Chapter 149


    “You…” The man that was being stepped on the ground couldn’t speak from the pain. He did not


    expect that Qin Muchen would actually beat him right there on the street.


    Other drivers were getting down from their cars anding over as well.


    Some of them had started to defend the man, but they all fell silent under Qin Muchen’s stare.


    Qin Muchen lifted his foot off the man and turned back to the car. He wrote a cheque, flung it at the


    man and drove off.


    The guy Qin Muchen stepped on was on the verge of saying something in his embarrassment when he


    was struck dumb by the number of zeros on the cheque. As if nothing had happened, he brushed the


    dirt off his clothes and went back to his car.


    No one in the crowd had thought of calling the police.


    Beating up the guy did not do anything to quell Qin Muchen’s anger. He was still fuming when he


    stopped by a bar, though he did not forget to bring Beef with him when he went in.


    The car-sick Beef tottered after Qin Muchen.


    Unsurprisingly, Qin Muchen and his puppy were stopped at the door by the doorman.


    Qin Muchen merely nced at the doorman and he went straight in. He flicked a card onto the counter.


    “A private room.”


    The receptionist saw the limited edition ck Card and immediately arranged a private box for him.


    No one dared to utter a word as Qin Muchen led Beef into the room.


    He ordered the whole row of wine on the menu as Beef sat down looking at him from the side.


    Qin Muchen sipped his wine and turned to look at his dog. He grabbed a wine ss and poured Beef


    some wine.


    Beef curiouslypped up some of the wine, then everything seemed to sway around it. It wanted to


    come close to rub against Qin Muchen, but it fell after a few unsteady steps. The puppy tried to get up


    again.


    Qin Muchen watched Beef for a while, then carried it up onto the sofa. There was a rare gentleness in


    his eyes as he whispered somewhat amusedly, “So this is what she meant when she talked about


    getting a dog.”


    At least dogs don’t betray you, he thought. As long as you’re good to a dog, it will never leave you for


    anyone else. Unlike that heartless woman. At this thought, his eyes darkened. He opened another


    bottle of wine, threw back his head and drank.


    Beef whine ufortably. It wriggled its way across the sofa to snuggle up against Qin Muchen.


    When Su Ziyue woke up, all she could see was a sea of white.


    In a daze, she smelled the scent of disinfectant. She turned her head and saw medical equipment. She


    realized that she was in the hospital.


    Oh right, Qin Muchen. She remembered him.


    Su Ziyue struggled to sit up on the bed. She saw that there was no one else in the room and that she


    was wearing a hospital gown.


    She plucked out the needle from the back of her hand. Just as she was getting out of bed barefooted, a


    nurse walked in.


    “Ah, you’re awake!” the young nurse said when she saw Su Ziyue getting up.


    “Hello, where’s my phone?” Su Ziyue asked the nurse. She desperately wanted to call Qin Muchen.


    “It’s in the bedside drawer, but the battery’s t now. There was a call earlier and I answered it for you.


    He should be on his way here now. You don’t mind, do you?” the nurse added apologetically. The call


    came when this beautifuldy was unconscious. The caller sounded anxious when he was told the


    patient was involved in a car ident. Thinking perhaps he was a good friend of the patient, the nurse


    gave him the hospital location. Then the phone battery suddenly went t after that.


    Su Ziyue shook her head. “No problem. Thanks.” She turned around, pulled open the bedside drawer


    and found her phone.


    The phone battery really was dead; she couldn’t turn it on at all.


    She was barefoot and out of bed, so the nurse hurriedly said, “You’d better lie down. Since you’re


    awake now, I’ll get the doctor in to see you.”


    Su Ziyue fruitlessly tried the phone again, then defeatedly turned to the nurse. “Sorry, what’s the time


    now?”


    “Now? It’s around midnight.” The nurse lowered the now nearly empty IV bag to a hook beside the bed


    and reced it with a new one before she added, “Come and lie down. We need to give you some


    more fluids.”


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    Already around midnight...


    Su Ziyue didn’t hear the nurse’s instruction; her heart was all in a panic. “Can you lend me a phone


    charger?”


    “Sure! Wait a moment.” The nurse promptly turned and left. She had just started her internship here


    and was eager to please.


    Before long, she came back with a doctor and a phone charger.


    “No big issues. The wound on your forehead isn’t deep, so it should heal in a few days. You’ll be


    discharged tomorrow.” With that, the doctor and nurse left.


    Su Ziyue charged her phone and turned it on—there wasn’t even one missed call.


    Qin Muchen was mad, but was he this mad? She had not returned home all night, yet he did not even


    call once. She was dumbfounded.


    At that moment, someone came through the door hesitantly. At the sight of Su Ziyue sitting on the bed,


    he bounded into the room, looking anxious as he quickly asked in a caring tone, “Ziyue, are you


    alright?”


    Su Ziyue looked up. It was Gong Zeyang again.


    She was tired of hiding her disgust for Gong Zeyang. “What are you doing here?” She scowled at him.


    Gong Zeyang ignored the meanness in her tone and walked to the bed. “I heard that you were in a car


    ident,” he replied anxiously. “I was so worried.”


    Su Ziyue ignored him and continued to dial for Qin Muchen on her phone.


    That petty man. I can’t believe he hasn’t called or came looking for me yet. Fine, go ahead and not


    answer my calls! When I go home tomorrow, I''ll tell him I was in a car crash. That’ll make him feel bad!


    Gong Zeyang’s face was expressionless. Su Ziyue waspletely ignoring him, and his sharp eyes


    could still catch who she was trying to call, despite his embarrassment over her frostiness. “Where’s


    Qin Muchen? Why isn’t he here?” he asked.


    “None of your concern,” she snapped, not even lifting her head to look at him; her attention was all on


    her phone. “Why don’t you just leave? I’m feeling even worse with you around. The doctor said I need


    more rest.”


    He just assumed he must have done something earlier to make her angry and seeing that she was not


    seriously injured, he decided to leave her for now and visit again tomorrow.


    Su Ziyue was familiar with Qin Muchen’s habit. After calling three times and receiving no answer, she


    stopped trying.


    She slept badly all night. Everytime she was on the edge of falling asleep, she’d hear the phone


    ringing, but as her eyes flew open each time, there was never any phone call; it was all in her head.


    The night passed slowly in this befuddled manner.


    She woke up early the next morning. Only after checking out of the hospital at the counter did she


    suddenly remember that she had hit someone’s car the night before.


    She asked the nurse, “Didn’t I hit someone the day before? What happened to the driver?”


    “The driver’s fine. He had to go after sending you here, but he left a phone number.” At this, the nurse


    passed her the number.