Inside the hospital.
Zhou Yushen asked Gu Linlang, “What did the doctor say?”
Gu Linlang lowered her eyes, hiding the guilt in them.
“The doctor said it’ll be difficult for my body to recover this time. Ah Shen, my mom worked so hard to help me regain my health, and now my illness has relapsed again. I’ve really let her down.”
As she spoke, tears streamed down her face.
Xu Ping knew about Gu Linlang’s poor health.
Seeing her cry like this, sympathy naturally rose in his heart.
He had just been about to comfort her— When a cold, emotionless voice came from beside him.
“As long as you don’t die, then you haven’t let her down.”
Gu Linlang’s body stiffened.
Xu Ping looked at Zhou Yushen in surprise, then caught sight of Gu Linlang’s pale expression out of the corner of his eye.
He quickly suppressed his confusion and forced a smile to smooth things over.
“Your way of comforting people… is really unique.”
After speaking, he walked over to Gu Linlang’s bedside and patted her shoulder.
“Don’t be too upset either. Your mother treated your illness because she wanted you to live well. If you damage your health even more because you’re worried about disappointing her, she won’t rest peacefully either.”
“Thank you, Brother Xu.”
“Ah, we’re friends after all.”
Zhou Yushen ignored the two of them and turned to leave the hospital room.
He wanted to ask the doctor what exactly was going on with Gu Linlang’s condition.
After he left, Xu Ping sat down on the edge of the bed.
Looking at Gu Linlang seriously, he asked, “Linlang, what exactly happened between you and Yushen? How did he really end up marrying Shen Nanyue?”
Hearing Xu Ping’s question, Gu Linlang sighed softly.
“Ah Shen once mistakenly believed I was the girl he had hidden in his heart. Later, after learning the truth, he abandoned me.”
“I chased after him all the way to Fengcheng, only to find him entangled with Shen Nanyue. As for everything else, I don’t really know.”
Xu Ping frowned deeply as he listened.
He hadn’t expected someone as exceptional as Zhou Yushen to privately behave like a scumbag who casually discarded women!
He shook his head fiercely in his heart.
Just before the scales in his mind tilted toward Gu Linlang, he forcibly pulled them back.
Even if he didn’t trust Zhou Yushen, he should trust his own judgment.
After knowing Zhou Yushen for so many years, he knew better than anyone what kind of person Zhou Yushen was!
There had to be some misunderstanding between them.
Thinking this, he smiled and comforted Gu Linlang.
“The moment he got your call just now, Yushen immediately left Shen Nanyue behind and rushed over. I think there’s definitely some misunderstanding between you two.”
He paused briefly before continuing, “Back then, you and Ah Shen were such a perfect match. I still think he has feelings for you. As for him marrying Shen Nanyue, it’s probably because his family pressured him into marriage.”
“So don’t take it too seriously. These days, marriage and divorce are completely normal. I’ll help you figure out what’s going on.”
Gu Linlang didn’t actually feel comforted, but she still smiled in response.
“Thank you, Brother Xu.”
“What’s there to thank me for? Rest well. I’ll go check on him.”
Xu Ping left the hospital room.
The smile on Gu Linlang’s lips slowly faded.
Family pressure?
Heh!
With Zhou Yushen’s personality, if he truly refused, how could the Zhou family possibly force him?
What he felt toward Shen Nanyue was definitely not as simple as Xu Ping imagined!
But so what?
Even if she couldn’t win Ah Shen’s heart, she should at least win the man himself.
The smile on her lips slowly widened again.
She pulled out the phone hidden beneath her blanket.
There was now a new photo in her gallery.
Under the harsh white hospital lights, Zhou Yushen stood beside the bed.
His bangs shadowed his deep eyes, and on his exquisitely sculpted face was an unreadable expression.
But because of the camera angle, his lowered gaze appeared tinged with tenderness.
Smiling, Gu Linlang sent the photo to Shen Nanyue.
Only to receive a large red exclamation mark in return.
Her expression instantly darkened.
After thinking for a moment, she found Shen Nanyue’s phone number and sent the picture via text message instead.
As usual, she attached a sentence beneath it:
‘Thank you, Miss Shen, for letting Ah Shen come see me so late at night. I’m truly flattered.’
…
Shen Nanyue did not return to the Shen residence.
Because halfway home, she received a phone call from Xiao Qi.
Xiao Qi cried out to her miserably for help, saying he had gotten into trouble with a group of hooligans, had been beaten up, and was now at the hospital.
Without even thinking, Shen Nanyue immediately turned the car around.
In her impression, although Xiao Qi definitely had the temperament of a shut-in geek, compared to geniuses in other fields, his personality was actually relatively gentle.
For him to actually get into a fight with someone, it was probably something serious.
She hurried to the hospital.
There, she saw Xiao Qi already sitting on a bench in the hallway after having his wounds treated.
The young man’s clothes were messy and dirty, his hair a complete disheveled mess with a faint oily sheen under the lights.
Looking lower, there was a white bandage stuck to his forehead, while bruises and cuts covered his face—he had clearly taken quite a beating.
Shen Nanyue quickly walked over and bent down to anxiously examine him from head to toe.
“Sister Yueyue!”
The boy’s voice was loud and full of energy, nothing like the weak, pitiful tone he had used on the phone earlier.
“Where are you hurt? What did the doctor say?”
“The doctor said they’re all external injuries. I’ll be fine after resting for a couple of days. Don’t worry, Sister Yueyue.”
Shen Nanyue finally let out a long sigh of relief, her gaze meeting Xiao Qi’s smiling eyes.
Unable to hold back, she smacked him on the head.
“You little brat, why are you getting into fights for no reason? Did you call the police? Where are those hooligans?”
Xiao Qi cried out dramatically and clutched his head in fake pain.
“Sister Yueyue, I’m still injured here.”
Shen Nanyue stared at him coldly.
Xiao Qi could only lower his phone and look at her somewhat sheepishly.
“I didn’t call the police. Those guys just deserved a beating.”
“Deserved a beating? Then why did you end up beaten like this? If you hadn’t made that phone call, you probably would’ve gotten beaten even worse!”
When Xiao Qi had called her earlier, she had vaguely heard threatening voices from the other side.
Judging from the way Xiao Qi tried to act tough, he had probably made that call just to scare the other party by pretending reinforcements were coming.
Shen Nanyue sighed helplessly and sat beside him.
“You’ve never been good at fighting since you were little, so why get into fights at all? Couldn’t you have called for backup first? At least you wouldn’t have suffered this badly.”
She lectured him earnestly.
Xiao Qi said nothing, secretly thinking that next time he would still fight anyway!
People could insult him all they wanted, but insulting Shen Nanyue was absolutely unacceptable!
When Shen Nanyue tried to call the police, Xiao Qi quickly stopped her.
“No need, no need. It’s really not a big deal.”
Shen Nanyue looked at him seriously.
“Were you threatened or something? Tell me, and I’ll help you.”
“I wasn’t threatened. I can handle it myself, Sister Yueyue.”
Xiao Qi looked extremely serious.
Shen Nanyue sighed again and didn’t force him further.
She reached out and ruffled his already messy hair until it became even messier.
“Fine. But if you can’t solve it, don’t hide it from me.”
Xiao Qi nodded.
Shen Nanyue took the paperwork from his hands and told him to stay there and rest while she went to pay the hospital bill.
Just as she stood up to leave, she noticed a familiar figure not far away.
Zhou Yushen?
Why would he be at the hospital?
Just as she was about to walk over and ask him, her phone notification sound rang.
An unfamiliar number had sent her a photo of Zhou Yushen.
— The end of the Chapter–
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