6 – She is the evil beast’s prey
Fu Guidu was clearly just passing by.
He gave a casual glance and was about to leave.
The two executives seemed to have spotted someone so important that even they had to grovel, and they hurried out to stop him.
“Mr. Fu, are you here for dinner too? Why not join us?”
Zhao Yang also looked at Fu Guidu curiously.
Mr. Fu?
From the Fu family?
His eyes immediately lit up.
The Fu family—they were at the very top of the pyramid!
He immediately grabbed Xu Ni’s arm and pulled her outside.
Xu Ni frowned.
By the time she reacted, Zhao Yang had already dragged her in front of the man.
Xu Ni: “…”
Fu Guidu glanced down at her, his gaze faint and elusive.
Xu Ni instantly felt goosebumps all over her body.
Executive Yang was still enthusiastically inviting him, clearly eager to get close to Fu Guidu.
But Fu Guidu’s temperament was truly aloof. He remained silent, making people feel uneasy.
In a panic, Zhao Yang quickly said, “Mr. Fu, this is Xu Ni. I don’t know if you know her, but she’s the girlfriend of the young master of the Fu family’s Keli Group. Since you’re both from the Fu family, you’re practically relatives, right?”
Xu Ni: “…”
Zhao Yang, that idiot.
What kind of relative is he trying to claim?
She had originally wanted to hook this man, and her relationship with Fu Qibai as boyfriend and girlfriend was already a sensitive topic. But Zhao Yang, of all people, had to bring it up and step right on her toes.
This time.
Fu Guidu finally looked at her.
His crimson lips parted slightly: “Don’t know her.”
Xu Ni: “…”
He kissed her so fiercely and even threw her down the stairs, and now he doesn’t know her?
Zhao Yang was also dumbfounded, not expecting Fu Guidu to be so difficult to engage.
Just as he was scratching his head in frustration.
Fu Guidu spoke again: “Your dress is dirty.”
Everyone froze.
They all looked at Xu Ni.
Xu Ni also looked down.
Her collar was stained with spilled wine, leaving a noticeable mark.
She looked up at him and smiled sweetly: “Thanks for the reminder.”
Fu Guidu withdrew his gaze, unwilling to waste any more words on the others. He strode away with his long legs, ignoring the calls of Executives Yang and Lin, which proved futile.
Xu Ni went to the restroom.
She had drunk too much too quickly, and now her head was spinning, feeling quite uncomfortable. Even with her good tolerance, she couldn’t handle drinking straight from the bottle.
But it was a fortunate coincidence that resolved the situation.
His appearance had shifted the others’ attention away from her.
Thus, the crisis was averted.
While heading to the restroom, she observed the surroundings.
The private room he went to was of a higher tier, not easily accessible.
It seemed unlikely she’d get a chance to interact with him today.
As the dinner progressed.
No one bothered her anymore, and Xu Ni felt much more relaxed.
The contract was secured, and everything was settled.
At 10:30 p.m.
Xu Ni stood at the entrance of the restaurant, right at the wind’s path. The cold breeze made her stomach churn.
Her feet were aching badly, so she simply sat on the edge of the nearby flower bed, taking off her 12-centimeter high heels to reveal a pair of delicate, fair feet.
Her nails were painted a fiery red, strikingly vivid in the night.
So delicate it made one want to leave their own mark.
A car stopped by the roadside.
The road ahead was congested, completely blocked.
In the dimly lit back seat, the glass reflected the lights, obscuring the figure inside.
Up front, the driver cautiously glanced in the rearview mirror: “Fifth Master, it might be a while before the traffic clears.”
After a moment, a voice came from the back.
“Mm.”
The driver instinctively observed.
He noticed Fifth Master was looking out the car window.
Fu Guidu lazily rested his cheek on his hand, his gaze calmly fixed on the figure under the streetlight.
Her dark curls danced wildly in the wind, her skin startlingly pale, like a fragile doll.
Feet painted with red nail polish, their bone structure exceptionally beautiful.
More exquisite than the specimens in his glass display case.
Fu Guidu remained hidden in the shadows, making his expression impossible to discern.
But the driver, who happened to have a clear view of the situation, naturally noticed Xu Ni over there.
His mind was instantly swept by turbulent waves.
The Fifth Master was actually paying attention to a woman.
He immediately spoke softly, “Fifth Master, should we invite that young lady into the car?”
Xu Ni had been drinking and couldn’t drive, unable to find a designated driver, she could only wait idly.
After a while.
A shadow fell before her.
Accompanied by a faint scent of cedar.
Xu Ni’s heart sank.
She looked up.
The man was just reaching out his hand to her—slender, with beautifully defined knuckles and clean, rounded nails, a hand that invited endless imagination.
“Need help?”
Xu Ni was momentarily stunned, caught off guard.
But right now, she truly wasn’t feeling well. Though suspicious, she lightly grasped the tips of his fingers, her voice trembling as if carried by the wind, pitiful and fragile. “I feel like my stomach is burning through, I’m not feeling well. Could you… take me to the hospital?”
He didn’t speak.
Instead, he bent down, leaning close to her, his dark eyes unfathomable.
Xu Ni’s breath seemed to catch.
Yet he asked, “Can you walk on your own?”
Xu Ni wanted to shake her head, but then she remembered—he liked innocence. If she acted too forward, it might displease this man. She needed to maintain some restraint.
“I can.”
Her voice was low, and due to the alcohol, her eyes were rimmed red, a blend of allure and purity that made it hard to distinguish one from the other.
Fu Guidu’s Adam’s apple bobbed slightly. “Mm.”
He straightened up.
Xu Ni slipped back into her high heels and followed behind him.
Suspicions swirled in her mind.
Why had Fu Guidu suddenly approached her?
Puzzled, she stared at the back of his head.
The man was exceptionally tall; even in high heels, she only reached his ears.
Keep in mind, she was 168 cm tall herself.
His height and build truly felt secure.
A Bentley was parked by the roadside.
Xu Ni got into the car.
He instructed the driver to go to Jingsheng Hospital.
Then, the narrow, confined space fell into silence.
With no lights on, the surroundings were too dim to see clearly.
Only his faint scent enveloped her, giving Xu Ni a chilling sense of having fallen into a trap—unknown dangers lurking on all sides, as if a fierce beast were already quietly sniffing her neck in the darkness, testing its sweetness.
And he remained lazily and aloofly seated beside her.
Untouchable and beyond reach.
Xu Ni’s back was already damp with sweat.
Only now.
Did Xu Ni begin to reassess her plan.
This man was far too dangerous.
Fortunately, the journey wasn’t too long.
By the time they arrived at Jingsheng Hospital, the crowds had thinned.
Fu Guidu led her from the underground parking garage upstairs to the emergency department.
Clearly, he held absolute authority here. As soon as the doctors and nurses saw Fu Guidu, they hurriedly greeted him, “Vice Dean, what brings you here?”
Fu Guidu gestured toward Xu Ni.
“She drank too much and isn’t feeling well. Check her blood alcohol concentration, liver function, and do a gastric examination.” Fu Guidu’s words weren’t particularly slow, but they sounded exceptionally clear and deep, unbearably pleasant to the ear.
Xu Ni suddenly felt her head grow even more dizzy and burning.
The other medical staff’s expressions instantly turned peculiar.
Xu Ni pretended not to notice.
Lying on the bed to undergo the examination.
She also wanted to experience the medical care at Jingsheng Hospital.
Not long after.
The doctor came over with the results and said, “Miss, your liver function indicators are a bit low, and you’re currently experiencing stomach burning and acid reflux. It would be better to get an IV drip with omeprazole glucose and other fluids to help metabolize the alcohol.”
Xu Ni immediately grew nervous. “Can I skip the IV?”
The doctor looked surprised. “Aren’t you bothered by the stomach pain?”
Xu Ni asked, “Can the IV be administered in my foot instead?”
The doctor paused. “…Well, it’s not impossible, but why?”
Xu Ni instinctively glanced at the figure outside the curtain.
“My hands tend to swell easily, and if they get pricked, they bruise, which really affects their appearance.”
Besides.
She was truly terrified of pain.