Drink more water, it's not hot, I tested it...
Jiang Ruoqi had anticipated that there would be some trouble. She guessed it might not necessarily be Li Minghui deliberately causing trouble, but after the showdown, the mutually exploitative relationship between her, Li Minghui, and Shen Xuyan would become clear. Shen Xuyan needed Li Minghui's help to obtain Rui'an shares, and Li Minghui had once hoped to settle for the next best thing by making Shen Xuyan his controllable son-in-law. But what Jiang Ruoqi wanted was actually very simple: just to have a normal business cooperation attitude, making fair decisions without bias. But most people are always emotional in most situations. Without a more unbreakable relationship constraint, they intuitively feel the cooperation is unreliable. So she hadn't exposed Shen Xuyan's deception of Li Minghui earlier, also wanting to use the relationship where Shen Xuyan was constrained and couldn't fall out with her, to achieve the cooperation with Rui'an. But now... it probably won't be that simple. There are obstacles ahead, and looking back... plus there are people within the company waiting to cause her trouble. These days are visibly eventful. Although she didn't think the Bald Boss would fire her too easily, without that bit of trivial relationship protection, when it really came time to find a scapegoat, she wouldn't be able to escape. Jiang Ruoqi gave up struggling, not forcing herself to think about future matters. Anyway, when it really comes to making her the scapegoat, that relationship won't save her. Worrying so much is useless.
I don't know if it was the excessive worry causing her energy to decline, or if Meng Shang's mouth was truly blessed when he said something bad. A few days after Meng Shang was confirmed to have a cold, Jiang Ruoqi caught it too. Even the symptoms she showed were several times more severe than Meng Shang's. Working all day with sore back, aching legs, and feeling cold all over, by the afternoon, Jiang Ruoqi could clearly feel herself getting a fever. She forced herself to finish the remaining work. Her eyes, whether from fever or staring at the computer too long, were dry, irritated, and bloodshot. In the end, even Duan Jinchen noticed she was unwell and told her to go home and rest, finishing up the work for her. Jiang Ruoqi didn't stand on ceremony with him. She didn't dare drive and took a car home directly.
After the Spring Equinox, the days are longer and nights shorter. Jiang Ruoqi arrived home around the same time as usual, but the sky outside still showed the afterglow of the setting sun. She was in no mood to appreciate the view. She tossed her bag onto the sofa and lay down right there, and the suppressed fatigue immediately surged over her. Meng Yuanbao trotted over on his short legs, rolled over to show his belly, using all his usual tricks to get Jiang Ruoqi to play. But the person on the sofa just lay there with her face covered, as if asleep. Until the twilight faded and the familiar lights came on again, Jiang Ruoqi woke up from a deep sleep and finally had the strength to get up and tidy herself. She remembered that she shouldn't shower with a high fever. After a simple makeup removal and wash, she took a fever reducer with tap water and went back to her room to sleep wrapped in the blanket. But her head was too heavy, and she forgot to close the bedroom door. So the kitten, who was forbidden from entering the bedroom and getting on the bed, ran into the room many times, staring with round eyes at the slight bulge on the bed. Meng Yuanbao didn't go on the bed. After looking for a while, he ran outside, sat in front of the entrance door, and tucked his tail under him. He kept guard like that until Meng Shang got home. When Meng Shang opened the door, he saw the worried Meng Yuanbao running to his feet, meowing at him. At first, he thought the little master was being naughty and trying to sneak out. But when he saw the dark living room and Jiang Ruoqi's things on the sofa, he realized something was wrong. Someone had been complaining of sore legs and a sore throat in the morning; he wondered if she had really caught it.
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