After Falling in Love with the Scum Alpha’s Beautiful Original Wife at First Sight - Chapter 2

Hearing Cui Can mention her grandmother, Xu Qingzhi froze for a moment. She answered softly with an “okay,” then hung up the phone.

The stairwell was unusually cold. After Xu Qingzhi stayed there for a few minutes, her hands and feet had turned icy.

She pulled open the emergency exit door and returned to the corridor of the inpatient department.

She walked to the elevator and had just pressed the down button when several voices suddenly came from behind her—

“W-why are you here? Who told you to come? Was it that…”

“You’re practically dying, and I still can’t come? What, were you planning to notify me only after you were cremated?”

The first voice sounded both frightened and surprised. The second sounded as if thorns had grown in its throat, every word barbed and sarcastic.

Xu Qingzhi instinctively looked toward the source of the voices.

The conversation was coming from a hospital room diagonally across from the elevator doors.

The door to that room was not fully closed. A gap about two fingers wide had been left open. Beside the door, a girl was crouched there, listening. She was the very same girl who had been leaning against the wall and dozing off by the elevator a few minutes ago.

At this moment, she was fully focused on listening to the movements inside the room and did not notice at all that Xu Qingzhi was behind her.

What is she doing?

Xu Qingzhi could not help feeling puzzled. She raised her eyes and looked through the crack in the door.

A woman was standing condescendingly in front of the hospital bed, her short hair casual and unruly.

Xu Qingzhi could only see her back. The woman was dressed in black from head to toe, even wearing a pair of black gloves. The loose hardshell jacket she wore somehow made her figure look sharp and cold. The pants on her lower half were nothing special, but they especially emphasized how long and straight her legs were.

Wait a second. With that height, couldn’t she be a model?

Xu Qingzhi thought that if she stood in front of this woman, she would probably be at least more than half a head shorter. She could not help clicking her tongue inwardly.

So, was this woman an Alpha? But even for an Alpha, her conditions were a little too superior, weren’t they?

“Who are you cursing? Who are you saying is practically dying?”

A somewhat furious voice rang out. The other person on the hospital bed was agitated. Originally, she had been completely blocked by the woman, but now half of her body was revealed, her colorful long hair flying through the air.

The woman’s tone carried a kind of natural astonishment, as if she could not understand how the other person failed to comprehend her words.

“Of course I’m talking about you.”

“Drinking until you vomit blood. I really admire you. Luckily, you’re young and healthy, so you can still sit here alive and kicking while talking to me. But once you graduate and a few more years pass, if you still dare to drink yourself to death like this, I won’t be surprised if one day you really do die young.”

As a high school teacher, Xu Qingzhi’s first reaction to hearing this was that this student was far too outrageous.

How could a minor dare to drink to such an extent, even drinking herself into the hospital?

But then she thought about it again. The high schools in Huai Kang City had all started classes a few days ago. Students who had just returned to school were most likely steeped in misery. How could they have gone out drinking?

Besides, what high school student would dare dye their hair like that, with every strand and every section a different color?

Someone whose school started later and who had no restrictions about dyed hair should be a university student.

Still, even if she was a university student, drinking herself into the hospital was still disgraceful.

“Oh, right. Do you still remember what you said to me before the holiday?” The woman sneered. “You said you would behave yourself and stop causing trouble. You also said you would review properly during winter break and prepare for the make-up exam after school started. Back then, you made it sound quite nice.”

“And the result? You reviewed all the way into a bar? When you were tired and sleepy, you opened a bottle and chugged it down? Impressive, Qi Yue. You created an unprecedented drunken study method all by yourself. Is the advanced version studying on a hospital bed while getting an IV drip?”

As sarcastic as she was, there was also quite a bit of anger in her voice, the kind that came from disappointment.

“Then look at what kind of good friends you’ve made. When you drank yourself into this state and couldn’t pay the bill, those people ran faster than anyone. Did any of them care about you? If your classmate hadn’t happened to be there too, I’m afraid the call I received this morning wouldn’t have been from your classmate, but from the funeral home.”

The girl on the hospital bed had never been able to find a chance to interrupt. After finally waiting for the woman to stop, she was so angry that even her voice trembled. “C-can’t you speak properly?”

The woman immediately shot back, “Have I never spoken properly to you before? When I spoke properly to you, did you ever listen properly? You’re about to turn twenty. Do you still need me to coax you like a three-year-old child? I coax you like you’re three, and then you turn around and fool me like I’m one. Is that fun?”

As soon as the woman finished speaking, she swiftly raised her hands and covered her ears.

Xu Qingzhi was still wondering why she had suddenly made that movement when the girl on the hospital bed suddenly let out a high-pitched scream without warning. As she screamed, she also hammered the bed with all her strength like a madwoman. The sound immediately spread far down the corridor.

Xu Qingzhi: …

The girl eavesdropping at the door was also startled so badly that she stumbled. Her hand slipped, and the hospital room door instantly creaked.

Not good. Xu Qingzhi’s brow twitched.

The woman inside the room seemed to notice the movement at the door. She turned her head and looked toward the entrance.

Xu Qingzhi hurriedly turned around, trying to avoid the woman’s gaze.

For half a second, she saw the woman’s eyes. They were clear black and white, still holding a trace of the restraint and impatience left from scolding the girl. Fierce like the cold wind of winter, they looked at everyone with the same indifferent lack of mercy.

Xu Qingzhi’s heart pounded wildly. The shame of being caught eavesdropping quickly burned her face red.

At that very moment, the elevator, which seemed to have been running for half a century, pulled open its doors for Xu Qingzhi as timely as a rescue boat.

She quickly walked inside and hurriedly pressed the floor button. All she wanted was to escape the scene as quickly as possible. She did not notice that the turquoise knot hanging from her handbag was flung off the instant she turned around.

When the elevator doors closed, endless relief surged through Xu Qingzhi’s heart.

…She would never dare eavesdrop on other people again. How embarrassing.

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When Qi Hengxing looked toward the door, all she saw was Fang Xiaotang’s awkward little round face.

She showed no particular emotion and withdrew her gaze, glancing mockingly at Qi Yue on the hospital bed.

“You’ve used this trick since you were little. Aren’t you tired of it? Since you’re already at the hospital, when you have time, you can stop by pediatrics and see how many children still throw tantrums and roll around like you.”

Qi Hengxing had always had very little patience. With this younger sister, she had already pulled out one hundred and twenty thousand percent of her patience.

But a person’s patience had limits. Qi Yue’s behavior was becoming more outrageous each time. Last time, it had been street racing. This time, it was excessive drinking. Next time, who knew what she would dare to do?

When Qi Hengxing received the call and heard that Qi Yue had drunk until she vomited blood, her heart had nearly stopped. This time, no matter what, she did not want to tolerate her anymore.

“You stay in the hospital and behave yourself. Oh, right. Starting next month, I won’t give you a single cent of living expenses. Figure it out yourself. When you know how to change, that’s when I’ll give you money. Also, don’t think about tattling to Grandpa and Grandma, and don’t think about looking for your biological one either. They’ll immediately tell Mother every good thing you’ve done.”

After saying these final words, Qi Hengxing did not care what reaction Qi Yue had. She turned around and walked out.

Outside the hospital room, Fang Xiaotang stood there like a timid little animal.

She had not meant to eavesdrop, but the scene when these two sisters argued was truly frightening. It felt as if they might start fighting inside the hospital room at any moment. Fang Xiaotang had even been thinking that if they really did start fighting, perhaps it would be better to hold Qi Yue back first, because compared to Qi Yue, Qi Hengxing could still be considered a reliable adult.