Chapter 531 - Honey, You’ve Had a Long Day. (1/2)

Su Qingsang felt dejected and sorrowful in the afternoon, but after a half-day drama, these emotions evaporated.

Only exhaustion plagued her mind. She wanted to take a bath and have a good sleep so that she could be prepared for work tomorrow.

However, the moment she closed the door, Huo Jinyao hugged her.

“Huo Jinyao…” Su Qingsang put her hands on his chest. “I’m so tired. I want to go to bed.”

“Honey.” Huo Jinyao was slightly dissatisfied with her coldness. He leaned towards her and bit her lips softly. “I am not thinking about that right now.”

Su Qingsang blinked and found Huo Jinyao’s words untrustworthy.

Huo Jinyao behaved himself during the daytime, but he turned into a wolf at night. His mind was occupied with nothing but a desire to do ‘that thing’ (1) with her.

“Okay, you are not thinking about ‘that thing’. Can I go shower right now?”

“Later.” Huo Jinyao wrapped his hands around her waist and picked her up to the sofa near the balcony.

There was no moonlight tonight. From their viewpoint, they could see the city glistening with glowing lights.

He held her waist and propped her on his thighs.

“Honey, you’ve had a long day.”

“It was okay.” Su Qingsang replied, thinking he was talking about Zhang Yichen. “He was your uncle.”

And she was not exhausted.

“I’m not talking about my uncle.” Huo Jinyao turned her body to look deeply into her eyes. “Honey, do you want to say anything to me?”

Su Qingsang paused to face him and saw her shadow in his eyes.

She felt like her heart had been tickled, and that tickle touched the deepest and softest part of her heart.

“Huo Jinyao?”

She stared at her, lost in her thoughts.

“Honey.” Huo Jinyao kissed her lips. “Are you sure you have nothing to tell me?”

Su Qingsang knew that he found out everything.

However, she didn’t want to bother Huo Jinyao. She believed that she could resolve the problem by herself.

“I want to take a shower. Okay?”

“Don’t you want to explain why you are home so late today?”

Su Qingsang was clear there was no way for her to hide it from him. She didn’t intend to deceive him. “Something happened, but I think I can deal with it.”

Huo Jinyao’s eyes were deep-set, and his pupils were dark, filled with Su Qingsang’s shadows.

“Honey, I know you are strong, and I know you can resolve it. But I want you to rely on me and let me deal with it. What do you think?”

“You deal with it? How will you deal with it?” Su Qingsang thought of Li Hong’s erratic testimony.

“Well, why don’t you tell me the whole story? So I can have a full picture of the situation, and I can decide what to do.”

Su Qingsang looked down. Thinking about Li Hong, she didn’t know where to start.

Huo Jinyao didn’t push her and merely waited for her in silence, with his hands around her waist. His chin was resting on her head, rubbing her hair softly.

It was an intimate posture they had developed between themselves. Su Qingsang began to feel relaxed, enveloped in his arms.

She had already collected her thoughts and had calmed down. She was good at adjusting herself.

But in his arms, she suddenly felt grieved again. She behaved like a child who had just tripped; she was fine when nobody was around.

Yet, if the child was comforted by her parents or someone else, she would cry with tears in her eyes, instead.

Su Qingsang remained in her position, hugging Huo Jinyao’s waist. In a small voice, she told the whole story, from meeting Li Hong to helping her perform the surgery.

“It never occurred to me that she would change her words and frame me. If I had known, I would have never visited her at noon.”

Huo Jinyao heard the story and had a hunch that it was a scheme. The whole thing might be someone’s plan.

Although, it looked like an accident on its surface.

“Honey, you are too kind.”

Su Qingsang shook her head. She didn’t think of herself being kind. She was a doctor, and it was her duty to care about her patients.

Before the accident, she felt sympathy for Li Hong, which prompted her to go and visit her. It was unexpected that things would end up like this. Su Qingsang never anticipated it.

“Don’t worry. I’ll try to resolve this.”

“What are you going to do?” Su Qingsang looked at him questioningly. “Are you going to find Li Hong, threaten her, and force her to speak the truth?”

“That is an option.”

“Forget it. I am afraid that things would go opposite.”

“What do you mean?”

“I mean…” Remembering that Li Hong had just flip-flopped today, Su Qingsang didn’t think it was a good idea. “I am afraid that she will turn around again. If that happens, it will not only be my problem, it will also implicate you.”

“That will not happen.” Huo Jinyao reassured her with confidence. “I will let Yang Wenchang deal with it. You must believe in his ability and his means.”

“I don’t disbelieve you.” Su Qingsang looked up and met his eyes. Her eyes were clear and soft. “But Jinyao, I prefer to resolve the issue by myself.”

“By yourself? And how do you resolve it?”

“There must be a way.” Although Su Qingsang tried to come up with a plan on the way home to no avail, it didn’t hamper her optimism.

“Anyway, the hospital didn’t give me any discipline. I don’t think things can be that bad.”

Huo Jinyao didn’t agree with her optimism. Doctors and teachers were two occupations that were misunderstood the most.

He may ignore it if such a misunderstanding fell on other people, but he would never bear it if Su Qingsang was misapprehended.

He didn’t want Su Qingsang to be misunderstood. He even couldn’t tolerate other people harboring erroneous thoughts about her.

“Jingyao…” Su Qingsang wrapped her arms around his waist. “Thank you, but I’m sure I don’t mind it.”

She was mad at the beginning, but she had calmed down and re-evaluated the situation. She found it was no big deal.

It was not the first time that she was mistaken, and it was not the first time such things happened.

She didn’t need to care about those keyboard warriors. She didn’t need to worry about what they were thinking about or what they were believing, as long as she had a clear conscience.

All she wished was that people who she loved and cared for believed in her.

As to other people, she didn’t need to be concerned.

Huo Jinyao’s phone rang. It was Yang Wenchang. He told Huo Jinyao that he had worked with the staff from the department of public relations, and after hours of grueling work, they finally removed the trending topic of Su Qingsang’s incident.

The related threads were also deleted. It was easy to delete them because the fake news and false facts should be deleted, according to the user agreement.

“See, it’s resolved!”

Huo Jinyao showed her the homepage of Weibo. All news related to Su Qingsang’s “malpractice” was gone.

Su Qingsang didn’t expect that Huo Jinyao would move so fast. He must have known it earlier, not now.

Su Qingsang’s nose was red and sore as she fought back her tears. “Jinyao.”

“I said it. I want you to believe me.”

Of course, things were not finished yet. The root of all issues was from Li Hong. If she didn’t incur more trouble, everything would be fine.

Su Qingsang stayed silent. In truth, she believed Huo Jinyao all the time.

“It’s all right.” Gazing deeply at Su Qingsang, whose tears welled up in her eyes, Huo Jinyao smiled softly and gently pinched her face. “I said it. You can leave them to me. See, it’s quite simple, right?”

It was simple. Su Qingsang nodded with a thin smile on her face.

“I don’t care about Weibo or the trending topic. I’m fine as long as you believe me,” Su Qingsang said.

Whatever happens, as long as he believed her and stood by her, she would be fine.

“You silly!” Huo Jinyao kissed her lips. “Of course I believe you. You are my wife.”

Su Qingsang grinned and rubbed her face on Huo Jinyao’s chest.

“Huo Jinyao, thank you.”

With him by her side, even if he didn’t do anything for her, she still felt safe and content.

All the hard feelings and grievances she had been feeling, seemed to be nothing at this moment.

It was just trivial stuff, wasn’t it? She was able to adjust the mood.

“Go take a shower,” Huo Jinyao said, patting her back. “And sleep early.”

“Okay.”

…

When Su Qingsang got up in the morning, she forgot Zhang Yichen was staying in the house.

She didn’t take off her pajamas and instead, put on a coat and went to the kitchen.

The moment she went out of the room, she saw Zhang Yichen walking inside.

She blinked her eyes, looked down at her disheveled state, and immediately rushed back to her room.

Their encounter only lasted for a few seconds, but it pulled Zhang Yichen’s heartstrings when he saw her dodging figure and noticed her uncomfortable glance tainted with embarrassment.