After Divorce, Hidden Marriage Husband Became Addicted to Me
Chapter 328 - 234: His Arms Shielded Her from the Wind and Rain_4

Chapter 328: Chapter 234: His Arms Shielded Her from the Wind and Rain_4

The car stopped in front of the hotel entrance, the place where Fu Tingzhou was staying. Before Tang Xi could even react, she was carried out of the car by him.

With her in his arms, Fu Tingzhou walked inside. Although it was late, the hotel lobby was still bustling with people. Tang Xi instantly felt embarrassed; with so many people watching, she was being held by a man. She struggled slightly, "Put me down, I can walk by myself."

She wasn’t injured and was perfectly fine all over.

But Fu Tingzhou ignored her and went straight into the elevator. There were other people in the elevator, and out of shyness, Tang Xi buried her face in his chest.

Fu Tingzhou looked down at the woman’s reddening earlobes, his eyebrows slightly raised, but his mood was somewhat pleased.

He carried Tang Xi to his suite, brought her to the bedroom, "The bathroom is here, you can go in and take a shower, change out of the outfit you tried on. There’s a clean bathrobe in the cabinet."

After saying that, he left the room, giving her some private space.

Tang Xi watched his retreating figure, biting her lip, and then made her way to his bathroom.

She wasn’t being pretentious, indeed, she was soaked through and a hot shower was needed to avoid catching a cold. If she did catch a cold, she would have to take leave from work, and given her already low salary performance at the community hospital, she couldn’t afford to get sick.

She took off the outfit she had been trying and turned on the shower, letting the warm water run over her.

Tang Xi picked up his body wash, the refreshing scent of mint.

As she applied it to her body, her face, whether steamed by the hot water or flushed with embarrassment, turned extremely red. It was as if the body wash contained Fu Tingzhou’s scent.

Invasively assaulting her sense of smell.

Just like his scent when she was in his arms.

Resolute, warm.

Enveloping her, sustaining her.

After her shower, Tang Xi opened the bathroom cabinet and took out a smoke-gray bathrobe.

She wrapped herself in it and walked out.

Fu Tingzhou was seated in the living room, with his desk in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows where he had been working and speaking on the phone. He was also using his laptop to check something. Upon seeing Tang Xi come out, he spoke a few words into the phone and hung up the call.

The woman had just finished showering, her wet hair draped over her shoulders. The perfectly-fitting bathrobe now looked loose on her.

She tied a tight bow at her waist, the overly spacious bathrobe making her slender waist even more apparent, and below that, a pair of long, fair legs.

Seeing her barefoot, Fu Tingzhou slightly frowned, "About tonight’s incident, I should say sorry to you."

Tang Xi was stunned.

Was she hearing things?

What, sorry?

This man was apologizing to her?

She looked at him, and for a moment, was lost for words.

Fu Tingzhou rarely apologized to anyone given his personality, upbringing, and experiences. This apology, although light and courteous, was nonetheless significant; after all, Tang Xi was his ex-wife. But she had gone to the Qing Shui Tang with him, and because of him, she had faced the jealousy and subsequent humiliation from Gao Youhan.

Reflecting on the incident, Fu Tingzhou was glad he had arrived in time.

"This matter, I will handle it, don’t worry. Those videos of you have already been deleted and won’t be exposed. As for Gao Youhan..." Fu Tingzhou’s eyes narrowed coldly, his expression also darkened, "I will naturally take care of it."

Tang Xi stood there, looking at his face.

This man, after losing his memory and seeing him again, really was not quite the same.

It seemed...

He had developed a hint of compassion.

"Still, thank you for saving me," Tang Xi tightened her grip on the lapels, "I... Have you seen my phone? It’s getting late, I should be leaving."

"Your phone should be in the private room. I’ll have someone deliver it to your clinic at the hospital tomorrow," Fu Tingzhou glanced at her, noting her awkward and nervous demeanor. He scoffed, "You should stay here for the night. Your clothes are all wet, do you plan to go out wearing my bathrobe, just like this?"

Tang Xi pursed her lips.

He was right.

She didn’t even have any clothes...

Not even underwear.

How could she leave this place.

No cell phone either...

Tang Xi frowned.

But sharing a room with Fu Tingzhou...

Tang Xi felt somewhat afraid to even think about it.

"What’s the matter, you find it unbearable to share a room with me? Although I’m no gentleman, I’m also no beast. I won’t take advantage of someone’s vulnerability," he said.

Tang Xi, "Thank you, in that case tonight..."

She pointed to the sofa, "I’ll just sleep here."

This is a VIP suite, but there’s only one master bedroom.

Floor-to-ceiling panoramic windows.

Tang Xi sat on the sofa, poured herself a glass of water, took a sip, and then tightly gripped the glass.

Neither of them spoke to each other.

She listened to the sound of a man typing on the keyboard resonating in the space.

And to his phone call with Shen Duan.

The name Gao Youhan was faintly mentioned on the other end.

Tang Xi didn’t know how Fu Tingzhou intended to "deal with" Gao Youhan. Having been on Bei Island for four years, although she paid no attention to any financial news, she knew that the Gao Family, with Gao Chengxiong, was a dominant force on Bei Island.

There’s a saying, "Even a mighty dragon can’t crush a local snake." Now, with Fu Tingzhou on Bei Island discussing tourism development partnerships, he naturally couldn’t avoid the Gao Family.

And now that the contracts were signed, the Gao Family’s tourist areas were already under construction.

He couldn’t possibly ruin a project worth billions just for a mere ex-wife, could he?

Gao Youhan is the only daughter of Gao Chengxiong. At most, she might get a verbal scolding.

That’s how it is with these wealthy people, where do they actually get punished?

Tang Xi slowly lay down on the sofa, curling up slightly as she closed her eyes.

Even if Gao Youhan had really hired someone to humiliate her, she couldn’t fight against the power of the Gao Family.

In any place, common people without power can only swallow their grievances when they are bullied.

Whatever sufferings, one can only endure it themselves.

Having experienced too many startling events tonight, Tang Xi was truly exhausted.

Before long, she fell asleep with her eyes closed.

Fu Tingzhou glanced up, looking at the delicate figure of the woman lying on the sofa; he spoke a few words in a lowered voice into the phone and then ended the call.

The man turned off his computer and went back to the bathroom to take a shower.

When he came out again, he looked at the woman lying on the sofa.

Her entire body was curled up on her side like a shrimp.

Her sleeping position was quite decent, except her brows were always furrowed, showing she was not sleeping peacefully.

Fu Tingzhou bent down, picked her up, and returned to the bedroom, placing her on the bed.

Tang Xi turned over, opening her dazed eyes, and saw a blurry figure in front of her, but she was too sleepy and closed her eyes to fall asleep again.

Fu Tingzhou pulled up a blanket and covered her with it.

The man went to the terrace and lit a cigarette.

He rested his hands on the railing, calmly gazing at the night view outside.

The scent of nicotine slowly inhaled into his throat, he raised a hand and rubbed his brow.

Why, when he saw Tang Xi being bullied tonight, did he instinctively feel such rage?

Tang Xi was just his ex-wife, he had brought her along for dinner; why did he, when he saw her sprawled on the ground, disheveled and soaked, feel an instant surge of fury at her being bullied—so intense that he almost couldn’t suppress his rage, even thinking of strangling Gao Youhan on the spot!

He rarely lost control of his emotions like this.

During these four years, this was a first...