Qiao Chuchu felt utterly hopeless. She closed her eyes and said, "I'll call and cancel, then take the seriously affected ones to the hospital."
[I can endure my own illness, but I can't let others suffer because of .]
She picked up her phone, but it rang before she could dial.
The screen displayed a row of text: 「The idiot who deserves to be struck by lightning」
…It was Ji Yanchuan.
[Damn it, just as I was about to reject him, he calls.]
Qiao Chuchu walked out with her phone in hand.
Shen Zhuoyan followed closely behind.
Qiao Chuchu swiped to answer, turned around with her hands on her hips, and bumped into Shen Zhuoyan, who appeared like a ghost. She was startled: "Why did you co out?"
Shen Zhuoyan stared at her intensely, his tone firm: "I need to protect you."
Qiao Chuchu: "…This is my ho, it's safe. You don't need to protect . Go back to the dining room."
Shen Zhuoyan stood motionless, like a statue, looking down at her.
Qiao Chuchu: "? Aren't you leaving?"
After a mont of hesitation, he turned and left.
Ji Yanchuan's voice ca through the phone: "Who are you talking to?"
Shen Zhuoyan paused mid-step and returned to the dining room.
Pei Buxian imdiately pulled Shen Zhuoyan inside and closed the door: "Well? Did you hear the person on the other end of the call? Was it a man or a woman?"
Shen Zhuoyan's expression was gloomy, his reply brief: "A man."
The atmosphere in the dining room shifted.
Pei Buxian looked as if he had been struck by lightning: "I knew it! She's been acting secretive because she's eting a man!"
He pressed on urgently: "Who was it on the phone? Was it Weisheng Huailing?!"
The three Weisheng family mbers: "?"
Weisheng Lin chuckled: "What, did my brother gain so mysterious power after kissing Qiao Chuchu? Can he talk now?"
Pei Youchuan snapped: "Don't bring that up again!"
The others also glared at Weisheng Lin.
Weisheng Lin: "…"
Pei Buxian was still fixated: "Who is this man, anyway?"
Shen Zhuoyan remained calm: "I don't know. Miss Qiao didn't let listen."
"Then you should've been more forceful!" Pei Buxian fud. "Are you even a man?!"
"I'm her bodyguard, Mr. Pei," Shen Zhuoyan said, suppressing the anxiety in his eyes, his tone steady. "I always have to obey her. But you're different."
Shen Zhuoyan opened the door and stepped aside to make way: "You can go and investigate."
Without hesitation, Pei Buxian rushed out.
But he only eavesdropped from around the corner.
Qiao Chuchu, with her back to Pei Buxian, argued with Ji Yanchuan: "I told you my brother is sick, and I can't go today. He needs to take care of him!"
Ji Yanchuan sneered: "Qiao Chuchu, stop lying. Does your grown brother really need you to take care of him? I told you to co see , so you have to co! We had an agreent, and you can't break it! I've already prepared for our date!"
Qiao Chuchu was disgusted and warned in a low voice: "I'll say it again, this is not a date!"
If she weren't being forced, she would never go out with Ji Yanchuan!
Ji Yanchuan and Xia Xuechun were equally repulsive in her mind!
Ji Yanchuan retorted: "There's nothing I, Ji Yanchuan, want that I can't get. I'm at your doorstep right now!"
Qiao Chuchu was shocked and ran to the living room.
A luxury car was parked outside the gate.
Ji Yanchuan stepped out of the car, clearly dressed to impress in a denim outfit paired with boots, standing at her front gate, about to ring the doorbell.
Qiao Chuchu's face turned pale!
[No, no, no!]
[I absolutely can't let my brother see him!!]
[I can't even explain this!!]
She sprinted to the gate!
Ji Yanchuan saw her and his eyes lit up: "Qiao Chuchu, you're just playing hard to get. You can't bear to—"
Qiao Chuchu kicked him flying!
Ji Yanchuan: "!!!!"
Inside, Pei Buxian walked to the dining table, picked up a knife, and said coldly: "Let's go, outside."
Without a word, everyone stood up, looking at him in confusion.
Pei Buxian's expression was dark and terrifying, twirling the knife in his hand.
"That bastard is here."
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