Oops, I had a ONS With My Secret Ex-husband

Chapter 165: Chapter 165: Sadness

"Painful things will eventually pass. You can live however you like, just don’t ever wrong yourself for anyone."

Ji Yu understood this very well.

Seeing the sadness in her expression, she decided not to press further.

Relationships during a time like this are like drinking water—only you know whether it’s cold or warm.

"I just want a good night’s sleep. Yuyu, I’ll stay at your place tonight."

She didn’t want to dwell on these things anymore. Her heart resisted the thought of it all, but she couldn’t figure out a solution to these problems either.

Ji Yu looked at her in that state and felt a headache coming on. Letting her sleep here peacefully seemed like the best option.

"But make sure to call me if you go out. The Lin family has been acting out lately, and I’m not sure if they’ll take action directly."

If they targeted someone close to her, who knows what might happen?

Feng Qinqin nodded to show she understood.

That night, Ji Yu stayed by Feng Qinqin’s side the entire time, afraid something might really happen.

Fortunately, Feng Qinqin wasn’t too fragile; by the next morning, she had mostly recovered.

Though when she saw Ji Yuanzhou, she was particularly cold toward him.

"Do you need something?" Ji Yuanzhou hesitated for a moment, not daring to speak too freely as he looked at her.

Perhaps there really was an issue with their communication, which had led to the current awkward state. "I just wanted to say sorry to you."

In his mind, this apology was necessary.

Feng Qinqin let out a cold laugh. "Oh, thank you very much for your apology. At least you know you wronged me. But I don’t need your apology. From now on, we have nothing to do with each other."

Their relationship had been unclear from the start, so ending it was probably for the best.

Once she figured that out, she stopped caring so much about Ji Yuanzhou.

Coincidentally, Ji Yu had also woken up and, seeing the two of them standing on the stairs like that, understood everything without needing further explanation.

"Yuyu, I’m heading back. You take care of yourself too." She still had company matters to deal with.

Ji Yu looked somewhat uneasy. "I’ll call a driver to take you back."

"Alright."

As Feng Qinqin walked away, Ji Yuanzhou kept watching her leave.

Ji Yu looked at him with a hint of frustration. "Brother, if you actually like her, then go after her. With an attitude like that, how could she possibly know how you feel?"

Shouldn’t love be expressed directly?

If no one even knows that love existed, wouldn’t that be unbearably sad?

Ji Yuanzhou didn’t understand why things had turned out this way and wasn’t sure what he was feeling inside. "Yu, give me some time to process this. My mind’s a mess, and I don’t even know what I’m doing."

But all of this was giving him a splitting headache.

Seeing Ji Yuanzhou in such a state, Ji Yu didn’t know how she felt either.

"Brother, no matter what, you should at least try. Everyone has the right to go after the person they love. Acting like this will only make you lose more."

Once you’ve lost something, it’s nearly impossible to get it back, and that kind of regret becomes unbearable.

The situation before them left Ji Yuanzhou feeling helpless, so he decided to change the subject. "Did you meet with Old Mr. Lin yesterday?"

"Yeah, it’s probably still trending online, isn’t it? Honestly, the tactics they’re using can’t morally blackmail me."

As long as she didn’t care about morality, no matter how many tricks they played, they’d always end up the same way.

And surely they were aware of how terrible this looked?

They knew very well, but they just wanted to use public opinion as a weapon to pressure Ji Yu.

"Even if I weren’t pregnant, I would never donate my kidney to people like that."

It had been a scam from the very beginning—did anyone seriously believe in it?

Of course not.

Ji Yuanzhou was worried Ji Yu might become the target of their attacks.

"They’ll definitely hire trolls. I’m concerned you’ll get ridiculed, and even Congxin Hospital might face backlash."

"Congxin won’t crumble from this. All those patients come from our hospital, don’t they? Don’t they have family or friends who plan to come to us in the future?" Ji Yu’s confidence in this regard was unwavering.

No matter what happened, she didn’t think there was any need to deal with it in such a way.

"There’s no way they can bring down Congxin. Besides, the Lin family seems to be having some internal problems lately."

She had already assigned Hong to investigate, but so far, there hadn’t been any results.

"Anyway, you still need to be cautious. At least when you’re home, I can keep an eye on you."

But clearly, Ji Yu was never short of people to protect her.

Gu Qixiao, just as he had said the day before, was already waiting at the door early in the morning.

When he saw Ji Yu, he smiled and greeted her.

"Why are you here so early?" Ji Yu had thought he would send someone to keep her safe; she hadn’t expected him to come personally.

"The company matters and my father’s arrangements are handled, so I naturally have time to see you." Knowing Ji Yu was in danger recently, he had passed the company affairs to Mr. Gu to manage.

Ji Yu was a bit surprised but also knew Gu Qixiao had always been serious about such matters. "It’s really not necessary."

She didn’t think they would continue to cause trouble at Congxin.

After all, Congxin had connections, and those waiting in line for surgeries would surely be outraged upon learning about their schemes. noveldrama

"Being by your side won’t disrupt your work. Don’t worry about it."

She didn’t feel Gu Qixiao would interfere with her work.

What she was more concerned about was how much he had already delayed his own matters for her.

"Didn’t President Gu say you were handling this wrong?"

"In my father’s eyes, cutting off business partners like this quickly is a good thing. If someone operates with such underhanded intentions, it’s only a matter of time before it backfires on them." Gu Qixiao wasn’t particularly moved by any of this.

Ji Yu sighed. By now, she fully understood the temperaments of Gu Qixiao and his father. It really was true: like father, like son.

"Gu Qixiao, why are you doing this?"

"You’re the woman I’ve set my mind on as my future wife. So no matter what happens, staying by your side is what I should do. And didn’t you say you’d give me a chance to try?" He wasn’t going to let this opportunity slip away.

Ji Yu was speechless. When she said "try," was this what she meant?

Wasn’t she referring to their work collaboration?

But when he called her "wife," she couldn’t help but feel a pang in her heart. If Gu Qixiao found out she was his unseen wife from the past, what kind of expression would he make?

"Gu Qixiao, have you ever regretted anything in life?"

"No." For him, anything he did was not something worth regretting.

"You will someday." If he had looked just once back then, things wouldn’t have escalated to this point.