Li Rui? Pick someone up?

Didn’t you ask the hotel to send people back?

Seeing Zongdu looking at him unhappily, Lu Rang quickly came back to his senses, "Yes!"

"You go back with me."

Zong Du finished speaking and took Chu Ying to the elevator.

Xi Yu watched the elevator door slowly close and saw a smile on Chu Ying's face.

Lu Rang called Li Rui, and went downstairs with Xi Yu and waited at the door.

Li Rui arrived very quickly, in about half an hour.

Xi Yu got in the car and looked out the window silently all the way.

Li Rui looked at Lu Rang several times, but only received a helpless and puzzled look from him.

...

Chu Ying asked the driver to take them to a nearby cultural market. While in the car, she found that Zong Du was not interested. After thinking about it, she simply asked the driver to change the route.

Finally, the two arrived at a gallery in the city center.

Soudou was indeed more interested.

After a round of shopping, he selected several ancient paintings that had been lost overseas and inquired about their prices.

Chu Ying smiled, "You are weird."

"Um?"

"You are obviously a businessman, but you seem to be very keen on... charity?" Chu Ying's voice was full of doubt. "I heard that you changed the Lin family's high seas plan into... a free civilian supply platform?"

Zong Du raised his eyes to look at her, "Does the Chu family know me too well?"

Chu Ying shrugged, "You know what the fathers are planning. They keep talking about it, so it's inevitable that I'll hear some of it."

Soudou raised an eyebrow.

His sharp and deep eyes were filled with a hint of smile, as if they had lifted a layer of disturbing fog, allowing Chu Ying to see the emotions in his eyes for the first time.

The unexpected eye contact was heart-pounding. Chu Ying's face quickly became red and she could hear the sound of restless drums in her ears.

Boom, boom.

Seeing that she didn't answer, he said in a low and sexy voice, expressing a little doubt, "Hmm?"

Chu Ying looked away, suppressing the rumbling in her chest, "I just think... you're a very nice person."

Zong Du laughed softly, "Very good? This is the first time I've been given the nice guy card."

"That's not what I meant. I..." Chu Ying's palms felt hot, and there seemed to be an itch behind her ears. Her heart felt slightly damp. "What I meant was that you changed the Lin family's gambling platform into a charity platform, and... you also bought the ancient paintings that were lost in the country."

Chu Ying's eyes unconsciously fell on Zong Du's chest muscles, Adam's apple, jaw, thin lips...

His face was getting hotter and hotter, but his voice became more confident, "So I say, you are a good person."

"Really?" Zong Du didn't care. "I just believe in long-termism. When investing, you can't just focus on the present."

Chu Ying wanted to say something else, but Zong Du interrupted her, "Is there anything you want to buy?"

"No, no more."

"Then let's go back." Zong Du turned and was about to leave.

Chu Ying hurriedly grabbed his clothes, "Zong Du!"

Soto turned around.

"You... broke off your engagement with Lin Yanyan, right?"

Soudou raised an eyebrow, "I thought the two fathers had exchanged what they had."

Chu Ying looked at him with a blushing face, "So, are you interested in me as a single person?"

"Miss Chu is really good at joking." Zong Du curled the corners of his lips.

"You know, I'm not kidding." Chu Ying looked at him for a while, smiled sweetly, and reached out to touch his Adam's apple, "Let's work together."

Soudou looked at her calmly.

Chu Ying took a half step back and turned in front of him, showing off her graceful figure. "I'm not bad either, am I?"

Zong Du pondered for a long time, then curled his lips, "But it's not that good."

...

Xi Yu returned to the hotel and took a shower. After coming out, he took out his mobile phone and began to look at the documents sent by Chu Ying.

In order to go abroad, Xi Yu studied English hard.

But for her, who thought she had good English, the professional paper in her hand was still very difficult to read.

I read it through while looking up professional vocabulary.

Is there anyone in the Zong family who has a terminal illness?

Zong Yuhai is fine, Mrs. Zong doesn't look sick, and Zong Fu is healthy and can run and jump.

It is even less likely to be Zong Du himself.

Chu Ying must have had a purpose in sending this thing over.

Xi Yu turned his head to look at the vitamin bottle on the bedside table, and then thought of Zong Du's recent diligence and enthusiasm, Xi Yu's expression became increasingly ugly.

The phone vibrated.

Xi Yu took it and saw that it was a call from the housekeeper.

The housekeeper's phone number?

Xi Yu quickly picked up the phone, "Hello?"

"Xi Yu, come back quickly, something happened to your mother!"

Xi Yu's expression suddenly changed, "What's wrong?"

"She had a quarrel with the wife this morning, and she cut her wrists when she returned to her room!" The housekeeper was anxious and angry. "She has been sent to the hospital. I asked Aunt Liang to help take care of her. You should hurry back!"

Xi Yu got off the bed with a pale face, staggered to the bedside table to look for his passport, "I, I'll be back soon!"

In her panic, she rummaged around very loudly.

Li Rui and Lu Rang, who were in the living room, heard the voice and came in, "Miss Xi, what's wrong?"

Xi Yu turned back with red eyes, "I want to go home."

Li Rui and Lu Rang looked at each other.

Lu Rang, "Miss Xi, you'd better call the young master. If he agrees, I will take you to the airport immediately."

Xi Yu ran back to the bed to get his cell phone.

Li Rui glanced at Lu Rang and when she saw him nod, she took out the suitcase and helped Xi Yu pack his luggage.

Lu Rang returned to the living room and called Zong Du.

Ten minutes later, Zong Du arrived.

Xi Yu sat on the sofa with a pale face, curled up into a ball and trembling.

Seeing Zong Du coming back, she raised her head stiffly, "Master, I, I have to go home, my mother..."

Zong Du had already contacted the Zong family and walked up to Xi Yu. "She is not in danger of death."

Xi Yu grabbed his hand and said, "Master, I want to go back."

Zong Du looked up at Li Rui, "You stay with her."

...

Lu Rang quickly arranged a flight and sent Xi Yu and Li Rui to the airport.

It’s just that I bought the ticket in a hurry and there are no direct flights, so I can only fly from Paris to Barcelona and then transfer to a flight back to Huaicheng.

The original journey took eighteen hours, but it took a full twenty-seven hours.

Xi Yi rushed straight to the hospital, and when he arrived at the ward, Zhuang Yi was asleep.

Her face was pale, her eyes were dark blue, and her lips were bleeding from dryness. A streak of silver appeared in her messy black hair, and her haggard face made her look particularly fragile.

His right wrist was resting on the edge of the bed, revealing the thick gauze wrapped around it, with a hint of blood red.

Xi Yu walked to the bed and sat down. He wanted to take her hand to see, but he didn't dare.

After an unknown amount of time, the person on the bed woke up in a daze.

Zhuang Yi opened her eyes and looked around. Seeing Xi Xi right in front of her, she thought she was dreaming, "Xi Xi?"

Xi Yu hummed, his eyes reddened, "Are you stupid? Why would you cut your wrists for no reason!"

Zhuang Yi raised her hand to wipe her tears, but she hissed in pain as soon as she raised her hand.

After the pain subsided, Zhuang Yi's eyes widened with joy, "Yiyi, you're really back!"

Xi Yu quickly held her hand, "Don't move!"

Zhuang Yi smiled and said, "Don't worry, the young master has cancelled his engagement with Miss Lin."