How’s Your Relationship with Chen Xiuqi? (1)
“Do you have a good relationship with Chen Xiuqi?” Xu Chaoran raised a brow.
Su Yaya glanced at him. She wasn’t too happy with this question and responded, “That’s my personal business.” Implying that he had no right no ask this question.
Xu Chaoran chuckled and then said, “Has anyone ever told you that you actually look just like a certain someone?”
Su Yaya blinked. He sounds like he might know quite a bit!
“And so what if I do?” Su Yaya smiled with indifference.
Xu Chaoran observed her reaction and curled up the corners of his lips. “Doesn’t it bother you? You’re clearly…”
He nearly let slip that she was An Yutong’s substitute.
This time, it was Su Yaya’s turn to laugh. The smile on her face was dazzling as if she had no worries at all. She said, “What’s there to bother me? And why do you think it would anyway? The person next to him right now is me!”
Xu Chaoran revealed a look of surprise on his handsome face. He looked at her in amazement. “You know about it? You actually do?”
Su Yaya shrugged and said indifferently, “Of course I do. I’ve known long ago. Also, you’re not the first person to say that in front of me. An Yuting has already come to me with that a long time ago. It’s not like I’m an idiot either, why wouldn’t I know?”
What’s more, she had also read the original book. Also, she heard it herself when she was sleeping in the resting room that day. An Yuting said that she was just a substitute, and she knew that very clearly.
Xu Chaoran paused. Then, he nodded before responding softly, “So that’s how it is…”
“Since you know, isn’t it time for you to leave?” Su Yaya dismissed him with a straight face.
She was still wondering in the past why Xu Chaoran would be so close to her. The two of them clearly didn’t know each other, nor did they have any connections in the past. The only thing that connected them was the “Flourishing Willow in the Palace” film project that they both took on.
However, he showed more enthusiasm towards her than anyone else, and even showed much care and concern toward her, nor did he care about the warm feeling of her body against his. He also took the initiative to call her his apprentice sister and announced it on Weibo.
If you called each other apprentice sisters and brothers just because you work in the same company, then who knows how many apprentice sisters and brothers Xu Chaoran had? Just with that reason alone, this already makes no sense. Su Yaya had also been doubtful about Xu Chaoran’s motives. What’s more, Chen Xiuqi had even called just to warn her to stay away from him.
She used to not understand, but now, after linking it with the past, and also what Xu Chaoran had just told her, what else could she not understand?
Xu Chaoran must have known Chen Xiuqi, An Yutong, and An Yuting since a while back. Otherwise, how did he know so much about them?
Then, Su Yaya realized that Chen Xiuqi must have his guard up against him if he had to call and tell her to stay away from Xu Chaoran. But why? Was he worried that Xu Chaoran would tell her what she just said earlier?
Obviously not. In order to get the inheritance, Chen Xiuqi agreed to marry the original owner of this body, and the owner also more or less knew that the relationship between the two of them were not as simple as just boyfriend-girlfriend. She had already heard a long time back that she was only a substitute.
So if that’s not the reason, then why?
Su Yaya thought about it and a courageous thought sprang up in her mind. Could it be that Chen Xiuqi asked her to stay away from him because he was worried that Xu Chaoranw ould harm her?
No way!
As soon as this thought emerge, even Su Yaya herself was shocked!
How’s Your Relationship with Chen Xiuqi? (2)
She tried her best to convince herself that it definitely wasn’t as she thought. There’s no way that Xu Chaoran would harm her. After all, they never had any contact prior to this and they didn’t have any grudges to settle from the past.
Why would he harm her? He’s the no.1 in Xinghui Entertainment. A famous young celebrity. His career in the industry was bright as ever while she was just a wallflower. As an internet celebrity that was hardly popular, she had just begun to be noticed. There’s no way he’ll suddenly target her.
Then, that means she caught his eye.
Noticing this abnormality, Su Yaya was starting to get a bad feeling from Xu Chaoran. What happened today had already caused a stir on the internet. She still has no idea how things are on the net now, nor did she know whether Chen Xiuqi had seen the news, or what he would think of it. She didn’t dare to call Chen Xiuqi directly, so she tried to send three short messages to try and explain things to him.
Unfortunately, Chen Xiuqi did not respond to him. She didn’t know whether he didn’t see it because he was too busy or was there another reason for it. Whatever it is, Su Yaya’s heart was now jumping up and down with unease.
She didn’t want to get tied up with Xu Chaoran any longer. She just wanted to shoo him off. Right now, her mind was feeling like a mess and he was the last person she wanted to see.
“You should go,” She said to Xu Chaoran with a straight face. Even her eyes were cold when she looked at him. She was clearly shooing him away.
Xu Chaoran could also clearly tell that she was being much colder to him compared to before. Even he himself knew why that was. He looked calmly at her for a moment and nodded lightly, saying, “Alright.”
Su Yaya leaned on the bed quietly and did not look at him. Her eyes were on the back of her hand where the needle was inserted, not moving in the slightest.
Xu Chaoran glanced at her for a moment before turning around and walking out. When he reached the door, he stopped and turned around towards Su Yaya. “Whether you believe it or not, I truly see you as my apprentice sister. You’re my friend.”
The corner of Su Yaya’s mouth moved, but her throat felt so dry that she could not squeeze out a single syllable.
When Xu Chaoran saw her ignoring him without saying anything, his gaze dimmed. He turned around, opened the door, and left.
The ward finally turned silent. After a long while, a sigh emerged in the room.
At this moment, a pleasant ring from her phone broke the silence.
Su Yaya picked up her phone with the hand without the needle and saw Zhou Peiyun’s name on the screen. She unlocked her phone to pick up, and as soon as she said hello, she heard Zhou Peiyun’s excited voice coming out from the receiver.
“Yaya, everything’s been resolved. Everything on the net is dealt with and even the searches have been withdrawn. Those paid comments criticizing you have also been deleted. Reporter X deleted the post from Weibo and apologized. The other reporters have also posted the follow-up. You told President Chen and he got someone to deal with it, right?
“No, I didn’t!” Su Yaya felt confused when she heard that. Everything was resolved? But she didn’t even have the time to look for Chen Xiuqi yet. She also didn’t get any replies from what she sent him earlier. Could it be…he saw the posts early on and hired someone to deal with it? But then why did he ignore her?
Zhou Peiun went on, “I dare say this had to be done by President Chen. Otherwise, nobody could do it that quickly. He really helped you with a big one this time, you better give him a big thank you later. Don’t make him angry!”
Su Yaya froze for a moment and responded, “Okay, got it.”
If Chen Xiuqi really was the one who helped her, then she should thank him properly and also give him a clear explanation.
How’s Your Relationship with Chen Xiuqi? (3)
Su Yaya just remembered that she still haven’t heard back from Chen Xiuqi yet, so she quickly told Zhou Peiyun, “Sis Zhou, I’m hanging up first.”
“Why? I’m not done yet…”
“I have to call President Chen.”
After saying that, Su Yaya hung up. Then, she looked for Chen Xiuqi’s number and dialed it. But who knew that what greeted her was the cold monotone voice of a woman instead. “Sorry, the number you have dialed is powered off…”
Powered off?
Su Yaya looked at her phone and dialed it again. She still got the same message.
Where did he go off to? Why was his phone turned off as well? Then how was she going to thank him?
With the call unable to go through, Su Yaya felt a little depressed.
Forget it, he was the one who shut off his phone. She couldn’t be blamed for being unable to reach him. She can just thank him later.
Fortunately, Su Yaya wasn’t too easily bothered. She was very open-minded. If she can’t contact Chen Xiuqi now, then it’s the same to contact him later. So, she put this matter to the side for now.
Duan Xiaoyu returned with the things Su Yaya needed just to see that Su Yaya had already fallen asleep in her bed.
The infusion needle was still sticking out of Su Yaya’s hand, while the IV bag was just about empty. Duan Xiaoyu looked at her for a moment and sat beside her, waiting for the IV bag to empty completely before ringing the bell on the wall. Very quickly, a nurse came over to pull out Su Yaya’s needle.
Maybe she was too tired, but Su Yaya slept very deeply. She didn’t even realize that the nurse had taken the needle out for her. She had her eyes closed the whole time, sleeping soundly.
Duan Xiaoyu couldn’t feel at rest, nor did she dare to be as careless as before. She stayed in the room the whole time, watching over her on the chair beside the bed.
Su Yaya had a very good sleep. She even dreamt that she was eating roast duck. The crisp, golden skin of the duck wrapped in a layer of flatbread and dipped in sauce, it was truly delicious. In one go, she ate the entire roast duck by herself.
Then, at the very last bite, Su Yaya finally woke up from hunger.
She rubbed her belly. So hungry!
“Xiaoyu.”
Duan Xiaoyu nearly fell asleep on the chair when she suddenly heard Su Yaya call out to her. She instantly woke up and looked toward her. “You’re awake! Do you feel any better, Sis Yaya?”
Su Yaya nodded her head. “I feel much better. I’m just a bit hungry.”
Duan Xiaoyu responded, “I bought some instant noodles when I came back earlier. Do you want some?”
It had been a long time since Su Yaya had last eaten instant noodles, and she really did miss the taste quite a bit. So, she said, “Sure. Help me make a bowl.”
Duan Xiaoyu had also gotten a little hungry. She just happened to have bought two instant noodle bowls so she made both of them.
The noodles smelled very fragrant. Both of them were feeling hungry as they stared at the bowls, but they’ll be ready in three minutes.
At this moment, a loud noise could be heard from the corridor. The sound of footsteps did not stop until it reached the door of the ward. Su Yaya and Duan Xiaoyu both looked toward the door and saw someone entering. It was the tall Chen Xiuqi entering from outside.
The moment Su Yaya saw him, her beautiful eyes widened and she said in surprise, “Why are you here?”
Chen Xiuqi walked straight towards her and gave her head a gentle rub with his wide palm. He gazed down at her and spoke in a gentle voice, “You’re sick? Does your stomach still hurt? Does it still feel bad?”
The author has something to say: President Chen rushed over overnight! Not bad, not bad