Taming The Hidden Bigshot By Kissing Him
Chapter 317: She is Both Foolish and Wicked

Chapter 317: Chapter 317: She is Both Foolish and Wicked

Qiao Xi’s curiosity was piqued.

"What’s the gossip?"

Shu Xue chuckled, "Last night, an ambulance brought in a patient, guess who it was?"

Qiao Xi asked, "Who? Someone you know?"

"It’s Dean Xu’s admirer, the lowest of the heiresses, Ye Zhimeng. She’s quite the celebrity in our hospital. Before she went abroad a couple of years ago, she used to chase Dean Xu around the hospital every day. Now she’s back in the country! There’s sure to be drama to watch during this time!"

"You have no idea how bossy she is. Any nurse who talks slightly more to Dean Xu, she targets them!"

It’s Ye Zhimeng again!

Qiao Xi really didn’t want to see her.

Ye Zhimeng didn’t care about saving face like the other heiresses. She acted purely on impulse and preference, regardless of the consequences. Such people might seem foolish, but they’re very destructive.

Typically, they harm themselves to deal a greater harm to others.

Being targeted by her was just bad luck!

Qiao Xi felt that Ye Zhimeng had a lot of animosity towards her, without knowing where it came from.

Was it just because she had exchanged a few words at the auction that had made Ye Zhimeng hold a grudge?

How petty of her.

She asked Shu Xue, "Why did she suddenly call an ambulance?"

"She took a red wine bath." Shu Xue said animatedly, "Recently, there’s been a craze for red wine baths in Haicheng. They say it’s good for the skin and helps with sleep. Ye Zhimeng had just returned to the country and hadn’t experienced it. She rented the place for herself, and ended up fainting."

She leaned in towards Qiao Xi excitedly, "When they pulled her out of the bath, she was sprawled out, completely naked. A lot of people saw it. It was so embarrassing!"

That was truly a public humiliation!

Qiao Xi wondered if anyone could actually faint from a bath.

A red wine bath, that’s quite novel.

Shu Xue encouraged, "Let’s try a red wine bath too? I’ve only ever taken a hot spring bath before, never a red wine bath. I wonder what it’s like."

Qiao Xi replied, "I really don’t have time, I need to practice my medical skills."

"Don’t be a killjoy, let’s bring your husband along. You two can take a couple’s bath, and I’ll make do in the neighboring one." Shu Xue was really interested, "Come on, best buddy, take me with you."

This red wine bath is offered by high-end clubs, and Shu Xue needed some connections to get in. The baths at smaller clubs might not be very sanitary.

Pretending to hesitate, Qiao Xi said, "Let me think about it!"

"Don’t think too much; in return for the flash drive of study materials I gave you, satisfy my request this time!"

"Now that you mention it!"

Qiao Xi glared at her playfully, "I almost didn’t make it..."

All because of those study materials!

Shu Xue grinned mischievously, "Almost didn’t make it? Almost got killed in bed, right? You were secretly thrilled, playing innocent while reaping the benefits. Imagine if your husband was weak, you’d be worried then."

Qiao Xi covered her mouth, "We’re in a hospital."

How could she say such indecent things out loud!

Shu Xue mumbled pleadingly, "Please, let’s go!"

Qiao Xi reluctantly agreed, "Okay."

Shu Xue beamed with joy. Lately, the pressure to get married from her family was intense, and she really needed a break.

She clung to Qiao Xi’s arm, wishing she could kiss her.

Qiao Xi smiled at her, but her eyes caught a tall figure on the other side of the corridor.

Xu Xiuyuan slowly walked over.

Shu Xue quickly composed herself and called out, "Dean Xu, good morning."

She accidentally learned of the grudge between the Xu family and Qiao Xi, and realized that the man before her was Qiao Xi’s own brother.

"Good morning."

Xu Xiuyuan was still holding a thermal bag, which looked heavy and bulging.

He softly said, "Can I speak to Qiao Xi alone for a moment?"

"No problem, I just finished my night shift and was about to head home." Shu Xue knew Xu Xiuyuan usually meant no harm to Qiao Xi, so she left to give the siblings some space and departed.

She had worked a night shift, feeling aches in her back and lower back.

Qiao Xi’s gaze followed Shu Xue’s retreating figure, and she said indifferently, "Dean Xu, what do you want to say?"

Xu Xiuyuan, sensing the formality and coldness in her words, handed over the thermal bag, "This is the breakfast specially prepared for you by the family, including some of your favorite pastries, in your favorite flavors."

Qiao Xi showed a perfunctory smile and said, "I’ve already eaten at home, Aunt Qian’s cooking is very good. I don’t need things from someone else’s home; you might as well take them back and eat them yourself."

"Qiao Xi, I am very sorry."

Xu Xiuyuan, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, his scholarly face full of regret.

Qiao Xi furrowed her brow and asked, "Is apologizing all you can do? If it makes you feel better and hence not disturb my life, then I accept your apology. From now on, let’s be strangers with blood ties, without interfering with each other."

Xu Xiuyuan felt a sting in his heart.

He looked at her exquisite face, feeling bitter inside.

Despite being closely related by blood, they were colder than strangers.

"We should be one family. Can you give me another chance to make amends?" Xu Xiuyuan, usually a proud man, seldom had such a humble moment.

What posture did he need to adopt in front of his own sister?

On the contrary.

He felt a hidden pride inside; Qiao Xi had exceptional medical skills for her age.

Just as Qiao Xi was about to speak, a girl in patient attire stumbled over and bumped into her. Qiao Xi frowned and rubbed her sore shoulder, looking at her.

Ye Zhimeng glared at her: "What are you looking at? A married woman like you still trying to seduce men, shameless."

She had just overheard words like "amends" and "opportunity."

Before she returned to the country, she had heard from the ladies that Xu Xiuyuan and Qiao Xi were very close, their relationship more than just between superiors and subordinates in a hospital. Now she had seen it with her own eyes...

Xu Xiuyuan said coldly, "Ye Zhimeng, what nonsense are you talking about?"

"Xiuyuan."

Ye Zhimeng looked at him pleadingly, "I’m sick and in the hospital, won’t you come to see me? When I was a child, Aunt Liu even said I should marry you."

Xu Xiuyuan was annoyed, "That was a joke. I’ve made it clear to you, I have no interest in you and will not marry you. Please leave, don’t show up in front of me."

Ye Zhimeng, with her hands clutching her heart, but her skin thicker than city walls, "I like you, and one day, you will be moved by me."

She looked at the thermal bag in Xu Xiuyuan’s hand and got even more angry.

"Who is this for? You’re giving it to her? She doesn’t know how cheap she is, hooking up with Huo Xingzhou!"

"Ye Zhimeng!"

Xu Xiuyuan exploded in anger, "Enough!"

"Xiuyuan..." Ye Zhimeng pouted, her eyes red, "you’re scolding me."

She threw a tantrum, grabbed the thermal bag, and dumped everything out, scattering the exquisite pastries and breakfast all over the ground.

Stomping, she crushed them into a messy pulp.

After that, she still acted defiantly, looking provocatively at Qiao Xi.

With an attitude that seemed to challenge, "What can you do about it?"

Qiao Xi thought to herself that Shu Xue was right, she was indeed the most low-class young mistress from a rich family, acting like a shrew.