After My Flash Marriage with the Sick Beauty, I Reached the Pinnacle of My Life - Chapter 68

Wei Xixue raised her eyelids and glanced at her.

The sharpness was clearly visible even through the glasses.

Xia Shishi quickly regained her confident demeanor, raising her hand to say hi to her: “The doctor called me? Can we talk about it tomorrow? I have to go in and eat. Doesn’t the doctor want to come and eat a little?”

She thought this would be enough to fool her, but unfortunately, Wei Xixue’s purpose was very clear.

Xia Shishi watched her stub out her cigarette and walk over: “The person who was standing with you that day, where is she now?”

Xia Shishi stared at her, her mind racing.

That day?

Which day…

She seemed to have been staying at home, only going out yesterday. During this time at home, apart from Wen Jiao, it was only Wen Jiao, so there was no reason Wei Xixue wouldn’t recognize her.

Then there was only one possibility: the day Wei Xixue came, it was Ye Murou, the one Xia Shishi had tried to signal with her eyes, a signal that had failed.

What happened? Didn’t the hook-up fail?

Afterward, Xia Shishi also felt the plan was flawed, so she abandoned it and let Ye Murou go back to continue working.

Now, what did Wei Xixue mean by asking about her?

Out of consideration, Xia Shishi feigned confusion: “I don’t understand what you mean, Doctor.”

Wei Xixue was very clear: “The person who pretended to be a maid and was standing next to you on my first day here.”

She was practically naming names now; Xia Shishi couldn’t pretend any longer, but she really didn’t understand why Wei Xixue was asking about Ye Murou.

“Do you know her?” Xia Shishi’s expression became a little serious.

If she remembered correctly, they had only met that one time.

Even if Wei Xixue really couldn’t resist Ye Murou’s type of girl, she wouldn’t be thinking about her until now. Moreover, when Wei Xixue spoke of her, her tone clearly held a hint of forbearance.

Xia Shishi wasn’t going to give in: “I truly don’t understand what you mean, Doctor. There are many maids in the manor. If you need anything, you can call any maid to help, and besides, if someone wants to leave, I can’t stop them.”

She only needed to know that Ye Murou didn’t want to get close to Wei Xixue, and that was enough.

It would be difficult for little Ye, who had done so much for her, to be sold out like this.

Xia Shishi didn’t want to say more. It was about time she stopped hiding, so after speaking, she gave Wei Xixue a perfunctory smile and turned to go back.

Wen Jiao sat in the wheelchair, watching the uncles converse.

Aunt Wen wanted to step forward to join the conversation, just as Xia Shishi returned from outside. As soon as she came back, she sat down next to Wen Jiao. There were some things Aunt Wen couldn’t let Xia Shishi hear, so she left reluctantly.

Xia Shishi stared at her retreating figure, then turned to look at Wen Jiao, who seemed to be resting with her eyes closed.

Wen Jiao: “Where did you just go?”

Xia Shishi: “I knew you were pretending to sleep.”

If Wen Jiao was truly tired, she wouldn’t have this reaction. Xia Shishi even saw Wen Jiao’s eyelashes tremble, as if reacting to her return.

“Your ears are too sharp,” Xia Shishi muttered.

Unsurprisingly, Wen Jiao, with her sharp ears, heard this sentence too.

Wen Jiao chuckled, then opened her eyes and said to Grandpa Wen: “Grandpa, I’m going upstairs to rest first.”

The patient is the priority, above all else.

Especially a patient who is about to undergo treatment in two days, which will be very challenging.

This excuse was practically invincible; no matter how lively the elders’ conversation was, she could always use the excuse of being sick to slip away. Xia Shishi naturally followed, pushing Wen Jiao back to the room. After a moment of thought, she told Wen Jiao what had just happened.

Anyway, Wen Jiao already knew about the absurd idea she and Zheng He had come up with.

The face she had to lose was long gone.

Xia Shishi couldn’t understand: “Why is she asking about Ye Murou?”

Wen Jiao: “Are you very curious?”

Xia Shishi nodded very vigorously, hugging Wen Jiao’s shoulders from behind and pleading: “My all-knowing smarty-pants, help me think. Little Ye helped me a great deal, I can’t let her down again.”

Wen Jiao vaguely knew what Xia Shishi had arranged for Ye Murou to do.

It had something to do with that colleague from the R&D department, named Ji Yan.

Wen Jiao lowered her eyes. She didn’t know much about Wei Xixue. The last time she interacted with her was several years ago when Wei Xixue came to provide consultation for her for the first time.

At that time, Wei Xixue hadn’t achieved her current success, but she was already outstanding among new doctors.

After that, Wei Xixue’s career was smooth sailing, and she had now become a leader in the industry.

Wen Jiao only knew that Wei Xixue was also an excellent person and would never give up striving.

Xia Shishi: “Did she really fall for Little Ye?”

Wen Jiao: “What do you think?”

Xia Shishi: “Hmm…” She didn’t know.

If it weren’t for Wen Jiao, Xia Shishi would have thought she would never fall in love.

Perhaps Wen Jiao had more experience than her.

“Would a person who treats her career as her whole life and has remained single for more than thirty years fall for a woman she’s only met once?” That was hard to say, and Wen Jiao leaned towards no.

“You mean…” Xia Shishi thought of a bold possibility, “She had met Ye Murou before?”

Possible.

But those were details Xia Shishi didn’t know about. She believed Ye Murou didn’t know either.

After thinking for a moment, Xia Shishi decided to stop thinking and get some rest instead.

“Go see Ye Murou tomorrow,” Wen Jiao said softly. “You must have something to tell her too. Why don’t you ask her then?”

That made too much sense.

Ye Murou honestly worked at the company for over a month.

This time was enough for her to become familiar with the job, even to work independently without a senior guiding her.

For her, this was just the beginning.

And Ji Yan was clearly growing anxious.

During work, he looked at Ye Murou more than once, wanting to ask her what she thought of the proposal from a few days ago, at least to give him a reply.

Ye Murou pretended not to see him and continued with her work.

It wasn’t until break time that she was called out by Ji Yan.

Just as Xia Shishi had planned.

Ye Murou felt that Xia Shishi was a very mysterious person. She was accustomed to speaking straightforwardly and seemed to have no scheming thoughts, and her eyes were clean and clear.

Yet, she could predict which colleague had ulterior motives and how to set up arrangements to make the fish take the bait.

When Ji Yan asked that question, Ye Murou answered with a smile: “I need some time to make arrangements, don’t I?”

Ji Yan stared intently at Ye Murou, afraid this was just a perfunctory remark: “Are you really planning to start a company?”

Ye Murou: “I can’t guarantee it.”

Who knew that upon hearing this, Ji Yan actually breathed a sigh of relief.

His fingers were itching; he wanted a cigarette. His stress had been too great lately. His hand was already in his pocket, about to pull out the cigarette case, when he noticed Ye Murou looking at his movement with a frown.

Ji Yan cursed inwardly that women were so troublesome.

“People from the Fu family’s company came looking for me,” Ji Yan unexpectedly confessed to Ye Murou, not knowing what state of mind he was in.

He had been holding it in ever since he learned of Ye Murou’s identity as a wealthy young lady, but he finally couldn’t hold it in anymore: “I refused them. I refused because I was thinking of you.”

Ye Murou raised an eyebrow: “Why? Weren’t the terms the Fu family offered good enough?”

Ji Yan gave a bitter smile. Of course not.

Why was he able to buy a car and a house in this city after working for a few years? Wasn’t it precisely because the “benefits” given by the Fu Group were good enough?

His colleagues didn’t know his specific family situation and thought he bought them with help from home.

Ji Yan had always maintained a look of self-satisfaction.

However, some money gets too hot to handle if you earn too much of it.

Ji Yan was in this exact situation now. He had accepted enough benefits from the Fu Group and now wanted to back out. Originally, he wasn’t in a hurry and planned to continue selling some insignificant information while preparing his escape route, but the Fu Group became anxious.

They started demanding all the R&D data of the Xia Group.

Ji Yan was panicked, and Ye Murou conveniently appeared before him, giving him an opportunity.

“I plan to resign after this month.” This month had just begun, with more than twenty days left, but for a veteran employee who had worked at the Xia Group for several years, this news was quite sudden.

As long as he resigned, the Fu Group wouldn’t be able to force him to do that thing anymore.

He had already gotten enough benefits anyway.

If Ye Murou really wanted to start a company, it would provide him with a glimmer of security in the future.

Hearing what Ji Yan said, Ye Murou was greatly alarmed. She did her best to keep smiling on the surface, but due to her lack of experience, her smile was a little odd.

In Ji Yan’s eyes, it became a half-smile.

Ji Yan paused. He shouldn’t have been so clear about these things. If he said too much, Ye Murou wouldn’t trust him much even if she started a company later. However, things had reached this point, so he could only take a gamble.

“You plan to come and secretly learn, right? I’ve been working here for several years. What I know should be able to satisfy your needs.”

“Is that so?”

Ye Murou didn’t dare to continue the conversation.

Her identity as a rich second-generation heir was fake, and everything she was doing now was to deceive him.

Having spent the first twenty-plus years of her life dutifully studying, Ye Murou couldn’t comfortably lie and could only strive to say less to make fewer mistakes.

She was thinking about how to make an excuse to leave and truthfully tell Xia Shishi about this when the door outside was suddenly pushed open, giving both people inside quite a scare.

It was another colleague from the R&D department, who had specifically come to look for Ye Murou, and was surprised to find Ji Yan there.

This person didn’t think much of it, only saying: “The manager asked me to call you over. Hurry up.”

“Okay.” That was great. Ye Murou breathed a sigh of relief, thankful she didn’t have to find an excuse, then turned back to tell Ji Yan, “Later,” and followed the colleague out.

On the way to the manager’s office, Ye Murou’s heart kept pounding fast.

She clutched the recording pen in her pocket. Everything Ji Yan had just said was recorded. This could be the most valuable evidence, and he clearly mentioned the Fu Group, which might be of great help to Xia Shishi in the future.

She had helped Xia Shishi a great deal. That was wonderful.

All the panic was worth it.

She knocked on the manager’s office door and found Xia Shishi inside after opening it.

Xia Shishi waved her over: “I sneaked over. Don’t let anyone find out. Come in quickly.”

The manager looked at Xia Shishi with a smile: “Do you need me to leave?”

Xia Shishi waved her hand: “You can go upstairs and have a few cups of tea with my dad. He just bought a lot of good tea and put it in the company. You can drink and take some—don’t be shy.”

Of course, the manager didn’t dare to be as reckless as Xia Shishi suggested, but he laughed and exchanged a few jokes before leaving.

When Ye Murou saw Xia Shishi, she wanted to hand over the recording pen.

Holding this thing now felt incredibly hot in her hands.

Xia Shishi spoke even faster than her, seeming even more flustered than Ye Murou: “I’m going to another city in two days. I don’t know how long it will be before I come back.”