Chapter 80: Bending Seeing Fang Yue nod, Xia Yiqing replied...
Seeing Fang Yue nod, Xia Yiqing responded with an apologetic smile. After unlocking her phone with her fingerprint, the message from Qi Hanmu popped up.
"Sent the wrong message?"
There was no emotion in this message, as if it could be sent to anyone. Xia Yiqing unconsciously pursed the corners of her lips, but after realizing it, she quickly relaxed her lips.
It's strange, why is she feeling aggrieved?
But her fingers began to tremble, as if they were disobedient. She finished typing the message without thinking. "I didn't send it by mistake. I was asking about you. It's you I care about."
Xia Yi pressed send in anger, locked the screen, placed the phone upside down on the table, and looked at Fang Yue with a smile.
"What details do you want to discuss with me? Tell me everything."
If Xia Yiqing looked at someone steadily, her pair of grape-like eyes, which were too light and clear, would give people a sense of joy and respect.
Fang Yue naturally did not hide anything and communicated all his concerns and thoughts to Xia Yiqing again.
Face-to-face communication is very efficient, especially when both parties are not hypocritical.
After seeing Fang Yue off, Xia Yiqing didn't notice the shadow of a thin man flashing in the corner. His eyes were filled with resentment as he stared at her fiercely. It was Lu Guangzong who had left not long ago.
Lu Guangzong didn't understand why, in their rural area, men were the most powerful, but when it came to the company, the women always had the final say.
Not only is the president a woman named Xia Yiqing, she is pretty and has a good figure, but most importantly, she has a family and is the daughter of the chairman.
Why did Fang Yue do that? She came from a small town just like him, but Xia Yi looked down on Fang Yue, and Fang Yue was good at getting along with everyone and winning over the female colleagues in the project team, so she stole his position as team leader.
There are often many people coming and going in the Xia building every day. Lu Guangzong stayed in the corner for a long time and was finally discovered by Xia Lie.
"Who are you? What are you doing here?"
After Lu Guangzong briefly introduced himself, Xia Lie rolled his eyes, pointed to his office, coughed twice, and said, "Come in."
In a company, in addition to those who sincerely work for the company and hope for the best for the company, there are also many people like Lu Guangzong and Xia Lie who try to muddy the waters.
It’s not that they don’t do anything, but if they are not given benefits, they would rather betray the company.
After receiving the message from Xia Yiqing that sounded like a coquettish but also angry message, Qi Hanmu felt as if he was in a dream.
Could it be that Xia Yiqing was sick and had a fever and took the wrong medicine? Why did she suddenly care about his feelings?
Qi Hanmu lowered his eyes and thought for a long time. He pressed the solar plexus on both sides with his thumb and middle finger respectively, and said to Luo Miao beside him, "Go and check if anything has happened in the Xia family recently."
After Luo Miao responded, he quietly packed up the documents on the small table beside the bed.
Qi Hanmu had already started looking at his work computer with a focused expression. From the side, he looked like a perfect sculpture.
His sword-like eyebrows slanted into his temples, his eyelashes were long and thick, his eyes were as sharp as a knife and as black as ink, and his face was paler than ordinary people could be. It was so cold and white that even the warmest light could not turn his face yellow.
Qi Hanmu recognized every word on the screen, but his eyes felt inexplicably sore and he was distracted suddenly. Things in front of him were sometimes far away and sometimes near, as if he had astigmatism.
Even though his fingers tapped quickly on the keyboard and every letter typed was correct, Qi Hanmu had to admit that his broken heart had been occupied by Xia Yiqing's words "I care about you".
Could it be true?
Did Xia Yiqing find that it was better to please him than to struggle outside? In this way, she could get more benefits and it would be easier.
His value was finally seen.
Qi Hanmu should have breathed a sigh of relief, but instead he felt a surge of fear in his heart, and for no reason he felt a sense of panic.
My heart wasn't aching dully, it was just like the ribs in a pressure cooker, being stewed and I didn't know when it would be cooked.
This shouldn't happen, but for people who have never received a favorable response, when they suddenly see the person they want to please smiling at them, their first reaction is not happiness or excitement, but a sense of fear in their hearts.
Did he do something wrong that made others prepare to treat him even worse, and that's why they had to force themselves to be nice to him?
Just like things thrown into the trash can, they were supposed to be there in the first place.
Even if it was carefully picked out of the trash can again, the dirt had already covered the entire body and could not be wiped clean or washed off.
Over there, after Xia Yiqing finished discussing the details with Fang Yue and returned to the office, she felt inexplicably uneasy. She picked up the teacup next to her, took a sip, and felt the sweet aftertaste. Then she opened her phone and unlocked it.
There were no storms as imagined.
Qi Hanmu didn't know what was going on. He only sent one word and one punctuation mark, "Hmm."
Um?
It seems that she still cannot express her feelings so directly. Xia Yiqing rested her elbows on the table, rested her forehead on her palms, and sighed.
But I don’t know if she took the wrong medicine today or what, but Xia Yiqing was actually aroused by his short one-word reply and felt a desire to win. She acted like a t and made small talk.
"If you don't like my concern, I can find someone else."
This was indeed not a polite reply, and could even be said to be offensive, but the willful little girl in Xia Yiqing's heart seemed to be telling her that even if she was a little despicable, Qi Hanmu would not take it seriously.
As expected, the other party's reply was relaxed, even a little teasing, "Who are you looking for?"
Xia Yiqing pinched her solar plexus with her hand and felt truly frustrated.
As expected, I shouldn't think of Qi Hanmu as being so naive. He has been working in society for so long and holds power in the family. He is definitely a superior. Shouldn't he see her little thoughts clearly?
But in such matters, Xia Yiqing never admits defeat.
"This is something you can only share with a fee, so I won't share it with anyone else."
"The Third Master is transferring 200,000 yuan to you."
The orange red envelope-like thing popped out unexpectedly. Xia Yiqing was startled by the message, but she was not panicked, just a little confused.
She was just joking. Did Qi Hanmu really buy it?
After clicking in, Xia Yiqing pressed the two small blue words below without hesitation, "Refund".
When this small sum of money was returned, Qi Hanmu's breath was caught and he felt as if something was pulled out of his heart. Suddenly, there was a void and it hurt so much.
If a man spends money on a woman because he loves her, then if you, a woman, refuse to spend a man's money, it is probably because you dislike him.
Maybe she dislikes the unknown origin of the money, or maybe she doesn't like this man and has no feelings for him.
Qi Hanmu doesn't like to invest too much in relationships, and he finds that apart from Xia Yiqing, he will not fall in love with any other woman, not even men.
"You, don't like, me."
The sentence had already been typed, but Qi Hanmu's finger, which was about to click send, froze again. After thinking for a while, he changed the last comma into a question mark.
But when he was about to send it, his fingers mysteriously froze again.
He doesn't want to say.
Perhaps it was because he had despicable blood in his bones, Qi Hanmu's shameful heart still thought that if Xia Yiqing had not explicitly refused, then this relationship could still be saved.
Fortunately, the dull pain in the heart did not last long. Instead, it was slightly relieved by Xia Yiqing's next message and was no longer so torturous.
"Oh, I was just joking, don't take it seriously," Xia Yiqing sent a voice message, perhaps for the sake of efficiency, or because she felt that their relationship was close enough.
"How can I accept this money? I must return it to you."
She didn't hate him.
Qi Hanmu's pupils were a little out of focus, and everything in front of him seemed to become blurry in an instant. All he could hear was the strong, pounding heartbeat in his ears.
Once again, she denied any dislike for him.
Negating with both hands means affirmation.
The "hate" in "hate" means "like".
Out of rigor and rationality, Qi Hanmu really wanted to give himself an idea and put a question mark at the end, but at the same time, he also had a hope that maybe it was true.
Maybe when people are happy, even the pain in their body will be alleviated a little. Although the chest still aches from time to time, but with oxygen, at least everything in front of them becomes clear again.
Unfortunately, due to his emotional excitement, the phlegm that was originally stuck in his throat and could not be coughed out seemed to cause trouble again. Qi Hanmu swallowed his saliva and tried to cough it out hard, but to no avail.
Just when his cheeks were turning red from holding his breath, Luo Miao noticed it, picked up the short suction tube next to him, and decided to get down to work.
"Hmm..." Qi Hanmu unconsciously turned his head to the side.
Suctioning gave him an unbearable feeling of wanting to feel uncomfortable, which he did not like very much.
Luo Miao had just been punished and was now very obedient. He did not force anyone to suck out his phlegm, but just stood by.
But Luo Miao was just there, his eyes full of concern, as if he was declaring a fact—
Qi Hanmu, the ruler of Jiangcheng, is now unable to even cough up phlegm on his own without the help of machines or external forces.
The sound of construction work could be heard faintly from not far away. Qi Hanmu frowned and wanted to speak, but all that came out of his throat was a breath.
Once again, Qi Hanmu clearly felt the powerlessness of this body. His lips were almost bleeding from biting himself, and he felt that every heartbeat was showing his powerlessness.
Qi Hanmu was so exhausted that his cheeks turned blue. His brows were tightly furrowed, and something solid in his usually sharp eyes seemed to be crumbling.
Standing nearby, Luo Miao, who had learned some basic medical knowledge, knew that he could not delay any longer. Regardless of Qi Hanmu's paper tiger-like power, he decisively put the suction tube into Qi Hanmu's throat.
The sound of machines working rang out relentlessly, blending in with the noise of construction outside, making it noisy and annoying.
The spit was like a dog-skin plaster, stuck tightly in the throat. I sucked it for a long time, but there was no reaction.
Noticing that Qi Hanmu's nose was red, his eyes were tightly closed, and his brows were tied in a knot, Luo Miao could only frown and withdraw the suction tube first.
The moment Luo Miao pulled out the suction tube, the physiological tears that could no longer be hidden flowed out from the corners of Qi Hanmu's fair eyes.
The corners of his originally cold white eyes were also lightly stained with red.
Luo Miao could only stand by anxiously, not daring to take the next step.
Qi Hanmu didn't say anything. His eyelashes trembled constantly, and his left hand was bent in an almost twisted posture, trying to reach the silk scarf under the pillow.
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