Yunji Hospital.
Ge Baitao specifically sent her parents away, leaving only the three of them in the spacious ward.
Ge Baitao said to Zhang Qi, "Song Xi is my friend, you are not allowed to target her anymore!"
Zhang Qi remained motionless, not even looking up.
Ge Baitao felt ignored, grabbed a pillow beside her, and threw it at him.
She was taking advantage of her illness, and her temper was indeed a bit wild, as if accumulating years of grievances and wanting to vent them all at once.
Zhang Qi, wary of Lou Yuming's presence, did not dare to lay hands on her, only daring to retort verbally.
"She's my girlfriend, I'll treat her however I want, it's none of your business!"
Ge Baitao was angry and wronged, and shouted at the man sitting on the sofa, "Uncle Lou, look at him!"
Lou Yuming cast a warning glance at Zhang Qi, then said to Ge Baitao, "I have some urgent business at the company, I'll be leaving now."
"No!" Ge Baitao almost got out of bed and said, "Uncle Lou, if you leave, who else can control him? Please wait a little longer, I'm begging you!"
Lou Yuming was not swayed by her coquettish pleas, but he remembered what he had told Elder Ge earlier, so he nodded indifferently, accepting the request.
Ge Baitao was relieved and started provoking Zhang Qi again.
"Song Xi is so beautiful, but her eyesight is poor. Did you use some trick to make her your girlfriend?"
"None of your damn business," Zhang Qi replied curtly.
"Hmph, a flower stuck in cow dung, good thing you broke up!"
Hearing this, Zhang Qi let out a cold laugh, "Broke up? Did I agree to that?"
"Ugh, do you think you're a domineering CEO? Someone like Uncle Lou is called a domineering CEO. You? You're not even as good as a man. Sister Xi was just unlucky. If she had met a good man, she would be living so happily now!"
"A good man?" Zhang Qi sneered, "Ask her what her previous boyfriends were like. They either cheated her for money or for sex. I... I indulged her in every way. It's her good fortune to have met me!"
On the sofa, Lou Yuming paused his tea-drinking.
Really?
"Damn it! There are actually such scumbags!" Ge Baitao felt indignant on Song Xi's behalf and felt even more heartbroken for her.
"You men are all unreliable!"
Zhang Qi: "..."
Lou Yuming, who was inexplicably implicated: "..."
"Crazy woman."
Zhang Qi muttered, and just as he was about to sit down, an icy voice suddenly echoed in the air, full of authority.
"Who allowed you to sit?"
Zhang Qi straightened up as if he had been electrocuted, his voice tinged with grievance, "My back hurts a little..."
His waist had been injured by Lou Yuming the night before last. He had been standing for nearly an hour since he entered the room and could no longer bear it.
Looking at Lou Yuming's cold eyes, Zhang Qi felt a nameless anger surge in his chest. He was so harsh on him, yet so kind to others. He had truly raised an ungrateful wretch; his mother was right!
"When is Song Xi coming!" He took out his anger on the person who hadn't arrived yet.
Ge Baitao saw that he dared not vent his anger, and felt extremely pleased, "What's the hurry? We girls naturally need to dress up properly."
"No matter how she dresses up, she'll still look tacky and be an eyesore!"
Ge Baitao sneered inwardly, thinking it would be a slap in the face later!
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
Ge Baitao eagerly said, "Quick, please come in!"
The door slowly opened. A woman in a purple floral French dress appeared, elegant yet understated, like an iris in spring, dreamy and enchanting.
Lou Yuming lazily raised his eyelids and looked over, his eyes flickering, a deep and unfathomable emotion churning in their dark depths.
Song Xi did not expect to see Zhang Qi here. She turned to leave, completely unaware of the man sitting on the sofa ahead.
Zhang Qi's eyes lit up. He anxiously grabbed her slender wrist and said in a hoarse voice, with a hint of uncertainness, "Song... Xi."
"Let go!"
Song Xi did not want to see him now, let alone have physical contact with him. She tried to shake him off with all her might, but it was in vain. Instead, her wrist turned red from his grip.
"Sister Xi!" Ge Baitao immediately spoke up to rescue Song Xi.
Zhang Qi's expression turned cold. Song Xi seized the opportunity to break free and then went to Ge Baitao's side, asking in a low voice, "Why is he here?"
"Of course, he's here to apologize to you," Ge Baitao said reassuringly, patting Song Xi's hand. Then she turned to Zhang Qi and said, "Alright, you can speak now!"
Apologize?
Song Xi was a little bewildered. She watched as Zhang Qi turned around, his gaze burning, and walked towards her step by step.
His current demeanor overlapped with the way he had beaten her that day. Song Xi suddenly felt like she couldn't breathe. Her face gradually turned pale, and her limbs felt frozen, unable to move.
To Song Xi, Zhang Qi now looked like a demon baring its fangs. She felt nothing but fear.
She wanted to escape, but she couldn't. Despair began to spread in her heart little by little...
Her wrist was grabbed again. Seeing her dazed, Zhang Qi pushed his advantage and pulled her into his arms.
The woman's intoxicating fragrance entered his nostrils. His mind went blank, and he lowered his head to kiss her.