Accidentally Married to the Big Shot-Chapter 36 - Flames Leapt from His Eyes
Chapter 36: Chapter 36 Flames Leapt from His Eyes
“The boyfriend of the third hospital’s ‘flower’.”
“Are you talking about the daughter of the third hospital’s director? How is she the ‘flower’? Isn’t the ‘flower’ that one who was abandoned and cried about by her birth mother last time?”
“Mr. Han’s daughter, huh… tsk tsk, heard she’s quite the player, using her status as the director’s daughter to sleep with who knows how many young male doctors.”
…
At noon, Su Meixi was eating in the canteen when she overheard Sister Zhou and Xiao Du talking about Han Ningzhen’s affairs.
“I heard Han Ningzhen broke up with someone again today.”
“Isn’t she with Dr. Qi?”
“Not anymore, this woman, I swear, never dates a guy for more than three months. Just yesterday, people in the lab were saying it’s almost been three months and how Han Ningzhen hasn’t broken up with Dr. Qi yet, and now, look…”
Su Meixi chuckled as she listened to their conversation.
After laughing, she suddenly realized that gossiping about Qi Anran felt no different from any other gossip.
Thinking back to when they had just broken up, she would feel a twinge of pain or get angry upon hearing news about Qi Anran.
It seemed that she had truly let go now.
To her, Qi Anran was just another stranger.
After they finished talking about Han Ningzhen, the conversation turned to the celebration party, and Sister Zhou asked Su Meixi, “Meixi, are you bringing your family to the party?”
Su Meixi thought for a moment, “I’ll talk to my boyfriend about it, if he wants to come, I’ll bring him; if not, then forget it.”
Sister Zhou said, “You’re the big hero of our hospital now, he’d surely be happy if you brought him, because he could see how excellent you are.”
“Don’t put it that way, I really haven’t done that much.”
“How can you say you haven’t done much? Thanks to this equipment, our hospital is on the same level as the second hospital now.”
“…”
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When Su Meixi got home today, she didn’t see Gu Wei.
But in the kitchen, there were vegetables, pork ribs, and a fresh bass.
So Su Meixi thought, since it’s usually Gu Wei who cooks, why not try cooking for once today?
She had lived alone since she was young and wasn’t an expert cook, but the meals she made were edible.
She tied on an apron and washed the vegetables, and also prepared the green onions and ginger for steaming the fish.
First, she stuffed the fish’s belly with green onion and ginger slices, drizzled a bit of cooking wine, and then placed it into the steamer.
She liked braised pork ribs, so she decided to cook them that way.
Only, she was used to cooking with an induction cooker at home, while the Wei family’s kitchen used gas.
She was slightly afraid of cooking with an open flame.
Well, being careful should be enough.
First, blanch the ribs, then remove and clean them. She poured hot oil into the pot, added a few sugar crystals, and stir-fried them on low heat until the sugar dissolved; then, she added the ribs to fry for color.
After frying for color, she added water, at which point she needed to use high heat.
When Su Meixi twisted the stove’s knob, the flame suddenly grew larger, and the fire shot up high.
She was so frightened that she turned pale, and the spatula dropped to the floor!
Gu Wei just happened to return at that moment and saw what was happening; he immediately went over and pulled her into his arms.
“Ah Xi, what’s wrong?”
Su Meixi’s face was white, her lips trembling; she could only point at the stove, “Fire, fire…”
Gu Wei immediately shut off the fire, then carried her out.
And she clung tightly to his chest, her face pressed against it, incoherently saying, “Gu Wei, is the fire out?”
He comforted her in a low voice, “It’s out, nothing to worry about now.”
Once they reached the couch, she did not let go but sat on his lap, leaning her entire body on his shoulders.
He gently patted her back, comforting her like a scared child.
It took a while for Su Meixi to recover.
When she did recover, she found their position rather intimate.
So, she quickly got up from his lap.
However, his wound had not fully healed yet, and her sudden movement caused him to wince in pain.
She realized this and didn’t dare move, continuing to sit on his lap.
“Are you okay?”
“Does your wound hurt?”
They spoke in unison.
After asking, both felt a bit embarrassed.
“I… when I was little, living alone at home; I nearly burnt down the kitchen once while cooking. Lucky for me, the neighbor noticed in time, or I would have been… been dead. That’s why I’m so afraid of fire. I’m not used to your kitchen; that flame…” Su Meixi explained.
Gu Wei paused for a moment.
There had been some issues with the stove lately; just a slight twist would turn the flame up high, and he hadn’t had a chance to fix it.
But hearing about her childhood, he couldn’t help but embrace her with a sense of heartache.
Surviving to this age must have been due to the grace of Death’s gaze, right?
He consoled her, “Ah Xi, let bygones be bygones. You’ve had a narrow escape from death; there must be good fortune coming.”
“Does… does your leg still hurt? Am I pressing on your wound?” she asked again.
If he said it didn’t hurt, she would probably have to get down.
So he asserted forcefully, “It hurts, just strained it a bit.”
“Should I check it for you? Apply more medicine?”
“No need, it’ll be fine after resting a bit.”
“Oh, okay then.”
They continued to embrace each other.
She sat on his lap, just the right height as his, able to smell the faint scent of herbs on him as well as see the texture on his wheat-colored skin.
And he saw her pair of watery big eyes, followed by a small nose, and then her powdery lips.
He really wanted to bite.
Su Meixi could feel his breath getting hotter, and it seemed like there was a little flame about to flicker in his eyes.
As a doctor, she was very aware of what his reaction signified.
Reason told her, they were a married couple; there’s nothing that shouldn’t happen.
But then, reason also told her, with no emotional foundation in their marriage, if she happened to get pregnant, she would be the one to get hurt in the end.
“Gu Wei, I… My ribs aren’t finished stewing yet,” Su Meixi reminded him.
Gu Wei’s hold on her body tightened, as if wanting to melt her into himself.
It seemed like an intrusion, but in reality, it was restraint!
He held her, adjusted his breathing, and then released her, carefully lifting her off his lap.
Su Meixi was unaware of his restraint and thought he just held her tightly so he could sleep.
…
Meanwhile, Qi Anran showed up at Han Ningzhen’s house.
He had bought a house but had not furnished it yet, so he was staying at Han Ningzhen’s place.
When he arrived at her door, he found his belongings packed into a big cardboard box and placed in the corner of the doorway.
Surveying the box with men’s slippers, men’s shampoo, towels, and toothbrushes inside, he couldn’t help but smile coldly to himself.
Women can be more ruthless than men when it comes to cutting ties.
And they flip faces faster than flipping through a book.
Qi Anran picked up his box, placed it in the trunk of his car, and then drove his BMW aimlessly through the streets.
Unknowingly, he found himself driving into an old residential area of the old city, right below Su Meixi’s apartment building.
He paused, wondering how he ended up at Su Meixi’s place.
