Novel Xo
Chapter 32: You Think I Will Eat You or Something
Back to the Gu’s house.
Gu Zijin answered the call from Lisa via his bluetooth earphones,
“President, the story between you and Miss Yan was spread far and wide. It might be too late to deal with it…”
“Hold a press conference to explain everything tomorrow.”
Gu Zijin said that clearly, seeming still a bit angry. Then he gazed at the back of Qin Muxuan and hung up the phone.
Elderly Lady Gu who had already walked downstairs asked worriedly,
“Zijin, what happened? Yuxiao…”
“She’s fine. The doctor said that her leg fractured and she has lost lots of blood.”
“Fracture of the leg, losing lots of blood, and you call that ‘fine’?”
Elderly Lady Gu thumped her walking stick and said,
“She is a celebrity after all. Since she was badly injured when hanging from the wire and now has to receive treatment in the hospital, why don’t you accompany her there?”
Gu Zijin, mouth twitched, said,
“Isn’t it enough for her to have her assistant there?”
“You…”
Elderly Lady Gu was speechless and angry. In the meantime, Gu Zijin already walked upstairs. Qin Muxuan had also gone upstairs, for fear that Elderly Lady Gu would make trouble for her.
In the hospital.
Yan Yuxiao got out of the operating room with a pale face. Her assistant stepped forward right away with a concerning look,
“How do you feel right now? Is everything OK? I’ll definitely make a thorough investigation about this. I’ll let the company be responsible for it.”
Yan Yuxiao looked around, finding there was only this assistant here except for the reporters who were blocked by the guards. Then she frowned and asked,
“Where is Zijin… He was still here when I got into the operating room.”
“President Gu left long ago…”ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .
Yan Yuxiao’s face turned even paler. With her lips compressed into a line, she stopped saying anything.
As she entered the VIP patient ward, she couldn’t even move her legs anymore. After the anesthetic in her boy had lost its effect, she started to feel terribly painful. The nurse who came to apply medicine to Yan Yuxiao’s leg seemed quite gingerly when fixing the latter’s leg. Yan Yuxiao who hadn’t had a chance to vent her anger because Gu Zijin wasn’t here got even more furious when seeing the nurse’s jittery movements. Then she couldn’t help but curse,
“Isn’t there any reliable nurse in this hospital? You think you can afford to hurt my legs? Do you know how much my leg insurance costs?”
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry.”
The nurse apologized tamely. However, her movement became even more clumsy. Yan Yuxiao grimaced in pain, saying,
“Do you know how to do it or not?!”
At this moment, her assistant who stood by the door saw Elderly Lady Gu coming over with the support of Nanny Chen and then said immediately,
“Elderly Lady Gu, you are here.”
Hearing her assistant’s voice, Yan Yuxiao replaced the impatient look on her face with a pitiful look right away.
The nurse was startled to see how this celebrity had managed to change the look on her face so quickly.
Yan Yuxiao glowered at the nurse, saying,
“Keep doing your job!”
As Elderly Lady Gu pushed the door open, she saw Yan Yuxiao’s haggard face right away. Then Elderly Lady Gu said worriedly,
“Yuxiao, I’m here to see you.”
After that, Elderly Lady Gu sat by the bed and held Yan Yuxiao’s hand,
“My poor girl. Why were the staff in our entertainment company unable to hang the wire properly?! I will punish them fiercely for you!”
“Grandma, it’s not their fault. I was being careless at that time, and it’s nothing serious. Only my leg fractured.”
Hardly had Yan Yuxiao finished saying when she gasped in pain. The nurse didn’t know where she did wrong, but she still apologized at once.
Elderly Lady Gu frowned and said,
“I need to see the director of this hospital! How can you be so careless!”
The nurse left obediently right away.
The director kept apologizing after he had arrived. Only after that did the sullen look on Elderly Lady Gu’s face fade away. Yan Yuxiao who suddenly remembered something spoke hesitantly,
“Grandma, my injury is not a big deal… But the people out there keep spreading rumors about me and Zijin…”
“Let the reporters do what they are gonna do! Yuxiao, you will marry into our family sooner or later, if it were not for Zijin…”
Speaking of that, Elderly Lady Gu thought of Gu Zijin’s attitude during the last few days and sighed,
“Don’t worry. Qin Muxuan will leave after one and a half month. I’ll definitely help you when she’s gone.”
“Thank you, grandma.”
Yan Yuxiao nodded with tears in her eyes, which made Elderly Lady Gu pity her more. Nanny Chen had already entered the ward with a few bags of expensive foods of highly nutritious value.
Qin Muxuan didn’t see Elderly Lady Gu and Nanny Chen at the dinner table. Then she learned from Mrs. Gu that Elderly Lady Gu would accompany Yan Yuxiao in the hospital tonight.
Qin Xiaobai was happy to hear that because he hated to see his great grandmother criticizing his mother all day long. Gu Zijin still hadn’t come downstairs to eat dinner. Then Mrs. Gu said with a slightly worried look,
“Muxuan, Zijin might be working so hard that he forgets about his meal again. Can you go upstairs and remind him? Tell him that he can not neglect his health for work all the time…”
Qin Muxuan, with an awkward look on her face, said,
“He won’t listen to my advice.”
“Of course he will. Last time I asked you to watch him finish his breakfast, and he listened to you very obediently.”
Qin Muxuan felt it inappropriate to refuse again since Mrs. Gu’s request was quite reasonable. She understood Mrs. Gu’s concern for Gu Zijin as a mother, so she went upstairs directly.
The door of the study was half opened. There was dim light coming through the crack between the door and its frame.
Qin Muxuan braced herself up and knocked on the door,
“Knock, knock.”
“What’s up?”
“Mrs. Gu told me to get you downstairs for dinner.”
“Come in.”
Qin Muxuan, as reluctant as she was, still opened the door and entered the room. Gu Zijin had already changed his clothes. A bit tiredness was shown in his black eyes. When he saw Qin Muxuan standing at a distance from him, he chuckled and said,
“You think I will eat you or something? Why do you stand far away from me?”
Qin Muxuan could only step closer to him. Then Gu Zijin said with his lips curled,
“Come here and massage my shoulders.”
“You can let Nanny Chen do that.”
“I don’t like others touching me.”
Qin Muxuan thought secretly, ‘I don’t see you hate body contact so much when you held Yan Yuxiao in your arms.’ However, she still walked over to give a massage. No matter how she was feeling now, Gu Zijin was still her superior and the father of her son.
Qin Muxuan’s massaging skill was great. Gu Zijin couldn’t help but press on her hands. Qin Muxuan wanted to take back her hands right away, but the man didn’t give her any chance to do so and dragged her into his arms.
“Gu Zijin!”
Qin Muxuan flew into a rage with shame and stared at him with an angry look in her eyes. Gu Zijin wasn’t angry with her and even chuckled, saying,
“Qin Muxuan, I’m just Xiaobai’s dad to you, is that so?”
It was the second time Gu Zijin had asked her the same kind of question. Qin Muxuan nodded without any hesitation and said,
“President Gu, tell me what other connections we have with each other.”
Gu Zijin hid the small flames of fury in his eyes and let go of Qin Muxuan. After that, Qin Muxuan stood up immediately, feeling a sense of relief, and repeated her words,
“Let’s go eat dinner downstairs.”
Gu Zijin didn’t say anything and stood up to follow Qin Muxuan to the outside.
Mrs. Gu let out a sigh of relief after seeing the two of them getting downstairs. She was right. Gu Zijin did have listened to Qin Muxuan.