Chapter 46: Chapter 46 Stimulus

The next day, Gu Qixiao immediately set off with Song Xuan to Chongxin.

When Ji Yu saw the two of them, her expression was rather speechless. "Did I not make myself clear enough? I won’t perform any more surgeries for Miss Song. I’ve already said this before: I’m not welcoming to those who don’t follow the doctor’s advice."

The result would still be the same if they came again.

Hearing this, Song Xuan’s expression became difficult to control. "Doctor Ji, I was impulsive last time. But now, look at my face—it’s gotten like this. As a doctor, surely you wouldn’t bear to see me continue like this?"

Ji Yu raised an eyebrow, her stunning face full of indifference. "Sorry, I’m a doctor with principles."

Her attitude had remained the same from beginning to end.

Song Xuan’s eyes immediately filled with tears. "Since Doctor Ji is unwilling, then let’s leave. We shouldn’t make things difficult for Doctor Ji."

The way she said it made it seem as if they were the ones being wronged.

Gu Qixiao, too, was getting a headache from all the crying. "Doctor Ji, as long as you’re willing to perform the surgery for Xuanxuan, I can owe you a personal favor."

He really didn’t want to listen to Song Xuan’s complaints any longer.

Perhaps he shouldn’t think like this, but he always ended up seeing Song Xuan as a burden.

Ji Yu let out a sneer. "President Gu, who do you think you are? What use do I have for your so-called favor?"

Her brows were tinged with sarcasm, as if they were joking about something utterly ridiculous.

Gu Qixiao wasn’t someone who was often subjected to such mockery, and his expression darkened slightly. "So, according to Doctor Ji, you’ll never agree to this?"

"That’s correct." Ji Yu gave her answer immediately.

She didn’t want the two of them to keep coming and causing trouble.

"Doesn’t the stuff online matter at all?" Gu Qixiao still remembered those awful things said by the fans.

"Would they dare to insult me to my face? President Gu, people need to learn to take things lightly, don’t you think?"

Such comments wouldn’t faze Ji Yu in the slightest.

Anyway, the relationship between them had always been purely friendship and sibling-like from the start.

"You..." Gu Qixiao had never encountered a woman like this before—unflappable, impervious to coercion or persuasion, as though nothing in the world could affect her.

"What? President Gu, are you trying to curse at me? Or was my earlier explanation not clear enough?"

Saying this, Ji Yu pulled out the previous contract.

She pointed to the clauses and read them aloud, word by word: "Would you two be so kind as to open your eyes and take a good look? Isn’t it explicitly written here that if Miss Song goes to another cosmetic surgery clinic for a second surgery, Chongxin will bear no responsibility and will not perform any follow-up surgeries?"

Even if her face were to truly deteriorate later on, that would still be her own problem.

Ji Yu’s voice was cold and indifferent as her gaze landed on Song Xuan’s face with clear disdain. "What else do you want to say?"

With the contract terms laid out in front of them, the two were left speechless.

"Since you understand now, then kindly leave. Chongxin is not particularly welcoming to clients who love to cause trouble."

Ji Yu had said these same words to them before.

And now, they were even more fitting than ever.

Hearing Ji Yu’s refusal to compromise, Song Xuan felt utterly humiliated.

More than her face, what Song Xuan envied was Ji Yu’s face.

"If Doctor Ji is unwilling, then let’s head back. Xiao, you’ll help me find another doctor, right?"

"I’ll arrange one for you as soon as I can." Gu Qixiao was already starting to feel a headache coming on.

As Ji Yu listened to the exchange between the two, she couldn’t help but think how well-suited they were. Look at them—even now, Gu Qixiao wasn’t the least bit repulsed. It must be true love.

"Alright then. If the two of you wish to perform a love spectacle, please take a left at the exit. I won’t see you off."

She had other things to do and no time to deal with their nonsense.

Gu Qixiao felt that Ji Yu had likely misunderstood something. He wanted to explain but, upon seeing her expression, suddenly didn’t know where to start.

In the end, he could only leave with Song Xuan.

On the way back, Gu Qixiao appeared absent-minded.

Song Xuan couldn’t help but feel a pang of jealousy. "Xiao, are you still thinking about Doctor Ji? Doctor Ji is indeed very beautiful, not like my face...so disfigured."

As she spoke, tears began to fall.

She looked as pitiful as if someone had wronged her.

Gu Qixiao snapped out of his thoughts, clearly frustrated.

"Why would you think that? This has nothing to do with Ji Yu. I was thinking about the recent partnership with Cai Xun."

After all, what Cai Xun had done was enough for Gu Qixiao to pull out his investment immediately.

"What could possibly be wrong with your partnership? Don’t you care about my face at all?"

Her face had turned into this; how could she possibly stand beside Gu Qixiao in the future?

Gu Qixiao sighed deeply, still holding on to a shred of their past friendship. "Your face will get better."

"Then, Xiao, will you despise my face for being ugly?" Song Xuan looked at Gu Qixiao with teary, pleading eyes.

She seemed desperate for him to give her an explicit answer.

"How could I despise you?" Gu Qixiao said this sincerely.

But in Song Xuan’s eyes, it came off as mere perfunctory reassurance.

"Really? If you don’t despise me, why won’t you marry me, Xiao?" Her gaze carried a hint of self-mockery.

She was also afraid Gu Qixiao would genuinely be disgusted by her face.

She’d always known where her advantages lay.

Gu Qixiao simply felt exhausted; this wasn’t the first time this situation had arisen.

"I don’t despise your face, but as I’ve said before, we’ve always been like siblings. I’ll try my best to find a hospital to treat your face."

Song Xuan smiled bitterly. "So, at the end of the day, you’re still disgusted by my face. If it were Doctor Ji standing here, would you agree then?"

What did this have to do with Ji Yu?

Gu Qixiao couldn’t understand her train of thought and only found the entire situation absurd.

"She refuses to treat you, and I’ll arrange for another hospital until your face is fixed. There’s no need for you to overthink things."

Only then did Song Xuan calm down.

But once something was set in her mind, she wasn’t going to change it.

"Xiao, why won’t you marry me?" She stared at Gu Qixiao’s back in a daze.

The man she’d loved for so long refused to marry her.

It had to be because of her face.

Gu Qixiao felt a tingling unease as she stared, but fortunately, he quickly disappeared from her sight.

"Assistant Li, contact the best cosmetic surgery hospital. No matter the cost, make sure her face gets treated."

He didn’t want to continue living like this anymore.

The mere thought of being trapped in this kind of life made his scalp tingle with dread.

Perceiving the tension in the air, Assistant Li understood Gu Qixiao’s intentions and hurriedly set about finding a hospital in silence.

Meanwhile, Gu Qixiao couldn’t stop pondering Ji Yu’s icy demeanor. Why was she so indifferent and convinced there was some mistress in his life?

Even he didn’t know where this supposed lover was coming from.

"Ji Yu, what are you really after...?"

He couldn’t let her go unchecked. Sooner or later, he’d uncover the truth about her.

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