SFBF CH14

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President Gu ordered Tian Yi to bring Shen Qing out. Tian Yi agreed, but before he could move, Shen Qing’s voice came from inside again:

“Get lost immediately! Not only do you want to take advantage of me, but you also want to plot against my husband. It’s polite of me not to beat you to death!”

Hearing this, Gu Huaiyu frowned and raised his hand to stop Tian Yi.

He signaled to listen a bit longer.

Inside the glass room, Ling Ziyao was so angry his soul was about to ascend.

He had a medical doctorate, and no matter how filthy and wretched he was inside, he maintained a well-dressed and respectable appearance on the outside—truly a beast in human clothing.

Someone like him found it hardest to accept Shen Qing’s smoothly blunt, even somewhat vulgar language. He was so angry he couldn’t utter a single word.

It wasn’t until he heard Shen Qing mention conspiring to harm his husband that Ling Ziyao finally had to refute: “Plot against Mr. Gu? Who said I wanted to plot against Mr. Gu?”

At this point, Ling Ziyao also knew there was no chance between him and Shen Qing.

Although looking at the young man’s slightly sweaty cheeks, handsome features, and upright figure, he felt some regret.

But he wasn’t stupid; he couldn’t admit to his previous words now.

Ling Ziyao: “Don’t talk nonsense without evidence! I can sue you!”

Shen Qing: “…”

He really didn’t have evidence.

But setting aside evidence for now, thinking about the future punishment the two villains would inflict on “himself,” he definitely wouldn’t get involved in this matter. The cleaner the break, the better!

Now that he had scolded him enough and drawn a clear line.

Shen Qing only wished to stay far away from him and didn’t want to engage with him anymore.

He pushed Ling Ziyao aside and walked towards the glass door. Ling Ziyao said behind him, “I warn you, if you know what’s good for you, don’t go out and spout nonsense. Gu Huaiyu won’t live long anyway. Even if you suck up to him now, how long can he protect you?”

Ling Ziyao let out a sinister laugh at the end.

Shen Qing treated it as a fart.

Damn, are people in this world all so shameless?

This threatening tactic is exactly the same as the original owner threatening the two children not to tell on him!

Shen Qing left straight away, not sparing another glance for the other party.

Tian Yi, who was at the side of the glass room, finally dared to speak: “This guy named Ling is too detestable! Fortunately, you haven’t been taking the medicine from their medical team these past few days…”

Otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable!

Tian Yi felt that President Gu seemed to already know who was behind it and the trickery involved.

—Just now, hearing that the Madam had come to the third floor, President Gu brought him directly over.

Tian Yi would always remember President Gu’s expression at that time. You couldn’t tell where it had changed, but it was just gloomy, and the aura was terrifyingly sharp.

However, this terrifying feeling was later diluted by the Madam’s remarks during his conversation with Ling Ziyao, claiming “his husband is good” one moment and “his husband is great” the next.

Not only did the mood clear up.

Tian Yi even noticed that his boss’s face, usually as calm as an ancient well, had a slightly twisted expression!

If he had to describe it, their President Gu was probably angered into laughter.

…Regardless, seeing some genuine emotional expression on President Gu’s face was a novelty after all.

And it had to be said, the Madam’s character was truly straightforward, frank, and brisk.

Only the Madam’s personality could make President Gu’s expression change!

Now that the Madam had left, Tian Yi looked at President Gu’s expression again, only to find with surprise that President Gu’s expression… was expressionless.

President Gu seemed to be thinking about something.

But based on Tian Yi’s understanding of his boss over this long period, President Gu’s mood should be very calm.

…

Tian Yi thought, this is just President Gu being President Gu.

If it were anyone else, hearing with their own ears that there was a problem with the medicine they had been injecting, they would be scared or angered to death!

Just then, Tian Yi heard Gu Huaiyu ask, “Have you investigated the background of that guy named Ling?”

“Investigated clearly.” Tian Yi took out his phone and pulled up the information directly for his boss to see.

Gu Huaiyu’s eyelids drooped, his posture while reading the text very casual.

After a moment, he signaled Tian Yi to put away the phone.

Tapping his slender, pale fingers on the wheelchair armrest, Gu Huaiyu had already guessed who sent Ling Ziyao.

He really didn’t have much emotion about it.

Too many people wanted to harm him, whether in the past or now.

He mocked those people’s cowardice, but he had long since seen through it all. Honestly, he didn’t really care when he would die.

But regardless of whether he died or not, he wasn’t dead yet.

Since he was still alive, he couldn’t tolerate people causing trouble under his nose.

However, there was one point that puzzled him.

His dream had mentioned that there was a problem with someone in his medical team.

Everyone in the team had been selected after rigorous family background checks and various investigations. Gu Huaiyu didn’t fully trust the dream, but three days ago, he still took a series of preventive measures and investigations.

And judging from the current progress of the investigation, the indication in his dream was correct; someone within the team was indeed tampering with things in secret.

But that wasn’t the problem anymore. The biggest problem now was—

In the dream, Shen Qing also participated in harming him.

However, outside the dream, the truth he saw with his own eyes and heard with his own ears was quite different.

…

Gu Huaiyu recalled the appearance of the young man he saw through the glass just now.

Slender figure, clear features, eyes clear and bright, with no connection to harboring filth.

But he obviously already knew there was a problem with that Dr. Ling…

Just then, he heard Tian Yi say beside him, “President Gu, what should we do about that Dr. Ling and his team?”

Gu Huaiyu’s instructions were crisp and decisive: “Sue him with the evidence in hand. Fire the entire medical team.”

Tian Yi said, “Okay.”

Tian Yi’s “okay” was sonorous and forceful; he felt very vindicated.

Although the Madam didn’t have evidence, they did! Three days ago, he had secretly taken all the medicines for testing, and the results had just come out today.

Such people cannot be tolerated!

As for the medical team, during the days President Gu was ill, almost the entire team lived in the Gu family home. President Gu even spent heavily to build a laboratory for them, yet not a single person discovered the abnormality. Such an irresponsible and unprofessional team indeed deserved to be disbanded!

Thinking about Dr. Ling’s future life in prison, Tian Yi felt relieved: “He dared to harass the Madam and threaten the Madam; he’s going to suffer for it now, humph humph…”

“You are right. …Cough cough, cough.”

Tian Yi, who suddenly received affirmation from the boss: “?”

Gu Huaiyu, who coughed for a while, lowered his eyes. His round, clean fingertips rubbed the armrest of the wheelchair twice, the movement as gentle as stroking a feather.

President Gu’s tone remained calm: “Sue him. After the verdict comes down, make him disappear from Huacheng.”

“……”

Tian Yi: “Yes.”

.

Shen Qing still took the stairs when going downstairs.

And he seemed to hear a few coughs coming from somewhere upstairs.

…He must have heard wrong.

It couldn’t be Gu Huaiyu coming out, right?…

Still refusing to scare himself, Shen Qing hummed an unknown tune and walked toward his room.

As for Dr. Ling’s final threat just now, he didn’t take it seriously at all—he didn’t have evidence of Ling’s evil deeds, and the other party didn’t have any evidence against him either.

Fortunately, the original owner hadn’t agreed to him yet… otherwise, even jumping into the Yellow River wouldn’t wash him clean.

Thinking about how twenty years later, Gu Duo and Gu Ao still possessed evidence of “himself” conspiring to harm their uncle and came for revenge…

Shen Qing shuddered subconsciously.

…Otherwise, if repairing the relationship really didn’t work, he’d just have to increase his efforts!

Can’t relax too much!

To be a salted fish, you have to have the life for it.

He didn’t want to be locked in a smelly sewer waiting to die, sob!

Wait…

Shen Qing suddenly realized: Since the two brothers in the future had the means to obtain criminal evidence of him conspiring to kill their uncle…

Then if he stood by now and let Gu Huaiyu be killed by Dr. Ling, and the brothers found out about this in the future, wouldn’t he still end up miserable?!

Realizing this, Shen Qing felt unwell.

Truly, a calamity comes from the sky while one sits at home!

…Should he drop a hint to the children’s uncle, reminding Gu Huaiyu to guard against that person?

…

But this was clearly a difficult task!

To warn him, the warning had to be effective enough to attract attention, but without exposing himself, or else he still wouldn’t be able to explain clearly…

This difficulty level was comparable to a palace intrigue drama!

How could a boy from a good family handle this kind of work!

Grandma, earning a hundred million inheritance is so hard QwQ!

Once again, Shen Qing felt that transmigrating into a book was hard, so damn hard!

However, this matter was no joke. Even if it was hard, he had to bite the bullet.

He returned to his room, took a shower, and changed into everyday clothes. This time, he went back up to the third floor, heading towards Gu Huaiyu’s activity area.

Besides the bedroom which had been almost transformed into a hospital ward, a large area on the third floor was Gu Huaiyu’s study and office.

This was practically a restricted area of the entire house. Idle people, including the housekeeper and servants, could not approach.

It was also Shen Qing’s first time here.

He was quite hesitant at first and wanted to retreat a bit.

The key was that he hadn’t thought of how to tell President Gu.

But unexpectedly, Gu Huaiyu’s office door wasn’t closed. As soon as Shen Qing arrived in this area, he ran right into Gu Huaiyu sitting in his wheelchair inside.

“What?”

Shen Qing turned his head. Mr. Gu was staring straight at him, asking, “Is something the matter?”

“There is…” Shen Qing murmured.

Being far away, he couldn’t see the other’s expression clearly. He only felt that Gu Huaiyu’s gaze sizing him up was somewhat intriguing, making his hair stand on end.

Subconsciously shuddering, Shen Qing felt his attitude was wrong—too cowardly. So he couldn’t help taking a deep breath and said in a normal tone: “There is something, but not much.”

“……”

Gu Huaiyu’s finger on the wheelchair twitched, trying to maintain patience: “If there’s something, say it.”

Shen Qing: “……”

He still hadn’t thought of a good entry point to warn the other party to be careful of Dr. Ling.

His Adam’s apple rolled up and down. Seeing that the big boss seemed to be running out of patience, Shen Qing had no choice but to hop in front of him again and say clingily: “I just missed you!”

Gu Huaiyu: “……”

“Missed me?”

Gu Huaiyu’s voice was eerie. This time, he wasn’t provoked by the sudden clinginess, but pointed out calmly: “We just met this morning. Twice.”

Shen Qing: “Even, even so, I miss you… Hubby, you must take care of your health, even if just for me and the babies… By the way, there was a professional medical team on this floor…”

“President Gu, the medical team here has almost been disbanded… uh.”

Shen Qing’s voice and Tian Yi’s voice sounded at the same time.

Tian Yi, holding a thick stack of documents, suddenly saw Shen Qing in Gu Huaiyu’s office. He stopped abruptly and shut his mouth quickly.

Shen Qing also shut up at that instant.

Simultaneously, his eyes widened.

—What did he say? The medical team is disbanded?

“What did you want to say?”

At this time, Gu Huaiyu’s voice sounded again, asking Shen Qing.

Tian Yi already knew he had come at a bad time and said the wrong thing. Without needing orders, he quickly retreated.

Only Shen Qing and Gu Huaiyu remained in the room.

Gu Huaiyu sat in the wheelchair, his gaze falling completely on Shen Qing, scrutinizing him blatantly: “What were you going to say just now? What about the medical team?”

Shen Qing: “…Nothing…”

Just now, he clearly heard Gu Huaiyu’s assistant say the family’s medical team was disbanded… Could it be that Gu Huaiyu had already discovered something??

There shouldn’t be this plot point in the original novel…

Shen Qing suddenly felt very confused.

The only thing clear was that the family’s medical team was gone, so Ling Ziyao should be gone too.

Since the person was gone, he didn’t need to bother warning Mr. Gu.

Such a good thing existed?!!

Could there be some misunderstanding?

Shen Qing was suspicious, but he couldn’t ask Gu Huaiyu directly.

That would be too deliberate.

Especially if the medical team was disbanded because Gu Huaiyu discovered something, asking now would be giving himself away, wouldn’t it?

Fortunately, he hadn’t said anything just now!

Shen Qing immediately straightened his back. He felt that even if there was a misunderstanding, there was no rush. No need to warn Gu Huaiyu now; he could wait and see.

Having made up his mind, Shen Qing felt he could take his leave.

But the matter wasn’t over yet…

Gu Huaiyu continued to stare straight at him with a scrutinizing gaze: “Nothing? Mr. Shen suddenly ran over to find me, and now there’s nothing?”

Shen Qing: “……”

This… was somewhat exposing his slip-up.

Running over specifically to find Gu Huaiyu was indeed a first for him. It was normal for the other party to see it as abnormal.

Oh no, I was impulsive!

If I had known, I would have waited and not run up in such a hurry!

What should I say now? How to say it??

“I came…”

Facing President Gu’s interrogation and stare, Shen Qing stammered: “I came to… perform a talent for you?”

Gu Huaiyu: “……”

“What?”

Confirming uncertainly again, President Gu’s piercing gaze became sharper.

Shen Qing felt that he could only…

Bring on the talent!

“Aiya, I said I missed you, so I came up to see you!”

As he spoke, he suddenly leaned forward and gave President Gu in the wheelchair a big hug!

Gu Huaiyu, who had no time to dodge: …?!!

Shen Qing, with his handsome face, smiled brightly and radiantly: “Don’t always be so serious, Big Boss. Let’s have a hug!”

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Author’s Note:

Shen Qing: Can’t do tricks, don’t have talents, can only use a bit of the ‘Honey Trap’ (Beauty Trap).

Gu Huaiyu: ??? Cough cough cough!!!