I wonder what's going on with Yunyang.
No results were found after a hospital checkup.
She didn't tell Chu Wuyang whether she was pregnant or not.
In the following days, she reverted to her previous negative state.
Not only did she not proactively message Chu Wuyang again to share her "sweet daily life" with Jing Min,
Even the messages Chu Wuyang sent were answered very slowly.
And Jingmin really was as he said during that phone call that night, "probably too busy to contact me."
Chu Wuyang stopped paying close attention to their progress.
In short, all the messages Yunyang shared were blatant evidence of Jingmin's "cheating."
Why doesn't she beat him to death?
I don't know how much time has passed; it seems like only half a month, but it feels like much longer.
———
That day, the air in the office seemed to freeze for a moment. A gossipy colleague's remark exploded like a bomb in the quiet space—
"I have the latest inside information, this melon is guaranteed to be ripe and authentic!"
A colleague was getting impatient, seeing her keeping him in suspense, and urged her on.
"What?! Tell me, tell me!"
The man swallowed hard.
"They say that from headquarters, President Jing encountered a gunfight attack in Thailand!"
Chu Wuyang's coffee spilled out unexpectedly.
The scalding liquid slid down her fingertips, but she felt nothing; she stood frozen in place.
She suddenly looked up, staring intently at her gossipy colleague, her voice trembling with urgency that she herself didn't even realize.
"What did you say? Who was shot?"
Her colleagues all turned to look at her, clearly not expecting their usually calm and taciturn new colleague to be so excited.
The gossipy colleague was also taken aback for a moment, then nodded in affirmation:
"Big Boss, Jingmin!"
In that instant, Chu Wuyang's mind went blank.
The buzzing sound in my ears drowned out everyone's chatter.
She even felt her heart skip a beat for a moment.
His eyes instantly reddened.
She staggered back a step, unable to hear what her colleague next to her was saying.
I felt like all the blood in my body had turned ice cold.
But just as her whole body tensed up and she could barely breathe,
As if someone had asked a question and couldn't get a word in edgewise, the colleague suddenly raised their voice and added—
"There was a shooting incident, but the big boss wasn't injured! Do you understand? He wasn't injured!"
Chu Wuyang suddenly stopped, frozen in place.
She thought she had misheard and looked up at her colleague in disbelief.
The man repeated it again, his tone even clearer—
"President Jing is not injured!"
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, while some even complained with dissatisfaction:
"Tch! Why didn't you say so earlier that no one was hurt!"
But that gossipy colleague shook his head and added meaningfully:
"Just because I said the big boss wasn't injured doesn't mean the people around him weren't injured."
Everyone immediately tensed up again.
"Who is it? The boss's wife? Or one of their bodyguards or staff?"
Chu Wuyang's heart jumped again in an instant.
If it wasn't Jing Min, then who could it be? Li Yan? Or one of the other people in the entourage?
She was about to take out her phone to make a call to confirm.
Just then, the phone screen suddenly lit up, and the caller ID clearly showed—Li Yan.
She answered almost immediately, suppressing her anxiety as she asked:
"Li Yan? How are you all doing?!"
Li Yan's voice on the other end of the phone was hurried and slightly panting, clearly indicating that he had just experienced a calamity.
"Madam, we were attacked not long ago, and we don't know who was responsible yet. But thankfully, neither Mr. Jing nor any of us were injured."
Hearing this, Chu Wuyang finally breathed a sigh of relief.
But the next second, Li Yan hesitated for a moment, then added—
"But... still, someone got hurt."
Chu Wuyang's heart tightened suddenly, and her voice involuntarily rose a few decibels.
"Didn't you say you were all alright? Then how come—"
Li Yan seemed hesitant for a moment, but ultimately confessed honestly.
"It's Miss Yun... Miss Yun Yang, she took a bullet for President Jing and was seriously injured!"
"He is currently undergoing emergency treatment. Mr. Jing has been waiting outside the ward and asked me to call you to let you know he is safe."
"The doctor said the bullet grazed her neck; the wound is deep and may affect her vocal cords..."
Chu Wuyang felt as if her breath had been sucked out in an instant, her brain buzzing, and she was unable to react for a long time.
Yun Yang... blocked a bullet...?
She gripped her phone so tightly her fingertips almost dug into her palm, her heart feeling as if it were being squeezed by an invisible hand.
This time, it wasn't a ploy, nor was it a minor skirmish; it was real, visceral pain.
She could even picture the scene: the sudden gunshots, the chaos, and the instant Yun Yang rushed forward to shield Jing Min from the bullets.
At that moment, she must have acted without hesitation.
Chu Wuyang slowly closed her eyes, a complex emotion welling up in her chest.
Jingmin... this time he really owes a life.
A friend in need is a friend indeed; this gunshot left an indelible mark between them.
Even she had to admit that Yun Yang's move was absolutely brilliant.
No matter how much guilt Jingmin felt towards her, no matter whether she still lingered in his heart, this time, he had no reason to back down.
This time, he completely belonged to Yunyang.
——
Meanwhile, in the hospital corridor,
Li Yan hung up the phone and looked up at the man sitting quietly on the bench.
Jing Min crossed his arms over his chest, lowered his eyes slightly, and his wisps of hair on his forehead obscured his eyebrows and eyes. He was silent and calm.
Li Yan swallowed hard, hesitating before speaking—
"Mr. Jing, I have told your wife the truth as you instructed."
Jing Min didn't look up, his tone so calm that it didn't seem like someone who had just experienced a life-or-death crisis.
What was her reaction?
Recalling Chu Wuyang's emotions during the phone call, Li Yan cautiously said—
"Your wife was very worried about you at first, but she was relieved to hear that you were alright."
"She was also very concerned about Miss Yun's injuries and even asked if she wanted to come over."
Upon hearing this, Jing Min finally raised his head slightly, his eyes dark and unfathomable.
Li Yan paused for a moment, then continued:
"However, as you instructed, I told her it wasn't necessary and that we would be returning to China soon."
The man gave a low "hmm," his voice deep and devoid of any emotion.
A moment later,
He narrowed his eyes slightly, as if deep in thought, and tapped the armrest lightly with his fingertips.
Suddenly, he chuckled softly, as if mocking himself.
"...She does trust me."
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