Chapter 7. Could You Give Me A Kiss?

The word “girlfriend” made the air go quiet.

He Shuyu seemed unaware of how big a bomb she had dropped and tilted her head, winking at Chi Xiuyuan.

It seemed to say, “Are you going to bust me?”

Hesitation would miss the best time to retort.

Chi Xiuyuan didn’t expect her to say that and froze in place, clutching her bag.

When he came back to his senses, He Shuyu had already swaggered into the ward. He tried to chase her in, only to meet Zhang Tingting’s shocked and dismayed gaze.

He moved his lips, and what came out was a solemn thank you. “Tingting, thank you and Uncle Zhang for the past six months. Please calculate the cost of registering and examining Grandma today and let me know. I’ll transfer it to you.”

He hugged He Shuyu’s bag and bowed to Zhang Tingting.

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“We’ve known each other for a while. The first time we met, he soiled my dress. The second time he ate my pastry, and the third time I didn’t feel well, but I was okay thanks to him taking me to the hospital. “

Ms. He’s long sleeves and good dance [1] could be seen not only in the business world, but also in front of Grandma Chi, with her tongue in her cheek. It was obviously hurried and detached each time they met, yet she spoke of the beauty of the encounter.

Grandma Chi’s eyes narrowed with laughter, “You two are really destined to meet.”    

He Shuyu rightly agreed, “I think so too.”

Chi Xiuyuan stood by like a log, completely at a loss for words, as his grandmother, who had just been so full of love for him, didn’t even give him a look.

He had no choice but to glance at He Shuyu to ask her to clarify the matter of her being his girlfriend, but the latter pretended not to see it and continued to talk to Chi’s grandmother.

Seeing that the two of them were talking happily, Chi Xiuyuan knew that it would be awkward for both sides to talk about it at this point. He sighed and put He Shuyu’s bag down, ready to ask his grandmother about the details.

But just as he reached the door, he bumped into the doctor who had come over with the test results.

When he saw the other party’s appearance, Chi Xiuyuan frowned. It took him a while to hold back the words, “How come it’s you?”  

As if not seeing his unwelcome expression, Sun Weiguo instead smiled and said, “Xiuyuan, you’re back?”   

“It just so happens that I can speak to you directly about Auntie’s situation. There’s no need to bother outsiders.”

Grandma Chi’s sister was Sun Weiguo’s mother, and he was Chi Xiuyuan’s cousin and uncle by generation.

Six months ago, Chi Xiuyuan’s mother had a car accident, and his grandmother had tried to borrow all the money she could. When she tried to borrow from Sun Weiguo’s family, who had the best family circumstances, she was severely humiliated.

Chi Xiuyuan wasn’t afraid of humiliation, but he couldn’t see his grandmother being sarcastically beaten up by people, both explicitly and implicitly and being pushed to the ground and hurting her back.

He pursed his lips, and the hand hanging at his side tightened slightly.

Sun Weiguo took a step back and stood in the corridor, not caring whether he listened or not. He said to himself, “Auntie’s condition is not considered good. The old woman already had weak legs, and now she has broken a bone.”

“This situation must be arranged for surgery. You know, it’s New Year’s Eve. Everyone is on holiday. The earliest you can arrange for surgery under normal circumstances would be the third day of the New Year ……”

He did not go on. Seeing Chi Xiuyuan’s ugly face, he made a gesture to raise his hand to pat his shoulder, but the latter avoided it.

Sun Weiguo didn’t care. He had already said what he had at the beginning. Now, if he didn’t have a purpose, he wouldn’t want to talk nonsense with this poor boy. 

When he thought of the demolition documents that would be issued only after the year, a flash of calculation darted through Sun Weiguo’s eyes. He put on the appearance of a “good elder”.

“How can the old woman survive the pain of broken bones? Moreover, if it drags on for a long time before the bones are repaired, there is a high chance that she will be lame.”

In the end, he was still young, and the worry on Chi Xiuyuan’s face could not be concealed at all.

Sun Weiguo continued his efforts, “Uncle would be able to help aunt do surgery, but only the hospital has the final say. It’s not my call. I can not move alone. You can let other people come to work in the New Year, but certainly not without some benefit.”

“If I remember correctly, you still have an old house at home ……”

“It’s just a bone setting surgery. How do you have to sell a house?”

He Shuyu walked to the door at some point, smiling and looking at the calculating Sun Weiguo.

Her voice was crisp and abrupt. Sun Weiguo was startled. Seeing that she was young and standing next to Chi Xiuyuan, he narrowed her eyes and smiled coldly.

 “What do you, a little girl, know? How important are bones to people? Since we have to operate, of course we have to use the best. Not to mention that the old lady is old and her body’s recovery ability is poor. If-“

“If what?” He Shuyu interrupted him, obviously in a rather soft tone, but with aggressive forcefulness.

 She walked out of the ward and even closed the door behind her. The slightly closer distance caused a sense of oppression to rise abruptly in Sun Weiguo’s heart.

Forced to feel guilty by a young woman, Sun Weiguo felt humiliated and said in annoyance, “Xiuyuan, what do you mean? I helped out with good intentions, yet you let a little girl con artist from nowhere question me? “

It was quite a novel feeling when He Shuyu, who was a great leader in the business world, became a lying little girl in the words of others.

He Shuyu was not ashamed or annoyed, and looked at Sun Weiguo with interest, as if she was watching a clown jumping up and down.

Upon realizing this, Sun Weiguo became even more furious and raised his hand to speak harshly, but a huge force suddenly came to his wrist and his whole arm was squeezed to the side.

Chi Xiuyuan’s gaze sank and he lifted the corner of his mouth, “You know what you have in mind.”

He shook off Sun Weiguo’s hand and stood in front of He Shuyu, covering her whole body behind him.

Sun Weiguo was a selfish, self-serving villain.

He and his grandmother had gone to their door to borrow money. Before they even mentioned how much they were borrowing, Sun Weiguo insulted them with his words, saying that they didn’t have such relatives. Now that he had changed his attitude and even mentioned the house, who believed that he didn’t have a plan?

He Shuyu looked at Chi Xiuyuan’s broad back, a little stunned, but quickly reacted. She stretched out her index finger and gently poked his waist. 

The thick down jacket and jumper blocked most of the force, but the young man’s muscles were still tense, hard, and firm.

Sun Weiguo did not notice the subtle feeling in the air and coldly chortled, “The old woman is your grandmother, not my grandmother. When the time comes and she’s lame, it is also you, her grandson, who is to blame for not being willing to pay money to cure her. Since you are so capable, I do not mind eating turnips light-”   

He was halfway through his harsh words when he suddenly noticed the dazzling ruby ring on the white, slender finger on the side of Chi Xiuyuan’s waist.

At that moment, there was the sound of footsteps behind him in a slight hurry. 

When he looked back, the dean came wearing a white coat, followed by several orthopaedic surgeons, some of the best in the county.

Already on annual leave, it was okay for the dean to come to the hospital, but several other doctors were not on duty.

Sun Weiguo suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

He was about to ask the dean why he had come, but the latter brushed past him and went to stand in front of Chi Xiuyuan, who was somewhat puzzled by the current situation.

He Shuyu, still reveling in the cute reaction of her little friend, flexed her index finger and rubbed it against his rear end with just the right amount of force that he could feel. And, as expected, she felt his muscles tense up under the thick down coat.

Chi Xiuyuan’s body stiffened when he felt her little movement, and he didn’t listen to Sun Weiguo’s words afterwards.

He was tempted to grab the disruptive hand behind him, but the occasion was not right, so he had to hold back. His cheeks were taut from the movement of clenching his teeth.

He reluctantly divided some of his attention to the sudden arrival of several people.

Dean Shen gave him a friendly smile and when he saw He Shuyu standing out behind him, his eyes lit up and he extended his hand attentively, “Greetings, Ms. He, I am the hospital’s director, Shen Cong.”

His solemn self-introduction caused Sun Weiguo’s eyes to widen.

He Shuyu smiled and shook hands with Dean Shen, and in the midst of Chi Xiuyuan’s puzzled eyes, she spoke a few words about Grandma Chi’s situation.

She knew so much that Chi Xiuyuan couldn’t help but look at her sideways.

The president of the hospital, Mr. Shen, had come over immediately after receiving the call and asked about his grandmother’s condition on the way. He immediately said that he could conduct a pre-operative examination at the time, and if the examination results came out okay, he would arrange for the surgery directly and operate personally.

Sun Weiguo’s mind was empty, with only the word “President” He constantly playing around.   

Suddenly, his eyes widened as he thought of when he went to Jiangcheng for an academic exchange meeting the year before. A friend who was traveling with him pointed to a young woman surrounded by people and told him that person was called He Shuyu and had assets worth hundreds of billions.    

She had set up an academic foundation where anyone with academic innovations could apply for research funding. After approval, the foundation would strongly support it, and if there was a desire to sell research patents, the He Group would enjoy the right of first refusal.

The He Group had a number of foundations, and those whose families were poor and could not afford medical expenses could receive assistance from the foundations as long as they provided sufficient proof. Many people at Bai County Hospital had received assistance from the foundations.

Sun Weiguo gulped and his hands trembled slightly as he held the test results.   

How could Chi Xiuyuan know He Shuyu? 

He was just a poor boy who had been lucky enough to go to Jiangnan University. How could he possibly know He Shuyu, who was not even in the same world as him?

Sun Weiguo was completely panicked and suddenly heard He Shuyu say, “I don’t know how your hospital’s medical expenses are calculated, but I just heard this doctor say that the amount needed for my grandmother’s surgery is quite large; it’s to the point of selling her house.”

The dean’s smiling face froze instantly as he quickly swept a glance at Sun Weiguo, whose forehead was covered in sweat, and said, “Ms. He is joking. The people underneath are not sensible, so don’t mind.”  

He Shuyu didn’t answer.

If she hadn’t been here today, they would have been forced out of the house by this black-hearted doctor, and the two, grandparent and grandchild, would they be drinking the northwest wind?[2]

She had always had no room for sand in her eyes [3], not to mention the people who had touched her bottom line.

President Shen dared not offend her, and within a few seconds he made a choice and said without hesitation, “Don’t worry, Ms. He, there are some things that cannot be touched. I will deal with them seriously.”

It was impossible to let go of that promise. Sun Weiguo looked incredulously at Dean Shen, but failed to get a glimpse from him.

The other doctors standing beside the dean also moved away from him without a trace.

As the group left, Chi Xiuyuan couldn’t care less about He Shuyu’s little gesture just now. The knot in his throat rolled, and only after a long time did he say, “Thank you.”

He knew for sure that He Shuyu had carefully understood his grandmother’s situation when he didn’t know about it, and had contacted someone to get her the best treatment.

He Shuyu didn’t talk poorly to him this time, as she looked out of the window by the corridor and saw the world in white.

“Five years ago, when I was abroad, my grandfather stepped over the stairs at home and bumped his head, but my parents just argued. By the time people got to the hospital, it was too late to save him.”

Her parents were a result of a business union, and they had quarrelled every day for as long as He Shuyu could remember. They had never done their duty as parents.

She had been brought up by her grandfather and then forced to go abroad. Before she was due to return home at the end of her studies, the old man had left, and she had only had time to attend his funeral.    

Chi Xiuyuan’s eyes widened slightly, and the teary mole at the end of his eyes was tugged as he pursed his lips and whispered, “I’m sorry.”

“Sorry for what? It’s not like it has anything to do with you. ” She looked out of the window at the white world and her figure became silent, gradually overlapping with the way she looked last night by the river.

Chi Xiuyuan wanted to comfort her but didn’t know what to say. In the end, he could only say, dryly, “Your grandfather must not want you to be sad.”

He Shuyu looked at him sideways. The latter was not good at meeting her eyes and averted them.

Kids really don’t know how to comfort people. This is the time when they should wrap their arms around her waist, push her against the wall, and then kiss her forcefully.

Tell her that she had him in the future.

He Shuyu let out a sigh.

She had really been brainwashed by Luo Zhiyao to put such brainless behaviour on children.

Luo Zhiyao, who was on the phone with Luo Hanzhou, sneezed heavily. She never dreamed that her own sister, who was always reserved and arrogant to others, was now stepping forward, pushing the handsome boy against the wall, and reaching out to hook her arms around his neck.  

Through the scarf, there was a nourishing ambiguity.

He Shuyu slowly said, amidst Chi Xiuyuan’s shocked and dismayed eyes, “I’m so sad. Can you let me kiss you?”

[1] Her way of weaving a bad situation into something good.

[2] A phrase meaning out in the cold, in reference to the fact that the wind blew in the northwestern direction. 

[3] It means she wouldn’t tolerate the things that upset her.