When Xia Zhiyi woke up from his sleep, before he even opened his eyes, he smelled the unpleasant odor of disinfectant.
Even though the smell made him uncomfortable, the way he was held in someone else's arms with one hand and felt the warmth of that person's body at close range quickly calmed Xia Zhiyi's slightly tense emotions.
It's okay, it's safe here.
The boy's eyelids trembled slightly, and then he slowly opened his eyes. What he saw was another man's neck, and then his deep collarbone, rising and falling slightly with his breathing.
He watched Jingjing for a while, unusually not getting up for his morning exercise as soon as he woke up. Instead, he adjusted his position next to the man, pressing against his collar and the edge of his neck. He didn't mind being poked by the other man's collarbone. He just felt his body temperature and the pulse and heartbeat under his skin, closed his eyes, and fell asleep again.
In her daze, Xia Zhiyi felt the arm around her tighten its grip slightly, holding him even closer.
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This is a rare opportunity to sleep in.
At least for Xia Zhiyi.
When he woke up again, he heard a faint noise in the bathroom. As soon as he opened his eyes, he realized it was the sound of water. There was no one beside him.
A quick glance told me that Fu Chi was in the bathroom, probably washing up.
She already has difficulty moving around, and she's trying her best to avoid making too much noise to wake him up.
Xia Zhiyi listened in bed for a while, then rolled over and got up. Her hair was styled in a strange way, with one side sticking out and the other being flattened.
His mind was blank, but he saw his reflection on the LCD TV directly in front of the hospital bed. He unconsciously raised his hand to try to press down his unruly hair, but obviously failed.
Fu Chi, however, had excellent hearing. Hearing the creaking of the hospital bed, he appeared at the bathroom door and gave Fu Chi a gentle smile when he saw Fu Chi's appearance.
Xia Zhiyi slowly turned her head and saw the man in a hospital gown, his left hand in a cast, and a toothbrush in his right hand. She finally snapped out of her daze, frowned, and got out of bed. "Why didn't you wake me up?"
Fu Chi's smile didn't fade, his deep eyes gazing tenderly at the approaching boy. "It's rare to see you sleeping in, and I was thinking you've been exhausted lately, so I didn't want to wake you."
Xia Zhiyi: "How am I supposed to get you breakfast if you don't wake me up? You're not skipping breakfast just because you don't want to wake me."
That won't do. Right now, Fu Chi needs to take good care of himself, and he can't miss a single meal.
Fu Chi smiled and said, "It's alright, my assistant will bring it over in a bit."
Xia Zhiyi paused slightly. "You've made all the arrangements?"
Fu Chi: "Oh, I also have some connections."
Xia Zhiyi gently pushed him into the bathroom, looked at the glass of water already poured on the sink, took the toothbrush from the man's hand, squeezed toothpaste onto it, and snorted softly, "You can't be stubborn."
Fu Chi: "I wasn't being stubborn."
Even as he said this, he didn't stop Xia Zhiyi from taking care of him.
Xia Zhiyi glanced at him, remembered what happened before bed last night, pursed her lips, mumbled something under her breath, and said before Fu Chi ask, "Alright, then hurry up and wash up."
After saying that, he picked up another cup and began washing up as well.
Fu Chi's gaze lingered on Xia Zhiyi's hair for a while, then, before Xia Zhiyi could look over, he shifted his gaze with a smile and lowered his eyes to brush his teeth.
After they both finished washing up, Assistant Li soon appeared at the ward door with a still-warm breakfast. At that time, Xia Zhiyi had just changed Fu Chi's clothes and hadn't had time to change his own.
Assistant Li greeted Xia Zhiyi somewhat awkwardly, "Good morning, Mr. Xia."
Facing the strangers, Xia Zhiyi put on a gentle smile again, "Good morning, thank you for your hard work, Assistant Li."
Assistant Li: "It's nothing, President Fu is alright."
God knows, Assistant Li was also terrified after the incident.
However, this Assistant Li is not the same person as the Special Assistant Li who used to accompany Fu Chi everywhere. Special Assistant Li was also injured in the car accident. Although he was lucky enough not to be sitting with Fu Chi, his injury was less severe, but he injured his leg and is currently on leave to recover at home.
Assistant Li is also known as Special Assistant Li. Although they share the same surname, they are not related.
But that's not surprising, given that it's a very common surname.
But perhaps because they both shared the surname Li, the two got along quite well. After Special Assistant Li went on leave, he directly recommended Assistant Li, who was also in the secretarial team, to temporarily replace him.
But whether it was Special Assistant Li or Assistant Li, whether out of personal feelings or self-interest, they all hoped that Fu Chi would not get into trouble.
Simply put, these days, finding a boss who's generous with money and doesn't cause trouble is a blessing!
Compared to other bosses in the industry, most people would love to work under Fu Chi for life. Although he is a workaholic, he doesn't cut wages or performance bonuses. On the contrary, he is very generous with money and gives subsidies from time to time. He never deliberately makes things difficult for people!
The key is that the boss himself is truly brilliant, makes the right decisions, and won't lead the company into a pitfall. Instead, the business is thriving and everyone is soaring together.
What a great boss! If something goes wrong and they get a new boss, it's hard to say what the future holds.
Changing bosses is like opening a blind box; you never know if you'll find gold or shit inside.
It's better to maintain the status quo than to open blind boxes.
So when they heard that Fu Chi had an accident, many people in the company were genuinely worried.
Those who knew that Fu Chi was alright breathed a huge sigh of relief—thank goodness, their greatest guarantee for the future remained intact.
In a sense, Fu Chi is the biggest reason why these people stay here to work.
Fu Chi, the conscience of capitalists.
However, this was not so kind to his successor. In the story, after Fu Chi's unexpected death, Fu Yunyi had to grow up quickly in a short period of time because Fu Chi had done so well in this regard.
Of course, this is also a factor that deepens the relationship between the male and female leads. After all, the male lead is under a lot of pressure, and the female lead comforts and accompanies him, and they grow together, so their feelings naturally deepen.
Xia Zhiyi tell that Assistant Li's happiness was genuine, so she smiled and said, "I'll go change my clothes. You probably have something to tell him, right?"
Assistant Li nodded subconsciously, then paused, remembering something, and cautiously looked up at Xia Zhiyi, saying awkwardly, "Ah, well, it's nothing serious."
Xia Zhiyi this, then smiled as if he hadn't noticed anything, and said, "Well, he needs to rest well recently. If it's not anything serious, I hope we won't disturb him. But I can't say anything about work-related matters, so just pretend I didn't say anything."
Assistant Li's eyes darted around slightly, but he still nodded. "Yes, yes, you're right."