Chapter 384 Cui Xiao, I really like you now.
Cui Xiao's eyes widened suddenly, filled with disbelief. "What are you going to do?"
Looking at her flustered appearance, Zhou Mubin's lips curled into a very faint smile, but it was devoid of warmth. "Want to know?"
He paused deliberately, watching Cui Xiao's eager anticipation for an answer, before slowly saying, "Linzi County is still too close. I think a remote mountainous area would be more suitable for him."
"Don't go too far."
Cui Xiao's eyes instantly reddened, not from pain, but from anger.
She glared at Zhou Mubin, her eyes filled with resistance and disgust.
Zhou Mubin seemed oblivious to her emotions, released her wrist, and instead took out his phone and dialed a number, which was quickly answered.
Just as Zhou Mubin was about to pick it up, Cui Xiao stopped him, saying, "No."
Zhou Mubin just looked at her quietly, "Don't want what?"
Cui Xiao's face darkened; she didn't want to talk about it.
She didn't want to admit that she had backed down.
But now...
Cui Xiao looked at him with misty eyes and a slight smile on her lips, "As you wished, we broke up."
Zhou Mubin was stunned, thinking he had misheard.
Then, Cui Xiao calmly said, "Can you give me back my phone now?"
Zhou Mubin remained unresponsive, and Cui Xiao lost patience and tried to snatch it again.
Suddenly, Zhou Mubin snapped out of his daze, casually stuffing his phone back into his coat pocket. He patted the pocket and spoke with undisguised gentleness, "Although I'm very happy right now, I still won't give you the phone. You need to rest now; you don't need to worry about anything, even if the sky falls. Of course, you can also choose to let me call your CEO Hou. I'm sure he'll give me that kind of face."
Remembering the last time, when Zhou Mubin secretly called President Hou and gave her two days off, Cui Xiao didn't dare to come back.
President Hou will definitely give Zhou Mubin face.
She didn't want Zhou Mubin to call President Hou again.
After Zhou Mubin finished speaking, he stopped looking at Cui Xiao, leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes, and looked as if he didn't want to waste any more words with her.
Looking at his indifferent profile, Cui Xiao felt both angry and anxious, yet helpless.
Half an hour later.
When the observation period was over, Zhou Mubin stood up, bent down, and picked Cui Xiao up in his arms again.
Cui Xiao struggled, "I'm much better now, I can walk by myself."
Zhou Mubin ignored her resistance and carried her straight out of the hospital, saying, "You've said that a million times, does it even matter?"
From the very beginning, Cui Xiao had been struggling.
But after struggling for so long, it's all been in vain.
Fortunately, Cui Xiao gave up resisting.
After leaving the emergency room and walking to the car, Zhou Mubin opened the passenger door, gently put Cui Xiao down, and carefully covered her with a blanket.
After the car started, Cui Xiao looked at the street scene rushing past the window and couldn't help but ask, "Where are you taking me?" Zhou Mubin looked straight ahead, holding the steering wheel with one hand, and said in a very soft voice, "To my house. I'm worried about you living alone in the state you are in."
Cui Xiao immediately retorted, "Lawyer Zhou, have you forgotten that your assistant also lives at my house? I'm not alone, you can rest assured."
Zhou Mubin turned his head to look at her, a faint smile playing on his lips, but it was devoid of warmth. "She's a good-for-nothing. I wouldn't trust her with you."
Such a sharp assessment suggests that Zhou Mubin is not satisfied with Sun Lu.
Cui Xiao retorted, "Then why did you hire him?"
He paused, his tone growing even more serious, "Don't you know the reason?"
Out of the corner of her eye, she glanced at Cui Xiao, who paused slightly before slowly turning her gaze to the window.
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After an unknown amount of time, the car slowly drove into a quiet residential area.
Zhou Mubin got off the bus first, but this time Cui Xiao was already on guard, saying, "I can walk by myself."
Zhou Mubin paused, his eyes darkened, but he did not insist any further.
Cui Xiao slowly stood up, leaning against the car door. As soon as she stood up, a wave of dizziness hit her, and she staggered. Just as she was about to fall, Zhou Mubin quickly caught her waist, his strength not too great but enough to keep her steady.
Zhou Mubin's voice rang out from above, carrying a hint of barely perceptible helplessness, "How come I never noticed before that you're a hedgehog covered in thorns?"
Cui Xiao stiffened and tried to push him away, but he half-supported and half-carried her into the villa.
Pushing open the door, the living room is decorated in a simple yet luxurious style, with warm yellow lights illuminating the entire space.
She knew Zhou Mubin's apartment all too well.
She knows exactly where every stitch is.
Zhou Mubin helped her sit down and then turned and walked into the kitchen.
Soon, he came out with a glass of warm water and some medicine prescribed at the hospital, and handed it to her, saying, "Take your medicine first."
Cui Xiao looked at him, reached out and took the water glass and pills, then tilted her head back and swallowed them.
The bitter taste of medicine spread in her mouth. Just as she was about to put down her water glass, Zhou Mubin handed her a piece of fruit candy. "Suck on it to suppress the taste of the medicine."
Cui Xiao didn't move.
From childhood to adulthood, she had rarely felt warmth, let alone experienced love.
When Cui Xiao was little, she would always tough it out when she had a fever. Jin Ping wouldn't care about her. In fact, if Cui Xiao really died from her illness, that would be what Jin Ping would rather see.
Later, she gradually developed the habit of treating illness and fever as a very normal thing, and she didn't care at all.
They also didn't know that after taking bitter medicine, you could eat a sweet candy.
After a moment, Cui Xiao took it but didn't put it in her mouth immediately; instead, she held it in her palm and said, "Thank you."
Zhou Mubin's hand stiffened slightly.
He never expected that she would thank him because of a piece of candy.
What a strange and awkward person.
Zhou Mubin sat on the sofa next to her, took out his phone to look at it, and then stood up and said, "Choose any room you like."
He paused, his gaze sweeping over her tense body, and added, "Of course, you can also come and stay in the master bedroom with me. I won't refuse you."
These words made Cui Xiao's face turn pale. She looked at Zhou Mubin and frowned. "Is this joke really that funny?"
Zhou Mubin crouched down to look her in the eye, his fingers gently brushing the stray hairs from her cheek with a strange tenderness. "You're angry already?"
His fingertips rested on her chin, lifting it slightly with force. "Cui Xiao, I really like you now. How come I never noticed before that you're such an interesting woman?"
Cui Xiao forcefully turned her head away from his touch, her anger rising within her.
Zhou Mubin wasn't angry. He stood up and walked towards the bedroom. Halfway there, he turned back to look at her. "There are new clothes in the wardrobe in the guest room. You can make do with these for now. By the way, I locked the door from the inside. Without my password, you can't open it from the inside. If you want to, jumping out the window is your only option."
After saying that, he left.
Cui Xiao sat on the sofa, clutching the fruit candy in her hand, the wrapper crumpled up.
But in the end, a touch of sweetness lingered in my heart.
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