After work, Xiao Tongyu was packing up her things.
“Tongtong, want to go shopping?” Ji Yunze had finished work on time today, which was unprecedented, and Su Rou was in an especially good mood.
Xiao Tongyu smiled gently: ”Not today, I still have some things to do. Another time.”
That morning, she had received a message from Yuan Qing, Lin Xiao’s mother, asking her to come home for dinner.
Since moving out, she had rarely returned to that house. The Lin family had never been particularly fond of her, and they seldom asked how she was doing.
She hadn’t seen Lin Xiao in a long time either.
Xiao Tongyu hesitated, but decided to go back for a visit. After all, the Lin family had raised her since she was eleven.
But before that, she planned to stop by the hospital.
Because she was in so much pain she could barely walk.
…
Imperial Capital Hospital.
After the gynecologist finished the examination, she quickly typed information into the computer, then handed the medical record to Xiao Tongyu:
“I’ve prescribed an ointment. Apply it once in the morning and once at night. If the pain becomes unbearable, you can take some painkillers. It should get better in a couple of days.”
Xiao Tongyu hesitated: “Um, sorry, Doctor, but where exactly should I apply the ointment?”
The doctor glanced at her: “Where do you think? You apply it where it hurts.”
“But… I feel like everything below my lower abdomen hurts…”
The doctor sighed: “I don’t mean to lecture you girls, but can’t you take it easy during sex? You need to know when to hold back. In the end, you’re the one who suffers…”
Before she could finish, Xiao Tongyu, blushing, cut her off: “I understand. Thank you, Doctor.”
She walked out of the consultation room feeling a bit down.
Control it? It’s not like I can control it. What am I supposed to do, report Ji Yunze for rape? Who would believe me…
Besides, spending a night with a devastatingly handsome man like Ji Yunze and earning a million—hardly a loss…
It’s just that it hurts so much. Once he’s in bed, he’s a complete madman.
“Secretary Xiao?”
Just as she was thinking this, she suddenly heard someone call her name. Xiao Tongyu turned around and saw Luo Junzhi standing behind her.
She immediately put on a polite smile: “Hello, Young Master Luo. What a coincidence.”
Luo Junzhi was a good friend of Ji Yunze’s and the young master of Luo Group, the largest pharmaceutical company in the Imperial Capital. The Luo family had been in medicine for generations, and Luo Junzhi was currently the chief surgeon of the cardiothoracic department at Imperial Capital Hospital—the hospital director and vice director were his grandfather and father.
On top of that, he was a famous playboy in the Imperial Capital’s rich second-generation circle—tall and handsome, charming with the ladies, practically a heartthrob.
At this moment, Luo Junzhi had taken off his white coat and was wearing a well-tailored suit, hands in his pockets, watching Ji Yunze’s stunning secretary with great interest.
“Secretary Xiao, here to visit someone or see a doctor?”
“I wasn’t feeling well, so I came to see a doctor.” Running into Luo Junzhi right outside the gynecology department made Xiao Tongyu a little embarrassed.
Luo Junzhi gave a meaningful smile that made Xiao Tongyu’s skin crawl.
“Well… I’ll be going then, Young Master Luo. President Ji is still waiting for you at the Imperial Capital Hotel.” Xiao Tongyu bowed slightly and hurried away.
After watching her walk off, Luo Junzhi pushed open the door and entered the gynecology consultation room.
“Dr. Xu, what was that beautiful woman here to see you for?”
“What else? Excessive intercourse, uterine spasms, and she’s torn down there.”
Luo Junzhi’s jaw dropped in shock: “Holy crap, that intense?!”
…
The Taxx nightclub on the third floor of the Imperial Capital Hotel.
Flashing, dizzying lights, colorful drinks, deafening music, and frenzied, entranced dancing made up the full picture of this nightclub—the most popular haunt of the Imperial Capital’s rich second generation.
In the VIP booth, Ji Yunze wore a black shirt tucked into crisp suit trousers, which accentuated his lean, perfect figure. His fair, slender fingers tapped lightly against a goblet filled with red wine as he glanced sideways at the handsome man beside him.
“Han Yu, you must make quite a bit of money in one night here, don’t you?”
Han Yu gave a scoffing laugh and lightly clinked glasses with Ji Yunze. “Still not as much as you.”
The Han Group was the leader of the Imperial Capital’s hotel industry. Besides owning the most upscale hotel in the entire Imperial Capital—the Imperial Capital Hotel—anything even remotely related to the hotel business bore the Han family’s mark.
Just then, Luo Junzhi walked over on his long legs.
Han Yu rolled his eyes at him. “Why so late? Been off in the land of tender delights?”
Luo Junzhi lit a cigarette and looked at Ji Yunze with a mysterious expression. “No tender delights, but I did run into a great beauty at the hospital.”
Ji Yunze ignored him and drank his wine on his own.
Han Yu said disdainfully, “If you’ve got something to say, say it. Why are you staring at Ji Yunze? When has he ever been interested in women?”
Luo Junzhi leaned forward. “Ji Yunze, guess who I saw?”
Ji Yunze: “If you’ve got something to say, spit it out.”
Luo Junzhi shot an aggrieved glance at this boring man. “Fine! But don’t come begging me to tell you later.”
He paused, then put on an extremely smug expression. “I saw Xiao Tongyu.”
The hand holding Ji Yunze’s glass stopped in midair. “What was she doing at the hospital?”
Luo Junzhi crossed his legs and spread his arms, leaning back against the sofa with a suave air, his expression practically saying: Ji Yunze, come beg me.
“Speak.” Anger slowly rose on Ji Yunze’s face.
“The shops on Middle Street.” Luo Junzhi swung his legs.
“Fine. Speak.”
Hearing Ji Yunze agree so readily, Luo Junzhi put his legs down and leaned in close to the two men beside him, all gossip.
“Xiao Tongyu was at the gynecology department. I asked the attending doctor—guess what? She’d done it too hard. Uterine spasms, tearing down there. It hurt so much she came to see the doctor.”
Han Yu’s face showed shock. He turned his head to glance at Ji Yunze, and seeing the fury on his face, immediately sensed something was wrong.
Luo Junzhi took a drag on his cigarette and slowly blew out a smoke ring as he continued. “Ji Yunze, that secretary of yours looks so pure and beautiful—who knew she was so wild?”
“And I have to say, your two secretaries—Xiao Tongyu and Su Rou—are both top-notch, each with her own charms. How do you have such a sharp eye?”
Han Yu kept shooting Luo Junzhi warning glances, but he was completely oblivious.
“Hey, tell me—what kind of guy is so fierce, so lacking in tenderness toward a beauty? Don’t tell me it was you, Ji Yunze, hahaha—”
Before he could finish, there was a crash. Ji Yunze had smashed the bottle of Merlot wine viciously against the floor. In an instant, the red liquid poured out, soaking the expensive wool carpet.
Han Yu complained inwardly: That’s over two million in wine…
Luo Junzhi suddenly came to his senses and jumped up. “Holy shit! Ji Yunze, it really was you?!”
Ji Yunze’s brows were tightly knitted, his eyes dark as ink.
All day today, something had felt off with him. Whether he meant to or not, he kept tracking Xiao Tongyu’s every move.
When he heard she’d gone to the hospital, his heart actually tightened.
This woman seemed to have some kind of magic—not only had she climbed into his bed, she seemed to have climbed into his heart too.
Being controlled by someone else felt terrible.
She was just a woman—what did she think she was?
Ji Yunze stood up, turned to Han Yu, and said, “Find a woman and send her up to the presidential suite.”
“Ji Yunze, have you lost your mind? You’re looking for a woman?!” Luo Junzhi looked as if he’d just seen the Yellow River flowing backward.
Han Yu’s expression was calm. “You sure?”
Ji Yunze said nothing, turned, and walked out of Taxx’s doors.
Luo Junzhi stared at Han Yu, utterly baffled. “Does he have some terminal illness? Wants a taste of a woman before he dies?”
Han Yu: “Say one more word and you’ll be the one dying first.”