novelraw Chapter 378 - 004: Care_3
Chapter 378 - 004: Care_3
Ye Lingran nodded with a slight smile, closed the door, leaned back against the door, lowered her head slightly, and began to laugh quietly. Although this was a professional trip, she felt a bit like they were a couple on a traveling date. Read full story at novelhall.comEven though she tried hard to suppress this feeling of joy and kept reminding herself to stay calm and rational, telling herself that her relationship with Yun Qi was only a facade, purely superficial, she couldn’t help but feel happy about him inside.
She had a tendency to keep pushing forward until hitting a dead end, which was a first for her, feeling like it was a one-sided love, something she wanted to stop but couldn’t.
In truth, since childhood, her most vivid memory was loneliness. From a young age, she and her grandmother were alone in a big villa. Every morning, she faced her kind and gentle grandmother, with breakfast meant for just her at the table. Dinner was only for her and her grandmother, and occasionally her parents would rush back to have a meal with her, which made her very happy. Those memories were particularly precious to her.
Thus, from a young age, she got used to being independent. She learned to handle everything on her own and due to her quiet nature, she didn’t like to compete or fight, preferring to let things take their course naturally. When it came to matters of the heart, she never forced herself and believed that emotions should not be settled for.
Ye Lingran returned to her bedroom, flopped effortlessly onto the bed, clutching the pillow tightly, and reminisced about her and Yun Qi’s interactions bit by bit. Recalling the way Yun Qi looked at Cen Jin, her heart inexplicably turned sour.
Her first love was also her unrequited love, and once this fake relationship ended, it would be truly over.
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The next morning, Ye Lingran got up early. She pulled open the curtains of the room’s floor-to-ceiling window, revealing a world already blanketed in white snow. The snow hadn’t stopped and was falling even harder than the day before. Because of the indoor heating, Ye Lingran didn’t feel the cold outside. She stretched lazily before turning around to wash up.
Just as she finished washing up, the doorbell rang. Ye Lingran quickly put down her cup and ran to the door. Peering through the peephole, she saw Shao Min outside, so she opened the door. Before she could speak, she saw Shao Min looking anxious and worried. Seeing this, Ye Lingran asked, "What’s wrong, Miss Shao, has something happened?"
"Miss Ye, wha... what should we do? Just now, Chai Jie went to find President Yun, found that no one opened the door to his room, so they called a staff to open it. They discovered... discover that President Yun has a fever! They took his temperature with the hotel’s thermometer, it’s 39.2°C. He’s not very alert and has a wound on the back of his hand."
Ye Lingran was stunned upon hearing this, her expression froze: "A fever? Has a doctor been called to take a look?"
"I’ve just asked the hotel to call a family doctor, but they haven’t arrived yet. Seeing President Yun in this state, I got very worried. Would you... like to go over and check on him first?" Shao Min hadn’t encountered this kind of situation before and felt at a loss, thinking that since Ye Lingran and Yun Qi were supposedly a couple, she should inform her and ask her.
Ye Lingran nodded, took the card from the wall beside the door, and hurried out, closing her room door behind her. She went to the room next door.
Entering the bedroom, Chai Jie was inside taking care of Yun Qi. Upon seeing Ye Lingran, he quickly stood up and nodded: "Good morning, Miss Ye."
"Mm, morning." Ye Lingran gave him a slight smile, looked at Yun Qi lying on the bed, walked over, reached out to feel his forehead, and found it indeed quite hot. She lifted the quilt slightly to check the wound on his hand, her delicate brows furrowed tight, suddenly suspecting whether his fever was caused by an infection from the wound.
"Miss Shao, could you please urge the doctor to hurry up?" Ye Lingran thought for a moment and turned to look at the two of them: "Assistant Chai, please reschedule his entire agenda for today. If there are any tasks that absolutely cannot be postponed, I’d appreciate the two of you handling them. Given his condition, he probably won’t be able to work today."
"Okay." Hearing Ye Lingran’s orderly arrangement, both Shao Min and Chai Jie suddenly felt she was very reliable, and they complied, going to their tasks. Before leaving, Shao Min smiled and said: "By the way, Miss Ye, please just call us by our names! Hearing you address us like that feels quite unfamiliar. Anyway, I’ll leave President Yun in your care. I’ll go check if the doctor has arrived, then join Chai Jie in handling some work, as President Yun’s schedule today is quite full."