Chapter 721: Chapter 721: Dead Green Tea
Huo Xingzhou glanced at him and said, “Speak if you have sothing to say.”
Wan Jiang swallowed nervously and finally spoke up, “President Huo, since that’s the case, I’ll just say it.”
“Go ahead.”
“Last ti you stayed alone with Young Master Zhong for a while, and then our Young Master’s wound split open and bled, he had a high fever in the middle of the night and vomited blood. Seeing him like that was terrifying, could you…could you not go in today?”
Wan Jiang was almost on his knees begging Huo Xingzhou.
Qiao Xi turned to look at Huo Xingzhou and said softly, “Assistant Wan, I think Xingzhou wouldn’t hit anyone, let alone bully a patient, right?”
The latter part of her sentence didn’t sound too confident.
Qiao Xi knew how Huo Xingzhou looked when he was jealous and angry. He wouldn’t get physical, but the things he might say…could be quite unsavory.
“Yes. President Huo indeed didn’t hit anyone, but who knows what he said to our Young Master Zhong, he was so upset he couldn’t even eat, and his face was as dark as the bottom of a pot.”
Wan Jiang had never seen Zhong Yi so enraged.
He was almost fainting!
Qiao Xi held Huo Xingzhou’s hand, apologized with a face full of regret, “Assistant Wan, I’m really sorry.”
“You don’t have to apologize. Miss Qiao, you’re a great benefactor to our Young Master Zhong, but today I can’t let President Huo go into the ward again. I’m afraid Young Master Zhong, who’s just starting to recover, might have another setback. Maybe you could go in alone…”
Qiao Xi took the thermos from Huo Xingzhou’s hand and handed it to Wan Jiang.
“Assistant Wan, this is for you. I still have to rush to the dical volunteer event at the square, so I won’t disturb Ayi. We’ll visit him next ti.” Qiao Xi had originally planned to tell Zhong Yi about Lu Yingxue and Zhong Lingxiao.
But after hearing Wan Jiang say Zhong Yi was this upset, she changed her mind on the spot.
She’d wait until he was in a better state to tell him.
“What?”
Wan Jiang seed anxious, “Miss Qiao, you’re not going to talk to our Young Master Zhong?”
“No, there will be other opportunities.”
“This dicinal al was made by you personally, and it’s up to you how much he should eat. Our Young Master Zhong has ntioned several tis that he must thank you in person. I…”
Qiao Xi smiled and gently refused, “The relationship between Ayi and I is not that estranged. Besides, these dicinal als were taught by to Xiaoyun to make, not sothing I personally stewed. I’ve also been nurturing my own health lately. Assistant Wan, we’ll be leaving now.”
“Miss Qiao! Qiao…”
“Wan Jiang, is it Xixi who’s here?” Zhong Yi’s voice ca from the ward, “Let them in!”
Once Zhong Yi spoke, Qiao Xi could no longer leave at will.
Huo Xingzhou had a faint smile on his face, but inside, he was already cursing.
Xixi?
Does he think he’s worthy of calling her that?
Isn’t it just because he’s realized Qiao Xi doesn’t want to see him alone that he has backed down and invited them in?
Zhong Yi’s little sches were all too clear to Huo Xingzhou.
“Xingzhou?” Qiao Xi looked at Huo Xingzhou, waiting for his final decision.
Huo Xingzhou appeared very magnanimous, his smile unfazed, “Then let’s go in and have a look. He sounds energetic; he seems to be recovering well. You could also consider what you want to say to him.”
“Alright.”
Qiao Xi felt assured hearing him say that.
Wan Jiang pushed the door open, “President Huo, Miss Qiao, this way, please.”
“Thank you.”
Qiao Xi and Huo Xingzhou walked into the ward, one after the other, imdiately seeing the weak Zhong Yi lying on the hospital bed.
His complexion was better than a few days ago. He looked at them and said, “I heard so noise earlier. Why co to the hospital and not co in?”
Huo Xingzhou said coolly, “Afraid of angering you to death again. I heard you were very unwilling to see , so we decided to avoid the conflict.”
“That’s all nonsense from Wan Jiang. I’m not that fragile.”
Zhong Yi didn’t continue bickering with Huo Xingzhou, instead he looked at Qiao Xi and said, “Thank you for the dicinal als these days, they’ve improved my health a lot. Otherwise, who knows how much longer I’d be stuck in bed. I heard today is your first day representing the Traditional Chinese dicine Association in a dical volunteer event?”
“Yes, it is.”
Qiao Xi was cordial but not overly intimate.
“I hope it goes smoothly.” Zhong Yi sincerely said, “Your reputation in the Imperial Capital is growing day by day, and the Lu Family certainly won’t be pleased. Those people are capable of anything. Lu Yingxue may seem like a benevolent female doctor with an aura of elegance, but you know what she’s really like. Granny Qiao’s death was all due to her.”
So, today’s dical volunteer event may not go smoothly.
“I know, the Traditional Chinese dicine Association has arranged for security. Xingzhou has also mixed in so of his own people, I will make sure to take care of myself no matter what.”
She still had a child in her belly.
Zhong Yi’s gaze casually swept over her abdon, and just thinking that inside was Huo Xingzhou’s child made his heart churn with jealousy.
“Ayi.”
Qiao Xi hesitated for a mont, but she still decided to tell him the matter.
“What’s the matter?”
Qiao Xi took a leather envelope from her bag and handed it to him, “This might be useful to you, check it after we leave.”
She was afraid Zhong Yi would feel embarrassed.
No matter how vicious Lu Yingxue was, she was still his fiancée in na. And Zhong Lingxiao was his half-brother. The two of them entangled together were deliberately embarrassing Zhong Yi.
As if treating him as a dead person!
“Alright, I’ll do as you say.”
Zhong Yi had always been wild and unbridled, yet he listened to Qiao Xi the most.
Huo Xingzhou found it cringe-worthy to hear him talk, what a charr pretending to be innocent in front of Qiao Xi.
“It’s getting late, we should head to the square now. We still need to prepare a bit in advance, it will be troubleso once the crowd gathers.” Huo Xingzhou calmly reminded from the side.
“Okay.”
Qiao Xi nodded and said, “Ayi, we’re going to leave now.”
“Take care, I’m happy enough if you can co visit when you have ti. If you’re busy, a phone call will do. It’s quite…boring here in the hospital without many people to talk to.”
“Alright, I’ll definitely visit when I have ti.”
Huo Xingzhou silently cursed, seeing Zhong Yi’s pitiful act, what a sly fox!
He reached out and held Qiao Xi’s hand tightly, intertwining their fingers.
“Qiao Xi and I will co together to visit you.”
Zhong Yi forced a smile that didn’t reach his eyes, “Then thank you, President Huo, for your concern.”
“You’re welco. You’re like siblings with Qiao Xi, and as Qiao Xi’s husband, caring for her brother is part of my duty.”
Pah!
Zhong Yi’s face smiled, but there was a cold light in his eyes.
What kind of brother!
Qiao Xi gently tugged on Huo Xingzhou’s hand, signaling it was ti to leave.
Huo Xingzhou didn’t linger, and the two quickly left the ward.
Once Zhong Yi saw Huo Xingzhou’s figure disappear from view, his handso face turned completely sullen.
“Wan Jiang, what do you think he ans by that? Trying to show who’s boss? And claiming he wants to act like my brother? He knows very well I only want to see Qiao Xi, yet he insists on butting in! Cough, cough, cough…”
“Young Master Zhong, calm yourself! The doctor said you mustn’t get too agitated, it’s bad for your health!”
“I’ll be driven to my grave by Huo Xingzhou sooner or later!”
“It’s not that serious, I see Miss Qiao still cares about you. Even with her schedule, she made ti to co to the hospital.”
Zhong Yi, calming his breath, thought of Qiao Xi and his anger slightly subsided.
He lowered his gaze to the leather envelope beside him.
What could be so important that even Qiao Xi would be so cautious about it?
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