Mr. Bo, Madam Is Pregnant!
Chapter 284: Scald Injury

Chapter 284: Chapter 284: Scald Injury

Su Jiao’s eyes turned red as if she was stung by Su Lu’s words. Her face grew increasingly tense.

The self-mocking expression on her face was about to falter. It’s one thing to mock oneself, but quite another to bear the mockery from others.

Over the years, Su Lu had grown accustomed to it, so no matter how harsh Su Jiao and Zhu Xinyan’s words had been, she could maintain her composure without taking it to heart.

But Su Jiao had never gotten used to it. Even if she could put on an indifferent, self-mocking attitude, her heart just couldn’t let it go.

Stung by Su Lu’s words, she reacted immediately.

Su Lu had no intention of taking pleasure in the misery of others. A basic principle of being a good person is not to delight in others’ suffering.

Su Lu raised her eyes and said to Qiao Li, "Brother Qiao, let’s go."

"Hmm." Although Qiao Li disapproved of Su Jiao’s earlier tone, he wasn’t the type to quibble with a woman. Hearing Su Lu’s suggestion, he nodded, "We should leave."

The two turned around, but had only taken a few steps when they heard hasty footsteps from behind.

Accompanying the footsteps was Su Jiao’s frantic and venomous voice, "Cut the crap! You think you’re worthy of talking down to me?!"

The hurried footsteps clearly harbored ill intentions.

Su Lu sensed this and swiftly turned around, her pupils shrinking at the scene before her.

A glowing red ember hurtled straight toward Su Lu’s face. It was the lit end of a cigarette in Su Jiao’s hand, accompanied by her savage smile. She had completely lost her reason, wishing only for Su Lu to suffer more than herself, hoping that Su Lu’s annoyingly calm face would never find calmness again!

Su Lu instinctively tilted her head to dodge, but lost her balance and began to fall backward.

Oh no.

If she fell... she would undoubtedly get hurt.

But if she stabilized herself, the cigarette in Su Jiao’s hand...

Before Su Lu could resolve her momentary dilemma, Qiao Li grabbed her by the arm, pulling her backward. As her body straightened up, he shielded her with his other arm.

Sss... a sound.

There was the audible noise of skin being seared, and the scent of singed flesh tickled the nostrils.

Qiao Li grunted softly.

Su Lu’s gaze went blank as her heart tightened. She stood still, stunned for a few seconds, before regaining her senses and stuttering, "Brother Qiao!"

Qiao Li furrowed his brows, his breathing growing slightly heavier. After enduring the pain, he spoke in his usual calm and gentle voice to Su Lu, "It’s okay."

"What do you mean it’s okay..." Su Lu frowned deeply.

Su Jiao was somewhat surprised by Qiao Li’s act of protection. After a brief moment of astonishment, she laughed scornfully, "Su Lu, you’re really something. There’s always a man shielding you, your brother is one thing, but even Gu Xin, who openly married someone else, harboring another woman in his heart, still shows such protection for you... On what basis?"

When Qiao Li turned his gaze to Su Jiao, his eyes, no longer calm and gentle, were now chilly and stern, "If you were still Su Zhe’s sister, I might have hesitated, but now that spares me the trouble."

"Hey, hey, what are you doing!" A security guard noticed the commotion and hurried over.

Due to the frequent medical disputes in recent years, the hospital’s security was actually quite good.

"Let’s go and get that treated." Su Lu held Qiao Li’s arm, frowning at the blister that had quickly formed, a glistening bubble that emerged so fast it was startling.

"Hmm." Qiao Li nodded.

Security held Su Jiao back, not letting her leave. "Come with us, please."

But security guards aren’t police, so the guard looked at Qiao Li.

Qiao Li said, "Please call the police for me, thank you."

The emergency room nurse handled such a minor burn quite skillfully. She quickly dealt with it and after giving some instructions, sent them off to get the medication.

After the police arrived, there wasn’t much they could actually do.

Although Su Jiao had intentionally caused harm, she hadn’t inflicted any serious injury.

Qiao Li didn’t resort to pulling strings to get back at Su Jiao; it wasn’t worth making a big deal out of a minor scuffle with a woman.

The main reason was that Su Lu was alright. If Su Jiao’s cigarette had been pressed against Su Lu’s hand, Qiao Li certainly wouldn’t have let it go so easily.

Because Qiao Li’s hand was injured, Su Lu drove them back from the hospital.

But she was distracted. At one point, she didn’t even notice the traffic light change from green to red and drove straight through the intersection.

It was Qiao Li who called out to her, "Red light!"

"Ah? Oh!" Su Lu slammed on the brakes, and fortunately, the car stopped after crossing the line by half a car length.

Qiao Li looked at her with some concern, "Lulu, are you alright?"

"I’m fine, fine," Su Lu turned and forced a smile at him, though it was clearly difficult. She paused, "I’m sorry, it’s all because of me that you got hurt."

"Nonsense," Qiao Li said tenderly with a gentle gaze, "Being able to play the hero and rescue a beauty—don’t look at me like this—I might be secretly thrilled about it."

He pretended to joke in an attempt to lighten Su Lu’s mood.

Su Lu pursed her lips to smile back, but even that forced smile couldn’t come through.

Qiao Li let out a light sigh and said, "I’m fine. Even if it wasn’t you, I would’ve helped someone else. There wasn’t time to think of a better solution in that moment. When it was being bandaged because of the pain, I thought I should have just kicked her away. Why did I stupidly use my hand to block it? It’s not like I have the ’Golden Bell Shield’ or ’Iron Cloth.’"

His previous attempt at humor hadn’t eased Su Lu’s tension, but these words did help her relax a bit.

After that, when driving, she stopped getting distracted and they smoothly made it home.

First, they went to pick up Su Zhe’s son, and upon entering, they found Su Zhe lying on the sofa reading a book, looking relaxed and casual with the phone screen still on in his hand, stopped at the WeChat interface, obviously chatting on the phone while reading.

Seeing them enter, Su Zhe’s eyes were sharp and he immediately noticed the bandage peeking out from Qiao Li’s sleeve.

"What happened?" Su Zhe frowned and asked, "You got hurt just picking someone up?"

"Take a guess," Qiao Li laughed as he sat down on the sofa.

Su Zhe couldn’t possibly guess, but hearing Qiao Li say that, for some reason, he felt like he had a clue, "It couldn’t be... related to that troublesome family, could it?"

Qiao Li gave a shrug, which was as good as confirming it.

Su Zhe’s frown deepened, "What exactly happened?"

Su Lu recounted the incident, and Su Zhe’s face turned livid, "She really hasn’t learned her lesson, has she? After all these years and all the money spent on her education, how can she be so brainless?"

"Maybe it’s an extreme mindset. After all, not everyone can be like you and Xiaolu, remaining unflustered even when the sky is falling," Qiao Li said with a smile.