After Trying To Pursue The Cold, Elegant Beauty. I Ended Up Being Flirted With Instead - Chapter 43

“If you change your mind, you can come to me anytime.”

Pei Xiubai saw Li Zhiyun in the hospital room and was knitting her brow, about to walk in.

But Li Zhiyun took a step ahead, stood up, and said to Wen Zhu, “Drink slowly.”

With that, she turned and walked out of the room, gently closing the door behind her.

The soft click of the door closing isolated everything in the hallway.

Wen Zhu looked at the tightly shut door, an inexplicable worry bubbling in her heart.

Li Zhiyun’s expression was a little grim when she left; she wouldn’t do anything to Pei Xiubai, would she?

But then, she immediately thought she was overthinking. Li Zhiyun was always tactful and sensible, and didn’t seem like the type of person to resort to violence.

“Bang!”

A dull, heavy thud echoed in the corridor.

At this moment, the composed Li Zhiyun in Wen Zhu’s mind was grabbing Pei Xiubai by the collar and slamming her fiercely against the hallway wall.

Even Pei Xiubai was momentarily stunned.

She was also a person who worked out regularly, and her arm strength was not weak.

But in front of Li Zhiyun, she was like a puppet without the ability to resist.

Her head and back struck the cold wall heavily. A dull ache spread down her spine, making her face instantly pale. Her stomach churned violently, and a physiological urge to gag rushed up her throat.

Yet, she gritted her teeth, glaring fiercely at Li Zhiyun, “Li Zhiyun, are you crazy!”

The surrounding medical staff noticed the commotion and wanted to rush over to intervene.

But the moment they met Li Zhiyun’s icy eyes, they were all too intimidated to step forward.

They knew who Pei Xiubai was, but this person dared to treat even Miss Pei like this. They could only shrink back, not daring to breathe loudly.

Li Zhiyun looked down at her, “I’m not crazy you are the one who’s crazy!”

She leaned closer, her breath chilling, “Pei Xiubai, how much more do you plan to harm Qingqing before you are satisfied?”

Pei Xiubai’s chest felt tight. She violently pushed Li Zhiyun away, gasping for air as she retorted, “What do you mean I harmed Qingqing? Li Zhiyun, you need evidence for what you say!”

Li Zhiyun pointed to the emergency room, whose red light was still on in the distance.

“If you want to care about Jiang Xinxin, go. Don’t come here to disgust Qingqing!”

“She has me to take care of her.”

With that, Li Zhiyun released her grip, straightened her collar, and returned to her cool, detached demeanor.

The indifference and apathy in her eyes made it impossible to imagine that she had just effortlessly slammed a woman nearly her own height against the wall with one hand.

The surrounding medical staff instinctively cleared a path for her.

Li Zhiyun walked back to Wen Zhu’s room step by step. As she thought of Wen Zhu waiting for her inside, her tense jawline softened slightly.

She pushed the door open, and the warm yellow light instantly chased away the chill clinging to her.

Wen Zhu immediately put down her bowl of soup and looked up, “What did you say to Pei Xiubai?”

“Nothing much,” Li Zhiyun shook her head, “I just went to ask who was admitted just now.”

Wen Zhu pressed her, “Who was it?”

“Jiang Xinxin,” Li Zhiyun’s tone was flat, “She tried to kill herself.”

Sun’s assistant was still around earlier, and she had found out everything when she went out.

Sun’s assistant had also called Pei Xiubai over, but Jiang Xinxin happened to attempt suicide at the same time, so Pei Xiubai went to look after Jiang Xinxin first.

Li Zhiyun felt a sense of mocking inevitability.

She hadn’t expected the enemies to cross paths Pei Xiubai actually had someone send Jiang Xinxin to this hospital as well.

Hearing it was Jiang Xinxin, Wen Zhu was somewhat surprised.

Although she didn’t like Jiang Xinxin, she couldn’t be completely indifferent to a human life. She still asked instinctively, “Is she… okay?”

After a two-second silence, Li Zhiyun spoke with an ambiguous tone, “How could she let herself be hurt?”

She was the kind of person who could buy negative press for herself to stir up heat, just to make Pei Xiubai misunderstand Wen Zhu.

Even after she had someone continuously release negative information for three consecutive days, that woman was completely fine. How could she suddenly be unable to handle it and attempt suicide today?

Wen Zhu didn’t understand her meaning. “What did you say?”

Li Zhiyun shook her head and said nothing.

She walked over and tucked the blanket around Wen Zhu, her voice very soft, “If you can’t finish it, then don’t. Get some rest first.”

The next day, Jiang Xinxin woke up.

Upon receiving the news, Pei Xiubai rushed to the hospital at the fastest possible speed.

Pushing open the door, Jiang Xinxin was lying quietly on the hospital bed, her small face pale without a trace of color.

Thick white gauze was wrapped around her wrist, and she looked so fragile that she seemed like she might break with a touch.

Jiang Xinxin’s face was already small; now, seeing her like this made one’s heart clench.

Pei Xiubai’s heart suddenly tightened.

As if hearing the movement, Jiang Xinxin’s long eyelashes fluttered, and she slowly opened her eyes.

Seeing Pei Xiubai standing at the door, a flicker of light finally appeared in her vacant gaze, and her eyes instantly turned red.

“CEO Pei?”

Her voice was extremely hoarse. “Am I dreaming?”

A tear slid down the corner of her eye.

“Does heaven… have CEO Pei too?”

This sentence, like a needle, pierced the softest part of Pei Xiubai’s heart.

She had originally planned to break up with Xinxin after making peace with Wen Zhu yesterday.

But who would have thought that Xinxin would do such a thing at this time, making her completely unable to bear the thought of saying goodbye.

She quickly walked over and leaned down to help her sit up.

“What could you possibly have been thinking? Why did you go so far as to try to kill yourself?”

Her tone carried blame, but her actions were incredibly gentle.

Jiang Xinxin nestled softly in Pei Xiubai’s arms. Hearing her words, she started to sob quietly again. “I was just too scared… at the time.”

“CEO Pei, you know I’m timid.”

“I just wanted to use this method to prove to the public that I didn’t do those things. I just wanted to prove my innocence, but I didn’t expect… I was too heavy-handed.”

She said, gripping Pei Xiubai’s sleeve, her body trembling, “I regretted it the moment I cut myself. All I could think of was what I would do if I could never see CEO Pei again…”

“I was really terrified…”

Hearing this, the last bit of anger in Pei Xiubai’s heart vanished.

She gently patted Jiang Xinxin’s back, comforting her softly.

“It’s alright now. You’ve been saved. Don’t ever do anything so foolish again.”

Jiang Xinxin obediently nodded.

The room was silent for a while.

Jiang Xinxin suddenly spoke again, “CEO Pei, what about my assistant, Ju Zi?”

The moment she spoke, her tears fell even harder, one by one hitting the pure white blanket.

“As long as she is still at the police station for a day, the internet will continue to believe that I instructed her to harm someone.”

Jiang Xinxin looked up, her tear-filled eyes full of pleading, “CEO Pei, please help me, get Ju Zi out, okay?”

Why is it Ju Zi again?

The gentleness on Pei Xiubai’s face instantly stiffened.

To stop Jiang Xinxin from crying, she had to rescue Ju Zi.

But Wen Zhu had also said that for her to agree to release Ju Zi, Pei Xiubai would have to agree to her immediate resignation.

Thinking of Li Zhiyun’s icy gaze last night, an inexplicable surge of anger flared up in Pei Xiubai’s heart.

“Is there no other way?”

The softness in her eyes faded, but she patiently tried to coax her, “That Ju Zi made a mistake in the first place. Keeping her by your side will only hurt you.”

Pei Xiubai’s voice grew cold, “I can’t let someone with such malicious intent remain by your side.”

Sensing Pei Xiubai’s refusal, Jiang Xinxin became even more vulnerable.

She cried so hard that the tip of her nose was red, but she simply remained silent, not saying a word.

Pei Xiubai watched her silence, and inexplicably felt a pang of pity.

Was she being too cruel?

Xinxin had just woken up…

Pei Xiubai sighed.

“Do you really need that assistant? Can’t anyone else do?”

Jiang Xinxin seemed to see hope and hurriedly shook her head, “I don’t want anyone else!”

“Ju Zi is the assistant I like the most; she helped me a lot. Although her methods are a bit extreme, she is the one who treats me the best.”

“I cannot forget the kindness others show me.”

Jiang Xinxin looked up, her gaze burning as she looked at Pei Xiubai.

“Just like how well CEO Pei treats me, I also want to repay you a thousand fold…”

Pei Xiubai’s heart softened. Her fingertip affectionately touched Jiang Xinxin’s nose.

At the same time, she began to consider the situation.

Xinxin has suffered so much; could she not even grant her this small request?

Jiang Xinxin leaned into her arms, soft and boneless, and then continued, “I know CEO Pei doesn’t want Wen Zhu to resign and wants to appease her anger.”

“But CEO Pei, have you ever considered that Wen Zhu has a stubborn personality? The more you try to forcibly keep her by your side, the more counterproductive it will be.”

“CEO Pei, why don’t you try letting Wen Zhu resign first?”

Pei Xiubai looked down at her, a warning in her eyes.

But Jiang Xinxin wasn’t deterred. Instead, she continued in a soft voice:

“Let her go out and see the malice in people’s hearts and realize that others are insincere. Only then will Wen Zhu truly recognize how good you are to her and finally be determined to stay by your side, won’t she?”

She pressed herself against Pei Xiubai, frail and pliant.

But in the place Pei Xiubai couldn’t see, her eyes flashed with a hint of ruthlessness.

“You tirelessly do good things for Wen Zhu, but she can’t appreciate it. Only by temporarily withdrawing that kindness will she realize how precious it is…”

Pei Xiubai was initially unhappy when she heard about agreeing to Wen Zhu’s resignation.

But listening to Jiang Xinxin speak, she actually found it quite reasonable.

Wen Zhu had grown up in the Pei family for the past decade or so the Pei family had protected her too well.

During her school days, she protected her at school.

After graduation, she entered Yu Pei and became the chief secretary.

It could be said that Wen Zhu had barely experienced any hardship.

She didn’t need to confine Wen Zhu.

As long as she witnessed how fierce the outside world was, the little bird that had only briefly developed a rebellious streak would fly back on its own…

With this thought, Pei Xiubai made up her mind.

She lowered her head and stroked Jiang Xinxin’s face.

Since Xinxin was so understanding, she needed to reward her.

“You rest well. Don’t worry, it won’t be long until Ju Zi is released.”

“Thank you, CEO Pei.”

Jiang Xinxin finally smiled, holding Pei Xiubai’s hand and charmingly acting spoiled.

“I don’t have the strength to eat right now. I need CEO Pei to feed me.”

Pei Xiubai had just resolved a major concern, and her mood had improved significantly. How could she refuse?

She picked up the bowl of soup and fed her, spoonful by spoonful.

Two days quickly passed.

Wen Zhu had a rather pleasant time in the hospital room these two days.

Li Zhishu also brought Jiaojiao to visit her.

Not only that, but she had her moved directly to a VIP room, with a dedicated caregiver looking after her every day.

Even when she wanted to eat grapes, the caregiver Li Zhishu found would peel the skin and remove the seeds completely for her.

Wen Zhu felt a bit overwhelmed by the attention.

She told Li Zhishu several times that she didn’t need to go to such lengths.

Li Zhishu, however, looked at her disapprovingly, “When you’re sick, you need to recuperate properly. Listen to me; consider it a perk for a future employee.”

Hearing this, Wen Zhu felt even more touched.

She thought to herself that if she really ended up working for Sister Zhishu in the future, she would definitely have to work hard.

Another two days passed, and the doctor finally informed Wen Zhu that she could be discharged.

On the day of her discharge, Li Zhiyun came to help her pack her things.

Truthfully, Wen Zhu hadn’t brought much. All the items, big and small, in the room had been gradually added by Li Zhiyun and Li Zhishu over the past few days.

Li Zhiyun moved very gently, folding the clothes one by one and placing them into the bag.

Wen Zhu sat by the bed, looking at her busy silhouette, feeling an indescribable emotion.

The hospital room door was not closed.

A figure suddenly walked in from outside.

“Qingqing…”

Wen Zhu was just talking with Li Zhiyun.

Li Zhiyun asked her, “What do you want to eat tonight? I’ll have the nanny prepare it in advance.”

Wen Zhu was still thinking when she heard Pei Xiubai’s voice.

She looked towards the door.

Pei Xiubai stood at the doorway, looking a bit haggard, with faint dark circles under her eyes.

Over the past few days, Wen Zhu knew Pei Xiubai was also in the hospital, just on another floor, staying close to Jiang Xinxin.

Her heart no longer ached with that dense, painful feeling it once did.

She even felt it was better if Pei Xiubai didn’t show up she could recover faster that way.

Wen Zhu’s tone was calm, “CEO Pei, is something the matter?”

Pei Xiubai’s gaze lingered on Li Zhiyun for a long time.

She clearly remembered the dull pain of being slammed against the wall that night.

Moreover, just within the last two days, a company that Yu Pei had never taken seriously before suddenly went mad, willing to take a loss just to snatch two major projects from Yu Pei.

The loss of these projects had a huge impact on Yu Pei.

Pei Xiubai had to take care of Xinxin while constantly taking online meetings and dealing with the chaotic affairs back in Yancheng.