Accidentally Marked My Ex’s Crush, the Ice-Cold Goddess O - Chapter 20: Modified

Chapter 20: Modified

At a little past six in the evening, Jiang Ci finished work and returned home from the company. She took a shower, changed clothes, and reset the door lock password to 554433. After a few busy hours, she took the contract and went to the hospital.

Jiang Ci had added Dr. Gu on WeChat.

Before coming, she sent her a message, but got no reply, so she waited at the office door.

Gu Feiran had a surgery scheduled at ten in the morning, but the patient’s family ignored repeated reminders and fed the patient food before the surgery, causing a delay. She had just finished and came out.

“Dr. Gu.”

Jiang Ci saw her, stood up, and walked over, holding a stainless steel vacuum lunch box wrapped in navy blue packaging.

Gu Feiran looked up and stopped.

Jiang Ci held the lunch box in one hand and the contract in the other, saying, “This time, I made ginseng black chicken soup for you. I personally picked the black chicken at the farmers’ market this evening, freshly killed and cooked with lots of spices. It tastes very fresh. Want to try it? While you eat, we can also talk about the contract.”

Gu Feiran glanced at the lunch box in her hand, stayed silent for a moment, and said, “Come in.”

She opened the office door, and Jiang Ci followed slowly.

Her expression was somewhat complicated.

Once inside, Gu Feiran sat down, opened the computer, picked up the medical records on the desk, reviewed them carefully, and entered them into the computer.

Jiang Ci placed the contract and lunch box down gently.

She didn’t mention the contract first. She opened the lunch box lid, held it with both hands, and placed it in front of Gu Feiran. Chopsticks and a spoon were fully prepared and placed on a holder.

Jiang Ci leaned forward slightly and said softly, “Dr. Gu, this is the ginseng black chicken soup I made. The ginseng is fifty-year-old wild mountain ginseng, very nutritious. Do you… have time to drink it now?”

Gu Feiran asked, “Thank you. Did you send some to Dr. Jiang?”

Jiang Ci nodded. “Yes, I did. After I got to the hospital, I looked for you first, but you were busy, so I gave another portion to Little Aunt. She ate it and said it was delicious. She even told me to bring her food often, saying my cooking is much better than the cafeteria’s.”

Gu Feiran focused on typing on the keyboard and didn’t respond.

Jiang Ci quietly listened to the sound of the keyboard, not rushing her.

A few minutes later, Gu Feiran glanced at her from the corner of her eye. Jiang Ci stood straight, her posture upright, waiting patiently.

After entering one more record, Gu Feiran stopped typing, sat up straight, reached for a tissue, wiped the spoon clean, pulled the black chicken soup closer, and took a sip.

The taste was fresh, with no hint of fishiness.

Seeing her eat, Jiang Ci let out a small sigh of relief, pulled a chair over, sat down, picked up the contract, and pushed it in front of her.

Jiang Ci said, “I’ve already drafted the contract, but it’s different from what we discussed before. I made some changes.”

Gu Feiran was about to put down the spoon to listen, but Jiang Ci quickly said, “Keep eating. I’ll talk. If you’re not satisfied after I’m done, we can discuss it again.”

She said this, but Gu Feiran had already lost her appetite.

Jiang Ci said, “Before, you said that after we signed the contract, the marking issue would have nothing to do with me. I wouldn’t be responsible or need to send you money every year. While that’s the answer you wanted, and I agreed at first, I thought about it later and felt it’s better to take responsibility.”

That morning at the company, the contract they had agreed on was already drafted, and Jiang Ci had signed it.

But at noon, while chatting with Little Aunt, she said that Dr. Gu seemed cold and aloof, with little emotion, but probably had some feelings for her.

Jiang Ci didn’t believe it and asked Little Aunt why she thought that.

Little Aunt replied that Dr. Gu was very private and never shared her home address with outsiders. But at the dinner last night, when Little Aunt casually asked where Dr. Gu lived, she told her.

The moment Jiang Ci saw that message, her brows furrowed.

Though she was blackout drunk last night and couldn’t remember much, she was still clear-headed when Little Aunt went to the bathroom.

She hadn’t asked for Dr. Gu’s home address.

And since she had driven Dr. Gu home before, she already knew where she lived and would never ask again.

Suspicious, Jiang Ci asked Little Aunt, “Little Aunt, when you went to the bathroom, how did you know I asked for Dr. Gu’s home address?”

Little Aunt replied, “Aunt Liu told me. How could I know while I was in the bathroom?”

Little Aunt continued, “Last night, when we took you and Dr. Gu home, Liu Xiting knew Dr. Gu’s address. I was curious and asked how she knew. Then Liu Xiting told me you asked Dr. Gu at the dinner table, and Dr. Gu told you. She overheard it. If Liu Xiting hadn’t said anything, I wouldn’t have known Dr. Gu made such an exception for our Xiao Ci.”

When those two messages came, Jiang Ci stared at them for a long time.

She hadn’t asked Dr. Gu’s address at the dinner table, yet Aunt Liu knew where Dr. Gu lived and lied to Little Aunt.

Though Jiang Ci believed Aunt Liu wouldn’t betray Little Aunt, emotions and human hearts were sometimes the most fragile things to test.

As for Dr. Gu… honestly, Jiang Ci trusted her and didn’t think there was anything between them. But with everything connected, she couldn’t just ignore it.

If she directly asked Aunt Liu and was wrong, Aunt Liu might think she was meddling, offending both Dr. Gu and Little Aunt, which would be a lose-lose situation.

If she asked Dr. Gu, how would she respond?

After a few words, Gu Feiran lost her mood to drink the soup and asked, “Why did you suddenly change your mind and want to take responsibility? That night, I was the one who initiated it. The marking was something neither of us expected. It doesn’t have much to do with you. If you’re just feeling guilty, it’s unnecessary. You don’t owe me anything.”

“By the way.”

Gu Feiran turned, opened the drawer on her right, took out a sterile sampling bag, and pushed it in front of Jiang Ci.

Jiang Ci looked down. Inside were three pregnancy tests.

All three showed one line.

Gu Feiran said, “I did these tests this morning. They show I’m not pregnant. I’ll go to another hospital for a thorough checkup this weekend. When the results come, I’ll let you know via WeChat. Also, with my assets, I’ll be fine for generations, so you don’t need to send me money.”

Jiang Ci picked it up, quietly staring at the single red line. When she had told Dr. Gu to take contraceptives, she worried that since they had no emotional connection, a child would tie them together and affect Dr. Gu’s future.

After all, Dr. Gu was an S-level omega, while she was a useless alpha, completely unworthy of her.

That day in the office, Dr. Gu asked if she ever thought she was unworthy of Qiao Yunchi, a top-tier omega, when they were together.

In fact, Jiang Ci had thought about it, not just once, but many times. She felt even more unworthy than Qiao Yunchi and was more afraid of their relationship being exposed.

Qiao Yunchi was a top-tier omega, and she was a useless alpha. Not only could she not help with Qiao Yunchi’s heat cycle, but she also affected her work. Her existence was a stain on Qiao Yunchi’s life. During their year together, Jiang Ci told herself to love boldly and not care about status differences, but also told herself she was no help to Qiao Yunchi’s life and should break up cleanly.

Caught in constant internal conflict, Jiang Ci didn’t know how to choose and left it to fate.

She was quite satisfied with the current outcome.

Jiang Ci looked at the sterile bag for a while, placed it back on the desk, and said, “Dr. Gu, about what I said before, I’m sorry.”

Gu Feiran looked at her. “You’ve said a lot.”

Jiang Ci lowered her head, leaned back in the chair, clasped her hands tightly in front of her, and explained, “What I said in this office that day, I want to take it all back, especially about making you take contraceptives. Though I marked you, whether to take them is your right. I had no business asking, but I kept bothering you. I’m sorry.”

Gu Feiran gripped the spoon tightly.

Jiang Ci continued, “Also, about my ex, I changed the door lock password today. I threw out everything related to her at home. I cleared her from WeChat, photo albums, and Weibo too. And when we were together, we only dated online, barely held hands, and never did that kind of thing. You can rest assured.”

Gu Feiran held the spoon so long her thumb joint turned white. “So, what are you trying to say?”

Jiang Ci finally looked up at her. “So, Dr. Gu, will you give me a chance, a chance to get to know you again?”

After she spoke, the office fell quiet. They looked at each other, Jiang Ci’s gaze gentle, Gu Feiran’s deep and tender.

Voices of people talking passed outside, sounding clear.

After a moment, Gu Feiran looked away first, her thick lashes trembling slightly. She slowly loosened her grip on the spoon, placed it flat on the desk, and said, “Didn’t you want to avoid any connection with me before? Why suddenly change your mind now? Is there a reason?”

She wanted to hear it.

Jiang Ci felt a bit guilty. “There is a reason, but you might not want to hear it. It might even make you angry.”

Gu Feiran said, “Tell me.”

Jiang Ci looked down at the sterile bag, cautiously saying, “The first reason I changed my mind is that I want to know what your relationship with Aunt Liu is.”

“What?” Gu Feiran was surprised.

Jiang Ci said seriously, “After the dinner last night, when you and Little Aunt took me home, Aunt Liu lied to Little Aunt. She said she didn’t ask you but knew your address because, when Little Aunt went to the bathroom, I asked you, you told me, and Aunt Liu overheard. But you know, I didn’t ask where you live last night. I already knew your address, so I wouldn’t ask again. Can you tell me what your relationship with Aunt Liu is?”

Little Aunt didn’t even know Dr. Gu’s address, so how did Aunt Liu know? And if Aunt Liu knew, why lie to Little Aunt?

She didn’t want Little Aunt to get hurt.

After Jiang Ci asked, Gu Feiran fell silent.