SWG Chapter 25
by VolareBeishi, Hospital
Zhuge Jing flipped through the report in her hand, clicking her tongue in wonder, “Little girl, you’re quite something! You dared to reach out and grab the bag in this situation? Leave me your number, I need to thank you properly.”
Xiao Wenyu was in no mood to talk to her, only gently shook her head, both hands caressing her lower abdomen, silently relieved.
She just followed her subconscious reaction, but she didn’t expect this subconscious reaction to lead her to fall directly to the ground. The doctor, after hearing about her situation, hurriedly ordered a series of urgent tests, really afraid that something would happen.
But fortunately, everything was fine.
This little rascal is quite sturdy.
The doctor also breathed a sigh of relief, saying that it was fortunate that she had half-knelt on the ground at the end and supported herself, instead of falling straight down.
But looking at the doctor’s expression, it was as if the words “I’m disappointed in you” were written all over her face. In the end, after thinking about it, she could only say, “You’re almost three months along, you must be careful, or you’ll hurt yourself too!”
Xiao Wenyu smiled shyly, thanked the doctor, and slowly walked out of the examination room, slowly sitting down in an empty seat nearby.
She was still shaken and her hands were clammy with sweat.
The woman next to her was named Zhuge Jing—hearing this name, Xiao Wenyu couldn’t help but complain in her heart that the name really sounded like a non-mainstream heroine in a novel, and then calmed down to listen to her.
Zhuge Jing: “You don’t have to rush to refuse me, you’ve done me a huge favor, please let me thank you properly.”
She stood aside, looking at Xiao Wenyu with great sincerity, and couldn’t help but sigh in her heart.
This child, who looks gentle and fragile, and is pregnant, how can she be so brave?
Much braver than her family’s group of cubs.
But it doesn’t matter, her purpose this time is to strip those ignorant cubs of the power to continue doing evil, and what she needs is what’s in that bag.
Heh, they even dared to send someone to snatch the bag, huh?
They really have the audacity.
It really made her realize how foolish, arrogant, and conceited that group of people has become after experiencing such a long period of false prosperity.
However, that’s all her own business.
Zhuge Jing sighed and sat down next to Xiao Wenyu, saying softly, “Are you here for this photography exhibition? Do you like photography? Then I…”
The gentle woman suddenly opened her mouth and said, “No need, this is just a small matter. Just pay the medical expenses.”
At this time, Xiao Wenyu lowered her head slightly, her hands folded in front of her, confirming the reality of the child’s existence. Her eyes were slightly red from the shock just now, and a few strands of hair fell in front of her, adding to her softness and fragility.
But this gentle person is exceptionally firm when she is strong.
Zhuge Jing sighed, “You child! How about this…”
She took out a business card from her handbag and handed it to Xiao Wenyu, “I’ll be in Chuncheng for a while. If this child needs anything because of what happened today, feel free to contact me, okay? It’s not too far from here.”
Xiao Wenyu wanted to refuse, but she was sharp-eyed enough to see the company name on the business card.
She accepted the business card, seeming to mutter to herself, “Shengshi Real Estate…”
Zhuge Jing ruffled her hair and said, “Yes, I’m from Shengshi. Do you know about it? Shengshi doesn’t seem to have any famous properties in Beishi.”
Xiao Wenyu put away the business card and said without showing any emotion, “I don’t know, I’ve just heard the name.”
“Okay. Let’s go, I’ll take you home?”
Xiao Wenyu gave an address, a residential area near her hotel.
Out of politeness and curiosity, she told her name after sitting in the car.
Then she looked at the person driving beside her out of the corner of her eye.
Zhuge Jing remained unmoved, only nodded, “It’s a nice name. If you feel uncomfortable in any way, you can contact me, okay?”
Xiao Wenyu nodded, accepting the compliment silently, and unobtrusively sized up the woman next to her.
Zhuge Jing had an air of deliberately dressing herself plainly and boringly. Her hair was casually scattered, and her clothes seemed to be cheap goods bought from a small shop.
But her aura wouldn’t lie, and perhaps the watch she accidentally forgot to hide wouldn’t lie either.
But Xiao Wenyu wouldn’t meddle in other people’s business.
She retracted her gaze, looked straight ahead, and didn’t think about anything.
People from Shengshi Real Estate…
Are they looking for Lin Simu’s family?
She had never heard of any relatives of the Lin family with the surname Zhuge, and she didn’t look very young, at least a generation older than them.
She clicked her tongue softly in her heart, secretly sighing that the divorce time she had fought for was really good. If she had delayed it by half a month, she probably wouldn’t have been able to leave that turbulent and dark nest so easily.
At least now, she had helped Zhuge Jing, and she had helped Zhuge Jing without getting involved.
The car slowed down and stopped. Zhuge Jing turned to help Xiao Wenyu unfasten her seat belt, then opened the door and said softly, “Please. Thank you again for your help. If you need anything, feel free to contact me. Thank you!”
Xiao Wenyu had no choice but to agree again and again. She stood by the road, her hand slightly supporting her lower back, and watched Zhuge Jing leave before crossing the road and walking towards her hotel.
Where else was this divorce time ingenious?
It was also ingenious in that, even if it was only a day later, she probably wouldn’t have chosen to take a look at her decoration that day, and then meet that foolish boss who had “bad intentions” towards her but knew how to restrain himself.
She walked into the elevator and looked at the slightly haggard and frightened face reflected on the elevator door panel that had been polished to a shine, and sighed softly.
She missed her a little.
Why?
*
Autumn rain is continuous, and this autumn is particularly continuous. A heavy rain lasted for two full days before it stopped. However, the drainage system of the small northwestern city was not adequately prepared. On both sides of the small streets, two rivers were winding and flowing.
“Wow, it’s going to become a sea here!” the girl exclaimed and jumped into Tonight Intoxicated, shaking off the dew that had splashed on her.
Only Xie Yu was cleaning up inside. Seeing someone come in, she paused, “Welcome.”
“No welcome, no welcome.” Li Wan jumped to the bar, “I’m here to deliver photos!”
She went straight to a stool, sat in front of the bar, supported her chin with one hand, and tapped the table with the other, looking around before looking back, and said softly, “Sister, you’re so pretty.”
Xie Yu: “…Where are the photos?”
“Sister, you’re so indifferent.” Li Wan pouted and took out a bag of photos from her pocket, “Here! The teacher said they were taken during the Mid-Autumn Festival, but they were only sent to you on the eve of the National Day holiday, I’m so sorry!”
Xie Yu had a headache. She flipped through the bag and asked, “Is Boss Xiao back?”
“Not yet, she said she’ll be back tomorrow. Sigh, I miss her too. I just called her yesterday, I miss her voice so much…”
Xie Yu paused and slowly raised her eyes to look at her, “You…”
“Ah!! Sister, don’t misunderstand, I don’t have any bad intentions towards Teacher Xiao, but I’m so grateful that she’s such an amazing photographer and is willing to take me on as an apprentice, so!!!”
“…” Xie Yu took out a USB flash drive from the bag and looked at it carefully. It had the words “Original Files” written on it. This was probably Boss Xiao’s benefit to them, giving them the original files so they could do whatever design they wanted later.
The noisy girl beside her fell into a strange silence after saying “so” just now. Xie Yu felt a little strange and looked up at her after putting away the photos. The little girl was holding her cheeks in both hands, staring straight at her.
Xie Yu was too familiar with this look, and knew the ominousness behind it.
She almost stumbled back half a step, but it was still too late to stop Li Wan from saying what was on her mind.
Li Wan: “Sister, you’re really handsome.”
The sparkling water flowed slowly and rhythmically between the two, and the elegant and soothing music aroused more ambiguous emotions.
But Xie Yu’s frightened gaze brought Li Wan back to her senses. She touched her nose and said softly, “Sorry.”
Xie Yu: “No, it’s okay, it’s my problem.”
It was because she had been blocking herself for so many years that she was so concerned about other people’s casual gaze, it was her problem.
Li Wan: “Sister, I just like to admire beautiful women, don’t mind me.”
Xie Yu: “Um… do you have anything else?”
The girl nodded sharply, “Can you make that Flaming Rose that’s been so popular lately? The one that catches fire after you light it.”
“That’s not drinkable.”
“Oh… but you can take pictures!”
“…Um.”
Even Xie Yu, who was good at socializing, felt a little overwhelmed when facing Li Wan, who was even better at socializing than her. But she couldn’t directly refuse her request. After hesitating again and again, her fingers trembled and she didn’t know what to say.
Fortunately, the girl’s attention wasn’t focused and quickly shifted to the side. Before she could speak again, the phone rang, interrupting her.
Li Wan: “Teacher, are you back?”
On the other end of the phone, the woman’s voice was a little tired and vicissitudinous, with the vicissitudes of travel. She hummed softly and asked in a low voice, “Can you ask the owner of the shop across the street if she’s there?”
“I’m here, wait a moment while I ask. Teacher, what’s wrong, you sound so tired.”
At the entrance of the train station, Xiao Wenyu rubbed her chest, suppressing the surging breath, and said in a low voice, “I’m a little… wait a moment, where are you now?”
The girl said, “At Tonight Intoxicated, Teacher, what did you say?”
Xiao Wenyu pressed her chest, suppressing her words.
Li Wan would be working with her for a long time, and sometimes needed to go up to the second floor, so she hadn’t chosen to hide the state of her body, and soon it wouldn’t be able to be hidden anyway.
But if she was outside, especially next to her top-notch good neighbor…
Then forget it, she wasn’t ready to let Ruan Shengyi know the truth.
Before long, Li Wan said again, “Teacher, Xie Yu sister said that Boss Ruan went to Yecheng on a business trip. She left early in the morning and won’t be back until the 6th.”
Xiao Wenyu: “…Okay.” She lowered her eyes and squeezed the phone tightly without showing any emotion.
Her top-notch good neighbor, why didn’t she want to tell her about this?
So, she really just wants to be a neighbor…
Well then.
Li Wan: “Teacher, I’m leaving Tonight Intoxicated, should I call a car to pick you up now?”
Xiao Wenyu hummed softly. Coincidentally, there was a marble pillar next to her. She leaned against it and entrusted most of her strength to it, saying softly, “Find one that doesn’t have a strong smell, I’m feeling a little uncomfortable.”
“Okay. By the way, Teacher, are you familiar with Xie Yu sister?”