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Song Yu was so angryâtears were welling up in her eyes. She could not talk sense with Mu Sisi.
Qi Chengyue was stunned as she stared at Mu Sisi. She never thought that she could be so shameless and wanted to take advantage of Qi Chengzhi while he was in bed.
âMu Sisi, I canât stand you anymore!â Song Yu was angry beyond belief. âYou could do anything just to get what you want. Youâre disgusting!â
Yu Qianying looked at Mu Sisi in disbelief. She knew that this was the woman who stripped herself naked to seduce Qi Chengzhi but she could not believe that she went so far this time around.
Qi Chengzhi also chose to tear open his wound rather than letting her get her way with him.
Mu Sisi pursed her lips together. She did not think that she did anything wrongâif Qi Chengzhi did not resist, how could he have gotten hurt? She just wanted a kidâa last souvenir. He did not even want to grant her that.
Mu Sisi was already willing to do such a thing, and he would not have lost anything in the process. Could he not just accept it willingly? Now she completely lost her dignity.
âWho are you to talk about me? You ditched your parents for money and power, all for Brother Chengzhi. You even helped him to hide the real reason your family went bankrupt!â Mu Sisi looked at Song Yu in disdain and mocked, âEven after your parents found out about the truth, you chose to cut communications with them to keep your position as the young Madam of the Qi family. Youâre saying Iâm the one who would do anything to get what I want? This is the pot calling the kettle black!â
Yu Qianying walked over all of a sudden. âMiss Mu, is it? This is our family matter, how did you know about this? None of us told anyone else about this.â
Mu Sisi was stunned for a while before shouting louder, âIf you didnât want anyone to know about it, then donât do it! Nothing in this world is completely confidential!â
Yu Qianying squeezed her eyes together and said, âWhen Yu Keyao came to us and told us the truth behind the Song familyâs bankruptcy, I thought about it after that and I realized somethingâYu Keyao could barely sustain herself at this point, she would never have the sources to know about something this secretive unless someone told her about it. I havenât given it much thought because I was pissed, but now it seems like I donât need to find out the truth anymore.â
Mu Sisi scoffed. âFind out what? Thereâs no such thing as an air-tight lid in this world. Did you think that other than you guys and the Qi family, no one will find out about it? You donât have to imply anything. Youâre Song Yuâs parents, arenât you? You guys have the same character as Song Yuâyou simply accuse others. Now that you know Brother Chengzhi is the mastermind of your familyâs bankruptcy, youâre not even mad and instead, youâre here to try to impress him. I guess this runs in the family. You donât even care about such a huge issue!â
âEnough, Mu Sisi!â Song Yu was trembling from anger. âYou can wrongly accuse me, donât drag my parents into this!â
Song Yu wanted to go over but she was held back by Qi Chengzhi. He did not have much strength left in him. He did not even have the strength to speak. He could only hold Song Yuâs hand and stop her from moving.
âYou had the guts to do it but you canât stand people talking about it?â Mu Sisi scoffed with no remorse. âMove!â she said to Qi Chengyue.
âYou...â Qi Chengyue was lost for words. She was panting from anger and said, âIâve never met such a shameless and unreasonable person like you!â
âDonât you dare bully me with a crowd!â Mu Sisi said with her chin up in the air.
âI do want to try bullying you with a crowd!â Qi Chengyue said in anger. âSeeing how our family refuses to stoop to your level, you think you can offend us time and time again?â
âWhat did I do? I didnât want to hurt Brother Chengzhi. Was I the one who tore his wound apart?â Mu Sisi argued.
Qi Chengyue was so angry, she did not know how to react to her. All of a sudden, Qi Chengzhiâs weak voice was heard saying, âLet her go.â
âBrother!â an unsatisfied Qi Chengyue looked at Qi Chengzhi.
At this moment, Mu Sisi did not dare to look at Qi Chengzhi as wellâher back was facing him the whole time. She did not see Qi Chengzhi nodding towards Qi Chengyue.
âI donât want to hear her voice again, Iâm annoyed.â Qi Chengzhi sounded weak and cold.
Qi Chengyue finally moved unwillingly. Mu Sisi panicked a littleâshe ran out after hearing what Qi Chengzhi said.
After Cheng Dongge closed the door, Qi Chengzhi said, âChengyue, call the elders at home and tell them the truth.â
Qi Chengyue nodded and called Grandmother Qi right away.
Grandmother Qi was sipping on tea gifted to her by the monk when she picked up the call. Xia Wenna and Guan Liya were both giving out the last course of dinnerâseeing that the call was from Qi Chengyue, Grandmother Qi picked it up and asked, âChengyue, are you at the hospital yet?â
Qi Chengyue felt like it was hard to talk about it. She walked towards the window and whispered, âGrandma, Mu Sisi...â
Grandmother Qiâs facial expression darkened as she listened to what Qi Chengyue said. After finding out that Qi Chengzhiâs wound was torn apart again, Grandmother Qi stood up with force.
âMom, whatâs wrong?â Xia Wenna realized the change in her expression and walked over with the ladle.
Grandmother Qi hung up, and she was trembling with anger. âThat Mu Sisi is too shameless! If we continued to keep quiet, she will assume that the Qi family is an easy target!â
Xia Wenna thought about Qi Chengzhi and Song Yu when she heard the name Mu Sisi. Her expression changed while she asked, âDid something happen to Qi Chengzhi and Song Yu?â
âThat Mu Sisi, who knew where she heard about Chengzhiâs injury from. She went to see him and tried to take advantage of him while heâs hurt and canât move. A woman trying to take advantage of a manâdonât you think sheâs shameless?â Grandmother Qi was so angryâshe had never hated another woman this much in her life.
Xia Wenna gasped in shock. She asked nervously, âThen... did she... do it? Did Song Yu bump into them -â
âWhat are you thinking!â Grandmother Qi glared at Xia Wenna and said, âChengzhi tore his wound apart just to avoid her. Luckily Chengyue and lot reached in time. His condition had improved a little before this, but now he has to start from zero again. Donât you agree that Mu Sisi is despicable?â
âShe is!â Xia Wenna was so mad, she clenched her teeth while stomping the ground.
Aside from the fact that Qi Chengzhi had to recover from ground zero again, if Mu Sisi had her way with himâQi Chengzhiâs marriage with Song Yu would be over.
Although Song Yu usually seemed gentle and approachable, she would become a completely different person when it came to relationships. Even if Qi Chengzhi was forced, Song Yu might not be able to take it. On top of that, Song Yu loved Qi Chengzhi so much, and the more she was in love, the less possible it was for her to accept it. If Song Yu suffered another health problem because of this, what would happen? Even if the grandchild could be born without issues, he could face the same fate as Qi Youxuanâto be born into a single-family.
Xia Wenna could not help but overthink the situation.
When she thought about how Mu Sisi nearly destroyed the happiness of her son and daughter-in-law, and by extension the happiness of her grandson, she was mad.
âAre you done giving out meals?â Grandmother Qi asked. She was eager to go home and get to the hospital to see Qi Chengzhi.
âJust finished,â Guan Liya turned around and replied.
âClean up quickly, weâre going to the hospital,â Grandmother Qi said.
They cleaned up and headed straight to the hospital. Grandmother Qi gave Grandfather Qi a call on the way there, while Xia Wenna and Guan Liya each called Qi Zhongliang, Qi Zhongxun, and Qi Chenglin to tell them to get to the hospital after work for an urgent matter.
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Qi Chengzhiâs face changed as he saw the whole Qi family gathered before him. Nearly getting taken advantage of by Mu Sisi was not something to be proud of, and he was surrounded by these people. Based on the half smile on Qi Chenglinâs face, he suspected that Yan Beicheng and lot knew about what happened tonight.
âOld man, what do you think we should do about this? We canât let a young girl keep on harassing us time and time againâto put it nicely, we donât want to stoop to her level. However, if we keep doing so and she keeps coming back for more, when will this end?â Grandmother Qi sat on the sofa with anger and took a huge gulp of tea.
She came in and saw Qi Chengzhiâs pale face as well as the red circles around Song Yuâs eyes. She got furious again thinking about what Mu Sisi had done.
Grandfather Qi was silent. He pulled out his phone and dialed a number. âLao Wei, I need to talk to you about something. Does your family have a partnership with the Mu family for setting up a store for their brand? Yes, they plan to open a store in your family mall, arenât they? Itâs like this...â
Grandfather Qi went on to chat with Grandfather Wei. Qi Chenglin nudged the WeChat group, [Is everyone online?]
[Iâm here, whatâs up?] Yan Beicheng wrote.
âTell us whatâs up,â Han Zhuoli wrote.
âIâm not in B town, leave me a message,â Gui Zhiqian wrote.
â.â Chu Zhaoyang wrote.
Han Zhuoli asked, âLao Chu, what does that full stop mean?â
âHaha, good day Master Lin, Master Yan, Master Han, and Master Qian. Iâm Mister Chuâs assistant, he said he was too lazy to type so he sent a full stop to indicate his presence,â Chu Zhaoyangâs message read.
âYour Mister Chu barely speaks, but he found a talkative assistant aha,â Gui Zhiqian wrote.
â.â Chu Zhaoyang wrote.
Everyone knew this was Chu Zhaoyang himself.
âQuiet, I need your help,â Qi Chenglin wrote.
âWhatâs wrong, why do you sound so serious?â Yan Beicheng asked.
âGui Zhiqian, when will you be back?â Qi Chenglin asked.
âThe day after tomorrow,â Gui Zhiqian replied.
Qi Chenglin wrote, âItâs nothing much, I just want your help to limit MU.âs growth in B townâeven better if they canât grow at all. I heard the Mu family isnât doing as well as they used to. Quite a few of MU.âs stores overseas have been closed down, thatâs why they plan to do their best to expand domestically. They want to increase their market share while there are still few brands with such products in the country, Theyâve put in quite a bit of effort on this in the country, but the Qi family does not want them to expand at all.â
âWhy? Did Mu Sisi do something again?â Gui Zhiqian asked.
â...â Qi Chenglin was speechless. âShe offended our family quite badly this time around.â
He could make a joke about Qi Chengzhi himself, but as a man, he knew that this was an embarrassing matter. He could not announce it on behalf of Qi Chengzhiâeven if it was just Yan Beicheng and lot. Qi Chengzhi could be mocked by Yan Beicheng and the others for the rest of his life.
âWhen Gui Zhiqian comes back, we can go to the Red Roof the night after tomorrow and work out the details,â Qi Chenglin said.
No one objected to the ideaâit was a little hard to deal with MU. alone. Although the Mu family came in from abroad, they had quite a bit of standing. If it was just the families sanctioning them together, it was not that big of a deal.
Grandmother Qi called the doctor and asked for details again. The doctor replied patiently, âThere are not many side effects this time around. The original stitching was healing well and there wouldâve been a scar; but it would have been tidy, pretty, and not big at all. However, after this tear and another round of stitching, there will be a huge scar. It wonât look good. Other than that, there are no side effects and we can remove the stitching in two weeks.â
Grandmother Qi nodded. She was relievedâthe scar did not matter. Qi Chengzhi was a man anyway and Song Yu would not be disgusted with him. It was just that Mu Sisiâs antics were so disgusting, Grandmother Qi was still feeling annoyed about it. The more she thought about it, the harder it was for her to calm down.
It did not help that Mu Sisi only caused indirect harmâshe did not do anything that hurt Qi Chengzhi directly. It was not possible to sue her for it.
The hospital director heard about the incident and came in with the head of the surgical department along with the nurse who had let Mu Sisi in.
âWeâre really sorry about what happened today. It was the fault of our nurse,â the director said.
Grandmother Qi was a reasonable person. She shook her head and said, âI donât blame her for this. She wouldnât have known that Mu Sisi was like thatâa wolf in sheepâs clothing. No one would suspect anything when she says sheâs here to visitâyou shouldnât trouble the young nurse about it.â
âThank you, Madam,â the nurse said quickly and let out a sigh of relief.
âIâll get someone to send Mu Sisiâs photo to you. Please send it out to the hospital staff and make sure she never comes close again,â Grandmother Qi added.
âDonât worry, we will increase our security around here and make sure something like this never happens again,â the hospital director said.
The director left with the crowd, and Song Yu asked the elders to go home and rest. She called the confinement center and had them deliver a bowl of porridge. Qi Chengzhi was supposed to be able to have a little solid food today, but after what happened, he had to be back on soft food for a few days.
Qi Chengzhi was depressed. One of his hands was hooked to the IV, and there was barely any strength in the other. He could only let Song Yu feed him. Qi Chengzhi barely had any appetiteâhe was full after a bowl. Song Yu cleaned his mouth before eating some of it herself.
She went to the kitchen to clean up and carried a small pail of warm water from the toilet. There was a towel on her arm.
Qi Chengzhi gave her a disapproving look. âWhy didnât you get someone to carry it, youâre carrying such a heavy pail yourself.â
âThis weight is nothing.â Song Yu placed the pail on the bedside table. She went back to the toilet and brought out the facial wash and sponge before sitting on the bed to clean Qi Chengzhiâs face. âClose your eyes.â
Qi Chengzhi closed his eyes and felt Song Yuâs fingers circle and massage his face. Her fingers were lean and softâthey felt good. After cleaning it, she used the sponge to wipe his face as well. She changed the pail of water a few times until the water became clear. She went to fill the pail with hot water again and unbuttoned Qi Chengzhiâs pajamas to clean his body.
Seeing the new bandage on his body, Song Yu pursed her lips and said, âEverything was fine, now the wound is torn open again and you need to recover all over again. Even after that, there will be a huge scar.â
âI donât mind the scar.â Qi Chengzhi smiled, and his voice was clear. âIâm a man, I donât care about them as long as you donât think itâs ugly.â
Song Yu looked at him as she dipped the towel in hot water to wipe him from the neck. She smiled and said, âI can just look at your face.â
Qi Chengzhi lifted his brow and realized how she was wiping his body. He laughed and said, âAre you sterilizing my body?â
Song Yu did not stop. She glared at him and said, âWhat are you talking about, as if I did not clean you yesterday.â
Song Yu avoided the areas where his bandage was and wiped downwards with care. She was just wiping his chestâthe bandage was wrapped around his abdomen and his ribs.