The Female Lead Wants Me to Take My Medicine [Quick Transmigration] 39p1

Chapter 39p1: The Young Miss in the Wheelchair 39

Xi Congshuang, who had taken the opportunity to leave, distanced herself from the fragrant and shadowy banquet scene and appeared alone in a quiet, deserted corridor.

For several years, the birthday banquet had not been held at Chairman Xi’s usual residence, which was now her permanent home.

Instead, it was held outside. This year, the Li Palace Hotel was chosen. After the banquet, guests could choose to leave or rest in the rooms upstairs.

Xi Congshuang was now planning to go back to her room upstairs to rest. She would not be returning to Wenhai today.

It was not yet time for Li Mi to come. Ni An, who was supposed to take her away, had not appeared either.

Just as she was thinking this, Xi Congshuang felt her phone vibrate in her handbag. She took it out and saw a strange phone number.

This was Xi Congshuang’s private number. Only a handful of people knew it. The only one who would call at this time was—

She raised her hand, swiped to answer, and put it to her ear. As expected, Ni An’s voice came from inside. “Boss, I’m sorry. It’s me, Ni An.”

On the phone, Ni An apologetically explained the reason for her lateness.

It was a coincidence. Before entering the hotel, she had found that her favorite mints were gone, so she had gone to a slightly farther convenience store to buy a box.

When she was leaving, she hadn’t held her phone firmly, and it had been knocked to the ground by someone. The screen had shattered, and it couldn’t be turned on for the time being.

Ni An had more than one phone, but she didn’t need to do anything today, just take her boss out of the banquet hall, so she had only brought one.

The result was that the other party was willing to pay for a new phone in full and had transferred the money in front of Ni An. Ni An had also borrowed the other party’s phone to explain the reason to Xi Congshuang.

During the call, Xi Congshuang could still hear someone’s sigh from the side. “It’s really not easy. You have to report to your boss in advance even if your phone is broken. By the way, isn’t it off-duty time now…”

“…So I might be about fifteen minutes late.” Ni An’s voice sounded as if it were squeezed from between her teeth.

“…”

It was rush hour now. Although the convenience store was not far from the hotel, it was difficult to get a taxi. It was too much to ask her to walk a few kilometers.

Xi Congshuang told her not to come. She would go upstairs to rest on her own and have Li Mi take her back to Wenhai tomorrow.

Ni An let out a sigh of relief and apologized again.

She had been idle for a while. It was rare to have some work to do, but she was late. It was truly irresponsible.

After hanging up, Xi Congshuang sent a message to Li Mi, telling her to come tomorrow. A moment later, her phone vibrated, and she received Li Mi’s reply.

There was no one around. Xi Congshuang was about to stand up from her wheelchair and push herself into the elevator.

Who knew that the elevator not far away would open with a ding, and a waiter would walk out and see Xi Congshuang.

Xi Congshuang, who was about to stand up, slowly sat back down, almost performing a medical miracle for the other party.

The waiter said, “You must be a guest at the banquet today. I’ll push you up to rest.”

Xi Congshuang wanted to refuse. “No need. I’ll go up myself.”

“It’s our duty to serve our guests. Please don’t refuse, Miss.” As the waiter spoke, she took hold of the wheelchair handles and pushed her into the elevator.

The elevator doors slowly closed. Xi Congshuang’s gaze moved slightly. She saw the waiter take out an elevator card from her pocket and swipe it. The corresponding floor number lit up.

Xi Congshuang reminded her, “I’m not staying on this floor.”

The waiter held the wheelchair handles tightly and answered, “The ventilation system in the room you’re staying in has a problem. The cleaning staff has notified our colleagues to fix it, but it’s not fixed yet. Please rest in an empty room for a while. We’ll take you back when it’s done.”

Xi Congshuang: “Is that so?”

The waiter’s smile did not change, appearing very sincere. “Yes. If you’re not at ease, Miss, would you like me to call the manager to explain it to you personally?”

Xi Congshuang withdrew her gaze and said faintly, “No need.”

“Okay.”

The elevator became quiet.

The numbers on the display kept changing. After another ding, the elevator doors slowly opened, and the waiter pushed Xi Congshuang out of the elevator and towards the designated room.

The wheelchair stopped in front of the door. The waiter stepped forward, swiped the card to open the door, and pushed Xi Congshuang in.

The room was dark, and the lights were not on. At the end of the spacious suite’s living room was a floor-to-ceiling window overlooking the night view.

Xi Congshuang was about to turn around and say something about not turning on the lights, but she heard a click. The waiter had actually stepped out first and closed the door.

“…”

At this point, to say that there was nothing fishy about this was to deceive oneself.

She wanted to see who was so bold as to mess with her.

And they were so careless as to leave her here with her phone. With just one phone call from Xi Congshuang, it would not be difficult to get away, and everyone involved would be in deep trouble.

If this was a kidnapping, the method was too clumsy and full of loopholes.

Time passed bit by bit. After an estimated three minutes, she sensed someone swiping a card to open the door.

A sliver of light from the corridor leaked in. The other party obviously did not expect the room to be dark and stood still outside the door for a long while.

The person in the living room turned her head, did not make a sound, and stared at the ajar door.

The people inside and outside the door were in a silent stalemate, as if neither was willing to move first.

In the end, it was Xi Congshuang who became impatient and said loudly, “Who’s outside?”

“You went to all this trouble to bring me here, and in the end, you don’t even dare to show your face?”

The person outside pushed open the door, and a slender figure strode in, her steps steady.

The only source of light in the living room was the moonlight outside. The person came with her back to the light, and the night blurred her face, making it impossible to see clearly.

For a moment, Xi Congshuang was stunned, and the rest of her words were stuck.

At the same time, a voice that had not been heard for a long time but was exceptionally familiar said, “Collapse value +0.5. Current collapse value: 51.5.”

“…”

The other party seemed to have noticed the daze on her face. The corners of her lips twitched slightly, and she walked to the window under the moonlight step by step.

As the distance shortened, the face in her memory became clearer. She had changed a lot, yet it seemed that nothing had changed, just like back then.

Her slightly lighter-colored eyes stared at the person in the wheelchair, as deep as a beast before a hunt, firmly locking onto its prey.

Xi Congshuang stared at her without blinking, not saying a word.

She stood still a step away and asked in a slow voice, “Xi Congshuang, are you surprised to see me?”

The other party had indeed changed a lot, becoming more mature and more imposing.

She bent down, her long dark brown hair sliding down her shoulders, and her hands pressed on the armrests on both sides of the wheelchair. This was a restraining posture, not allowing for escape.

Her slightly lighter-colored eyes never left that face, carefully tracing from the stunning eyebrows, pausing for a moment on the beauty mark under her eye, then down to her lips, before returning to those smoky-gray eyes.

“Why aren’t you speaking?” Cheng Zhishu asked.

She had thought that after not seeing each other for so many years, her emotions might be nervous, or surprised, or even resentful.

But there was nothing. Cheng Zhishu carefully searched her heart and found nothing, as if her emotions were dead, not a single bit left.

In fact, Xi Congshuang’s gaze had never left her face. She thought she must be sick, to have a day where she couldn’t speak to someone.

After being asked again, the barrier that seemed to be separating Xi Congshuang was shattered. She smelled the scent of fir and also the faint smell of wine.

She answered, “I am indeed very surprised.”

Cheng Zhishu wanted to say something else, but the wheelchair under her hands moved back. Her center of gravity shifted, and she fell on Xi Congshuang unexpectedly, the side of her face hurting a little from the gemstone necklace on her collarbone.

Her other hand was held by Xi Congshuang’s wrist and lifted up. Her clear voice became deep and said in Cheng Zhishu’s ear, “You’ve forgotten again. This wheelchair is electric. Both braking and moving forward are very flexible.”

“…”

Cheng Zhishu wanted to stand up but was held by another hand. She couldn’t break free, nor could she stand up.

After struggling for a moment, Cheng Zhishu, who realized she couldn’t break free, said unhappily, “Let go.”

Not only did she not get an answer, but the grip on her wrist also tightened, making her wrist bone ache.

Cheng Zhishu gritted her teeth and said, “Xi Congshuang, you let go of me.”

Of course, Xi Congshuang would not let go. She looked down at the person in her arms. The other party seemed to sense something and looked up, meeting her gaze. She had a gut feeling that the look in Xi Congshuang’s eyes was not a good one. Her heart inexplicably skipped a beat, and she turned away in annoyance.

She adjusted her posture, instead pulling the person onto the wheelchair, wrapping her arms around her back and holding Cheng Zhishu’s shoulders, imprisoning her in her arms. The hand holding her wrist had not loosened in the slightest from beginning to end.

Cheng Zhishu said, “Hey,” her pale face showing a hint of anger.

If Cheng Zhishu had shown this expression in front of her subordinates, it would of course have made them feel afraid, not daring to breathe.

But in Xi Congshuang’s eyes, it was no different from Nao Nao hissing at her, the same bluff.

Cheng Zhishu: “Are you crazy?”

Xi Congshuang answered, “You’ve been drinking?”

“…” Cheng Zhishu didn’t know that someone could be so righteous, as if the one who had been drinking was Xi Congshuang, and she was throwing a drunken fit.

She had known since before that Cheng Zhishu was a stubborn person. She bent down, intending to find the answer herself.

“!” Cheng Zhishu was startled and turned her face away. Xi Congshuang took the opportunity to move in, her nose close to the side of her neck, sniffing lightly.

Her warm breath fell on her neck. Cheng Zhishu’s chest heaved violently for a moment. She couldn’t see that her neck had quickly turned half red.

Like a red jade, exceptionally tempting.

“It’s the smell of wine, and it’s very strong. You must have just drunk it.” The person who was close to her neck looked up, her smoky-gray eyes looking straight into her eyes. “How many glasses did you have?”

“Why should I tell you?” Cheng Zhishu couldn’t leave anyway, so she deliberately pressed her weight heavily on Xi Congshuang’s legs.

Press, press. Anyway, her legs have no feeling. She can’t be crushed to death.

Xi Congshuang made a judgment. “To make you so irrational, the number should be more than three glasses?”

For some reason, Cheng Zhishu was just unhappy, unhappy everywhere, and her tone was not good. “In your eyes, is my alcohol tolerance that bad?”

“Yes.” Xi Congshuang nodded without thinking. “You’ve drunk my collection of wine before. Three glasses and you’re tipsy. Four is your maximum. And you don’t show it on your face when you drink. You almost fooled me at first.”

Cheng Zhishu was at a loss for words. The alcohol she had drunk belatedly numbed her brain. When she was tipsy, she was more direct. “How many years has it been since you’ve seen me? How do you know I haven’t changed?”

“Four years. From the moment you left, it should be one thousand seven hundred and sixty-five days.”

Cheng Zhishu was inexplicably shocked and couldn’t speak.

Xi Congshuang looked down and asked again, “If we were to count in hours, it should be…”

“Enough. Stop talking.” The person sitting in Xi Congshuang’s arms said, “What’s the point of saying all this?”

Cheng Zhishu’s eyes drooped, her wrist held tightly. The moonlight shining into the room elongated the overlapping figures of the two, the bright moonlight cool.

She thought she must be crazy too. She had heard that Flora was on an inspection in H country and had thought of that person, following her over overnight.

Flora was startled. She didn’t know what had happened between the two of them. It just so happened to be the birthday banquet of the long-retired Chairman Xi. She had planned to come and congratulate her and had asked Cheng Zhishu if she wanted to come.

Cheng Zhishu had naturally refused. To be honest, she hadn’t even adjusted to the time difference after returning to H country. The excuse that she had adjusted to the time difference before coming to find Flora was a lie.

She rarely lied, and Flora had actually believed her. Cheng Zhishu had stayed in the hotel and had not contacted any of her old acquaintances.

Her previous account had been destroyed when she was angry. Even if she wanted to contact them, she had no way.

Youth, always doing things without a sense of proportion, easily swayed by emotions. After destroying everything and being sad for a few days, life could still go on.

But Cheng Zhishu had also thought, if she had encountered these things at her current age, would she have made the same choice? After thinking for a long time, she thought to herself—she still would.

Because she couldn’t help it, just like she couldn’t help but appear in front of Xi Congshuang today.