Chapter Sixty-Seven: The Jealousy Venom Has Become a Spirit, Let's Break Up
Just as Luo Yan was seriously considering how to give Jiang Sui a way out, her phone rang again, and the words "Zhou Jiaqi" appeared on the screen.
"Comrade Xiao Zhou, you're not proactive about leaving get off work. Is there something wrong with your attitude? Is it because there's another problem with the reports that you're calling at this hour?"
"Sister Luo..." Zhou Jiaqi's voice on the other end of the phone was breathy and mixed with a soft groan, "I fell off my electric bike and broke my leg. I'm in the emergency room of the First Municipal Hospital now. My parents won't be able to arrive in Yu'an until tomorrow. Could you... help me get some daily necessities from home?"
Luo Yan immediately stopped teasing: "How could you be so careless? Is it serious?"
"It's alright, I have a cast on, but it's a bit inconvenient for me to move around right now. The doctor suggested I stay in the hospital for observation for two days. You know I don't have many friends in Yu'an, and among my colleagues, your house is the closest to mine, so I'm troubling you..."
"Why are you being so polite with me now that things are like this!" Luo Yan immediately stood up, grabbed her coat and put it on, then slung her bag over her shoulder. "Wait here, I'm coming right now."
Zhou Jiaqi's apartment complex is only two subway stops away from Luo Yan's home, and she used her spare key to open the door.
The apartment is a small two-bedroom unit, kept clean and tidy. On the desk are professional books and a photo frame containing a picture of Zhou Jiaqi and a girl from high school. Both of them are wearing school uniforms, and the girl is making the classic peace sign with her eyes crinkling in a smile.
Luo Yan's gaze lingered on the photo for a while longer.
Why does this girl look so familiar?
She pursed her lips, didn't think much of it, packed her things, and rushed to the hospital with her bag.
At the same time, Jiang Sui received a call from Jiang Qiming's secretary.
"The chairman has fainted and is currently hospitalized at the First Municipal Hospital. A family member needs to come over."
Jiang Sui paused, her hand holding the pen still, and frowned: "What's the reason?"
"The specifics are still unclear. He was unconscious when he was brought in, but he has woken up now, though he is not in a good mood."
"Okay, I'm coming right now."
Upon arriving at the ward, Jiang Qiming was seen leaning against the headboard, his face pale. When he saw Jiang Sui enter, his eyes instantly turned cold: "Is it only when I'm lying in the hospital that I can see you?"
"What did the doctor say?" Jiang Sui didn't answer his question and walked to the bedside.
Jiang Qiming sneered, "He's not going to die yet."
"I didn't come here to argue with you." Jiang Sui's voice was devoid of warmth. "Since there's nothing else, I'll leave now and won't be in your way."
"Stop!" Jiang Qiming raised his voice and sat up. "I'll ask you one last time, are you going back to Mingsheng or not?"
Jiang Sui had already reached the door, but stopped without turning around: "I'll answer you one last time, I won't reply."
As he walked out of the ward and rounded the corner, he saw Luo Yan carrying a bag, carefully helping a young man with a cast on his leg to walk forward. The man's arm was on her shoulder, and his head was slightly lowered. It was none other than Zhou Jiaqi.
Jiang Sui was stunned, feeling his blood pressure spike instantly, and his fists clenched.
It's that Zhou guy again!
He'd been racking his brains these past two days trying to figure out how to explain things to her, and here she was, coming to the hospital to offer comfort to another man. Was this woman heartless?!
He walked over in a few steps, grabbed Luo Yan's wrist without saying a word, and pulled her away from Zhou Jiaqi with such force that she hissed in pain.
"Jiang Sui? What are you doing here?" Luo Yan was caught off guard and stumbled as he pulled her.
"Who gave you permission to touch her?" Jiang Sui stared at Zhou Jiaqi's hand, which was still resting on Luo Yan's shoulder. "What, you still can't bear to take it off?"
Zhou Jiaqi shuddered in fright and quickly let go of her hand. "President Jiang, please don't blame Sister Luo, I asked her for help..."
"Shut up while I can still hold back from hitting you!"
Jiang Sui interrupted him, looking at Luo Yan, "I'm not dead yet, and you're already trying to be considerate of others!"
Luo Yan was both in pain and angry. "Xiao Zhou has a broken bone and needs to be hospitalized. I'm just helping him get some things. Can't you be reasonable?"
"Fine, I'll try to reason with him!"
Jiang Sui smiled coldly with a gloomy look in his eyes. Without saying a word, he pulled Luo Yan behind him and said to Zhou Jiaqi in a deep voice, "Mr. Zhou, please have some self-respect. Luo Yan is my girlfriend, and I don't want any other man to come within a meter of her."
Zhou Jiaqi blushed and quickly explained, "President Jiang, you've misunderstood..."
"It's best if it's just a misunderstanding." Jiang Sui ignored her completely, grabbing Luo Yan and heading towards the elevator. "Come with me!"
"Jiang Sui, let me go! You're hurting me!"
Luo Yan struggled, but he was too strong and could only be dragged away by him.
Once inside the elevator, Jiang Sui pinned her to a corner, his eyes filled with a frighteningly sinister glint.
Luo Yan felt uneasy under his gaze, and her anger instantly subsided by more than half. She began to panic: "What's wrong with you now?"
"Am I crazy?" Jiang Sui's voice was low and hoarse. "Do you expect me to just watch you be intimate with other men and let you have your way?"
"What nonsense are you spouting? What intimacy? It was just a little touching!"
Luo Yan retorted, her neck stiff, "You're so jealous you could drown Yu An! Next time I talk to Master Wang a little too much, are you going to puncture his tires?"
As soon as the elevator doors opened, Jiang Sui dragged her straight to the parking lot, opened the passenger door, shoved her inside, and slammed the door shut.
The atmosphere inside the car was oppressive and suffocating. Luo Yan looked at the street scene rushing past the window, feeling both angry and aggrieved. She wanted to explain several times, but seeing Jiang Sui's tense face, she swallowed her words back.
This man is a powder keg; he could ignite at the slightest spark.
Suddenly, Jiang Sui slammed on the brakes, stopping the car in a secluded spot by the roadside. He turned around, and before Luo Yan could react, he reached out, grabbed the back of her head, and kissed her fiercely.
This time, it wasn't the gentle, lingering kiss of the past, but rather a possessive one, so rough that he completely disregarded her struggles and sobs. His arms were like iron hoops, holding her so tightly that she couldn't move an inch. The force was so heavy that it felt like he wanted to devour her whole. Then, he roughly tore open the collar of her clothes, and his kisses slid down her neck to her shoulders and collarbone, biting her gently.
"Jiang Sui... can you calm down? Let's talk..."
It's happening again! Doesn't he have any other way to communicate with her properly? Does this man only have mouths for kissing? Is he incapable of speaking or what?!
Luo Yan's body went limp, and she didn't even have the strength to push him away. She could only tilt her head back and let him leave marks on her neck and shoulders.
"I can't calm down... Why do you always make me angry? Why... don't you believe me?"
Jiang Sui looked up at her, panting slightly. "If you don't allow me to use tricks, I won't. But tell me... what should I do... can't you... put me first?"
Luo Yan had just caught her breath and was about to speak when Jiang Sui reclined the passenger seat, pinning her down and kissing her lips again, even more forcefully.
A faint taste of blood lingered between her lips and teeth as she bit her lip until it bled.
Jiang paused abruptly, as if waking from a dream, and released her hand. His eyes regained some clarity as he looked at her reddened eyes and swollen lips, his eyes filled with panic and regret.
"sorry......"
Luo Yan covered her mouth, tears welling up in her eyes, not from pain, but from grievance and fear.
The Jiang Sui she knew was calm and rational, a cunning man who occasionally used tricks. She had never seen him like this before, so out of control that he seemed unfamiliar and frightening to her.
Jiang Sui slumped back into the driver's seat, slumped over the steering wheel, and dejectedly held her forehead, her breathing disordered.
Luo Yan got up and slowly tidied her disheveled clothes.
"You say I don't believe you, but have you ever believed me?"
"I believe you, but I don't believe that Zhou Jiaqi..."
Jiang Sui's Adam's apple bobbed as he looked at Luo Yan's still bleeding and swollen lips.
"I'm sorry, I don't know what's wrong with me. When I saw him so close to you, I just... couldn't control myself."
"You can't control yourself from hitting yourself! All you do is bully me!"
Luo Yan sniffled, her voice trembling with tears. She wiped them away. "I asked you if you truly loved me, and you didn't answer, slammed the door, and left. I interact normally with my colleagues, and you treat me like this... Jiang Sui, what do you take me for? Your possession? Do you expect me to quit my job, stop socializing, and revolve around you all day, treating you like an emperor? And to endure your constant jealousy and emotional abuse? I now... reasonably suspect you'll abuse me in the future! Maybe... we should break up now!"
"..."
Jiang Sui's face was pale, her lips moved, but in the end she said nothing.
Both of them remained silent.
After getting off the car, Luo Yan couldn't help but look back.
Jiang Sui remained seated in the car, silently watching her. The dim lighting obscured his expression; he didn't move, lost in thought.
Luo Yan did not sleep well that night.
In her dream, Jiang Sui's sinister gaze, his rough kisses, his bloodshot eyes after he calmed down, his pleading and helpless panting, and his expression of desolation when he said he wanted to break up—these images kept appearing alternately, disturbing her and making her restless.
The next day at work, Luo Yan had dark circles under her eyes and looked completely listless.
Liu Su leaned over and teased, "Sister Yan, didn't you sleep well last night? Did President Jiang not send you a goodnight message?"
"Don't mention him!" Luo Yan waved her hand irritably. Just thinking about Jiang Sui made her head ache even more. "Right now, I just want to do a backflip and start cursing."
"You two had a fight?" Liu Su stroked her chin, looking incredulous. "With President Jiang's top-notch modeling skills... it's not logical for you to be this angry!"
"That's scientific. Right now, I just find him repulsive and wish I could strangle him!"
"Look at his face, don't you feel it's all your fault?"
"What kind of logic is that? Are you suffering from severe facial recognition disorder?"
Just as I was complaining, my phone beeped with a message notification; it was from Lu Xingyao.
Luo Yan, long time no see! [Smile] I'm temporarily back in China for a study exchange program. Are you free tonight? Let's have dinner together, just the two of us. [Cute]
Luo Yan's eyes lit up, and she immediately replied:
Okay, I'll treat you to that private restaurant downtown at six o'clock, as a welcome-back dinner!
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