books44 Chapter 429 Day 425 of Being the Boss
Chapter 429 Day 425 of Being the Boss
The night was very dark tonight, and the sound of raindrops outside the window was hitting the window. The flickering light came into the room through the gaps in the curtains. Although the window was closed, it seemed that moist rain vapor was seeping in.
The air became damp, and the cold and sticky atmosphere continued to surround and try to swallow up the person curled up on the ground.
It was raining heavily outside, so loudly that Quan Zhilong could hear it through the phone.
After hearing Xu Yisong's voice, Quan Zhilong was completely awake. The low crying voice on the other end of the phone, like the whimpering of a helpless little animal, made his heart feel like it was pricked by a needle, and it was filled with intense pain.
Xu Yisong didn't turn on the camera, so Quan Zhilong could only judge her current condition by her voice, but the less he could see her, the more panicked he became.
In his memory, Xu Yisong had never shown such a vulnerable side.
"Baby, Yi Song, I miss you too. Can you please let me see you?" Kwon Ji-yong's voice was light and gentle, carefully hiding a hint of worry and coaxing.
At this moment, Xu Yisong's head was buzzing with pain, and everything around him became blurry, annoying and noisy. Only Quan Zhilong's voice was clear.
She didn't even have the strength to hold the phone. She collapsed on the ground, gasping weakly, but still said stubbornly, "No."
Her sweet and soft voice was very similar to her usual coquettish tone, only much softer. If it wasn't so quiet at night, Quan Zhilong might not have been able to hear her voice clearly.
"It's so annoying. It's raining outside. I hate raining..." Xu Yisong closed her eyes and her consciousness began to become groggy again, but she still remembered what the system said and did not let herself fall asleep.
The phone was in her palm, and Xu Yisong no longer had the strength to hold it. She really missed Quan Zhilong, but she didn't want him to see her: "Oppa, I can't sleep, can you sing for me?"
Quan Zhilong tightened his grip on the phone slightly, and the inexplicable panic made him a little irritated. Even though Xu Yisong tried her best to hide it, he still heard the abnormality in her voice.
But in the end he didn't ask anything because he knew Xu Yisong wouldn't say anything.
Sometimes he really had no way to deal with Xu Yisong. The words he wanted to get to the bottom of were finally swallowed back into his throat, leaving only one sentence: "...I'll sing a lullaby for you."
Xu Yisong had never heard the tune that Quan Zhilong hummed before, and it felt like a nursery rhyme.
The rain outside was still heavy, but Xu Yisong's restless heart gradually calmed down. The harsh noise in his mind also disappeared unconsciously.
Rainy days don't seem so annoying anymore.
I don't know if it was because the punishment time was almost over, or if it was a psychological effect. Listening to the familiar voice singing a soft lullaby, Xu Yisong's pain in his body slowly began to ease.
Until the pain in his body completely disappeared, Xu Yisong felt like he had just been pulled out of the water. His entire body was soaked in sweat, and he felt limp and had no strength at all.
Although I was still very tired, as if I had worked in the fields all day and was so exhausted that I couldn't even lift a finger, I no longer had that annoying pain or the kind of splitting headache that made me want to kill myself.
Feeling the scratches on his hands and the stinging pain in his mouth, Xu Yisong smiled, feeling as if he had survived a disaster.
Slowly, sleepiness came back, and now she could finally sleep peacefully.
"Oppa, I'm so sleepy..." Before sleepiness completely enveloped her, Xu Yisong held the phone in her hand again.
This time she turned on the camera.
There was no light in the room, and Quan Zhilong could only vaguely see the outline of the person opposite him.
But even if it was just this, he felt relieved a little.
He looked at the figure in the camera, smiled gently and said softly, "Go to sleep if you are sleepy."
Xu Yisong was really sleepy. She hadn't slept for a few days and her body was already at its limit. Before her consciousness fell into chaos, Xu Yisong held on to the last bit of clarity and said, "You have to go home soon. I miss you so much..." The last few words of this sentence were already a little unclear.
Listening to the gradually steady breathing of the person on the other end of the phone, Quan Zhilong softly replied to the person who had fallen asleep on the other end of the phone: "Okay." He would be home soon.
After saying that, Quan Zhilong did not hang up the phone. Xu Yisong's condition tonight made him dare not hang up the phone. Even if he couldn't see clearly, he just wanted to listen to the movements on the other end. Only in this way could he feel at ease.
Xu Yisong called at three in the morning, and it was almost five at this time. Although it was basically like not sleeping all night, Quan Zhilong couldn't sleep at all.
He stroked his hair irritably, the inexplicable panic in his heart made it impossible for him to calm down.
Xu Yisong's voice seemed to still echo in his ears. He could clearly hear from her fragile voice that she needed him, but at this moment, he was thousands of miles away and could not be with her, which made him feel guilty and heartbroken.
Quan Zhilong was still worried because he didn't know Xu Yisong's situation. He contacted Xu Yisong's assistant Kiya at dawn to ask about Xu Yisong's recent situation. He also asked Kiya to help him check on Xu Yisong, as Kiya had the key to Xu Yisong's house.
During this period, Kwon Ji-yong has been holding concerts overseas. He and Heo Yi-sung have not seen each other for a long time, and they can only contact each other through mobile phones every time.
It feels really bad that I can't confirm Xu Yisong's condition with my own eyes.
Kiya was a little surprised when she saw the message from Kwon Ji-yong early in the morning, but when she read the content of the message clearly, she felt complicated.
Xu Yisong did not tell Quan Zhilong about his situation. Kiya really wanted to tell him, but in the end she didn't know how to start.
What could she say? Say that Xu Yisong was seriously ill and even the hospital couldn't find out what was wrong?
Quan Zhilong should know about this kind of thing, but he shouldn't know it from outsiders like them, and she was not sure how Quan Zhilong would react after knowing it.
Although he has a good relationship with the president, it's not that she doesn't trust Kwon Ji-ryong, but in the adult world, human nature cannot stand the test.
If he knew about this and left the president or made other choices that were not in the president's favor, wouldn't that be a more serious blow to the president? Such an idea might be immoral, unfair to Quan Zhilong, and even suspected of moral kidnapping.
But people are biased, and for Kiya, the president is of course more important.
FYH has just gotten through a difficult period, and the fewer people who know about their president's illness, the better. As for Kwon Ji-ryong, it's up to the president himself to decide whether to tell him or not.
However, although Kiya did not tell Kwon Ji-yong the truth, she rushed to Heo Yisong's home as soon as she received the news.
When Kiya entered the house, the whole house was quiet. Even Huang Baobao and Iye, who usually liked to stay in the living room, were not there.
Because Kiya had contacted Kwon Ji-yong in advance, she knew that Xu Yisong slept very late last night, so she opened the bedroom door quietly, but there was no one on the bed.
Kiya was a little confused. He looked around the room and finally found Xu Yisong lying on the ground wrapped in a quilt on the other side of the bed.
"Boss, why are you sleeping on the floor?"
Kiya hurried over and was about to reach out to check on Xu Yisong's condition when he was startled by the yellow baby who was guarding nearby.
"Ha--Woo-woo-woo!" The whole cat of Huang Baobao was in a state of alert at this time, with a vigilant expression, like a miniature tiger, growling warnings at Kiya who was approaching.
Not only Huang Baobao, but even Iye, who is usually docile and clingy, showed extraordinary vigilance towards Kiya, who often feeds and takes care of them.
In the past, Huang Baobao and Iye were very attached to Kiya, sometimes even more attached to them than to Xu Yisong.
But at this time, the two cats were highly alert to any creature that approached Xu Yisong, even if they were people they were very familiar with.
The yellow baby just growled quietly, without getting angry or scratching anyone. After seeing Kiya stop at a safe distance, he stopped talking, but kept staring at her.
And iye stayed obediently in Xu Yisong's arms.
Xu Yisong's body temperature is now lower than usual and she is particularly afraid of cold. At times like this, the two cats are her best source of heat.
Under normal circumstances, Huang Baobao would never let Iye stay alone with Xu Yisong. He likes Iye, but letting Iye have his mother all to himself would still make this small-minded kitten jealous. But during this period, he let Iye stay in Xu Yisong's arms.
Huang Baobao didn't know what happened to his mother. He only knew that his mother was very uncomfortable and weak, and hadn't gone out hunting for a long time.
Although Huang Baobao has no experience of wandering outside, Huang Baobao is not an ordinary kitten. It is very smart and very different from other pet cats. The natural wildness of a rural cat is deeply engraved in its bones.
It didn't know how to make its mother feel better, so it could only sleep next to her at night to keep her warm, and put its food next to her every day.
Stay with mom and protect her.
Iye is a silly cat and will not fight at all. Just let it stay by its mother's side to help her keep warm, and it will be on guard to prevent any danger from approaching.
At this time, Kiya, who suddenly broke in, was also classified as dangerous by Huang Baobao.
Kiya was frightened by Huang Baobao's sudden threat.
She didn't understand why her always well-behaved and obedient president suddenly breathed on her, but faced with the president's hostility, Kiya stopped her move to get closer.
After all, Kiya has taken care of the two cats for so long, so she has some understanding of their habits. She squatted down and lowered her posture to discuss with Huang Baobao in a low voice: "President, I'm here to see the president. The president is sick. Can you let me take a look at her condition? I won't hurt her."
Huang Baobao squatted between Xu Yisong and Kiya, listened to Kiya's words and wagged his tail, and finally let Kiya get closer.
After obtaining permission to pass, Kiya carefully approached Xu Yisong and reached out to touch her forehead, confirming that she was just asleep and had no other symptoms, before he breathed a sigh of relief.
After returning from Jeju Island, Xu Yisong's health became worse. Sometimes she would get a fever just by being exposed to a little cold wind. Unfortunately, medicine had no effect on her, so she had to bear it on her own.
"Kiya... why are you here?" Xu Yisong had been sleeping very lightly recently. Even though she fell asleep almost at dawn, she still woke up when Kiya approached her.
Kiya helped Xu Yisong sit up and answered her: "I couldn't get through to you on the phone, so I came here. Why are you sleeping on the floor? Even if there is a carpet, you will catch a cold easily. Your body can't stand it now."
Xu Yisong didn't sleep well and his mind was not very clear, so his reaction was a little slow. It took him a while to take out his cell phone from under the quilt on the ground after Kiya finished speaking.
I pressed it twice and there was no response, then I realized that the phone had been turned off at some point.
She sat on the edge of the bed, wrapped the quilt around herself again, and fell back on the bed. Kiya kept nagging her, but unfortunately the words turned into a mess in her ears and she couldn't hear a word clearly.
"Kiya speaks like my grandma now." Xu Yisong tucked the two kittens that jumped onto the bed into the quilt, feeling the warm temperature again and laughed and joked.
Kiya felt helpless listening to Xu Yisong's teasing. She was obviously several years younger than Xu Yisong, but at this moment she acted like a worried mother.
She tucked in Xu Yisong's quilt and sighed, "If you could take good care of yourself and treat yourself better, I wouldn't have to nag you so much."
"Yeah." Xu Yisong actually didn't hear clearly what Kiya was saying. She was too sleepy and too tired, so she just agreed instinctively.
Looking at Xu Yisong who fell asleep again wrapped in the quilt, Kiya shook her head and said nothing. However, when she was helping Xu Yisong tidy up the quilt, she saw the bruises and clear small scratches on her wrists caused by her fingernails, and she couldn't help but tears up.
She didn't ask how these injuries came about, but just lowered her head and silently took the medicine box to help Xu Yisong disinfect and apply medicine to the wounds.
As time passed, the aftereffects of the punishment slowly faded, and Xu Yisong slept well for the next few hours. When she woke up again, it was already two o'clock in the afternoon.
She looked at the two kittens that were curled up beside her and touched their heads, especially when she looked at Huang Baobao.
"Our baby has worked hard. It must be hard to watch over mommy, right?"
Even though she was not fully conscious when she was sick, she could feel that the two kittens were always by her side. Although it was a little funny to see the extra cat food and freeze-dried snacks next to her pillow every time she woke up, she was very grateful for the kittens' kindness.
Her illness during this period scared Huang Baobao. She found that the little guy was very attached to her recently and he would be within her sight as long as she opened her eyes.
You know, Huang Baobao would not have been so protective of her before. This little guy has a clearer plan for his life than she does, and has his own fixed things to do every day.
Huang Baobao glanced at the other silly cat who was acting coquettishly in his mother's arms, then walked forward two steps as if nothing had happened, lowered his head, and touched the tip of Xu Yisong's nose with his wet nose.
Mom, get better soon.