The car sped along the highway when the quiet carriage was suddenly punctuated by a piercing telephone ring.
In the past, his ringtone was the system's default music, mechanical and monotonous, but this time it turned into a girl's a cappella singing. The girl's voice was sweet and melodious, and every note seemed to carry a strong emotion for her partner, gently striking someone's heart word by word.
Hmm... okay, it's Jiang Shiqian's voice.
Lu Yunzhou's face showed a moment of panic, but he reacted quickly and regained his composure and calmness, pretending to answer the phone as if nothing was wrong.
The phone call was very private; a normal person wouldn't be able to hear the other person's voice. But she wasn't normal. Not only could she hear it, she could hear it very clearly. She heard soft, pitiful sobs coming from the other end, and the person unconsciously calling out Yunzhou's name, saying things like, "It hurts so much, it hurts so much, I don't want to live anymore."
The doctors and nurses around her were trying to comfort her and offered to give her a painkiller injection, but she refused. They also tried to give her medicine, but she just kept calling out for Yunzhou.
Even she, who wasn't there, couldn't help but feel sorry for her when she heard the crying and screaming. How much more so for a man who was so devoted to her.
Lu Yunzhou's heart clenched as he listened. In his nervousness, he slammed on the brakes, the sharp, piercing screech cutting through the night air, leaving a long skid mark on the road.
Caught off guard, Su Yuxi's body lurched forward due to inertia, only to be pulled back by the seatbelt. She bounced twice in her seat before regaining her balance.
"Qianqian, don't worry, listen to me, get your injection first. I'm just going back to the company to get a document, I'll be right back."
He was completely focused on comforting the person opposite him and didn't notice how bad Su Yuxi's complexion looked.
She gently rubbed her shoulders and abdomen, which were sore from being strangled. The force was quite strong; she almost vomited up what she had drunk earlier.
Hearing the two lovebirds still whispering sweet nothings to each other, anger flashed in her eyes. She cursed the two crazy people in her mind and warned herself to stay away from them in the future, since they could still cause her trouble even from so far away.
Lu Yunzhou comforted them for a few minutes and promised to return to the hospital within half an hour before they agreed to give him the painkiller injection.
After hanging up the phone, he remembered the person next to him. He turned his head and saw Su Yuxi's unpleasant face. He looked away for a moment and smiled awkwardly, "Xixi, are you alright?"
Su Yuxi glanced at him with her beautiful eyes, slightly displeased, but still said, "It's nothing."
She tugged hard on the seatbelt to express her dissatisfaction.
"Let's go." She's going back to sleep now, and he can do whatever he wants the rest of the time as long as he doesn't bother her.
But the car didn't start. A complex light flickered in Lu Yunzhou's eyes. He gripped the steering wheel tightly with both hands, his knuckles bulging, as if he were making a difficult decision.
He knew that if he got to the hospital within half an hour, he wouldn't be able to get the person back, and if he didn't get them back...
Su Yuxi didn't urge him, but waited quietly for him to have an internal struggle and to make up his mind.
"Xixi, Qianqian needs me to go over there. Why don't you take a taxi back first? Once things are a bit better there, I'll come back to keep you company, okay?" In the end, he chose to go to Jiang Shiqian's place.
Looking at the vast night sky and the passing cars, Su Yuxi felt a surge of amusement. It really was...
"good."
Without waiting for anyone to urge her on, she grabbed her bag, deftly opened the car door, and got out.
"Xi Xi...me"
Su Yuxi had no patience for his rambling. She slammed the car door shut, shutting out his unconvincing explanation. What was there to explain when he was about to kick her out of the car?
Damn it, she called for a driver, but this piece of trash came. She ended up having to take a taxi back halfway through the trip. I'm so angry.
This place isn't exactly remote, but it's so late now, it's quite difficult to hail a taxi and leave immediately.
You could say this person must be doing a lot of good deeds. She was just annoyed that she couldn't get a taxi, and then a car drove up in front of her. She didn't care whether the car was picking up passengers or not, and just waved it down.
The car wasn't a taxi, but it actually stopped.
To show off her cool behavior, Su Yuxi opened the driver's side door and climbed inside.
The car cooperated perfectly and drove off.
Lu Yunzhou watched as Su Yuxi got into a stranger's car, and his brows furrowed tightly. He didn't choose to chase after her, but instead started the car and drove towards the hospital. He didn't forget to take out his phone to call Su Yuxi, but Su Yuxi seemed to be really angry this time and wouldn't answer his call.
He watched her refuse again and again, and sighed helplessly. However, he finally saw a real, angry Su Yuxi.
But Su Yuxi wasn't angry because he went to see Jiang Shiqian. Rather, she was upset because, even though she had told the family driver not to spend a single penny, and he promised to pick her up, she ended up making her take a taxi home.
Damn it, you're a liar.
Even after getting into the car, she was still spitting in her heart, wanting to drown him.
"Where to?" the man in the car asked. He was handsome and refined, wearing gold-rimmed glasses and a meticulously dressed white shirt. He had a faint smile on his face and spoke in an exceptionally gentle tone.
He is a very gentle man.
Su Yuxi frowned slightly. She had originally planned to go home, but now she wanted to find someone to vent her bad mood. There was only one person who could contain her frustration.
"To Yelan Road..."
She reported Wan Qianqian's location.
The man in the driver's seat raised an eyebrow, his slender, pale fingers tapping lightly on the steering wheel, and finally uttered a single word: "Okay."
Immediately, Su Yuxi took out her phone and sent a voice message to Wan Qianqian: "Is Qianqian home? I'm coming to find you."
Wan Qianqian, who was playing a game, saw her message and her eyes lit up. She stopped playing the game and immediately switched to the chat page, sending a flirty animated GIF of a pretty girl: "Come on, pretty girl, I'm pretty good at cooking... I'll come again after you've been here once."
Su Yuxi looked at the nonsensical text sent from the other end, and her eyes gradually lit up with a smile. Her mood, which had been quite irritable just moments before, improved considerably.
She also recalled a moment from the past: waiting to be received.
The car drove for about fifty minutes before Su Yuxi opened the door to get out, only to find that the car was parked at Wan Qianqian's front door.
She wondered how this man knew she was here, and just as she was about to ask, she saw Wan Qianqian wearing a bright red nightgown running towards her.
"My beautiful Xi Xi, you've finally come to keep me company. Come in quickly, let me pamper you tonight."
Before Su Yuxi could react, she was kissed on the cheek. She pushed her away in disgust, saying, "Calm down, don't go crazy, there are still people here."
Wan Qianqian pouted, glanced at the car in front of her, reluctantly let go of her, and turned back to see the man getting out of the car: "Ah..."
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