Chapter 819

Looking at it now, it seems she was just meddling in affairs that weren't her business.

Another wave of frustration welled up in her heart.

Glancing at the two antiques sent over by the auction house, she suddenly thought of something and instructed the servant nearby: "Help me prepare some nourishing supplements suitable for an elderly person to drink, have them ready within half an hour."

She hadn't visited Qiao Nainai since returning.

She could go and pay a visit now.

She could also take the opportunity to drop a hint to Qiao Nainai.

After all, the person Qiao Muting cared about most was his grandmother.

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Gu Lao and Shu Xia returned to the company one after the other.

They became busy the moment they got back.

For a time, Gu Lao even forgot to call Xu Lao.

The items they had won at auction were not easy to handle and required Shu Xia to process them one by one.

As for Gu Lao, he also had several old friends looking for him.

By the time they finished, it was already time to get off work; Gu Lao called Xu Lao, but the call didn't go through, so he temporarily set the matter aside.

Just as Shu Xia clocked out, she received a call from Jiang Ye.

While Jiang Ye was at the vegetable market buying groceries, the ground was slippery, and she accidentally fell, fracturing her lower leg.

Shu Xuan had been extremely busy these past two days, and Shu Chen had entered a film crew; neither of them had answered their phones, so Shu Xia rushed to the hospital immediately upon receiving the call.

Fortunately, a kind person had taken Jiang Ye to the hospital.

On the way, Shu Xia called Qiao Muting, "I can't go to the Laozhai today, please tell Qiao Nainai for me."

Afraid of making Qiao Muting worry, and also afraid of making Qiao Nainai worry, she didn't say much on the phone.

Shu Xia hung up the phone quickly, not giving Qiao Muting a chance to ask for the reason.

Qiao Muting looked at his phone, lost in thought.

If there wasn't an emergency, Shu Xia wouldn't skip going to the Laozhai; usually, if he was busy, Shu Xia would still find time to go to the Laozhai to keep his grandmother company.

He tapped his fingertip on the phone screen.

He found Gu Cheng.

After a few rings, Gu Cheng answered the phone.

"Did you call the wrong number?" Gu Cheng asked suspiciously without waiting for Qiao Muting to speak.

"I didn't call the wrong number. Has Shu Xia finished work?" Qiao Muting asked.

Gu Cheng was a bit bewildered, "I'm already home; we finished work half an hour ago. I'm not a child, if you have something to say, just ask directly."

Although he wasn't old and couldn't compare to the calculating Qiao Muting, he wasn't a fool either.

One doesn't visit a temple without a reason; Qiao Muting had never called him before.

He didn't believe Qiao Muting was calling just to ask if Shu Xia had finished work.

If he wanted to know if she had finished work, couldn't he just ask Shu Xia directly? Did he really need to call him in such a roundabout way?

"You've certainly become much smarter. Has there been anything unusual with Shu Xia today?" Qiao Muting asked in a cool tone.

Gu Cheng: "Unusual? No. Shu Xia is so professional, and she has a lot of work. There shouldn't have been anything today; she even spoke a few words to me before leaving work. Wait, that's not right, she went to an auction with my grandfather this morning and brought back a few Evil Objects, and Grandfather handed them all to her to handle."

"I see." Qiao Muting hung up the phone.

Gu Cheng listened to the beeping sound in his ear, his mouth twitching violently.

This is "discarding the millstone after the grain is ground," right?

Not even a thank you?

As expected of Qiao Muting!

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Shu Xia arrived at the hospital quickly.

Jiang Ye's leg had already been set in a cast.

"Xia Xia, don't worry. The doctor said it's a minor fracture, nothing major." Jiang Ye was afraid Shu Xia would worry.

At her age, her bones had become brittle.

In the past, when she worked in the fields, she fell often, but she never fractured a bone.

Shu Xia knew Jiang Ye didn't want her to worry, so she picked up the X-rays and medical reports nearby, "Mom, I'll go ask the doctor again to see if there are any precautions."

"Alright."

Jiang Ye sat on a chair in the hallway waiting for Shu Xia.

A patient nearby envied Jiang Ye and said a few words about how her child was truly filial.

Jiang Ye nodded with a smile, but her peripheral vision suddenly froze, and she instinctively started to stand up.