The man on the screen knit his brows slightly, appearing utterly bewildered as to why Su Mu would ask such a question. He opened his mouth, wanting to say the word “sister,” yet the word “sister” simply refused to leave his tongue.
Why was this happening?
“I… I still have matters to attend to here. I’ll contact you later.”
Su Chen attempted to hang up the video call in a slight panic.
Su Mu raised an eyebrow, and just then, an unfamiliar female voice echoed from the video call’s background.
“Su Chen, is that Rong Qi?”
In the next second, the video froze on Su Chen’s panicked eyes before disconnecting completely.
Staring at the now-blackened screen, Su Mu’s gaze darkened considerably.
From the looks of it, Su Chen appeared to be hospitalized, but that woman’s voice certainly didn’t sound like a nurse’s.
Could it be that the plot had undergone another alteration? Just like the worlds she had experienced before, where the Heavenly Dao tried every trick in the book to force the storyline back on its original track?
Heh~
It really was thoroughly annoying!
Su Mu immediately dialed Yin Wenbo’s phone—she genuinely wanted to find out what Su Chen was hiding from her this time.
The moment the call connected, Su Mu got straight to the point.
“Is Su Chen sick, or is he injured? Why is he in the hospital?”
“Vice President, you… don’t know?”
Yin Wenbo asked in awkward surprise. He truly hadn’t expected that the Vice President had no idea the President was injured.
Just a few days ago, he had even secretly complained to himself that the Vice President cared way too little about the President—not even asking a single word after he was injured.
As it turned out, she simply hadn’t known!
“Vice President, the President definitely didn’t tell you because he was afraid you’d worry, you…”
“I’m asking you: is he sick, or did something happen to him?”
Ignoring Yin Wenbo’s excuses, Su Mu pressed on with her previous question.
Yin Wenbo went silent for a moment before finally speaking up. “The President was in a car accident a week ago, but it wasn’t severe…”
“Did he hit his head?”
Su Mu’s voice was extraordinarily cold, leaving Yin Wenbo stunned.
“N-No…”
Why was the Vice President suddenly asking this?
“Does he have amnesia?”
Yin Wenbo: “…I don’t think so…”
He hadn’t missed a single company matter, so it didn’t seem like his brain had been damaged.
“Book me the earliest flight to Country M. I’m heading over there—and don’t you dare tell Su Chen!”
“Alright.”
Yin Wenbo instinctively felt that something must have gone wrong—something he definitely shouldn’t meddle in.
“But regarding tomorrow’s contract signing with the Jun Corporation…”
They were supposed to sign the contract with the Jun Corporation tomorrow; leaving at this time…
“I’ll give Jun Hao a phone call later. Delaying the signing by a day or two won’t be a problem, and besides, Jun Hao will be far too busy over the next couple of days to care about business anyway.”
The internal affairs of the Jun family were far too messy. Among the children born to Master Jun’s various wives, how many were actually benevolent? Not to mention there were so many illegitimate children on top of that…
To put it bluntly, Jun Hao was currently living inside a den of wolves, surrounded on all sides by wolves big and small.
The earliest flight to Country M wouldn’t depart until six o’clock tomorrow morning. After packing a few simple belongings and offering a brief explanation to Jun Hao, Su Mu headed straight for the airport.
She booked a room at a hotel near the airport to get some rest for the time being.
Yet through most of the night, Su Mu found herself unable to fall asleep. Her mind was in total disarray; for some unknown reason, she harbored a deep-seated sense of familiarity toward Su Chen in her very bones.
It felt as though she had known him for millions of years.
However, that guy she had known for millions of years was still currently sealed away; if he had truly escaped, it would be impossible for her not to know.
Furthermore, if that entity truly descended, even if this plane’s Heavenly Dao died, it would never allow him entry.
Still, this was the very first man she was supposed to romance, and to have such a mess pop up right in the middle of it—if Su Chen really had something going on with another woman, then even if she couldn’t destroy this male side character, she would make him scram as far away as possible, lest seeing him often disgust her.
The flight took a full ten hours of transit before finally arriving in Country M. Due to the time difference, it was just 4:00 AM local time when Su Mu stepped off the plane.
Having booked a room at a luxury hotel beforehand, the hotel had dispatched staff to pick her up. Su Mu boarded the hotel’s private transport and headed directly to the venue.
She had flown first class in a private suite cabin and slept for five or six hours on the plane, so at this moment, Su Mu wasn’t sleepy at all.
After resting and refreshing herself at the hotel for a few hours until the streets outside gradually bustled with activity, Su Mu finally set off toward the hospital using the address provided by Yin Wenbo…
Inside a VIP room at a hospital in Country M.
“Su Chen, is that Rong Qi?”
Qi Jinge shuffled forward carefully, supporting her heavily pregnant belly. Su Chen, lying on the hospital bed, showed no intention of moving in the slightest.
A pair of cool, clear eyes inexplicably flashed across his mind, leaving him feeling restless and irritated. He had an unsettling feeling that something—or someone—immensely important had been forgotten.
“No.”
“Oh. I thought Rong Qi was calling again. Did I disturb you just now?” Qi Jinge let out a soft chuckle.
Her phone had shattered earlier that afternoon, and her replacement hadn’t been bought yet, so her husband had resorted to using Su Chen as a middleman to reach her.
“No. It’s getting late—I’ll have someone see you back to your room.”
Qi Jinge waved a dismissive hand with a smile. “No need. The doctor said my due date is almost here anyway, so walking a bit is good for me. Besides, my room isn’t far from yours—just a few steps away. Rong Qi will probably call again in a bit, so I’ll have to trouble you again, though he should be delivering my new phone right after he gets off work.”
Both of their phones were custom-made models. She couldn’t understand why he insisted on being so extra about it. Yet despite her exasperated thoughts, the sweet smile at the corners of her mouth was impossible to hide.
“Is your baby doing alright?”
Su Chen looked at Qi Jinge’s swollen belly. Once again, that vivid pair of eyes flashed across his mind, sending a sudden spike of irritation through his chest.
He felt as though he had forgotten something, yet his memory seemed entirely intact. Even after undergoing thorough medical checks, the doctors insisted nothing was wrong with him.
Besides, he hadn’t even suffered any severe trauma—how could he possibly have lost any memories?
Yet that gnawing, tormenting feeling continued to plague him endlessly.
“Ah, he’s fine! The doctor said the baby is very healthy.” Qi Jinge stroked her belly, a picture of tranquil serenity.
“That’s good then.” A strained smile managed to force its way onto Su Chen’s lips.
“Honestly, I feel so embarrassed. If it weren’t for me, you wouldn’t be hospitalized right now.”
Qi Jinge felt a bit sheepish. After all, her husband worked right under this man, yet she had ended up putting the grand CEO into a hospital bed.
“I should be the one saying that. It was my driver who collided with you. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have been forced into the hospital so early. If anything had actually happened to you, Rong Qi would probably go on strike and chop me in half.”
Although Su Chen had sustained minor injuries from the car accident, fortunately, Qi Jinge had escaped completely unscathed, aside from suffering a fright.
The heavy atmosphere in the room relaxed a bit.
Rong Qi was his most capable right-hand man, always handling matters with extreme efficiency and decisiveness.
“You really know how to joke.”
As they spoke, Su Chen’s phone rang once more. Taking a single glance at the screen, he handed the device straight over to Qi Jinge.
Qi Jinge accepted it with delight, rambling on warmly to the person on the other end, her face radiating overwhelming happiness.
Watching the scene unfold, a sudden sharp pain pierced Su Chen’s brain, though it vanished as quickly as it had come.
“Alright, thanks a lot! He said he’ll head over as soon as he gets off work. I’ll be heading back to my room now.”
Supporting her heavy belly, Qi Jinge shuffled back to her own ward.
Yet the moment Su Chen’s door clicked shut, Xiang Qing—who had been hiding in the shadows outside—stepped into the light.
Clutching her own massive belly tightly with both hands, she dragged her feet back toward her room step by step, her eyes pooled with dark malice.
“Su Mu! It’s all your fault! You utter bitch!” Xiang Qing hissed in a low growl the second she closed her hospital door behind her.
Recalling the scene she had just witnessed, a cold, poisonous sneer curled upon her lips.
Originally, Shen Yeyi had sent her to Country M to give birth in order to escape Zhao Shanshan’s relentless threats. She had never expected that just a week ago, Zhao Shanshan’s henchmen would manage to track her down, nearly terminating the baby in her womb.
While fleeing down the street, she had accidentally run straight into Su Chen. Unexpectedly, the moment she made contact with him, a flood of strange, unfamiliar memories had suddenly surged into her mind.
Like watching a movie unfold, Xiang Qing had witnessed the life of another “Xiang Qing.”
In that original trajectory of fate, Shen Yeyi had never gotten engaged to Zhao Shanshan, yet now they were already lawfully married.
He had never broken off his engagement with Su Mu either, yet now the two of them had absolutely nothing to do with each other!
Not to mention her own fate—although she had also ended up pregnant and abroad with a child in that memory, Su Chen had harbored a deep crush on her, constantly helping her out alongside Lu Xu’s devoted care. Shen Yeyi hadn’t married Su Mu either, loving her with absolute single-minded devotion.
In the end, she had married Shen Yeyi while bringing two children with her, and even Bai Xiu had become a top-tier movie star, constantly confessing his love to her.
Yet now, everything was completely ruined!
When Su Chen looked at her, his eyes held nothing but cold indifference toward a stranger. She had originally wanted to beg him for help, but Su Chen had avoided her like a toxic pest, refusing to pay her the slightest bit of mind!