Chapter 79: Mutual Sarcasm, He Is a Very Good Actor

In the hospital ward, Xu Muzhou was still unconscious. After emergency treatment, his complexion was no longer as frightening, but still pale and bloodless.

After the doctors and nurses left, Fang Chuning glanced at the person on the hospital bed and unconsciously took out a cigarette, but put it back when she realized. Recently, she had been smoking more and more frequently. In the past, she would only smoke occasionally when bored.

It was already late at night, and Fang Chuning didn’t plan to stay. She left an emergency contact number with the nurse in charge and left.

Tang Jiali, who had followed her, was waiting at the hospital entrance. Seeing her come out, he didn’t speak, just silently watching her with dark eyes.

“I’ll take you home,” Fang Chuning glanced at him.

Tang Jiali followed her to the parking lot. Only after getting in the car did he speak: “Tonight I want to stay overnight at your place.”

Fang Chuning was fiddling with her phone. Hearing this, she agreed with an “Mm” without thinking, because previously he would often accompany Father Fang shopping, and sometimes when Father Fang was in a good mood he would let him stay overnight in the guest room. So she didn’t think much of it.

Back at the Fang family villa, Fang Chuning immediately went to take a shower. Just as she finished showering and was drying her hair, there was a sudden knock on the bedroom door.

She went to open it. Outside was Tang Jiali, who had also just showered. He was wearing a bathrobe, his handsome face slightly flushed. Looking at her matter-of-factly, he said, “I want to sleep with you.”

“…Huh?”

Due to the motion of drying her hair, the woman’s bathrobe collar was slightly open, revealing her beautiful collarbone and a small patch of fair skin to Tang Jiali’s eyes. His Adam’s apple bobbed, feeling a bit thirsty.

“We’re already engaged anyway, we’ll get married sooner or later. Many people do this sort of thing,” Tang Jiali’s eyes flickered, looking a bit guilty.

Fang Chuning stared at him for a moment, then said rapidly: “I’m against premarital sex.”

With that, the door slammed shut forcefully.

Tang Jiali was stunned for a few seconds, then became angry enough to want to smash the door. He paced back and forth outside the room. After calming down, he attributed Fang Chuning’s unwillingness to share a room with him entirely to Xu Muzhou.

It was all his fault for coming back to seduce senior sister. Otherwise, senior sister definitely wouldn’t have rejected him tonight.

He vowed to vent this anger.

Thinking this, Tang Jiali looked at the tightly closed door again before reluctantly walking towards his own room.

…

The next morning, Fang Chuning was still sleeping when the phone on her bedside table kept ringing incessantly. In her sleep, her brows furrowed. She fumbled for the phone groggily and squinted as she answered.

An unfamiliar male voice came from the other end: “Miss Fang? Hello, this is Health Hospital. The patient has woken up and says he wants to see you.”

“Tch,” Fang Chuning said impatiently, “I’m not his family. I left you my number in case he suddenly got sick and there was no one to pay. If nothing’s wrong, ask him for his family’s contact number. Don’t call me.”

She had always had a bad temper when woken up.

Without waiting for him to say anything else, Fang Chuning hung up and tossed the phone aside to continue sleeping.

About ten minutes later, the phone rang again. That bit of sleepiness was completely chased away. Fang Chuning sat up in bed, rubbed her eyes, and put the call on speaker.

“Miss Fang, I just explained the situation to the patient. The patient is now emotionally unstable and may have an asthma attack. Could you please come over if you have time?” The male nurse was professional and serious.

Fang Chuning yawned and pinched the bridge of her nose, feeling a bit irritated. “Alright.”

She wanted to see what tricks he was up to now.

After washing up, Fang Chuning chose a casual silk shirt. Just as she buttoned the last button, the bedroom door was opened from the outside without warning. She glanced over in annoyance, “Don’t you know to knock before entering someone’s room?”

Tang Jiali stood in the doorway, surveying the scene. A man’s keen sixth sense told him she wasn’t going to work. “Are you going to the hospital?”

“Mm.”

“Then take me with you, I want to go too.”

Fang Chuning was indifferent. “Suit yourself.”

An hour later, the two of them appeared in Xu Muzhou’s hospital room. The doctor was doing a final check at the bedside. After confirming there were no issues, he left the room.

The young man on the hospital bed looked pale and frail. His sickly appearance didn’t detract from his beauty, but rather added a sense of unreal, hazy beauty. He looked as fragile as a porcelain doll, arousing pity in people’s hearts.

He gazed pitifully at the woman, his voice soft and gentle: “I’m sorry for always troubling you.”

“If you know you’re trouble, then don’t look for her,” Tang Jiali said coldly.

Xu Muzhou pressed his lips together, his eyelashes lowering slightly.

He had the look of someone who had done wrong and didn’t dare to argue back.

Seeing him like this, Fang Chuning suddenly felt a bit irritated. “Didn’t you know you were allergic to mangoes?” Why did he have to be so reckless?

She still couldn’t believe this person had actually gambled with his own life.

His hands clasped together on top of the blanket. He lowered his head like a child who had done something wrong. “I didn’t know it was mango cake…”

How could he not know when he had already eaten nearly half the cake? Fang Chuning knew what he was thinking, but didn’t expose him directly. She just didn’t look too pleased.

Xu Muzhou raised his eyes to look at her, ignoring Tang Jiali beside her. The corners of his pale lips curled into a shy, slight arc. “I didn’t expect you to still remember that I’m allergic to mangoes.”

“I’ve always had a good memory.”

The two of them exchanged words, like the closest of friends. Tang Jiali’s eyes were red with jealousy. This bastard was seducing senior sister right in front of him again and again. He really ought to die.

He deliberately moved closer to Fang Chuning, reaching out to intertwine his fingers tightly with hers. His shoulder lightly pressed against hers, his actions conveying his possessiveness towards the woman.

Xu Muzhou looked at their clasped hands, his smile gradually fading.

Fang Chuning didn’t shake him off, but felt his behavior was very childish. She was about to speak when her phone suddenly rang in her pocket. She took it out and glanced at the caller ID. “I need to take this call.”

She was about to pull Tang Jiali out with her, but he quickly let go of her hand, looking accommodating. “You go answer it. I’ll wait here.”

Fang Chuning looked at him, then glanced at the person on the hospital bed. The phone kept ringing urgently. In the end, she nodded slightly and went out to answer the call.

Left alone in the hospital room, the two men stared at each other, sparks of electricity seeming to crackle in the air between them.

Tang Jiali smiled coldly, the smile not reaching his eyes. “Do you want some water? You look like you can’t get out of bed. I can help you.”

Xu Muzhou’s gaze moved away indifferently. “I’m not thirsty, thank you.”

Tang Jiali nonchalantly took out his phone, pretending to scroll through it for a while before asking with curious amusement: “Do you know what people online are saying about you?” He opened the comments under his own handiwork and shoved the phone in front of Xu Muzhou’s face. “Slut, homewrecker, vixen, green tea bitch. You’re like a rat in the street now, everyone’s calling for your head. How pitiful.”

Ignoring the phone, Xu Muzhou slowly turned his pale eyes towards Tang Jiali, the corners of his mouth curling slightly. “Compared to me, don’t you seem even more pitiful? You thought you could take advantage when Ning Ning and I broke up, shamelessly clinging to her side like a bedbug for five years. But in the end, she doesn’t even spare you a glance. Even the engagement is just family pressure to her.”

He gave a light chuckle. “Between you and me, who’s really more pitiful?”

Clearly, the seemingly frail young man before him had investigated the whole situation thoroughly. These words undoubtedly struck at Tang Jiali’s sore spot. Hatred gradually deepened in his eyes as he raised his hand high.

Xu Muzhou tilted his chin up slightly, showing no intention of dodging. The curve of his lips remained unchanged.

Tang Jiali paused, slowly lowering his hand. He waved his palm in front of Xu Muzhou’s face mockingly. “You must really hope I’d slap you, right? So you could play the weak victim in front of senior sister?”

He stood up straight, folding his arms. “I’m not that stupid. You can keep running your mouth here.” As if remembering something, Tang Jiali smiled. “Oh right, I forgot to tell you. I spent last night in senior sister’s room.”

Pleased to see the young man’s expression change, his smile grew more triumphant. “We’ll be getting married soon. I’ll make sure to invite you to the wedding when the time comes.”

Xu Muzhou’s face paled a few shades. The corners of his mouth turned down, his cold gaze fixed on Tang Jiali like a venomous snake.

When Fang Chuning returned after finishing her call, what she saw was Tang Jiali, whose mood was visibly elated, and Xu Muzhou, whose sickly appearance had intensified.

A few days later, it was time for Xu Muzhou to be discharged. Originally, Fang Chuning didn’t want to get involved, but by chance, she came across some people’s deep malice towards Xu Muzhou online. These were mostly fans who had turned against him.

Due to the fermentation of the incident where Xu Muzhou sang a love song to her at the wedding banquet, someone had posted online about his previous relationship with her during school and his ambiguous interactions with other women during that time. The information was maliciously edited, causing his fans to be utterly disappointed. The gap was too great, turning them crazy.

After finishing a meeting, she drove to the hospital but didn’t go in or get out of the car. She just sat in the car watching the situation.

Her assistant, sitting in the driver’s seat, glanced at the rearview mirror, not quite understanding why they had come here.

Inside the hospital, Xu Muzhou, having changed out of his hospital gown, was walking out. His complexion was much better than a few days ago, but his expression showed not a hint of joy.

His manager followed nervously beside him, not daring to mention the trouble this ancestor had stirred up.

A small group of people was already waiting outside the hospital.

As soon as Xu Muzhou’s foot stepped out of the hospital entrance, a raw egg flew from some direction and smashed onto his new clothes. Egg yolk and white dripped from his clothes onto the ground.

Xu Muzhou’s eyes turned cold as he stared at the person who had thrown the egg. “Remember that person’s face. I’m going to sue them.”

The manager was a bit stunned. He hadn’t seen these people outside when he arrived earlier.

Xu Muzhou turned his face towards him, saying mercilessly, “Also, if any more of that mess lands on me, you’ll be fired.”

The word “fired” jolted the manager awake. He hurriedly stepped in front of Xu Muzhou. The few bodyguards hired in advance went to drive those people away. Who knew the fans would go to such lengths, even coming to stake out the hospital!

Although the manager was shielding him in front, those dirty things still managed to hit the hem of his clothes. Xu Muzhou’s gaze turned icy cold as he looked at the person throwing things most enthusiastically, coming up with a way to destroy them completely in his mind.

“Useless,” he said impatiently. “Have someone bring the car over.”

Just as he finished speaking, he caught sight of a familiar figure walking towards him from the right. Xu Muzhou’s heart began to pound. He yanked the manager who was blocking him aside. The next second, an egg smashed into the corner of his forehead.

The manager stumbled from the force of being pulled, nearly falling to the ground. He looked up in shock to see the young man who had been cold and arrogant just moments ago now transformed into a lamb, eyes brimming with tears, at a loss for what to do, looking like a weak little white lotus unable to bear the humiliation.

The manager was dumbfounded. What… what happened?