The Billionaire's New Wife in Chief-Chapter 722 - 195 Yu Xia Also Arrives

Xu Qian carefully held the scissors and helped Song Qiao cut open her clothes from the back, but when she saw the reddened back, she was immediately stunned, and even the servant helping to support Song Qiao couldn’t help but gasp at the sight of the redness.

Song Qiao’s skin was usually very nice, evident just by looking at her face and arms, but now seeing such a large area of her back scalded by boiling tea made them all feel that the injury was extremely severe.

Her entire back was flushed red, particularly below the butterfly bone, where there was a very clear bruise, obviously from being hit by the teacup.

Xu Qian knew the feeling of being burnt by boiling water, having once scalded the back of her own hand when she first began learning to cook. The searing pain had made her cry out.

After all, she was about the same age as Song Qiao at that time, and the scar left by that burn is still on her hand, so she remembered it very clearly.

Seeing Song Qiao biting her teeth in silence, Xu Qian felt a momentary pang of sympathy and didn’t dare to touch the injured area, carefully peeling away the clothes and asking directly, "Doesn’t it hurt?"

Song Qiao was taken aback, knowing the question was meant for her, and after a moment she forced a smile and said, "It hurts."

How could it not hurt?

She had never been burned before, and this time it was serious.

Song Qiao even felt that when she and Lu Jingchen went out today, she should have checked her fortune to see if it was a good day to go out.

They had left the house just fine, but by the time they returned, she had become a disabled person.

Just changing a piece of clothing, but worried about aggravating Song Qiao’s injury, it took them more than ten minutes just to put on a backless dress.

Xu Qian and the servant walked out as Lu Jingchen, who had been leaning against the wall at the door, heard it open, stood up straight immediately and entered the bedroom. He saw Song Qiao lying face down with eyes closed on the bed—unclear if she was asleep. He paused, his gaze landing on her exposed back, his lips tightly pressed, staying quiet.

His complexion grew very grim, his thin lips forming a straight line.

Song Qiao, in pain, wanted to relieve her back discomfort by sleeping, but she couldn’t sleep at all; partly because she wasn’t sleepy, partly because she had a habit of sleeping in familiar beds, and thirdly... her back really hurt.

Feeling a large hand slowly caressing her face, and her long hair that was originally in front being swept away, Song Qiao abruptly opened her eyes and met a pair of profound eyes, making her momentarily stunned, and even in that instant, she forgot the pain in her back.

Seeing Song Qiao open her eyes, Lu Jingchen’s indifferent expression gradually softened, his deep voice as pleasing as a lover’s whisper, "I thought you were asleep."

Hearing his words, Song Qiao couldn’t help but want to laugh, and she really did laugh happily despite the fiery pain from her back. "When I saw you just now, I suddenly felt my back hurting less. Do you have an analgesic effect?"

Lu Jingchen’s eyes deepened, he looked down and said, "Should I kiss you? Maybe it’ll hurt even less then."

The doctor preparing to treat Song Qiao’s burn behind her said, "..." implying that it was inappropriate to flaunt their affection in front of him, a doctor.

And this way of flaunting affection, really ignoring the situation?

Her back was almost disabling, yet she still had the mood for this love display.

Upon hearing his words, Song Qiao pursed her lips and directly refused, "No, I don’t want your kiss."

She hadn’t forgotten that she was still in the old house.

"Miss Song, I am about to treat the damage on your back, please endure it, it might hurt a bit..." The doctor behind her was ready and already started speaking as he prepared to treat her back.

"Okay." Song Qiao nodded, her fingers tightly gripping the blanket under her. She was covered with a thin blanket over her lower body, which Xu Qian had draped over her before leaving, even though she was wearing pants.

"Call her Young Mistress." Just as Song Qiao was about to close her eyes and endure, she heard the man’s deep, pleasant voice making her open her eyes again to look at Lu Jingchen. She saw his lips purse lightly as he spoke faintly to the doctor.

The doctor paused, looked up directly into Lu Jingchen’s indifferent gaze, which made him stiffen, then belatedly realized what he meant, breaking into a cold sweat. Caught in a dilemma, he finally succumbed to the man’s imposing look and reluctantly called out, "Young Mistress."

Song Qiao, "..."

The doctor hadn’t expected that Lu Jingchen had already married, and his recent words almost made him disbelieve it. However, remembering that he had indeed heard that the young master was married, having seen a report which disappeared the next day and found no information on Lu Jingchen’s marriage afterwards.

At that time, he even thought it was some big joke. But now, seeing Lu Jingchen asking him to address this woman as the Young Mistress, he instantly remembered that matter.

Unexpectedly, the fact that Lu Jingchen was married...was actually true.

The Lu Family’s arrangements for Lu Jingchen’s marriage have always been very clear to the medical staff, especially for him, being the personal doctor of Grandfather Lu Tianming, he was even more informed than anyone else.

Originally, Grandfather Lu seemed to have a great favour for Yu Xia, the eldest daughter of the Yu Family, and had always wanted to pair her up with his son.

Behind the scenes, Grandfather Lu even led everyone to believe that Yu Xia was already confirmed to be the Lu Family’s Young Mistress.

But now, seeing the Young Master treating another woman so tenderly, the doctor felt that this matter seemed a bit complicated.

However, he was also very clear about his duties; knowing the boundaries of what was not his place to interfere with and what he could not speak about, he was very self-aware.

...

Downstairs in the living room, as soon as Yu Xia and her parents entered, they felt something amiss in the atmosphere here.

At this moment, her mood was also not good; she really didn’t want to come to the Lu Family, but she had to follow obediently due to the pressure from her father.

How could she avoid being more severely lectured when she talked back to her father?

Moreover, if she won the argument, her old man might just pick up a broom and beat her.

Although she was the only daughter in the Yu Family, perhaps because she had two older brothers, her father had raised her like a boy since she was young, resulting in her being more straightforward than an average girl.

"Chairman Xia, you’ve arrived," Grandfather Lu immediately stood up upon seeing Yu Xia and her parents, courteously greeting them.

Yu Xia’s father looked like a man in his sixties with a dignified appearance, but also bearing a few gray hairs due to his age and years.

Mr. Yu shook hands with Grandfather Lu, smiling and saying, "We haven’t visited you in a long time. Since today is the weekend, we thought to drop by and see how you are."

While saying that, Mr. Yu gestured to his daughter who was slowly moving behind him, "Xia, come here, you haven’t seen Uncle Lu for a long time, right? Come and say hello."

Yu Xia, "..." Dad, I just want to be a quiet, beautiful girl.

However, constrained by her father’s warning glance while he spoke, Yu Xia, initially reluctant, instantly smiled upon lifting her head and approached Grandfather Lu warmly, "Uncle Lu, long time no see."

Grandfather Lu looked very pleased with Yu Xia in front of him and nodded repeatedly, "Good child, good child, indeed it has been a long time. Whenever you have time, do come and keep this old man company."

Yu Xia obediently nodded her head immediately.

The more Grandfather Lu looked, the more satisfied he became. He quickly instructed the butler to prepare some snacks that Yu Xia liked and invited Yu Xia’s parents to sit down as well.

Sitting next to Grandfather Lu, Yu Xia’s big eyes twinkled as she then smiled and asked, "By the way, Uncle Lu, I saw a familiar car outside, it seems to be Jingchen’s. Has he come back now?"

Upon hearing his daughter inquiring about Lu Jingchen, Mr. Yu’s eyes revealed a hint of a smile, and after exchanging a look with his wife, both seemed relieved.

Lately, they didn’t know what was going on, but after learning of Lu Jingchen’s return to the country, they had hinted countless times to Yu Xia to personally visit and chat with Lu Jingchen, whom she hadn’t seen for a few years. It was a good opportunity to foster feelings.

After all, a marriage alliance between the Lu Family and Yu Family would be like adding wings to a tiger, greatly benefiting both families.

Although Yu Family’s main business wasn’t in An City, they still had a branch there, with their primary industries located in nearby Lin City and Capital City.

And the Lu Family also had businesses running quite extensively in Capital City. If the two families were to form an alliance, it naturally would be beneficial for both.

Grandfather Lu paused, then suddenly remembering the attitude his son had shown towards Song Qiao a while ago, his expression turned slightly unpleasant, but he still tried to maintain it and nodded, "Hmm, Jingchen also returned today."