Chapter 530 - A Show of Sweetness (1/2)

“It’s not entirely like that.” Sun Huiya shook her head and said, “I’ve talked to the leaders. I told them that if we suspended you, people might think that we’re feeling guilty. That’s certainly inappropriate. They said they’ll need more time to decide, so you can still come to work tomorrow.”

“Alright, I understand.”

Su Qingsang had a minor operation to perform tomorrow, which was scheduled long ago. She had been treating that patient since the beginning. Even if there was no schedule for operations, she still wouldn’t want to rest.

“Qingsang, I know you are innocent. Stay patient, though. I believe this will be properly solved.”

“Okay, I know.”

Su Qingsang ended the call. She felt touched, knowing that Sun Huiya has been trying to protect her all this time.

She had been working in the hospital for only a short time, but Sun Huiya and all the other colleagues from her department had been looking out for her.

She didn’t want to leave the central hospital.

She started the car and drove away from the villa. The area was a villa district developed long ago, and not many people were there at night.

The downtown area was in the opposite direction, and the house of the Huo Family was further away from the city center, in another direction.

Su Qingsang made a turn to drive onto the main road. All of a sudden, a man rushed out from the alley nearby. That alley was the path between two villas.

Startled, she braked hard. At the same time, the man placed both hands against the car light.

She wasn’t driving fast, so she didn’t hit the man. Before she could react, however, the man had entered from the other side of her car.

“Drive.”

Su Qingsang widened her eyes, looking at the man’s face in the darkness. That face seemed familiar.

Without a second thought, she pressed the accelerator.

From the rearview mirror, Su Qingsang saw a few other people emerge from the alley. She thought that if she pulled over and looked at them carefully, she would recognize the man leading the group as the mustached man that she had met previously.

However, she didn’t have the time to do that at the moment. She drove as fast as possible, clenching the steering wheel so tightly that her knuckles turned white.

The pursuers never expected that there would be a car picking the man up. They spent a few seconds chasing the car but eventually realized that they couldn’t catch up with it. They all seemed frustrated after that.

“It’s okay, they’re not catching up with us. Relax, you don’t need to drive so fast.”

After confirming that those people wouldn’t be able to catch up with her, Su Qingsang made a turn and slowed down.

At that point, she finally had the time to turn around to look at the man in her car carefully.

The man was Zhang Yichen. Previously, he was running away from several people at the hot spring resort, and this time, the same thing happened. She had run into him both times.

“You seem to be in trouble every time I bump into you.”

Earlier, Zhang Yuchen couldn’t see Su Qingsang’s face clearly when he placed his hands against the headlights to protect himself from being hit by the car, as he was blinded by the brightness. As his eyes adjusted to the darkness, he recognized the driver as Su Qingsang.

He could have run away from another road. His comrades were there too, but somehow, he got into her car.

“Yeah. I’m lucky to come across you every time.”

Zhang Yichen’s words seemed to have some hidden meanings. Su Qingsang could only smile and joke, “So, am I unlucky?”

“You think you’re unlucky to run into me?” Zhang Yichen couldn’t help but ask that question.

Su Qingsang bobbed her head and replied, “Yeah. Of course, I’m unlucky to run into you.”

In the first incident, she was getting off work. He showed up, and she had to deal with his friend’s wound.

Additionally, she was enjoying the hot spring when he showed up.

She also remembered Huo Jinyao bullied her incessantly when he saw her in her swimsuit.

If that wasn’t bad luck, what was?

Zhang Yichen fell silent, looking at the road ahead. The main road leading to the downtown area was only two crosses away.

“If you consider this unlucky, just drop me over there.”

Su Qingsang blinked her eyes. She turned to glance at him and said, “Uncle, are you mad? I was only joking.”

She shouldn’t have said that out loud, even if she did feel unlucky to meet him.

Zhang Yichen didn’t say anything. A hint of unhappiness was tangible in his face, causing Su Qingsang to feel a little awkward. The atmosphere in the car had made her feel slightly embarrassed.

“Uncle, where are you going? Maybe I can give you a ride.”

He was in the car already. Su Qingsang didn’t mind kindly driving him to his destination.

Zhang Yichen was thinking about his original plan. His mission was to get something and then meet with his comrades. But now, he was in her car.

“It’s late. Why are you here alone? Are you here to visit me?” he asked.

“No.” Su Qingsang couldn’t tell Zhang Yichen the reason why she was there alone. “My mom has bought me a villa here. I have things stored in that villa and I came here to get them.”

Zhang Yichen didn’t ask further questions. He looked at the time and asked, “So, you haven’t had dinner yet, have you?”

“No. I’m going home to have dinner together with Huo Jinyao.”

Su Qingsang looked at Zhang Yichen and asked politely, “Have you had dinner yet, Uncle?”

“No.”

Su Qingsang blinked her eyes, wondering if all servicemen were so frank like him.

“Um, if you don’t mind, maybe you can eat with us? Jinyao is at home anyway.”

She wouldn’t have the guts to bring the man home if Huo Jinyao wasn’t there, even though she knew he was Huo Jinyao’s uncle. She merely asked that question out of politeness, not expecting him to say yes.

Other people might not accept invitations like that.

“Okay.”

Zhang Yichen responded very quickly, which Su Qingsang considered a little rude.

She invited him only to be kind and polite, as he was a relative of Huo Jinyao’s family. She wasn’t expecting him to take that seriously.

Ms. Yu usually made four dishes and a soup for her and Huo Jinyao. That couldn’t be counted as a rich meal. Huo Jinyao was a man with a good appetite.

‘Maybe I can make some noodles later…’ Su Qingsang had already begun making plans in her head. Since she had invited a ‘guest’ home, she had no choice but to treat him well.

She had no time to call Huo Jinyao, as she was driving. Thus, she brought the guest straight home.

While waiting for Su Qingsang to come home, Huo Jinyao had been keeping himself busy. He made a lot of phone calls to make arrangements.

He had also been investigating. Maybe he was overthinking, but he felt that what happened this time was so much alike with what happened in Lin City. It seemed as if a well-planned scheme was directed against Su Qingsang.

Of course, it could also be the shameless couple doing that for money.

Either way, it was not a good thing for Su Qingsang, who had newly moved to Rong City and started working in the central hospital.

He made all the arrangements that he could think of and started contemplating who would plan something like that if it was premeditated.

Hearing the door open, he stood up from the sofa.

“Darling, you’re home… Uncle?”

Huo Jinyao stared at Su Qingsang, then at Zhang Yichen. He didn’t understand why the two of them were together.

After scanning the two with his eyes, he turned his attention back to Su Qingsang and asked in confusion, “Darling?”

“Jinyao.” Zhang Yichen stepped forward to greet him when he saw him.

“Uncle?”

“I ran into Qingsang on my way here visiting you, so we came together.”

Zhang Yichen had Huo Jinyao’s address. He had been here before and even spent a few nights in his house. His explanation was very convincing.

When Zhang Yichen explained before she could, Su Qingsang glanced at him, raising her brow. She figured that he was probably carrying out some kind of secret mission again, so she didn’t correct him.

She put down the car keys, changed her shoes, and invited Zhang Yichen in as the hostess of the house.

“Jinyao, Uncle hasn’t had dinner yet. I’m gonna go heat up the food. You stay here and keep Uncle company.”

“Okay.”

Huo Jinyao peered at Su Qingsang. He wanted to ask her about what happened in the hospital, but since Zhang Yichen was on the scene, he decided not to.

Su Qingsang walked into the kitchen, and she soon came out with two glasses of juice.

“Uncle, have some juice. The dinner will soon be ready.”

“Thank you.” Zhang Yichen sat down on the sofa, watching Su Qingsang walk into the kitchen again.

He turned his eyes away from her, just as Huo Jinyao sat down next to him.

“What brings you here? You’ve been in Rong City a lot these past several months.”

“I have something to do here,” Zhang Yichen said with a bland voice. He didn’t seem to explain more, and Huo Jinyao didn’t need him to do that.