Expressionless, Qin Muchen stared at her without saying a word.
Uncomfortable with the way he was staring at her, she laughed dryly and said, "I'm going to change now." Then, she dashed out of the room as if she was afraid he would just grab her.
After staring at the door for a long while with his cold eyes, Qin Muchen suddenly chuckled.
Was he that clingy? He didn't even mention that he wanted to go along and she already made it clear that he should stay home for dinner by himself as she wasn't bringing him.
Despite that, honestly speaking, it did seem like he wanted to tag along just a little.
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Even though Qin Muchen didn't go along, he called for the driver and two other bodyguards to pick her up. It was as if some big shot was going on an excursion.
"Come back early." Despite Su Ziyue's protest, he pushed her into the car directly.
Exasperated, she knew that this was all because he meant well.
An Xia was nowhere to be seen when she reached the restaurant and only arrived when Su Ziyue had finished going through the menu.
"Water." Seeing how breathless An Xia was, Su Ziyue poured her a glass of water.
Finishing the water in a gulp, An Xia slammed the table with an infuriated look on her face. "I'm not leaving until I've stuffed myself stupid today."
"What happened?" Su Ziyue asked calmly while flipping through the menu.
"Nothing. I just wanted to have dinner with someone." Shaking her head, she ordered a whole bunch of dishes.
In the end, she didn't stuff herself silly but left a lot of unfinished food on the table.
Dragging An Xia into the car, she told the driver to send her home first.
After seeing An Xia enter the building, Su Ziyue turned to the driver and told him the name of a hospital.
A surprised look flashed across his face. He hesitated before saying, "Mr. Qin said I should bring you back to Cloud Bay after dinner."
"I have something urgent to attend to at the hospital. Let's head there first and I'll explain it to Qin Muchen later." Since she insisted, the driver could only do as she said.
The driver waited outside the building while the two bodyguards went in with her.
From the elevator, Su Ziyue went straight to the tenth floor and then walked toward Gong Zeyang's ward.
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When she pushed the door open, Su Yige was just wringing a towel to wipe Gong Zeyang's face.
Hearing the door opening, both of them turned and immediately saw Su Ziyue and the two bodyguards behind her.
"What are you doing here?!" Su Yige sprang up straightaway with an unfriendly look on her face the moment she saw her.
"Come out, there's something I want to talk to you about," she said curtly and turned to leave.
From the way she acted, she seemed confident that Su Yige would definitely follow her out of the room.
Despite how much Su Yige loathed her from the bottom of her heart, she had to admit that she would go out. Even if she could just throw some sarcastic remarks at her, it would still make her feel better.
Withdrawing her gaze from the door, the hate in her eyes evaporated the moment she turned to look at Gong Zeyang. "I'm going out for a while. Wait for me," she said gently, then straightened her clothes and walked out with a haughty look.
Su Ziyue was sitting on a bench in the hallway and the bodyguards were standing not far away from her. As she was a really young and exceptionally beautiful woman dressed in branded clothes, even the people who were used to seeing wealthy people in this VIP level of the hospital couldn't help but turn their heads to stare at her.
Seeing this scene when she came out of the room, Su Yige's eyes flashed with jealousy but she covered it up very quickly.
They were in public and she had to take care of her reputation as the Young Mistress of the Gong family and the Young Lady of the Su family.
"Is Qin Muchen afraid now? With that low salary of his, can he even afford to hire bodyguards for you?" Su Yige approached her with a gentle and harmless smile. She didn't speak too loudly, but loud enough to be heard by Su Ziyue.
Su Ziyue raised her brows. That low salary of his?
A chuckle escaped from her mouth when she thought about how Qin Muchen had mentioned that he would acquire Su Group earlier and make her the boss, not to mention these bodyguards.
Even though she was never a show-off, right now, she had the urge to reveal his true identity to her.
It would be interesting to see the look on her face when she found out about it.
However, she came looking for Su Yige today for a different matter.
"That's right. Muchen doesn't earn much, but he is still willing to splurge on me. I can’t help it either," Su Ziyue said with a smile as gentle and harmless as Su Yige's from earlier.
"Hmph, the Gong family has already made an appeal. If Qin Muchen has realized his mistake and is getting afraid now, he should take the initiative to apologize to Zeyang. Did he think that we'll let him off if he sends you here?"
A vicious look flashed across Su Yige's face and she warned in a low voice, "Not only are we not going to let him off, but we won't let you off either. Do you think the Su family will still accept you after this? Just be prepared to be star-crossed lovers with Qin Muchen!"
To Su Ziyue, this sounded like the biggest joke she had ever heard.
Someone actually said that they wouldn't let Qin Muchen off.
Despite the fact she only said that dauntlessly because of her ignorance, Su Ziyue still couldn't resist from laughing out loud.
"I look forward to the day when that happens to Qin Muchen and I."
Even if a day came where he would be down in life and became her star-crossed lover, it was not a big deal to her, for she knew that with his abilities, the day when he picked himself up again would come.
He was different from regular men—he was meant to watch others from higher grounds.
Thinking about her true purpose for being here, she put on a serious face. "I know what you did to An Xia. I didn't think that you would still be so childish."
Even if An Xia didn't say anything, she knew that she must have been through something upsetting.
Although she was merely trying her luck here, she could almost be sure that Su Yige had done something behind them.
"Huh? Your best friend already went crying to you that quickly? Was she so naive to think that you can stand up for her?"
With a mocking smile, Su Yige continued, "She's really too naive. Su Group isn't a place where she can come and go as she pleases. You better tell her to stay quietly in Su Group and not think about resigning. Otherwise, I can charge her with commercial espionage and she won't be able to make a living in Yunzhou City anymore. It's sad to be your friend…"
The moment Su Ziyue heard her first sentence, her hands at her sides balled into tight fists and her sharp nails dug deeply into her palms.
It was as if she could not feel the pain as she waited for Su Yige to finish talking before relaxing her hands again.
"B*tch!" Holding her breath, she stood up suddenly and served a slap across Su Yige's face.
An Xia was unlucky to be friends with her in this lifetime, but if that was the reason she was bullied by Su Yige and she did not stand up for her, then that would make An Xia really pitiful.
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