CHAPTER 108: CHAPTER 108: IS A PERIOD REALLY THIS UNBEARABLE?

Suri, in the hospital ward.

Sheng Qianchi stood by the floor-to-ceiling window, with his right hand in his trouser pocket and his left hand naturally hanging by his side. The white shirt’s cuff was rolled up, clearly revealing a white bandage wrapped around his left wrist.

He frowned slightly, looking contemplative.

Mo Jun pushed the door open, "Young Master Chi, the phone is fixed."

Following Mo Jun was Chi Ye.

Sheng Qianchi responded lightly, took the phone, and skillfully turned it on, seeing a missed call on the screen.

At this moment, Mo Jun’s voice sounded in his ear, "Just now, there was a missed call on my phone from Miss Gu."

Sheng Qianchi looked at the name displayed on the missed call, his dark pupils slightly trembling, "Let me see your phone."

Mo Jun immediately handed over his phone.

Sheng Qianchi carefully checked the time Gu Jiayin called him and Mo Jun. Comparing the two, he found that she had called him first, and when she couldn’t get through, she called Mo Jun immediately.

Obviously, she was very anxious. Had she seen the news?

"How’s the wrist injury?" Chi Ye asked.

Last night, he had already gone to bed when he suddenly received a call from Sheng Qianchi, saying that someone was attempting to assassinate Suri and asking him to come over and help. So he took a private jet overnight to come here.

Yes, last night after Sheng Qianchi returned to the hotel, he already knew someone wanted to assassinate him.

Because a timed bomb had been secretly installed in his room, the intruder thought they had done it perfectly, but that slight trace he noticed immediately gave it away.

He didn’t make a fuss, just ordered the bodyguards to quietly dismantle the bomb and asked Chi Ye to help.

Gu Jiayin said on the phone that criminals frequently targeted Suri for money, but obviously, the person trying to kill him wasn’t after money; they just wanted his life.

With a family like the Sheng Family, they had many enemies, many wanting to kill him. He had never been a turtle hiding in its shell and naturally wanted to draw out the person behind it. So, this morning, he went to the welfare home as originally planned.

Sure enough, before reaching the welfare home, he encountered an attack.

"It’s nothing, just a gunshot, a mere flesh wound." Sheng Qianchi seemed nonchalant, his mind still pondering why Gu Jiayin would make such a phone call.

Chi Ye stared intently at Sheng Qianchi, "Don’t you think it’s very likely related to Gu Jiayin?"

Sheng Qianchi didn’t speak. From various indications, it indeed seemed related.

She, who was always indifferent to him, suddenly made such a concerned phone call to him in the middle of the night, and before he even reached the welfare home where she once lived, he was suddenly attacked.

The attack, although fierce, was obviously unprepared, otherwise, he and Chi Ye wouldn’t have escaped unscathed.

However, she probably didn’t want his life.

"Someone wants to stop you from investigating her." Chi Ye concluded, "It seems there is an immense secret behind Gu Jiayin, and her return to Licheng City is by no means simple."

Those capable of attacking Sheng Qianchi were not ordinary forces.

Sheng Qianchi still didn’t speak. He hadn’t originally intended to investigate anything about Gu Jiayin. It was just that he loved her now, and he wanted to understand all her past.

She’s changed a lot compared to seven years ago. He always felt she had undergone unimaginable experiences. He hoped that after understanding, he could better compensate her, love her.

Unexpectedly, someone would go as far as to become enemies with the Sheng Family to stop him from investigating her.

The Sheng Family’s economic network has a deep influence globally. Sheng Qianchi’s injury is not something Suri would find favorable. That morning, the Suri Emperor and cabinet ministers came by to express their condolences.

Fortunately, he was not seriously hurt.

Mo Jun said, "Young Master Chi, regardless of whether this matter is related to Miss Gu, we shouldn’t stay in Suri for too long."

"Yes." Sheng Qianchi nodded, "Let’s set off immediately."

...

Gu Jiayin, after finishing a call with Mo Qiyan, realized she was completely drained. She hated this feeling of weakness.

So, she went downstairs and walked into the kitchen.

Sister Li was preparing lunch again, "Jiayin, I made some red bean porridge for you. Do you want to have some now?"

"Yes." Gu Jiayin sat down, the pain in her abdomen persisted.

When Sister Li served the red bean porridge and placed it in front of her, the phone on the table lit up, showing an incoming call from Sheng Qianchi.

She immediately put down the spoon and quickly answered the phone, "Sheng Qianchi, how are you?"

As she asked this, she faintly heard noises on the other end, like the sound of a plane engine.

"Did you see the news?" Sheng Qianchi’s voice was still characteristically deep and pleasant.

Gu Jiayin, realizing she might have sounded too obvious, cleared her throat and said, "I’ve lived in Suri for so many years; it’s like a second home to me, so of course, I keep up with the news there every day."

Sheng Qianchi laughed lightly, "I’m fine, it’s just a minor injury. You really guessed it right, Suri’s criminal gangs do have a liking for diamond bachelors like me."

Gu Jiayin breathed a sigh of relief, "That’s good, when will you be back?"

"I’m about to board the plane, I’ll be back tonight."

...

Knowing Sheng Qianchi was safe, Gu Jiayin set aside all psychological burdens, ate a bowl of red bean porridge, and then curled back into bed.

Her menstrual pain would intermittently last the whole day.

So in the afternoon, she nestled in bed reading, and soon drifted into sleep.

When she woke up again, it was ten o’clock at night.

Opening her eyes, the room was dim, only the bedside’s warm light was on.

The first thing she saw was the tall, strong silhouette of a man.

"Awake?" Sheng Qianchi leaned down and touched her forehead, "Sister Li said you’ve been sleeping all day. Is your period pain so debilitating?"

Gu Jiayin, "..."

She didn’t expect Sister Li to even tell him this.

Feeling somewhat embarrassed, she sat up, turned on the room light, and looked at the handsome man again. Noticing he didn’t seem seriously injured, she said annoyed, "You’re a man; naturally, you can’t understand women’s issues."

Sheng Qianchi chuckled lightly, "I’ve been on a plane for over ten hours, haven’t eaten. Why don’t you join me for a meal now that you’re up?"

Having only had a bowl of red bean porridge all day, Gu Jiayin indeed felt hungry, so she nodded, "Okay."

Saying this, she got out of bed, wanting to freshen up in the bathroom. Perhaps from sleeping too long, she felt dizzy as soon as she stood up and started falling to one side.

The man beside her quickly caught her in his arms.

"Hiss!"

She heard him draw a sharp breath and glanced down, seeing the blood seeping through the bandage on his left wrist.

"You’re injured?"

She focused on his wound, completely forgetting that she was sitting on his lap, dressed in a thin silk nightgown.

The fragrance filling his nostrils made Sheng Qianchi’s entire body instantly warm, "Yes, I got shot."