After rejecting my celebrity husband

Chapter 177 - 178: The Lawyer’s Call [10]

"No, no!"

She hurriedly bowed her head to eat. Though there was clearly nothing on the fork, she still brought it to her mouth and bit down hard.

There was a clink as her tooth and the steel fork collided, causing her gums to ache.

"Idiot!" Zimo frowned in annoyance, "Can you focus, please?"

How could this be any more ridiculous, encountering a mishap just by eating a meal.

Luo Xiaoqian sucked in a breath of cool air and resentfully speared a dumpling into her mouth.

How could she be blamed? Instead of eating peacefully, he distracted her with his smiling. It would have been fine if his smile was simply as radiant as the sun, but what was with that electricity he was firing from his eyes? His gaze suggested as if he had fallen in love with her.

Love?!

When that word flickered through her mind, she bit her tongue yet again.

Could he really have fallen for her?!

No, impossible!

Maybe he felt that he had wronged her that day and was feeling a bit guilty. That’s why he had been nicer to her these past few days. Yes, that had to be it.

Across from her, Zimo watched her begin to space out again, his face betraying a hint of anger.

"I have a meeting this afternoon. Can you please just concentrate?"

See, there was the fierce look on his face, wasn’t there?

Having been scolded by him, Luo Xiaoqian actually felt more at ease.

She would rather have him scold her. She found it more normal. When he was nice to her, she really couldn’t handle it.

"Right away, right away!"

She smiled at him and immediately devoted all her attention to the momentous task of eating.

This time, Zimo firmly refused to let her wash the dishes, and Luo Xiaoqian had no choice but to agree.

"Go get your bag!" Zimo stood up and walked into the study.

Luo Xiaoqian went over to the couch to grab her bag. She glanced at the coffee table and saw no picture frame. Puzzled, she looked around and caught sight of a photo on the wooden rack; she paused in confusion. She remembered placing the frame casually on the coffee table last night, yet he had positioned it so conspicuously.

"From now on, just treat this place as your own!" Zimo came out with her bag, then set a black baseball cap on her head, "The paparazzi will probably be more interested in you for a while. You need to be careful!"

As he turned to walk to the door, Luo Xiaoqian followed. An indescribable warmth surged in her heart, causing her eyes to sting.

Fearing that he would notice her sentimentality, she hurriedly fished out her sunglasses from the bag and put them on.

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The hospital.

The surgery room.

Shen Yizhou carefully examined Luo Xiaoqian’s wound and nodded in satisfaction, "It’s healing very well. We’ll change the dressing today, and you should be able to get your stitches out in a week. Apart from leaving a scar, it won’t affect the normal function of your finger at all. And remember the usual rules, don’t get it wet, and don’t forget your antibiotics!"

"Okay!" Luo Xiaoqian responded with a smile.

Meanwhile, Zimo gazed at the stitches on her finger, his brow furrowed and his eyes cold.

He hadn’t seen the wound clearly that day, and only now realized how deep it was.

Shen Xinyi deserved to die!

As Shen Yizhou was dressing Luo Xiaoqian’s wound, her phone began to vibrate.

She was in the middle of the procedure and couldn’t use her phone, so Zimo helped her get it and passed it to her. Luo Xiaoqian, looking at the unfamiliar number, pressed the answer key with a puzzled expression.

"Hello, Miss Luo Xiaoqian, right? I’m Sandy, the in-house attorney of the Emperor View Group Legal Department!"

"An attorney from Emperor View Group?" Luo Xiaoqian glanced at Zimo. "Hello, Mr. Sandy, I am Luo Xiaoqian. What can I do for you?"