Qī Chéngzhī was pretending on purpose, just to make Sòng Yǔ feel distressed.

  "Didn't I say I'd come pick you up? It's just a minor injury, didn't want to worry you." He said, using a paper towel to press against the wound and absorb the blood that had just started to ooze out.

  "You're hurt and left unattended, but you came to pick me up and made me worry!" Song Yu grasped his hand, temporarily lifted the paper towel, saw that the injury was not as serious as he had imagined, and finally let out a sigh of relief.

  But the wound continued to bleed profusely, making her worried, "It's all bleeding and not going for disinfection treatment, what's the use of using paper towels?"

  Looking at the wound on his forehead, it's not big, about the size of the mouth of a bottle of Niangci An's plum blossom ointment, but in Song Yu's eyes, it's quite striking.

  On his clean and handsome face, such a wound appeared, but he still looked like nothing was wrong, because he was afraid she would worry, so he put on an air of indifference.

  After all, it's an old wound, how can it not hurt?

  The more he was like this, the more Song Yu's heart ached, and tears floated up in her eyes.

  "Let's go to the hospital first." Song Yu said, forcing down the sour feeling in his throat.

  "It's really nothing, your mom accepted me for the first time today and even prepared my favorite dishes, I don't want to be late and give her a bad impression." Qi Chengzhi said, but his face was somewhat pale, and he leaned his head back against the chair.

  "If something happens to you, tell my mom and she'll understand." Song Yu said, turning his head to see that Chang Ye had already turned the car around and was heading towards the hospital.

  Zi Chengzhi saw the tears welling up in her eyes and no longer refused.

  He often couldn't help but glance through the rearview mirror and sneak a peek at what was behind.

  Just now, the president was still in good spirits all the way, using a paper towel to press against the wound, and even had the mood to take a selfie with his phone's camera mode, took several work calls, spoke clearly and logically, and even his voice was as calm as ever, couldn't hear any signs of injury.

  How did Song Yu suddenly become pale and weak again? This fake strong appearance is really heartbreaking to anyone who sees it!

  Chang Ye couldn't help but suspect that the president was intentionally pretending, just to make Song Yu heartbroken?

  Song Yu's words immediately confirmed Chang Ye's speculation.

  Song Yu's hand reached through Qi Chengzhi's neck and let him lean on her shoulder, "Does it hurt a lot?"

  "It's okay, just a bit dizzy." Qi Chengzhi's voice lowered, sounding somewhat weak, leaning on Song Yu's shoulder, speaking in a tone that sounded like he was being coquettish.

  Always: “......”

  "What happened with the car accident? You're usually very careful when driving." Song Yu lowered his head, took out a new paper towel and replaced it to press against Qi Chengzhi's wound.

  Chi didn't answer, but he had a certain understanding of his own president's temperament, so after glancing at the rearview mirror, he suddenly said: "It's Manager Jian."

  "I don't know what's wrong with Manager Jian, he suddenly crashed into the rear of the president's car from behind. The president was about to turn at that time and was hit so hard that his car tail swung out, and then crashed into a car in the next lane, so the president was injured by two consecutive impacts."

  "Is he ill?" Song Yu was furious.

  "Isn't everything okay now?" Qi Chengzhi smiled and pinched Song Yu's hand.

  "...it was tacitly acknowledged that Qi Chengzhi did it on purpose."

  After a while, Qi Chengzhi's mobile phone rang, he took it out and looked at it, it was Cheng Dongge.

  "It's probably about handling the accident." said Qi Chengzhi.

  "I'll pick you up." Song Yu answered the phone, "Assistant Cheng, it's me, Song Yu."

  "Miss Song." Cheng Dongge called out, glancing at Jian Yi beside him, who also looked over with a gloomy expression.

  "The accident has been identified as a rear-end collision," said Sung Dong-gak.

  Whether Jian Yi was intentional or not, this collision of his was quite measured. Although he was the party at fault in the accident, there wouldn't be too much loss.

  "Was he doing it on purpose?"

  "This is hard to say, the police have not determined if it was intentional, but I think it was," said Cheng Dongge.

  ……

  ……

  Arrived at the hospital, went to treat Qi Chengzhi's wound. After the doctor asked about the cause of the injury, he also let Qi Chengzhi go for a brain examination.

  Song Yu called home while waiting, and Yu Qianying answered.

  "How come you haven't returned yet? My meal is almost ready." It was Song Yu, Yu Qianying asked.

  "Qi Cheng had a car accident and is now in the hospital for examination. If everything is fine, we will head back home soon." Song Yu said.

  "What's going on? Is it serious?" Yu Qianying also asked anxiously.

  "The injury is not serious, just a little blood on his forehead. I'm worried that he might have hurt something inside. He's currently undergoing a brain scan," said Song Yu.

  "How could there be a car accident? Whose fault is it? In the future, I'll remind him to drive carefully and not to rush. If someone rushes past, let them go, one's own safety is important." Yu Qiangying reminded, now she also regards Qi Chengzhi as her son-in-law.

  "He was always a careful driver, but this time he was on his way to pick me up after work when Jian Yi deliberately crashed into him from behind." Just mentioning this made Song Yu's anger surge, and her voice tightened.

  She heard Yu Qianying sigh, "As long as the person is fine, it's all right, we'll wait at home, tell him not to rush."

  "Hmm, originally he still planned to deceive me, afraid that you would get impatient and angry, planning to directly go pick me up and take me home." Song Yu lowered his head, his index finger and thumb pinching the pants on his knee again and again.

  "He... has a conscience." Yu Qianying was slightly moved.

  ……

  ……

  Zi Cheng finished the examination and found no serious injury, with a band-aid on his forehead.

  Song Yu let out a sigh of relief and then had Chang Ye drive them to the Song residence.

  When they arrived, many families had already finished their dinner.

  Because there is no wind tonight, some kids have come out to play badminton.

  Song Yu saw a little boy, about 8 or 9 years old, waving his racket, and then they both tilted their heads back, following the trajectory of the flying shuttlecock.

  A child exclaimed "Ah!" and then two little boys ran to the front of the stone pedestal, looking at a tree leaning against the pedestal from across it.

  One of the boys put his hands on the stone pedestal, wanting to climb up, but the pedestal was still too high for him, let alone an 8 or 9-year-old child, it only reached Qi Chengzhi's waist and abdomen.

  So I tried several times but failed.

  As they walked home, Song Yu happened to pass by and asked, "What's wrong?"

  "Song Yu Jie!" The little boy recognized her and called out, "Just now hit a bit hard, the badminton flew onto the tree branch."

  He lifted his hand, which had dust on it from the stone pedestal, and pointed at the feather ball squeezed among the high branches.

  Song Yu was somewhat embarrassed, if it were usual, she would have definitely asked Qi Chengzhi to fetch it.

  But at this moment, Qi Chengzhi was injured and his head was still dizzy.

  It's really unreasonable that there is an adult here who can help but doesn't.

  She looked down at her high heels and said to Qi Cheng: "You carry me up, I'll go get the badminton."

  "Where is your husband?" Chi Chengzhi glanced at her and unbuttoned his suit.

  "You're injured, don't engage in such intense activities." Song Yu blocked him.

  "It's nothing, it's not a very intense activity." Qi Chengzhi took off his suit and handed it to Song Yu, then unbuttoned the cuffs of his shirt and rolled up his sleeves a few times, walking to the stone platform.

  His hands were on the stone pedestal, and with a burst of strength, his arm muscles bulged due to exertion, and the tendons and bones inside were clearly visible.

  He sprang nimbly onto the stone pedestal, his tall and slender body allowing him to reach without even lifting his arm, and with a slight stretch of his hand, he picked up the badminton.

  The little boy jumped up excitedly and hurriedly stretched out his hand to take the shuttlecock, shouting happily: "Thank you, uncle!"

  "... Qi Cheng's movement stopped, the shuttlecock was about to reach the little boy's hand, but he took it back and stood up straight again, reinserting the shuttlecock between the branches of the tree before jumping down from the stone pedestal.

  "What kind of gaze is that? Can't you look at people properly? Calling her sister and me uncle, don't you have any manners? You're young but can't be so impolite!" Qi Chengzhi's face was cold as he grabbed Song Yu's hand and walked away, leaving the two children staring after him in shock.

  When they turned around, they found that the shuttlecock was hit by Qi Chengzhi even higher than before, and they were so anxious that they almost cried.

  "It's just kids, why bother with them?" Song Yu turned his head to look at the two little boys standing in their original positions, and he couldn't help but feel a pang of guilt.

  "That badminton is the punishment for their mistakes, let them remember, so they won't make the same mistake again." Qi Chengzhi said with a serious face, "Otherwise, small mistakes may become big mistakes."

  Song Yu: "......"

  ……

  ……

  Finished eating at night

  Rice, Qi Cheng and Song Yu wanted to leave, and Yu Qianying followed them out of the door to see them off.

  See them off on the bus, Yu Qianying walked back and forth, just met the neighbor next door.

  "Yu Jie, was that her boyfriend who just walked away with Song Yu?" The neighbor glanced at the car that had just disappeared around the corner.

  "Hehe, yeah." Yu Qianying nodded with a smile, feeling great, finally able to hold her head high and not having to awkwardly say "none" again, only to be met with a barrage of "how come you still haven't?" questions.

  "Just now, our Shuai was playing badminton over there, and the shuttlecock got stuck in a tree. He helped get it down, but then because our Shuai called Song Yujie 'sister', she called him 'uncle' back, and he put the shuttlecock back up in the tree. I mean, kids are so young and don't understand these things, how can they still bicker over such a small matter? It ended up with our Shuai running back home to get his dad to come down, just to get the shuttlecock down." The neighbor shook her head in dissatisfaction.

  Yu Qianying: "......"

  "This person's character can be seen from small things, look at how petty he is, I think this person..." The neighbor suddenly stopped talking, as if feeling that she had said too much, and could only awkwardly laugh and say "I've said too much, don't mind it, I'll go first."

  Yu Qianying's face was still burning from being scolded, and it wasn't until tonight that you couldn't see her blushing.

  She thought for a moment and knew why Qi Chengzhi was like that, but she couldn't help muttering to herself: "He's old anyway, and he still doesn't let people talk!"

  ……

  ……

  On Friday, Qi Chengzhi's forehead had already stopped bleeding and scabbed over, the gauze was also removed.

  Because it was an afternoon flight, so Qi Cheng still had to go to the company in the morning.

  Song Yu directly asked for leave, and Qi Chengzhi wanted to take her to Qili together.

  Song Yu didn't want to go, thinking that he was working there, she was wandering around the office, bumping into subordinates who came to discuss official business with him, and sitting next to them made her feel very awkward.

  "Otherwise I'll have to come back and pick you up again." Qi Chengzhi gave her a glance, just one glance, but it made Song Yu feel like she was being unreasonable.

  In the end, he still appeared with Qi Chengzhi at the gate of Qi Lin.

  As they walked to the door, they coincidentally bumped into Jian Yi and Qi Chengyue.

  Jian Yi's car head was also dented and had to be taken back to the 4S shop for repair. In the morning, he came in Qi Chengyue's Audi TTS.

  As soon as they saw them, Qi Chengyue immediately grasped Jian Yi's arm, worried that he would break free, and secretly pinched him in warning.

  Jian Yi slightly furrowed his brow and lowered his head, only to see Qi Chengyue warningly glance at him.

  "Big brother, why did Song Yu come too? Are you planning to bring her to work? When did you become someone who can't separate public and private matters? If the family finds out..."

  Qī Chéngzhī snorted coldly, interrupting Qī Chéngyuè's words: "If the family finds out, it was Jiǎn Yì who deliberately bumped into me—"

  Jian Qi's expression changed, and Qi Cheng led Song Yu inside, but his hand was pulled back, and his footsteps were also hindered.

  Zi Xiangzhi stopped, and saw Song Yu's face sink as he stared at Jian Yi, "Jian Yi, please don't do such boring things again. This time was just luck, his forehead only scratched a bit, if you hurt him again, I really will hate you for the rest of my life!"

  "You didn't tell me you were going to crash into my brother on purpose." Qi Chengyue followed him into Jian Yi's office, told the assistant not to disturb them, and locked the door.

  "Zi Cheng said that, and you believed him? He must have told Song Yu the same thing to frame me." Jian Yi irritably pulled out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, lit one up, and tossed the pack onto the table.

  "Jian Yi, just because I didn't ask you doesn't mean I don't know! I went to ask Cheng Dong Ge, and at that time, it was impossible for the cars to collide from behind. You directly crashed into the back of my brother's car!" Qi Cheng Yue took a few deep breaths in anger, "Didn't you hear what Song Yu said? She will hate you for her whole life, she doesn't even have you in her heart right now!"

  "It has nothing to do with Song Yu, can't you stop bringing her up all the time!" Jian Yi impatiently took a deep drag on his cigarette.

  "Do you think I really don't know? I know you have Song Yu in your heart, you like her. And I also know that you're with me just because of my status. But I've always told myself, I look good, not any worse than Song Yu, and I truly love you. Since you chose me, even if it's not a lot of affection but definitely not dislike, won't time make you win over your heart for me?"

  "I've been consoling myself like this all along, I know you all think I'm unreasonable, every time I find fault with Song Yu, actually I also know, it's not her clinging to you, but you clinging to her, but I'd rather say she's clinging to you, why? Just because I don't want to admit it, I feel that by saying so, my heart can still accept it."

  "But Jian Yi, for such a long time, you haven't even liked me a bit?" Qi Chengyue's smile was bleak and cold, his eyes somewhat chilly. "Then have you ever thought that since you married me because of my identity and background, shouldn't you also respect my identity and background? At least, you should make me happy in order to guarantee your own future."

  "I'm telling you straight out, your future is in my hands. As long as you're in Qi Lin, just with a word from me to Big Brother, he'll make sure you never amount to anything. If you want to start your own business, you'll have to use my money! Without it, you're nothing!"

  "When I'm with you, I meet Song Yu, and another heart and a pair of eyes are placed on her, eager to get rid of me, just in case she sees our intimate appearance. Do you think Song Yu doesn't know? Does she still think that we got married and did nothing, just sleeping together?"

  Qī Chéng Yuè coldly smiled, "Ever since she found out you were with me, she knew you weren't that pure. In her eyes, you've been tainted for a long time. Who are you pretending to now? You let her think it was you who saved her when she fell into the water back then. But now that she knows the truth, even if there's still some affection left in her heart for you, it's all gone!"

  Jian Yi's long fingers held a cigarette, his movements suddenly stiffening as he lowered his eyes and refused to look at her.

  Zi Chengyue leaned in close to him, her hand gently covering his that was holding the cigarette. "Jian Yi, you know I love you, and I never wanted to force you with my identity. As long as you're willing to look at me more often, as long as you have me in your heart, whatever you want, I'll give it to you."

  "Yes, I intentionally crashed into Qi Cheng's car. Because I'm fed up. Why was he born with everything, while I have to keep struggling? Why can he control me at will, and with just one word, send me to France, while even if I become his relative, I still have to be careful and live under his nose?" Jian Yi said gritting her teeth.

  If he had everything that Qi Cheng has, then he wouldn't have to compromise and could be with Song Yu freely!

  Qī Chéng Yuè lightly sighed, took the cigarette from between his fingers and threw it into the ashtray, grasped his hand, "Smoke less, Jiǎn Yì. Let's have a kid, okay? I know you don't like me that much, but give me some sense of security, alright? Let's have a few kids, so I can feel that you're still mine, and you're the father of my child."

  She slightly furrowed her brow, pulling her hand back from his palm. "I've told you before, let's focus on our careers first. We're both still young, no need to rush into having kids. Let's wait until my career is stable."

  "I don't think having children and career are conflicting, and with the support of our family, it won't be a burden to you at all. Are you using your career as an excuse because you don't want kids? Or... " Qi Chengyue's voice was choked with sobs, "is it that you don't want children with me?"

  "You think that if you don't want kids, Song Yu will forgive you and like you? Jian Yi, in her eyes you're already dirty, so dirty that she doesn't even want to look at you straight now. Your act of being deep in love is useless, it's not like you haven't slept with me before."

  She snorted, took a deep breath: "You quit smoking, I don't know how you suddenly started smoking again, but you just started, quitting isn't hard. After quitting, we'll have kids. Otherwise, we'll go to France. The company's transfer order is coming down, unless you resign, there's no room for you to object!"

  "Think about what I said and make a decision!" Qi Chengyue said coldly and walked out of the office.

  Jian Yi clenched his fists and trembled with rage, his face slowly turning red with anger.

  He grabbed the ashtray and threw it forcefully against the wall.

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  Today is the last day, just a little bit of distance away from catching up with the previous one, let's work harder and cheer up!

  Then, tomorrow Orange Juice and Xiao Yu are going to France~~