Chapter 61 I said, I miss you.
"It's hot." Gu Sui's voice was cold. He leaned his phone against something, let go of his hands, leaned forward, and stared at the little girl with flushed cheeks on the screen.
As Shang Shu gazed at the deliberately lavishly beautiful scene, her eyes drifted further and further away.
In the dead of winter, in a temperature-controlled villa, what's so hot about it?
This person did it on purpose! They deliberately punished her by leaving her hanging all morning.
Just seconds later, a cheerful voice came from the screen again: "Why are you so shy? Wasn't it last night—"
"Gu Sui, if you... if you keep doing this, I'm going to hang up." Shang Shu's heart was racing, and she even choked on her saliva, almost failing to finish her sentence.
Gu Sui, watching from the screen, curled the corners of his lips. The little girl was always like this, two different people in bed and out of bed. Her shy look was truly irresistible.
"Alright, I won't tease you anymore." She took off her glasses, folded them, and placed them on the table. Then she hooked her coat, which was lying on the armrest, and slowly put it on. "Have you had lunch?"
Gu Sui had a pretty good idea of the answer. If Shang Shu had eaten, she wouldn't have been so busy looking at her phone.
"Why did you steal my question?" Shang Shu felt a little guilty and didn't answer. She held her phone up slightly. "Did you eat properly at lunchtime?"
Gu Sui swiped the screen with his fingertip and smiled, "Yes."
Shang Shu nodded in satisfaction: "I've checked. You should eat small, frequent meals, and eat slowly. Don't force yourself if you can't eat, to avoid bloating and discomfort. If you're hungry, just ask the housekeeper to make you something. Um... also, it's best to wait half an hour after meals before drinking water, as drinking while eating can easily cause bloating. If you feel unwell, call me immediately..."
Listening to the little girl's chattering instructions, Gu Sui couldn't help but smile. In fact, she had been used to these things for three years, and no one knew them better than her. But these familiar words, when spoken by Shang Shu, sounded particularly pleasant to her, and she never got tired of listening to them.
"Ah Shu... I..." After the person finished speaking, Gu Sui hesitated, feeling a little embarrassed, but finally chuckled softly at the screen.
"Hmm?" Shang Shu looked at Gu Sui's lowered eyes on the screen, waiting to hear what he would say next.
Gu Sui bit her lip, a rare occurrence for her, and turned her face to the side, her voice barely audible: "I missed you."
She always spoke naturally in front of people, but now, facing a screen, Gu Sui felt a little embarrassed.
Gu Sui wasn't the only one with a racing heart. When Shang Shu heard those words, she was reminded of the words "Come back early" from that morning, and her heart also began to pound.
"What? The voice was a little soft, I didn't hear it clearly." She was teasing him on purpose, but she also genuinely wanted to hear those touching words of love again.
Gu Sui took a deep breath, looked up and gazed into the eyes of the little girl on the screen, his voice clear: "I said, I miss you."
She thought he would be shy, but these sweet words came out of nowhere. Shang Shu smiled and moved her face closer: "I miss you too. Wait for me, okay? I'll be back later."
"Mmm," Gu Sui replied, unwilling to look away from the screen for even a second.
There was a knock on the office door. Shang Shu subconsciously looked up and said to the door, "Wait a moment."
"Go ahead and get busy." Gu Sui heard the commotion on the other end of the screen and decided not to disturb her work any longer. She smiled faintly at Shang Shu and said, "Remember to eat something."
Shang Shu didn't respond, but smiled and hung up the video call. Then she said to the door, "Come in."
Song Lan also entered properly. During work hours, she was always serious and proper: "President Shang, shall we head to the Shang family villa now?"
This was the itinerary that Shang Shu had mentioned to her in the car that morning, for around 2 or 3 pm.
"Okay." Shang Shu checked the time on her phone. This was the perfect time; she could go after lunch and before dinner, get things done quickly, and save herself a lot of trouble.
Sitting in the car, Shang Shu frowned and clutched the backup USB drive in her hand, her head bowed in thought. She had thought about it all night yesterday, but in the end, she still hadn't decided how to confront Shang Wei. However, the scales in her mind had already tilted more in the opposite direction. After all, if Shang Wei knew, Secretary Kong wouldn't have gone to such lengths to find her. The more she thought about it, the more suspicious it seemed, and she couldn't help but feel a little flustered.
"Ms. Shang, we've arrived." Only when Song Lan gently reminded her did Shang Shu come to her senses and get out of the car.
The shop's doors were tightly shut, and it took quite a while before someone came to open the door for Shang Shu. Shang Shu glanced at the woman and realized she was a complete stranger.
"Miss, who are you looking for?" The woman didn't seem to recognize Shang Shu either.
Upon hearing this, Shang Shu frowned: "Are you new here?"
The woman remained unconvinced and repeatedly asked, "Excuse me, who are you looking for, miss?"
"Ha." Shang Shu scoffed. "Find Shang Wei."
Seeing that the woman remained unmoved, Song Lan, standing behind her, couldn't help but speak up to her, saying, "This is the young lady."
The woman stood by the door, and only then did she show a slight expression. She bowed slightly and said, "Hello, Miss," but she still blocked the doorway, showing no intention of letting anyone in.
Shang Shu closed her eyes and took a deep breath. This time she was genuinely angry. For some reason, whenever she came to this building, she would become uncontrollably irritable. And now, she couldn't understand what this person was up to: "Your business establishments have really high standards now. Do I have to beg you like a dog to get in?"
"What do you mean by this? Are you not letting people in?" Song Lan chimed in, gently pulling Shang Shu back to signal her to calm down.
The woman remained unfazed, as if she had been rehearsed beforehand: "Miss, you misunderstand. To see the master, you must first see the madam, but she is not here right now, so it is not convenient."
Shang Shu thought to herself that there was definitely something fishy going on, and she had no more interest in wasting time with this woman: "Get out of the way."
She wanted to walk past the woman and go straight inside.
"No... Miss, you can't..." After a few exchanges, the woman and Shang Shu started pulling and tugging at each other.
"What's wrong?" A woman's voice came. Shang Shiqing heard the noise and came over from somewhere. When she saw that it was Shang Shu, she said to the woman, "Go ahead." The woman then obediently stepped aside and went into the house.
"Where's Shang Wei?" Shang Shu irritably straightened her wrinkled clothes, not wanting to beat around the bush with Shang Shiqing.
"He..." Shang Shiqing hesitated for a moment, but still chose to tell him everything, "He's in the hospital."
Shang Shu then realized why the woman had been blocking her way earlier; it must have been arranged by Feng Yuan beforehand. She naturally didn't bother to ask why no one had told her, as the answer was obvious.
"What illness? Which hospital?"
"He had a sudden heart attack a week ago and is currently at Ander International Medical Center." Shang Shiqing pursed her lips and added in a lower voice, "My mother should be here too."
heart disease?
Shang Shu frowned even more deeply. This was probably what Secretary Kong meant when he said that Shang Wei's health was not good. She was about to leave when Shang Shiqing called her back.
"Sister, let me change my clothes and come with you." Thinking about how she had met Shang Shu today, and how Feng Yuan would surely tell her everything when they got back, Shang Shiqing decided to say so.
"Hmm." Shang Shu didn't say anything and walked into the car. It was good to bring Shang Shiqing along, so she wouldn't have to go through the trouble of looking for him later.
Song Lan closed the car door and discussed her suspicions with Shang Shu: "Could this be why she's in such a hurry to transfer funds?"
“It doesn’t make sense.” Shang Shu shook her head. “If something really happened to Shang Wei, those three women would probably get much more than I would. There’s no need to make things so complicated, unless…”
A spark ignited in Shang Shu's heart, but it was quickly extinguished.
"Unlikely." She shook her head again. "Let's see the person first."
Song Lan was aware of the possibility that Shang Shu was thinking, but seeing that the other person denied it, she didn't say anything more.
About ten minutes later, Shang Shiqing came downstairs, and Song Lan tactfully sat in the passenger seat, leaving the back seat for the two of them.
Shang Shu and Shang Shiqing looked at each other in silence. Although they were not exactly enemies, they did not have many opportunities to communicate, so they were not very familiar with each other.
"Where is Shang Zhiyi?" Shang Shu spoke first, preferring to try and extract some information rather than sit awkwardly in silence the whole way.
"She's living at the Chen family's house now." Shang Shiqing hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.
Upon hearing this, Shang Shu was somewhat puzzled, but she maintained her composure: "We just got engaged."
It seems unusual for ordinary families to move into the husband's family home before marriage, let alone two wealthy and prominent families in Macau.
"Um... it's what my mother and the Chen family decided after discussing it," Shang Shiqing replied somewhat vaguely.
Shang Shu didn't speak, turning her head to look out the window. It seemed her previous guess was correct; Feng Yuan was indeed shrewd, even including her own daughter's marriage in this matter.
"Sister..." Shang Shiqing was silent for a moment before speaking again, "Zhiyi... isn't doing too well right now."
"So?" Shang Shu turned her head back, lowered her eyebrows, and seemed not to feel that she should be told this.
According to Feng Yuan's plan, Shang Zhiyi should be one of the biggest beneficiaries, so how could she not be doing well? Besides, Shang Zhiyi had just gone to buy a diamond ring with someone not long ago.
"It's nothing..." Shang Shiqing finally stopped talking and didn't say anything more.
Ander International is a medical center controlled by businesses. Although it is not as completely private as Gujia Medical Center, businesses basically have the final say here.
Taking the private elevator directly to the top floor, Shang Shu, along with Song Lan and Shang Shiqing, arrived at Shang Wei's ward. There were five or six bodyguards guarding the door, and they all unconsciously tensed up when they saw unfamiliar faces.
Another unfamiliar young woman walked towards them, greeted Shang Shiqing as "Second Miss," and then turned to Shang Shu: "Hello, Eldest Miss, I am Chairman Shang's secretary, my surname is Cheng."
New secretary?
Shang Shu frowned involuntarily again. It seemed that Feng Yuan had replaced everyone around Shang Wei, inside and out.
"Where is Secretary Kong?" she asked again.
Secretary Cheng wore a professional smile, revealing no flaws: "Secretary Kong is nearing retirement age, and some family matters have arisen, so he has already resigned ahead of schedule."
Shang Shu sneered inwardly, but she was much calmer than she had been at the Shang family villa. She knew that no matter how extreme she acted, it wouldn't have any real effect. Only by observing the situation would she know what to do.
"I see." She smiled slightly. "Then, may I go in and visit my father now?"
"Of course," Secretary Cheng replied with a smile.
Shang Shu thought she would be stopped several times here, but she didn't expect it to go so smoothly.
Song Lan couldn't follow, and Shang Shiqing tactfully stayed outside as well.
Shang Shu followed Secretary Cheng inside and saw Feng Yuan sitting by Shang Wei's bedside wiping his hands, looking quite considerate.
"Xiao Shu is here." Feng Yuan stood up with a smile. She didn't seem surprised to see Shang Shu. She gently patted Shang Wei's hand. "I'm going out. You two can talk."
"No need," Shang Wei coughed and said coldly.
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