"I'm really fine."
Gong Chengjue felt heartbroken seeing her crying like a child. "Be good, be good, don't cry."
"I'm not being good." Su Ziqing responded to his coaxing like a child, "Do you know how scared I was?"
How many times has this happened? There have been at least several accidents since she was with him, but this time it was a real life-or-death moment right before her eyes.
She couldn't even imagine what would have happened if he hadn't been wearing a bulletproof vest... Wait, why was he wearing a bulletproof vest? Did he anticipate the danger on the island?
Su Ziqing was stunned for a moment when a nurse reminded her, "Let the patient go back to bed first."
Back in her hospital bed, Su Ziqing finally voiced her doubts.
Gong Chengjue paused for a moment, “…”
However, after only a slight pause, Su Ziqing knew she had guessed correctly; he had actually guessed there was danger, yet...
Su Ziqing was so angry she laughed. "Gong Chengjue, you think you're so great?!"
"My guess might not be accurate, but I anticipate that my vacation is about to end. Knowing Gong Changming as I do, they wouldn't just give up such a good opportunity." Since nothing has happened in the past few days, the closer it gets to the end, the more likely they are to make their move.
Su Ziqing suggested a sea vacation, which was the perfect opportunity to make a move. So, just in case, Gong Chengjue wore a bulletproof vest, but he didn't tell Su Ziqing about it so as not to scare her.
But now, when she looks back, she realizes that he placed her in the safest position.
Su Ziqing felt she had been incredibly inconsiderate. "Island vacations are so dangerous, you knew that, yet you still..."
“Well, I didn’t want to disappoint you with your invitation.” Gong Chengjue extended his other uninjured hand. “Besides, you know I always have to endure these things.”
The more Gong Changming attacks him, the further he will drift away from the Gong family, let alone the position of family head.
Su Ziqing was not convinced by him at all and sat down to sulk.
Gong Chengjue tried to sit up, but accidentally touched his injured hand and gasped.
Su Ziqing remained seated without moving, only giving him a cold look.
How long is he supposed to act as a human target? How can they do this?! Does the Gong family really have the heart to let him do this?
"Ziqing," Gong Chengjue said with a hint of helplessness.
Su Ziqing remained silent, wanting to wait until she calmed down before speaking.
Gong Chengjue's phone rang, and Su Ziqing then remembered that Gong Changfan had said he would call Gong Chengjue after his surgery.
She handed him the phone directly, saying, "Your uncle just called."
Gong Chengjue saw her cold face, but still took the phone and answered the call first.
Su Ziqing walked out of the ward.
Thinking back to that scene on the island, those people really wanted to...
"What did the police say?" Su Ziqing asked the bodyguard standing to the side.
This definitely needs police intervention. These people are acting like nobody's business; they're incredibly arrogant.
The bodyguard replied, "They all escaped."
Su Ziqing, "..." They all escaped?
"After all, it's the sea..." the bodyguard said weakly.
"Heh." Su Ziqing snorted coldly and returned to the ward. Inside the ward, Gong Chengjue was talking on the phone with a serious expression.
“Yes, I know,” Gong Chengjue replied.
“If Second Uncle can’t come back for the time being, we can deal with this matter first,” Gong Chengjue said.
After speaking for a few more minutes, Gong Chengjue said as if making a guarantee, "Of course I wouldn't joke with my own life. Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."
"Okay, sure." He hung up the phone and looked at Su Ziqing.
He should be back in the capital by tomorrow night at the latest.
Su Ziqing went outside for a while and calmed down a lot. The position he was in was just so dangerous.
As long as he hasn't taken that position, his existence is superfluous to those ambitious members of the Gong family.
It's quite laughable when you think about it, but Gong Changfan is actually safer as the current head of the family than Gong Chengjue.
Are they underestimating Gong Changfan?
"I promise you, tonight will be the last time," Gong Chengjue said earnestly, looking at her with a promise.
Su Ziqing looked at him but didn't go forward.
"It'll be over soon," he added.
Su Ziqing remained silent.
“The investigation team has uncovered a lot of evidence these past few days, and combined with what I already had, the Gong family will hold an important family meeting within half a month if things go smoothly.” Gong Chengjue looked at her. “Really.”
She wasn't doubting his words, but rather feeling panicked.
She walked to the bedside, took his hand, and asked earnestly, "So what happens after this?"
"Hmm?" What happened after that?
"Will the rest of the Gong family submit to you?" Su Ziqing looked into his eyes. "And what if there's an elder who outwardly submits but inwardly resents, deliberately causing trouble?"
Gong Chengjue took her hand and kissed it. "Maybe. You never know what the future holds."
He gazed deeply into her eyes, "As long as you're with me, I'm not worried about the future."
Su Ziqing leaned gently into his arms, "Did you grow up in this kind of environment?"
Gong Chengjue felt that his little darling was really frightened this time, so he gently patted his shoulder and comforted him, "How could that be? Only after entering the business circle and becoming a capable member of the family will you be noticed."
Even though he was personally raised by the old man, the previous power struggles were the result of the struggles of his uncles and elders. He only gained attention after the old man's health deteriorated in the past two years.
Well, among the older generation, no matter how capable someone is, they shouldn't overstep their seniority.
However, unexpectedly, the old man really intended to make him skip the generational threshold...
"Don't worry, our children won't be like that in the future," he reassured them.
Su Ziqing punched his shoulder. "What child? Have you no shame?" When did she agree to have a child with him?
Gong Chengjue gently kissed her hand and said earnestly, "I want to have children with you, and I want to hear our children call me Daddy~"
Su Ziqing pushed him away, sat up straight, and said seriously, "Then you'll have to wait a while. I just don't know if your Gong family has any rules about urging people to have children."
"No, we don't have anyone above us." Grandpa is gone, Dad is gone, Mom isn't our biological mother, so we really don't have anyone above us to control us.
Su Ziqing had no idea that she was actually promising to have his baby!
"I want to have a daughter first, what do you think?" Gong Chengjue was already envisioning a bright future.
Su Ziqing shook her head. "Isn't it better for the older brother to go first?" She looked at him. "That way he can protect his younger sister."
“Hmm, that works too.” Gong Chengjue nodded.
"Wait a minute, aren't you thinking too far ahead!" Su Ziqing snapped out of her daze and glared at him. "Looks like you're really alright, otherwise where would you get the energy to think like this!"
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