Chapter 239: Chapter 239: I’ll Help You Fight Back!_1
"What makes you think I would believe such a lame lie?"
The explanation was far from convincing.
"Look at me," he instructed. His long fingers gently hooked under her chin, tilting her face towards the left. His brow furrowed deeper as he inspected her cheek. "Who did this? Lin Qiang?"
News of stars slapping their assistants when upset was not uncommon.
The imprint on her face was unmistakable, leaving a crimson mark on her fair skin.
"No..." Eleven had no affection for Lin Qiang, but she wouldn’t accuse her falsely.
"Then who?" Gu Liancheng couldn’t dispel his frustration. "You... I will handle this tomorrow!"
Handle it?
He was going to fire her?
Upon realization, Eleven felt like she was drowning in a river of injustice. Not only was Gu Liancheng not helping her, but he was also going to fire her on top of that. Her heart ached, and suddenly tears welled in her eyes.
Before Gu Liancheng could say anything more, he saw the tears brimming in her eyes and swallowed his words.
"Why are you crying? I asked you a question, why are you crying?"
"Then ask nicely! Why are you being so harsh? They bullied me, now you too?" Eleven choked out.
"Who bullied you?" Gu Liancheng was puzzled, "I’m asking who bullied you so I can return the favor! Why won’t you say who it was?"
"Aren’t you going after me?"
"You look like how you do on the first day out and you’re asking me not to do something??"
"So are you upset for me?" Eleven sobbed, weeping uncontrollably.
Before Gu Liancheng could respond, Eleven burst into tears and clung onto his waist. "Husband... you are the only one who is good to me in the whole world..."
"Alright! Stop flattering me and get to work!" He didn’t push her away, but patted her gently on the back. "You’ve been with me for so long and still don’t understand me? When have I ever bullied you?"
Just because he had an icy expression, it didn’t mean he was angry. His mood was always hard to gauge, and Eleven knew this well.
"Alright, alright. Carefully with your hand. Now, tell me, who bullied you?"
She kept hugging his waist, and muttered in a small voice, "Yao Ruoshui..."
"Her again?"
He hadn’t yet settled the previous scores with her!
There was the sound of footsteps coming to an abrupt halt.
Turning around, Gu Liancheng found himself facing Jin Xiangbei.
Once again, the two men were face to face.
After a three-second stare-down, it was Jin Xiangbei who spoke first. "Regardless of your differences, she needs medical attention."
"I don’t need you to tell me this."
This was Jin Xiangbei’s territory. He quickly found a clean room for them and went to find a doctor.
To her surprise, the one who arrived was Wen Qianxi.
Wen Qianxi had been hurriedly pulled over by Jin Xiangbei and had no idea what the situation was. "Enough, Little North, stop pulling. Who exactly made you this anxious--"
Everyone in the room was stunned. Wen Qianxi looked at Eleven, Eleven looked at Wen Qianxi, Wen Qianxi then looked at Gu Liancheng, Gu Liancheng looked at Wen Qianxi, and finally Gu Liancheng and Jin Xiangbei exchanged looks. It all amounted to a chaotic web of exchanged glances with everyone looking at each other several times.
"Sister Wen Qian..."
Wen Qianxi pulled her gaze back to Eleven, "So it’s you, Eleven. No wonder Little North was so anxious. How did your hand get like this?"
