Chapter 125: A Clear Conscience!

Chapter 125: Chapter 125: A Clear Conscience!

Li Muwan was practically spitting fire, every word she uttered a sharp jab at him.

"Manager Li, Jiang Fan skipped work to take care of me. If you’re going to punish someone, punish me. You don’t have to punish him."

Sun Yanzi said in a weak voice.

"How could I possibly punish you? Your health is the most important thing. We can’t work properly until you’ve fully recovered."

"Don’t try to power through it when you’re feeling sick. If you need to go to the hospital, just go."

"I told you to go yesterday, but you absolutely refused."

Li Muwan walked over to the hospital bed and gently took Sun Yanzi’s hand.

Her heart truly went out to her excellent work partner.

The two of them had worked together since Xuerong was founded, step by step building the sales department into a powerhouse.

One could say they owed their success to each other, so their bond was unusually strong.

However, a woman’s emotions are a strange thing.

She’d been angry that Jiang Fan had specifically taken time off work to care for Sun Yanzi.

But now, actually seeing Sun Yanzi lying in the hospital bed like this, all she felt was an endless ache in her heart.

"It’s nothing. The company is pushing to meet a deadline, and I figured it was just a minor illness I could tough out. I never thought..."

Sun Yanzi gave a wry smile.

Seeing the two of them getting along, Jiang Fan breathed a sigh of relief and secretly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

"Yaoyao, what are you doing here?"

It was only then that Li Muwan seemed to notice Rong Anyao.

"I came to see Jiang. I thought he was the one in the hospital. I didn’t expect it to be Sun."

"Mu Wan, you two are so close."

A hint of envy crossed Rong Anyao’s face.

"That’s because we’ve been through so much together over the years."

The two of them looked at each other and smiled.

CREAK.

Hearing this sound, Jiang Fan didn’t even want to turn around.

He could guess who had arrived without even looking.

Sure enough, Li Muwan and Sun Yanzi spoke at the same time, "Chairwoman, what are you doing here?"

"Drop the ’Chairwoman.’ Yanzi, what happened?"

"Is it serious?"

Yin Ruxue walked straight to the side of the bed, acting as if she hadn’t even seen Jiang Fan.

"It was acute appendicitis. Thankfully, Jiang Fan got me here just in time. It would have been pretty dangerous otherwise."

"But I’m fine now."

Sun Yanzi smiled.

Jiang Fan didn’t go over and risk a snub; instead, he walked to the doorway, leaned against the frame, and watched them.

Rong Anyao cautiously came to his side and hugged his arm. "Jiang, the atmosphere seems a little off."

"Did you do something to offend those three ladies?"

"Or... are all three of them your girlfriends?"

Rong Anyao whispered the last sentence, her lips almost touching Jiang Fan’s ear.

Feeling the soft pressure on his arm, Jiang Fan rolled his eyes at her and said,

"Do I look that capable?"

"Who do you think I am? As if I’d be worthy?"

"I think you’re more than worthy, Jiang!"

Rong Anyao looked up at him with a proud expression.

"By the way, that card of yours doesn’t have a PIN, right? How much money is on it? You should set a PIN later. It’ll be a real pain if you lose it."

Jiang Fan suddenly recalled what the hospital staff had told him when he paid the bill last night.

"Probably not much. I don’t really know."

"I’ll just set one later."

Rong Anyao paid no mind to such trivial details, instead just hugging Jiang Fan’s arm tighter.

All three women saw the two of them whispering intimately.

The three of them actually snorted in perfect unison.

"Jiang Fan, come here."

Li Muwan was the first to speak.

"Huh? What is it? Go ahead."

Jiang Fan looked up at them, bewildered. ’When did this become about me?’

"Yanzi’s condition was so serious. Why did you wait so long to bring her in?"

"Yeah, couldn’t you have at least let us know?"

Yin Ruxue chimed in right after, her voice exceptionally cold.

Jiang Fan scratched his head. ’What did I do to piss these two off now?’

"She had already fainted by the time I went back to get the ID card you asked for last night. I found her when I got home and brought her here immediately."

As soon as he finished speaking, the three women’s eyes went wide.

It was only then that Jiang Fan realized his slip of the tongue.

He cursed himself inwardly. ’I’m screwed!!’

Yin Ruxue, Li Muwan, and Sun Yanzi glanced at one another.

"So, you two are living together now. Why didn’t you tell me? I haven’t even had the chance to congratulate you."

Yin Ruxue gently patted the back of Sun Yanzi’s hand, but her eyes were boring holes into Jiang Fan.

’So that’s why he refused to let me bring Mengmeng over to his new place the other day.’

’He had a woman hidden away; of course it would have been inconvenient for me to see.’

’Her opinion of Jiang Fan had actually started to improve. He was a bit of a player, sure, but she’d thought he wasn’t completely irredeemable.’

’But now it seemed... he deserved to be stuffed in a cage and drowned.’

"Ruxue, you’re overthinking it."

Sun Yanzi blushed.

"By the way, Ruxue, why did you have Jiang Fan get his ID card?"

"Did you two have something you needed to do?"

"I’ve heard rumors that you two were unusually close, but I never expected you’d progressed this far."

Li Muwan, who was standing to the side, couldn’t resist asking.

Yin Ruxue froze for a split second before calmly replying, "Oh, it was for some company business. I needed him to bring his ID over for something."

"It was nothing more than that. What are you implying?"

"Weren’t you the one who helped him find that apartment? Right across the hall from you, no less. Living so close, coming and going from work together every day."

"You’d better watch out for yourself, lest a fine cabbage like you get ravaged by a wild boar!"

Though the three women’s words were calm, Jiang Fan could detect the biting sarcasm laced within, and it made cold sweat bead on his back.

"We didn’t get a chance for introductions earlier. And this is...? Your girlfriend, Jiang Fan?"

Yin Ruxue asked with a placid expression, but the look she shot him suggested she was about to breathe fire.

Before Jiang Fan could open his mouth, Rong Anyao stepped in front of him to face Yin Ruxue, her posture undeniably aggressive.

The two women were roughly the same height, and Rong Anyao met Yin Ruxue’s gaze head-on.

"What are you talking about, ma’am? I’m Jiang’s mistress!"

"He would never fall for someone like me. He’s always telling me to get lost. The only reason I’m still around is because I’m shameless and refuse to leave."

Her sudden change of tune was so abrupt it nearly gave Jiang Fan whiplash.

He had been all set. The moment the two of them started a verbal spat, he was going to jump in and stop it.

Then, he’d have the perfect excuse to kick all of them out.

His brilliant plan was clicking away perfectly, but unfortunately, someone refused to play by the rules.

"M-Mistress?"