"Are you feeling unwell?"
Upon hearing this, Bai Chuan subconsciously looked Li Ruo up and down, a hint of worry immediately appearing in his eyes: "Are you feeling unwell? Are you alright?"
Li Ruo was slightly taken aback when she didn't expect that Bai Chuan, who was always carefree, would care about people. But she quickly recovered and gently shook her head: "It's nothing, just a minor ailment, I'm fine now."
After all, she couldn't very well tell the truth that she came to the hospital because of Wen Huaiyan.
Although Shirakawa's help last time was unintentional, she could tell from their conversation that they must have known each other before, and their relationship was not very harmonious.
It seems that the Wen family now has a wide range of businesses and almost no rivals, but the Bai family's strength should not be underestimated, especially their reputation, which holds a pivotal position in the entire industry.
It's easy to imagine the fierce competition between these two companies, so it's natural that sparks would fly when the successors of these two families meet.
Especially... there are reasons for this as well.
Therefore, Li Ruo did not want Bai Chuan to know about Wen Huaiyan's injury, lest the other party make a mountain out of a molehill and cause more trouble.
Shirakawa seemed somewhat skeptical of her words, and frowned, asking, "What illness could have been cured so quickly?"
In his memory, Li Ruoke was an extremely tolerant person who wouldn't make a fuss about minor pains by rushing to the hospital late at night, so he was naturally a little curious.
At the same time, it was also out of concern.
Since their last separation, he had become increasingly interested in this woman and naturally wanted to know everything about her.
Li Ruo was somewhat helpless as she was surprised that Bai Chuan would insist on getting to the bottom of her casual remark.
But you can't just say you're not sick, that would be embarrassing yourself.
Thinking of this, Li Ruo took a deep breath and quickly changed the subject, saying, "I'm really fine. But what's wrong with you? Why are you at the hospital so late at night?"
As she spoke, she slightly raised her eyes, a hint of curiosity on her face.
Upon hearing this, Shirakawa didn't think much of it and slowly explained, "There was a party tonight, and a friend of mine drank too much and passed out. Everyone took him to the hospital, and I came to check on him."
"Oh, I see. He drank too much..."
Li Ruo nodded slightly, silently pondering how to leave.
After all, she really had no intention of getting entangled with Shirakawa here.
However, in Shirakawa's eyes, her stunned expression seemed like disdain, so he quickly explained, "Um... don't misunderstand, I'm not usually like this. Although I like to drink, I would never drink myself into the hospital like my friend did. I'm very careful."
"ah?"
Li Ruo was surprised and somewhat helpless at the same time when she didn't expect Bai Chuan to suddenly say these things to her.
Ultimately, the two of them aren't even friends anymore, so she naturally wouldn't bother paying attention to such things.
"It's getting late. You should go back when you're done. I still have things to take care of."
As she spoke, she gripped the payment slip tightly in her hand and headed straight for the payment counter.
She wasn't stupid; she had dealt with Shirakawa a few times and could naturally see through his thoughts.
Although she didn't know why this guy had his eye on her, she no longer wanted to have anything to do with anyone.
However, he hadn't taken more than two steps when Shirakawa grabbed him.
"Hey, don't go! I still have something to ask you!"
Blocked by the man's tall figure, Li Ruo subconsciously frowned: "What else do you want?"
The other person never spoke seriously, so she was prepared to give them a perfunctory response.
But to everyone's surprise, the next second, Shirakawa said with a serious expression, "Didn't you say you were going to cooperate with me? Why haven't I been able to contact you these past few days? What have you been doing?"
At this point, a hint of dissatisfaction inevitably appeared on his face.
The collaboration was brought up by Li Ruo herself, who assured him that she would not let him down.
But after the woman finished speaking, she left him standing there, which naturally made him unhappy.
After all, he had never been rejected by anyone before, and Li Ruo had disrespected him more than once.
Upon hearing this, Li Ruo paused slightly, and an extremely embarrassed expression appeared on her face.
She then remembered that after Li Daocheng informed her of the shareholders' meeting that day, she had felt a vague unease in her heart.
I guessed that the old fox was unwilling to let her pass the throne smoothly and would definitely make things difficult for her from every angle.
So, just in case, she called Shirakawa to tentatively inquire whether they could cooperate.
After receiving the other party's affirmation, Li Ruo then produced the detailed plan.
Firstly, they wanted to use the pretext of cooperating with the Bai family to silence the shareholders and smoothly force Li Daocheng to step down.
Secondly, I really want to lead the Li family forward in the future, achieve a qualitative leap, and thus fulfill my mother's last wish.
However, she had been so preoccupied with the mess of Li's debts these past few days that she had completely forgotten about it.
What Li Ruo didn't expect was that Bai Chuan would bring this up in person. She was so embarrassed that she froze on the spot and didn't know how to explain it.
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