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Originally, when Gu Qixiao accidentally answered the phone, he almost lost his mind upon hearing the other person’s words. It wasn’t out of pity for the other party, but because he felt Song Xuan was being far too unreasonable.
"It’s really not as comfortable as thinking about my ex-wife I haven’t seen in three years," Gu Qixiao thought to himself, suddenly recalling Ji Yu for some reason.
He didn’t pay much attention to this budding thought in his mind. Considering that there hadn’t been many women in his life recently, he naturally regarded it as a normal occurrence.
However, after hearing the news about Song Xuan’s failed surgery, it was impossible for Gu Qixiao to remain entirely indifferent.
Still, he absolutely wouldn’t go upstairs to comfort Song Xuan. To avoid being too entangled with her, he had been trying every possible way to distance himself.
Not long after, Gu Qixiao, who had directly hung up on Song Xuan, dialed Assistant Li again. "Wrap up the situation over there and come down quickly."
"Remember, don’t let her know I came here. If she asks, just say I’ve been busy with company projects."
For the first time ever, Gu Qixiao used the excuse of being busy with work to deceive someone—despite his busy schedule being true—because he was more unwilling than ever to face Song Xuan.
Song Xuan openly admired him, but he didn’t have any romantic feelings for her, let alone now, when she had grown even more unhinged.
Following Gu Qixiao’s instructions, Assistant Li dealt with everything as quickly as possible. Despite being forced to administer a sedative injection to calm the hysterical Song Xuan, no one present—including Assistant Li—escaped her deranged revenge spree.
Every single person bore scratches and wounds on their faces and bodies, and several female nurses were bleeding heavily from cuts on their arms due to objects Song Xuan had randomly hurled.
"Doctor Song, if anything comes up, please contact me immediately."
"Of course. Given Miss Song’s current condition, as a doctor, I feel deeply distressed. We’ll investigate the reasons thoroughly and inform President Gu as soon as possible."
Having been advised after the operation on how to handle things, Doctor Song remained composed. He looked at Assistant Li with a calm but serious expression.
Clearly, he intended to seek justice for Song Xuan.
After communicating with Doctor Song, Assistant Li headed downstairs to meet Gu Qixiao.
"Is everything handled?"
Once he heard Assistant Li had mostly resolved the situation, Gu Qixiao ordered him to take him to Moon.
At that moment, in the Moon’s VIP suite, Feng Qinqin was still wild and unruly in the VVIP booth.
Ji Yu stood nearby with an icy expression, glaring at Cai Xun outside the door, her gaze full of disgust.
"Who told you to come here?"
Hearing Ji Yu’s questioning tone, Cai Xun let out an embarrassed chuckle. "I noticed Qinqin hasn’t been feeling well recently. The company was too busy for a while, but now that things have settled down, I came to make it up to her."
Saying "too busy" so lightly, Cai Xun thought such words would easily clear up the misunderstanding.
But unexpectedly, Feng Qinqin froze upon seeing him, immediately halting her erratic tossing of dice that moments ago had seemed so entertaining.
"Cai Xun? That scumbag?!"
"Qinqin..." Hearing Feng Qinqin call him a scumbag, Cai Xun pulled a strained smile.
If not for Ji Yu’s murderous glare, Cai Xun would surely have rushed to hug Feng Qinqin right then and there.
Now, faced with Ji Yu’s lethal stare, he could do nothing but keep apologizing and pleading for Feng Qinqin’s forgiveness.
"Qinqin, I was really wrong."
"I’ve been busy with work these past few weeks, you know I’ve always been planning for our future together."
"Qinqin, I just didn’t want people to say I’m a man who only lives off a woman’s wealth."
As Ji Yu attended to the now-hyperactive Feng Qinqin beside her, she watched as Cai Xun staged an elaborate and remorseful display at the suite’s door.
Truth be told, Ji Yu had always regarded Cai Xun with indifference. But since Feng Qinqin had deeply loved her boyfriend all along, Ji Yu had refrained from intervening too much in their relationship.
After all, people often say romantic relationships are a matter between two individuals. Since Feng Qinqin chose Cai Xun as her boyfriend, she should accept both his virtues and flaws.
As her close friend, Ji Yu could remind her occasionally, but beyond that, her role was limited to companionship or comfort.
Initially planning to continue enjoying the drama until Feng Qinqin was done playing, Ji Yu felt the vibration from her new work phone, and after signaling to Feng Qinqin, she stepped aside to answer the call.
"Sister Yu, President Gu called again."
Upon hearing Tian say the call was from Gu Qixiao, Ji Yu’s frosty face turned irritated.
Not letting Tian speak further, Ji Yu quickly cut him off.
"Have I not made myself clear? Do not contact me about his matters. Wait until tomorrow at work to talk."
Ji Yu’s impression of Gu Qixiao had never been favorable from the start. Married to her for three years, he had never once returned home, and on top of that, he kept a mistress outside.
Now, adding insult to injury, he kept reaching out to her due to Mistress Song Xuan.
Apart from his arrogance, he was downright unreasonable.
Moreover, beyond these personal issues, Gu Qixiao had abruptly terminated Gus Group’s collaboration with the Feng family, leaving them struggling in numerous projects.
If not for the Feng family’s financial stability, they would likely have declared bankruptcy within just two days of Gu Qixiao’s termination.
If that were to happen, Ji Yu couldn’t even begin to imagine the consequences.
After finishing her response, Ji Yu decisively hung up the call, cutting off Tian mid-sentence with her assertiveness.
Watching Ji Yu hang up, Tian, on the other side of the call, was almost overwhelmed with panic.
Not knowing what else to do, he continuously redialed Ji Yu’s number in desperation.
Having hung up, Ji Yu was adjusting her emotions, when she returned to the VVIP suite only to find the usually lively room eerily quiet.
If not for the assortment of drinks scattered around the tables and counters, Ji Yu might have thought she’d wandered into an alternate dimension.
"Strange, where did Qinqin go..." Ji Yu murmured softly as she looked around, trying to locate Feng Qinqin. But before she could say much, someone grabbed her wrist.
Instinctively lifting her leg to kick, Ji Yu sent her captor stumbling a certain distance away. Just as she was about to check on the situation—
Tian’s incessant calling hadn’t ceased!
Expecting Tian to eventually stop, Ji Yu realized he wasn’t giving up. Feeling somewhat helpless, she begrudgingly answered the call one last time.
On the line, Tian immediately blurted everything out, desperate to prevent Ji Yu from hanging up again.
"Sister Yu, President Gu’s people said Miss Song ran off and got a second cosmetic surgery!"
"What? A second surgery?!"
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