Chapter 236: The Buyer
Xu Youyou found his reaction amusing and couldn’t help teasing him. She leaned in and lowered her voice, asking, “If I had other intentions, would you really not consider being with me?”
Lu Jingyao coughed repeatedly, almost forcing himself to turn his head away, his red face revealing his current feelings.
Xu Youyou, on the other hand, felt like she was teasing an innocent person and helplessly said, “I was just joking.”
Lu Jingyao softly said, “Although I feel this is inappropriate, as long as it makes you happy.”
Xu Youyou: …
She suddenly felt like she had become a bully teasing a well-behaved person, especially since Lu Jingyao was looking at her as if he would let her do anything. She glanced at his broad shoulders, narrow waist, and his muscular arms, not to mention the eight-pack abs she accidentally saw last time. She suddenly thought, maybe it wouldn’t be so bad.
But as soon as that thought crossed her mind, she quickly shook her head. Forget it, she decided not to bully the innocent.
That night, after Lu Jingyao had washed up, he found a blanket and lay on the sofa in the master bedroom.
Xu Youyou thought she wouldn’t be able to fall asleep or that something unexpected would happen, but perhaps because she was so tired from the day, as soon as she touched the bed, she almost immediately fell asleep.
However, Lu Jingyao, under the dim moonlight, occasionally got up from the sofa, carefully approached the bedside, and stretched out his fingers to check Xu Youyou’s breathing.
Feeling the warm air on his hand and seeing Xu Youyou’s peaceful sleeping face, Lu Jingyao couldn’t help but smile. After tucking the blanket around her, he bent down and softly kissed her forehead.
Outside the window, the full moon hung high in the sky, and for the first time, Lu Jingyao thought the moonlight had never been so bright.
“Goodnight, Miss Xu,” he whispered.
When Xu Youyou woke up, she felt lightheaded. Her head was groggy, and her body ached terribly.
“I don’t feel well,” she told Xu Fang, who came in to ask if breakfast was ready.
Lu Jingyao was up early; he had a habit of morning exercise and was jogging in the villa’s garden.
When Xu Fang heard this, she immediately said, “Boss, it’s normal to feel unwell at first, but you’ll get used to it. You might even come to like it.”
The two bosses weren’t hiding it, and everyone knew they had spent the night in the same room, so it was inevitable that people would start making assumptions.
Xu Youyou felt like her head was filled with mush. “What do you mean I’ll get used to it? I think I have a cold… and I might even have a fever…”
Xu Fang paused for a moment. Based on her experience, it didn’t seem like this was the case. She turned and saw a neatly folded blanket on the sofa in the master bedroom.
A boss falling ill was a serious matter, so Xu Fang immediately rushed over to check, placing her hand on Xu Youyou’s forehead. “Boss, you do have a fever. Your forehead is hot enough to fry an egg!”
She immediately called for a doctor to come.
Xu Youyou, feeling dizzy, lay back down on the bed.
“Mr. Lu slept on the sofa last night?” Xu Fang quietly asked.
Xu Youyou, still dazed, responded with a simple “yes.”
Xu Fang couldn’t help but admire Lu Jingyao, thinking to herself that he was truly a gentleman, like the historical figure Liu Xiahui.
Before the doctor arrived, Lu Jingyao had already received the news. Seeing Xu Youyou’s feverish face, he couldn’t help but feel guilty.
He had gotten up several times in the night, watching Xu Youyou sleep soundly, and when he woke up at 5 a.m. for his exercise, Xu Youyou’s breathing had been steady, not at all like someone who was sick. That was why he had felt reassured enough to leave, but in just over two hours, Xu Youyou had worked herself into a fever.
The family doctor sighed. “The illness came on suddenly. Let’s try giving her fever medicine first. If that doesn’t work, we’ll have to give her an injection.”
Coincidentally, the bodyguard who had been carrying the suitcase with the dagger also got sick and had a fever. Xu Youyou was lucky that the fever medicine worked, and her condition was soon under control.
It was a different story for the bodyguard, a tall and sturdy man who absolutely refused to take the medicine. In the end, he had to be injected to stabilize his condition.
Xu Youyou’s illness caused such a stir that even Old Master Lu was concerned. He repeatedly wanted to come and visit, but Lu Jingyao stopped him each time.
Although Lu Jingyao personally took care of her, he feared that the illness might be contagious and that the elderly man wouldn’t be able to handle it.
It wasn’t until Xu Youyou was almost fully recovered that Lu Jingyao finally agreed to let Old Master Lu visit.
“Grandpa, I’m really fine, you don’t need to worry about me,” Xu Youyou said, feeling like she was already healed, but Lu Jingyao still kept her in the room, worried that she might catch the wind if she went outside.
Old Master Lu said, “Being sick is no small matter. Even though it’s just a cold, many people rush into doing things once they feel better and end up with myocarditis. Jingyao’s doing the right thing by keeping you in here. You need to take extra care.”
Xu Youyou looked enviously at Lu Jingyao. Compared to him, he was so much healthier. She remembered when they were abroad, he had been on the verge of death, lying in a trash can, and she thought he was beyond saving. Yet, just a few days later, he was back on his feet.
“Grandpa, you’re right. Once I fully recover, I’ll exercise with Jingyao. We’ll get strong together,” Xu Youyou said.
Old Master Lu glanced at his eldest grandson and shook his head. “Exercising doesn’t necessarily extend your life. The most important thing is to take care of yourself. Don’t push yourself too hard. It’s okay to rest.”
This was the first time Xu Youyou had heard an elder speak against exercise.
Lu Jingyao helplessly said, “Grandpa, you don’t like to move, and yet you preach this nonsense. If you exercised more, your high blood sugar and blood pressure would drop.”
Old Master Lu was almost ready to jump up. “Don’t say such things. The internet says exercise doesn’t lower blood pressure or blood sugar. Look at me now, I’m doing fine. Just taking it slow is enough.”
Lu Jingyao looked at his stubborn old grandfather, who was an internet addict, and said helplessly, “Grandpa, you really should go online less.”
Old Master Lu clutched his phone and said, “This is how I see the world. You young people don’t understand.”
Xu Youyou couldn’t help but laugh as she watched the two of them bicker.
Her illness kept her in Jinling for more than half a month, and it wasn’t until Lu Jingyao felt completely relieved that things calmed down.
“Boss, Mr. Liu from Shanghai has been waiting for many days. Now that you’re better, should we arrange a time to meet him?” Xu Fang asked.
Mr. Liu had first appeared on the day Xu Youyou got sick. His reason for coming was simple. He had received information from someone and knew that Xu Youyou had taken a small box from Xiao Lvmao’s house.
He wanted to buy what was inside the box, and he knew it was a dagger.
Even though Xu Youyou had been feeling faint for the past few days, she suspected that this dagger was closely linked to this buyer.
She didn’t think someone wanting to buy such an item would have good intentions. She didn’t like him, which was why she had delayed meeting him for so long.
“Alright, have him come now,” Xu Youyou said.
