Watching Shu Lulu rush out the door, Chu Ge truly had the urge to drag her back and give her a few smacks on the behind. But an impulse is just an impulse, after all, he still had to greet his colleagues from his department.

"Minister Ji, don't listen to that little girl babble nonsense. I don't even have an official girlfriend, so where would a mistress come from? She's just a little girl I happened to know. There's nothing between us."

After explaining this to Ji Songtao, who looked anxious, Chu Ge turned his attention to Feifei.

"Feifei, you've seen this little girl before, right?"

Seeing Chu Ge looking spirited, the worry on Feifei's face disappeared and was replaced by a mischievous smile.

"Have I? Why don't I remember?"

Seeing Feifei obviously dodging the question, Chu Ge rolled his eyes and simply did not explain further. He smiled at everyone and asked, "By the way, how did you know I was here?"

"Oh, it was Director Tong who informed us to go to the company. After all, the company had such a big incident, we needed to check the damage in the office. And it was from her that we learned about your being hospitalized due to injuries from the fire, so we came together."

Listening to Ji Songtao's explanation, Chu Ge suddenly understood. It seemed that Qin Ruojing had informed Tong Yaqi, and then Tong Yaqi informed Ji Songtao. As for the specifics of the fire incident, it probably had all been glossed over.

Meanwhile, Lin Bin watched Ji Songtao and the others with a slight frown, subconsciously muttering to himself, "Director Tong?"

Ji Songtao paused, then hesitantly asked, "Vice Minister Chu, your health..."

Chu Ge smiled, casually moved the arm without the IV needle, "No problem, I'm doing well. I should be able to return to work in a few days."

Seeing Chu Ge looking relaxed, as if nothing had happened, all the people from the Operation Management Department breathed a sigh of relief, except for one person—Mo Xiaoran.

Even though she wanted to act relaxed and laugh like the others, when she saw the layers of bandages on Chu Ge, her eyes involuntarily reddened. Even though she clenched her lips and told herself she should smile, tears flowed uncontrollably.

Not wanting others to see her crying, Mo Xiaoran bowed her head low, but when her tears fell down her cheeks to the ground, Chu Ge caught a glimpse of the sparkling line of tears in mid-air.

Seeing Mo Xiaoran in tears, Chu Ge felt quite distressed inside. What a wonderful girl she was. Whoever marries this kind girl would be truly blessed.

However, he was sure that person would not be him, so he did not want Mo Xiaoran to develop feelings for him.

To avoid anyone seeing Mo Xiaoran's awkward moment of crying, Chu Ge glanced at the IV above him, noticing the fluid inside was nearly gone. He raised his hand with some effort to turn the IV regulator to the fastest setting, then spoke to Mo Xiaoran.

"Xiaoran, could you call the nurse for me? I need to remove the needle."

"Mm..."

Mo Xiaoran mumbled a response, keeping her head low and walked quickly toward the door of the ward.

Just as she turned her back to everyone, Feifei's voice, mingled with some reproach and surprise, suddenly sounded from behind.

"Chu Ge, are you crazy? That's a drip, not a faucet! Why are you turning it up so fast?"

"It's fine, watching it drip slowly was bothering me. There's so little left, might as well finish it quickly."

"But you shouldn't do it yourself. Look how your hands are bandaged. Doing it yourself, you're treating us like outsiders, aren't you?"

"It's no big deal. I'm not that fragile."

Hearing this conversation, Mo Xiaoran paused for a moment. She realized Chu Ge must have noticed something unusual about her and didn't want her to feel awkward, so he did this.

Thinking of this, tears welled up in Mo Xiaoran's eyes even more, while she also realized something that Feifei and the others had overlooked.

Chu Ge actually didn't need her help to call the nurse at all. With a press of the electronic bell at the bedside, the nurse would naturally come.

"Why am I so useless? Why do I always cause him trouble? Why can't I do something for him?"

Mo Xiaoran rubbed her eyes, sighed with a complex feeling, and then headed toward a nurse's office.

While Mo Xiaoran went to call the nurse, Ji Songtao and the others put down their things, which included flowers, fruit baskets, nutritional products, etc. In terms of quantity, there were no less than what Lin Bin brought, and in terms of price, all were more expensive.

Seeing this scene, Lin Bin felt uncomfortable inside, and when he saw Ji Songtao take out a bulging envelope, saying it was the contribution from everyone for Chu Ge, he felt as if the last bit of his superiority had been doused with cold water, instantly making him even more displeased.

Damn it, the people who came to see him were all big, burly men. And then look at this kid Chu Ge in the next bed, except for that fat guy and the tall one who are men, the rest are all stunning beauties, even the least attractive among them is far better than his bedside female secretary.

"Chu Ge? Vice Minister Chu? Who is this kid anyway?"

The more Lin Bin looked, the more displeased he felt inside, and he couldn't help but listen to Chu Ge and the others talking while secretly pondering where he had heard Chu Ge's name before.

While Lin Bin was pondering, Mo Xiaoran came back to the ward with that heavyweight nurse after washing her face in the bathroom.

Obviously, the nurse sister was still in a bad mood, even pulling out Chu Ge's needle with a black face.

And just as the nurse had just removed the needle from Chu Ge and was about to turn around and leave, passing by Lin Bin's bed, Lin Bin finally remembered who Chu Ge was and slapped his thigh with a "pop," instinctively opening his mouth with an "Oh" sound.

Lin Bin's sudden movement startled the nurse sister, causing the needle spraying liquid medicine to wobble and squirt into Lin Bin's mouth, filling his mouth with it.

In over thirty years, it was the first time Lin Bin had tasted the liquid from an IV bottle in his mouth. As the disgusting taste spread over his taste buds, he instantly gagged, scrunching his facial features together, almost throwing up on the spot.

However, before he could burst out, the startled nurse sister got angry first and said furiously, "What's wrong with you? Yelling like that, do you enjoy getting a mouthful? Psycho!"

After saying this, without waiting for Lin Bin, whose face was turning as sour as it could get, to reply, she stomped out of the ward with earthquake-level footsteps.

It must be said, when the nurse sister mentioned "getting a mouthful," she was simply too domineering. This time, not only was Chu Ge amused, but everyone in the Operation Management Department burst into laughter, and even Lin Bin's female secretary covered her mouth secretly.

"What's so funny? What's there to laugh at!" After a few gags, Lin Bin was thoroughly irritated and glared at the people from the Operation Management Department.

"Sorry, actually, we weren't laughing at you. We were telling jokes over here, happened to catch the timing."

Seeing Lin Bin lose his temper, Ji Songtao quickly tried to smooth things over, but because it was just too funny earlier, he couldn't keep his lips from twitching while speaking.

"Do you people know where you are? Huh? This is a hospital. What kind of quality do you have? Is this how you usually work under Tong Yaqi? People like you are really disgracing Tianjiao Group!"

After Lin Bin finished this remark, the ward, which was just filled with laughter, suddenly fell silent.

Nobody expected that this funny guy who got IV medicine squirted into his mouth would actually mention Tong Yaqi's name and the words Tianjiao Group.

"Uh... May I ask who you are?"

Because he could not determine the other's identity, Ji Songtao courteously asked.

Seeing Ji Songtao change attitude, Lin Bin finally felt a little relief and snorted through his nose, glancing at his secretary.

The female secretary coughed, introducing with a touch of arrogance, "From what you were saying, are you from Tianjiao Film and Television? Let me introduce, this is the Minister of the Sales Department at Xiulin Clothing Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Tianjiao Group, Lin Bin. Surely everyone should be familiar with Minister Lin's name, right?"

After Lin Bin's female secretary finished speaking, the people from the Operation Management Department looked at each other in bewilderment, all with puzzled expressions. To be honest, they knew there was such a clothing company under Tianjiao Group, but they really hadn't heard of the name Lin Bin.

Being a worldly-wise person, even though Ji Songtao didn't know who Lin Bin was, he still wanted to say something polite like "honored to meet you".

However, before he could speak, Chu Ge just said, "Never heard of him," and then continued chatting with Lu Gang about office matters without even glancing at Lin Bin.

Watching Chu Ge chatting and laughing over there, Lin Bin almost blew his nose with anger. He really didn't expect a small clerk who turned his luck by helping the leader above buying medicine would dare to disrespect him like that.

After all, the Xiulin Clothing Co., Ltd., where he worked, was the cash cow of Tianjiao Group, and the Sales Department he was in was the most critical among many departments in Xiulin Clothing Co., Ltd.!

This means that he, as the Minister of the Sales Department, rose with the tide, belonging to the high-ranking people within the cash cow of Xiulin Clothing Co., Ltd.!

Since he became the minister, who wouldn't greet him respectfully with a "Minister Lin" upon seeing him?

Even Tong Yaqi, who was known for being indifferent, would nod and say hello when she saw him!

Yet, at this moment, he was being ignored? Completely ignored by a vice minister from a leisurely department?

Enough is enough, who would endure this, whoever wants to endure it can, but Lin Bin certainly won't!

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