Addicted to My Cutie and Sweetie

Chapter 857: When Women Get Ruthless, Men Are Out of the Picture!

Zhang Lingying had a very deep sleep and when she woke up, it was dark outside. She couldn’t tell how long she had slept, she only felt an empty stomach, starving.

She rustled out from under the covers and reached out to turn on the bedside lamp.

Picking up her phone to check the time, she saw dozens of missed calls.

The next second, she realized it was already half past eight in the evening.

She had slept and starved the entire day.

"Ah-choo——"

Zhang Lingying sneezed, rubbed her nose, and found her cold had gotten much better.

Throwing on a coat, she got out of bed and then washed up.

She then went to the kitchen to boil water, preparing to cook herself a bowl of noodles. While waiting for the water to boil, she picked up her phone and looked through the missed call log.

When she first got up, she had glanced at it—the missed calls were all from Lu Jing and his assistant.

She had also opened a video sent by the assistant, knowing that Lu Jing was fine, so she didn’t rush to return the call.

Now, reopening her phone, she thought for a moment and called Lu Jing back.

Planning to tell him that she couldn’t manage to visit the hospital today.

But despite calling for a long time, Lu Jing didn’t answer.

She was about to ask the assistant what was going on when the assistant’s call came through.

Zhang Lingying quickly picked it up and said, "Hello."

The assistant on the other end seemed almost in disbelief that he had finally gotten through, and was so emotional he almost cried, "Miss Zhang, can you come to the hospital now? President Lu has gastric spasms again, and his condition is quite bad..."

The water in the pot boiled, and Zhang Lingying went over to turn down the heat.

The assistant thought she didn’t want to come and continued rapidly, "President Lu thought you would come to see him after work today and has been sitting by the window waiting for you since the afternoon. Later, finding your call unreachable, his mood turned very low. In the end, he didn’t eat and then the gastric spasms started. The doctor said it’s psychological; President Lu refuses to let go of himself."

Sometimes, psychological ailments are even more silent and severe than physical illnesses.

When your body is sick, you can treat it, but with psychological issues, the sufferer might not even realize they’re ill or be willing to admit it.

Zhang Lingying vaguely sensed something but was not sure.

After hearing the assistant’s words, she didn’t bother to cook noodles, turned off the stove, and said to the phone, "I’ll come over now."

When Zhang Lingying arrived at the hospital, Lu Jing was still unconscious.

Contrary to the video the assistant sent her, the Lu Jing before her was pale as paper, lying there quietly. If not for the faint rise and fall of his chest, you wouldn’t be sure if he was still alive.

Seeing that he wasn’t awake, she went to see the doctor first, then came back and instructed the assistant to buy a boxed meal set.

The assistant suspected nothing and complied with everything.

When Zhang Lingying returned to the ward, Lu Jing finally woke up.

Seeing Zhang Lingying sitting by his bed, he blinked, but said nothing.

Zhang Lingying, still suffering from a cold and wearing a mask, thought Lu Jing did not recognize her and deliberately remained silent.

The short distance between them felt immense as they just looked at each other.

The assistant quickly came back with a boxed meal, and Zhang Lingying stopped staring at Lu Jing, stood up calmly, took the meal, and set up the small table on Lu Jing’s bed.

She laid out the boxed meal the assistant bought on the table.

Calmly looking at him, with a hint of sarcasm in her voice, "Don’t want to eat?"

Lu Jing: "..."

"Then just stay hungry." Zhang Lingying finished speaking, broke open a pair of disposable chopsticks, and began to devour the meal.

Lu Jing: "..."