A Fatal Attraction from Lawyer A - Chapter 48

Luo Panzhi, carrying the carefully prepared nutritious lunch, smiled as he knocked on Gu Yuxi’s office door. He was just about to push the door open and enter when Gu Yuxi opened it for him.

“Lawyer Gu opening the door for me personally—how embarrassing,” Luo Panzhi said with a smile. However, he noticed Gu Yuxi’s expression was off. The smile on his lips gradually faded, and he nervously swallowed: “What’s wrong? Did I do something wrong again? Or am I interrupting your work? Should I just put the lunch down and leave?”

He realized Gu Yuxi was just staring at him, saying nothing.

Luo Panzhi first closed the office door, then placed the lunch he was holding on the side table. He returned to Gu Yuxi and placed a hand on his shoulder, patiently asking again: “Did you run into a tricky problem? Tell me about it?”

Gu Yuxi still remained silent, simply looking at Luo Panzhi.

Luo Panzhi sensed something was wrong. He narrowed his eyes and leaned closer to observe Gu Yuxi, and then noticed that Gu Yuxi’s eyes looked slightly red. He dropped the joking demeanor, frowned slightly, and his expression instantly turned serious: “Are you tired? How about we eat and then go rest in my office for a bit?”

Saying this, he rubbed his hands together to warm them, then carefully took off Gu Yuxi’s glasses, tucking them into his suit pocket. He used his fingers to gently cover Gu Yuxi’s eyelids, completely covering them to massage them.

With his eyes closed, the voice in his ear was filled with Luo Panzhi’s meticulous tenderness. In that instant, Gu Yuxi’s heart softened. He reached out and gripped Luo Panzhi’s hand.

“Luo Panzhi.”

Luo Panzhi’s body jolted instinctively at the full name. He met Gu Yuxi’s open eyes and replied sullenly: “I told you not to call me by my full name. So, what did I do wrong this time?”

“Why didn’t you tell me that you gave me 1000 milliliters of blood last time?”

Luo Panzhi realized what the fuss was about and immediately sighed in relief. He pulled Gu Yuxi’s hand down and smiled: “What’s there to tell? It’s not important. Besides, I was so busy taking care of you that I just forgot about it.”

Gu Yuxi frowned: “What do you mean ‘what’s there to tell,’ and ‘it’s not important’? Donating that much blood at once—how is that different from suffering severe blood loss? You tell me to care more about myself all the time, but what about you? You don’t care about your own body.”

Luo Panzhi looked at the infuriated Gu Yuxi. He didn’t feel offended by the scolding; instead, he felt very happy: “You’re that worried about me? You’re even angry. Does this mean you care a lot? But I haven’t officially courted you yet. Your concern isn’t official. Isn’t this kind of improper for us?”

Gu Yuxi saw that he dared to smile and immediately felt a surge of unventable frustration. He returned to his poker face, retrieved his glasses, and put them back on: “You did that on purpose.”

“I did it willingly.”

Gu Yuxi slightly froze.

There it was again.

It was that kind of answer that left him utterly defenseless.

But thinking about the whole situation still left him with an indescribable dullness.

Luo Panzhi placed both hands on Gu Yuxi’s shoulders and led him to sit on the sofa. He took out the bowls and chopsticks: “Eating is important. Let’s eat first. After eating, you still need to take medicine and apply ointment.”

“Apply ointment?” Gu Yuxi asked, confused, as Luo Panzhi stuffed a bowl into his hand.

“Yes, didn’t you forget? Your backside is still red—mmph!”

Gu Yuxi immediately stuffed a mouthful of rice into his mouth: “Just eat! I can apply it myself.” Applying medicine in the middle of the workday at the corporation.

Luo Panzhi noticed the slight flush on Gu Yuxi’s earlobes and chewed and swallowed the rice with satisfaction: “I’m so happy. Lawyer Gu is feeding me. You’re so kind.”

Gu Yuxi: “…” He gave him a cool look: “From now on, if you don’t tell me about something like that right away, no amount of acting cute or charming will help.”

The moment he heard about the donation from his friend, his mind had gone blank. It was followed by disbelief, and then an inexpressible sense of heaviness.

He actually never told him about this, and that was back when they weren’t even together.

The words had just left his mouth when Luo Panzhi seized his arm. Without a word, the man rubbed his head against him again, nuzzling his cheek like a big puppy and shaking his arm. There was no trace of the Young CEO’s usual dignity.

“Lawyer Gu, I know I was wrong. Next time, I promise I will definitely tell you everything I do so you don’t worry yourself sick.” Luo Panzhi tilted his head to look at Gu Yuxi, attempting to charm his way through the difficulty: “I promise never to do it again. Please don’t be angry, okay?”

Gu Yuxi couldn’t help the slight curve of his lips. The next second, he noticed he was smiling and quietly smoothed the curve: “I told you, acting cute and charming won’t work on me.”

“Is it really useless?” Luo Panzhi challenged.

“Mhm.”

“Woof woof~ Even that is useless?” Luo Panzhi began to cater to his interest.

Gu Yuxi cast a faint glance at him: “That’s enough.”

“Gege~” (Older Brother)

Gu Yuxi felt half his body go numb from the address, and his defiant lips threatened to curve upwards again.

“Is your little brother’s affection really useless?” Luo Panzhi leaned close to Gu Yuxi’s ear and chuckled deeply: “Doesn’t Gege like it?”

Gu Yuxi raised his hand to block Luo Panzhi’s increasingly close lips.

Luo Panzhi deliberately kissed the back of his hand: “Is it truly useless? I was thinking of wearing the Doberman puppy ears to box for you next time.”

Gu Yuxi’s Adam’s apple bobbed. He slowly turned his head to look at Luo Panzhi: “Really?”

The moment the word left his mouth, he knew he had been caught again.

Luo Panzhi caught the look in Gu Yuxi’s eyes—the frustration that he couldn’t keep his guard up—and smiled, raising an eyebrow: “If you don’t stay here to work overtime tonight, I’ll take you to the boxing gym. We’ll rent the whole place; I’ll box just for you. How does that sound?”

“It’s not that I want to work overtime,” Gu Yuxi decided to stop looking at Luo Panzhi. He bent down and used his chopsticks to pick out the blackened scallions from the chestnut chicken dish: “If I don’t resolve this case quickly, I feel uneasy. Do you know about Song Yinling being pregnant and released on bail?”

“I know,” Luo Panzhi saw Gu Yuxi trying to pick out the scallions and silently handed his bowl over: “I’ve already assigned people to monitor her. Mo Wenbin won’t have a chance to get close to the witness, so don’t worry.”

“That’s good.” Gu Yuxi took the opportunity to clip the scallions into the offered bowl: “Did you make this meal?”

It didn’t seem up to Luo Panzhi’s five-star standard.

“I originally wanted to cook for you, but my older brother came over. He brought this. He said he was very sorry and decided to send you food for the next month,” Luo Panzhi saw Gu Yuxi looking hesitant to eat and chuckled: “My brother can’t cook. This is his first time in the kitchen, and it’s dedicated to you. His husband hasn’t even had the honor of tasting my brother’s cooking yet.”

Gu Yuxi’s mood was somewhat complicated at this moment. It felt wrong not to eat it, but he feared for his life if he did. After a brief ten seconds of deep consideration, he decided to try a bite. After all, he couldn’t very well refuse someone’s kind intentions.

“How is it?” Luo Panzhi asked.

“It’s a little bit too salty.” Gu Yuxi quickly ate a few more mouthfuls of rice. Thinking that he would be sent this for a whole month, he said: “How about you tell your brother not to send any more? He doesn’t need to go to so much trouble.”

“I can’t just tell him not to send it and have him stop. He says that if he hadn’t gone to see you, you wouldn’t have been forcibly marked by me,” Luo Panzhi ate all the scallions. It was indeed a bit salty, but not completely inedible: “So, what did my brother tell you that day?”

Gu Yuxi recalled the day: “He said he wanted me to lure you out and open the door so the doctor could give you inhibitors and suppressants. I agreed, but when I got there, I just pushed the door open, locked it, and didn’t let them in.”

“Baby, you love me so much!”

Gu Yuxi lowered his head to eat his meal, smiling without comment. After a moment, he said: “Not as much as you love me.”

“Oh, no, no. I still have to court you first.”

The two exchanged glances and couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

Forget about breaking up or the cold war.

There were a few things in this world that could not be concealed: one was a sneeze, the second was poverty, and the third was love.

Thus, they were powerless to resist each other’s closeness.

Time flowed forward in an orderly fashion.

The counter-suit between Galaxy Group and Ruixing Hospital had new developments. The latest evidence included surveillance footage from the VIP ward corridor and footage from the corridor outside the deceased Beta’s room. The police found the same suspicious figure entering and exiting around the time of the incident, and the figure’s appearance closely matched Song Yinling’s description of Mo Wenbin.

Because the case had progressed, Gu Yuxi worked overtime for half a month straight, purely in preparation for the upcoming court session.

Perhaps it was due to the prolonged outdoor work, but he felt his body was struggling to cope.

Especially his waist.

It had been hurting severely lately.

Therefore, during the corporation’s organized employee physical, he took the opportunity to have his waist checked, fearing he might have accidentally strained it.

“Young CEO Luo, tomorrow is the turn of the executives for routine physicals. Here is your physical form.” Assistant Xu Wen held several executive physical forms and placed Luo Panzhi’s on his desk first.

Luo Panzhi was flipping through documents that had arrived this morning. Knowing Xu Wen had entered, he didn’t bother to look up: “Mhm, put it down. Also, leave Lawyer Gu’s physical form with me.”

Xu Wen: “…Lawyer Gu already completed his physical yesterday.”

Luo Panzhi’s hand holding the pen paused. He slowly looked up: “Why didn’t you tell me he went for his physical yesterday?”

Xu Wen looked innocent: “You didn’t instruct me to, sir. I went with Lawyer Gu yesterday.”

“Couldn’t you have just been thoughtful and asked?” Luo Panzhi placed the signed documents on the desk: “Tomorrow, Lawyer Gu and I are going for pheromone compatibility testing. We can do the physical at the same time. Next time, inform me about these things beforehand.”

Hearing this, Xu Wen suddenly remembered something: “Oh, right, Young CEO Luo. Yesterday, after Lawyer Gu finished his routine checkup, he also went for a waist CT scan. I was nosy and asked what was wrong. Lawyer Gu said his waist has been very sore lately.”

Luo Panzhi frowned slightly: “He said his waist hurts?” Why hadn’t he mentioned it to him?

Though, he had certainly been restless and tossing and turning in his sleep the last few nights.

“Perhaps Lawyer Gu has been too tired lately? I saw him get out of the car yesterday, and his back was so sore he could barely straighten up. I had to help him into the hospital. Although Lawyer Gu told me not to tell you, I felt it was necessary to inform you.” Xu Wen rubbed the back of his head, unsure if he had done the right thing.

“Well done.” Luo Panzhi stood up and patted Xu Wen’s shoulder: “Thank you for looking after Lawyer Gu. You’ll get triple commission this month.”

After speaking, his expression darkened, and he walked toward the office next door.

Why wouldn’t he tell him his waist hurt?