After My Flash Marriage with the Sick Beauty, I Reached the Pinnacle of My Life - Chapter 34

When Wen Jiao woke up, the sky was already bright.

She had slept for a long time, and her head inevitably felt sluggish. Just as she moved her hand, she noticed Xia Shishi sleeping while guarding the bed beside her.

How long had she been guarding?

Wen Jiao propped up her body and understood after seeing the monitoring equipment attached to her.

She reached for the phone next to her, finding that it was already Saturday morning; she had been unconscious for almost a whole day.

Wen Jiao always suffered from various minor and major discomforts.

However, this month, her body had felt much lighter, and she hadn’t encountered a serious illness like this in a long time.

“Thank you for your hard work.”

Wen Jiao stroked Xia Shishi’s head. Her temples were still aching slightly, so she rubbed them and pressed the call button for the attendant: “Help her onto the bed and let her get some proper sleep.”

The attendant complied. After Xia Shishi was lying on the bed, Zheng He arrived just about then: “You’re awake.”

Wen Jiao nodded: “What happened after I passed out yesterday?”

Zheng He glanced at the other bed and chuckled: “Your family member was crying and making a fuss, almost causing a medical disturbance.”

He could still joke, so it seemed it wasn’t that serious.

Otherwise, Zheng He, as a doctor, would have been serious long ago.

Zheng He checked Wen Jiao again: “The little mascot still has some effect. But you shouldn’t rush back to work. I’ve called your parents back, and they will take over your work for a while.”

To prevent Wen Jiao from refusing, Zheng He reminded her meaningfully: “Your health comes first.”

Wen Jiao no longer needed to prove her worth through work.

She already had Xia Shishi, didn’t she?

Getting better health was the most important thing. For the time being, Wen Jiao should focus on recuperating.

Wen Jiao didn’t refuse, she just said: “My dad and the others definitely won’t want to deal with that quota issue.”

Zheng He didn’t understand business matters, but he cooperated by being a listener.

At this moment, he was the only one who could listen.

However, Wen Jiao rubbed her temples again, too lazy to talk about it further.

Let it go then. She wanted to spend more time with Xia Shishi.

When she was better, Xia Shishi might be free.

By then, why not consider where to travel?

Seeing that she didn’t want to say more, Zheng He said: “Your parents should be here in the afternoon. You can discuss it yourselves then, but you must know not to push yourself. Your current health condition… is very unfavorable.”

If it continues to worsen, it will reach a critical stage requiring emergency treatment.

But after recovering, there would be hope again.

“Strange,” Zheng He muttered.

“I understand, you can go out now.” Wen Jiao lowered her hand.

Zheng He had also been worried sick for a day and was eager to go back to rest.

The attendant also left.

Wen Jiao looked towards Xia Shishi, her eyes filled with a smile.

In the afternoon, Wen Jiao’s parents returned.

Wen Jiao was currently only the acting director, and the company’s control was actually still in Father Wen’s hands.

Father and Mother Wen were usually abroad. They had confidently handed over domestic affairs to Wen Jiao, but once Wen Jiao collapsed, they had to return to take over.

As soon as Father Wen arrived, he inquired about Wen Jiao’s condition, and after confirming she was out of danger, he went upstairs.

He raised his hand and knocked on the door.

It wasn’t that he lacked the usual authority of a father; he was simply worried that walking right in would upset Wen Jiao.

Wen Jiao’s health was already poor. If she got angry, her condition would worsen, and Father Wen would be the one with the headache.

Just like now.

Father Wen really wanted to probe whether Wen Jiao could quickly resume work, but after entering and seeing Wen Jiao’s pale face, he swallowed his words and forced out: “You should rest well recently. I’ll have your mother come back to take over your work first.”

Wen Jiao glanced at Xia Shishi. After confirming she wasn’t woken up, she motioned for Father Wen to speak more quietly.

Only then did Father Wen notice an extra bed in the room, on which a young girl was sleeping. Furthermore, judging by his daughter’s attitude, she doted on her quite a bit.

This made Father Wen’s mood especially complicated.

He had always opposed the matter of his daughter marrying the Xia family’s daughter.

But his daughter’s demand was firm, and his opposition was useless.

Now seeing Xia Shishi still sleeping and not getting up to greet him, Father Wen was particularly displeased.

And his daughter asked him to speak more quietly??

Father Wen’s voice did become much quieter: “It just so happens your mother has been mentioning coming back, so I’ll let her stay at home for a longer period.”

Wen Jiao: “You’re not coming back?”

Father Wen: “I’ll leave in two days.”

Wen Jiao gave Father Wen a deep look: “That’s fine, too. I’ll have someone buy your ticket for tomorrow morning.”

Father Wen: “Didn’t I say I would leave in two days!”

Wen Jiao didn’t answer, just continued to rub her temples, adopting an attitude that said: ‘I have a headache now, don’t bother me.’

For a moment, it was unclear who was the father and who was the daughter.

Mother Wen came in and saw Father Wen panting with anger, so she pushed him out.

Mother Wen first saw Xia Shishi sleeping on the bed.

She also saw the dark circles under her eyes.

“She guarded you all night?”

“Yes.” Wen Jiao didn’t say much about this, instead asking: “What business abroad requires him to stay there for so long?”

“Never mind him.” Mother Wen sighed. “I can’t manage it all.”

Mother Wen: “I just asked for the company documents. Are you planning to develop a park recently?”

This was exactly why Wen Jiao was eager for Father Wen to leave. If it were Father Wen, he would surely be too lazy to spare the effort for something that wasn’t profitable and wouldn’t bring in much revenue.

But Mother Wen was more reasonable.

“Once the park is developed, the surrounding area can slowly be built into a shopping mall. The scale doesn’t have to be huge, but the advantage is stability.” This investment was continuous and wouldn’t yield returns in the short term.

The benefit was that the quota given by the city wouldn’t require extra capital investment.

Wen Jiao could guess what Fu Yunhan intended to do with that piece of land, and she didn’t want to yield it easily.

She had worked so hard to secure it, so how could she let Father Wen ruin the plan?

Mother Wen was also inwardly inclined to disapprove. No matter how stable it was, the initial investment couldn’t stop, and who could guarantee there would be no accidents?

Considering that Wen Jiao’s decisions had been flawless so far, Mother Wen listened to her.

“I will proceed with this matter according to your plan. You just focus on recuperating.”

“What about your aunt…” Mother Wen continued to ask.

“Did she contact my dad again?” Wen Jiao laughed with her eyes lowered. “He’s deliberately staying until the day after tomorrow, probably because of this. Forget it, Wen Group isn’t run solely by me, after all.”

Mother Wen: “I know you disagree. To be honest, could I agree? She could just enjoy the dividends, why insist on getting involved in the company?”

Wen Jiao shook her head: “Don’t say that. Her joining wouldn’t necessarily be a bad thing.”

“Joining what?” Xia Shishi woke up hazily and heard the word ‘joining.’

Her first thought was that saying: I’m not here to break you up; I’m here to join you.

Perhaps mistaking that someone was trying to sabotage her relationship with Wen Jiao, she woke up quickly. She looked up and saw an elegant woman sitting by Wen Jiao’s bed, instantly startled.

Fortunately, Xia Shishi didn’t act foolishly and immediately called out respectfully: “Mom!”

Mother Wen smiled heartily: “You must be Shishi. I even saw you when you were little. In the blink of an eye, you’ve grown up so much.”

Xia Shishi had heard this kind of polite talk many times, but this was Wen Jiao’s mother, so she couldn’t take it lightly!

So, she scratched her head shyly: “My mom also said I’ve grown up pretty, and standing next to old… Sister Jiao is just right.”

Mother Wen stood up.

“I won’t bother you two anymore. Later, I’ll have Uncle Zhang bring the meal to the room. You two get along well.”

“Thank you, Mom!” Xia Shishi called out sweetly.

Xia Shishi noticed that Wen Jiao no longer had the monitoring equipment attached to her, judging that Wen Jiao’s health must have improved somewhat, which relieved her greatly.

She moved closer: “Zheng He said you were very uncomfortable around noon yesterday. Why didn’t you tell me? I even sent you a text message.”

Wen Jiao didn’t say anything.

What else could Xia Shishi do but continue talking: “I know it’s inconvenient to reply when you’re unwell, but I can’t be kept in the dark about something like this.”

With red eyes, she said: “When people have something happen, the first person they think of is their partner, and the first to know is also their partner. You keeping me in the dark makes me very sad, you know.”

“I know I was wrong.” Wen Jiao was moved.

Thinking from another perspective, if something happened to Xia Shishi and she didn’t know, she would surely go crazy.

Xia Shishi’s request really wasn’t excessive. She was already restraining her emotions, which made Wen Jiao feel anxious and a little worried.

Xia Shishi scoffed: “I won’t hold it against you this time, but in the future, you can’t wait until after I get off work to let me know. Also, if you’re really unwell, you don’t have to force yourself to text me.”

“But! We can do it the other way around!”

Xia Shishi loved sending all kinds of messages to Wen Jiao.

Perhaps because of her past experiences, she felt very insecure.

She knew she might be too annoying this way, and she also knew Wen Jiao had a somewhat reserved personality, so she never demanded a reply. She hadn’t thought much of it when she didn’t receive a reply after texting Wen Jiao yesterday noon.

It was only after getting off work and receiving Uncle Zhang’s call that she started to break down.

Xia Shishi thought to herself, if she had been more alert at noon, she would have been by Wen Jiao’s side immediately.

She blamed herself internally, which felt truly terrible.

Seeing that Wen Jiao was better, Xia Shishi had to ask Wen Jiao to develop the habit of replying to messages: “No matter what I send, you have to reply to me, even if it’s just ‘Received.’ I need to confirm that you are okay.”

“Okay.” Wen Jiao agreed immediately.

She looked at Xia Shishi’s messy hair and smiled.

“You should go comb your hair first. We’ll eat later.”

Xia Shishi’s expression was still serious, not understanding why Wen Jiao was smiling.

But because of that smile, Xia Shishi’s serious expression didn’t last long and cracked.

Wen Jiao looked truly beautiful when she smiled, and Xia Shishi loved it.

A person who is smitten has no backbone. Xia Shishi instantly stopped being upset and obediently got up to comb her hair: “Are my dad and mom both back? Should I go downstairs to eat later and greet them?”

Wen Jiao thought of Father Wen and shook her head: “No need. Just eat with me in the room.”

Xia Shishi: “Won’t that be impolite?”

“Didn’t you point at my aunt and say she wasn’t a good elder at the engagement banquet?” Wen Jiao couldn’t help but laugh. Wasn’t her courage quite big back then?

That aunt had been brooding over the incident and even complained to Wen Jiao, who handled the situation.

Xia Shishi widened her eyes: “Isn’t this polite enough? I haven’t even said you’re not a good person. I’m already very polite!”

Otherwise, given her temper.

She could push back even harder.

Wen Jiao thought of something: “The relationships in the Wen family are indeed more complicated than those in the Xia family.”