Chapter 19 The Domineering CEO
Wait a minute, now that the plot points of rescuing the male lead and hiding the phone and ID are over, cultivating the emotional bond with the host has been accomplished much more efficiently.
So even if the male lead is found ten days earlier, it doesn't seem to be a big problem?
The system was immediately relieved and even shared its own speculation to comfort the host.
Qingran lowered her eyelashes and remained silent.
After finishing their discussion, Yan Chen noticed his lover's unusual silence tonight. He ladled a bowl of mushroom and chicken soup and pushed it in front of him, asking softly, "What's wrong?"
Bright energy-saving lights overhead emitted an incandescent white light, the rays intertwining and twisting into a bizarre phantom.
Below the phantom, Qingran, who heard the sound, turned her head to look.
His body, with his back to the light source, was shrouded in a half-light, half-dark shadow, while the half of his face exposed to the light was rapidly changing.
His black pupils turned into dark green vertical pupils, devoid of any human emotion, exuding a cruel coldness, while the green scales growing from the corners of his eyes made his already beautiful and elegant face even more eerie.
The legs below the waist also transformed into a longer, dark green snake tail.
By this time, the snake's tail, concealed by the dining table, had already firmly enclosed the chair where Yan Chen was sitting, its tip swaying languidly.
Yan Chen's expression changed drastically.
Qingran frowned, puzzled, when suddenly the man reached out and pulled her into his arms.
"Qingran, why do you have a tail?" The magnetic voice that rang in my ears carried a barely perceptible worry.
Yan Chen held him tightly to his chest, soothingly kissing his forehead and the corners of his eyes, saying, "Don't be afraid, is there a monk trying to harm you?"
Qingran's first reaction was to look down, but upon seeing that there were still two legs below her waist, she couldn't help but ask, "?"
At this moment, Wang Lei and Li Yanmei on the opposite side also started arguing.
One of them just stared at the sky and grinned foolishly: "Hehe~ Money, so much money, so much money~"
One of them urged impatiently, "All you think about is money, money, money! Hurry up and pick it up!"
Then the two of them started grabbing at the air, creating a scene that was both lively and absurd.
"Mushroom poisoning?" Qingran realized the reason and her gaze swept sharply to the dishes on the table.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid," the man holding him tightly murmured, kissing his earlobe, repeatedly emphasizing, "I'm not afraid, Qingran, don't be afraid either."
He felt a touch on his thigh, and as if to prove he wasn't lying, the man gently stroked his leg and said, "I'm not afraid. The blue scales are beautiful."
The movements were so gentle, it was hard to tell whether they were out of fear or pity.
Qingran paused for a moment, then grabbed the man's wrist to check. After a while, she felt the pulse under her fingertip, which was still strong and powerful, and unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.
fine.
[What happened? They've been poisoned?] The system peered into my mind's eye: [Is the male lead alright?]
It had just felt relieved, but Yan Chen couldn't possibly die from eating poisonous mushrooms, causing its mission to fail!
"They won't die," Qingran said after checking the pulses of the other two.
Yan Chen held him tightly from behind, and he struggled to pull out his phone.
He was, after all, a demon with cultivation, and the poison of the Bodhi seed was too weak for him. After cooking, the poison was reduced to a negligible level, so he failed to notice anything amiss immediately.
The system was relieved to hear that the male lead wouldn't die, but then it remembered something when it saw Qingran making an emergency call.
[Host, be careful not to get caught not taking Yan Chen to the hospital after his car accident~]
Qingran wasn't too worried; at worst, she could just say they were two different hospitals.
About ten minutes later, the ambulance arrived at Anle Community and took the three patients to the nearby county hospital.
Upon arrival at the hospital, after a series of examinations and inquiries, the doctor diagnosed Yan Chen, Wang Lei, and Li Yanmei with Boletus luridus poisoning and arranged for them to receive intravenous infusions in wards.
Qingran, using the excuse of fearing poisoning and not eating the poisonous mushrooms, and being conscious, escaped the examination. After completing the hospitalization procedures for the three, she returned to the ward.
Male and female patients are admitted in separate wards, and there are only two men in this ward.
While Qingran was away handling the formalities, Wang Lei had already fallen asleep on the hospital bed while receiving an IV drip, and was sleeping soundly.
Yan Chen, meanwhile, remained leaning against the headboard, staring coldly at the door.
When Qingran appeared at the door, his cold expression instantly turned to worry: "Are you hurt?"
Qingran raised one eyebrow slightly. Had she forgotten his explanation before he left?
"No," he replied casually.
She walked to the bedside, meeting the gaze of the man, leaned down and lifted his chin, her voice gentle and tender: "I chased that monk away, now no one will come to separate us, Ah Chen, are you happy?"
Yan Chen rarely showed a slight smile and said, "Of course."
Qingran squinted her eyes: "I'm a snake demon, I have a tail and scales, aren't you afraid?"
"As long as I can become human, I'll overcome the rest," the man said, his gaze falling on his lover's lower body. "Besides, Qingran's original form is very beautiful."
"What if I can't become human?"
"...Then Plato is the only option."
What is it?
The system secretly patched the page: [Plato was a Western philosopher who proposed a concept of love named after him.]
[The main idea is that lovers should pursue pure love on a spiritual and emotional level, without emphasizing physical desire and enjoyment.]
That won't work.
“My suggestion is ineffective,” she said, leaning down to kiss the man on the lips. “Because I’m here to help you with your hospital admission procedures, not to fight a monk.”
These words made Yan Chen, lying in his hospital bed, frown.
His mind was in a mess, his thoughts were wandering and jumping around, and he could never concentrate.
"I've been poisoned." After a long while, he finally remembered what Qingran had said.
"Hmm." She pressed the man down onto the bed and covered his eyes. "Rest well, you're starting to talk nonsense."
After Yan Chen fell asleep, Qing Ran stood by the bedside for a while, looking at his face, lost in thought.
*
The next day, after regaining consciousness and understanding what had happened, Li Yanmei was so angry that she went to Wang Lei's ward and chased after him to beat him.
"We could have earned money two days earlier if it weren't for you, since you were hospitalized for two days!"
ah?
Wang Lei, who was running away with his head in his hands, stopped abruptly.
As soon as he slowed down, a barrage of punches came from behind him and around his head. He dodged with his back turned and asked, "Wait, wait, aren't you upset that I almost killed you?"
Li Yanmei was puzzled: "Isn't it normal to get poisoned from eating mushrooms? But you were really careless this time, go and apologize to your friends."
Wang Lei did feel guilty, and had already apologized to Qing Ran and Yan Chen listlessly as soon as he regained consciousness.
This time, my girlfriend told me to repeat it again.
Neither Qingran nor Yan Chen blamed him.
Qingran was not poisoned, and Yan Chen was also poisoned because Qingran was not poisoned and his own toxicity was mild.
At the same time, Wang Lei did not do it intentionally, and he also ended up in the hospital himself.
"Meimei, I'm sorry." Wang Lei finally apologized to his girlfriend.
Li Yanmei sighed, "Forget it, you didn't do it on purpose."
When it was just the two of them in private, Shi Qingran took the initiative to bring up the matter of getting checked out with Yan Chen.
He said, "You weren't hospitalized for your previous car accident, but you're currently in the hospital. You're not that short of money now, so would you like to have another thorough checkup?"
Yan Chen nodded and agreed, saying there was no rush to go to Beijing.
Qingran then said, "Last time I went to the People's Hospital, but this hospital doesn't have your medical records. I'll go find the doctor and explain the situation."
Before getting up to leave, he suddenly asked jokingly, "Ah Chen, is my original form really that beautiful?"
Yan Chen: "..."
"real."
The final X-ray results showed that a small hematoma in the brain was compressing the hippocampus, causing Yan Chen's amnesia.
Apart from that, he is in very good health.
Doctors are unsure whether this amnesia will be reversed, as hospitals in their county and even the city do not have the facilities to perform the surgery.
If the two are unwilling to give up on treatment, they could try going to a big city, such as the capital, Beijing.
Yan Chen had already planned to go to Beijing to find the answer, so he thanked the doctor for his advice and left.
Qingran thought to herself, just as the system said, Yan Chen's amnesia is a strong setting.
On the day of discharge, the nurse who came to pack up the equipment reminded them that the doctor would be calling for follow-up appointments in the coming period, and that they should be sure to answer the phone promptly.
The system asked, puzzled: "[Why did you enter the correct phone number this time, host?]"
Why not interfere and prevent Yan Chen from being found?
Since they are the villains anyway, it had already prepared a reason for Qingran's past mistake of deliberately writing the wrong phone number at the police station.
Qingran said, "[I want the truth to come more directly.]"
Wang Lei and Li Yanmei also left their phone numbers; Yan Chen would eventually be found.
Rather than having Su Yu find her through a roundabout route via Wang Lei or Li Yanmei...
The system seemed to understand, but not quite.
But it doesn't matter, the host is on the same side as it, it just needs to know that the host is doing the mission seriously!
*
Today is the second day since Yan Chen and the others were discharged from the hospital.
At the strong request of Wang Lei and Li Yanmei, the four of them have started to resume work today, working separately. Qingran and the other two are still going into the mountains to pick mushrooms, while Li Yanmei stayed in the county to rent a car.
In the end, 45 jin (22.5 catties) of mushrooms were collected. It rained the night before last, so more mushrooms were harvested than usual. They are currently being stored at Wang Lei's house.
Li Yanmei also managed to rent a vehicle at a reasonable price.
After discussing it, the group decided to set off early the next morning.
There's no way around it; the mushrooms being transported out will inevitably be left overnight. Fortunately, the vendors outside won't lower the price because of the overnight storage.
Qingran did not intend to go with them.
[Aren't you worried that Yan Chen will meet Su Yu ahead of time?] the system asked, observing his expression.
Qingran smiled faintly: [Didn't you comfort me? The key plot has already unfolded, so it's okay to meet early?]
Yes, yes, but something just doesn't feel right...
The host doesn't seem to care at all, huh?
Qingran, lost in thought, said softly, "Didn't we all know this day would come? We should be happy for them after such a long separation."
"Splash splash splash..."
The gentle patter of water brought back Qingran's distant thoughts.
He lay on the bed with an open copy of the Civil Code in front of him, which he had just borrowed that evening, intending to read it when he was home alone the next day.
Noticing that the sound of water in the bathroom had gradually stopped, the man closed the book and leaned over to place it on the bedside table.
The bedside table originally contained a few things: a lamp, a half-used tissue box, a glass of water, and a piece of amber held in a wooden tray.
There wasn't enough space left to fit another thick book.
Qingran casually opened the drawer, intending to put the books in it temporarily, but noticed the extra things in the drawer and nodded in confusion.
What's this?
...
When Yan Chen dried his hair and came out wrapped in a bath towel, Qing Ran was lying on the pillow playing a puzzle game on her phone.
Today he was wearing the same oversized t-shirt and shorts that were barely above his knees that he wore the night he first met Yan Chen.
The soft, light fabric of his summer clothes accentuated his straight back and slender waist.
The man's gaze darkened slightly as he walked to the bedside, leaned down, and planted a kiss on his lover's cheek.
Qingran turned her head when she felt the touch on her face, her eyes still fixed on her phone, but her finger tapped her lips.
Yan Chen's gaze shifted downwards and settled on his rosy lips, then he lowered his eyes and leaned in.
Lips pressed together, their lips, having shared many experiences, intertwined in perfect harmony.
The game gradually lost its appeal, and my phone fell onto the bed.
Qingran tilted her head back, focusing intently on kissing the man.
This position forced Yan Chen to support himself on the headboard with one hand, while his other hand naturally rested on Qing Ran's waist.
Although he had just taken a shower, his palms were burning hot.
The sensation traveled through the fabric to Qingran's lower back, making that small patch of skin feel as if it were on fire.
Qingran frowned and pushed him away.
The man, whose kiss was abruptly interrupted, opened his eyes, his pupils, stained with lust, as black as ink.
He kissed his lover's lips and asked, "What's wrong?"
Qingran frowned and said, "I don't feel well."
The man froze instantly.
Then Qingran got up and changed her position, crawled a few steps to kneel by the bed, wrapped her arms around the man's neck and kissed him.
"Now that you feel better, continue."
A note from the author:
Mushroom poisoning is dangerous in real life. The article downplays the toxicity of the mushrooms, so please be careful when eating them.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com