My CEO, Turn the Lights Off - C36

Chapter 36 – She Is Not Ji Nansheng

Such a pained and hopeless expression, such a numb and dazed look, such a sorrowful cry that surged out from the depths of his soul, in an instant, had seized all of Zhang Shiyan’s heart!

“Ah Sheng …”

Zhang Shiyan stared at the pale-faced person on the sickbed with his pair of dark and deep eyes, yet it was as if he could see the silhouette of another person through this person.

It was five years ago, after the death of the Mr. Qin.

Ji Nansheng had locked herself in her room for three days and three nights.

Ji Nansheng curled up at the corner of the bed, her two hands holding onto her knees, she looked out the window slightly. Her expression was wooden, her face haggard.

Once upon a time, those lively and beautiful big eyes, as if dyed with dust, were dark and empty, as if they could not see the future and were completely numb to life.

He didn’t even dare to step into the room. He was afraid that if he took one wrong step, she would shatter like a fragile crystal and never be able to recover.

He could only stand outside, isolated from her world.

Inside the door was her world while the dead Qin Jingyuan’s world. Outside the door was his world.

There was clearly no barrier between them, but it was as if a chasm was separating them. He could only helplessly watch as she numbed and mourned in front of him. He reached out his hands to hug her and coax her, only to discover that he was completely unable to touch her world from the start.

“She is not Ji Nansheng.”

Qin Jinghe frowned and patted Zhang Shiyan’s shoulder, pulling him out from his memories.

Zhang Shiyan’s eyes returned to their usual indifferent and distant look. He glanced at Qiao Weiyi, originally wanting to ignore her, but even after taking two steps towards the door, he still turned around and directly walked towards the sickbed. He reached out his hand and pressed the bell.

Looking at the pale-faced Qiao Weiyi up close, Zhang Shiyan didn’t know why, but she actually had a ridiculous feeling that this was his Ah Sheng.

Taking a deep breath, he turned around and left without hesitation.

After Qin Jinghe and Zhang Shiyan left, the nurse rushed over to help Qiao Weiyi get a new needle.

The nurse skillfully treated Qiao Weiyi’s wound and rearranged the needle before she left. Qiao Weiyi struggled out from her muddled state of mind and saw that she and Zhang Niansheng were the only ones left in the ward.

She had no recollection of when the two men had left.

Zhang Niansheng was standing at the door of the sickroom, staring at the direction that Zhang Shiyan had left. Even though there was no one there, he was still staring at that direction.

Qiao Weiyi felt a little pain on the back of her hand, and when she looked down, she discovered that there was another small wound.

“Where’s your dad and Dr. Qin?”

Qiao Weiyi took a deep breath, adjusted her emotions, and asked Zhang Niansheng with a gentle smile.

Zhang Niansheng sat on his chair gloomily and took out a fairy tale book from his bag. He lowered his head and immersed himself in his own world, completely ignoring Qiao Weiyi’s words.

Qiao Weiyi said a few more words in an attempt to tease Zhang Niansheng, but Zhang Niansheng simply covered his ears in a posture of “I won’t listen, won’t listen”, so Qiao Weiyi could only shut her mouth and not say anything else.

She sighed. Perhaps, she would never have the hope of being able to be intimate with her child again in this lifetime.

In Mrs. Zhang’s ward, Zhang Qingquan was peeling fruit for Mrs. Zhang. Hearing the sound of footsteps, he raised his head and saw Zhang Shiyan and a doctor walking past the window, he immediately stood up and went to the other side of the window to look down.

A few minutes later, he saw Zhang Shiyan and the doctor who had already taken off their white gowns walk out of the Inpatient Department building shoulder to shoulder.

That doctor had even taken off his white coat. He should be going out to do something, right?

Coincidentally, with Zhang Shiyan gone, he could go to the woman’s sickroom and check out the situation!

Zhang Qingquan told Lady Zhang that he had something to take care of and asked his friend to take care of it for him. Then, he slipped out the door.

He lingered outside of Qiao Weiyi’s room for a few minutes, and then tried to smile perfectly at the glass window. After making sure that his smile did not look fake and sincere, he finally arrived at the door of Qiao Weiyi’s room and knocked on it.

Qiao Weiyi and Zhang Niansheng looked up at the same time.

Seeing that the person at the door was an unfamiliar uncle, Zhang Niansheng ignored him and continued to read the fairy tale book.

The moment Qiao Weiyi’s gaze made contact with Zhang Qingquan, she immediately recognized him. Wasn’t this man the one who made trouble for him when she crashed into her car that morning?

Hey, you still dare to come looking for me!?

However, that arrogant guy was actually so polite to knock on the door. How strange!

“May I come in and say a few words?”

Zhang Qingquan had thought that Qiao Weiyi was the only one left in the sickroom, who knew that there was still another child.

He was so scared that his legs went weak and he almost turned around to leave. Luckily, he tried his best to tell himself that he was just an ignorant child, only then was he able to stabilize his image.

Qiao Weiyi raised her chin and let him in.

This was a hospital, and she could ring for someone no matter what happened. She didn’t think this person would be stupid enough to do anything to her in the ward, so she wasn’t afraid at all.

After Zhang Qingquan entered, he carefully walked past Zhang Niansheng and straight to the side of Qiao Weiyi’s bed.

He pulled up a chair at the right distance and sat down with a smile.

“I’m very sorry for what happened this morning. There was something wrong with my family, and I was in a bad mood, so I was not angry with you. I treated you guys with a bad attitude. I hope you, Miss, are magnanimous and don’t bother with me.”

The moment Zhang Qingquan opened his mouth, he had already placed his seat very low, which made Qiao Weiyi a little surprised.

Other than being held in such reverence when she was still a Miss Ji, no one had ever treated her like this before when she was a Qiao Weiyi.

Seeing that Qiao Weiyi did not reveal any displeased feelings towards him, Zhang Qingquan relaxed and began to introduce himself.

“Um, let me introduce myself first, I’m Zhang Qingquan, my father is the real estate agent of A City, Zhang Yunfei, I …”

“Wait!”

Qiao Weiyi stared at Zhang Qingquan in shock and said, “You just said that your father is … Zhang Yunfei? The slightly obese, Zhang Yunfei, one of the four great real estate agents? ”

Zhang Qingquan was also surprised, “You know Dad?”

Qiao Weiyi’s mood immediately jumped.

She had waited and watched for many days, but still did not manage to get close to the Boss Zhang. Now, she had so easily met Boss Zhang’s biological son, Zhang Qingquan.

With Zhang Qingquan here, why would she need to get close to that unreasonable Boss Zhang? He could just directly obtain what he wanted from Zhang Qingquan!

Because he had some intentions towards Zhang Qingquan, Qiao Weiyi’s attitude towards him had become more cordial, and wasn’t like how it was in the beginning, when it was neither salty nor indifferent.