314: Desire

Desire

The sterile, fluorescent-lit hospital room was quiet, the faint beeping of medical monitors filling the air.2

The secretary Song Mei, sat in a stiff plastic chair beside her boss, Xi Yaohua, who was laid out on the hospital bed, looking pale and weak.

Xi Yaohua had been suffering from viral infection since last week and thus he was admitted to the hospital. Song Mei had been taking care of her boss since nobody else was available.

She reached over to adjust Xi Yaohua's blanket, making sure he was warm and comfortable. She also noticed that his water pitcher was empty, so she got up and went to the hallway to fill it up.

Xi Yaohua looked at Song Mei when he saw how worried she looked at right now and knew that it wasn't fake. A sudden thought appeared in his mind but he crashed it as soon as it formed.

'No... I already have Qin Muran.... Why would I have these thoughts for my secretary?'

Xi Yaohua calmed his mind down and the growing desire he wanted to erase for Song Mei. He was afraid that things would get complicated if he entertained such ideas.

Song Mei, however, continued to show her concern and adjusted his pillows to keep him propped up. Her thoughts were hidden and unknown.

She walked to the bedside table and grabbed the pitcher of water. She poured the water inside a clean glass next to the pitcher and handed it to Xi Yaohua.

"Sir, you should drink some water."

Xi Yaohua took the glass of water from Song Mei's hand. The moment his fingers touched her own, the thoughts he shouldn't have inside his mind resurfaced.

Those supple and soft hands were too attractive. He wanted to hold it a bit longer. However, before Xi Yaohua could hold her hand, Song Mei had already let go of the glass. And because Xi Yaohua wasn't focused on holding the glass and didn't apply any strength, the moment she let go of it, the glass fell down on the floor.

A loud crashing sound of the glass breaking on the floor and splashing sound of the water echoed in the hospital VIP room.

Soon, Song Mei flew into a panic and screamed a little. She was scared to death by the sound.

"Sorry, I didn't hold it properly," Xi Yaohua apologized.

Song Mei frowned but she couldn't show her annoyance with a sigh. Seeing her boss try to pick the shards off the ground, Song Mei pushed his shoulder and let him sit on the hospital bed. She offered to do it for him.

In the end, Song Mei kneeled next to the bed and picked up the broken pieces of glass.

However, no one could guess if she knew this was going to happen or if she was being intentional, or perhaps, she was completely oblivious to it, but the moment she kneeled beside the bed, the collar of her shirt gaped open and the soft and white twin peaks that should have been hidden inside her shirt spilled over.

Xi Yaohua couldn't help but enjoy such a seductive moment with his eyes. He saw a beautiful and young woman like Song Mei kneeling before him and taking care of him. Of course, what made his day a bit better was what his eyes were looking at right now.

Song Mei silently picked up the shards of glass. After what seemed like eternity for Xi Yaohua and just two minutes in reality, she finally stood up and threw the broken pieces to the trash bin inside the room.

Looking at the clock on the wall, Song Mei asked Xi Yaohua, "Sir, can I leave once Miss Muran comes here to take care of you? There are many files pending in the office."

Xi Yaohua shook his head and replied, "Qin Muran is not coming today. She has other work to do." While Xi Yaohua was saying these words, he was also staring at Song Mei to observe her expressions.

And surprisingly, he got what he wanted because the moment he finished speaking, Song Mei's eyes seemed to be twinkling.

Then, as if he was inspired and encouraged by this exploration, Xi Yaohua bravely and unashamedly said, "I still do not feel well. Song Mei... You will have to stay here with me for a bit longer."

After an hour, the door to the VIP room where Xi Yaohua was opened. Song Mei looked around the corridor and saw that there weren't that many people walking by. Fixing her hair and dress, she stepped out of the hospital room. She glanced once inside the room where in the bed, the man was silently and peacefully sleeping while tucked under the blanket.

Showing a faint hint of satisfaction and happiness in her eyes, Song Mei finally closed the door. Her heels clicked against the floor, but no one noticed that something was wrong with the way she was walking.

Inside the VIP room, Xi Yaohua got up and looked around him. He was now alone and the woman he had just held in his arms had already left.

After having a passionate yet quick moment with Song Mei inside that room, Xi Yaohua's thirst for her seemed to have not been quelled just yet. If only she hadn't protested and stopped him from getting another round with her, he would have already ravaged her until they were both spent and incapable of moving a muscle.

But this was also good. This way, he wouldn't get tired of her easily and still have the desire to keep her around his side.

As he was just thinking of this, his phone that was placed on the bedside table suddenly lit up. A name he was overly familiar with was on the screen.

Qin Muran has been calling him since earlier, but Xi Yaohua was preoccupied with making love with another woman in his embrace that he didn't notice it until he was alone in the room.

Suddenly, guilt combined with his annoyance appeared in his heart. He was filled with guilt that he had made love with Song Mei behind Qin Muran, but he was also filled with annoyance because of her calling him now.

Thinking about it again, since when was the last time that he and Qin Muran made love? Xi Yaohua wondered and found that he and his lover hadn't done it for a while now ever since a couple of months. And because of that, he hadn't been able to get his much awaited release for several weeks... Until Song Mei happened to him.

After a few more rings, he finally reached for the phone and answered lazily. The guilt inside his heart was quickly puffed out.

His voice still contained the raspiness of the previous round he and Song Mei experienced on the hospital bed. However, Qin Muran didn't seem to notice it either as she greeted him normally and asked him about his wellbeing.

*

The sterile white walls and spotless floors gleamed under the bright overhead lights of the laboratory of Angel Pharmaceuticals.

This was a research laboratory well-equipped with state-of-the-art equipment and cutting-edge technology. All the technologies of the world which are used to create medicines were present.

In this life, Qin Yan had entered the laboratory for the first time. She looked around and reminisced her memories. Countless hours were spent there analyzing data, conducting experiments, and pushing the boundaries of pharmaceutical science.

Qin Yan was here to complete the development of her cancer drug which she had left incomplete in her previous life.

Cancer has always been a big problem for human beings. Every year, many people die because of cancer. Once diagnosed with cancer, it was a nightmare for the whole family!

To treat cancer, each patient could spend a lot of money, dragging the whole family down without any effect. Even if there were an effect, the person was very weak after the chemotherapy and various other treatments.

Therefore, all major pharmaceutical companies were trying to find a cure for cancer.

As Qin Yan's knowledge was deep, she had already completed 90 percent of the work in her previous life. So now she was faster with just 10 percent work remaining.

A few days passed, and Qin Yan had already gotten the results. This drug could purify cancer cells and kill them without affecting the normal cells.

If this miraculous effect were to be told, it would definitely be ridiculed to death! Not only could the drug kill the cancer cells, but it was also able to do so without affecting any other normal cell of the body.

Nowadays, people knew that cancer cells were cells that had been mutated, and even if they divided, they were still cancer cells and would definitely affect the normal cells.

So, this drug could do miracle in the treatment of cancer.

However, the drug had just been developed and could not be marketed immediately. It had to be tested to make sure it was harmless to humans and effective before being marketed.

They could not just put a new drug on the market.

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