Chapter 21: Stay with Me

Han Xian arrived then, handing Jiang Jingchu a cigarette and silently observing his expression.

“Brother Jing, is everything alright between you and Qin Huan?”

Jiang Jingchu took the cigarette but didn’t light it, playing with it between his fingers.

“Besides saying she’s single, did she say anything else?”

Han Xian was startled, then realized.

“No.”

Jiang Jingchu glanced at him indifferently.

“What good is a brother like you?”

Han Xian felt wronged, pulling up his sleeve to show Jiang Jingchu the bruises on his arm.

“That’s all the information I got, and it cost me a serious injury.”

“Serious injury?”

Jiang Jingchu glanced at it casually, scoffing.

“Aren’t you afraid of getting your tongue bitten off?”

He walked a few steps towards Qin Huan and heard Zhou Tiantian asking her,

“By the way, I have to go back to the city tomorrow because I have work. Are you coming with us or…?”

“She’s not leaving tonight; she’s staying with me.”

Before Qin Huan could answer, Jiang Jingchu replied for her, and his answer was ambiguous.

Qin Huan looked at Zhou Tiantian and saw her mouth forming an exaggerated O shape, with three large question marks clearly visible on her forehead.

Did she hear correctly? Jiang Jingchu said Qin Huan was staying with him.

Huan’er just came to apologize; when did the plot develop like this?

“Huan’er, is what Brother Jing said true?”

Zhou Tiantian, with her back to Jiang Jingchu, looked intently at Qin Huan, implying that if she was forced, she should say something; her friends would definitely help her.

Qin Huan was speechless.

“Don’t listen to his nonsense. I have something to do and need to stay here, but not with him.”

Meaning, there was no scandalous affair as she had imagined.

Zhou Tiantian was relieved and cautiously looked at Jiang Jingchu.

“Be careful. Call me if anything happens.”

Seeing Zhou Tiantian guarding against him like he was a thief, Jiang Jingchu laughed, kicking Han Xian, who was watching the fun.

“Hey, can you control your wife?”

Han Xian jumped to dodge.

“Control, of course, I control her!”

Seeing Zhou Tiantian glaring at him with rosy cheeks, he quickly changed his words.

“I just don’t know if I can.”

After sending Zhou Tiantian and Han Xian off, Jiang Jingchu and Liu Qi had business to discuss.

Cheng Shuyun invited Qin Huan to lunch the next day.

They separated in the hotel lobby.

Qin Huan watched Cheng Shuyun walk away, letting out a sigh.  The abdominal pain from her period, along with the pain in her fingers, made her feel weak.

Gao Fei, instructed by Jiang Jingchu, specifically sent Qin Huan back. Seeing her pale complexion, he stepped forward.

“Miss Qin, are you alright?”

Qin Huan waved her hand.

“I’m fine. I’m just a little tired; I’ll be fine after resting. Go to Mr. Jiang; I can manage myself.”

She walked directly to the hotel reception.

“Please book a room for me.”

The receptionist smiled politely.

“I’m sorry, ma’am, we’re fully booked today. There are no vacant rooms.”

“Fully booked?”

Qin Huan frowned, about to say something, when Gao Fei spoke.

“Miss Qin, Mr. Jiang instructed me to take you back to his room.”

Qin Huan shook her head; how could that be appropriate?

She tried again, asking the receptionist,

“Can you check again? Or help me find a way?”

The receptionist politely shook her head.

“I’m sorry, ma’am, because of the meteor shower, all the rooms were booked long ago, and there are no customers checking out.”

Qin Huan pursed her lips in frustration. The pain in her lower abdomen intensified, making her feel overwhelmed.

Gao Fei saw her hesitation and spoke again.

“Miss Qin, Mr. Jiang’s room is the presidential suite; there’s more than one bedroom.”

Meaning, staying in the same room doesn’t mean staying in the same bedroom.

Qin Huan sighed, feeling a warm flow from her lower abdomen. She looked at Gao Fei helplessly and could only compromise; she couldn’t spend the night on the reception sofa.

After successfully sending Qin Huan to Jiang Jingchu’s presidential suite, Gao Fei went straight to the first floor.

The receptionist was checking in other guests. Seeing Gao Fei, she respectfully called him “Assistant Gao.”

Gao Fei nodded. After the guest left, he walked over.

“From now until tomorrow morning, stop all guest check ins.”

The receptionist looked at the list of empty rooms on the computer, confused.

“Assistant Gao, didn’t you say there were no vacant rooms for that lady just now?”

Gao Fei clicked his tongue.

“Do as I say. And don’t mention this to anyone.”

The receptionist quickly nodded, thinking about the woman’s identity. The heir of the Jiang family had to get the hotel staff to cooperate to get a room for someone.

After instructing the receptionist, Gao Fei went to report to Jiang Jingchu.

Jiang Jingchu was drinking tea with Liu Qi. Gao Fei knocked symbolically on the door, walked steadily over, and whispered in Jiang Jingchu’s ear.

“Mr. Jiang, Miss Qin has returned to the room.”

Jiang Jingchu raised his thick eyebrows and asked in a low voice.

“No trouble?”

Gao Fei, “She initially planned to get a separate room, but because you had instructed beforehand, the reception desk stopped her.”

Jiang Jingchu nodded, a smile playing on his lips.

Gao Fei, looking at his boss, could only think of four words: “Cunning and shrewd.”

Qin Huan came to this room twice tonight, with completely different moods.

The first time was to apologize to Jiang Jingchu, trying to get in.

This time, she didn’t want to come in, but she had to.

When she was with Jiang Jingchu before, she had stayed in luxurious presidential suites many times, so she didn’t feel anything special.

After ordering room service for sanitary napkins, she took a shower and chose a bedroom other than the master bedroom to sleep in.

In the middle of the night, Qin Huan felt the pain in her lower abdomen intensify.

She had suffered from menstrual cramps since giving birth to Yi Yi. Before, her family always had painkillers; taking one would quickly relieve the pain.

But today, her period came early, and she hadn’t had time to prepare anything.

There was no sound outside the room; Jiang Jingchu probably hadn’t returned yet.

Qin Huan thought of getting up to drink some hot water, but she didn’t even have the strength to sit up, and she drifted back to sleep.

Jiang Jingchu’s conversation with Liu Qi went smoothly.

When they came out, it was almost midnight. Thinking that Qin Huan was in his room, Jiang Jingchu’s steps unconsciously quickened.

Gao Fei followed him, struggling for a moment before speaking.

“Mr. Jiang, when I sent Miss Qin back to the room, she seemed a little unwell.”

Jiang Jingchu stopped his hurried steps, frowning at Gao Fei.

“What’s wrong? Why didn’t you tell me earlier?”

Gao Fei lowered his head, avoiding eye contact.

“Miss Qin only said she might be tired. I was worried that if I told you rashly, it would affect your conversation with Mr. Liu, so…”

Jiang Jingchu’s cold eyes narrowed slightly, his voice low and chilling.

“Gao Fei, I see you’re getting better at your job.”

Turning around, he quickened his pace towards the hotel room, saying,

“Wasn’t the company going to arrange people to do charity work in the countryside? I think you’re quite suitable; apply for it yourself after returning to the company tomorrow.”

Gao Fei’s face changed, and he felt bitter. He wished he hadn’t said anything.

Jiang Jingchu seemed to have eyes in the back of his head, seeing what he was thinking.

“If there’s another instance of this kind of concealment, you can stay in the countryside and never come back.”

Gao Fei: …!