Beg Me to Remarry

Chapter 700: Chapter 702: Busy afternoon

"I haven’t seen you for several days, so I came to visit you," Ji Liangchuan’s smile was radiant, his mouth wide, but his peach blossom eyes did not turn into crescents with the smile, which meant he wasn’t really smiling.

The temperature in the ward began to drop sharply, as if the air conditioning was broken, malfunctioning.

Xia Ning felt as if a cold wind had blown over, seeping into her clothes from the back of her neck, she touched her arm, and found it covered in dense goosebumps, large and prickly to the touch.

She had to make a considerable effort to appear calm, "What exactly are you here for? If you’re really here to see me, please leave. I don’t want to see you at all."

"Don’t say that. If it weren’t for me, you would still be someone with unclear recognition of your past. You should be thanking me for helping you recover your memory," Ji Liangchuan’s smile was exceptionally bright, "But looking at you now, you don’t seem grateful at all. Instead, you seem to be filled with hatred towards me. Why is that?"

In fact, Xia Ning had genuinely experienced selective memory loss. He Xing was so clever that if Xia Ning’s amnesia had been feigned, he would naturally have sensed it.

But Xia Ning’s memory loss was short-lived—less than three days in total. It was during Ji Liangchuan’s first hospital visit that she remembered everything.

However, this process was not worth recalling. Xia Ning didn’t want to think about it because, in her eyes, Ji Liangchuan that day was a demon.

This was also why Xia Ning was so terrified upon seeing Ji Liangchuan today.

Her fear was unique, the kind from the bottom of the food chain towards the top, like a mouse in the presence of a cat, truly frightened to the point of immobility.

Although Xia Ning was not as exaggerated, indeed, seeing Ji Liangchuan today made her truly uncomfortable.

She reached for the emergency call button with trembling hands, trying to maintain her composure, "Please leave, I don’t welcome you here."

"Why? Are you afraid I’ll bump into He Xing?" Ji Liangchuan laughed even more joyously, resembling a cat playing with a mouse, casually watching Xia Ning, "Last time I visited, didn’t I leave before He Xing arrived? It’ll be the same this time. I’m a man of principle; I won’t ruin your relationship with He Xing." noveldrama

Not mentioning this would have been better. Once Ji Liangchuan did, Xia Ning was furious. During his previous visit, she had already been feeling horrible and wanted him to leave quickly, but he stubbornly refused to go.

Moreover, Ji Liangchuan claimed that He Xing hadn’t seen him that day, but He Xing entered no more than ten seconds after Ji Liangchuan left. Who knows if he actually saw anything? After all, they had known each other since middle school and could probably recognize each other just by their silhouettes.

The more Xia Ning thought about it, the more she felt something was off. Her delicate eyebrows furrowed, and irritably she said, "What do you really want? Just say it, and then please leave quickly. I need to rest."

"As long as He Xing consumes what’s here, the two of you can flip the situation around, right?" Ji Liangchuan’s eyes scanned Xia Ning’s pillow, under which hid the two pills given to her by Qin Nuan.

Though Xia Ning despised Ji Liangchuan to death and had secretly resolved not to be swayed by him, she couldn’t help blushing at his words.

Ji Liangchuan raised his eyebrows, saying with a significant tone, "Do you need my help tonight?"

"No!" Xia Ning nearly cried out instinctively, looking at Ji Liangchuan as if he were a villain, "Your absence is the biggest help."

As if he hadn’t heard Xia Ning at all, Ji Liangchuan casually continued, his eyebrows raised, "Give me one of those things."

"Why?" Xia Ning’s eyes widened in resistance, "I only have two; I can’t give you one."

"What did you say? Do you want to repeat that?" Ji Liangchuan’s face darkened, and his gaze upon Xia Ning was as if he were looking at a dead person.

Xia Ning instinctively shrunk her neck back, her beautiful face showing unmistakable fear, as though she had laid eyes on some fearsome ghost.

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The nightfall of winter always came especially quickly; outside the floor-to-ceiling windows was pitch-black night, the usual bustling lights of A city in the distance. Sadly, even the splendor of those lights, too far away, couldn’t radiate over here.

The Office of the General Manager of He Group was extremely spacious, much larger than a regular living room, and sparsely furnished. The decor was minimalist in style, yet every piece of furniture and even each ornament was unaffordable for ordinary households.

The office desk, two meters long and one meter wide, housed two desktop computers and a laptop. At the moment, all three screens were glowing, each displaying different pages with intricate charts jumping around – these were the data from various departments of He Group, including financial statements and the like.

He Xing multitasked effectively, his brain working at high speed, occasionally typing on one of the computers, oblivious to the encroaching dusk outside.

Suddenly, a knock on the door echoed, jarringly loud in the quiet office. Without lifting his head, He Xing said, "Come in!"

Liang Tao entered with a stack of documents, seeing He Xing’s furrowed brows he felt sympathy, hesitatingly he spoke, "Manager He, it’s getting late. Didn’t you say you were going to the hospital tonight? Why don’t you call it a day early? Lady Bai Wei’s engagement is tomorrow, and there’s much to be done."

He Xing slowly looked up, his voice husky from not speaking for a while, "Where’s Fu Han now?"

"An hour ago, the bodyguards reported that Lady Fu Han has already returned to the Fu Family’s duplex villa," Liang Tao said, his back instinctively straightening, his voice robust, "Manager He, Lady Xia Ning has called several times asking when you will go to the hospital."

He Xing glanced at the three computer screens in front of him. Overall, the data for the day were normal. His reason for not having left work yet was because he wouldn’t be able to work the day of Bai Wei’s engagement, so he was trying to get some work done in advance.

He stretched lazily, the hoarseness in his voice diminishing, sounding clearer, "Go ahead and order the food, have it sent to the hospital. I’ll be there shortly."

Liang Tao nodded and left in a hurry, thinking to himself that he wouldn’t have to endure any more persistent calls from Xia Ning. She had been urging He Xing to go to the hospital since before dusk. He Xing hadn’t responded to Xia Ning, so she didn’t dare to pressure him further and instead kept reaching out to Liang Tao, urging him to make sure He Xing left work sooner.

Initially, Liang Tao wasn’t willing to deal with Xia Ning, disliking the haughty and disrespectful young lady, yet he dared not offend her openly, so he could only silently pray in his heart for He Xing to leave work soon.