Chapter 36 - Chinese Medicine
In that moment, countless images flashed through Ji Linxue's mind. His heart beat faster and faster, pounding in his ears like a drum.
"Your ears are so red."
A hoarse voice with a hint of laughter pulled Ji Linxue back from his daze.
"It's hot," he didn't want to reason with someone who was confused. He started to carefully think about what had happened tonight.
Gu Hengzhi's symptoms didn't resemble illness at all; they were more like the aphrodisiac plotline in the original novel.
He hadn't expected that despite all his calculations, specifically switching glasses, Gu Hengzhi still fell into the trap.
Where did it go wrong?
Ji Linxue thought about it. Gu Hengzhi drank his wine, and he himself was completely fine, so it wasn't a problem with the wine or the glasses. Besides that, the only other thing Gu Hengzhi consumed was...
The cake?
It was the piece of cake Su Muqing had cut and personally handed over. They were afraid Gu Hengzhi's stomach would be uncomfortable, so they made him eat the whole thing.
"Why aren't you paying attention to me?"
A murmured voice suddenly came. Ji Linxue looked up and found Gu Hengzhi looking down at him, his eyes hot and full of deep affection.
He couldn't bear it and looked away. Even though he hadn't taken an aphrodisiac, his body uncontrollably heated up.
"You drank too much," Ji Linxue felt a little flustered. He pried open the hands that were gripping his waist, stood up, and smoothed his clothes. "I'm taking you to the hospital."
The next second, the person he had pushed away clung back tightly like an octopus. This time, the force was even greater than before, making it hard for Ji Linxue to breathe.
"Let go," it was hard to tell if it was embarrassment turned to anger or something else. Ji Linxue didn't dare to look directly at him at all. He could only struggle desperately, afraid of hurting the other person, yet unable to use force.
Gu Hengzhi didn't budge. His hands tightly held his waist. He quietly looked at Ji Linxue's fair, slender neck, his eyes dark and unclear.
Ji Linxue didn't notice at all.
"I'm so uncomfortable," Gu Hengzhi suddenly spoke.
Ji Linxue stopped struggling. After all this, he had broken into a thin sweat. He was slightly panting, his bangs damp, "I told you to let go. I'm taking you to the hospital now."
Gu Hengzhi acted like a petulant child, burying his head in Ji Linxue's chest, "I don't want to go to the hospital."
The two had shifted to a face-to-face embrace. Ji Linxue pushed his head away, "You have to go. Do you want to be uncomfortable all night?"
Although the aphrodisiac plotline in novels was quite exaggerated, like in fantasy novels where not resolving it after taking the medicine would cause one to explode, this was a modern CEO novel. Exploding probably wouldn't happen, but he might suffer from suppressed desire.
Bai Chutang was only 16 now. He certainly couldn't let these two meet at this critical juncture, so going to the hospital was the best option.
"I'm not going," Gu Hengzhi's answer was the same.
Ji Linxue felt he might be afraid of losing face, so he said, "Then shall I ask Lu Yu to call a family doctor over?"
"No."
Ji Linxue lost his patience. Why was Gu Hengzhi so unyielding? Did he really want him to find a woman to come over?
In an instant, his heart was filled with an unknown anger. He said coldly, "Then I won't bother with you anymore."
Gu Hengzhi grabbed his wrist, then hugged him even tighter, as if trying to embed him into his body. The force was astonishingly strong.
Ji Linxue felt a dull ache from being squeezed. He also felt something like an iron rod pressing against his front. He thought Gu Hengzhi must be completely out of his mind.
Just as he was hesitating whether to forcibly peel off the dog-like attachment behind him, the doorbell suddenly rang.
Ring after ring. Seeing they didn't open the door, the intervals between rings grew shorter, as if the person outside had lost patience.
So late, who could it be?
At least it wouldn't be Shen Shaoyan and Lu Yu; both had their fingerprints registered for the house, and could also use the password if needed. They wouldn't ring the doorbell.
"Let go of me, I'm going to open the door."
The doorbell's ringing was too noisy. Gu Hengzhi reluctantly let go of him but still looked at Ji Linxue with longing eyes, like a big dog left alone at home, watching its owner innocently and pitifully, hoping they would return soon.
Seeing such eyes, all of Ji Linxue's anger dissipated. He ruffled Gu Hengzhi's soft hair, comforting him, "I'll be right back."
Ji Linxue left the room, covered his flushed cheeks with his cold hands, and waited for the heat to subside before walking to the door and looking through the video doorbell.
A familiar petite figure stood outside. Because no one had opened the door, her face was filled with intense anxiety. The next second, Ji Linxue saw her bite her lower lip, steeling herself, and continue to ring the doorbell.
There was a persistent determination, as if she wouldn't give up if he didn't open the door.
Ji Linxue thought for a moment and pressed the side button for voice communication, "What do you need?"
Su Muqing heard the voice and was startled. She quickly recognized who it was, "I'm not looking for you, I'm looking for Gu Hengzhi. Where is he?"
It seemed she had drugged him, then found Gu Hengzhi was gone, and specially chased after him here, wanting to verify the results.
Ji Linxue naturally couldn't let her succeed, "He's not here."
"Impossible!" Su Muqing gritted her teeth. "They all said you left together."
Heaven knows how much effort she had put into this. She originally planned to put the drug in the wine, but Gu Hengzhi, for some inexplicable reason, didn't drink his own wine and insisted on drinking Ji Linxue's. She finally managed to put the drug in the cake, and Gu Hengzhi ate it, but then he left.
At the time, after confirming Gu Hengzhi ate the cake, she went upstairs, planning to change into the special lingerie she had carefully prepared. But after changing, she felt something wasn't right, so she rummaged through drawers, trying various outfits, thus forgetting the time. By the time she remembered, the banquet had already ended.
Gu Hengzhi had left the Su family mansion. Her meticulously prepared room and cameras were completely useless; it was all for nothing.
Her plan, which she had prepared for so long, had failed just like that. How could she swallow this anger? She directly chased after him. Moreover, she didn't dare let her parents know about this, afraid they would scold her for not respecting herself, for doing something so shameful as offering herself up for a man.
"He's really not here," Ji Linxue was starting to get annoyed.
He knew how difficult Su Muqing was to shake off. If he didn't let her see Gu Hengzhi, she wouldn't give up.
But Gu Hengzhi was drugged now and not thinking clearly. Even with a tough man like him, he was clinging shamelessly.
If it were Su Muqing...
He couldn't let Gu Hengzhi do something he would deeply regret.
"Don't lie to me. Is he drugged right now?" Su Muqing's tone was certain. She banged on the door. "Let me in. I can help him!"
Ji Linxue had never seen such a shameless person as Su Muqing. His face turned ashen, "I will take him to the hospital. You don't need to worry about this."
Saying this, he was about to press the button to end the call when a large, flushed hand pressed down, gripping his fingers.
Ji Linxue turned his head and saw that Gu Hengzhi had walked up behind him at some point. And he, in his anger just now, hadn't heard a single sound.
Gu Hengzhi's voice was hoarse from the heat, magnetically attracting his eardrums, "Don't hang up yet."
Ji Linxue's pupils contracted sharply. His lips moved, his throat dry, "...Why?"
Weren't you the one who hated her the most?
Could it be that, just like in the original novel, for the sake of your desires, anyone will do?
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