After Being Targeted by the Gloomy and Obsessive Movie Queen - Chapter 17

Chapter 17: Care – Every Minute and Second of the Past is a Siege on My Love…

Xu Yinyu composed herself and returned to the master bedroom. The moment she pushed the door open, her eyes met a pair of eyes filled with chilling coldness.

Yu Shujin had forcibly pulled out the IV needle, and blood was still dripping from her hand.

Yu Shujin’s heart tightened when she saw Xu Yinyu’s swollen, tear-stained eyes. The coldness in her eyes slowly receded like a tide.

She lay back down on the bed, watching Xu Yinyu intently.

Xu Yinyu pressed the medical alert button again and tightly pressed medical cotton onto the wound, her lips tightly pursed.

Before long, an unfamiliar doctor in a white coat knocked and entered, re-inserting the IV for Yu Shujin.

“Miss Yu, repeatedly pulling out the IV needle, although it doesn’t affect the infusion, is very painful,” the doctor said.

Yu Shujin’s eyes remained fixed on Xu Yinyu the entire time, ignoring the doctor’s warning. “You can leave once the infusion is done.”

The doctor laughed in annoyance. “Very well, I’m leaving. Please trouble Miss Xu to look after Miss Yu.”

Xu Yinyu nodded seriously at the doctor.

Yu Shujin placed her un-bandaged hand on Xu Yinyu’s eyes, her voice low and raspy. “Why were you crying?”

Xu Yinyu stiffened slightly with tension. “I wasn’t crying. Something just got in my eye, and rubbing it made it red.”

“Okay, something got in your eye. Did you put me inside?” Yu Shujin’s tone suddenly lightened.

Xu Yinyu grew flushed. “Don’t joke. Why did you pull out the needle?”

“Because I wanted to find you, and that thing was restricting me.” Yu Shujin hooked Xu Yinyu’s chin, examining her seriously. “Where did you go when I was unconscious?”

“Chi Xia took me to the guest room and told me about your shooting incident,” Xu Yinyu confessed.

Yu Shujin’s expression was complex. She picked up Xu Yinyu’s loose hair, pulling it in a disturbed, lingering manner. “The things you want to know, I want to hear you ask me, not irrelevant people, Ah-Yu.”

Her words landed steadily in Xu Yinyu’s heart. Xu Yinyu’s gaze was fixed and vacant, meeting Yu Shujin’s gentle eyes.

“No one will understand my thoughts better than me.”

Xu Yinyu’s hair was being tenderly pulled in Yu Shujin’s hand. The painful, complicated feelings erupted like willow catkins filling the sky at this moment.

“Is your gunshot wound related to the Su family?” Xu Yinyu heard her own voice getting smaller and smaller.

“Yes, but not only them,” Yu Shujin admitted directly. “The Su family is just a target pushed into the open.”

Xu Yinyu’s mind went blank for a second upon hearing this. Something that could push the Su family onto the hot seat, something that could make Yu Shujin brush shoulders with death.

What kind of behemoth could inflict such heavy damage on the two biggest magnates in A City?

Xu Yinyu was shocked. “Then who is the hand behind the Su family?”

“The Shen family from Country S. They wanted to acquire the Yu family’s new biological research industry. After I refused, they have been employing some despicable, underhanded tactics,” Yu Shujin said with a hint of bitterness.

Xu Yinyu had vaguely heard of the Shen family from Country S. “Is that the Shen family from Jinyun City that made their fortune through plunder?”

Yu Shujin nodded. “They haven’t forgotten their origins even now.”

“The three daughters of the Shen family are notoriously ruthless. If they really insist on the Yu family’s assets, you must be extremely careful,” Xu Yinyu worried even more.

Even she, far away in Lexi City, had vaguely heard about the monstrous crimes the Shen family had committed. But due to lack of police evidence, they had escaped justice time and time again. They were a group of desperate outlaws.

Yu Shujin was slightly surprised. “How do you know that the Shen family’s heads are three crazy women?”

Xu Yinyu usually didn’t care about political or business interviews, focusing only on the romantic stories of the comic world. Sometimes she wasn’t even aware of changes in foreign presidencies. Why was she so familiar with the Shen family?

Xu Yinyu’s eyes contracted slightly. “I overheard my new colleagues discussing it.”

Yu Shujin frowned with displeasure. “Spending money to hire you to discuss things like this at work—if I find out, I’ll severely dock their wages.”

Xu Yinyu’s mouth twitched. “An incorrigible capitalist.”

Yu Shujin chuckled lightly. “Haven’t I been good enough to you?”

“Then why are you so good to me?”

“Do you really not know?” Yu Shujin adopted a very wounded expression.

Xu Yinyu didn’t answer and stiffly changed the subject. “Are you thirsty?”

“I’m not thirsty.” Yu Shujin looked clearly upset. “You’re so mean. You keep asking me questions, and I answer them seriously, but when I ask you just one question, you change the subject and run away. Is that fair?”

“Then ask another one? I’ll answer seriously,” Xu Yinyu was flustered by Yu Shujin’s criticism and felt she was being truly dismissive.

“What were you thinking when you saw I was injured?” Yu Shujin asked immediately.

Xu Yinyu’s mind stalled for a moment. She withdrew her hair. Her voice was like the rewind button on a player. When pressed, the resulting sound was stuttered and jumpy, but it still carried the flavor of longing.

“I wanted to see you.”

Yu Shujin gently tucked herself into Xu Yinyu’s embrace.

“When I’m injured, when I’m scared, when I’m fearful, I feel the same as you.”

“I want to see you immediately.”

“Ah-Yu, we missed the most beautiful eight years of each other. Now that we’ve reunited here, I may have done some things that wronged you, but can you understand my heart? The purpose of everything I do is obvious: I want to possess you again. I don’t want to live a life without you anymore.”

“Every minute and every second of the past was a siege on my body and mind.”

Xu Yinyu felt Yu Shujin trembling. Her heart suddenly began to pound. Something she had never dared to dream of was being dropped into her lap.

Xu Yinyu didn’t even dare to hug Yu Shujin back.

She fiercely bit her lower lip, trying to use the pain to pull herself back to reality, repeating the old promise she had made before. “Shujin, I will stay by your side until you forgive me.”

Yu Shujin’s consistent refusal to talk about forgiveness always left Xu Yinyu hesitant to speak, making it difficult for her to move forward.

“Why say something so cold?” Yu Shujin sat up from her embrace, gently pushing her finger between Xu Yinyu’s lips and teeth, freeing her lower lip from the pressure of her teeth.

“You worry about me so much in your heart, so why do you only say things that aren’t lovely and make people unhappy?”

Yu Shujin effortlessly peeled away the hard shell in Xu Yinyu’s heart, exposing her softest part to the surface.

Xu Yinyu kissed her back without thought. She knew she could never say charming words. Rather than offending or angering Yu Shujin again, she might as well be proactive and maximize the little usefulness she had left.

Outside the French window, the rain suddenly began to fall, pattering, dampening the dark night sky. It carried a slight chill, dripping onto the beautiful garden, making the plants sway gracefully.

The next morning, Xu Yinyu requested a day off from Yang Qingyu.

Yu Shujin watched her put down her phone, slightly displeased. “If you feel too tired, you can resign and relax at home. I can support you.”

Xu Yinyu smiled without saying anything. She blew on the rice porridge to cool it down and offered it. “No one can rely on someone else forever, Shujin. What you have given me is already enough.”

Yu Shujin didn’t take it. Instead, she moved her injured fingers. “My shoulder is weak, and I can’t lift my hand, Ah-Yu. It hurts so much.”

Xu Yinyu gasped, realized what was happening, and smiled good-naturedly. “Alright, I’ll feed you.”

Yu Shujin’s unconcealed little delight naturally shone through her eyes. She looked at Xu Yinyu with bright eyes, anticipating her next move.

She was like a picky child, clutching onto the one favorite food, her eyes full of affection.

After Yu Shujin finished eating, she smacked her lips and frowned. “No more rice porridge for the next meal. I want to eat meat.”

Xu Yinyu refused. “Your wound has not fully healed, and you must maintain a bland diet.”

Yu Shujin grumbled unhappily, turning to look at Xu Yinyu, licking her lips suggestively. “Then I want to eat imported goods.”

Xu Yinyu didn’t follow Yu Shujin’s train of thought. “You want imported rice? Which country’s rice do you want? I’ll tell Auntie Fang.”

Yu Shujin laughed until she couldn’t catch her breath, her eyes crinkling with amusement as she brushed against the tip of Xu Yinyu’s nose. “Are you a comedian sent by a monkey?”

“Imported goods, naturally, means you feed me mouth-to-mouth.”

Xu Yinyu stared at Yu Shujin, her face red from the teasing. “Eat it or don’t eat it.”

“Starve yourself, I don’t care.”

Xu Yinyu didn’t want to stay with Yu Shujin anymore.

Yu Shujin watched Xu Yinyu jump up and still couldn’t stop laughing. Seeing that she was really about to leave, she pleaded, “My chest suddenly hurts so much.”

Xu Yinyu instinctively moved to lift Yu Shujin’s patient gown. “Does the pain level require a doctor?”

Yu Shujin waved her hand. “It’s probably just from getting too worked up by you just now. I’m much better now.”

“Don’t move around. I’ll take these down.” Xu Yinyu carried the bowls and chopsticks out.

When she came back upstairs, a pile of documents was shoved into her arms, and she was pushed into the room by a group of people, still disoriented.

“Where did you get so many documents?” Yu Shujin looked at the large stack of papers in Xu Yinyu’s arms.

“When I went out just now, a woman in a business suit handed them to me. She asked me to give them to you for signing,” Xu Yinyu placed the documents on the table. “Your body hasn’t recovered, and your shoulder is weak. Maybe you should deal with this in a few days. I’ll leave them on the table for you.”

Yu Shujin paused, completely dropping her playful demeanor. “Ah-Yu, come help me sit up.”

Xu Yinyu helped her to the desk, cautiously watching her sit down, then sat upright and began to read and sign the documents.

Xu Yinyu sat on the other side, practicing her drawing. She looked at Yu Shujin’s eyes with a slight pang of heartache, her hand following her gaze.

About four hours later, at lunchtime, there was a knock on the door. Auntie Fang’s voice came from outside. “Miss Yu, Miss Xu, are you ready for lunch?”

Xu Yinyu glanced at Yu Shujin before getting up to greet her. “Yes, thank you, Auntie Fang.”

Xu Yinyu went downstairs to help Auntie Fang bring the food up. Yu Shujin remained seated at the table, not moving.

Xu Yinyu sighed, resigned to her fate, and picked up the rice porridge to feed her spoon by spoon again.

After feeding Yu Shujin, she went downstairs to serve herself food, watching Auntie Fang tidy up in the kitchen, drinking her porridge alone.

“Xiao Xu, look, I made you some dessert.”

Auntie Fang placed a plate of egg tarts in front of Xu Yinyu. A comfortable smile was on her face. She was wearing appropriate clothes and silver-rimmed glasses, exuding a gentle and elegant aura.

Xu Yinyu looked at Auntie Fang, flattered. “Thank you, Auntie Fang. You don’t need to trouble yourself for me.”

Auntie Fang had an air of being well-read. Her eyes, though weathered by time, were still bright. “Xiao Xu, when Miss was brought here, I actually wanted to talk to you, but your mood seemed quite low during that period, and I didn’t dare approach you.”

Auntie Fang paused. “Now that I see your mood improving, I’m very happy. Miss Yu’s diet has been light these few days, but if there’s anything you like to eat, just tell me. I’m quite good at cooking.”

Xu Yinyu smiled. “Thank you, Auntie Fang. I’m not picky. The meals you’ve cooked these past few days suit my taste very well.”

Auntie Fang beamed. “No wonder both you and Miss Yu are so tall. You’re very blessed.”

Xu Yinyu looked down and smiled. She picked up a warm, crispy egg tart and put it in her mouth. A burst of sweetness spread between her lips and teeth.

“Delicious! Auntie Fang,” Xu Yinyu gave Auntie Fang a thumbs-up. “Amazing!”

“Haha, Miss Yu also loves my egg tarts, but she has to be on camera and manages her figure strictly, so she rarely asks for them,” Auntie Fang laughed. “How about this: I’ll try out a few new desserts later and give them to you to taste. What do you think?”

“That sounds great,” Xu Yinyu nodded. “I’m so lucky to have such good food.”

“Try the other flavor,” Auntie Fang enthusiastically urged Xu Yinyu.

By the end, Xu Yinyu’s face was stiff from smiling. Hearing the medical alert bell ring upstairs, she dropped her smile. “Shujin must be uncomfortable. I’m going up to check, Auntie Fang.”

Xu Yinyu fled upstairs as if relieved. As soon as she opened the door, she met Yu Shujin’s resentful gaze. “You’re having such a fun, carefree time eating.”

“Auntie Fang was enthusiastic, and I didn’t want to hurt her feelings,” Xu Yinyu explained. “Besides, Auntie Fang’s cooking is genuinely good.”

But too much still makes one sick.

Xu Yinyu silently complained in her heart.

“You said you weren’t picky?” Yu Shujin’s eyes grew even more resentful. “When you eat beef noodles, you don’t allow scallions. When you eat pancakes, you pick out the shredded carrots. And when you drink a bowl of lean meat porridge, it has to be hot before you’ll even touch it.”

Yu Shujin laughed angrily. “Ah-Yu, is that what you call not picky?”

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