161: A MAN OF WORD (PART 9)

A MAN OF WORD (PART 9)

"Ow! It hurts like hell!" Louis cried out in pain.1

"What are you crying for? It's not like you have lost your left cheek. Stop being a crybaby. We will take you to the hospital," Xue Lin was thoroughly annoyed by Louis. 

Just how old is he? Crying like a baby as if his face fell apart. 

Ge Chen was driving his car and Xue Lin was sitting beside him. Louis was in the backseat. 

"Even if I'm grown up, I still feel pain," Louis complained with a sore heart.

Xue Lin asked him, "So if you cry, will your pain go away?"

Louis couldn't answer her and sealed his lips.

Finally able to get some peace, Xue Lin was satisfied. She looked at Ge Chen in excitement and asked, "My husband, what do you think of my new look? Am I handsome?"

She was, in fact, in a super good mood. It was almost like she went back to her high school days.

Ge Chen's lips slightly stretched. He asked her back, "Didn't I see you before you left home? Why are you asking me now?"

"Can't you see? It's because I'm in a good mood," Xue Lin replied with a glint in her eyes. "So, how much do you like it?"

'You won't call me handsome and you want me to tell you that you are handsome,' Ge Chen internally sighed and answered her with a doting tone, "Mm, you look handsome."

Xue Lin leaned against the seat and smirked. She said with pride, "I know that I'm handsome."

Ge Chen: "…"

Louis: "…"

They arrived at the hospital and let the doctor check Louis' face. The doctor examined his face and said, "It's a minor injury. It will heal after putting on some ice and using an ointment. However, I'm afraid that the mark will be on his face for a week."

"What?!" Louis exclaimed. 'How am I going to seduce women with such an ugly face?' he looked at his face through the mirror and felt like smashing Alex's face. He cursed him in his mind, 'That b***ard! If it wasn't for his life on the line, I wouldn't have had to throw myself. Because of his hot headed attitude, I'm about to lose ten percent share! I cannot take this. Even if I sell that jerk, I won't be able to get back the money of ten percent share.' The more he thought about it, the more he became anxious.

He suddenly grabbed the doctor's hand and asked in a concerned voice, "What about the swollen part? If this reduces, I can at least cover the mark with a concealer."

The doctor helplessly said, "Mr. Cruise, I'm a doctor, not a magician. The swollen area will be reduced on its own in a week. Please be patient."

Louis clenched his fists. He didn't know what else to say. He was still brainstorming as to how to minimize this potato size swollen part on his face.

Ge Chen and Xue Lin generously sent Louis back to his villa. While the couple was going home, Xue Lin burst into laughter. "Ahahaha, did you see his face? He looked so funny! I cannot imagine that he will go to the host club tomorrow with this face. Ahahaha..." She had been holding herself for a long time and now that Louis was gone, she couldn't control herself. She held her stomach and laughed until her stomach hurt. 

Ge Chen turned his face and stared at her. This was the first time he had ever seen her laughing to her heart's content. He never saw her so lively before, not even when she was with her friends in Paris or in Italy. 

He quickly turned his eyes back on the road and drove to the sub road and lowered the speed. Then, he looked at her again. It was hard to take his eyes off her when she was in this high spirit. 

Slowly, Xue Lin stopped laughing and wiped her eyes. "Ah, my stomach hurts."

Ge Chen suddenly thought of something and asked, "Did you plan all these?"

While Xue Lin wiped her eyes with her handkerchief, she glanced at him and asked, "Plan what?"

He expressed his suspicion, "Planning to make Alex angry and then injuring Louis through him."

Xue Lin gasped and asked, "My husband, how can you think of me as being so evil? When did I ever hurt anyone? Do I look like a person who takes pleasure in harming others that never hurt me?"

Ge Chen shook his head and replied, "Not at all but you seem amused."

"Of course I am!" Xue Lin didn't mind sharing with him what she was thinking. "I mean, I did want to make Alex mad since he was the most immature one but I thought of it only after stealing several customers of his. Not before that. I thought if he got mad and punched me, I would show my pitiful side to the customers and earn more customers. Girls are into pitiful cute boys after all. Who knew that Louis would come between us and take the punch? I'm innocent, okay?"

"You sure are," what else Ge Chen could say. Alex would have lost his arm if he dared to hurt Xue Lin. She didn't know that her husband had such a ferocious side to him and she also had no idea that Louis would try to sacrifice himself. Although Xue Lin instigated Alex's anger, she didn't wish to physically harm anyone. She was indeed innocent. 

Xue Lin stretched her hands and then placed them on her back while saying, "However, I hope this little incident won't be at my disadvantage."

Ge Chen smirked and said, "You mean if Louis acts pitiful now, you will be at a disadvantage." 

Xue Lin nodded in confirmation. "Wise men say 'you reap what you sow'. I hope I won't have to reap what I sowed."

"All the best wishes are to my wife," Ge Chen blessed her.

"Thank you, my husband."

However, the next day, nobody was prepared for what actually happened. 

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