Ch. 41..50
Chapter 41 Sheng Tingyuan is Her Curse In the Rolls-Royce, Lin Chuyi and Madam Ye sat side by side in the back seat.noveldrama
“Have you thought it through?”
“I have.”
“Are you willing to marry Sheng Tingyuan and help the Ye Family with the marriage alliance?”
“I am willing.”
Madam Ye breathed a sigh of relief, her efforts had not been in vain: “Don’t worry, the Ye Family will do everything in its power to help your father, I’ll contact Du Yu’s family tonight.”
Lin Chuyi cast down her eyelashes, concealing the turbulent emotions: “Thank you.”
Human nature is so vulnerable to tests; a single prod at her weak spot and she was ready to sell herself within a day.
Even, she felt like Sheng Tingyuan had appeared a bit too late. If he had come earlier, she could have cooperated with the Ye Family sooner, and her father could have been released from prison earlier, sparing him some suffering.
Madam Ye spoke again: “There’s another issue.”
“What issue?”
“You need to change your surname, you’ll have to take the Ye surname, changing your ID and household registration; you need to be registered under the Ye Family.”
Lin Chuyi did not hesitate for even a second: “That’s fine.”
After all, she had long since not wanted to keep Lin Yueqin’s surname. It didn’t matter what she was called.
Madam Ye hadn’t expected her to be so straightforward, she admired her decisiveness: “My daughter’s name is Ye Shuangyin, and your name is already quite similar to hers. It’s fine to just change your surname, from now on, you’ll be called Ye Chuyi!”
“No problem.”
“Tomorrow I’ll get your ID and household registration changed, and the day after tomorrow you can register your marriage with Sheng Tingyuan!”
“Okay.”
Madam Ye let out a soft sigh: “The Sheng Family was carefully chosen by me and Xiaoyin’s father among many. Although it’s an arranged marriage, we didn’t want to wrong our daughter. Sheng Tingyuan has a clean private life and no bad habits, and his mother is also a very gentle person. My daughter will be comfortable marrying into their family.”
“You are fortunate. In the future, you will be the young Madam of the Sheng Family.”
Lin Chuyi did not feel fortunate at all; it was clear that both the Sheng and Ye families had their own schemes. If she were the real daughter of the Ye Family, it might be acceptable, since with her parents’ backing, her life would not be too bad.
But she was a fake, and having the Ye Family use that leverage to threaten her later would be good enough.
Yet, even if there was an abyss ahead, she wanted to leap into it and try; as long as she could clear her father’s name, she had no fear.
“Just now, Sheng Tingyuan asked me if I ran away from the engagement three years ago because of a first love.”
Lin Chuyi spoke softly: “Madam Ye, your daughter not marrying into the Sheng Family might not be such a misfortune. She chose love over an arranged marriage, and now she must be living the happy life she wanted, which is probably why she hasn’t returned.”
Madam Ye sighed again: “The Sheng Family really found out the reason for Xiaoyin’s elopement; we couldn’t keep it a secret after all. This child is stubborn, she’s never suffered since she was little. What’s the use of love? Could I harm her? I just hope the person she’s with treats her well and that she’s happy!”
…
In the early morning, Lin Chuyi woke up from her sleep; last night, she hadn’t had any more nightmares.
Clearly, with hopes rising for Shi Youjin’s case, she felt much more relaxed mentally.
After getting up, washing up, and having breakfast, she went to Dome Hospital.
Upon entering the office floor, a group of people surrounded her again. Some wanted her signature, others wanted her verbal promise.
With more time on hand today, Lin Chuyi dealt with each issue in turn, and half an hour later, she finally sent the last person away and headed to her office.
But when she opened the door, she froze—Sheng Tingyuan had come again!
His voice was deep and pleasant: “Let’s go register our marriage.”
But Lin Chuyi felt he was like a curse—an incantation that only ever said ‘register our marriage,’ as if he had some kind of marriage thirst!
Lin Chuyi said with a headache: “Not today.”
“Why not today?”
Because today Madam Ye was handling her new ID and household registration.
“I can’t get away from work at the hospital; I have surgery to do.”
“Who’s so unlucky to have you do surgery on them?”
Lin Chuyi casually picked up a medical book thick as a brick: “If you don’t leave now, that unlucky person will be you.”
Chapter 42 Guarantee Letter Sheng Tingyuan looked at the medical book in her hand indifferently, “I thought all your books were just for show, but it turns out they’re useful. I wonder if the author would regret writing it if he knew you’re using it like a brick.”
Coincidentally, the lead author of this book is An Huadong, and Lin Chuyi and Chi Cheng have also contributed to its compilation, so their prominent names are listed on it as well.
She immediately opened the title page and showed it to Sheng Tingyuan, “I’m one of the authors, do you think I’d regret writing it?”
Sheng Tingyuan glanced at it and said, “How much did the Ye Family pay for you to have the right to sign your name on this book?”
“You’re the one who doesn’t even dare to use your real name, you must be guilty, right?”
“Fortunately, I’m using a fake name, I won’t have to be embarrassed with you after we get married.”
Lin Chuyi covered her forehead, why was this man so annoying? Was she really going to marry a man with such a sharp tongue? Was it still possible to switch the arranged marriage partner to Sheng Huai’an now?
Sheng Tingyuan looked at her exasperated expression and inexplicably laughed for a moment.
But his smile quickly faded; he grabbed Lin Chuyi’s arm and pulled her to leave, “Let’s go get our marriage certificate.”
Lin Chuyi: “…”noveldrama
“I already said today won’t work, why are you still insisting on getting the certificate?!”
“Is it just today that doesn’t work? When will you be available?”
“Tomorrow will work!”
“Trying to trick me again? Today delay till tomorrow, tomorrow till the day after, and then another three days after that, do you think my mother can wait?”
“I swear, tomorrow will definitely work!”
“Last time I gave you three days, you were even more serious than now. I believed you, and what happened? You used me and then dumped me.”
“This time it’s real! I promise!”
“Then go and write a guarantee letter.”
“What?! Write a guarantee letter? Are you a primary school student?”
“If you don’t write it, let’s go get the certificate now.”
“Fine, I’ll write, I’ll write!”
Lin Chuyi, having no choice, sat down at the desk and began to write the guarantee letter.
She wrote down a line in her casebook swiftly, then tore it out and handed it to Sheng Tingyuan, “Is this okay now?”
Upon looking, Sheng Tingyuan saw that she had written flamboyantly: I guarantee that I will obtain the marriage certificate with Sheng Tingyuan tomorrow!
He couldn’t help but frown, knowing she had started to play tricks again, “Who knows which day tomorrow is? With the way you’ve written it, tomorrow will never come.”
Lin Chuyi glared at him, took back the paper, and added a date.
Sheng Tingyuan: “Sign, and put your fingerprint.”
Lin Chuyi added her signature and pressed her fingerprint.
However, the name she wrote was Ye Chuyi.
Sheng Tingyuan took the guarantee letter and hesitated slightly upon seeing the name she signed, “Is this your real name?”
“Yes!”
“How come I remember you having a different name?”
“That is my name.”
Lin Chuyi said with certainty, “Mr. Sheng, you wouldn’t confuse the names of other women with mine, would you? I hope you sort out all those messy relationships before we get married, as I don’t want to hear another woman’s name from you next time.”
Sheng Tingyuan: “…” Her spirit of retaliation was quite strong, he warned her yesterday, and today she returned the favor.
However, he indeed couldn’t remember his fiancee’s name; to be strict, he had never paid attention to what his fiancee was called.
He folded the guarantee letter neatly and put it in his suit pocket before he walked out, “I’ll come again tomorrow.”
Lin Chuyi watched him leave and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
At last, she got rid of him, like dealing with a living King of Hell, urging her every day to get the marriage certificate as if he were hastening her to her grave, enough to drive even a ghost to madness.
No wonder Ye Shuangyin had eloped, even she was starting to think about running away.
The morning passed quickly, and in the afternoon, Lin Chuyi received a call from Madam Ye, saying that Du Yu’s family had agreed to have a proper talk with her.
In the evening, she drove to the Du Family’s home.
Thanks to Madam Ye’s mediation, this was the first time the Du family was willing to speak calmly with her. Lin Chuyi talked with them for a long, long time.
When she left the Du family, the night was deep, and the sky was studded with stars.
Madam Ye came to pick her up, “How did it go? Did you gain anything?”
Lin Chuyi felt heavy-hearted, “Nothing, Du Yu’s son, Du Xiaoguang, says he’s an eyewitness. He saw with his own eyes how my dad killed his dad.”
“But my dad said he didn’t kill anyone, he never confessed from the very beginning, and there was no surveillance video back then to prove that he killed someone.”
Madam Ye, however, said, “Du Xiaoguang was young at that time, he might have seen it wrong. Don’t worry, I’ll get them to write a letter of understanding, let’s get your dad out first.”
Lin Chuyi’s heart was still uneasy; she wanted not only her dad to be released, she wanted to find the real culprit from that year, to clear her father of the wrongful accusation.
Madam Ye handed her a card holder.
Lin Chuyi took it, opened it, and inside was her new identity card, with the surname and residence registration already changed.
From now on, she would be known as Ye Chuyi.
Madam Ye’s voice carried a faint distance, “Xiaoyi, come home, you’ll stay at our house tonight, your room has already been prepared.”
Chapter 43: Getting the Certificate The next morning, Ye Chuyi went to Dome Hospital with her new ID card.
As she expected, Sheng Tingyuan was waiting in her office again.
This time, she didn’t wait for him to speak and took the initiative, “Let’s go, we’ll get the marriage certificate.”
Sheng Tingyuan was somewhat surprised, “Are you really willing to get the certificate now?”
Ye Chuyi raised an eyebrow slightly, “You’re not having second thoughts, are you?”
Sheng Tingyuan stood up, “Just don’t play any more tricks.”
The two left together and quickly obtained their marriage certificate at the civil affairs office.
After leaving the office, Sheng Tingyuan even felt that things had gone too smoothly to be real.
He looked over the marriage certificate repeatedly, suspecting it was fake—he had been tormented by Ye Chuyi to the point of PTSD.
He turned to look at his new wife, who appeared calm, “Are you really called Ye Chuyi?”
Ye Chuyi felt like laughing—a great husband indeed, he didn’t even know his wife’s name after getting the certificate.
She pointed to the civil affairs office, “That can’t be fake, right? The staff inside aren’t actors, right? Could I get a certificate with a fake name and fake ID?”
Sheng Tingyuan, “It’s hard to say, there’s nothing you’re incapable of.”
She had a new trick up her sleeve every day, surprising him with something new each day. Today, she suddenly became compliant and got the certificate with him, which made him suspect she was plotting something big.
Ye Chuyi shook her head, with the certificate obtained, her task was complete, and it was time to leave.
She went to the roadside ready to hail a taxi, “I’m going back to the hospital, don’t come looking for me if it’s not necessary, and even if it is, don’t come.”
Sheng Tingyuan, however, opened the car door, “Get in the car.”
“What for? You’re giving me a ride?” How nice is that?
“Come with me back home, my mom is still waiting.”
Ye Chuyi sighed; she knew it, he wasn’t that considerate.
She got in the car and once again returned to his house with Sheng Tingyuan.
When she handed the marriage certificate to Tang Jin, Tang Jin’s eyes instantly reddened.
“It’s great, Tingyuan, Xiaoyi, you’re finally married! Now I can die in peace!”
“Aunt Tang, what are you talking about? You need to live well.”
Tang Jin’s emaciated hand grasped Ye Chuyi’s, “Xiaoyi, still calling me Aunt Tang?”
Ye Chuyi paused, involuntarily looking to Sheng Tingyuan; surely, that’s not what he meant by bringing her home?
Tang Jin once again took out a red envelope from under her pillow and stuffed it into Ye Chuyi’s hand.
Ye Chuyi could feel it, this time there was no money inside, but a card.
“Xiaoyi, Aunt Tang has been waiting for this day for a long time. I’ve always hoped that Tingyuan would settle down and find a fairy-like companion to spend his life with. Today my wish has come true; I’m very happy. This is a little something from me, take it and buy whatever you want.”
Tang Jin’s gaze was too sincere, and her tone too heartfelt; the joy and affection she displayed were completely genuine.
Ye Chuyi suddenly felt immense psychological pressure, and a sense of guilt surfaced once again.
She held Tang Jin’s hand and softly called her, “Mom.”
Tang Jin was elated as if at something wonderful, “Ah, good child!”
She held on to Ye Chuyi, talking with her for quite a while until her energy faded before letting her leave.
Ye Chuyi breathed a sigh of relief, stepping out of the bedroom.
Sheng Tingyuan didn’t come out; he stayed inside accompanying Tang Jin.
Ye Chuyi had intended to leave, but she still clutched the card Tang Jin had given her. She didn’t plan to keep it and had to return it to Sheng Tingyuan.
She wandered the downstairs garden for a while, waited for a bit, but Sheng Tingyuan still hadn’t come down.
So she had to go back upstairs to find him.
Approaching the bedroom, however, she heard Tang Jin inside saying, “Tingyuan, have you still not forgotten that girl? Are you still looking for her?”noveldrama
“Yeah, I’m looking.”
“Forget about her, stop searching. Now that you’re married to Xiaoyi, you should treat her well. Don’t be fickle and hurt her heart.”
The reply was a lengthy silence.
Chapter 44 It’s All Because of a Girl Outside the door, Ye Chuyi silently descended the stairs.
Before she left, she handed the card to the butler and whispered a word of caution, “Just give it to Sheng Tingyuan quietly, don’t let Aunt Tang find out.”
The butler refused to take it obstinately, as the card was prepared by him for Madam; it made no sense for Madam to give it away and then for him to take it back immediately after.
Ye Chuyi, having no other choice, placed the card on the table and pressed it down with a vase before leaving.
The butler stood guard over the card for quite a while, until Sheng Tingyuan finally came downstairs. He quickly said, “Young Master, the Young Madam left the card here for you.”
Sheng Tingyuan removed the vase and picked up the card wrapped in red, “Where is she?”
“She’s already left.”
Sheng Tingyuan pocketed the card and strode outside.
It was only upon exiting that he realized it had started to rain at some point.
The butler held an umbrella for him, “Young Master, it’s raining, do you still wish to go out?”
When the Young Master was a child, he used to love rainy days, running outside the moment it started pouring; as he grew older, however, his fondness waned, and rainy days would sour his mood.
And all of that was because of one girl.
Indeed, Sheng Tingyuan did not leave. He retreated back into the living room, went upstairs, and entered the study room.
Outside the window, the rain grew stronger, and the damp coldness stirred memories from Sheng Tingyuan’s past.
At eleven, he had beaten Sheng Huai’an’s illegitimate child, and in turn, was beaten by Sheng Huai’an.
With his face bruised, he ran out into the rain.
Not knowing how long he had run, he saw a group of children surrounding a little girl at a pavilion by the lake.
The little girl held a plastic bag tightly as the others demanded it from her, but she clutched it desperately, “This is for Xiao Lihua, she’s sick, please I beg you, don’t steal my medicine… ”
The ringleader of the children, dressed in branded clothes, spoke arrogantly and viciously, “She deserves to be sick, she should have died already, and so should you! The money for the medicine, it’s what you stole from my house!”
“I didn’t steal your money, this is from the pocket money my dad saved for me!”
“How dare you deny it? You’re the thief! No wonder my mother says her money always goes missing; it turns out we had a thief at home! What are you waiting for? Snatch that medicine from her!”
The little girl cried as she tried to reclaim her medicine, “This is Xiao Lihua’s medicine, you’re not sick, why are you stealing my medicine? Give it back to me!”
Sheng Tingyuan could no longer stand by, he broke through the rain curtain and ran into the pavilion, “Stop it!”
The leader looked at him, “Who are you? An accomplice of this thief?”
“She says she didn’t steal the money, she’s not a thief.”
“She is a thief! You’re so on her side, you must be a thief too! Everyone, get them, thieves deserve to die!”
However, the group of children hesitated.
There was no other reason but that Sheng Tingyuan was a good deal taller than these children, looking two to three years older. Though he had wounds on his face, his imposing manner was fearsome and intimidating, unlike the weak ‘thief’ who could be easily bullied. It was clear he was not someone to be trifled with.
Seeing them not moving, the child in charge stamped her foot in anger, “You dare disobey me?”
Sheng Tingyuan clenched his fists and faced them, “Let’s see who dares to come forward!”
The children looked at each other and started backing away. Then, not knowing who took the lead in running out, the rest followed in flight.
Seeing them all running, the leader snorted coldly and ran away too.noveldrama
In the pavilion, only he and the little girl remained.
The little girl had forgotten to cry and looked at him with astonishment, “Thank you, brother, you’re so amazing!”
: Chapter 45 When do you want to see me? Sheng Tingyuan looked at her bruised and swollen face and said to her, “You’re hurt, go home, let your parents take you to the hospital and while you’re at it, tell them about someone bullying you.”
The little girl shook her head, “I can’t tell, if I do, my mom will hit me.”
Sheng Tingyuan didn’t understand, “Why?”
“She says, why don’t they bully someone else and only bully you? It must be because you did something bad, and that’s why they hit you. Since I did something bad, she has to punish me too.”
Sheng Tingyuan was shocked, he thought his father was unreasonable enough, but he didn’t expect there to be someone even more detestable than his father!
The little girl got up from the ground and hobbled over to him, opening her small hand to present something like a treasure, “Brother, your forehead is bleeding, I still secretly kept a band-aid, here, use it.”
Sheng Tingyuan sighed, she was already injured and still offered her only band-aid to him, this child was really foolish.
“I’m fine, you use it!”
The little girl pulled anxiously at his clothes, “How can you be fine? You’re really bleeding! Brother, squat down, I’ll stick the band-aid on you, it’ll stop the bleeding. Don’t worry, I’m really good at it!”
Seeing that she was about to cry, Sheng Tingyuan reluctantly squatted down.
The little girl indeed skillfully tore open the band-aid and stuck it on his forehead.
Her fingers touched his skin, very cold, very cold, and it was then that he noticed, in the depth of autumn, she was only wearing a very thin long-sleeve shirt, and it was obviously ill-fitting, evidently not her own.
Sheng Tingyuan took off his jacket and draped it over her, “You gave me a band-aid, I give you a garment, we’re even now.”
The little girl blinked her beautiful big eyes at him, “Brother, we’re not even, you’re at a loss.”
Saying this, she rubbed her hands forcefully on her clothes, then carefully took off his jacket, holding it out to return it to him, “Brother, it’s raining, it’s very cold, you should put it on quickly!”
Sheng Tingyuan took the jacket, and once again draped it over her, “I said, it’s a gift for you. If you don’t want it, then I don’t want your band-aid either.”
After saying that, he was about to tear off the band-aid on his forehead.
The little girl hurriedly said, “I want it, I want it, brother, don’t tear off the band-aid!”
Sheng Tingyuan lowered his hand when he heard she wanted it.
The little girl put on his jacket, touching it joyously and carefully, “Brother, your jacket is so nice, so warm. Hey, brother, your jacket is Hermès!”
Sheng Tingyuan was surprised, “You know it?”
“Yeah, the young lady has a lot of Hermès clothes, she’s said it so many times, so I recognize it!”
“Young lady?”
“Oh, the one who threw my medicine into the lake just now, she is the young lady.”
The little girl, very pleased, began to stroke the jacket again, “The young lady said Hermès is very expensive, she wouldn’t let me touch her clothes, and now, I have Hermès too! Brother, thank you!”
For the first time, Sheng Tingyuan felt that Hermès was, perhaps, not bad.
He looked at the medicine drifting farther away in the lake and asked the little girl, “What medicine do you need? I will help you buy it.”
The little girl shook her head, “No need, brother, I’ve hidden some money, I can buy it myself. You’ve already given me such a nice jacket, I can’t let you buy medicine too, medicine is not cheap either!”
Sheng Tingyuan thought she really had money, so he didn’t insist further.
The heavy rain had stopped, and he looked at her increasingly swollen face, stepping out of the pavilion, “First, buy some medicine for yourself, then for others. I’m leaving.”
“Brother, will I be able to see you again?”noveldrama
“When do you want to see me?”
“When it rains, I can only come out to play on rainy days.”
“All right, then on rainy days.”
Chapter 46 Completely Ban This Hospital! Ye Chuyi left the Sheng Family but didn’t go to the hospital; instead, she went to Jungle Pharmaceutical.
Because the incident of Cong Ningyuan striking someone had hit the trending searches, and the media coined an explosive headline, “Furious for His Belle, Jungle CEO Plays the Third Fiddle for Love.”
The content roughly detailed how the CEO of Jungle, during a medical conference, came to blows with the son of a hospital dean over a woman. Publicly, the dean’s son revealed that the woman Cong Ningyuan fancied had unscrupulously climbed into the bed of the heir of Shengshi Group. She flitted between three men, enchanting them all with her looks, spinning them around her finger. Among the three men, Cong Ningyuan was the most pitiful since he was the only one the woman had never acknowledged; he was just a lapdog playing the third wheel.
The atmosphere in the office was tense; Su Shan didn’t dare breathe loudly, and Liang Xun didn’t even dare to raise his head. Cong Ningyuan wanted to say something, but seeing Ye Chuyi’s cold expression, he swallowed his words instead.
They had all been with Ye Chuyi for a long time and had never seen her this angry before.
This news crossed her line.
After reading the trending searches and various obscene comments, Ye Chuyi, suppressing her rage, instructed her assistant, “Su Shan, have the PR department pull the trending search. Has Jungle’s image been too positive that we’ve spoiled them into incompetence? Why wasn’t this big news suppressed? I don’t care how much money they have to spend; I want all negative news about Cong Ningyuan removed immediately!”
“Yes, I’ll contact the PR department right away!”
After Su Shan spoke, she hurried out.
“Liang Xun, get in touch with the legal department and sue these media outlets for their baseless rumors. If we can’t make them go bankrupt, the whole legal department will be fired!”
“Yes, boss!”
Liang Xun hurried to find the legal department after responding.
In the office, only Ye Chuyi and Cong Ningyuan remained.
Cong Ningyuan hesitantly began, “Boss, I’m sorry, it was my impulsiveness that got us on the trending searches. I shouldn’t have…”
He didn’t finish his sentence when Ye Chuyi interrupted him, “You did well in hitting him.”
Cong Ningyuan was stunned, “What did you say?”
“I said you did well. Qi Yunfan deserved it; I’m not blaming you.”
“Really?”
“Really.”
Ye Chuyi indeed didn’t mean to blame him; she was angry because Jungle’s image had been tarnished.
Her voice cold, she said, “There were only a few of us present at that time, no outsiders. Now that the news has broken out, and everything is against us, it’s obvious that Qi Yunfan arranged for the media to leak the story.”
“Yeah, I guessed it was him too. I just didn’t expect him to stoop so low and use such vile tactics against us. He seemed so refined and courteous; I thought he was a good person.”
Ye Chuyi looked at him, her voice detached, “We can’t control his sinister moves, but you can control your emotions. You’re the president of Jungle, the face of Jungle. Don’t resort to violence next time.”
“Yes, I understand.”
“Don’t resort to physical action, but you can take other actions.”noveldrama
“Huh?”
“To deal with a sly person, physical force isn’t necessary; it’s the most primitive method.”
Cong Ningyuan felt slightly rejuvenated, “Then what sophisticated methods do you have?”
Ye Chuyi opened her phone and made a call, “Ivy, compile a list of all pharmaceutical companies that partner with Qi Hospital, I want to completely boycott this hospital!”
Three minutes later, the list was sent to Ye Chuyi’s phone.
She glanced at it and forwarded it to Cong Ningyuan, “Go on, Mr. Cong, you wanted to get furious for your belle, now you can be furious.”
“Okay, boss.”
Full of energy, Cong Ningyuan left her office.
Ye Chuyi was about to make another call when her phone rang.
It was an unfamiliar number.
She answered, and a detached, deep voice came through, “Ye Chuyi, I had said I hoped you would handle your romantic entanglements well; I don’t want to be in the news for such matters.”
Ye Chuyi massaged her temples, “I’m handling it already, sorry.”
She hadn’t expected Qi Yunfan to leak stories to the media, involving Shengshi Group, especially since she had just gotten her marriage certificate. Such news was indeed inappropriate.
Hearing her apology, Sheng Tingyuan fell silent.
She was quite different from the Miss Ye he remembered—who used to be flamboyant, arrogant, and overbearing, disregarding everyone.
Now, he couldn’t sense a trace of arrogance in her.
Her clear voice sounded, “Mr. Sheng, is there anything else?”
Sheng Tingyuan regained his composure and spoke again, “Give me one of your bank accounts.”
“For what?”
“My mother’s red packet for you; I’m going to transfer it to you.”
“No need.”
Without another word, Ye Chuyi hung up and immediately forgot about him, getting back to work.
Chapter 47 The Crisis at Qi Hospital 2:30 PM, Qi Hospital.
“What’s going on, why have all our partner pharmaceutical companies stopped supplying us with drugs just over the course of this morning?”
Qi Linjiang, unable to contain his anger, no longer appeared refined and gentle as he sharply questioned Hen Peizhu and Qi Yunfan: “What the hell have you two been doing to manage the hospital? I was only away on a business trip for one week, so why has everything turned out this way upon my return?!”
Hen Peizhu hung her head low, completely devoid of her usual arrogance: “Linjiang, don’t be in such a hurry, everything was fine yesterday. There must be some misunderstanding.”
“What misunderstanding? I’ve called all the pharmaceutical companies, and they clearly stated that they will not supply our hospital with drugs in the future! One company might be a misunderstanding, but sixteen companies, all of them misunderstandings?!”
Qi Linjiang turned his head to look at his son, whose expression was off: “Qi Yunfan, who are you putting on that face for? What did I instruct you before I left?”
“I said we were especially lucky this year, first being chosen by Jungle as a partner hospital, and then receiving an invitation to the medical conference. I told you to take the hospital’s profits to a new level. What have you done instead?”
“Our partnership with Jungle has flown the coop! All pharmaceutical companies have stopped supplying drugs!”
“Do you want to run the Qi family’s hospital into the ground?! All you know how to do is date and chase women, you useless person!”
Qi Yunfan was scolded mercilessly but couldn’t bring himself to admit what he had done.
After being beaten by Cong Ningyuan last night, he went home feeling utterly humiliated and was so furious that he didn’t sleep all night.
First thing the next morning, he contacted the media to expose the matter between Cong Ningyuan and Lin Chuyi.noveldrama
Indeed, as soon as the news was released, it exploded across public opinion, with everyone cursing Lin Chuyi and mocking Cong Ningyuan.
But his satisfaction didn’t last long. When he refreshed the news page, all the articles about Cong Ningyuan had disappeared.
Then, one after another, the hospital received notifications from various pharmaceutical companies halting their drug supply. All of them, preferring to pay the penalties for breach of contract, chose to terminate their cooperation with the hospital.
Qi Yunfan knew that Jungle Pharmaceutical had made its move.
He was utterly panicked, feeling that Cong Ningyuan was making a mountain out of a molehill. He had merely spread some gossip in the media, yet Cong Ningyuan intended to ruthlessly destroy their hospital!
“Dad, it’s not our fault, it must be that our hospital has been developing too well lately, drawing the envy of our peers, that’s why this is happening. I’ve always had a good relationship with those pharmaceutical representatives; they wouldn’t do this to us without reason.”
Hen Peizhu also quickly spoke up for her son: “Right, Linjiang, the son has always been excellent at managing relationships. Don’t scold him. The urgent task at hand is to quickly reestablish drug supply connections with other pharmaceutical companies!”
“Do you think I haven’t tried contacting them? The other companies are either small-scale and have no surplus drugs for us, or they hang up the phone as soon as they hear my name!”
Qi Linjiang wasn’t a fool. He looked at Qi Yunfan and asked, “Did you offend someone out there? Before, they all spoke to me very politely, now they all avoid us like the plague! What did you do? Speak up!”
Qi Yunfan, gritting his teeth, refused to admit it: “Dad, it really has nothing to do with me, I haven’t done anything!”
“If you’ve done nothing, then how did you get that bruise on your face? Who did you fight with?”
“I didn’t get into a fight, I just accidentally bumped into something while walking.”
“I don’t care if you hit it while walking or got it from fighting. In any case, within the next three days, I want you to mend relations with all the pharmaceutical companies and get them to supply us with drugs again!”
Qi Yunfan’s heart sank.
How could that be possible? If Jungle Pharmaceutical had forbidden the companies from supplying drugs to Qi Hospital, how could he possibly convince them to start supplying again?
Chapter 48 He Just Doesn’t Care Ye Chuyi spent the morning commanding operations in the jungle, busily scrambling to minimize the impact of the negative news to the lowest degree.
In the afternoon, she hurried nonstop to Dome Hospital for emergency surgery.
The doctors at Dome Hospital were actually supposed to work every other day, but due to An Huadong’s “favoritism” toward his student, her schedule had been changed to no days off, always on standby.
Of course, An Huadong himself didn’t rest either.
Chi Cheng could rest, but he was the kind of student who relentlessly pursued excellence, scarily so, which meant he didn’t rest either.
By the time the emergency surgery was finished, evening had already arrived.
Even Ye Chuyi’s abundant energy was strained to the limit; She sat by the floor-to-ceiling window with a cup of goji berry and red dates tea, watching the sunset outside.
The hot tea, carrying a sweet scent, dispersed her fatigue.
The spectacular and grand beauty of the sunset provided relief for her sore eyes.
She had barely taken two sips of her tea when the door to her office was pushed open.
She looked up and, to her surprise, it was Sheng Tingyuan again!
He had switched into another crisp suit, the white shirt immaculate, his short hair neatly arranged without a strand out of place, even his leather shoes shone brightly— the epitome of a wealthy family’s young master.
What was most important was his composure, his gaze so lofty, as if he had never encountered any difficulties before.
Was this the vast difference between a working-class person and the heir to a capital empire?
Here she was, working herself to the bone alone, half dead from exhaustion, spirits down, while he was bursting with vibrancy and energy, as if he could pull ten all-nighters in a row!
Ye Chuyi was immensely troubled, “Why are you here again? Didn’t I say don’t come if there’s nothing important?”
“I have something.”
“I also said, even if there’s something, don’t come!”
Sheng Tingyuan looked at her glass, which incredibly contained neither coffee nor alcohol, but goji berries and red dates.
Recalling their encounter at a dinner party three years ago, a sense of incongruity abruptly rose within him, “I remember you said you don’t drink plain water or tea.”
Ye Chuyi was surprised, “Then what do I drink?”
“Alcohol.”
Ye Chuyi was stunned. Was Ye Shuangyin this outrageous? While others had blood flowing in their veins, did she only have alcohol?
She shook her head, “I’m a doctor; if I drank alcohol on the job, wouldn’t that mean I no longer want to work? How would I treat patients if I were drunk?”
“You consider yourself a doctor?”
Sheng Tingyuan’s eyes were full of skepticism, “I’ve never seen you treat anyone; anyway, you’re good for nothing. No one would care if you drank. It would be best if you were drunk; that way, no patient would suffer at your hands.”
Ye Chuyi glared at him, “What exactly do you want? If there’s nothing, then please leave; I get a headache just looking at you.”
“I have something.”
Sheng Tingyuan’s tone was casual, “Come home for dinner tonight.”
Ye Chuyi firmly refused, “I’m not going. I’ll go back to my own home to eat.”
“We are already married.”
“Yes, we are married, but I didn’t sell myself to you. I still have the right to eat at my own home.”
“Your mother is also coming to my house for dinner tonight.”
Hearing that Madam Ye would be going too, Ye Chuyi’s shoulders sagged slightly.
Madam Ye was likely going to put on a show at the Sheng Family’s home, and Ye Chuyi had no choice but to attend.
But to prevent Sheng Tingyuan from tricking her, she made a point to call Madam Ye to confirm.
Indeed, he hadn’t lied to her.
After hanging up the phone, Ye Chuyi stood up, “Let’s go, then. Home for dinner.”
“Having to confirm over the phone, have you tricked people so often that you think everyone else does the same?”
“If I were like you, trusting everybody, I’d have been dead many times over.” To think she accidentally married a fake Ye Family young miss and he still had the nerve to criticize her!
“I don’t trust just anybody, either.”
Ye Chuyi thought about it and nodded her head.noveldrama
That was right, he didn’t actually trust her; he simply didn’t care.
He had someone in the bottom of his heart that he cared about, so everyone else was inconsequential—marrying the Ye Family’s young miss was just a show of filial piety.
Chapter 49: You’re married and you still want to go home to sleep? Sheng Family.
Ye Chuyi had thought that tonight’s dinner would still be at that delicate and elegant small villa, but to her surprise, Sheng Tingyuan took her to an extremely luxurious mansion this time.
The villa was near the seaside, covering an area of over a thousand square meters, with a magnificent exterior and an imposing interior, making it obvious at a glance that the owner’s family was extraordinary.
It turned out that this was the Sheng Family Main Mansion.
Ye Chuyi followed Sheng Tingyuan into the living room and then saw Ye Zhengrong and his wife sitting inside. Tang Jin, who had always been bedridden, was dressed up, sitting on the sofa, although her face was waxen, clearly struggling to sit up.
And at the main seat, Sheng Huai’an, the head of the Sheng Family, was sitting there.
Seeing Ye Chuyi and Sheng Tingyuan walk in side by side, all four of them revealed smiles.
After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Madam Ye said with a beaming face, “These two children are really a perfect match. Look at them, just like a golden boy and a jade girl. I can’t even imagine how beautiful their children will be!”
Tang Jin said with a face full of affection, “They are well-matched. Xiaoyi is so beautiful it’s hard to take your eyes off her. Even Tingyuan, this block of wood, has come to his senses and knows to pick her up proactively. Truly a rarity.”
Ye Zhengrong then admonished Ye Chuyi, “Xiaoyi, once you’re married, you’ll be an adult, and you absolutely can’t be willful and mischievous anymore. You’re not only the daughter of the Ye Family but also the daughter-in-law of the Sheng Family. You must take on your responsibilities. Understand?”
Ye Chuyi was somewhat surprised. Although Ye Zhengrong seemed to be reprimanding her, he was also very clear in saying that even after she married, she was still the daughter of the Ye Family, which somewhat felt like he was backing her up.
The people of wealthy families really were formidable, even acting so convincingly that they would support a fake daughter.
She nodded obediently, “I understand, Dad.”
Sheng Huai’an wore a smile on his face and spoke amicably, “Xiaoyi has always been sensible. It’s Tingyuan who is not sensible. Tingyuan, you need to treat Xiaoyi better in the future, and don’t always wear a stern face. Smile more.”
Sheng Tingyuan, however, was very cold, “Understood.”
Ye Chuyi knew that neither of them took their parents’ words seriously; except for Tang Jin, probably everyone present was just putting on a show.
While they were chatting, the servants had already quickly served all the dishes.
The group then moved to the dining room for the meal.
After dinner, they returned to the living room to discuss the wedding details.
This was when Ye Chuyi learned the real purpose of tonight’s dinner.
In the end, by mutual consent, it was decided that their wedding would be held in three days. Considering both families’ preference for low-key events, and Tang Jin’s poor health, the wedding would be kept simple without much fanfare.
After the wedding matters were settled, Ye Zhengrong and his wife took their leave.
Once they left, Tang Jin could no longer hold on and said, “Tingyuan, take me back.”
Sheng Tingyuan picked her up and gestured for Ye Chuyi to follow. Then he strode out without even a farewell to Sheng Huai’an.
Ye Chuyi had already noticed the anomaly in the Sheng Family. She said to Sheng Huai’an, “Please rest well,” before leaving as well.
Tang Jin had fallen asleep in the car, and after arriving home, Sheng Tingyuan carried her back to the bedroom. He went downstairs to find Ye Chuyi sitting on the couch and then said, “Come upstairs. Our bedroom is on the third floor.”
Ye Chuyi handed him a red envelope, which was given to her by Sheng Huai’an tonight.
Inside the red envelope was not money but a card.
“I’m not sleeping here; I’m going back home to sleep.”
Sheng Tingyuan didn’t take the card and frowned, “You still want to go home to sleep after you’re married? What will my mom think when she wakes up tomorrow and sees you’re not there?”
Ye Chuyi tossed the red envelope on the table, “Just say I got up early for work.”noveldrama
“My mom usually wakes up at four in the morning.”
Ye Chuyi, “…”
A sick person waking up so early every day does not get enough sleep. No wonder Tang Jin always looked so tired and weary.
Sheng Tingyuan looked at the butler, “Uncle Xiang, lock the door. No one needs to go out tonight.”
“All right, Young Master.”
Chapter 50 Give me a kiss first Ye Chuyi glared at him angrily, “Sheng Tingyuan! Don’t go too far!”
“Ye Chuyi, it’s you who shouldn’t go too far. Married couples should sleep together.”
Ye Chuyi was so annoyed that she laughed. He acted as if it were real, yet he was so reluctant even when she looped her arm through his, and now he had the audacity to say they should sleep together?
She grabbed Sheng Tingyuan’s arm all of a sudden and pulled him close to her, “You want to sleep together, huh? Alright then, but first, give me a kiss.”
Sheng Tingyuan thought he misheard, “What did you say?”
“Kiss me. Let me see your sincerity!”
Sheng Tingyuan pulled his arm back at once, “I don’t have time to indulge in your antics.”
“How am I being unreasonable? We’re a married couple, and you can’t even give me a kiss? Is that being unreasonable?”
Ye Chuyi leaned in closer, “Come on, kiss me. Hurry up!”
Her flawless face dazzled Sheng Tingyuan for a brief moment, but he turned his head away and went straight upstairs.
Ye Chuyi broke into tears, “Sheng Tingyuan, you’re a jerk. Am I that ugly? You don’t even want to kiss me! I’m angry now!”
Sheng Tingyuan ignored her and went straight to his study.
Ye Chuyi rubbed her eyes fiercely, making them red and swollen, then said with a pitiful face, “Xiaoliu, open the door. I want to go home!”
The butler looked troubled, “Madam, the young master told me not to open the door, look…”
Ye Chuyi shoved him aside, fiddled with the lock for a moment, then managed to get the door open and dashed out like a shot.
The butler ran upstairs quickly, “Young master, the madam has opened the door herself and left.”
Sheng Tingyuan stood by the window, watching Ye Chuyi dash out of the villa and then joyfully spin around at the gate.
Her expressions of anger and tears from just moments ago were gone without a trace.
Seeing that he said nothing, the butler anxiously suggested, “Young master, it’s starting to rain outside, and the madam didn’t take an umbrella. Perhaps you should take her one!”
“No need. She seems quite happy to be in the rain.”
“But…”
The butler didn’t know what else to say; who could be happy getting drenched? The young master himself disliked rainy days so much, how could he think the madam enjoyed it?
In the middle of the night, the madam had stormed out because of the young master. If the lady found out tomorrow, the young master would definitely get a scolding!
He was distressed and said, “Young master, I mean no offense, but newlyweds should be closer. Madam’s request wasn’t too much. Next time, perhaps indulge her!”
Sheng Tingyuan found it somewhat amusing. Indulge her, indeed. She was obviously doing it on purpose. If he really kissed her, he’d probably end up slapped.
He recalled the time when he had pressured her into getting their marriage certificate; she almost hurled a medical book at his head.
She was full of tricks!
So capable indeed!
The butler looked at Sheng Tingyuan with hopeful eyes, waiting for him to say something, but instead, he saw the young master suddenly smile faintly.
He was so astonished that he rubbed his eyes.
What? Was he seeing things? Did the young master smile? On a day he disliked the most—rainy day? The young master seemed to be in a good mood?
Sheng Tingyuan still watched Ye Chuyi; she got drenched, and it seemed not to dampen her spirits at all. Under the streetlamps, she still looked relaxed and cheerful.
She’s that happy without having to sleep with him?
She stood under the streetlamp for a full five minutes, still unable to hail a cab.
It’s indeed difficult to get a taxi in this villa area, especially at midnight; there were simply no cabs passing by.
Seeing her soaked through, Sheng Tingyuan eventually compromised, “Xiaoliu, have the driver take her home!”
The butler, overjoyed, responded at once and hurried downstairs. He instructed the driver, “Xiaoliu, quickly, take the madam home! Oh, and remember to tell her that it was the young master who sent you. He cares a lot about the madam; he’s just not good at expressing it!”
Xiaoliu acknowledged and drove off.
He parked the car in front of Ye Chuyi, got out to hold an umbrella over her, and opened the car door, “Madam, the young master asked me to take you home.”
Ye Chuyi was surprised, “Is it really him who sent me?”
“Truly!”
“Hmm, so he has a bit of a conscience after all.”
Ye Chuyi got into the car, took the blanket Xiaoliu offered her, and wrapped it around herself, then she heard Xiaoliu say, “The young master actually cares about you a lot, madam. He’s just not good at showing it.”
Ye Chuyi dried her hair while nonchalantly nodding, “Mm-hmm, I know, I know.”noveldrama
As if Sheng Tingyuan wasn’t good at expressing himself. When it came to insulting people, he had a PhD in Chinese, capable of outwitting a P.E. teacher!
After warming up, Ye Chuyi rolled down the car window and stretched her hand out to catch the rain.
The raindrops rushed into her palm, eager and competing. She smiled softly at the sensation.
She said it herself; her luck improved on rainy days. A single kiss had defeated Sheng Tingyuan so easily, and she didn’t have to sleep with him. In the end, she even had a ride home, not too shabby!