220: Chapter 220: It’s Good to Be Apart 220: Chapter 220: It’s Good to Be Apart In the early morning, golden sunlight flooded through the floor-to-ceiling windows, and the city that had been immersed all night regained its bustling scenery.
Su He was woken up by a series of alarms.
She felt her entire body was sore and limp, and had no desire to move at all.
Her hand groped around the bedding beside her, intending to have Jiang Yan take it, but found no one there…
Half-lying on the bed, her slender arm stretched out from the bedding and fumbled wildly on the nightstand before finding her phone.
She opened her sleepy eyes and glanced at it.
The incoming call displayed a strange number.
Actually, this wasn’t her phone.
After looking at it, she pressed to silence the ringtone, then closed her eyes again, continuing to sleep.
She had no intention of answering the strange call.
But soon, the ringing started again…
She had no choice but to open her eyes again and glanced at it, it was still the same number as before.
She took a deep breath and slid the answer button.
On the other end of the phone, Bai Luo, who was somewhat anxious thinking no one would answer, actually got through.
“Hello, um…”
“Hello, who is it?”
Both spoke at the same time, Bai Luo was stunned by the slightly husky female voice from the other end of the phone.
Although Su He was still sleepy and Bai Luo had only said two words, she still recognized the voice on the other end of the phone.
They had just met yesterday, and now she’s calling early in the morning, really quite urgent.
“Miss Bai?”
Seeing that she wasn’t speaking, she took the initiative.
Bai Luo didn’t deny her identity, “It’s me, sorry to disturb Miss Su’s sleep, I wasn’t aware you were with Ah Yan.”
From the sound of Su He’s voice, it was clear she was still sleepy or just woke up.
How did Su He detect an undercurrent of jealousy?
Never mind, that wasn’t something she should ponder.
Still, she responded, “Me being with Ah Yan is normal, since we are husband and wife.
I wonder what Miss Bai needed from my husband so early in the morning?
You can tell me, and I will pass the message.
If Miss Bai feels it’s inconvenient to say it’s also fine, I will tell him to give Miss Bai a call back.”
Su He spoke very quickly and enunciated clearly.
Taken aback by her initial response, Bai Luo stayed silent for a few seconds and then said: “Miss Su, actually the person I wanted to contact was you, because I didn’t have your contact, I had to call Ah Yan.”
“I want to meet you, is that okay?”
Su He paused for a moment, then replied: “Okay.”
“…”
Half an hour later.
Jiang Yan had just finished a video conference, returned to the room, and saw Su He had already gotten up and changed her clothes.
“Why not sleep a little longer?”
He walked over, reached out to clasp her slender waist, and pulled her into his arms, “It seems you were pretending to be tired last night, I must not have been enthusiastic enough.”
Su He looked up slightly and gazed at the divinely favored and universally enviable handsome face, and said unhappily: “Go away!”
“It was your old classmate, Miss Bai, who called you, asking to meet me, how could I not go?”
Jiang Yan heard this, his eyebrows slightly furrowed, “You could choose not to go.”
Su He arched her brow, “But I’m curious about what she wants to talk to me about.”
Jiang Yan: “…”
“Then I’ll take you there.” He reached out to pinch her smooth cheek.
After breakfast, Su He left the hotel.
Half an hour later, she arrived at the location Bai Luo had mentioned for the meeting.
Bai Luo had arrived early and was waiting there.
Through the glass window, she intensely watched Su He and Jiang Yan standing together, feeling a tinge of sourness in her heart.
Xi Jue, who was sitting not too far away, was watching her the whole time.
She said she was going out, and he, not feeling reassured and unwilling to entrust her to someone else, decided to follow her.
But she wouldn’t let him sit close to her, so he could only find a spot neither too near nor too far from her.
He knew Bai Luo still couldn’t forget Jiang Yan; her eyes said it all.
When Su He and others entered, Bai Luo proactively waved at her.
She wore a white sweater and sat in a wheelchair, her long black, soft hair was coiled up neatly at the back of her head using hairpins, presenting an image of a graceful and dignified lady, both gentle and elegantly poised.
Her face was strikingly beautiful, gentle and touching, like a serene spring, endearing to onlookers.
No wonder Xi Jue fell for her; such a woman indeed could stir a man’s protective instinct the most.
Su He was dressed in a black trench coat, her hair casually tied at the back, exuding a cool demeanor all around.
Her delicate features were mesmerizing at a glance, yet they carried an air of aloofness that seemed to keep people at a distance.
Comparing her with Bai Luo, it was clear – one gentle, the other strong.
“Find any seat and wait,” Su He said to Jiang Yan standing beside her.
At her words, Jiang Yan nodded, found a seat, and obediently waited.
Bai Luo looked at him, feeling like Jiang Yan had become a different person.
Indeed, when a man loves someone, he is really willing to change for them.
The previous Jiang Yan felt like a peak that could only be admired from a distance.
His indifferent and detached demeanor made people think he was heartless, that he didn’t understand romantic affection – at least that’s what she used to think.
But now…
His eyes were no longer icy cold but instead contained more warmth, indulgence, and passion, but all of these were directed towards Su He.
He only showed such tender emotions when he looked at Su He; with others, he remained unchanged.
His change was solely for her.
A touch of bitterness crossed her heart.
She suddenly looked at Su He and said with a slight smile, “Miss Su, Ah Yan treats you really well, he is absolutely obedient to you, you are truly fortunate.”
Her voice was very gentle, like a pond of clear spring water, devoid of any emotional undertones.
It made those who heard her words unable to sense any jealousy, even making them believe she genuinely meant what she said.
Su He sat opposite her, smiling slightly, “Thank you, Miss Bai is also quite fortunate, having someone willingly stay by your side for seven years loyally without seeking anything in return.
Honestly, such people are rare in this world.”
When Xi Jue was mentioned, Bai Luo would intentionally or unintentionally avoid the topic.
At least, from several conversations, this was something Su He could detect.
At the same time, she also understood why Bai Luo had asked her to come today.
“You want me to treat your father?”
Bai Luo nodded, “Yes, Miss Su, I know you are the renowned international surgeon Dr.
Nil, Ah Jue told me.
I hope you can do me this favor.”
“Of course, it’s not about asking for your free help, Miss Su, we’ll pay for the treatment per the market rate.”
Su He pondered for a while before saying, “Miss Bai, it’s not that I do not wish to help you, your father is paralyzed due to stroke, you want me to cure your father’s paralysis?
I feel this is something you and Xi Jue have in common, one wants me to cure a comatose person, another wants me to cure a paralyzed person, do you both really think I am a deity?”
She expressed her helplessness, “It wasn’t me who cured your illness, you recovered on your own.”
As soon as she finished speaking, Bai Luo frowned, Su He indeed knew it all.
But her voice was still very soft, “Miss Su, I hope this remains a secret between us.”
Although she did not specify, Su He knew what she was referring to.
Su He raised her eyebrows slightly and said, “Sorry, I’m afraid I can’t do that, and also, you’re a bit too late in saying this.”
Bai Luo astonished, asked “What do you mean?”
When Bai Luo spoke, she subconsciously glanced towards Xi Jue not far from her.
Su He captured all her slight expressions and movements.
She looked discreetly and then said, “Don’t worry, maybe only he is blind, he hasn’t noticed it till now.”
Belittling others comes natural to Su He.
When she said that Xi Jue’s eyes were blind, that was already a euphemistic way of putting it; it’s unbelievable that such a big living person lives with him every day and yet he discovered nothing!
Bai Luo was slightly taken aback by her words but her tense mood also relaxed.
As for why Bai Luo was worried about this, Xi Jue knew, because she had hidden the fact that she had been awake for a long time, but Su He had no interest in knowing.
What she found speechless now was that each of the requests to save people was so absurd.
After Bai Luo regained her composure, her eyes looked somewhat gloomy and her gentle tone changed slightly, becoming a bit morose.
“My father’s paralysis isn’t due to a stroke, and he didn’t even have a stroke,” she said.
Her words instantly piqued Su He’s curiosity.
This was completely different from what Jiang Yan had told her last night.
“…”
Forty minutes later.
Su He and Jiang Yan left together.
Bai Luo continued to watch through the glass window as they left side by side, hand in hand, until they got into the car and drove away, then she withdrew her gaze.
At that moment, Xi Jue’s uniquely husky voice reached her ears, “Luoluo, it’s been so many years, it’s time for you to forget him.
He doesn’t belong to you, not in the past, not now, nor in the future.
Moreover, he has never had you in his heart, why keep obsessing over him, forget him.”
Bai Luo looked at the golden light shadows scattered on the ground outside, silent for several seconds.
Forget?
Can she really forget?
She also wanted to forget…
She didn’t respond to his words, but instead mockingly tugged at the corner of her mouth, saying, “I know you worry I’ll make the same mistake again, don’t worry, I won’t.”
She had died once before, she didn’t want to die again, plus now she had something important to do.
Xi Jue seemed to have more to say, but he didn’t continue.
“I’m tired, let’s go back.”
“Okay.”
…
On the other side.
Su He relayed exactly what Bai Luo had told her to Jiang Yan.
She smiled and said, “Mr.
Jiang, your information is a bit unreliable.”
However, what Su He could never have imagined was that it was actually poisoning.
“Do you think, wealthy families are all deep like the sea and extremely dirty?” she sighed.
If her mother hadn’t been involved with the An Family, she wouldn’t have died so young.
The moment she said this, Jiang Yan knew she was thinking about her mother-in-law.
His warm big hand encased her delicate soft hand, his deep eyes full of tenderness and indulgence, “At least I won’t let these things happen to us, or to our son and daughter.
Such matters do not exist in the Jiang Family.”
Su He found his previous words normal, but the latter part sounded increasingly unsettling to her.
“What daughter, where does this daughter come from?”
Her eyebrows slightly knitted, she turned to look at him, her face puzzled.
Jiang Yan tugged at his thin lips, “Of course, our daughter.”
Su He: “…”
She said speechlessly, “I haven’t agreed to that, you’ll have to figure out how to have a daughter yourself.”
She expressed very strongly that she had no intention of having a second child!
But Jiang Yan’s words managed to divert her attention.
In the driver and passenger seats, Jiang Feng and Fei Xu indicated that they were not very keen on this topic.
——
In a private hospital in Country X.
In the hospital room.
“Lu Zhiyang, the child is gone, actually you don’t need to be so attentive.”
The man sat on a chair next to the bed, his eyes deep as he looked at the woman lying unstably on the bed.
He lifted a hand to adjust the frames on the bridge of his nose, saying solemnly, “You think, I’m doing this for the child?”
Jing Xuan replied casually, “Isn’t it obvious?”
“Jing Xuan, can you think before you speak?”
Lu Zhiyang was so irritated he even yelled her full name.
Jing Xuan glared at him, “Are you calling me stupid?”
Lu Zhiyang: “…”
“If I were only doing this for the child, why can’t I have someone else bear it?
Why must it be you specifically?”
“How would I know what’s going through your mind!”
“…”
Lu Zhiyang slightly squinted his eyes, took a deep breath, “I remember telling you a long time ago, Lu Zhiyang’s seed can only come from your womb.”
This sentence, Jing Xuan naturally remembered…
But…
During this period, she actually saw glimpses of the Lu Zhiyang from six years ago in the current Lu Zhiyang; regardless of how much trouble she made, he indulged her.
To say she was unmoved would be a lie, but… she couldn’t get past this barrier in her heart!
Besides, her relationship with his mother could be said to be the most rigid mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship in the world…
She made up her mind, gnashed her teeth, and said, “But I have also said, my Jing Xuan’s stomach will absolutely not bear the Lu Family’s seed, especially yours, Lu Zhiyang!”
Lu Zhiyang was stunned, as if he had been cut by a knife.
He said in a deep voice, “Look into my eyes and say that again!”
Jing Xuan’s expression remained calm, she turned her head, facing him eye to eye, “I said, I will not bear your seed, Lu Zhiyang, in this lifetime!”
A few seconds later, she turned her head away and then lay down.
“I’m tired, you can go back now.
Also, don’t come again, actually we are not suitable, it’s better to be apart, we shouldn’t meet again in the future!”
Lu Zhiyang’s face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot, his eyes under the glasses like two whirlpools, deep and terrifying.
Though he was furious, he suppressed his anger, not letting it burst forth towards her.
To avoid harming her, he simply said, “Okay, rest for now, I’ll come back later.”
He automatically ignored Jing Xuan’s request for him not to come again.
After he spoke, he got up and left.
Jing Xuan listened attentively to his footsteps until she heard the door close, then she closed her eyes, and a tear fell from the corner of her eye.
Outside the hospital room, Su He and Jiang Yan happened to also be there.
The couple arrived neither early nor late, and heard half of the conversation inside.
Lu Zhiyang looked at them with deep eyes, scoffing, “You two are quite idle, aren’t you?
When did you learn to eavesdrop on others?”
His words carried a bit of personal emotion.
Su He didn’t take it personally, considering Xiaxia’s words were indeed a bit too much.
But Jiang Yan didn’t indulge him, “If you can’t keep your own woman, who can you blame?
I think what Jing Xuan said is quite reasonable, you really are not suitable, it’s good to break up.”
Su He: “…”
Lu Zhiyang’s mouth twitched slightly: “…”
Such a good brother indeed!