Jiang Buzheng took a sip of water and, upon hearing this, spilled it all out as he failed to hold back his laughter. He coughed and said, “Cough cough cough! Damn, when did I seduce anyone????”
“There’s a news story in the human world. When a man starts to like a woman, he feels all his male friends are threats and warns them one by one. You’re not that kind of wolf, are you?”
Gu Wen didn’t nod or deny it.
Shang Xi was not his mate yet, so he had no assurance at all. Any slight wind would make him nervous.
She was clearly in the ward of that hospital. If he opened up his wolf senses now, he could still catch her voice among the conversations of millions, that cool and polite voice to him.
She was clearly there.
But why did he feel she was so far away from him that he felt anxious and nervous?
When he was back at work, he was somewhat absent-minded, glancing at the time every now and then, waiting to pick up the cub and then he’d have a valid reason to show up at the hospital.
The hospital.
After Shang Xi’s friends learned she was ill, they came to visit her at the hospital one after another.
Zhou Ziyou asked, “Does it still hurt?”
Shang Xi shook her head. “I’m fine.”
“You even got appendicitis.” Zhou Ziyou touched herself and wondered, “Do you think I might also...”
Shang Xi gave her a speechless look. “Don’t jinx yourself. Do you think this is something good?”
Come to think of it, she also felt somewhat lucky. If she and her son were at home instead of Nansheng Court, with such an emergency, she would be lying there while her young son wouldn’t be able to move her. She didn’t even know how worried and crying he would be.
Just the thought pained her.
“You live alone, so you have to be more careful...” Shang Xi suddenly paused. “Oh, Gray Tail is still at your place.”
Zhou Ziyou grinned. “He’s there alright. My little bodyguard isn’t too bad. You know that night when I was drunk, Sister Dao sent me home. My little bodyguard was waiting for me downstairs.”
At that time, Sister Dao wanted to take her to the Dao’s residence, but she insisted on going home.
She was drunk silly and only emphasized over and over: “I...I have a bodyguard at home. Gotta go back...and feed him.”
“Since when have you kept a pet?” So Sister Dao sent her back to Huan’an community.
She lowered her head without any strength in her bones. Sister Dao supported her getting out of the car. In her vision a pair of long legs appeared and the owner, sounding a bit boyish, said, “Give her to me.”
“Oh? And who are you?” Sister Dao’s eyes roamed over him suggestively before looking back at Zhou Ziyou. “You naughty woman. You said you were single but secretly found yourself a little boyfriend.”
Zhou Ziyou heard it and burped from the liquor. “Burp... He’s my little bodyguard.”
Seeing she was drunk silly, Sister Dao went upstairs with her.
As for Zhou Ziyou, she was handed over to the tall, slender boy to carry.
Zhou Ziyou, at 5’4” and 265 lbs, twisted and turned restlessly in the boy’s arms. He looked thin but was surprisingly strong, holding her steadily without changing his expression or even panting.
However, the boy was a bit hot-tempered too. Zhou Ziyou was like a round, fat little pet pig, extremely restless. As the boy carried her by the legs and shook her, she even stretched out her hands to pinch his face.
He jerked back with knitted brows and lifted chin to dodge. “You said you wanted me to come get you. Stop moving!”
He looked annoyed but Red Tail noticed his slightly flushed ears.
Ah, the little brother was shy.
Not bad, Zhou Ziyou. Where did you find such a tall and handsome wolf pup?
“Anyway, I only remember Sister Dao coming to my place. She even laughed and said I was fooling around. She doesn’t believe me now and thinks Gray Tail is my boyfriend.”
Zhou Ziyou laughed silly and said, “Have you ever seen someone’s boyfriend carry his drunk girlfriend home and dump her on the living room sofa for the whole night? He didn’t even take my shoes off.”
Zhou Ziyou felt no matter what, she and Gray Tail could never become ambiguous. They were like real siblings, keeping appropriate boundaries.
As Zhou Ziyou spoke, she suddenly noticed two beauties somehow lying on the sofa behind her, one with red and black hair, the other blue.
“Uh, when did you two come in?”
Shang Xi laughed. “They were here the whole time. Ziyou, it’s your nearsightedness. You’re too careless.”
Red Tail yipped and giggled. “Shang Xi’s friend, please continue.”
Feeling somewhat awkward, Blue Tail said, “Did we disturb you?”
Zhou Ziyou: “...”
Red Tail covered her mouth and chuckled. As one of the only two wolves in Nansheng Court who didn’t like pure humans, for Gray Tail to stay at a human woman’s home for so long and even carry her, it said a lot already.
Zhou Ziyou was a pure human. She probably didn’t think too much about things like giving hugs.
Red Tail whispered and chuckled, “Gray Tail is so young but already wants to find a wife.”
Hearing this, Blue Tail paused. She seemed to think of something as her eyes dimmed. The way she now looked at Zhou Ziyou contained a trace of envy.
After Zhou Ziyou left, Nan Si also came.
She had lost a lot of weight and looked haggard, appearing even worse than Shang Xi who just had surgery.
Shang Xi frowned. “Are you alright? Tell me if you need anything.”
Nan Si smiled weakly. “I’ll soon be free. If nothing unexpected happens, I can get a divorce this month.”
She initially thought it was heaven but now saw it was hell.
Shang Xi hmm-ed. “If you still haven’t found a job, I’m lacking a store manager at my second shop. It comes with free room and board. Are you interested? You can handle the work anyway.”
Ever since she entered Nansheng Court, the two shops received a huge number of flower orders every day. She was rushed off her feet.
It was as if all companies in Qing City holding events and new restaurant openings came looking for her.
Nan Si nodded in agreement.
When Rong Wen arrived, Nan Si got up to leave. It was almost time to pick up her child from kindergarten.
Rong Wen brought in a bouquet of baby’s breath and placed it on the bedside table. Her eyes were full of concern. “Does the wound still hurt?”
Shang Xi shook her head.
“Have a good rest for now. Can the shop matters wait?” Rong Wen dropped her eyes helplessly and pulled her lips. “I really want to take care of you but I know you won’t give me that right.”
“If possible, I hope you can leave that person’s home. I have a house by the river very close to Shang Bao’s kindergarten.”
Still, Shang Xi shook her head. “Thank you.”
She didn’t want to go to anyone’s house, only wishing to return to her own home after three months.
She was no longer the useless person from childhood. Now she could support and take good care of herself and her cub.
Rong Wen chatted for a while more before leaving. “I’ll come see you again tomorrow. Call me if you get bored. I’ll look forward to it.”
Shang Xi nodded somewhat awkwardly.
At this time, Gu Wen got off work early, waited by the kindergarten gate for a while, then picked up the cub and headed straight for the hospital.
Just as he drove in the hospital entrance, he saw Rong Wen walking down the stairs from the inpatient department.
The cub was playing with the little gift Gu Wen got him while next to him were the flowers Gu Wen helped bring for the cub from Shang Xi.
In an instant, Gu Wen’s eyes turned icy cold.
Rong Wen came to see Shang Xi. How long did he stay? What did he say?
Shang Xi rejected Gu Wen. Did she do the same for Rong Wen?
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