Shen Qi was taken aback for a moment, and she looked at Zhu Yun in astonishment. “Zhu Yun…”
“Scalded?” Ye Moxuan frowned and looked at Shen Qi’s fingers, thereupon realizing that five of her tender, fair fingers had already turned red. His expression changed immediately, and he stepped forward to grab Shen Qi’s wrist to the bathroom to shower cold water on her as he ordered coldly, “Go get some cream for burn relief.”
Zhu Yun froze for a moment and hurried away to get it.
Shen Qi let Ye Moxuan grab her hand and wash it under the running water in a daze. Feeling the coolness wash through her fingers, the heat that she felt had receded quite a bit. However, as time passed, Shen Qi looked at the water flowing from the tap and noticed it becoming bright red blood again. Her expression changed greatly in fright, and she screamed while pulling her hand back.
Ye Moxuan was also shocked by her sudden reaction, but he soon calmed down. Frowning, he asked in a deep voice, “Did it hurt you? Should I turn the water down?”
After hearing a low-pitched male voice in her ears and feeling the icy aura surrounding her, Shen Qi slowly recovered herself and turned to look at Ye Moxuan, who was close to her. Seeing his pitch black irises, she returned to her senses and suddenly stretched out her hands to hug Ye Moxuan tightly.
Although Ye Moxuan was glad that Shen Qi took the initiative, her actions today were too abnormal. He thought about it and put his hand on her shoulders. “What happened?”
“N-Nothing.” She leaned her chin on his shoulder and shook her head vehemently. “I-It’s just that my hands hurt from the scalding.”
Hearing that, Ye Moxuan frowned and growled in a displeased tone, “Zhu Yun is too careless, hurting you like this. I will lay her off tomorrow.”
“No, don’t do that!” Hearing that Ye Moxuan wanted to fire Zhu Yun, Shen Qi spoke up for her immediately. “It has nothing to do with her. The soup was already on the table; I was the one who was not careful enough when I held it. This has nothing to do with her.”
“Really?”
Shen Qi nodded vigorously. Zhu Yun was cleverer and smarter than she thought. Although she knew about the incident, she chose to protect Shen Qi when Ye Moxuan returned just now, making him think that Shen Qi looked pale because she was scalded.
That girl is smart and cares about me so much. It would be a shame for her to be laid off for no reason.
“Alright, since you like her so much, I’ll let her stay with you and give her a raise.”
“Thank you.”
Soon, Zhu Yun brought the cream to them and then applied it on Shen Qi before leaving.
Shen Qi wasn’t in the mood to chat with Ye Moxuan, for she was afraid that she would accidentally reveal anything if she spoke more, so she went to bed quickly saying that she was a little tired and wanted to rest. Seeing that she didn’t look too well, he didn’t stop her.
However, Shen Qi couldn’t really sleep all night. When she had finally fallen asleep later during the night, her dreams were full of gore and bloody scenes with Han Xueyou laying in a pool of blood and stretching out her hands weakly while calling Shen Qi’s name.
“Qi, s-save me! Q-Qi… please save me!”
“Qi, I don’t want to live anymore. Just let me die!”
However, the scene suddenly changed and showed Han Xueyou and Ye Moxuan hugging each other affectionately. Then, her dream changed once more. This time, she was met with Ye Moxuan’s cold expression. “Look at you! A woman like you who is pregnant with another man’s child is not worthy of my love! I was just fooling around with you by saying that I loved you. Did you really think I would love a woman like you? In your dreams!’
“Shen Qi, why can’t you see it yet? You are considered as used goods. No man will really love you. Hahahaha!”
The eerie laughter of the two of them was overwhelming, and it turned Shen Qi’s world upside down. Shen Qi was sweating all over, and she was desperately trying to wake up from the dream. She ran away from the both of them, praying that they would not follow her. However, they were like ghosts, following her wherever she went.
“Aaah!” Shen Qi yelled out and finally sat up.
What caught her eye was the blue sky and ocean with sunlight glittering on them. It’s already daylight.
Ye Moxuan was no longer by her side. Meanwhile, Shen Qi’s entire body was soaked in cold sweat. Shr grabbed her phone and took a look at it, only to realize that it was already 8 in the morning.
At this moment, she wondered whether Han Xueyou was up or not. Thinking of this, Shen Qi got out of bed and went to the bathroom to freshen herself up. The burn on her finger was not serious; after applying the scald cream, her wounds had almost fully recovered overnight.
After changing into a fresh outfit, she took her phone and went out, ready to go to the hospital.
“Are you going out, Young Lady? Shall I accompany you today?” Zhu Yun suggested to Shen Qi.
At first, Shen Qi wanted to reject her, but after thinking about it, she nodded. “Alright, you may come with me.”
“Okay.” Seeing that she agreed, Zhu Yun went to make the preparations with a smile. Then, she went out with Shen Qi, with Mr. Jin as the chauffeur.
Knowing where they were heading, Mr. Jin drove the car to the hospital they went to yesterday and brought Shen Qi and Zhu Yun to the ward.
In the corridor, they ran into Su Jiu, who walked up to greet them. “I knew that you will definitely come today, but I didn’t expect you to be so early.”
“You are here very early as well, Secretary Su. I’m actually quite late myself. Is Xueyou—”
“Miss Xueyou is awake now,” Su Jiu smiled slightly as she said softly. “Miss Shen, I’ll take you to the ward now.”
Hearing the news that Han Xueyou was awake, Shen Qi felt her chest tremble violently. “S-She is awake?”
“Yes, Miss Shen. Just follow me.” Su Jiu turned around and walked away. After being stunned for a while, Shen Qi hurried to follow her.
Xueyou has already woken up… That is great! She is fine! Thank goodness! For some reason, Shen Qi felt like crying. As such, she tried to calm her agitated emotions along the way. When she arrived in front of the ward, Su Jiu stopped suddenly and turned to look at her.
“President Han is in there too. Miss Shen, would you like to calm yourself down before entering?” After speaking, Su Jiu handed her a tissue. Only then did Shen Qi realize that tears were already on her face. She turned around embarrassedly and saw Zhu Yun stretching out her hand to wipe away the tears from the corner of her eyes with a faint smile. “It’s fine, Young Lady. You were just sweating because you walked too fast just now. I have wiped it off for you.”
Hearing the term ‘Young Lady’, Su Jiu couldn’t help raising her eyebrows. Suddenly, she thought of Ye Moxuan. She still vividly remembered Ye Moxuan’s weird behavior when he appeared in the restaurant that they first met. At that time, she had found him to be quite peculiar. But now, after giving a second thought, things might really be the way she expected. It seemed that Shen Qi’s background was not simple indeed.
Su Jiu smiled slightly. “Indeed. Even though it’s autumn now, after walking too fast, one might break a sweat too. Look at me, I also have some sweat here.” With that, Su Jiu put her hand on her forehead to wipe it off gently. “Miss Shen, are you ready to enter?”
