Four Eyes laid his other hand on his stomach; Mushu took it so gently, inserted the needle flawlessly, secured it with Nexcare, and attached it on a drip.
"All done," Mushu announced as he collected all the trash.
Four Eyes looked at his hand; Mushu had inserted his infusion line on the other side, and he felt nothing.
"Amazing." Four Eyes murmured.
"I told you, there is nothing to be afraid of," Mushu replied with a smug look.
"Um, Thank you."
"No problem. Have a good rest." Mushu said and left.
Four Eyes looked at his hand again, and he rembered Ling Li.
Four Eyes stood up and knocked at Ling Li’s door, but there was no response. He cautiously peered inside and spotted her engrossed in her work at the table. He advanced and lightly tapped her shoulder.
Startled, Ling Li turned to face him. "What is it?" she inquired. Four Eyes pointed to his newly inserted line.
"Did Mushu knock you out?"
Four Eyes shook his head.
"Well, good. Anything else?" Ling Li asked, her tone devoid of emotion.
"I want to apologize for the trouble." Four Eyes said in a low voice.
"Alright, but leave for now. I have so much to do," Ling Li uttered flatly, her lack of enthusiasm evident.
"Can I help?"
"Can you read financial statents and tell if sothing is wrong?" Ling Li asked.
Four Eyes is looking at Ling Li in silence, implying he is a CEO. In his mind, he checks their financial statents.
"Here, sit and try this," Ling Li said, giving him a set of statents to check.
Four Eyes sat beside her and looked at the papers; when he looked at the numbers, he got dizzy and started counting the number of digits again. Not only twice, thrice, but four tis to confirm if he was reading it correctly, and he almost choked.
’No wonder it is taking her forever to check these papers. She truly needed to scrutinize them ticulously,’ Four Eyes thought to himself, and that one financial statent took over an hour to check.
’Phew!’
"This is good." Four Eyes gave it back the set of papers to Ling Li.
"I’ll finish the rest. Go back and sleep. You need to rest." Ling said without lifting her head.
"I can still help you." Four Eyes offered.
"You’re sick. Your recovery is a priority."
"You’re also injured and recovering." Four Eyes insisted.
"My body is used to this. This is my normal life. You don’t know . Go back to your room." Ling Li flatly dismissed him.
Four Eyes left her room and went to bed. After Four Eyes left, Ling Li looked at his closed door and rested her back on her chair.
’What trouble was he apologizing about? Duh.’ Ling Li mulled over.
Early the following day, Mushu went to check on Four Eyes.
"You seem to be feeling better," Mushu said.
Four Eyes nodded.
"No headache?"
Four Eyes shook his head.
’This guy doesn’t talk much?’ Mushu wondered.
"Do you feel any pain in your body? Or any discomfort?" Asked again.
Again, Four Eyes shook his head.
"Does your nose feel stuffy?"
Four Eyes shook his head again.
"But do you still have a cold?"
Four Eyes nodded.
"Does it drip in your nose?"
Four eyes nodded again.
"You have to continue to take your cold dicines."
Four Eyes nodded again.
"You don’t seem to have a fever anymore. I can take out your infusion. It will be good for you to go out by the beach and get so fresh air." Mushu declared.
Four Eyes nodded.
Mushu started to remove his infusion line. This ti, it was easier and swifter for both of them.
"Join your friends for breakfast. They’ve been missing you." Mushu said.
After Mushu left, Four Eyes showered, changed, and joined his friends for breakfast.
"Chu Yan!" Chatty excitedly yelled when he saw him and ran towards his friend. Fatty followed behind.
"What happened to you? We haven’t seen you for several days, and we’re not allowed to go to your room!" Fatty complained.
"Yes, do you know that Madam Li’s security can severely punish us if we go to your room without Madam Li’s permission?" Chatty made it known to Four Eyes.
"Why didn’t you ask her?" Four Eyes asked them.
"We have been waiting for Madam Li, but just that morning, you got sick; we have not seen her until now. She has not joined us for any al since then. Fatty is also waiting for him," Chatty replied.
"You have not seen her?" Four Eyes was surprised and wondered why she had not left her room.
"Nope, Fatty also wants to discuss the investnt Madam put into his company," Chatty added.
"Why?"
Four Eyes inquired.
Fatty gave Chatty a look as if it could kill. Now, he has no choice but to tell Four Eyes. Fatty wanted to clear everything first with Madam Li, ’but I guess Murphy is certainly Chatty.’
"Madam Li, ehem, sent a twenty-man team to my company with a ten billion investnt," Fatty said.
"I see." Four Eyes replied. He seed not to be surprised at all, making his two friends look at him in astonishnt.
"You’re not even surprised or shocked about it?" Chatty asked.
Four Eyes shook his head. He rembered the humongous numbers on the financial statent he had seen last night.
El Padre and El Capitan arrived to join them. As they were eating, El Padre narrowed his eyes when he saw Four Eyes.
’Damn this man. He seems so important to Madam that even Mushu has to attend to him, and Rockie has been training him how to swim. I guess I need to be looking after this guy as well.’ El Padre assud.
Four Eye noticed El Padre was staring at him. He looked at him and bowed.
"Are you feeling better?" El Padre asked.
Four Eyes nodded.
Mushu chuckled and said. "El Padre, this man doesn’t speak much. The man of few words title is very well suited for him. He would only nod or shake his head; you wouldn’t get an answer if you were not looking at him. You’re lucky enough to hear his yes or no."
"I truly agree," Chatlet out.
" too," Fatty noted as well.
Four Eyes didn’t mind them and remained poker-faced.
El Padre and El Capitan were both amused with Four Eyes.
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