Why say sorry in Chapter 89?
The maid brought in some burn ointment.
Looking at the man with his lips tightly pressed together, silently applying ointment to her with careful and gentle movements, Qin Shuzhi moved her mouth as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she didn't.
After treating the wounds, the two returned to the living room. Qin Shuzhi found Shi Qingman sitting in the living room, fuming. Because Old Madam Shi was there, she didn't chase after Shi Yuanxing to argue like before, but just looked at him resentfully.
Shi Yuanxing suppressed his anger and glanced at her indifferently, still not speaking to her. He only said to the old lady Shi who came forward to show concern, "Grandma, I'll accompany Zhizhi to her room first."
"Okay, go ahead."
Grandma Shi held Qin Shuzhi's left hand and said, "Go upstairs and rest. If it still hurts, you have to tell Grandma, and Grandma will call a doctor for you."
"Okay, thank you, Grandma."
Qin Shuzhi obediently agreed, and then smiled reassuringly at her, "Don't worry, Yuanxing applied some ointment for me, I'll be fine soon."
The two went up to the room.
Qin Shuzhi immediately said to Shi Yuanxing, "You should go down now. It looks like your sister came back specifically to see you."
Shi Yuanxing looked at her for a moment, then nodded. "Okay."
He led her to sit on the sofa and gently touched her cheek. "You stay in the room for a while, I'll come up and keep you company in a bit."
Qin Shuzhi nodded, "Mhm."
Less than five minutes after Shi Yuanxing left the room, a maid brought her snacks and juice.
It was sent by someone on his long journey.
After the maid left, Qin Shuzhi suddenly remembered that her phone was still downstairs, so she chased after her to ask the maid to get it for her.
She went out but couldn't find the maid. She chased after her to the top of the spiral staircase but still couldn't find her. Instead, she heard Shi Qingman's voice coming from downstairs.
"...I just accidentally burned her hand, why are you getting so angry with me?"
"What, is your wife some precious treasure that no one else can touch? But you can touch my woman as you please?"
Qin Shuzhi paused at the top of the stairs, and then heard Shi Yuanxing's voice, which was filled with suppressed anger, coming from below: "Incomprehensible."
Is this the same thing?
"It's not the same thing!" Shi Qingman said angrily. "Fine, then explain what you mean by Wenbo's situation. What gives you the right to remove him from his position as the planning director of the Southern Project?"
Qin Shuzhi paused for a moment.
It turns out that Shi Qingman stormed home to confront her fiancé, Qiao Wenbo, because of him.
Shi Yuanxing said in a deep voice, "Because of his mistake, the project almost failed. According to company rules, he should accept the punishment he deserves. Does he deserve special privileges just because he is your fiancé, Shi Qingman?"
"you……"
"This decision was unanimously approved by the board of directors. If you have any objections, you are welcome to appeal."
Shi Yuanxing reminded him, "But I hope you are clear about your identity, what you should do, and what you shouldn't do. You'd better think it through."
"Who do you think you are, Shi Yuanxing? How many days have you been with the company? What right do you have to lecture me?"
Shi Yuanxing said, "I don't have time to lecture you. I just want to tell you one thing: everything I do is for the benefit of the group."
"Oh."
Shi Qingman sneered and said sarcastically, "That sounds nice, all this talk about the interests of the group. Don't think I don't know that you're just trying to suppress me, which is why you started with Wenbo."
"Shi Yuanxing, get this straight. The one who has been diligently helping Dad and contributing to the company all these years is me, Shi Qingman, not you. You want to come back and seize power? What gives you the right..."
"Shut up."
The old lady rebuked him in a trembling voice.
“Qingman, Yuanxing is your younger brother. You are both Dad’s right-hand men. You should unite and help each other to manage the company well. What’s with all this talk about seizing power? Is that something brothers should say?”
"Grandma, it was clearly him who went too far, why are you siding with him?" Shi Qingman complained angrily.
“I’m not taking sides, but you’re discussing business. Since it’s a work-related matter, it should be resolved at the company. If that doesn’t work, then go and argue with your father.”
Madam Shi said, "But look at you, bringing official business to our home to cause trouble for your brother, and even injuring your sister-in-law's hand. Do you think you're in the right?"
"Okay, okay, your grandson is precious, your granddaughter-in-law is precious too, only I'm not a good person, is that alright?"
After Shi Qingman finished speaking, the sound of high heels clicking loudly could be heard again.
"You little brat, come back here."
Amidst the shouts of the old lady, the sound of high-heeled footsteps gradually faded into the distance.
Then there was complete silence below.
Qin Shuzhi stood silently for a few seconds, then turned and quietly went back to her room.
She thought that neither her grandmother nor Shi Yuanxing would want her to see this scene.
A moment after she returned to her room, the door opened and Shi Yuanxing came in with her phone.
He glanced at the untouched snacks and drinks on the table. "Why aren't you eating? Does your hand still hurt?"
His face was gentle, his tone concerned, and his expression as usual—
It was as if he wasn't the one who had just been confronting Shi Qingman with a serious and stern expression downstairs.
Seeing Qin Shuzhi in a daze, Shi Yuanxing's eyes narrowed, and he stepped over and sat down beside her, his eyes full of worry as he picked up her scalded hand to examine it.
Qin Shuzhi snapped out of her daze and quickly said, "No, it doesn't hurt. It's just a minor injury, you don't need to worry too much..."
Before she could finish speaking, Shi Yuanxing suddenly hugged her.
"sorry."
His trembling voice was filled with deep remorse, and Qin Shuzhi's heart clenched upon hearing it.
She raised her left hand and gently patted his back reassuringly, asking softly, "Why did you say sorry?"
The man hugged her tighter, buried his face in her neck, and said in a muffled voice, "...It's my fault for not protecting you."
Upon hearing this, Qin Shuzhi pushed against his chest, pulled away from his embrace, and looked straight at him, "Why do you think that way?"
“She’s taking her anger out on you because of me,” Shi Yuanxing said, his eyes filled with self-reproach. “Otherwise, you wouldn’t have suffered this injustice.”
Qin Shuzhi didn't feel wronged, but seeing the gloom and self-blame in his eyes, her heart felt like it had been stabbed, and it hurt a lot.
"That's not your fault." She cupped his face in her hands, looking straight at him. "When you're traveling, don't take all the blame on yourself, okay?"
Shi Yuanxing's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly remembered that she had said the same thing to him at the hospital.
She told him—
Don't always blame yourself for everything.
"It was just an accident, no one did it on purpose, and you did nothing wrong," Qin Shuzhi said. "No one can control accidents."
Upon hearing this, Shi Yuanxing's pupils trembled, and then he heard her say self-deprecatingly,
"Even I myself couldn't save myself in time, could I? Not to mention you weren't even there."
Shi Yuanxing watched her silently, his eyes stinging with tears.
Even though she was the one who got hurt, she didn't blame him or his sister; instead, she comforted him.
His wife...how wonderful.
Shi Yuanxing's dark eyes surged, and he couldn't help but pull the person into his arms again. This time, he held him even tighter, but he didn't say anything more.
At this moment, their hearts, pressed tightly together, resonated in unison. Neither of them needed to speak; they could feel each other's emotions.
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