novelraw Chapter 056 More Important Things
Chapter 056 More Important Things
evening.
The last rays of the setting sun had faded, and soft bedside lamps illuminated the ward.
The air remained suffocatingly quiet.
Apart from the occasional rustling sound of turning pages.
"Knock knock knock—"
The tranquility was broken by a rapid and rather impolite knocking.
Followed by.
The door was pushed open.
Su Qing burst in, looking flustered.
Behind her followed an assistant, who was covered in sweat and carrying a thick stack of documents.
Su Qing was dressed in business attire, but her face looked terrible; she had clearly sped all the way from the company.
"Jiang Ci!"
As soon as Su Qing entered the room, her high heels made a crisp sound as they stepped on the floor.
"How long are you going to stay out of contact?"
"You're not answering the phone or replying to emails. Do you want to watch the company pay out huge sums in breach of contract penalties?"
She strode to the foot of the bed.
He held up an urgent document in his hand, his tone anxious and stern:
"This is the licensing agreement for the core technology! The legal representative must sign and fax it over before 8 PM tonight! Only 20 minutes left!"
"If you don't sign, this multi-million dollar project will fall through!"
If it were the Jiang Ci of the past.
Upon hearing such words, one would immediately grab the documents and even coldly reprimand subordinates for their incompetence.
But now.
Faced with Su Qing's questioning, and faced with that priceless contract.
Jiang Ci didn't even lift his eyelids.
He sat on the chair by the bed.
Holding a brightly colored picture book in her hand.
That was the copy of "Andersen's Fairy Tales" that he had just asked the nurse to buy from the convenience store downstairs.
And in front of him.
Wen Ning huddled under the covers, only her eyes showing, staring intently at the spoonful of medicine in his hand with a look of deep resentment.
That's a traditional Chinese medicine powder.
It's dark and smells bitter.
"It's too bitter..."
Wen Ning protested softly, shrinking further into the blankets.
"I won't drink it."
"It's not bitter."
Jiang Ci's voice was as gentle as if she were coaxing a child.
"You can have candy after you finish drinking it."
As if by magic, he pulled a White Rabbit candy from his pocket and waved it in front of Wen Ning.
Su Qing watched this scene unfold.
My whole body cracked open.
"Jiang Ci?!"
She couldn't help but raise her voice, which became shrill.
"Are you even listening to me?! There are only twenty minutes left! That's hundreds of millions!"
Jiang Ci finally responded.
He frowned deeply.
He didn't turn to look at Su Qing.
Instead, he raised one hand, placing his slender index finger to his lips.
"Shhh."
He made a shushing gesture.
His cold gaze swept over Su Qing, carrying an undisguised warning.
"Keep your voice down."
He lowered his voice, his tone icy.
"Don't scare her."
Su Qing: "..."
assistant:"……"
Su Qing was so angry that she trembled all over.
She pointed to Wen Ning on the bed, and then to the contract.
"Jiang Ci, are you crazy?"
"To coax her into taking medicine? Are you going to gamble with the company's future?"
"Is she a three-year-old? Does she need to be coaxed to take medicine? Does she need to be told fairy tales?"
In Su Qing's worldview.
Efficiency and profit come first.
This behavior of refusing to take medicine because of its bitterness is simply the epitome of being pretentious.
Jiang Ci's indulgence is an incomprehensible act of incompetence.
"Su Qing".
Jiang Ci finally turned his head.
He looked at his former "perfect partner" with a frighteningly unfamiliar gaze.
"go out."
He coldly uttered two words.
"What did you say?" Su Qing asked in disbelief.
I said, "Go outside and wait."
Jiang Ci withdrew his gaze and looked at Wen Ning again.
The originally sharp lines softened instantly.
"good."
He handed the spoon over.
"Open your mouth. Drink this, and I'll sign."
Wen Ning hid under the covers.
She looked at Su Qing's face, which was contorted with anger, and then at Jiang Ci's "I'll feed him the medicine even if the sky falls" attitude.
The guilt I felt was overwhelming.
She is a source of trouble.
She's truly a source of trouble.
Su Qing was right to scold him; she was ruining him.
"I'll drink..."
Wen Ning didn't want to make things difficult for him anymore.
She closed her eyes and opened her mouth with a look of grim determination.
The bitter medicine flowed into my mouth.
It's really tough.
She was so distressed that her brows furrowed and tears welled up in her eyes.
Jiang Ci immediately peeled open the White Rabbit milk candy.
It was stuffed into her mouth.
The milky aroma instantly masked the bitterness.
"That's great."
He patted her head and took a tissue to wipe her mouth.
The movements were slow and methodical.
It's as if this is the biggest thing in the world.
Wen Ning finished drinking the entire bowl of medicine, then lay back in bed with a candy in her mouth.
Jiang Cicai slowly stood up.
He took the crumpled document from Su Qing's hand.
They didn't even glance at the terms and conditions.
Turn directly to the last page.
"Swish swish swish".
He signed his name with a flourish.
"Take it."
He threw the document back into Su Qing's arms.
His tone returned to its usual businesslike indifference.
"From now on, for things like this, go to Zhang Annian."
He told them to leave.
"Also, knock before entering the ward. If I hear that much noise again..."
He narrowed his eyes, a dangerous glint flashing in them.
"You don't need to come to the company."
Su Qing was holding the documents.
He stood still, staring intently at Jiang Ci.
She wanted to yell at him to wake him up.
I want to ask him if he's been cursed.
But looking into Jiang Ci's cold eyes, she knew that nothing she said would make a difference.
That rational, cold-blooded Jiang Ci, who prioritizes his career.
He is already dead.
He died in this ward filled with the smell of disinfectant and an air of affectation.
"it is good."
Su Qing gritted her teeth and squeezed out a single word.
"President Jiang, you'd better watch yourself."
She turned around and stormed off in her high heels.
The door was slammed shut.
The ward returned to silence.
Jiang Ci sat back down in his chair.
He looked at Wen Ning, who seemed to be asleep, and reached out to tuck the blanket around her.
"Go to sleep."
He said softly.
They were not annoyed at all by the incident that had just occurred.
in bed.
Wen Ning kept her eyes tightly closed.
Her eyelashes were trembling.
She didn't sleep.
She was pretending to be asleep.
Every scene and every word she had just witnessed felt like a needle piercing her heart.
She pinched her palms so hard they left deep marks.
A contract worth hundreds of millions.
The company's future.
In his eyes, nothing was as important as coaxing her to drink a bowl of medicine.
He was a tyrannical ruler.
And she.
That was the scourge who brought him down from his pedestal and ruined his promising future.
A tear silently slid down Wen Ning's cheek.
It seeped into the pillow.
Disappear.