Chapter 167: That Jerk Knows He Was Wrong, Xiaobai, Please Come Back

Chapter 167: Chapter 167: That Jerk Knows He Was Wrong, Xiaobai, Please Come Back

’It’s already morning, and that silly little cat Xiaobai still isn’t back?’

Gu Yizhou frowned, wondering to himself.

After pacing around the living room, Gu Yizhou confirmed that Xiaobai really hadn’t come back.

With no other choice, he could only go to the bathroom and wash up first.

It couldn’t be helped!

Even though Xiaobai wasn’t back, he still had to eat.

...

「At Cuihu Villa Estate.」

Yan Luoxi was also awake by now.

Unlike Gu Yizhou, she had been woken up by her own coughing.

That’s right!

Yan Luoxi had a cold.

After coming back last night, Yan Luoxi felt her throat growing increasingly uncomfortable.

Because of this, she had even specifically mixed and drank a packet of herbal cold remedy.

But when she woke up, she found that she still had a cold!

It figured!

Her throat had already been itchy and uncomfortable yesterday. After going out into the wind late at night and catching a chill, it was almost impossible for her not to get a cold!

COUGH, COUGH, COUGH...

Yan Luoxi couldn’t help but let out a few more coughs.

She felt as if her throat was on fire, with a burning sensation that made her constantly want to cough.

Moreover, her head felt heavy, her limbs were weak, and she felt dizzy all over!

After resting for a moment, Yan Luoxi remembered she had medicine and a thermometer at home, so she struggled to her feet to go get them.

She always kept these things on hand at home.

It couldn’t be helped!

Having been sick so often, she had practically become her own doctor.

Yan Luoxi caught a cold around this time every year, so she always kept cold medicine and the like on hand.

But as soon as she stood up, she lost her balance and staggered, nearly falling to the floor.

The jolt of adrenaline cleared her head considerably.

She shook her head, forcing herself to be alert, and then walked out of the bedroom.

She found a thermometer in the medicine cabinet and took her temperature.

37.8 degrees.

A low-grade fever!

Thankfully, it wasn’t too serious.

After putting the thermometer away, Yan Luoxi took out some cold medicine from the cabinet and swallowed it with a cup of hot water.

Then she dragged her weary body back to her room.

She felt she needed to sleep a little longer.

’After taking the medicine and getting some sleep, I should feel a lot better.’

That was how she handled it every year.

As long as it wasn’t too serious, she really didn’t want to go to the hospital to get an IV!

Yan Luoxi was still dizzy. She lay down on the bed and, before she knew it, had fallen asleep again.

She didn’t wake up again until the urgent ringing of her cell phone.

She groggily fumbled for the phone by her bed.

"Hello...?"

The moment she spoke, the person on the other end was stunned.

Her voice sounded exactly like a knife scraping across a piece of ceramic.

Clearly, her voice was completely hoarse.

"Xixi, what happened to your voice?"

Roy asked from the other end of the line.

"Huh?"

Hearing this, Yan Luoxi didn’t register it for a moment.

She asked groggily, "Roy, is that you? What’s going on?"

"Oh, there’s an urgent contract at the office that needs your signature. Your assistant has been trying to call you, but you weren’t picking up."

Roy replied out of habit.

But as soon as she finished speaking, she realized this wasn’t the time for that. "Xixi, where are you right now?" she amended. "Are you sick? Why is your voice so hoarse?"

Only then did Yan Luoxi realize that her voice really was gone.

"Oh, I’m at home. I have a bit of a cold, and my throat must be inflamed," Yan Luoxi said in a raspy voice.

"A cold?"

"Is it serious?"

"Have you seen a doctor?"

Roy asked urgently.

"Just a low-grade fever. I’ve already taken medicine."

Yan Luoxi said casually, "By the way, about that contract, you can sign it on my behalf."

"Seriously? Why are you still worried about that contract at a time like this!"

"You stay put at home, I’m coming to get you right now!"

Roy said.

"Oh, then you can bring the contract with you for me to sign!" Yan Luoxi said.

Roy: "..."

’This girl is unbelievable!’

’What a workaholic!’

’Even at a time like this, she’s still thinking about work!’

She was rendered speechless.

Still, she just nodded and said, "Fine, I get it. I’m heading over now, we’ll talk then!"

Roy hung up as soon as she finished speaking.

BEEP, BEEP, BEEP—

Listening to the dial tone, Yan Luoxi finally pulled the phone away from her ear.

Forcing her heavy eyelids open, she glanced at her phone.

The screen showed that it was already two-thirty in the afternoon.

Which meant she had slept straight through until the afternoon.

Seeing the string of missed calls on her screen, Yan Luoxi thought for a moment before casually sending a text back to her assistant, Bai Jie.

Then she tossed her phone aside and closed her eyes again.

It couldn’t be helped!

Her eyelids felt so heavy; she didn’t want to get up at all.

After resting for a little while longer, Yan Luoxi became unbearably thirsty and finally struggled out of bed.

After downing a large glass of warm water, she felt her throat ease up a bit.

But her breathing was still a bit congested, and she still had a slight cough.

After a moment’s thought, she took the thermometer and checked her temperature again.

36.8 degrees.

Still a little high.

But the fever had already subsided.

Remembering Roy was coming over, and feeling sweaty and sticky, she got up to take a shower.

Roy arrived not long after she had finished changing.

Since Roy had a key to the outer gate, she let herself in directly.

As soon as she walked in, Yan Luoxi heard her shouting, "Xixi! Xixi! Are you okay?"

Yan Luoxi felt a sense of exasperation.

But she knew her best friend was just worried about her, so she wasn’t angry.

’At least my best friend knows enough to worry about me. That damn man... it’s been a day and a night, and he doesn’t seem to care whether I live or die!’

Uh...

Gu Yizhou would have cried foul!

’What the hell, lady, how was I supposed to know my cat was you?!’

Alright!

In truth, Yan Luoxi was really being unfair to Gu Yizhou this time.

Right now, Gu Yizhou was slumped listlessly on the sofa. He’d even turned down a call from Chen Dongyuan and Fan Sisi inviting him out for dinner.

’My Xiaobai went missing just because I went out to dinner last night!’

’Eat? Eat my ass!’

It was already afternoon, and Xiaobai still hadn’t come back!

How could he not be worried?!

He had already gone downstairs to search for the cat earlier, and had even checked the landscaped areas outside the complex.

Nowhere to be found!

There was no sign of Xiaobai anywhere.

He did, however, see a few large rats rummaging through the dumpsters.

They were almost as big as his Xiaobai!

’Could it be that Xiaobai snuck out and got snatched by a cat thief?’

’Or maybe he got out, was hit by a car, and couldn’t make it back... and now he’s hiding in some lonely corner, licking his wounds?’

Gu Yizhou’s mind couldn’t help but run wild with speculation.

Honestly, after living with Xiaobai for all this time, he’d already grown attached.

If something really happened to Xiaobai, he’d be absolutely devastated!

Sigh...

’Oh, my poor Xiaobai!’

’Daddy was wrong!’

’From now on, Daddy will definitely take you with him when he goes out at night!’

’Please come back...’