Chapter 69: Rescue Gu Xingjue's voice was very soft,...

Gu Xingjue's voice was soft, his words slow and resolute, each word uttered with great effort. Chen Song listened quietly to Gu Xingjue's words, lowering his eyes and clenching the sweat in his palms. He remained silent for a long time.

Whether it was a debt of gratitude or money, Chen Song would repay Gu Xingjue. Gu Xingjue simply wanted him to visit him during his hospitalization. Chen Song couldn't help but be moved by Gu Xingjue's almost servile plea. Even if Gu Xingjue didn't say it, he would have come.

Gu Xingjue blocked the highly concentrated sulfuric acid that was about to splash onto his face and the blade that was about to pierce his head. If it weren't for Gu Xingjue, Chen Song might have died.

The only sound in the silent ward was the beeping of medical equipment. Chen Song lowered his eyes and remained silent. Gu Xingjue couldn't see what kind of emotion was in Chen Song's eyes, but he could read the alienation and indifference on Chen Song's pale face.

Since when did Chen Song start treating him like this?

Gu Xingjue closed his heavy eyes, and before he could wait for Chen Song's answer, he fell into a deep sleep again, muttering, "Okay, okay... If you don't want to, I won't force you..."

Before he completely lost consciousness, the snowy night when he was about to go to Country Y to attend Yun Che's wedding emerged in his mind.

During the night, he felt the person next to him get up.

Gu Xingjue pulled Chen Song, who had just gotten out of bed, toward him, peering through the slits in the curtains. Chen Song glanced back at him. The faint snowlight behind him made him look exceptionally cold, his gray eyes, hidden in the shadows, as black as the night.

Gu Xingjue couldn't clearly discern the emotion in Chen Song's eyes, but the look on his face at that moment was so distant and unfamiliar that it startled him. A terrifying intuition told him that Chen Song was leaving and would never come back.

Gu Xingjue asked fearfully, and Chen Song said he was just going to the toilet.

Chen Song had a habit of going to the bathroom in the middle of the night, so Gu Xingjue thought it was just too dark and he didn't see clearly. That cold and distant look was just an illusion.

For a long time afterwards, Gu Xingjue often had nightmares at night, and all he dreamed of was Chen Song's face when he left that night.

Chen Song is a liar. He didn't go to the toilet. He left and never came back. I don't want him anymore...

As Gu Xingjue fell into a coma, he had this dream over and over again. His condition, which had finally eased, worsened again, and his fever continued to rise. His random mumblings were all Chen Song's name, some expressing fear, some expressing sadness, some expressing happiness, some expressing anxiety, some expressing pleading... He repeated it countless times.

The medical staff were in a mess. It was not until dawn that Gu Xingjue's temperature dropped and the fever was completely gone by the evening.

When Gu Xingjue woke up again, there was only one person sitting in the ward, Gu Yiming.

Gu Yiming fell asleep with his head tilted to one side in the chair, probably from exhaustion. Gu Xingjue felt stuffy, and the oxygen mask covering his mouth was making him uncomfortable. He wanted to reach out and remove it, but he had no strength. He raised his hand several times, but it stopped mid-air and fell back onto the bed.

The noise woke Gu Yiming up, and he immediately stepped forward: "Brother, you're awake! What's wrong with you? I'll call a doctor for you first!"

After Gu Yiming pressed the call bell, he lay down in front of Gu Xingjue and listened to him say weakly: "Mung... Take this off for me."

Gu Yiming carefully let him breathe a little: "I'll ask the doctor when he comes if it's okay. Your wound is very serious now, and it hurts to breathe normally. You don't have to use so much force with this, it will be better."

After taking a few breaths, Gu Xingjue felt much better, but it was just as Gu Yiming said, breathing would hurt the wound, and the more effort he used to breathe, the more painful it would be. Just now, he took a slightly deeper breath and his scalp was numb with pain.

After the medical staff arrived, they examined Gu Xingjue and found that his condition had improved a lot. Gu Yiming told them about Gu Xingjue's request. The medical staff removed Gu Xingjue's oxygen mask and replaced it with a nasal oxygen tube.

Gu Xingjue looked at He Rulin and smiled: "Doctor He is here too... I have to trouble you again."

Every time, Gu Xingjue would reveal such a smile to express his guilt, and apologize in a childish and coquettish manner to seek forgiveness.

This trick worked very well for He Rulin. He was always furious, but when he smiled like this, He Rulin couldn't bear to blame him anymore. He Rulin was helpless and a little angry: "He's half buried in the ground, and he's still laughing."

Gu Xingjue smiled and left it to him.

"I didn't eat well this year and became as thin as a stick. Because of this injury, I haven't been able to drink water for more than ten days and have to rely on nutrient solution. Fortunately, there is still someone in this world who is willing to let you come back." He Rulin sighed.

Gu Xingjue's smile faded a little: "Has he ever come to see me?"

"Do you still have time to care about others?"

Gu Xingjue stopped talking and lowered his eyes.

"I've been watching, brother," Gu Yiming said hurriedly, "I've been watching, yesterday..."

"I couldn't take it anymore yesterday, so I went back to rest." He Rulin picked up where Gu Yiming left off, "You stay here and take good care of yourself. Stop overthinking."

"Really?" The gloom in Gu Xingjue's eyes instantly disappeared, and a light of joy flashed in his eyes. "He has really been here all the time?"

The joy in her eyes was gone in an instant, and she revealed worry: "How is he? Has his original injury healed? Has he not eaten again?"

"He's fine, he's fine. Just take care of yourself first. Once he's rested, he'll come to see you again." He Rulin said.

Gu Yiming followed He Rulin and said, "Yes, brother, you should take care of yourself first. He is really fine, just a little tired. He will be fine after going back to sleep."

Of course, Gu Yiming would not tell Chen Song that he had been guarding here all the time and that he had fainted from staying up all night, otherwise his brother would have jumped out of bed and ran to Chen Song's ward to guard him.

Chen Song wasn't seriously injured. He'd just been overworked these past few days, running back and forth between here and another patient. He hadn't eaten much, and his body wasn't getting enough nutrition, so he was a little dehydrated. He was receiving an IV in another ward, and after a good night's sleep, he'd be fine. His condition was incomparable to his brother's injuries.

Gu Xingjue had no choice but to give up after hearing what they said. Suddenly, he noticed that his hands were empty and asked, "Where are my necklace and ring?"

"What?" He Rulin asked.

"Here, here," Gu Yiming stood up and walked to the sofa, then took out a transparent bag from his briefcase. "I've put everything here for you, including your watch. You can only wear it when you recover, otherwise it might touch the wound."

Gu Xingjue breathed a sigh of relief, and after a moment he said to He Rulin: "Doctor He, go back and rest for a while, I'm fine. And Xiaoyi, you should go back as soon as possible, the company has been busy these days..."

"The manager and several senior executives are watching over the company's affairs. I've brought all the documents with me, so don't worry about the company's affairs. Wen Zhuo has also rushed back to take charge of the company in Hangzhou. Just think of it as a long vacation for yourself. You haven't rested for over a year, so rest up, brother. Only when you feel better can you do other things."

"Doctor He, you should go back and rest first. I'll take care of this place. I'll call you if there's anything else."

He Rulin agreed after thinking for a moment. He had been so busy these days that he had hardly slept a wink. Before leaving, he checked Gu Xingjue's body again. After confirming that there was no problem, he followed the bodyguard to the nearby hotel to rest.

Gu Yiming helped Gu Xingjue turn his neck and change the side of his head. Gu Xingjue had a back injury and could only lie on his stomach in bed, requiring help from others to turn his neck every once in a while. This was done by Chen Song, who was guarding the area. Gu Yiming was afraid of hurting Gu Xingjue and was hesitant at first, but he gradually became proficient under Chen Song's guidance.

This was the first time that Chen Song was not by his side and he helped Gu Xingjue flip over alone. Gu Yiming was concentrating very hard for fear of hurting Gu Xingjue.

"Does it hurt, bro? ...Does it hurt, bro? ...It hurts."

"It doesn't hurt. If you go any slower it will really hurt me."

Gu Yiming broke down an action into several slow, small movements, and asked after each movement.

"Okay, okay, it will be done soon. Just be patient, brother." Gu Yiming sped up a bit. After settling Gu Xingjue, he was sweating all over.

Gu Yiming moved the chair from the other side to the side facing Gu Xingjue and sat down.

"Brother... Dad knows."

Gu Xingjue closed his eyes and said nonchalantly, "Hmm," "What did you say?"

"explain......"

Gu Xingjue had been injured frequently during his time away from home, and his emergency contact number was always Gu Yan's. Gu Xingjue simply didn't want to listen to Gu Yan's nagging. Of course, these nagging weren't out of concern for him, but rather a warning to him to stop wasting his precious time with these frivolous things. So, he simply changed his contact number to Gu Yiming. Even though Gu Yan still found out and occasionally gave him a scolding.

This time, Gu Xingjue got into trouble while rescuing Chen Song, so Gu Yiming deliberately concealed it from Gu Yan. No one knew where the news leaked.

Anyway, Gu Yan called and scolded Gu Xingjue bitterly. Gu Yan already disliked Chen Song because of the 30 million yuan incident. This time, he directly told Gu Xingjue to stay out with his lover and not come home.

After hearing this, Gu Yiming didn't know what was wrong with him and said, "They were old lovers, but now they've broken up. That person doesn't want my brother anymore."

This undoubtedly added fuel to the fire, and Gu Yan was so angry that he started to curse him as well.

Of course, Gu Yiming would not tell anyone that Gu Yan had caused his brother to die.

"I just told you to get well soon and come back to work." He told a decent lie.

Gu Xingjue responded indifferently.

"Brother, didn't you ask someone to keep an eye on Li Shan at that time? Why are you still..."

Gu Xingjue took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "He is smarter than we thought."

That day, the bodyguard called to say he'd lost someone after they entered an old building. Li Shan was a top student, but he was wary of someone with a high IQ. He'd gotten acid from someone he knew. The bodyguard, aware of the danger, had intended to seize him, but he'd alerted the suspect, allowing him to escape. The bodyguards spent a long time squatting in the building without seeing him emerge. When they rushed upstairs to search, the man was gone.

They thought about the people they met and then remembered the delivery man they had ignored. So they quickly called Gu Xingjue to report the situation.

Gu Xingjue had just arrived in Yile at that time and was at a safe distance from Chen Song, where he could see him without being discovered. When Li Shan received the call, he was already approaching Chen Song.

Gu Yiming was still a little scared after hearing this. He recalled the scene when Gu Xingjue helped him block a cigarette butt when they were children, and he broke out in a cold sweat.

"What's wrong?" Gu Xingjue saw that Gu Yiming looked unhappy.

Gu Yiming suppressed his fear and laughed dryly: "No, it's okay."

"By the way, brother," Gu Yiming changed the subject abruptly, not wanting to remind Gu Xingjue of those bad things, "Doctor He said that the skin transplant surgery can be done in two days. I've already contacted the Yun family. Your burns are very serious. If you want to fully recover, you must go to Country Y. They have good artificial skin there. Brother Yun Che has already arranged it. You can go there when you feel better."

"No." Gu Xingjue said immediately, with a firm attitude that would not tolerate any rebuttal.

Gu Yiming didn't understand, but he could never change his brother's decision. Even so, he tried to persuade him several times, but to no avail.

When there was no result, of course he would call for help, and this helper was his brother's mortal enemy since childhood, Yun Che.

As for Brother Yun Che, he would definitely have some means to provoke his brother to go.

So he made an international call to Yun Che that night, and Yun Che asked him to give the phone to Gu Xingjue.

"Brother, Brother Yun Che is looking for you."

Gu Xingjue glanced at Gu Yiming, who pursed his lips guiltily and looked away.

"Turn on the hands-free mode and ask that grandson to talk to me." Gu Xingjue said lazily with his eyes closed.

Seeing that Gu Xingjue was about to answer the call, Gu Yiming immediately sat in front of him and turned on the speakerphone.

As soon as the hands-free function was turned on, Yun Che sneered:

"How do you talk to your brother-in-law, Gu Gou."