Chapter 20: The Calm Before the Storm

Chu Ling stood at the door with a smile on her face, and without waiting for Xia Yan to speak, she naturally put the flower at the head of the bed.

"Miss Xia, I really thank you, thank you for saving my family Cheng Heng."

"Auntie is polite, I'm just subconsciously moving."

Chu Ling didn't regard himself as an outsider, and warmly held Xia Yan's hand and said:

"I heard that you are dating our children?"

Our children? Who is she talking about? Cheng Yi?

"No, Auntie, I'm just his secretary?"

"Ouch, I heard Cheng Xu's little kid keep calling you 'sister-in-law, sister-in-law', that's still fake!"

"No, Auntie......"

"Okay, I'm sure you're interesting to our kid too, aren't you? I'm thinking about waiting for you to be discharged from the hospital, holding a banquet for the two of you and announcing your relationship to the public. It just so happened that his brother's fiancΓ©e had also returned from abroad, and the double happiness came to the door and did it together! ”

Xia Yan listened to Chu Ling's words ambiguously, which made her a little confused.

"Auntie, I don't think it's better to do it, after all, I really don't have anything with him, it's just an ordinary subordinate relationship."

"Miss Xia, when you say that, I'm cold. Do you dare to say that you don't mean anything to my kid, you have been together for so long, can't you feel what he does to you? Then you should come to his brother's engagement feast and be his maiden companion at the wedding feast! ”

"But ......"

"Don't be, you must know that my child can't do without you, except for you, he doesn't want anyone else to be his female companion!"

"Well... Well..."

Xia Yan agreed to this in a daze, and when she left, Chu Ling did not forget to tell her, let her keep it secret, and surprise him on the day of the engagement banquet!

Xia Yan couldn't say what was awkward, so she had to nod her head in agreement.

Soon after Chu Ling left, Cheng Yi returned, and Xu Chuchu was afraid of disturbing the two of them alone time, so he made an excuse to leave.

Cheng Yi looked at the flowers on the bedside and asked lightly:

"Who sent it?"

"Aunt Chu sent it."

"Why is she here?"

"She came over and thanked her."

Cheng Yi looked at the flower a little distracted, and his frowning brows hinted at his uneasiness.

"Let's go home and recuperate in a few days, and save some people who don't want to do it, and disturb your rest."

"Okay."

Xia Yan nodded in agreement, and a warm current surged in her heart.

Cheng Yi will think about himself everywhere, so that Xia Yan can recuperate so comfortably.

Chu Ling left the hospital and went straight to the airport, and the woman she received was wearing a mask and hat, covering the whole person tightly, and she didn't take off her disguise until she got in the car.

"Aunt Chu, thank you for bringing me back."

"Ouch, good boy, you're welcome, I have to count on you to help me in the future!"

"Uncle Cheng brought me back after exerting pressure on foreign industries, and Cheng Yi knew about it, and I was afraid that the two of them would have a quarrel."

"Since your Uncle Cheng brought you back under pressure, he must have a reason, besides, in the past few years, you are the one who knows Cheng Yi best, I think that this time I will hold a new engagement banquet for you, so that he has to accept you."

"Then Liuli thanked Auntie in advance, I will definitely take good care of Cheng Yi."

"Now that you're back, I've found you an apartment, you can live for a while for a while, and then I'll take you back when I've arranged it."

"Okay, Aunt Chu, I'll listen to your arrangement."

A week later, Xia Yan was discharged from the hospital under Cheng Yi's arrangement, and Cheng Yi hired two private doctors, one is a brain specialist, one is an ophthalmologist, and three nurses to stay in the villa for a long time to take care of Xia Yan's diet and daily life.

"Actually, I don't need to be so excited, I'm almost fine."

"What you said doesn't count, when the two doctors and I propose that you are completely out of danger and fully recovered, when those people can be withdrawn."

"Please, there's no need to spend this money."

"It's not something you should think about. After a good breakfast, we fought to go home for lunch. ”

Cheng Yi intimately tested the temperature of the porridge with his wrist, carefully scooped up a spoonful, blew it intimately, and then slowly sent it into Xia Yan's mouth.

"I can eat it myself."

"You lie down! Don't move! ”

Cheng Yi's commanding tone made Xia Yan dare not say anything.

When Cheng Yi wiped the corners of her mouth, the slender hands seemed to be a little white.

Xia Yan subconsciously grabbed his hand, unfolded it and looked at it. Due to the long-term soaking and rinsing of disinfectant water, the whole hand is white and peeling.

"Your hand ......"

Xia Yan was distressed and immediately put gloves on him.

"It's okay, it's just that I couldn't accept it a few days ago, but after getting used to it, I found that my problem of cleanliness in my heart has been alleviated."

"Relief? What is this called relief, for your so-called relief, you have washed off a layer of skin on your hands! ”

"Illness always has to be overcome, and the process of overcoming it must be a sin, and if you can take care of you if you are tortured, it is not torture."

"What nonsense! I never think that you have a cleanliness habit is a disease, you just be yourself, I don't want you to change anything for me! ”

Cheng Yi stared at Xia Yan with both eyes, her seemingly frivolous words touched her heart.

Ever since the illness, everyone has felt that they are an alternative, a joke. Illegitimate child, cleanliness, obsessive-compulsive disorder, mother junior, over the years, he has endured far more gossip than when he was with his mother as a child.

Until later, it was just that he disguised himself, and the hardness of his appearance could only protect the fragility of his soul for a while. When the scar is revealed, the pain is permanent.

Xia Yan, on the other hand, took the initiative to accept his scars and flaws, making the dark side of his heart feel the warmth of the sun again.

"Xia Yan..."

I like you...

Before these four words could be spoken, the door of the ward was pushed open by Cheng Xu.

Xia Yan immediately let go of Cheng Yi's hand and leaned awkwardly against the head of the bed.

Cheng Yi looked at Cheng Xu with a black line on his face, and really wanted to press him to the ground and beat him hard!

"What are you doing here!"

Cheng Yi's tone was no longer impatient, but a question mixed with anger.

"Ah, I, oops, second brother, I'm just here to see my sister-in-law."

"Speak well! Say things! ”

"I heard that a month later, Aunt Chu is going to hold an engagement banquet for you, and she also invited Xia Yan, is it true?"

"I don't know, I'm not going to go."

Xia Yan looked at the conversation between Cheng Xu and Cheng Yi suspiciously, didn't Aunt Chu say that she wanted to keep it secret? How did they all know? Moreover, didn't you say that you would hold an engagement banquet for the Cheng Yi brothers? How did it become Cheng Yi's engagement banquet? What's going on?

"The posts have been sent, and the major chambers of commerce have notified them!"

Cheng Yi frowned, his face became even more ugly, and without waiting for Xia Yan to react, he pulled Cheng Xu out of the door.

Xia Yan thought about asking Cheng Yi when he came back, but he didn't go home until late at night.

On the second day, Xia Yan, who didn't wait for Cheng Yi, got a piece of news that made her extremely worried.

The church she lives in abroad was built with the investment of her parents. Now, they have been branded with trumped-up charges, claiming that they have violated the rules and built illegally, and the source of funds is illegal, and has been frozen. Now, a fine of 20 million must be paid within the specified time, otherwise the entire church will be auctioned off, and the adopted children in the church will be homeless.

Million? Where do I go to get this 20 million?

Just when Xia Yan was at a loss, Cheng He's sudden visit caught her even more off guard.

In Cheng Yi's study, Xia Yan personally brought tea to Cheng He despite her unhealed injuries, and the air was filled with a dignified atmosphere.

"Miss Xia, to make a long story short, I don't support you being with my son."

"Uncle Cheng......"

Xia Yan just wanted to defend herself, but was interrupted by Cheng He.

"Don't speak, listen to me. My son does take care of you in many places, and I know that. But, after all, you are in an employment relationship, he is taken care of by you, you get a salary, it is a matter of course, and no one owes anyone, right? ”

Xia Yan nodded silently.

"I don't care what means you use, whether it's sincere or false, I will give you two ways now. First, I'll give you a sum of money and leave my son. Second, I can accept you as his confidante, even if it is to give birth to a child for him, but I can't make you Cheng Yi's rightful wife! ”

Xia Yan never thought that she would have such a day, not to mention that she and Cheng Yi did not have a definite relationship, but his father was already threatening him with his money and status.

"I don't need your money."

Xia Yan turned her face away and said this stubbornly.

"You need, the last property your parents bought for you, and there are quite a few kids in that church waiting to receive the money."

"You... Did you do it? ”

"There's nothing to do, Miss Xia, your parents were originally guilty of economic crimes, as long as this information is released abroad, they will naturally lock up your parents' property before they were arrested."

"You..."

"Miss Xia, I'm discussing with you now, and after a while, it won't be so simple to discuss. You have to know that your parents' economic sins are a fact, and when the time comes, the church is destined to be confiscated and auctioned, what can you keep? ”

"I'll only give you one day to think about it, and I'll give you an answer when I've thought about it."

After speaking, he left the villa without looking back.

Xia Yan looked at the cup of tea on the table that was still steaming, but she couldn't tell the taste in her heart.

"What should I do... What to do..."

"Maybe, maybe I can ask Cheng Yi for a treat, show him my situation, and let Cheng Yi help me!"

Just when Xia Yan decided to confess to Cheng Yi, Assistant Zhou found her first.

"Miss Xia, I am very presumptuous to look for you when your body has not yet healed, it is really sudden. Mr. Yi decided to give up the shares of Cheng's Group to negotiate with the chairman, but the chairman did not agree, Mr. Yi wanted to directly transfer the shares to Mr. Heng's name, and the chairman had locked all the funds in his name, Miss Xia, you have to help me persuade Mr. Yi, don't act impulsively! ”

Xia Yan on the other end of the phone suddenly fell into despair, so she could only take a deep breath and slowly said into the phone:

"I see..."