Falling in Love With My Arranged-Marriage Husband-Chapter 23 - 12 The man’s gaze suddenly darkened_2

Ji Sang:....

With a hint of bitterness, Ji Sang mustered a faint smile, trying her best to phrase her words less bluntly.

"Zhang Quan, I've already told you this back in school."

"I know, you said you wanted to focus on your studies and on photography, so I didn't bother you at all in the last year, hehe. Now that you've graduated, it should... be possible, right?"

Zhang Quan scratched his head, thinking he could continue pursuing his goddess once he graduated, but he never expected that when he was ready to approach her, the news he received was that she was going abroad.

"It's not possible."

Ji Sang didn't give Zhang Quan even a moment to fantasize, she didn't quite comprehend why Zhang Quan could fall for her and persist so tenaciously.

After all, she had rejected him so many times.

Ji Sang's words poured cold water over Zhang Quan, catching him off guard.

"Why... why not?"

The joy of seeing his goddess again plummeted by half instantly.

His heartbroken expression made Ji Sang, who already felt apologetic, even more remorseful. She blamed herself for not being clear enough from the start.

But....

Ji Sang pursed her lips, knowing well that her current feelings were entirely her own fault, not because of Zhang Quan's affection.

She never believed that someone's affection should be used to feed one's vanity.

"Zhang Quan, all I can say is thank you for liking me, but I can't give you anything else."

Zhang Quan's face fell, his back no longer as straight as when he arrived, and he snorted lightly,

"So it's true... I'm still not good enough."

Actually, he wasn't that naive; after being rejected so many times, how could he not know the answer? But, ah... he knew exactly what it was that he was persisting for, and such persistence gave him the motivation to become a better person.

He had no regrets.

"It's okay... Goddess, I used to like you, it's enough now to just admire you, back then... I must have been really annoying, right?"

Ji Sang knew that this matter should be mostly resolved, and she sighed a sigh of relief in her heart.

"Zhang Quan."

"Hmm?"

"One should not judge their own excellence solely from the perspective of the person they like."

She wasn't good with words, and that was all she could say.

But it was precisely this simple statement that made her image soar even higher in Zhang Quan's heart.

As a result, when Ji Sang went to work in the afternoon, she found Zhang Quan always seemed to "accidentally" appear before her.

Whether it was when she went to the tea room to get water, when she went to the break room balcony to rest, or during afternoon tea, Zhang Quan's figure was there.

Ji Sang distinctly felt that the way other people looked at her in the office had started to get weird.

More or less, she also knew why.

Ji Sang had planned to talk things over with Zhang Quan after work, but Lu Ming called her over to discuss a promotional video.

This meeting went on straight until seven in the evening.

Ji Sang's head felt hazy, and when she came out and saw the dark sky outside, an inexplicable sense of emotion densely tangled around her heart.

It was unsettling.

"Ji Sang, thanks for your hard work. In a couple of days, you'll go with me to the hospital to present the plan. Go home and rest well today."

The hospital...

Ji Sang's pupils suddenly shrank, she raised her hand to check the time.

Seventeen past seven.

How could she have forgotten! She promised in the morning to visit Fu Yisi at the hospital after work. Now, it was more than an hour past the agreed time of six o'clock.

Ji Sang instinctively reached into her pocket for her phone, fumbling around to realize that it had been broken since noon.

"Sister Ji, what's wrong?"

Song Xiu turned his head, looking at the person in the back who was in a panic.

"Song Xiu, can I borrow your phone?"

Perhaps because Ji Sang's face was a bit too serious, Song Xiu started to feel nervous too, quickly pulling out his phone.

"Oh, use it."

Upon reaching the phone contacts page, Ji Sang was at a loss on how to proceed.

She simply did not know Fu Yisi's phone number.

After saving it initially, she allowed it to collect dust in a corner of the contact list, let alone making an effort to remember that string of digits.

"Sister Ji?"

Ji Sang snapped back to reality and handed the phone back.

"Thank you."

After saying that, without waiting for Song Xiu to respond, she hurriedly made her way to the office.

At this time, there were hardly any people in the TV station, and lights in many areas had been turned off. Normally, Ji Sang had a fear of places that were both dark and silent, but at this moment, she pushed that fear aside.

She couldn't quite explain why she was so worried. The only thought in her head was: Fu Yisi must have misunderstood.

Their marriage, already on a fragile foundation, could be thrown into chaos by a small misunderstanding.

She didn't want to cause her parents to worry.

Not very familiar with the layout of this office area and unable to turn on the lights, Ji Sang could still see the path under her feet; it was just that such an environment made her tense up. Even her own footsteps sounded frantic.

Just as she was about to touch the door of her office, a muffled groan suddenly came from somewhere.

Ji Sang was startled, her hand gripping the doorknob suddenly tightened, and she whipped around.

"Who's there?"

But all that answered her were ragged breaths and faint moaning sounds.

Without a moment's hesitation, Ji Sang walked into the office, turned on the light, and with a sweep of her gaze saw the broken cell phone on the desk. Her expression froze for a second, she picked it up carefully and walked back out.

By this time, Song Xiu had followed her.

"What... What happened? Sister Ji?"

Ji Sang put a finger to her lips and whisperingly asked,

"Did you hear any sounds?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the sound of a chair hitting the ground could be heard.

Song Xiu's expression instantly turned serious. He shielded Ji Sang with his body and slowly walked outside. The closer they got to the main office area, the clearer the sounds became.

With a "clatter", Song Xiu turned on the lights, and what came into view was Zhang Quan curled up on the floor.

...

"Dr. Fu, we're really indebted to you today, that was tough."

The words came from the head of the oncology department at City First Hospital. The afternoon's surgery was complex, with the director, plus two attending doctors involved, but still, some unexpected issues arose. Luckily, Fu Yisi hadn't scheduled any surgeries for today.

Head of Oncology, Dr. Zhao, couldn't contain his admiration:

Truly a young talent.

At 28, to achieve such heights, there really aren't many in the country.

Thinking this, Dr. Zhao started to make plans in his mind.

"Dr. Fu, how about coming over to my place this weekend? My father-in-law has always wanted to meet you, and my daughter just returned from a foreign medical school, she has a lot she wants to consult you about too..."

Before he could finish, Fu Yisi already understood Dr. Zhao's intentions.

"I have something at home this weekend."

"Well..."

"I apologize, Director Zhao, I still have patients to attend to."

Fu Yisi nodded slightly in courtesy, then left directly.

On his way back to the office, he ran into Xiao Zhang and, uncharacteristically, he initiated a conversation.

"Has anyone been looking for me?"

"Eh?"

Fu Yisi stopped in his tracks, turned around, and looked at Xiao Zhang, who was standing still, with a slightly furrowed brow.

Xiao Zhang immediately snapped out of it and shook his head.

"No."

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The man's eyes suddenly darkened.

Deep, cold, making Xiao Zhang shiver uncontrollably even from two meters away.