Therefore, Zhou Ziwei couldn't quite describe his feelings for Wang Xuewei, and naturally, he didn't want to see anything happen to her in front of him.
In his extreme anxiety, Zhou Ziwei unconsciously increased the agility of his legs to four times their usual level, exceeding his normal tolerance limit. He had only used a level three times his usual agility during the Bat King's pursuit. This time, simply out of concern for Wang Xuewei's safety, he had already increased his leg agility to this extent. No wonder Luan Yuqing only saw him disappear in a flash; at this speed, it was absolutely astonishing.
Wang Xuewei's room was locked as usual, but the lock was practically useless to Zhou Ziwei. He opened it easily without even taking a second to stop him, and then rushed in and picked up Wang Xuewei, who was lying on the ground.
"Damn it... What could be so devastating that you'd want to commit suicide?"
Zhou Ziwei was both heartbroken and angry, but saving lives was the priority. Seeing that Wang Xuewei's breathing was relatively stable, he figured she wouldn't be in any immediate danger, so he relaxed a little, grabbed one of Wang Xuewei's wrists, and carefully took her pulse.
"Hmm... That's strange, these don't seem like symptoms of a drug overdose!"
Zhou Ziwei's expertise in traditional Chinese medicine is far beyond that of quack doctors in ordinary hospitals who are just pretending to be doctors. He can diagnose most ailments simply by listening to the pulse, without needing to do any tests or examinations.
In Zhou Ziwei's view, Wang Xuewei's condition did not appear to be caused by an overdose of sleeping pills leading to shock. Instead, her symptoms resembled... hypoglycemia, hypotension, plus a bit of neurasthenia and a stomach ulcer...
In short, Wang Xuewei's health is very poor. Although she is currently unconscious, she is not in any great danger. It is estimated that as long as she rests well for a period of time and takes proper care of herself, she will be fine.
But Wang Xuewei's appearance lying on the ground was too frightening. Zhou Ziwei picked up the empty medicine bottle that Wang Xuewei was holding tightly in her hand and looked at it. He couldn't help but feel a little amused and exasperated.
It turned out that the bottle of medicine in Wang Xuewei's hand was not the sleeping pills he had imagined, but just an ordinary stomach medicine.
It seems that Wang Xuewei was experiencing severe stomach pain and wanted to take some medicine, but getting up too quickly caused low blood pressure and low blood sugar, which made her dizzy. As a result, she spilled all the medicine from the bottle onto the floor and then collapsed...
"Ah...you...your wife...she committed suicide by poisoning herself."
Luan Yuqing, who had caught up with him, gasped at the scene. Seeing Zhou Ziwei looking up at her with a strange expression, she immediately said innocently, "Ah...you're not blaming me for killing her, are you? I...you insisted on bringing me to your house, how was I supposed to know your wife was so narrow-minded...this...she wouldn't even listen to your explanation, seeing you bring a woman home from upstairs, she immediately took pills to commit suicide, this...has nothing to do with me...it must be because of your past promiscuity, making her think you were with someone else and trying to provoke her, so she did something even more extreme...I'm telling you...don't just stand there...quickly take her to the hospital...if she took the pills recently, maybe she can still be saved..."
Zhou Ziwei glared at Luan Yuqing, annoyed, and said, "Who said she committed suicide by overdose? You're quite the conjecturer... You've made up a whole story in such a short time. It's a waste of your talent if the TV station doesn't hire you as a screenwriter... Alright, stop thinking nonsense. Quickly help me see if there's any white sugar or brown sugar at home. If so, make me a cup with warm water..."
As Zhou Ziwei spoke, he picked up Wang Xuewei, gently laid her down on the bed, and then pulled a blanket over her.
"Where did you put your candy? I've searched the whole kitchen and can't find it..."
A short while later, Luan Yuqing returned to Wang Xuewei's bedroom with a frown, pouting and saying, "Hehe, your kitchen is quite clean, and you have all the pots and pans you need, but they're all brand new. Have you never cooked at home?"
Zhou Ziwei snorted and said, "I've never cooked before, but from now on I'll be cooking at home every day."
When Luan Yuqing saw Zhou Ziwei looking at her with some ill intent, she felt a chill run down her spine and couldn't help but mutter in a low voice, "Hey... what do you mean? You don't mean you want to treat me like a maid, do you? Uh... didn't we agree before? I'm your personal assistant, so don't expect me to cook for you every day!"
Zhou Ziwei smiled slightly and said, "I don't quite understand what a personal assistant means... but as far as I know, it should be different from a work assistant, right? If you were my work assistant, then naturally I can't ask you to do anything other than work. But since you're my personal assistant, then naturally you have to take care of my daily needs, otherwise... I don't have any other work for you to do right now. Do you think you can just take that million-dollar annual salary for free?"
"Can't I just not take your million-dollar annual salary?!"
Luan Yuqing looked miserable and said with a face full of despair, "You actually expect me to take care of your every need every day... God, does that mean it's not just about cooking and being a nanny? It doesn't mean I have to bring you a chamber pot when you need to pee in the middle of the night, does it?"
Zhou Ziwei said in a pretentious manner, "Eh... how did you know I have this habit... hehe... but we don't have a chamber pot at home right now, so let's go to the antique street and find one sometime."
Luan Yuqing knew that Zhou Ziwei was probably joking with her, but the thought of Zhou Ziwei actually buying a chamber pot and having to carry it to him to urinate every night in the middle of the night made her feel both flustered and secretly expectant.
While joking with Luan Yuqing, Zhou Ziwei used his soul power to scan the area and finally found a bag of jujube brown sugar in the corner cabinet of Wang Xuewei's room.
Then he went over, opened the cabinet, took out a small bag of brown sugar, put it in a cup, dissolved it in water at the water dispenser, and handed it to Luan Yuqing, saying, "Do me a favor... Assistant Luan, please feed this to her. She was temporarily unconscious because of low blood pressure and low blood sugar. Drinking this should wake her up soon!"
Luan Yuqing pouted and said, "Didn't you say I was your personal assistant? How come you even want to control your wife? Humph... This is simply exploitation!"
Despite her complaints, Luan Yuqing still accepted the cup from Zhou Ziwei.
She knew that Zhou Ziwei was probably creating an opportunity for her to get closer to the mistress of the house. Otherwise, whether she was Zhou Ziwei's personal assistant or a nanny or maid he had hired, if the mistress of the house disagreed and insisted on kicking her out, Zhou Ziwei probably wouldn't be able to keep her here any longer!
Thinking of all this, Luan Yuqing looked at Zhou Ziwei with great gratitude, then sat down on the edge of the bed, hugged Wang Xuewei with one arm, letting Wang Xuewei lean against her chest, then blew on the slightly warm brown sugar water to cool it down a bit before carefully feeding it to Wang Xuewei little by little.
"Hmm..."
After the warm brown sugar water was poured into her stomach, Wang Xuewei let out a soft groan and then slowly opened her eyes.
"Ah...you...how did you get in here...get out of here!" The first thing Wang Xuewei saw when she woke up was Zhou Ziwei standing in front of her bed, looking at her with concern.
Ever since Wang Xuewei "married" Zhou Ziwei a year ago, she had been constantly on guard against her infamous "husband." Although she had a small but significant weakness in his hands that made him afraid to act recklessly, Zhou Ziwei's reputation was really bad at that time. He was lecherous, a gambling addict, greedy, shameless... almost every word that could be used to describe a man's bad character could be applied to him.
Wang Xuewei was really worried about living under the same roof with such a man, so she naturally had to be prepared. For example, she always kept a fully charged stun gun under her pillow.
If Zhou Ziwei ever gets drunk and tries to climb into her bed to exercise his husbandly rights, Wang Xuewei will not hesitate to electrocute him into a roasted pig.
Although Wang Xuewei sensed a change in her nominal husband a few days ago, and that he had suddenly become the largest shareholder of Xinda Daily Chemicals, she still did not let her guard down against Zhou Ziwei. Even though Zhou Ziwei was not in Dangyang these past few days, Wang Xuewei did not forget to check the stun gun's battery level every day.
And every day, whenever he enters the bedroom, he always locks the door from the inside...
This vigilance had been maintained for a year and had long since become a habit. At this moment, Wang Xuewei had just woken up from her coma. Her consciousness was still slightly hazy, but she knew that she was lying on the bed in the bedroom, and her nominal husband was standing in front of the bed, looking at her "lecherously".
Without any hesitation, Wang Xuewei shouted and pulled the stun gun from under her pillow, pointing it at Zhou Ziwei with a slight tremor.
Zhou Ziwei and Luan Yuqing were both stunned by this scene. Luan Yuqing did not expect that Zhou Ziwei's wife, who looked as beautiful as a fairy who did not belong to this world, had such a violent temper. As soon as she saw her husband come back, she would not only rush into his arms and ask him about his well-being, but she would also pull out a stun gun and brandish it without saying a word.
Although Zhou Ziwei knew that his wife, whom he had acquired for free, didn't seem to like him much, he never expected that their relationship would deteriorate to this point, to the point of resorting to weapons.
However, Zhou Ziwei knew that no matter how bad Wang Xuewei's attitude was, it was directed at the former owner of this body, and the former owner of this body was indeed a bastard, so it was only natural that she didn't like him.
Therefore, Zhou Ziwei wouldn't get angry with Wang Xuewei over such a small matter. He simply smiled and said, "Oh... since you're alright, then take a good rest! If you're not feeling well, you need to pay attention to balancing work and rest. Don't work yourself to death; work can never be finished in one day..."
As Zhou Ziwei spoke, he opened the door and walked out, his expression calm and composed, showing no sign that being misunderstood by someone had ruined his mood.
Seeing Zhou Ziwei leave, Wang Xuewei finally breathed a sigh of relief and slowly put the stun gun back under her pillow. However, as she leaned back, she suddenly realized that there was someone sitting behind her. This scared Wang Xuewei half to death, and she couldn't help but scream. In her panic, she reached under her pillow again.
To her surprise, although she managed to touch the stun gun, she couldn't budge it even after pulling it twice. Slightly startled, she heard the person behind her say softly, "Mrs. Zhou, please...please don't misunderstand. Mr. Zhou and I just saw you collapsed on the floor, so we helped you to bed. Mr. Zhou even made you a cup of brown sugar water...We have no ill intentions towards you, Mrs. Zhou. There's no need for you to be so agitated, is there?"
When Wang Xuewei heard a woman's voice behind her, she relaxed slightly and slowly turned around. She saw Luan Yuqing holding half a bowl of brown sugar water and looking at her with some displeasure. Only then did she feel her mind clear up a bit, and she gradually remembered what had happened before she fainted.
"Oh...so...you guys saved me just now?"
Wang Xuewei looked down at the pills scattered all over the floor. Remembering her stomach cramps, she got up, picked up the stomach medicine, and then felt dizzy and then knew nothing more... It must have been when Zhou Ziwei came back that she realized... If Zhou Ziwei hadn't come back at that moment, she might have been unconscious on the floor all night, or... she might never have woken up again.
Zhou Ziwei saved her, but as soon as she woke up, she spoke rudely to him and even took out a stun gun to threaten him... Wouldn't you call that repaying kindness with enmity?
"Oh...excuse me, may I ask who you are...?"
Wang Xuewei gave up trying to wrest the stun gun from Luan Yuqing and instead asked Luan Yuqing about her identity with a puzzled look.
Luan Yuqing's clothes were not particularly fancy, but she certainly didn't have a hint of vulgarity.
Wang Xuewei had long known that her nominal husband frequented places of entertainment and had slept with at least a thousand women, but she was certain that the man in front of her was not from such places.
Whether in appearance or temperament, Luan Yuqing had a striking presence. Wang Xuewei simply couldn't imagine how such an outstanding woman could be working in a bathhouse massaging men who came and went, or drinking with people in a bar...
But regardless of whether the outstanding woman in front of her was the kind who sold herself, Wang Xuewei still felt somewhat angry.
Because this is her home, she can disregard whether her husband, with whom she has no feelings or real connection, goes out to play around with other women, but she cannot tolerate Zhou Ziwei bringing another woman into this "home".
If even this home becomes increasingly unclean, Wang Xuewei fears she might really go crazy.
Upon hearing this, Luan Yuqing slightly curled the corners of her mouth, revealing a very charming smile, and said, "My name is Luan Yuqing, and I am Mr. Zhou's newly hired personal assistant... Hello, Mrs. Zhou, it's a pleasure to meet you. If I have caused you any inconvenience, please forgive me!"
"You...are his personal assistant?"
Wang Xuewei was so shocked that her mouth dropped open, and after a long while, she let out a disdainful sneer.
"What a joke, him... Zhou Ziwei... that guy who only knows how to eat, drink, and have fun all day long, and just waits to die, actually wants to hire a personal assistant? Hahaha... that's hilarious."
Upon seeing Wang Xuewei's attitude, Luan Yuqing's expression changed slightly. She shook her head and said, "I think Mrs. Zhou, you must have some misunderstanding about Mr. Zhou, right? Hmm... Although I don't know Mr. Zhou very well, I do know that he is a very capable and responsible person. In any case, he is not the kind of person you described who only knows how to eat, drink, and have fun, and who just waits to die, is he?"
"Someone like him has the ability?"
Wang Xuewei sneered, intending to expose Zhou Ziwei's past to Luan Yuqing, but then she remembered that Zhou Ziwei had just developed a formula for a gasified laundry detergent powder, which he used to acquire 49% of Xinda Chemical's shares.
If Zhou Ziwei hadn't been unwilling to fight for control, he might have convened a board meeting right now and officially taken over Xinda Daily Chemicals, pushing the Wang family aside.
Thinking about it now... after two generations of hard work, the Wang family had only managed to hold onto half of Xinda Daily Chemical's business. Zhou Ziwei, on the other hand, simply presented a new product project and easily acquired 49% of the shares, directly controlling half of Xinda Daily Chemical. If this isn't considered capable... then wouldn't the Wang family be a bunch of idiots who can't even afford to eat shit?
Volume 1: The Rebirth of a Prodigy, Chapter 181: Alarm
Zhou Ziwei wasn't angry with Wang Xuewei at all. As long as he acted as if Wang Xuewei wasn't targeting him, he wouldn't get angry even if she chased him all over the world with a broom.
After leaving Wang Xuewei's room, Zhou Ziwei went downstairs to retrieve his luggage and put it back in his room. He then tidied up the bulky items in the workers' room before returning to his own room.
This time he was gone for more than half a month. He wasn't too worried about anything else at home, but he was afraid that the gun would be discovered and cause trouble.
He quickly closed the door, then went to the bed, lifted the blanket, and raised a bed board underneath. He immediately saw that the Glock pistol was still intact in its original place.
Upon seeing this, Zhou Ziwei breathed a sigh of relief, immediately reached out and picked up the pistol, fiddled with it in his hand for a moment, checked the number of bullets in the magazine, and then simply tucked the gun into his waistband.
Things are different now. The Zhou family is in a precarious situation and could be attacked by assassins at any time. So it is very necessary to have a gun for self-defense.
After putting away the pistol, Zhou Ziwei suddenly noticed another small item hidden under the bed board... a brass key.
Zhou Ziwei immediately remembered that this was one of the three things he found after opening the safe. It looked like a key to a bank safe deposit box. At the time, Zhou Ziwei was unsure whether the bank safe deposit box required password or fingerprint authentication, so he did not rush to find the safe deposit box and open it to take a look.
However, this issue is no longer a problem for Zhou Ziwei.
Even if you don't know the password, it doesn't matter. At most, it will only waste a little bit of soul power. As long as you input soul power into the password control system and create an independent soul body, you can easily crack any password you want.
He could have done this before he left Dangyang, but at that time, Zhou Ziwei's soul power reserves were still very low, totaling only about one or two hundred remnant soul energies. When he first captured the miniature safe at home, he directly consumed more than a dozen remnant soul energies. He really couldn't bear to waste his soul power on things like unlocking locks.
But things are different now. Zhou Ziwei's soul power reserves in his sea of souls are approaching the three thousand mark, and he is also wearing a "charger" that can replenish his soul power at any time. Consuming a mere dozen or so soul power at a time is just a drop in the ocean, so Zhou Ziwei is certainly not so stingy anymore.
So when Zhou Ziwei saw the brass key, he immediately picked it up and put it in his jacket pocket. He planned to go to the bank as soon as he had time in the next couple of days to open the safe deposit box and see what his predecessor, Zhou Ziwei, had left inside. What Zhou Ziwei was most looking forward to now was that Zhou Ziwei had left some secrets related to the reason for his assassination. Otherwise, the feeling of being assassinated in the dark while always in the open was really not good.
I had just finished putting these things away when I heard the clicking sound of high heels on the floor outside, followed by a soft knock on the door.
Zhou Ziwei went over and opened the door, only to see Luan Yuqing standing in the doorway with her arms crossed, rolling her eyes at him.
“Hey Mr. Zhou…you’re really not loyal to me, are you? How come…you didn’t take me with you when your wife kicked you out? Aren’t you afraid your wife will think I’m an adulterer or something…she has a stun gun, you know, I almost got shocked by it…”
Zhou Ziwei chuckled and said, "It's alright... Even if you and I were really adulterers, she wouldn't be too angry. At most, she'd just kick you out of here. She probably wouldn't fight you to the death."
"No way! You guys..."
Luan Yuqing said with a curious expression, then glanced back at the door on the other side of the corridor before stepping into Zhou Ziwei's room. She closed the door behind her and whispered in Zhou Ziwei's ear, "It seems your relationship is really not just bad... She didn't even show the slightest hint of jealousy when you brought a woman home. What's worse... she actually suggested I share a room with you... Good heavens... Don't look at me like that. I swear, your wife really said that. She even asked if I needed a new bed made... As a woman myself, even the most generous wife would never be so indulgent towards her husband. So... I guess you two are a fake couple... at least you've never had a marital relationship, right?"
Zhou Ziwei rubbed his nose helplessly and said, "It's better not to be too smart. Even if you see through everything, you don't need to say it all to hurt me! Uh...aren't you afraid I'll kill you to silence you?"
Luan Yuqing chuckled and said, "I'm not afraid at all... I've seen through you long ago, you're actually a good person."
"No way! I've been hiding this so well, how did you find out?" Zhou Ziwei chuckled and said, "But... whether I'm a good person or not, you'll only find out after tonight, right? Hehehe... We'll be sharing a bed tonight, and if I don't... well, then you can draw your conclusions!"
Seeing Zhou Ziwei's lewd grin, Luan Yuqing, though knowing he was joking, still gasped softly in fright, hurriedly taking a step back and grabbing the doorknob. She turned and gave a seductive smile, saying, "Fine, I've decided not to expose your true colors. Otherwise, if we really shared a bed, what if you suddenly turned into a hairy werewolf at midnight? Wouldn't that scare me to death? And if you really stay quiet all night, then… I'll think you might be the kind of man who only likes men… uh… that would disgust me to death. So… I'll just stay in the servants' quarters tonight. Hmm… although those servants' quarters look a bit messy, but what can I do… sigh… a million-dollar annual salary isn't easy to earn!"
Zhou Ziwei smiled slightly and said, "You should be content! Otherwise, I should have made a makeshift bed for you in the corridor outside the door, so that it would be more convenient for me to ask you to bring me a chamber pot when I need to pee in the middle of the night, wouldn't it?"
"Get lost..." Luan Yuqing rolled her eyes at Zhou Ziwei and said, "What kind of society is this? You still dare to treat me like a maid? Aren't you afraid that when you call me in the middle of the night, I won't be holding a chamber pot, but a pair of scissors? Humph... If you really dare to make me do that, next time I'll turn you into Dongfang Bubai."
Originally, Luan Yuqing had a feeling of both respect and fear towards Zhou Ziwei. However, after that night on the mountain road, for some reason, Luan Yuqing was no longer so afraid of Zhou Ziwei. Along the way, she had long since gotten used to making all sorts of jokes with Zhou Ziwei, and the relationship between the two had become much more harmonious than before.
If this had happened in Tengchong... even if Luan Yuqing were ten times bolder, she wouldn't have dared to make such a "Dongfang Bubai" joke with Zhou Ziwei...
In the end, Luan Yuqing moved into the workers' quarters. Although Luan Yuqing really longed to live with Zhou Ziwei... It had nothing to do with romantic feelings, but she knew that she was still in danger of being kidnapped by Qiao Mulin. If she could live in the same room with Zhou Ziwei, the safety factor would undoubtedly be much greater.