Scanning the surroundings, there was no one else except him.

Chu Ge leaned back against the headboard of the hospital bed, inhaling the distinct hospital smell and staring at the stark white walls, unable to help but feel a bit speechless.

It seemed like he had quite the connection with the hospital today. He had just been here this afternoon, and now he was back again in the evening, astonishingly as a patient arriving by ambulance.

After Chu Ge woke up, no one came to attend to him for quite a while. He wasn't anxious at all, though, even though his hands were quite severely injured and looked quite terrifying. However, he didn't think much of it. Even without treatment, his hands would self-heal shortly. It wasn't a big deal at all.

Just as Chu Ge lay there bored, he heard a rush of footsteps in the hallway. Just by hearing the sound, he knew that Qin Ruojing had arrived.

As the footsteps got closer to the door, they suddenly slowed down. Following that, Qin Ruojing, having changed her clothes and withdrawn money, gently pushed open the door.

"Hello there, Chairman." Chu Ge smiled and waved at Qin Ruojing at the doorway from his position leaning against the bedhead.

"Hello, my foot! You've been totally reckless today!" Seeing Chu Ge's carefree and clueless demeanor, Qin Ruojing's concern instantly turned to anger as she sternly said.

"Whoa, isn't this at least considered a workplace injury? You don't console me, and you're scolding me instead? By the way, when will I get my overtime pay?"

Despite her desire to keep a straight face, Qin Ruojing couldn't help but burst into a chuckle when Chu Ge said this. She rolled her eyes at him and said irritably, "You'll get it when you're healed, you money-monger. Now stop with the nonsense and just focus on getting proper treatment."

Chu Ge muttered in dismay, "That's not fair. You promised to give me my overtime pay tonight, and now you're delaying it until I'm healed. How can you do this?"

Qin Ruojing glared at him.

Chu Ge asked again, "Will the company cover the expenses?"

Qin Ruojing, half annoyed and half amused, simply said "Yes." Behind her, a doctor in a white coat entered, nodded at Chu Ge, and asked, "Can you walk? If so, please follow me."

"No problem."

Chu Ge answered and was about to get out of bed when Qin Ruojing suddenly said, "Don't move," quickly stepped to his bedside, and carefully helped him up bit by bit.

"Chairman, it's just a little burn on my hands; my legs are fine. You don't need to trouble yourself. I can get up by myself."

Seeing the concern in Qin Ruojing's eyes, Chu Ge couldn't help but smile and say.

"Why so much talk? Look at your hands, are they 'just a little burn'? You're such a madman!"

Qin Ruojing's face turned stern again. Her tone was filled with deep reproach, yet her touch was extremely gentle, as if she were handling something fragile.

"Chairman, I really am okay. Otherwise, do you think I'd be so polite with you? If you don't believe me, take a look yourself."

As soon as Qin Ruojing helped Chu Ge up from the bed, he immediately took a few quick steps around the room and turned to grin at Qin Ruojing.

However, the more Chu Ge did this, the more Qin Ruojing felt that he was pretending to be strong to comfort her, which only deepened her sense of guilt. She couldn't help rubbing her temples and sighed, "Can you just listen to me and be obedient?"

Seeing Qin Ruojing like this, Chu Ge could only nod helplessly, "All right, you're the boss, whatever you say goes."

At this moment, Qin Ruojing had changed into a proper shirt and trousers. Her hair was a bit disheveled, but it only added an extra touch of unique charm and beauty to her dignified and graceful demeanor, making the male doctor at the door feel a bit jealous of Chu Ge.

Once the two finally finished talking, the male doctor cleared his throat, said "Let's go" to Chu Ge, and then turned to leave the room.

Following the doctor into a treatment room, Chu Ge went through debridement, cleaning, disinfection, and bandaging processes. His hands, forearms, and other burnt areas were wrapped in thick layers of Vaseline gauze bandages.

When Chu Ge walked out of the treatment room, he met Qin Ruojing's concerned gaze at the door and couldn't help but give a bitter smile.

"Chairman, I look like a mummy like this. How do you expect me to go to work tomorrow?"

"Work? Tomorrow's Sunday, what work? Even come Monday, don't even think about it. You won't go back until you're fully healed. For now, just stay in the hospital obediently."

Looking at Qin Ruojing's tone and demeanor, Chu Ge knew nothing he said would work. Plus, she was genuinely concerned for him, so he didn't protest any further and nodded with a bitter smile.

Once that was settled, Qin Ruojing accompanied Chu Ge to a double room ward. After he sat on a bed, she sighed slightly.

"Chu Ge, I did my best with the hospital staff, but there are no private rooms available for personal care at the moment. You'll have to stay here for now, and I'll move you to the private ward as soon as it's available."

Seeing the faint hint of apology in Qin Ruojing's eyes, Chu Ge couldn't help feeling both exasperated and amused. He waved it off, "I'm not diagnosed with some terminal illness, am I?"

As soon as Chu Ge said that, Qin Ruojing furrowed her eyebrows tightly and gave him a sharp look, "What are you saying? Why would you curse yourself like that?"

"Well, if I'm not seriously ill, why are you transferring me to the gifted care unit? I think this place is just fine, don't fuss over it."

"No way, I'm the boss, so I call the shots. Didn't you used to say I'm a tycoon? Well, I am a tycoon, and you don't need to flatter yourself. If someone else were in your place, I'd arrange the same for them."

If it weren't for the cab incident earlier, Qin Ruojing wouldn't have said such things. But just because of those indifferent taxi drivers before, she suddenly felt that the word "tycoon" wasn't so unpleasant after all.

The only regret she had was that, even though she specifically asked the middle-aged driver to wait for a moment, by the time she returned home to get the money and change clothes to properly thank him, he had already left.

"Alright, alright, I won't argue with you. If you're keen to waste your money, go ahead. Anyway, it's not coming out of my pocket. It's almost midnight; you should go home. I'm not going to work tomorrow, but you have to."

Qin Ruojing hesitated for a moment, "Are you sure you'll be okay here by yourself?"

"Why wouldn't I be? There are nurses around anyway. Staying here, you can't do much else and you'd only disturb my sleep. Just go."

"Alright then, here's my phone. Call me if anything comes up, and the nurse can help you dial me. I'll find time to visit you again tomorrow."

"Mm-hmm, off you go."

Even though Qin Ruojing knew Chu Ge wanted her to rest properly, seeing his impatient expression still made her a bit annoyed.

Not to mention she was his boss's boss's boss. With her looks and figure, she could easily impress anyone. If it were someone else, they'd surely want her to stay longer, but Chu Ge just kept rushing her off.

However, Qin Ruojing indeed had something important to handle the next day. She needed to visit the Broadcast Bureau to pick up a critical document. Although delegating it wasn't impossible, doing it personally would show the necessary respect and seriousness towards the bureau's leadership, avoiding giving Hong Zude the impression that Tianjiao Film and Television is too arrogant due to favor.

Others could only see the glamorous side of Qin Ruojing as a chairman, unaware of the relentless effort and hardship she endured in the background.

Qin Ruojing gave Chu Ge a few more reminders before she was about to leave the ward when her phone suddenly rang.

Earlier, Qin Ruoying mentioned she'd check in, and now the call did come through.

"Your sister?" Chu Ge asked.

"Mm."

"Answer, but don't mention we're at the hospital."

Qin Ruojing nodded, swiped her iPhone 5S, and answered Qin Ruoying's call.

"Sis! Are you okay?" As soon as Qin Ruojing picked up, Qin Ruoying's flustered voice came through, starkly different from her usual mischievous tone.

"I'm fine, why?"

"And how's my brother-in-law?"

"Why are you so jumpy? He's right next to me. Do you want to talk to him?" Though Qin Ruojing wasn't in the best mood, she still pretended to sound amused.

"Put him on the phone." Qin Ruoying's tone was still extremely urgent, even with a hint of panic.

Qin Ruojing nodded to Chu Ge, handing the phone to his ear.

"Xiaoying, can we not keep doing this? Do you know what time it is? Do you want me and your sister to sleep or not? What if I was up to something when you suddenly called and scared us?"

Feigning a sleepy tone, Chu Ge joked, earning a giggle from Qin Ruojing despite her annoyance.

"Brother-in-law, are you... really alright?"

Hearing this, Chu Ge hesitated slightly, then laughed, "What nonsense are you talking about? What could possibly happen to me?"

"Whew... as long as you're okay. Actually, I wasn't planning to check in today, but I just had a dream where you and my sister were sitting atop a volcano, and then it suddenly erupted with a 'boom'. It startled me awake, and I'm still sweating."

This time, Chu Ge was indeed a little surprised. It must be said that Qin Ruoying's dream was eerily coincidental, for while they weren't on a volcano, they indeed went through a fire incident.

Despite his astonishment, Chu Ge didn't let it show and continued to joke, "That's quite an interesting dream you had. Alright, it's late. We're going to sleep, and you should too."

Chu Ge was about to hang up the phone when suddenly Qin Ruoying's voice hastily sounded again.

"Wait! Brother-in-law, I still feel uneasy. Please, send me a picture message, take a photo of you both as you are, right now!"

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