Seeing Lu wake up, the two finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Qingqing, you're finally awake!"
"Are you hungry? Would you like something to eat?"
Lu Qing had just woken up, and her voice was a little hoarse:
"I want to drink water."
Grandma Gu quickly poured a glass of warm water and added some sugar to it.
"Here you go! Grandma will feed you, drink slowly!"
After drinking some sugar water, Lu Qing felt her throat was more comfortable.
"Auntie, Grandma, where's Gu Xicheng?"
When Lu Qing woke up, she immediately asked Gu Xicheng, and Old Madam Gu and Nan Qian couldn't stop smiling.
"He just left. He had some business at the company and went back to take care of it. He'll come back to be with you in a little while."
Lu Qing quickly waved his hand: "No need! Let him be busy if he has something to do!"
"It's okay! You are his future wife, you are more important than work."
Grandma Gu gave Lu Qing a pillow to lean on so she could sit up.
"You really scared us this time, but thankfully the doctor said you were just too tired and will be fine after a couple of days of rest."
Lu Qing finally came to her senses and quickly asked:
"How are Wang Yanjun and his younger brother Xiao Chang?"
"They're fine! They're in the room next to yours!"
Speak of the devil, and he appears; Zhang Shichang walked in with a grin.
"Sister Xiaoqing, you're awake!"
"Where's my brother?" Lu Qing asked.
"He was a workaholic. He left as soon as he woke up, and told us not to tell anyone his secret!"
Zhang Shichang curled his lip: "It's like nobody cares about his secrets!"
As he was speaking, he suddenly noticed the apple beside Lu Qing's bed and couldn't help but swallow.
"Sister Xiaoqing, do you want an apple? I'll peel it for you!"
Zhang Shichang was shameless. Regardless of whether Lu Qing wanted to eat or not, he picked up an apple, quickly peeled it, cut it into small pieces, and handed them to Lu Qing, as well as to Old Madam Gu and Nan Qian.
"Grandma, Auntie, please eat too! Don't be shy!"
He acted as if this were his own home, which amused and exasperated Grandma Gu.
"This child is so clever!"
"You call her Sister Qingqing, so you must be her brother?" the old lady asked with a smile.
Zhang Shichang shook his head:
“We’re not blood-related, but Sister Xiaoqing doesn’t have parents. My dad used to say he wanted to adopt her as his goddaughter. Although it didn’t work out, we’re very close. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say we’re like siblings.”
Zhang Shichang shamelessly sidled up to him:
"Sister, don't you think so?"
Lu Qing pouted and rolled her eyes at him:
When are you going home?
Upon hearing this question, Zhang Shichang's smile vanished instantly, replaced by a look of grievance:
"Sister, are you sure you want to send my cute and resilient little brother away?"
Zhang Shichang's tall stature of 185 cm, coupled with his pitiful expression, was indeed a bit greasy.
Lu Qing said he couldn't bear to watch anymore and told his dad to take him away quickly!
"If you don't go back now, I'll call Uncle Zhang and tell him all the good things you've done!"
Lu Qing's threat was very effective. As soon as he said that, Zhang Shichang immediately dropped his greasy expression and made the Er Kang gesture:
"No need for that! I'm getting out of here right now!"
“Remember! It’s about going home, not continuing to wander!” Lu Qing added.
Zhang Shichang glared at Lu Qing through gritted teeth:
"You're so disloyal! And I even called you 'sister'!"
"Hmph! Fine, I'll leave then!"
Zhang Shichang was about to leave angrily when Lu Qing spoke up again:
"etc!"
Zhang Shichang's eyes lit up. Could it be that he had a change of heart and was going to let me stay?
"Sister Xiaoqing, I knew it would be you..."
Lu Qing: "Peel two more apples for me before you leave, one isn't enough."
Zhang Shichang was furious (╬▔皿▔)╯: "Lu Qing, I'm not your slave!"
Lu Qing: "Should we cut it or not?"
Zhang Shichang: "...Cut it off!!"
Zhang Shichang, holding his breath, peeled two more apples before leaving.
Nan Qian said with some concern, "Qingqing, Auntie sees that you two get along quite well. You could let him stay for a few more days. Why are you in such a hurry to send him away?"
Lu Qing sighed softly:
"Actually, I didn't want to send him away, but the outside world is indeed very dangerous for him."
Rumors circulated that the son of the leader of the Corpse-Driving Sect was a good-for-nothing who had studied the art of corpse-driving for eighteen years but hadn't even mastered the basics.
But only those close to him knew that Zhang Shichang wasn't incapable of learning the art of corpse driving; he simply couldn't learn it.
Because he himself was a corpse.
How can a corpse be driven around?
Zhang Shichang was born with half a heart missing, and he should not have survived. It was his father who begged countless friends to gather the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into the Nuwa Stone to create half a heart for him.
The Nuwa Stone is a treasure of the world. A common man is innocent, but possessing such a treasure is a crime.
Zhang Shichang is always on the move, and it's hard to guarantee that he won't be discovered. If that happens, his life will be in danger.
Therefore, Lu Qing had to send him back; only by staying with the Corpse-Driving Sect could he live safely.
Lu Qing rested in the hospital for another night. In the evening, Gu Fei and her three roommates all came to visit her.
They also brought news that Li Mengmeng had dropped out of school.
"I heard Li Mengmeng's father went to prison, Qingqing, did you do it?" Cheng Yiyi asked curiously.
Lu Qing answered while eating a snack:
“I didn’t do it. He committed a crime. What does it have to do with me?”
“What happened after you went out that night? You haven’t come back and you’re not replying to our messages. We’re all very worried about you!” Yang Xiwen said.
"Yes, yes! Qingqing, please tell us, we promise we won't tell anyone!" Leng Wei asked eagerly.
"Want to hear a story? But it's not free!"
Lu Qing and the others exchanged glances, and they immediately understood.
Gu Fei: "I'm ordering takeout, Black Forest cake and mochi!"
Yang Xiwen: "Then I'll order a drink, the Orange, Green Grape, and Lemon Drink, is that okay?"
Cheng Yiyi: "Then I'll order some snacks, like duck feet and duck heads."
Leng Wei: "Then I'll order another spicy seafood platter!"
They ordered right away, and soon four delivery riders brought their snacks to them.
The five girls ate while listening to Lu Qing tell stories.
Fortunately, Lu Qing was staying in a VIP ward, which was spacious enough and there were no other patients around. Otherwise, their constant chatter would probably have drawn complaints.
Gu Xicheng had just finished his work and arrived at the ward door when he heard the voices of five girls inside, and he immediately stopped.
Three women make a drama, five women make an even bigger drama.
He shouldn't go in and disturb them!
Gu Xicheng hung the snacks he had brought for Lu Qing on the door, then turned and left.
He saw Wang Yanjun at the hospital entrance.
"Hey bro, get in the car, let's go have a drink together!"
Gu Xicheng was about to sit in the passenger seat when his older brother stopped him:
"Sit in the back."
Gu Xicheng asked, puzzled, "Why? I always sit in the passenger seat!"
"There's someone there, can't you see?"
Wang Yanjun looked at the passenger seat, his eyes softening:
"Xiaoxue, this is Gu Xicheng, the good brother I told you about. Why don't you say hello to him?"
Gu Xicheng's face stiffened upon hearing this, and he secretly reached into his pocket, gripping the talisman that Lu Qing had given him.
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