Free Web NovelChapter 1088: Chapter 1088: Caught in a Public Opinion Storm 4
However, after listening to the Little Secretary’s words, I endured the pain and curled my lips, my dark eyes tinged with a hint of seductive charm.
"You sure have a temper, throwing the esteemed Deputy Manager like that... I wonder how many ribs I’ve broken!"
The Little Secretary, who almost put her hands on her hips to fight the injustice, was instantly stunned.
"What?"
Looking at the silly Little Secretary, Haiyang struggled to suppress his urge to laugh, furrowing his brows slightly with a pained expression on his handsome face.
"I said, my ribs might be broken. Not sure how long they’ll need to heal. Of course... you can’t escape the medical bills!"
Little Secretary: "..."
Seeing the disbelief openly displayed on the Little Secretary’s face and the look of genuine poverty in her eyes, Haiyang curled his lips and silently chuckled.
As the Little Secretary glanced at him, Haiyang restrained his smile and restored a clearly pained expression.
He opened his mouth, his voice slightly weak.
"Xu Xixi, of course, we can settle this privately!"
The Little Secretary Xu Xixi’s eyes lit up instantly.
Like an ant on a hot pan, she seemed to have found a way out and hurriedly asked.
"How do we settle privately, I really don’t have money!"
Even if she had money, it definitely wouldn’t be enough to cover the Mu Family’s young master’s medical expenses!
The money from ordinary folks like them would take twenty years to earn enough to send someone like Haiyang to the hospital even once.
"I said my ribs are broken, but maybe that’s not true. However, I really did hurt my back!"
Xu Xixi didn’t bother with Haiyang’s somewhat deceitful claim before. The ribs weren’t broken, that’s such a relief.
"That’s great, Manager, let me help you up!"
Xu Xixi quickly extended her hand, grabbing Haiyang’s arm.
Looking at her petite figure, she had quite the strength, lifting Haiyang up from the ground.
Watching Haiyang’s mouth twitch in pain, Xu Xixi awkwardly smiled.
"Um, sorry Deputy Manager, I really didn’t mean it, and just now... just now you... you were the one who was rude to me first!"
Actually, she wanted to say that just a moment ago Haiyang suddenly acted like a rogue and stole her first kiss, making her wish she could chop him into pieces.
But thinking about money...
Being penniless truly makes every step difficult; her earnings as a coach aren’t enough to pay her brother’s tuition fees.
So, she endured it!
Haiyang allowed Xu Xixi to support him, even mischievously leaning most of his weight onto her, lazily speaking.
"If we settle privately, you’ll have to take care of everything for me until I’m recovered and can move freely again! Of course, if you think that’s bad, you could give me some money to stay in the hospital for observation and treatment!"
Without thinking, Xu Xixi decisively chose the first option.
"I’ll take care of you!"
With simple limbs and a similarly simple mind, Xu Xixi had no idea she had just unwittingly fallen into Haiyang’s trap.
Of course, that’s a story for later.
After being helped by Xu Xixi onto the sofa, Haiyang also remembered his sister Tian Tian’s matters and lost interest in teasing the Little Secretary. After having Xu Xixi bring over some documents, he started going through them and sent Xu Xixi downstairs to buy him some injury ointment.
After Xu Xixi hurriedly went downstairs to buy medicine for him, Haiyang quickly sat up on the sofa, tossed the documents aside, and swiftly pulled out his phone to call his sister.
