Can't Take My Eyes Off You

C 170-171

Huang Chengjing walked with them to the door. Before they left, he looked at Jiang Yao and said, "Miss Jiang Yao, although the Huang family isn't king in Nanjiang City, we still have some influence and power. This is my card, please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any problem in the future."

He jotted down his personal number on his business card and handed it to Jiang Yao.

Jiang Yao and Chancellor Wen separated on the third floor. Chancellor Wen left the hospital, while Jiang Yao took out her phone, wanting to call Lu Xingzhi. But before she could do so, Lu Xingzhi's message came in abruptly.

'How long more will the meeting take?' —From: Hubby

Apparently, the man was getting impatient, hence the text message. She could see that he was trying to urge her to hurry but he was afraid that it would irritate her, so he used a subtle way to ask her instead.

Jiang Yao kept her phone away instead of replying. She walked quietly towards the man who was leaning against the wall beside the door.

Unfortunately, Lu Xingzhi took all the fun out of it because he looked up in her direction suddenly before she could even approach him. How did he sense her whereabouts so soon?

"Huh~" Jiang Yao sighed dejectedly and pouted, her face disinterested and sullen. It was very boring to play hide-and-seek with a trained soldier. He must be equipped with an extra pair of eyes or something.

"Are you done?" Lu Xingzhi placed his phone, which was scorching hot as he had been holding it for a long time, in his pocket. Then, he took Jiang Yao's hands into his and complained gently, "Why are you so slow?"

Staring at Jiang Yao's sweet smiling face, Lu Xingzhi suppressed the beastly urge to kiss her right in this alley. Huffing a few heavy breaths, he composed himself and led her into the ward.

The ward on the third floor was nothing like the exclusive VIP ward where Mr. Huang stayed. Noisy was a suitable word to describe the ward on the third floor. There were six beds in the ward and the patients plus their families added up to more than a dozen people, including the visitors. It was as lively and bustling as a market.

"Sergeant." Chen Zhibin stood up and saluted Lu Xingzhi as soon as he saw him coming in. He only realized Lu Xingzhi was holding a girl's hand when Jiang Yao revealed herself from behind Lu Xingzhi.

"This is my wife, Jiang Yao." Lu Xingzhi led Jiang Yao towards Chen Zhibin. "She is furthering her studies here in Nanjiang City."

Chen Zhibin was surprised. "Hi!" He couldn't resist taking a second look at Jiang Yao curiously and said, "You are very beautiful, you and our sergeant are a match made in heaven."

Most of the people in the base knew that Sergeant Lu was married, but no one had ever seen his mysterious wife. Thus, they often wondered what kind of woman the sergeant was married to. What kind of woman could withstand Hades Lu's bad temperament and aggressiveness?

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Unexpectedly, his wife was so beautiful and gentle. She looked like she was only in her late teens. He couldn't help but sigh at the sight. How did she end up with Hades Lu? He felt pity and sympathy towards her.

"No matter how much compliments you can think of now, it won't reduce the punishment you will face when you return to the base," Lu Xingzhi blurted out coldly as he squinted.

"Sergeant, I will not retur..." Chen Zhibin's words were left hanging. He was stunned and his emotions fluctuated slightly after getting a cold warning glare from Lu Xingzhi. However, as he was not a rebellious young boy now, he quickly suppressed his angst.

Jiang Yao gazed at the unconscious patient on the bed next to Chen Zhibin. Her hair was as white as snow and her face was wrinkled, with wires and tubes were scattered all over her body. If she hadn't heard Lu Xingzhi earlier, she would have thought the patient was Chen Zhibin's grandmother.

Jiang Yao observed the men's standoff closely. Lu Xingzhi was a sergeant whose base was in Jindo, a city far away from Nanjiang City. If a comrade's mother fell ill, under normal circumstances, the army would not have sent a sergeant to visit his comrade's relative.

Moreover, it seemed that Lu Xingzhi had rushed here in a hurry.

There must be a reason behind all this.

"The hospital has assigned a nurse to look after your mother, you can take turns with her," Lu Xingzhi uttered. His tone was natural despite the lack of gentleness when he spoke to his subordinate. He patted Chen Zhibin's shoulder and continued, "The hospital will arrange for a new ward for you. I'll come back later."

"Sergeant, you don't have to come..." Chen Zhibin gritted his teeth and relented the truth in his heart. "I've made up my mind, I won't return to the army no matter what."

"Chen Zhibin, I told you once and I told you twice, don't make me repeat again. Listen carefully, it's not up to you to decide!" Lu Xingzhi growled in dismay, "You! Stay here and wait for the updates!"

Lu Xingzhi walked out of the ward, taking Jiang Yao with him. His indignant expression was like an ambulance where all the doctors and nurses who walked past them quickly stood aside to make way.

Similarly, Jiang Yao was frightened by Lu Xingzhi's sudden burst of temper. He was not the type who would get irrational when he got angry which paired with shouting and yelling. Instead, he would suppress the burning rage in his heart. There was not much expression on his stone face, but his eyes were icy cold and the dangerous aura that radiated from his body was so distressing that it would make everyone around him choke and gasp for air.

"Xingzhi," Jiang Yao nudged him gingerly and mumbled, "what happened to your comrade?"

Lu Xingzhi stopped abruptly. He turned his head to look at Jiang Yao, but his eyes were in a daze as if they had lost focus as they stumbled into deep thoughts. Very swiftly, he composed himself and looked at Jiang Yao again like he was trying to determine something. At the same time, he withdrew his raging emotions.

Lu Xingzhi was so agitated by Chen Zhibin's remarks that he forgot that Jiang Yao was with him the whole time until her voice echoed into his ear, and that caught him by surprise.

"I'll go back to the base latest by tomorrow afternoon. Chen Zhibin will not return to the base right away, I assume. After I go back, please visit him and his mother at the hospital whenever you're free. Pease keep an eye on them for me," Lu Xingzhi said.

Jiang Yao nodded. She was a little disappointed when she learned that Lu Xingzhi would leave tomorrow. "So, you'll stay here overnight? Where will you stay?"

"At the hotel." Lu Xingzhi didn't notice the change in Jiang Yao's expression as he was bothered by the matter in hand. "Do you have anything to do later? If not, I'll accompany you back to your dorm now to pack your clothes. Stay with me at the hotel tonight, I'll send you back to the university tomorrow afternoon."

"No, I'm free."

After the opening ceremony this morning, the matter that ensued after that was not significant and she could get Wen Xuehui to help her with that. It happened to be Friday today. The next two days would be the weekends and her class would officially start next Monday.

After they came out of the dorm, they went straight to the hotel where Lu Xingzhi stayed. He stayed at the most exclusive hotel in Nanjiang City.

When they had checked into their room, Lu Xingzhi began to tell Jiang Yao about Chen Zhibin.