bit."

"but…"

"But what? I'm so big, if I really can't get up, can you carry me?" Lu Yingchi said impatiently. "Go on."

“Yes, they’re both men, so I can sleep in the same room with him,” Guo Liyan said. “If the fever doesn’t go down later, I’ll call you again.”

From this perspective, Guo Liyan is indeed more convenient.

"I'll give you the day off tomorrow," Qiao Wu said. "Thank you for your hard work tonight."

After Qiao Wu left, Lu Yingchi finally relaxed his shoulders and buried himself in the bed.

Guo Liyan went back to his room to get a change of clothes and then brought up his work notebook. He naturally entered Lu Yingchi's room, but he didn't actually intend to sleep in the same bed with him. Instead, he took a spare blanket and placed it on the sofa next to him, planning to make do there for the night.

Hearing the noise, Lu Yingchi turned his head: "What are you doing?"

Guo Liyan, who was sitting on the sofa, opened his laptop and looked up when he heard this: "Go to sleep, I'll wait for your fever to break."

"I'm not the Princess and the Pea, nor am I an evil capitalist. I just have a fever." Lu Yingchi pointed to the next room. "Go sleep in there."

He only agreed to it to coax Qiao Wu away.

"No," Guo Liyan insisted. "I promised Chairman Qiao."

Chairman Qiao, this title is really quite novel.

Lu Yingchi changed his mind. He wiggled closer to the bed and patted the person next to him: "Come up and sleep. I have something to tell you."

Fearing that Guo Liyan would refuse again, he said, "Either come up, or get out."

Guo Liyan had no choice but to sit down with his laptop, turn down the screen brightness, and listen to the young master's complaints while working.

"Why do you want to work with Qiao Wu?" Lu Yingchi asked.

"I didn't know she was my boss before the interview."

I mean, why do you work?

Guo Liyan was surprised that this young master would bring up such a formal topic with him. He thought for a moment and said, "I want to become more useful."

Lu Yingchi responded with an "Oh," and then asked, "She seems to like you quite a bit, doesn't she?"

like?

Guo Liyan never dared to think about those two words. He lowered his eyes and said, "Chairman Qiao only recognized my abilities and gave me an opportunity. I can't say he likes me."

Lu Yingchi wholeheartedly agreed: "That's true, she likes us."

Guo Liyan: "..."

"Wouldn't it be interesting to work with her?"

"Work is work." Guo Liyan felt that something was off about what Lu Yingchi was saying, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

He paused for a few seconds, then added, "But luckily."

“You’re right about that.” Lu Yingchi couldn’t imagine what it would be like to work with Qiao Wu, “but it should be nice to be together every day.”

Should he also go to the company and find a job?

Guo Liyan paused, turned to look at Lu Yingchi, and asked, "Are you...?"

He stopped speaking halfway through his sentence when he saw that Lu Yingchi had his eyes closed and seemed unaware of what he had said.

What is it?

"nothing."

Guo Liyan looked away, but his work efficiency had slowed down considerably.

What he really wanted to ask was: Do you like Qiao Wu?

He's so clingy, he talks about her all the time, and he's so obviously possessive.

But he felt that with Lu Yingchi's brain, he probably couldn't distinguish what liking someone meant. If he really liked someone, he probably would have already gone to claim territory.

Guo Liyan couldn't explain his current state of mind, because he didn't want to act as Lu Yingchi's emotional mentor and enlighten him.

It's probably despicable.

“Work isn’t about being together,” Guo Liyan said. “She wouldn’t like that.”

Lu Yingchi lay on the quilt, realizing that he would be scolded for doing so.

"I'm not that stupid."

-

Qiao Wu was indeed too tired the day before. He set an alarm to wake up in the middle of the night and saw that he had not received any messages or calls on his phone, so he went back to sleep.

She got up early and went to Lu Yingchi's room; Guo Liyan was already awake.

"How about it?"

"The fever has subsided," Guo Liyan said. "I had a low-grade fever for a while before, but I took some medicine and slept. I'm fine now."

Then you don't need to go to the hospital.

"You can stay at the hotel today and fly over after you've rested."

"I……"

As the two were talking, Lu Yingchi suddenly opened the door and said with a furrowed brow, "I'm all better."

The voice sounds a bit hoarse, probably a lingering effect of the fever.

“You all go do what you’re supposed to do,” he said. “I’m going too.”

Qiao Wu asked helplessly, "What are you doing?"

“The old man said I should come with you and see what it's like.” Lu Yingchi turned around, grabbed a coat, and put it on, looking like he was all packed and ready to go at any moment. “I haven’t seen anything yet.”

"There will be plenty of opportunities in the future."

"I'm really better, just a little sore throat." Lu Yingchi walked up to her and lowered his head. "Feel it if you don't believe me."

My forehead is definitely not hot anymore.

Did it recover so quickly?

Qiao Wu was hesitating when Lu Yingchi tugged at her clothes: "Let me go. I won't hold you back. I didn't let Guo Liyan stay up all night last night."

She pulled her dress back: "You can't hold anyone back. Your dad showed you yesterday's party. I'm flying to another province today. If you go, you won't make it back to class tomorrow."

Lu Yingchi insisted, "I have no classes tomorrow morning. I've already asked my counselor for leave tomorrow afternoon, so I can come back in the evening."

Qiao Wu's face darkened: "Lu Yingchi?"

“You said I could find out what I want to do while I’m in college, and now I just want to go and see.” Lu Yingchi was unusually not intimidated by her tone. “I’ll make up for the afternoon classes, and I’ll check them for you then, okay?”

He actually showed her his chat history with the counselor. He was quite the opportunist, acting first and informing the counselor later, and even told the counselor that he would make up for tomorrow's class.

Qiao Wu confirmed his physical condition several times and even called the doctor before agreeing to take him on the trip.

The direct flight from southern Jiangsu to the destination takes only two hours, but it takes another three hours to drive from the airport to the location of this charity project. Guo Liyan had rented a car in advance, but even so, everyone was still quite shaken up after entering the mountains.

Lu Yingchi, who had been complaining the whole bus ride the day before, turned pale.

He didn't vomit even when he had a fever, and he only complained about the cramped seat on the bus because he couldn't stretch his legs. I didn't expect him to vomit now. He couldn't stand it anymore halfway through the journey, so we stopped and he vomited it all up.

He turned around, his face deathly pale. Qiao Wu in the passenger seat was still in such good shape he could be on camera. He couldn't help but question his existence: "Don't you find it disgusting?"

He had his driver's license for less than a year. He thought the Zero Ring Road was steep enough, but he didn't expect there to be something even more extreme.

He's been all over the world, but he hasn't found any place in China that's so hard to reach. It seems that the Zero Ring Road can operate legally because it's safe enough.

But if he remembered correctly, this should be Qiao Wu's first time on this kind of road, right?

Even someone as patient as Guo Liyan doesn't look too good right now, so how did she manage to keep a straight face?

"It's alright." Qiao Wu handed him a bottle of water. "It's too late for you to regret it now."

Lu Yingchi rinsed his mouth with most of a bottle of water and said weakly, "Whoever regrets it is a dog!"

To distract himself, he even made a video call to Lu Ning, determined to let this young girl see the world.

At this moment, Lu Ning was sitting in the library reading a book. She was all alone, so she didn't care about anything and simply turned on the speakerphone and placed her phone upright on the table.

Wow! Such a tall mountain! So many trees!

"Lu Yingchi, how could you be so bad at racing cars?!"

"Move it a little further away, I want to see what it looks like outside."

Lu Yingchi had just stretched out his hand when Qiao Wu in front of him turned his head and glanced at him: "Danger."

"Qiao Wu." Lu Ning immediately came over when she heard her voice. "Take me with you next time you go out. I can endure more hardship than Lu Yingchi."

Hearing her excited tone, Qiao Wu didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "I didn't come here for an autumn outing."

"So what are you going to do next?" Lu Ning asked. "Are you going to stay in the mountains for a long time? Where are you staying? Are there hotels in the mountains?"

Qiao Wu patiently replied, "There are no hotels; I'll stay in the village."

Seeing that the two had started chatting, Lu Yingchi simply handed over his phone.

As soon as Qiao Wu took it, he saw someone silently appear behind Lu Ning.

Lu Ning noticed it too, and she sprang up like a spring, causing the phone standing on the table to fall over with a thud.

"Second Uncle!"

The camera jolted and flipped, revealing Lu Jinzhi's face again, with only his chin visible in the frame.

Qiao Wu was somewhat moved; he could even withstand such a deadly angle.

"You still know to call him Second Uncle." Lu Jinzhi glanced at her lightly. "Anyone who didn't know better would think you'd seen a ghost."

You're so silent and stealthy, what's the difference between you and a ghost!

Lu Ning pulled up a chair and sat down next to her, tentatively reaching out her hand: "Mine..."

cell phone.

But her second uncle didn't return the phone to her. Instead, he looked at the camera and started chatting naturally.

Where are we?

"It'll take about half an hour to get to the village committee," Qiao Wu said. "Are you off today?"

"Take a break this afternoon."

Looking at the people in the camera, Lu Jinzhi felt that his previous decision was correct; you have to look at the people when you speak to them.

He said lazily, "I'm not a model worker."

Lu Ning muttered under her breath, "Then why did you make Qiao Wu work overtime on the weekend?"

This has prevented her from having any shopping time this weekend.

Lu Jinzhi said calmly, "It's more meaningful than walking chickens."

"?!"

Give me back my phone!

Lu Ning didn't dare to snatch it directly, so she could only sit to the side, sulking and fuming.

Hearing their conversation, Qiao Wu laughed and said, "Don't bully her."

"Then she has to prove herself."

Lu Jinzhi noticed that her complexion seemed alright, which puzzled him.

Back when he was still in China, he had participated in several charity projects, and even though it was his first time going to those places, he was a bit embarrassed.

"You're adapting quite well."

Qiao Wu adapted well, of course. She had often been in this kind of environment in her previous life, otherwise she wouldn't have been so bold as to run laps with Lu Yingchi.

She said, "Maybe it's fate, but I feel quite close to this place."

What was said in jest was taken seriously by the listener.

Lu Jinzhi couldn't help but think back to the past twelve years. He had wondered where she was during that time, but he had no answer.

Could it possibly be in these places?

Instead of guessing, just ask for the answer: "When you come back, you can tell me why we're so close."

We'll see.

“The temperature difference is large in the mountains.” Lu Jinzhi shared his past experience with her. “Be careful and call back when it’s time.”

Before this, Qiao Wu might not have understood, but now she suddenly understood that Lu Jinzhi was telling her to remember to report that she was safe at the appointed time, but unexpectedly, it was the other way around.

"good."

Lu Yingchi, who had been eavesdropping for a long time while lying on the back of the car seat, finally noticed something was wrong. He pointed to the phone screen and said, "You two are having a good time chatting on my phone, aren't you?"

"Do you want to talk to your brother?" Qiao Wu turned the phone screen towards him. "Your brother has been here before. Maybe you two will have something in common when it comes to motion sickness."

Lu Yingchi rolled his eyes: "When did you two become so close?"

You can also chat about the weather and return phone calls.

Is Lu Jinzhi the kind of person who would call people and chat about everyday things?

His conversation with Lu Ning was more normal.

The video was so long, but they didn't say a single serious thing; they just kept rambling, which made him furious.

"Lu Jinzhi, don't you have any sense of boundaries? Can't you distinguish between what's important and what's urgent? Why don't you talk about a few more projects and make some money instead of constantly bothering other people who are working diligently?" He spoke recklessly through the screen, even daring to question, "Send me money, do you think my data doesn't cost money?"

The moment Lu Jinzhi caught a glimpse of his face, he immediately hung up the video call.

Lu Yingchi: "..."

He angrily accused, "Look at him! What kind of attitude is that!"

Qiao Wu kindly reminded him, "You'd better check if your card has been frozen."

"???"

"The economic base determines the superstructure."

Lu Yingchi felt a sudden pang of panic and quickly lowered his head to check if his card had been frozen.

Lu Jinzhi isn't that stingy, is he? Damn, he really is stingy.

I waited and waited, and half an hour passed.

“No,” Lu Yingchi said smugly. “He wouldn’t dare to be so arrogant.”

"That's not necessarily true." Qiao Wu thought for a moment. "Maybe his temper has improved."

It's not that my temper has gotten better.

Lu Jinzhi was just worried that if someone else's card was frozen, someone else would inconsiderately go to share a room with Qiao Wu.

He just happened to wander around the garage while strolling around and collected all the keys to Lu Yingchi's beloved cars.

Take a photo, send it, then block.

The level of proficiency is simply unbelievable.

Now Lu Yingchi was no longer carsick. He almost jumped out of the car and flew back to confront Lu Jinzhi.

"He blocked me!" he exclaimed in shock. "He took my car keys and still dared to block me!"

"Calm down." Qiao Wu chuckled. "Your third brother is still on his blacklist too. You're all on it, oh, and Qin Lian too."

"Who the hell wants to be on par with him!" Lu Yingchi was furious but also confused. "Lu Xuan was blocked too? Why? Lu Jinzhi hasn't seen Lu Xuan much since returning to China, has he?"

Qiao Wu: "He wants to take your brother's place."

"?" Lu Yingchi felt that Lu Xuan was not wronged at all. "Not very bright, but with big dreams, no..."

He stared at Qiao Wu's profile: "How do you know so much about the people on Lu Jinzhi's blacklist? You've barely met each other, and he hasn't even given you a piece of his mind. When did you two become so close?"

Why?

Of course, it's because everyone who gets blocked is connected to her.

yes.

At this moment, Qiao Wu suddenly realized that he was closely related to Lu Jinzhi's blacklist.

From this perspective, she is indeed very familiar with Lu Jinzhi.

She couldn't help but smile and raise her eyebrows: "A long time ago."