Without a doubt, I knew what had happened. Shang Sheng closed his eyes.
Shang Yu's words flashed through his mind.
"Yi Ge is different from other women. She's quite possessive. Keeping Chen Ling by your side is like planting a fuse next to you. You never know when it will ignite, and then *boom*, it explodes..."
Did it have to explode so quickly?
After the call ended, Chen Ling wiped away her tears, put away her phone, and dropped her pitiful expression.
Compared to the furious Qin Yi Ge, Chen Ling was much calmer now.
She lightly touched the mark left by the slap. If she guessed correctly, her face must have been broken.
Indeed, Qin Yi Ge had manicured nails. After soaking in the water for so long yesterday, many of them had chipped.
Moreover, she had also applied rhinestones. When one palm slapped Chen Ling's fair cheek, it directly left several scratches.
Her objective achieved, Chen Ling spoke sarcastically, "Miss Qin, while CEO Shang doesn't absolutely need me as his secretary, I'd kindly remind you of one thing: CEO Shang absolutely cannot tolerate anyone harming his people—"
Qin Yi Ge stared at her coldly, her eyes filled with intense disgust. "So what? Believe me, if you say one more word, I'll slap you again and turn your face into a pig's head?"
Chen Ling knew that continuing to make a scene would be of no benefit to her. This much was enough. She gritted her teeth and turned to leave the ward.
When Qin Yi Ge was alone in the ward, she let the nurse who had been waiting at the door for a long time enter.
The nurse, upon hearing the sound of the vase breaking, had come over immediately and happened to see Chen Ling being slapped through the glass window of the door. She was so frightened that she lingered at the door for a long time, not daring to come in.
A cleaner followed behind her. After the two of them entered, one began cleaning.
The nurse softly asked Qin Yi Ge, "Mrs. Shang—"
"Don't call me Mrs. Shang," Qin Yi Ge corrected her calmly as she sat back on the hospital bed.
The title Mrs. Shang was too annoying, as was marrying Shang Sheng. It had only been two days since the wedding, and so many troublesome things had already happened.
The nurse was speechless. If not Mrs. Shang, then what should she call her?
She tentatively addressed her, "Miss Qin?"
Qin Yi Ge didn't speak. She was too weak from hunger.
Seeing that she didn't refuse, the nurse continued, "Shall I have someone bring you a nutritional meal?"
"En." She had lost her appetite for anything. A bowl of nutritional porridge would have to do.
"Okay, please wait a moment."
Before leaving, the nurse glanced at Qin Yi Ge again.
Rumor had it that CEO Shang and the eldest daughter of the Qin family had no feelings for each other and were even rivals, yet they were forced into a commercial marriage. It seemed to be true...
Hearing that Qin Yi Ge had woken up, Old Mrs. Shang immediately had Shang Yu bring her to the hospital.
The old lady didn't know what had happened just now, but she could tell that Qin Yi Ge was in a bad mood. She thought she had fallen into the river and was scared.
She lovingly took her hand and comforted her, "Girl, it's all over now. You're safe."
This girl was also incredibly lucky to have fallen into such a wide river and managed to swim back on her own.
Such a lucky girl would surely bring good fortune to the Shang family, especially her eldest grandson.
Thinking of Shang Sheng, the old lady became angry again and snorted heavily, "I'll go ask right now who arranged for Xiao Sheng's itinerary, making him go on a business trip at this time!"
Shang Yu couldn't help but interject, "Grandma, Brother's itinerary was arranged a long time ago. Yi Ge's accident was unexpected, and Brother definitely didn't anticipate it."
Old Mrs. Shang turned, her sharp gaze falling on him. "How old are you?"
Shang Yu was speechless. Didn't the old lady know the answer?
He pretended to be obedient and replied, "Grandma, I'm 18."
"Pfft." Before the old lady could react, Qin Yi Ge was amused by Shang Yu's droll expression.
Seeing this, Old Mrs. Shang, who had intended to scold Shang Yu, stopped.
She smiled at Qin Yi Ge and said, "Girl, are you hungry? Grandma will buy you something delicious, okay? What do you want to eat? Let Shang Yu go."
Shang Yu: "Grandma, I'm not a gofer."
Old Lady: "Shut up!"
Shang Yu: "..."
He felt so pathetic.
Qin Yi Ge shook her head. "Thank you, Grandma. I just ate, so I'm not hungry right now."
"That's good if you're not hungry. Do you want to drink milk tea? Grandma will have Shang Yu buy it."
Shang Yu interjected, "Grandma, Yi Ge likes to drink coconut latte."
"Then you go buy it," the old lady commanded without hesitation. "Your brother isn't here, so you'll run errands in his place."
Shang Yu looked at her, doubting his life. "Grandma, from today onwards, will Brother and I have no status in the family?"
The old lady had heard that Yi Ge's yacht had an accident and hadn't slept well all night.
She had insisted on coming to visit her granddaughter-in-law first thing this morning. However, Yi Ge hadn't woken up yet, so her visit would have been pointless. Shang Yu had persuaded the old lady with great effort to wait until Yi Ge woke up.
Old Mrs. Shang: "From today? From the day your brother and Yi Ge got engaged, neither of you had any status in my heart!"
"That's unfair!" Shang Yu wailed.
Qin Yi Ge chuckled and, holding the elder's hand, thanked her sweetly, "Thank you, Grandma. I'm so honored."
"Silly girl, we're family now, why are you being so polite to Grandma?"
Shang Yu was sent off to buy coffee. Old Mrs. Shang made a call to Shang Sheng in front of Qin Yi Ge.
Qin Yi Ge couldn't stop her and could only lie on the bed, listening silently as the old lady scolded her eldest grandson.
"You're a married man now, not a bachelor. You need to know what's more important. Contracts can be renegotiated, money can be earned again, but Yi Ge is unique. If you lose her, you'll never find another."
Shang Sheng signed the document while on the phone. "Anything else, Grandma?"
"When are you coming back?"
"Soon." He hadn't intended to stay away for long anyway.
The old lady was quite satisfied with this answer. "Good. Try to be back before your mother returns. Otherwise, she'll call and scold you for not being here."
Shang mother had also been away from Port City for the past two days. Upon hearing about Yi Ge's accident, she was already on her way back.
"En."
Upon hearing that Qin Yi Ge had woken up, people flocked to the hospital to visit her that afternoon.
At the same time, rumors about her quietly spread throughout Port City, becoming topics of conversation during people's leisure time.
Inside a cafe
Passerby A: "I heard that on the day Qin Yi Ge married CEO Shang, she borrowed Mr. Liu's yacht and had a party with several male models. When the firefighters pulled the male models out of the water, two or three of them were only wearing their underwear."
Passerby B: "I didn't know Qin Yi Ge was so wild before."
Passerby A: "But she's Mrs. Shang now. Some people want to please her, so they sent her a few male models."
Passerby C: "Do you know the female secretary of CEO Shang?"
"Yes, Secretary Chen!"
Passerby C looked mysteriously gossipy. "I heard that when she went to the company this afternoon, her face had scratches from fingernails. It's said that Miss Qin hit her."
"My God, is that true?! Why would Qin Yi Ge hit a secretary?"