Chapter 3764

Cao Yuanhao hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, Secretary Sun. Today I went to the Municipal People's Bank for an inspection, and my phone was charging in the office, so I forgot to bring it. Once I started the inspection at the People's Bank, it took all day, so I couldn't answer the phone."

Sun Zhenhua snorted and said, "It's no use explaining to me. You'd better explain to Xiaoqin. She called you and you didn't answer, so she called me crying, saying you wouldn't answer her calls and that she was going to kill herself. Tell me, what's wrong with you? A grown man who can't even settle things at home."

After saying this, Sun Zhenhua hung up the phone directly. Cao Yuanhao was stunned for a few seconds before he dialed a number for Sun Xiaoqin. The phone rang for only a second before Sun Xiaoqin answered: "Yuanhao, you finally returned the call! Did something happen to you today? You had everyone worried to death!"

Cao Yuanhao repeated the same excuse he had given Sun Zhenhua to Sun Xiaoqin, and Sun Xiaoqin immediately broke into a smile through her tears: "I knew it! Yuanhao, you would never ignore me, and nothing could have happened to you."

Cao Yuanhao said, "That's right, what could happen to me? I'm perfectly fine."

Sun Xiaoqin said, "Yuanhao, let me tell you, I'm in the car right now and will be in Linshan soon. Are you happy? Are you surprised?"

Cao Yuanhao was so startled that he stood up from the back seat of the car, but halfway up, his head hit the roof of the car, making him cry out. Sun Xiaoqin said, "What's wrong, Yuanhao? Are you too happy?"

Cao Yuanhao endured the pain and said, "Yes, I'm too happy. Where are you? How much longer until you arrive?"

Sun Xiaoqin asked the driver and then replied, "It'll probably be about ten minutes. I'm coming with our son."

Cao Yuanhao was even more terrified. He remembered that the municipal government guesthouse hadn't been prepared yet, and he said, "Is that so? That's great. I'll wait for you at the guesthouse. I'm hanging up now."

Cao Yuanhao didn't wait for Sun Xiaoqin to speak before hanging up the phone and telling the driver to hurry back to the municipal government guesthouse. On the way, he dialed Luan Sihong's number again, but Luan Sihong's phone wouldn't go through. He originally wanted to call the guesthouse's landline, but thought that he would be back at the municipal government guesthouse in less than two minutes, so he decided to wait until he got back.

As soon as he returned to the municipal government guesthouse, Cao Yuanhao told the driver and Xiao Liu to leave first, then ran all the way back to his room. He turned on the light and saw Luan Sihong sleeping on his bed, her jade-like body lying across it in a very alluring way. If it were any other time, Cao Yuanhao would have been hot-blooded and pounced on her.

But at this moment, Cao Yuanhao was anxious and burning with impatience; how could he have such thoughts? He patted Luan Sihong's face and said, "Sihong, wake up."

Luan Sihong didn't wake up for a moment. Cao Yuanhao patted her several times before Luan Sihong woke up in a daze. However, Cao Yuanhao noticed that Luan Sihong's complexion was a bit off, and her face seemed a bit hot. He touched Luan Sihong's forehead and found it very hot; only then did he realize that Luan Sihong seemed to be sick.

Luan Sihong had fallen asleep in Cao Yuanhao's room today. She had told the attendants in advance not to look for her today, so the attendants didn't dare to look for her. It was summer, so the air conditioning in Cao Yuanhao's room was set very low, and Luan Sihong hadn't covered herself with a quilt, so she caught a cold while sleeping.

Coupled with the fact that Luan Sihong was also anxious and burning with inner fire, how could she not get sick when both factors were at play?

If it were any other time, Cao Yuanhao would naturally have sent Luan Sihong to the hospital, but he couldn't now; Sun Xiaoqin was about to arrive. He said to Luan Sihong, "Sihong, go back to your room quickly, Sun Xiaoqin is coming."

The news that Sun Xiaoqin was coming startled Luan Sihong, and she felt she had suddenly become much more alert. She struggled to get off the bed and stood on the floor, but her legs went soft immediately, and she almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, Cao Yuanhao held her, which allowed her to barely stand.

Luan Sihong moved her legs, which were as soft as noodles, and walked outside, saying as she went, "Then I'll go make arrangements so she doesn't see any flaws."

But after taking two steps, she started to slide down again. Cao Yuanhao hurriedly held her again. Now that he had soft jade and warm fragrance in his arms, if it were any other time, Cao Yuanhao would have taken advantage of her, but he didn't have the heart for it now. He knew that Luan Sihong couldn't be counted on, so he hurriedly went to the door and called the floor attendant: "Xiaoyu, come quickly."

The floor attendant named Xiaoyu was also one of Cao Yuanhao's women. As soon as she heard Cao Yuanhao's call, she ran over. Cao Yuanhao didn't have time to be intimate with her and said, "Your Manager Luan is sick. Help her to her room quickly. My wife is coming, so hurry up and make arrangements so she doesn't see any flaws. I'll clean up my room too, as fast as possible."

Xiaoyu could be considered a shrewd person; she was also a subordinate whom Luan Sihong had focused on cultivating, and her ability to handle things was quite strong. She hurriedly opened the door to the room next door, helped Luan Sihong inside, then ran out and made some phone calls to make arrangements.

Xiaoyu still remembered Luan Sihong's arrangements from the last time Sun Xiaoqin came, so she quickly called over several older sisters to temporarily act as lobby and floor attendants today, and found several other attendants to clean up Cao Yuanhao's room at lightning speed.

All of this was like fighting a war. Just as it was about to end, Sun Xiaoqin's call came to Cao Yuanhao's phone again: "Husband, I'm downstairs."

Cao Yuanhao signaled to Xiaoyu and the others while saying loudly, "Okay, you've arrived? I'm coming down to pick you up right now."

Xiaoyu was very smart. She nodded to show she understood after hearing Cao Yuanhao's words. She and several younger sisters took the dirty bed sheets and other things they had cleaned up into the room where Luan Sihong was and hid.

After Cao Yuanhao went downstairs, he saw Sun Xiaoqin and their son Cao Xiaoming walking into the lobby of the guesthouse. He hurriedly went up to meet them, took Sun Xiaoqin's bag, and said, "Xiaoqin, why did you come today?"

Sun Xiaoqin said, "I didn't plan on coming, but you didn't answer my calls, and I was worried about you, so I came with our son."

Cao Yuanhao regretted it so much; if he had known this would happen, he wouldn't have put his phone on silent, only to have this tigress summoned here.

However, since things had reached this point, he could only pretend to be happy as he led Sun Xiaoqin and her son upstairs and into his room. Once Sun Xiaoqin entered the room, she started searching everywhere, which was, of course, looking for flaws in Cao Yuanhao. However, Xiaoyu and the others had cleaned the room very thoroughly, and sandalwood incense was burning in the room, so no smell could be detected.

Sun Xiaoqin said, "You've cleaned your room quite cleanly."

Cao Yuanhao said, "After I go to work every day, the attendants clean my room. I also just returned from the People's Bank, so the room is still kept quite clean."

Sun Xiaoqin whispered, "You must not be flirting with others outside."

Cao Yuanhao said with a dry laugh, "How could I dare?"

Cao Yuanhao lived in a suite; besides the master bedroom, there was a secondary bedroom. It just so happened that the couple lived in the master bedroom, and their son lived in the secondary bedroom, so there was no need to open another room. If they had opened another room, Sun Xiaoqin wouldn't have been at ease about their son, so the family stayed there, and that's all there is to it.

As for Luan Sihong's side, after Xiaoyu and the others went in, they felt Luan Sihong's forehead was very hot, so they brought fever-reducing medicine and gave it to Luan Sihong. They asked her if she wanted to go to the hospital, but Luan Sihong shook her head weakly and said no.

Xiaoyu called the floor attendant to ask if Cao Yuanhao's room door was closed, and the attendant said it was already closed. Xiaoyu then let the other attendants take the dirty bed sheets and other things out, helped Luan Sihong out, went downstairs to Luan Sihong's room, and let Luan Sihong lie down to rest. She then went to the kitchen and asked the chef to cook a bowl of chicken porridge for Luan Sihong.

Luan Sihong hadn't eaten all day and her body was very weak. Xiaoyu fed her a bowl of chicken porridge, which at least allowed Luan Sihong to regain some vitality. Xiaoyu then stayed by Luan Sihong's bed to take care of her.

Luan Sihong said weakly, "Xiaoyu, thank you!"

Xiaoyu said, "Sister Hong, don't say that. Everything we have today was given by you. It's only right that I take care of you when you're sick."

Luan Sihong's tears fell immediately. Xiaoyu was shocked and said, "Sister Hong, what's wrong? Is it because you saw Mayor Cao's wife come and you're feeling bad? Don't be upset, she'll be gone in a day or two at most."

Luan Sihong was, of course, not upset because of this. She was upset because she was about to face a disaster, yet there was no one she could rely on. She had once thought Cao Yuanhao was the good man she could rely on, but at the critical moment, he didn't even answer her calls.

Now that his wife was here, she still had to clean up his mess. She suddenly understood Du Shiniang, who angrily sank her treasure chest in the storybook.

She mocked herself in her heart; she was a modern version of Du Shiniang. It seemed that even though she thought she had seen through the ways of the world, she still couldn't escape the word "love," and couldn't escape the fate of Du Shiniang! Women, don't get emotionally involved in anything, and don't be short of money!