After Chi Xia left, Chi Qiu was like a frightened cat, he ‘bowed’ his back, and it took a long time for his state of alert to stop. Lu Ming spoke to him softly and he just nodded or shook his head in response.
Chi Qiu’s fingers trembled a little, and slowly, he collapsed exhausted on the sofa; the whole person was powerless. It might be because he just got too angry, or because he finally spoke his heart out, Chi Qiu felt that his whole body was relaxed.
“Lu Ming, I’m a little cold.” He turned to Lu Ming for help, wanting to rub over.
Lu Ming raised the temperature of the air conditioner, grabbed a blanket by hand and wrapped it around Chi Qiu’s body.
He touched Chi Qiu’s forehead uneasily. After making sure there was no fever, he rubbed the back of Chi Qiu’s hand: “When I opened the window this morning, I might have let you catch the wind. It’s easy to catch a cold during the change of the season. I’ll ask Auntie Zhang to cook you a ginger soup. After drinking it, you can sleep for a while.”
Chi Qiu’s brows clenched tightly as he recalled the cool breeze in the morning, and his right eye was feeling uncomfortable.
He didn’t know how to describe this discomfort to Lu Ming, so he kept rubbing his eye. Lu Ming held his hand several times to stop him from doing so.
But Chi Qiu repeated it several times before he felt the real difference in his eyes: “The eye is a little uncomfortable.”
He intermittently told Lu Ming about the condition of his eye at the moment. After Lu Ming heard it, he hurriedly found a bottle of medicine prescribed by the doctor from a drawer.
“The doctor said that when these things happen, you should start taking this medicine.” He poured a glass of hot water and made Chi Qiu take the medicine without saying a word.
Afterwards, Lu Ming carried Chi Qiu to the bedroom and let him rest on the bed for a while.
Lu Ming tucked the quilt for him before reaching out and rubbing his brows: “You are too tired recently, so stop studying for a while. Let’s take good care of your body first. When your eyes are well, I will take you to learn anything you want.”
“Can I do anything?” Chi Qiu took the opportunity to ask, “Then is it okay to go to your company for an internship?”
“Of course.” Lu Ming lowered his head and kissed his forehead, actually wishing for it. “I’ll give you all my positions, I’ll be your secretary.” Not only that, Lu Ming could also be a secretary who could say sweet things.
It was so sweet that his teeth hurt. He was joking with Lu Ming, but he didn’t plan to go.
Chi Qiu pursed his lips slightly: “I have to go to my mother’s.”
“It’s fine, you can go wherever you want. I’ll be your secretary.” Lu Ming coaxed Chi Qiu, rubbing away his tiredness, “Be good, take a nap first.”
The medicine worked very quickly and Chi Qiu’s eyes were free of any discomfort in a short while. Along with Lu Ming’s low tone, Chi Qiu hugged the quilt and took a comfortable nap.
When he woke up, Lu Ming had already contacted the hospital and intended to take him for a checkup.
Lu Ming glanced at the time, it was two o’clock in the afternoon.
He said in a warm voice: “I just talked to the doctor on the phone, he hopes you can go over for a follow-up today.”
So it seemed that Chi Qiu woke up at just the right time, without Lu Ming having to call him to get up.
But Lu Ming felt a bit of a pity; he liked to call the dazed Chi Qiu to get up. Every time he shouted, Chi Qiu would grab his clothes and flatter him shamelessly: “Let me sleep for another minute…”
Who could resist that hoarse throat?
Lu Ming couldn’t help but ponder in his heart and his regret overflowed in his heart. Fortunately, Chi Qiu couldn’t see now. otherwise he should have said something about this. Thinking of this, he couldn’t help but smile and put away his ‘dirty’ thoughts before saying solemnly: “It’s almost time for us to set off.”
After the words, Lu Ming’s phone vibrated; it was Xu Ling who anxiously called him.
Lu Ming picked it up, the tone on the other side was flustered as he asked if Lu Ming couldn’t come to the company today.
Lu Ming thought that Xu Ling was worried about the company’s next quick meeting: “Today’s meeting is not urgent, change the time, I want to accompany Chi Qiu to the hospital.”
This made Xu Ling anxious. So he insisted that Lu Ming must come to the company and admitted his mistake with a bitter face: “Mr. Lu, the quick meeting is not the problem, something else has gone wrong…Today, the Deputy General Manager of XX Company will be here soon. It will be better for you to be present. ”
He didn’t wait for Lu Ming to say anything and immediately said: “Don’t worry, I’ve already thought of a way to delay the time! Is it enough for you to get everything done in two hours? Can you be at the office at four o’clock?”
Lu Ming’s voice rose with a stern look: “If I remember correctly, he should arrive tomorrow?”
“Yes, it was Xiao He…who got the wrong time. I’ve been too busy again lately so I didn’t have time to check.” Xu Ling was already so busy and now he had to clean up this mess for the new assistant Xiao He.
Fortunately, Xu Ling discovered it in time. This time the mistake was simply huge. If it was not discovered, when the time comes, not only Xiao He, but also Xu Ling would need to pack up and leave.
Thinking about it, Xu Ling silently wiped off the cold sweat on his forehead; his heart bouncing off the edge of a cliff.
In the living room, when Chi Qiu listened to Lu Ming’s phone, he remembered that today was a working day. If it wasn’t for Chi Xia’s disturbance and the unexpected situation, Lu Ming would have been working in the company at this time.
Chi Qiu stood at the same place with his guide cane in his hand and carefully guessed the general situation from Lu Ming’s one-sided dialogue. He tried to imagine for a moment, and found that Xu Ling’s cry for help could be heard in his ears.
Chi Qiu: “…”
Chi Qiu raised his hand and waved in his ear, trying to drive away Xu Ling’s voice.
His action made Lu Ming mistakenly think that Chi Qiu was urging him. He lowered his voice and gave a few words to Xu Ling, then hung up the phone: “I have some work to do later, I need to go back to the company. After the checkup, you can accompany me to the company? Let’s eat out in the evening.”
“Can can…” Chi Qiu pointed his guide cane and walked to the entrance by himself without Lu Ming’s help. “But I suggest you just ask Xiao Yan to send me to the hospital, I can handle those checkups by myself. Your work is important, it’s better to go to the company.”
Considering that Lu Ming had been taking care of himself at home during this time, there was indeed too much of a delay in his official business.
“There is still time for work.” Lu Ming hoped that Chi Qiu could trust his work ability, “It didn’t take much time to do a checkup in the past.”
Chi Qiu crouched down to tie his shoes and Lu Ming came forward to help him.
Chi Qiu had no choice but to let go and let Lu Ming help. He reasoned with Lu Ming in a good tone: “You are always not in the company, Secretary Xu is working very hard. When he came to ask for your sign a few days ago, I heard his voice was so hoarse. He’s too pitiful.”
“He caught a cold because he wore less clothes, and after that, I gave him a generous bonus.” Besides, Lu Ming did not make Xu Ling’s workload too excessive. After all, he even recruited two new assistants for Xu Ling.
Although, Xiao He was not very reliable and often lost the chain. So Lu Ming was planning to replace him.
How could Chi Qiu know this? He said, “It’s not enough with bonuses. His work pressure doesn’t conform to labor laws.” This sentence was exactly the same as what Lu Ming said in the ward at that time.
“…” Lu Ming’s facial expression froze. He took a look at Chi Qiu, and sure enough, the Chi Qiu in front of him was holding back a smile. His mood was really not ruined by Chi Xia.
Chi Qiu said this on purpose to avenge the last time.
Of course, joking aside, Chi Qiu said earnestly: “Lu Ming, work is important. It’s okay not to accompany me for the checkup this time.”
“Starting tomorrow, I will go to work properly. But today’s situation is different, I’m not at ease about letting Xiao Yan send you there.” Lu Ming still felt that Chi Qiu was more important.
Chi Qiu thought Lu Ming’s reason was too much, so he asked unintentionally, “Then who will make you rest assured to send me there?”
Lu Ming talked about Chi Lanyan who was at work, and Ji Yanchen, as well as Lu Fengshen, who seldom bothered them recently. These people were so busy and were having fun that they didn’t have time to come here today.
“Chi Qiu, doing a checkup really doesn’t take much time.”
“…Lu Ming.”
“Listen to me this time.”
Chi Qiu could not persuade Lu Ming so he had no choice but to obediently hold Lu Ming’s hand: “Okay, then you remember to make sure to give Secretary Xu more bonuses. Recently, because of my relationship and always dragging you, I have given him a lot of trouble.”
“Do you think I will pay less?”
“That’s not what I mean.”
Lu Ming was teasing him. He leaned and twisted the tips of Chi Qiu’s messy hair and said, “Don’t worry, I will not only give him a bonus, but also give him a promotion and raise his salary. His work ability is good, I am planning to keep him.”
Lu Ming was now moving and laughing, making Chi Qiu’s heart itching; he really wanted to take a look at him.
The two were talking well, and a gust of north wind whistled past, blowing the broken hair in front of Chi Qiu’s forehead.
Chi Qiu sneezed, and Lu Ming subconsciously blocked the gust of wind in front of him.
And outside the front yard gate, a cool sports car stopped outside in the cold.
The next second, Ji Yanchen, who was wearing a long trench coat and pair of sunglasses, got off the driver’s seat. He raised his hand and rang the doorbell frantically. He blew his fingers, pulling the wind very well and every move perfectly portrayed the image of a playboy.
Ji Yanchen pulled down his sunglasses against the monitor: “It’s me.”
Lu Ming looked through the monitor screen of the doorbell, took a deep breath but did not open the door immediately.
It wasn’t until Chi Qiu urged him that Lu Ming pressed the door open button glumly and opened the front yard door.
As soon as the door opened, Ji Yanchen, the ancestor, swaggered into the door with his sports car, occupying the outermost position in the garage.
He waved to Chi Qiu and Lu Ming: “Hey, my brother asked me to take a day off to deliver supplements.” He was afraid that Chi Qiu would say something to him so he continued without breathing, “It’s not the kind that must be eaten right away. This thing has a long shelf life! It’s an ‘old stuff’1I’m not sure what this old stuff means. The author quoted it so I’m afraid it has another meaning but the only thing i found on Baidu 老东西 means old people. Maybe it really means old stuff or a supplement. If anyone knows please let me know specially found by my brother. Lu Ming, remember to eat it, you’re welcome.”
In Ji Yanchen’s heart, Lu Ming was still the poor man who needed a lot of supplements: “The cordyceps, ginseng and deer antlers I gave you earlier, do you remember to eat them?”
“Ate some, thanks.” Lu Ming returned to his reticent state.
Ji Yanchen disdained Lu Ming’s attitude and carried out two large boxes from the back seat of the car. Only after a closer look did he realize that they were two pricey old mountain ginseng, which were indeed very replenishing.
Ji Yanchen took two steps forward with great enthusiasm but when he saw the guide cane in Chi Qiu’s hand, his face collapsed: “I’m so unlucky to come here at this time. You guys are going out?”
Ji Yanchen originally wanted to stay here to eat with them; he liked to be a light bulb2third wheeling recently. If Lu Fengshen came, then he would be more active as a light bulb.
Lu Ming knew the power of Ji Yanchen well and he was about to send off his guests without hesitation.
However, Chi Qiu suddenly seized the opportunity and grabbed Lu Ming’s sleeve: “Great! Since Yanchen is off today, then let Yanchen accompany me for the checkup.”
“No, I——”
As soon as the words popped out of Lu Ming’s mouth, Chi Qiu immediately blocked his words: “Go to the company, don’t delay your work. Now that Yanchen is with me, you can rest assured, right?”
“I——”
“You just said it yourself, as long as Yanchen comes over, you can rest assured.”
Lu Ming was speechless. He simply moved a stone to smash his own feet, and he also chose the hardest stone…
In front of them, Ji Yanchen, who was unaware of the situation, heard Chi Qiu complimenting him so much. He hugged his shoulders arrogantly and said to Lu Ming: “As long as I am around Chi Qiu, you can rest assured of anything.”
Lu Ming casted an indescribable look at Ji Yanchen.
