Provocative Fiery Wife: My Superior is an Affectionate Spitfire - Chapter 1549
Chapter 1549: Quarreling the Moment They Meet
When Ji Ziming reached his family’s mansion, his mother and Qu Jingwan were practicing yoga in the living room. They asked as they saw him enter. “You’re back; where’s Pei Ge?”
“I’ll be bringing the kids with me to the hospital.”
He stood behind his mother and studied the beautiful figure of the young lady nearby. Compared to Pei Ge’s, this one here was rather lacking.
“What? Why are you going to the hospital? What happened to Pei Ge?”
His mother looked worriedly at him, almost forgetting the lady beside her.
“Nothing serious; she’s okay now.”
After he recounted what Huang Zhian had done to his woman, his mother looked back at him in shock. “This won’t do; I must go check Pei Ge. I’m worried she’ll feel lonely in the hospital.”
“That’s right; let’s go there and accompany her. Since she’s gotten injured, she must be feeling shocked. If we’re not by her side, she’ll definitely—”
Qu Jingwan stepped forward and expressed her support, but the man quickly turned her down. “No need. The nurses will take care of her there. I’ll only bring the children with me.”
“If you bring them there, what will happen to me and Jingwan? This really won’t do; I should go with you, too. I’ll get Zhang to prepare some soup to bring over.”
The man’s mother was unwilling to follow him and insisted on going to the hospital with him to visit Pei Ge.
“No need. She only suffered a minor injury—nothing life-threatening.”
He did not allow his mother to head upstairs and adamantly rejected their cook’s offer to prepare some soup. Inwardly, he baffled, though. His woman and mother’s relationship had gotten better without him noticing it. It just suddenly got better.
“What do you know? How could she merely be suffering from a minor injury? I just wanna go there to check. Even if you stop me, I’ll get the chauffeur to send me over.”
The older woman insisted. Qu Jingwan had no choice but to step up. “Hey, just let us go with you. If you don’t let us go, I’m afraid that auntie will get the driver to send us there tonight.”
Ji Ziming’s eyes darkened and he shot the lady a side-eye as his thin lips moved. “Miss Qu, no need to concern yourself with my family’s affairs. You should just care about your own.”
“What do you mean?”
She could not be uncaring in front of this man’s mother. When they were practicing yoga then, the older woman hinted that she was not too interested in her. Instead, her focus was on her three grandkids.
“Don’t you understand what I mean, or do you need me to put it across clearly?”
The man sneered. There was no need to hide anything in front of his mother. He looked at the lady with ruthlessness in his eyes, as though a lion in the grassland were looking at a naïve deer, making the lady feel terrified.
“I…”
Her eyes darted about, not daring to speak further.
“Alright, alright. Why do you guys quarrel the moment you two meet?”
Madam Ji sensed that something was off and quickly pulled her son to one side and urged, “Son, tell me honestly: What happened between you and Jingwan. Why do you both quarrel the moment you two meet? Every time I see you two alone, you’re always quarreling.”
“Mom, nothing happened between us. I just feel disgusted by her.”
The man comforted his mother, still not wanting her to know what had happened between him and the lady for the time being. If his mother learned that the Qu missy had tried drugging him, she might be unable to stay in his family for long. If she could not stay here, his son’s condition would not improve.
Putting the interests of all above his, he could only suppress his disgust for the lady.
“You only know how to comfort me every time by saying that nothing is wrong, but the moment both of you meet, you guys quarrel. Do you really think I’m deaf or blind? Can’t I see or listen for myself?”
She turned around. Upon seeing that the lady was standing in place, looking aggrieved, she whispered to her son, “Old Lady Qu came looking for me to have Jingwan work in our company.”
“No problem.”
The man’s voice was neither too loud nor soft, but the lady heard it.
She looked up, and when her eyes met his frosty orbs, she dipped her head immediately; still, her ears were sharper than ever. He said ‘no problem’ earlier, but what was he referring to? Did he mean that he was allowing her to accompany him to the hospital or join him in working at the company?
“I’ve promised before to let her join the company, but I’m afraid that it might be a waste of her abilities.”
Ji Ziming’s eyes darkened as an evil glint flashed across them when he shot a glance at the lady.
“Are you agreeing to it?” Qu Jingwan was taken by surprise. She pursed her scarlet lips slightly and smiled. “Ziming, are you really agreeing to it?”
“I agree with it, and there’s no problem, but in the Ji Group, everyone has to work from the bottom. What do you think about it, Miss Qu? If you can’t accept that condition, you can choose not to work there.”
His lips curled into a mocking smile.
She kept her hands behind her back as her long fingernails sank into the tender flesh of her palms. She, a mighty eldest mistress of the Qu family, had to work as a small clerk. Putting aside that Pei Ge was well-respected in the company and well-taken care of by this man, he never had any regard for the Qu family. However, for the sake of her plans, she had to swallow this insult.
“Why wouldn’t I? Starting from the bottom was my plan, too. A person’s best ability is developed by understanding the people at the bottom and slowly working their way up the ranks. Ziming, I’m very happy that you agreed to it.”
Her light smile revealed her accession; Madam Ji’s heart hurt when she saw this.
“Son, how could you let her work from the bottom? Assigning her the role of a manager is better than working from the bottom.”
She felt indignant for the lady. While her son did agree, he unexpectedly wanted the lady to work her way up from the bottom. Since the average person took years—or even decades—before landing a leadership role, what more of her family’s future daughter-in-law?
With him in the company, her promotion would be much tougher than the average person’s.
The older woman knew what was going on; hence, when she saw the lady accepting his condition wholeheartedly, she felt rather guilty.
In the depths of her subconsciousness, she heard someone calling her name. Alas, the person’s voice was near and far, loud and soft. It seemed that her spirit was wandering in the realms of dream shrouded in a thick fog. She could not see anything else other than herself.
“Are you awake? Open your eyes and look at me; I’m here.”
Ji Ziming anxiously called his woman. He wanted to wake her up but realized, to his dismay, that he was unable to do so.
In the white world in her dream, Pei Ge found a narrow path and walked on it. As she walked further, the path seemed to stretch far as the fog thickened. She could not see the end but could hear a man’s familiar voice ringing. “Ziming, is that you?!”
She was unable to produce any sound no matter how hard she screamed. The man was just nearby, but she could not see him.
“Is that you?! Where are you?!”
The white fog thickened even more, and as she moved forward, only to realize that she had not advanced at all. Other than his voice, she could not hear anything.
“Quickly wake up!”
Ji Ziming’s heart skipped a beat upon seeing her this way, having not seen her like this before.
“Please wake up. I’m right here; just open your eyes and look at me.”
He sounded exceptionally anxious, the coldness and detachment on his face gone. There was a rare worry in his eyes. Even when the Ji Group was facing a crisis, he was never this flustered.
“Where are you?!”
Pei Ge narrowed her eyes at the hazy figure which was before her. She walked over fast. Just as she was about to reach the person, a large river materialized right in front of her. Out of the blue, Qu Jingwan appeared on the other side of the river and stood there in her red dress with a sweet smile on her face.
“What are you doing there?!”
She glared at the lady. Even though they were separated by a large body of water, she could see the slight changes in the other’s facial expression. The lady had a bright and sunny smile seconds ago, and in the next moment, her eyes narrowed sinisterly at her.
“All your things belong to me!”
The missy viciously spat from across; right after, Pei Ge was jolted awake. When Ji Ziming saw the woman’s eyes open, he quickly walked over and touched her forehead. “You’re finally awake!”
“What happened to me?”
Having just woken up, her mind was still chaotic. She did not think of telling him about her recent dream.
“You had nightmares.”
The man’s eyes finally regained their usual frostiness as he poured her a glass of water. “Drink.”
She slowly sat up and looked at the familiar ward. “You’ve been here all along?”
“Mhm.”
He nodded as he brought the glass to her mouth. His eyes only slowly regained gentleness when he saw her having a few sips. “Don’t do such dangerous things again; I won’t be able to take it.”
“Really? Didn’t you get Huang Zhian to kill me earlier?”
She snorted mockingly. “My ears must have gone deaf, for I clearly heard your every word then.”
“Are you getting mad at me?” The man suddenly got close to her, sounding vicious when he spoke. “Woman, you dared doubt my love for you?”
She gulped. “Shouldn’t I?”
“What made you doubt my love for you? Did you want to die in that guy’s hands then? If he really did kill you, I’d slice his flesh, piece by piece. I have hundreds and thousands of ways to torture him to death.”
The woman was taken aback by his declaration. She actually knew that this man would use all of his family’s resources to capture that guy but did not expect him to be so serious to the point that his eyes had become bloodshot.
“I-I… didn’t do it on purpose.”
She was softhearted and swore not to lie to him in the future.
“Hmm?”
Not on purpose? What do you mean? Ji Ziming narrowed his frosty eyes, the passion in his eyes silencing the woman.
“You purposely lied to me earlier?”
“I didn’t; I…”
She tried denying this but could not find the right words to do so. Seeing that his eyes were fixed on her, she attempted to give up her excuse. Why did she provoke him when she had known, all along, that he was not someone like that?
“What then?”
The man lay on the bed and looked at her pale face. His heart going soft, he spoke in a clear voice. “It’s enough as long as you believe in me.”
He stood up while keeping his eyes trained on her. “Let’s not head home tonight. You have another round of checkup later; plus, I wanna see your injury recover fast.”
“Okay.”
She nodded. As long as she was with him, it did not matter where they were.
“Then, I’ll have to call the children over. I’ve been busy settling Red Star’s matters these past few days that I haven’t had time to take care of them.”
“If you miss them, I can bring the kids here later,” offered the man. Upon giving it a careful thought, he could only agree that she had indeed not been spending much time with their children.
“Can I?”
She lifted her head, her eyes suddenly bright. Seeing her expectant look, he nodded. “You must promise me, though, that you’ll properly rest. You’re now a patient.”
“My injury is just minor.”
Pei Ge was unbothered. The thought of being able to see the children tonight excited her. As long as she could see
