Perhaps he should really think about whether this marriage was worth sustaining.
Or perhaps, he was wrong from the start.
Song Chuyi reclined on the couch.
The whole morning, Robben lay by his feet and for a long time, he didn’t see his master move.
Around nine in the morning, a Porsche arrived at the hospital.
Changqing undid the seatbelt. “Just stop here.”
However, Fu Yu was in no rush to stop and instead, he tried to find a parking spot slowly. “I still have to visit Guan Ying too. She is, after all, an artiste in my company.”
Changqing frowned. “Brother Fu Yu, why don’t we head up separately? There should still be reporters at the hospital today. I don’t want to create unnecessary trouble.”
Fu Yu smiled and agreed.
Changqing got off and walked carefully all the way.
When she entered the hospitalization department, a young nurse beside her suddenly called out “Dr. Song” towards her back.
She felt a shiver down her spine and hesitated for quite a long while before mustering the courage to look back. She saw that it was a small and skinny male doctor walking towards that nurse.
It wasn’t him.
He really wasn’t the only one with the family name “Song.”
Outside the ward, Changqing was about to knock when suddenly, she heard Xue Gao’s angry voice from inside. “… Great, the decision to switch you out of the role of the female lead was just made yesterday and it wasn’t snatched away by Zhao Zhu today. When the company chose you as the female lead, Meng Peng was already very jealous but you had to be so disappointing. I told you to stay away from that Yan Changqing but you refused to listen and even blocked her. If you want to be a heroine, don’t be an actress. CEO Fu has currently promised to give you the lead role of a new drama after three months but out of 10 television dramas these days, eight of them flunk.”Fall In Love Before Dawn’ is a drama with high production costs and investments. On top of that, Northern City’s best broadcasting station is such a good platform for publicity. It’s long gotten popular, even though it hasn’t aired.”
“These days, several pretty good variety shows have invited you to join on and off. The team has already prepared a plan for you and it’s just a matter of time before you get famous, but you don’t know how to cherish it. Just this morning, the program that invited you before said they found a suitable candidate for the variety show. You missed a chance to make it big, but your good sister, even though she’s only the second female lead, will become way more famous than you when the show airs.”
“You were worse than her in the past, and in the future, you’ll be even worse.”
Xue Gao walked out angrily after saying that and when he saw Changqing standing at the door, his gloomy complexion improved but he didn’t greet her and walked past her with a cold face.
Changqing stood blankly at the door until someone slowly patted her from behind.
Fu Yu walked to her side. “Why are you still not going in?”
“… I’m going to.” Changqing forced out a smile and walked into the ward.
On the pale sheets, Guan Ying stared blankly at the ceiling, her face streaming with tears. After hearing movement, she quickly turned her face and wiped the tears away with the tips of her fingers and in a few seconds, she was wearing a smile.
“Xiaoying, are you feeling better today?” Changqing placed the fresh flowers she brought on the table and saw there was a small wet patch on the pillow.
She felt very uncomfortable inside.
“I still can’t move,” Guan Ying laughed hoarsely and said to Fu Yu, “CEO Fu, what a coincidence–you actually came with Changqing.”
A hint of awkwardness flashed past Changqing’s face. Fu Yu watched her with a slight smile. “Yeah, what a coincidence.”
Guan Ying teased, “I’m afraid I’ll be the artiste that CEO Fu will have to take care of the most at the company. My boss came to visit twice while I’ve been hospitalized.”
“It’s what I should do,” Fu Yu said, “Don’t think about anything else right now. When you get better, the company’s team will plan a custom route to stardom for you again. You have a very good image, and on top of that, you have good acting skills, so you can become popular. Yesterday, Director Su told me many times that it was such a pity.”
“Mm, with CEO Fu’s words, I feel assured.” Guan Ying smiled slightly.
Fu Yu was very satisfied. This was a very smart woman.
The three chatted for a while until Fu Yu received a call from the company before he left.
When he left, the atmosphere in the ward became lighter. Guan Ying smiled and said, “Was it really a coincidence that you two met and came together?”
“Xiaoying, it’s impossible between me and him.” Changqing sighed. She peeled off the skin of a pear, Guan Ying’s favorite fruit.
“Don’t tell me you like someone else?” Guan Ying suddenly asked.
Changqing was silent for a while and denied it. “No.”
Guan Ying turned to look out the window. “Actually, he said he would wait for me to recover and bring me to fame again all because of you. Otherwise, someone like me would never be worth it…”
“Xiaoying…” Changqing cut her off, saying word for word, “No matter if you become popular in the future or not, in any case, if I have an apple, I’d share half with you. We’re good friends who share everything.”
“I know.” Guan Ying looked at the pear in her hand.
At that moment, she was touched. However, she thought that in no time at all, their friendship would be split apart just like this pear…
In the long hallway in Area C of the hospital, Song Chuyi was conversing softly with Dr. Xin while walking towards the outpatient department when he saw Fu Yu walking towards them from afar, clad in black from head to toe, looking unhurried.
“That looks like Shang Wei’s CEO Fu,” Dr. Xin also recognized him.
“Mm.” Song Chuyi took a look at Area E, the hospitalization department behind Fu Yu. Guan Ying was staying on that side.
“Dr. Song, Dr. Xin, looks like you aren’t busy today,” Fu Yu’s usual cold expression had a hidden hint of joy today.
Song Chuyi lifted his thin and cold lips up, and Dr. Xin said with a smile, “It’s okay, we’re prepared to go to the outpatient department. CEO Fu is here because…”
“To see a friend off while she visits a patient.” Fu Yu raised the corners of his eyes, and the corners of his lips hid a smile.
“Girlfriend?” Dr. Xin didn’t notice the expression of the person beside him and said in a joking way, “Looks like CEO Fu is in quite a good mood.”
Fu Yu was silent, only widening that hidden smile.
Song Chuyi squinted his eyes slightly and said to Dr. Xin, “You head over first. I still have some private matters to discuss with CEO Fu.”
“Alright, then head over quickly.” Dr. Xin left first tactfully.
Fu Yu took a look at Dr. Xin’s disappearing figure. “Dr. Song, do we have any private matters to talk about?”
“What do you think? My wife for example.” Song Chuyi lifted his chin slightly, his apathetic face emitting a sense of coldness. “Fu Yu, there are some actions that I would advise you to stop before you go too far. Forget about the matter of you snatching Guan Ying away, but now you’re coming for Changqing again. Do you really think that I, Song Chuyi, can be toyed by you as you want? Let me tell you–when I, Song Chuyi, am still around Northern City, you’re still at some unknown place. I gave in to you time and again not because I’m afraid of you but because I don’t want to create more issues.”
“I understand that very well,” Fu Yu said flippantly, “However, the matters of the heart are all about both parties being willing. Dr. Song, you should know better than anyone the reason why Changqing got married to you. If the Yan Family didn’t happen to be financially tight and your Song Family had money, Changqing would’ve never gotten married to you. To tell you the truth, Changqing and I liked each other since we were young. She even confessed to me once but at that time… because both our families had some complicated entanglements, I had no choice but to go overseas with my family. Now that I’m back and Changqing also knows about these entanglements from the past, she actually also wishes very much to return to my side and only felt it wasn’t nice to leave you suddenly because the Song Family helped the Yan Family.”
“She also told me your father and grandma treat her very well. She feels that bringing up a divorce would let them down.”
The weather today was still gloomy, but Song Chuyi knew his face definitely looked worse than the weather.
He, Song Chuyi, could also be considered God’s favored one.
However, he had to run into this Fu Yu. If this was in the past, he would’ve just left Fu Yu disabled.
But right now…
He felt deeply powerless. All these days, he treated Changqing not very well but at least it wasn’t bad. He never thought that this was what she actually thought.
He took in a deep breath and suddenly laughed coldly, “Sure, you like Yan Changqing but as long as I don’t divorce her, you’ll always be the third party and you will never be able to be together legitimately.”
He saw that Fu Yu’s relaxed and joyous gaze was suddenly shrouded with haze and he felt a little better.
Song Chuyi took a step forward. His thin lips curled into a ruminating curve. “Only, I wonder how CEO Fu would feel when your woman is moaning under me. So what if she doesn’t like me? Her body likes me a lot.”
Fu Yu suddenly felt a pain in his chest as though fresh blood was flowing out.
He tried hard to control himself but his hand was trembling violently.
“Only, Changqing’s stamina is really bad so every night, she can’t make it past two or three times,” Song Chuyi smiled.
Fu Yu grabbed onto his white coat suddenly.
The veins on the back of his hands were popping out.
Song Chuyi watched him calmly. “CEO Fu, don’t make trouble on my turf, understand? There are security officers everywhere and there are reporters walking around up front.”
Fu Yu wanted to punch him but could only hold it in.
Song Chuyi peeled his hands off lightly and said with a smile, “The exit of the hospital is over there. Take care, CEO Fu.”
“Song Chuyi, in any case, think through it well by yourself. What’s the point of holding on to a woman who doesn’t like you? I’m afraid you’ll never be able to experience the feeling of a connection between the body and the soul.” Fu Yu laughed coldly and stepped away.
Rage boiled in Song Chuyi’s chest and he stared at an evergreen tree visible through a window at the end of the long hallway without moving.
The entire afternoon, Changqing kept Guan Ying company in the ward.
When Dr. Wang came over to perform a checkup on her, Guan Ying asked seemingly casually, “Is Dr. Song very busy today?”
Changqing’s heart was lifted up as she listened on nervously.
“Why, were you looking forward to Dr. Song’s visit?” Dr. Wang teased, “Dr. Song is treating patients in the outpatient department today and should be very busy.”
Guan Ying was slightly disappointed. Changqing also felt disappointed inside. There hadn’t been a single call from Song Chuyi since yesterday. She did think of calling him but didn’t dare to.
Changqing left only after having lunch with Guan Ying. All along her route out of the hospital, she looked around but didn’t even see Song Chuyi.
Actually, the hospital was very big and sometimes it was very difficult to run into someone.
At night, she hesitated for a long time before returning to Lakeview Residence. There was no one at home. Auntie Wang wasn’t around and neither was Robben.
Changqing hadn’t encountered this house feeling this empty in a very long time.
In the short span of two days, many things seemed to have changed.
She was hungry and searched for some snacks at home to fill herself up.