Transmigrated as the Chongxi Wife of a Critically Ill Young Lady - Chapter 18

Chapter 18

After this, Ji Wanqing would take over a small amount of work from Tang Shaoyun in the IT department. However, her body was too weak to stare at a computer for long periods. If she overexerted herself, she would become completely drained and would need a long time to recover. But she was always very persistent. Once she recovered, she would start looking at files and data again.

Cen Xia felt heartache, but she couldn’t help at all in a professional field. The only thing she could do was massage her shoulders and warm her body when she was tired and fell down.

She wasn’t an emotional person, but after witnessing Ji Wanqing, with her fragile body, working so desperately to protect her, she couldn’t help but secretly wipe away tears in a corner several times.

To better take care of each other, the two moved into the same room after returning from the hospital. Ji Wanqing was afraid of the bed and suffered from insomnia at night, so Cen Xia would stay by her side, watching her and telling her stories. The little cat was also there, lying between them, occasionally kneading on Ji Wanqing’s chest.

Cen Xia would always get jealous of it. “Why do you only knead her and not me?” She would pick up the little creature, pile its small body on her chest, and use its little paws to knead her soft spots.

“Why? Why? Is hers bigger than mine? Or is mine not as soft as hers? Huh?”

Every time Ji Wanqing heard her “wolf-like” words, her face would turn red with embarrassment. She would bury herself in the blankets and reach out to pinch the flesh on Cen Xia’s waist.

Cen Xia would giggle. The little cat would escape from her hand, run to the top of Ji Wanqing’s head, and use its head to lift the blanket.

Ji Wanqing would slightly lift the blanket, and the cat would slip inside, rubbing against her body and purring.

Cen Xia would also try to get in. Ji Wanqing wouldn’t let her, and she would whine. “Why can it go in, but I can’t? You’re so biased, Sister!”

Ji Wanqing would be hiding under the blanket, secretly laughing, and wouldn’t let her in.

After they had their fun, they would soon get sleepy. Ji Wanqing would hold Shanqing and fall into a very light sleep. Before, she could only be forced to doze off when her body couldn’t take it anymore, and most of the time it was a state of a coma, not real sleep. Now, she had made a lot of progress.

When she was asleep, Cen Xia would help tuck the blanket around her and watch over her to make sure she wasn’t caught in a nightmare. The darker the night, the more she would remember that moment when she fainted, and Ji Wanqing called out her name with a raspy voice.

In the past few days, she had been thinking. It was very likely that Ji Wanqing wasn’t mute but aphasic. It was a psychological disorder that appeared after a person experienced great trauma, and it had little to do with her throat itself.

Then, was her leg the same way…?

Ji Wanqing woke up after less than half an hour of sleep. In the moonlight, the person’s dark eyes were staring at her. When she saw that she was awake, she smiled at her with her lips curved and sweetly called out, “Sister!”

Her long eyelashes fluttered, with a hint of grogginess from just waking up.

Cen Xia said, “Sister, I heard you call my name that day. It was very nice to hear!”

Ji Wanqing was stunned. She also didn’t know why she had suddenly made a sound that day. She had tried to make a sound several times after that, but she could never say what she wanted to say. She raised her hand and slowly made a few gestures in the dark.

—No, you misheard me!

Cen Xia moved her body closer, and her feet kicked her blanket, like a wriggling little worm. The tip of her toes moved bit by bit toward her calf. When their skin touched, Ji Wanqing’s body trembled violently. She instinctively moved to the side and glared at her.

Cen Xia’s eyes lit up. She was as happy as a child who had been given candy and kept whispering. She said, “You have a reaction! Sister, your leg has a reaction!”

At that moment, Ji Wanqing’s heart felt like it was held by a pair of warm hands. It warmed her to the point of a slight ache.

From the moment she became paralyzed and sat in a wheelchair, she had never expected to be able to stand up again. But now, looking at the girl in front of her, she wished so much that she could stand up again.

Cen Xia said, “Sister, let’s see a doctor. I really want to see you in long pants!”

Ji Wanqing closed her eyes, holding back the moisture that she couldn’t control. After a very long time, she opened her eyes again, looked at her sparkling eyes, and raised her hand to make a “good” gesture.

Cen Xia was so excited that she pounced on her, wrapping her and the blanket in her arms. The little cat was so smothered that it cried out.

Ji Wanqing tried to get her off.

—You’re suffocating Shanqing!

Cen Xia laughed and refused to let go. “I don’t care, I just want to hug Sister!”

Ji Wanqing bent her finger and flicked her forehead. Cen Xia winced in pain and loosened her arms around the blanket. Shanqing slipped out from the gap, jumped onto the pillow, curled its tail, and bared its teeth at her.

…

The Ji Corporation primarily started with accommodation booking and transportation ticketing. Later, it developed well in areas such as tourist attraction promotion, food guides, online shopping, and cultural entertainment.

In recent years, with the rapid development of the big data economy, their subsidiary, Zhicheng Technology, provided a new industry chain of data analysis. The founder of Zhicheng Technology was Ji Wanqing. All the data of the entire Ji Corporation, including its subsidiaries, was fully controlled by Zhicheng Technology.

So, it wasn’t difficult to bring down the Ji Corporation, but it would take some effort to take it over. What’s more, the senior employees in all the other fields of the Ji Corporation, except for Zhicheng, had been almost completely rooted out by Madam Ji.

An extraordinary shareholders’ meeting would be held at the beginning of next month. Ji Wanqing wanted to get in touch with some of the company’s core businesses before then.

Yesterday afternoon, after she finished talking with Tang Shaoyun, she arranged to meet an old man who had often cooperated with her mother when she was alive.

This man was cunning and sly, but he was a business genius. His company, Jiangzhou International, was currently one of the top ten hotel groups in the country. It was mainly based on offline businesses and was currently undergoing a digital transformation. A few days ago, he proposed to cooperate with Zhicheng.

If Ji Wanqing herself could get his support, it would be very smooth when she started her core business. So she planned to personally meet with this old fox.

Cen Xia was pure-hearted, and she didn’t want her to see the twists and turns of the business world, so she didn’t let her follow. The next morning, Tang Shaoyun came to pick her up.

Cen Xia was always worried and followed them around like a puppy. When Ji Wanqing left, she sternly instructed her not to bully little Shanqing, or else she would be in trouble. She wasn’t a very expressive person. She clearly wanted to tell her not to worry.

They were meeting inside Zhicheng. As soon as Ji Wanqing left, the spies Madam Ji and Ji Yanqing had placed in the house sent them messages at the same time.

Madam Ji’s lips curled up, as if she had been prepared for this for a long time. Ji Yanqing, on the other hand, was very shocked. The servant sent her a message, and she immediately left for Zhicheng.

When Ji Wanqing arrived at the company, Mr. Qin from Jiangzhou International was already there. The two of them had a brief discussion about the development trends in the field of data mining. After a preliminary cooperation plan was drafted, Ji Wanqing had to let the other party go due to her physical condition. The whole thing took less than half an hour.

She rested in her office for a while and sent a message to Cen Xia to report her safety, saying that she would be back soon. But as soon as she arrived in the lobby, she ran into a group of troublemakers and a group of reporters with cameras and microphones.

Ji Wanqing was stunned. She heard the man leading the group yelling at the front desk clerk.

“Tell your CEO to come out! We demand an explanation today!”

She wheeled her wheelchair over. As she got closer, she could vaguely make out that this person was Aunt Gu’s eldest son. Aunt Gu would occasionally bring him to her house to stay for a while, so she recognized him.

Perhaps her aura was too intimidating. The family member who was causing trouble felt a strong light behind his head. He looked back. When he saw the woman in black standing upright in a wheelchair, his eyes widened in surprise, and his tone was noticeably less aggressive than before.

“You’re the young lady of the Ji family, Ji Wanqing, who caused my mother’s death, right?”

At this moment, the reporters also noticed her appearance. Camera flashes went off non-stop. A group of people swarmed over, surrounding her and the family member.

Immediately, someone shoved a microphone in front of Ji Wanqing.

“Excuse me, did you personally sign the termination letter for Gu Ling?”

“We heard that Gu Ling had been a housekeeper in your family for nearly 40 years. What made you suddenly decide to terminate her?”

“Hello, we would like to hear your opinion on Gu Ling’s accidental death!”

…

The scene was in chaos. Ji Wanqing was surrounded by all kinds of voices. Someone was interviewing her, someone was recording a video, and someone was pointing at her, demanding compensation. She sat upright in her wheelchair, not saying a word, but her eyes showed no fear.

Cen Xia was on the sofa, petting Shanqing. It had been nearly two hours since Ji Wanqing sent her a message saying she was coming back. It would normally take about an hour at most from the company to their home. She waited and waited but couldn’t get ahold of her. She wanted to call Ji Wanqing to ask what was going on, but was worried she would disturb her while she was talking business. So she took a picture of the little creature and sent it to her.

“Sister, when are you getting here? Shanqing says she misses you!”

As soon as she sent the message, she heard some noise outside the door. She picked up the little creature and ran downstairs, not even having time to put on her slippers properly. As she ran, she kept yelling “Sister” and complaining to Ji Wanqing. She said, “Shanqing bit me today. Her teeth are so sharp. She kept biting my arm. You wouldn’t let me move her. Look, it’s all red here. Wuwuwu… what should I do?”

In the living room, four or five uniformed officers walked in, running into the whining Cen Xia. She was stunned and immediately stopped smiling.

“Officer Zhang, why are you here? Did something happen?” She had met this Officer Zhang before when he took her statement, so she recognized him.

After Cen Xia spoke, her heart couldn’t help but tremble. She thought something had happened to Ji Wanqing and looked at the officers.

Officer Zhang said, “Someone has provided some new clues about the car accident case of your housekeeper. We might need your assistance to come to the station and do a new investigation!”

Cen Xia immediately breathed a sigh of relief. She readily agreed. “Okay, okay. Let’s go now. We’ll be quick!”

She thought that as long as it wasn’t Ji Wanqing, everything else was a minor issue. Before leaving, just in case, she left a small note for her.

“Sister, I’m going out to buy a cake to celebrate for you. I’ll be back soon. Muah~”

But as soon as Cen Xia walked out the door, a reporter at Ji Wanqing’s location immediately received a short video. The reporter shoved the screen with the video and the microphone in front of her.

“Just a minute ago, your wife, Ms. Cen Xia, was taken away by the police. Please give a reasonable explanation to the audience in front of the screen!”

Support