Suddenly, the door of the private room was kicked open with a loud bang.
Interrupted abruptly, Mr. Li looked displeased toward the door and cursed, "Who the hell is so blind? Can't you see I'm busy?"
"Oh really? I came to see just how busy you are!" Mrs. Li strode in with a fierce expression, and without any hesitation, she grabbed hold of Ye Chu's hair and slapped her twice across the face.
Mr. Li cowered in the corner, too scared to even make a sound. He thought to himself,
"What bad luck! I didn't even get to eat, and now my wife has caught me. I bet there won't be any good consequences from this."
The development of the Li Group in recent years relied heavily on the support of Mrs. Li's family. Even if he was unhappy with his wife, Mr. Li dared not say a word.
Mrs. Li was extremely harsh, and Ye Chu was hit so hard that her vision blurred. However, she still pretended to reach out to Mr. Li for help, "Mr. Li, please save me. You promised Mr. Ye that if I came to accompany you today, you would cooperate with the Ye Group..."
Before Ye Chu could finish her sentence, she was slapped again by Mrs. Li. "You slut! My husband is not someone you can seduce!"
"And you! Do you know how the Li Group has developed? You're willing to cooperate with that insignificant small business from the Ye family just for a woman? Are you crazy?!"
Mrs. Li shook off Ye Chu's hand and grabbed Mr. Li's ear, shouting, "I warn you, if I catch you cheating again, I'll chop you up!"
"Yes, yes, I'm sorry, wife. I really didn't do anything. It was all Ye Xingguo's setup. I'm innocent..." Mr. Li was being dragged out of the private room by Mrs. Li while shouting his innocence.
Watching them leave, Ye Chu slowly sat up and covered her hot cheek that had been slapped, and sneered.
Ye Xingguo, oh Ye Xingguo, you schemed and sacrificed your own daughter just to cooperate with the Li Group. I wonder if you'll regret your decision when you receive the news!
In the car parked outside Joyful Restaurant, Ren Yi was keeping an eye on the situation.
Soon, he saw Mrs. Li dragging Mr. Li out by the ear and stuffing him into the car in a rough manner. Ren Yi quickly took out his phone and called Gu Muchen.
"Mr. Gu, Mrs. Li has already taken Mr. Li back." Ren Yi deliberately used the word "taken."
"Okay."
Gu Muchen's low voice came from the other end of the phone. "What about Ye Chu?"
"I haven't seen Miss Ye yet," Ren Yi replied while keeping a close eye on the entrance of Joyful Restaurant.
As soon as Ren Yi finished speaking, he saw Ye Chu walking out of the restaurant with her head down.
"Mr. Gu, Miss Ye is coming out. She doesn't seem to be in a good state. She's taking a taxi and leaving now. Do you want me to follow her?" Ren Yi asked.
"No need." Gu Muchen hung up the phone after speaking.
In the office, Gu Muchen's dark eyes contrasted sharply with the bright sunlight outside the floor-to-ceiling windows. He knew why Ye Chu dressed up and went to the Joyful Restaurant today, but he couldn't help but let the news leak to Mrs. Li.
Why did Ye Chu, a woman who was originally insignificant to him, so easily disturb his mind?
At this moment, the ringing of his phone interrupted Gu Muchen's thoughts.
"Mom." Gu Muchen answered the phone.
"Muchen, did Le Hang say when he will come home? He has been away from home for two years. Although your grandfather doesn't say it, he has been thinking about him all the time," Gu Muchen's mother asked helplessly on the phone.
"Don't worry, Mom. I will catch him and bring him back as soon as possible," Gu Muchen said.
"Ah, you two brothers never make it easy for me." Gu's mother sighed, "One always has a poker face all day long, and the other has a personality that is too unpredictable!"
Gu Muchen remained silent, allowing his mother to complain. After all, she would feel bored after a while and stop talking.
"By the way, Muchen, I heard that you are with Miss Ye from the Ye family?" Gu's mother asked.
"No." Gu Muchen denied it without hesitation.
"Muchen, Mom has always taught you and your brother to be responsible and have a sense of responsibility since you were young. I heard that you are with Miss Ye, and the Ye family has been spreading rumors that you have promised to marry her. You can't just abandon her casually!" Gu's mother's voice immediately became serious.
"I know," Gu Muchen said. "The situation is not that simple. After I investigate it clearly, I will give them an explanation."
"That's good." Gu's mother's voice softened a lot.
Gu Muchen has always been principled since he was young and rarely made her worry.
However, the matter concerning the Ye family was widely spread outside, but he never mentioned it at home, which made her somewhat uneasy.
After a while, it's my mother's birthday. You can invite Miss Ye from the Ye family to come and let me have a look," said Gu's mother.
"I understand," Gu Muchen replied.
After hanging up the phone with his mother, Gu Muchen looked out the floor-to-ceiling window at the busy traffic and thought to himself that the Ye family was really impatient.
On one hand, they constantly claimed that Ye Shiyun was his fiancée, and on the other hand, they sent Ye Chu to win over companies that were beneficial to them.
The Ye family's appetite was really too big!
After leaving the Joyful Restaurant, Ye Chu took a taxi directly to the hospital.
With the cautious nature of Ye Xingguo and Yu Wanyue, she was afraid that Mr. Li would be taken away by his wife, and once they found out about the failure of the cooperation between the Ye family and the Li Group, they would refuse to perform surgery on her mother.
However, Ye Chu's attire was too eye-catching, and she was stared at by many people along the way.
She paid no attention to their gazes and continued walking towards the hospital entrance.
Upon arriving at the hospital, she quickly went to the VIP ward. When she entered, the doctor was checking on He Shuxin's condition.
"The surgery went smoothly. The condition of the organ transplant has been very good. We still need to observe whether there will be any rejection reactions in the future," the doctor said.
He Shuxin was pushed back to the VIP ward, still in a coma due to the anesthesia.
After the anesthesia wore off, He Shuxin slowly woke up. Ye Chu hurriedly walked to the bedside and asked with concern, "Mom, how do you feel?"
Due to the effects of the anesthesia, even though she was awake, He Shuxin's mind was not very clear. She stared straight at Ye Chu for a long time before reacting.
Looking at Ye Chu's attire, she thought of the way Yu Wanyue deliberately came to the ward to provoke her before the surgery, and a hint of satisfaction flashed through her heart.
"Dressed like this, where did you go to sell yourself again?" He Shuxin's voice was very weak, but the words she said were like a sharp sword, piercing Ye Chu's heart fiercely.