Fated Love With the Billionaire
Chapter 246: Love-struck Brain

Chapter 246: Chapter 246: Love-struck Brain

"Good news or bad news, pick one," Cheng Qiaobei chuckled.

Chen Ningxi leaned against the kitchen island, "I want to sleep well tonight, so I’ll definitely pick the good news."

Cheng Qiaobei said, "Xu Gao should be fine now."

Chen Ningxi frowned, "I don’t even know him, how is that good news for me?"

Cheng Qiaobei said, "If he’s fine, I can go back."

"Hmm..." Chen Ningxi raised an eyebrow playfully, "So, it is good news."

Cheng Qiaobei gave a warm smile and continued nonchalantly, "Can I tell you the bad news now?"

Chen Ningxi furrowed her brows, staring at the person in the video, "Can I choose not to hear it?"

"You can, then I won’t mention that I have to stay for another half month."

Chen Ningxi was speechless, "...I said I didn’t want to hear it, and you still said it."

She puffed her cheeks like an angry pufferfish, Cheng Qiaobei’s gaze softened, and he laughed, "After another half month, whether things work out or not, I’ll come back. I can’t bear to leave my newlywed wife at home alone, feeling empty, lonely, and cold."

"Who’s empty, who’s lonely, who’s cold?" Chen Ningxi’s smile widened, "Focus on your work, don’t worry about me. I can take care of myself. I’m more worried about you working too hard out there."

"Ha, what am I working hard for? At most, it’s just running to a few more places and saying a few more words," Cheng Qiaobei downplayed it as much as he could.

Chen Ningxi: "Don’t make it sound so simple just to ease my mind. In a foreign country, with different laws and systems, there must be many problems to handle, right?"

Ever since Cheng Qiaobei went abroad to handle Xu Gao’s matter, Cheng Xiangheng hadn’t shown any genuine concern. He was always considering whether Xu Gao’s arrest would affect the company’s reputation and stock price, and had even prepared to cut his losses.

Cheng Qiaobei said, "Wife, you’re the one who’s good to me. I’ll give all the money I earn to you."

"Huh? What do you mean? You just figured that out today? You didn’t want to give it to me before?"

Chen Ningxi teased him on purpose to lighten the mood.

Cheng Qiaobei laughed heartily, "Hahaha... How can I not give it to you? I wanted to give it to you before, too."

Chen Ningxi chuckled, "That’s more like it."

Cheng Qiaobei checked the time, "You should be having dinner now, right? Have you eaten?"

"Not yet, just got off work and the shrimp is in the pot," Chen Ningxi switched the video, pointing the camera at the pan on the stove, "Tonight I’m showing off my skills, salt-baked shrimp."

"Impressive, your cooking skills have upgraded. Make some for me when I get back," Cheng Qiaobei said.

Chen Ningxi: "No problem at all~"

The more he watched her, the more he wanted to see her, Cheng Qiaobei sighed at the person in the video, "I feel like murdering Xu Gao right now, if not for him, I wouldn’t be running this far, unable to hug or kiss you."

Chen Ningxi felt that a man like Cheng Qiaobei, handsome, smart, rich, who treated her well, and was dotingly in love with her, was simply too perfect.

"Honey, has anyone ever said you’re love-crazed?"

Cheng Qiaobei raised an eyebrow subtly, "No, they just said I was handsome."

Chen Ningxi: "Who are ’they’?"

Cheng Qiaobei: "..."

"Speak, who are they?" Chen Ningxi squinted, "I didn’t expect my husband to hide so well."

Cheng Qiaobei said, "Who else could there be? All those who secretly fell for me, secretly liked me, admired me, but were coldly rejected by me. Brother has high demand, you should treat me well, don’t let go, or someone might snatch me away."

"Anyone who can be taken away wasn’t mine to begin with. What’s mine can’t be taken away," Chen Ningxi added.

"That’s right, you should understand this. I’m such an upright person, how could I fall for temptation? Whoever dares to snatch me, my wife would be the first to stand up and object."

Chen Ningxi said, "You’re not the same as when I first met you."

Cheng Qiaobei stroked his chin, "How am I not the same? More handsome, right?"

Seeing his smug smile, Chen Ningxi knew he had been given another chance to brag.

Chen Ningxi: "Yeah, even more handsome than before, and your temper is much better now."

Cheng Qiaobei said, "Keep praising, not enough yet, use more descriptive words and add some emotion."

Chen Ningxi stood her phone aside and turned on the stove, "Childish."

"I’m childish? I’m mature and stable," Cheng Qiaobei spread his hands, "Do you know Brother’s reputation?"

Chen Ningxi glanced at her phone and heard Cheng Qiaobei boast shamelessly, "Brother is the dream of a billion young girls."

Chen Ningxi pouted, and clicked her tongue, "Lin Gengxin only has nine hundred million followers, you’re saying you have a billion, what more do you have than him?"

Cheng Qiaobei said, "A bit of culture, haven’t you heard about population growth?"

Chen Ningxi: "Got anything else to say? I can’t cook without listening to your self-promotion, and if the shrimp burns, it’ll be your fault."

Cheng Qiaobei laughed, "Yes, my business right now is thinking about you."

Chen Ningxi said, "Actually, you handled Xu Gao’s matter pretty quickly."

Cheng Qiaobei thought of Xu Gao and felt a headache, "If he hadn’t caused trouble, I wouldn’t have needed to go all the way to Milan."

Chen Ningxi comforted him, "Everyone makes mistakes, this time you’re helping Xu Gao, it’s a turning point in his life. It’s a big deal, try to handle it well. In a foreign country, he’s quite pitiful, helpless and nowhere to turn."

Cheng Qiaobei wasn’t so saintly, "He pitiful? He’s hateful. You should pity me instead. I miss my wife so much, I can’t sleep. Do you have any solutions?"

Pitiful people often have something to hate, that saying was spot on.

Chen Ningxi smiled wryly, "If you’re thinking of me, aren’t I chit-chatting with you here?"

Cheng Qiaobei sighed, "It’s still hard to deal with lovesickness."

Chen Ningxi: "What do you think? I can’t just crawl through the phone."

"Actually, there’s another way," Cheng Qiaobei laughed, his shoulders shaking.

Seeing his expression, she knew his next words wouldn’t be decent to hear.

Chen Ningxi warned him, "Watch your words, or I’ll hang up the video."

"Okay, okay, I won’t dare," Cheng Qiaobei touched his nose, "Well... you..."

Looking at his mischievous smile in his eyes, Chen Ningxi said, "Cheng Qiaobei! Just try saying it."

Cheng Qiaobei hurriedly placated her, she could really hang up. Who told Chen Ningxi to have such delicate features, hard to joke around with?

As the two were chatting warmly, there was a knock on the office door.

He said to the person in the video, "Honey, something came up, gotta go."

Chen Ningxi blew a kiss at the camera, "Muah..."

Cheng Qiaobei: "Good girl."

Setting down the phone, Cheng Qiaobei addressed the door, "Come in."

Wei Lai hurried in from outside, looking like something had happened.

"What happened?"

Wei Lai said, "Gao Heng just called, said Xu Gao got injured and is in the hospital."

Cheng Qiaobei’s heart skipped a beat, his face changed slightly, and he stood up, saying, "Let’s go, we need to check it out."

When they arrived at the hospital, Xu Gao was still inside the emergency room and hadn’t come out, Gao Heng stood at the door waiting.