Chapter 9

Jiang Nuo didn't wake up until the black Bentley drove into the underground parking garage of Yanlin First People's Hospital. He slept soundly, his head resting on Gu Jiangkuo's palm, breathing evenly.

"Hey, why did the young master fall asleep? Weird." After parking the car, the driver Lao Liu discovered the situation in the back seat and exclaimed in surprise.

Gu Jiangkuo: "Is there something wrong?"

"Young Master has been picky since he was young. He complains about uncomfortable seats and refuses to sleep in the car no matter how sleepy he is," Old Liu said with a smile. "Today the sun is really rising from the west."

The sound of the two people talking woke Jiang Nuo up. He first uttered a vague mumbling in his sleep, then moved his head and rubbed his cheek against Gu Jiangkuo's palm, quickly waking himself up.

"I had a dream. It was like I was sleeping on sandpaper..." Jiang Nuo frowned, rubbed his face and sat up in a daze. His skin was extremely white and thin, and the place where Gu Jiangkuo's palm had rubbed it was red.

Gu Jiangkuo quickly withdrew his hand and whispered, "I'm sorry."

Jiang Nuo was still sleepy. He uttered a nasal "Hmm?" and asked, "What are you sorry for?"

"Nothing," Gu Jiangkuo hid his hands behind his back, "We're at the hospital."

"Well." Jiang Nuo said, "Let's go."

Ever since what happened with Li Qing, Jiang Nuo was really scared. If he left the company without this person, he would feel uneasy, so he brought Gu Jiangkuo out.

The hospital's ICU ward has specific visiting hours. Before visiting Jiang's father this time, an appointment had been made in advance, so after sterilization and disinfection, Jiang Nuo was able to enter the ward and talk to Jiang's father face to face.

Father Jiang was still in a coma, wearing a striped hospital gown, his eyes closed, various tubes and a ventilator inserted into his body, and it was unknown whether he could hear.

Jiang Nuo half-knelt in front of the bed, holding his father's hand, and whispered, "Dad, the doctors in Yanlin City can't cure you. I've arranged for you to be transferred to the best oncology hospital in the country and organized a consultation with experts. I plan to start over and try a new life. If I can do it, you can too."

"Dad, I've handed the shares to Jiang Su ahead of time. I understand your concerns, and I also know that neither he nor Aunt Lao can shoulder this burden. I think it's better to teach them a lesson ahead of time than to wait until they make a big mistake later."

"I will support Jiang Su for the rest of his life and take good care of him, but the company... won't allow them to mess around. I can't wait for years and then let them blindly sell their shares to someone named Ding. Call me selfish, but I will make Jiang Su willingly hand over his shares. The development of the Jiang Group depends entirely on me."

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Gu Jiangkuo sat on the plastic chairs in the waiting area outside the ward, looking down at his hands carefully.

Thick, powerful, with cracks. It is said that such hands will hurt when hitting someone. They are a pair of hands that can do rough work and fight. Gu Jiangkuo has always been very satisfied with them and has never felt any problem for so many years. But today he particularly dislikes them. Why are they so rough? They rub him so hard that they hurt him.

Gu Jiangkuo felt a little strange recently. First, he inexplicably disliked Jiang Su, then inexplicably let it go after learning that he was Jiang Nuo's younger brother. Now, for the first time in his life, he has started to pay attention to his appearance...

"Excuse me, where is Mr. Jiang's ward? Is there anyone visiting today?" There seemed to be a new visitor at the nurses' station.

Gu Jiangkuo keenly caught the three words "Mr. Jiang" and suddenly raised his head. Sometimes the magnetic field is so strange, and the visitor happened to look over.

Their eyes met, and invisible sparks almost flew in the air.

He was a young man of about twenty-four or twenty-five years old, with unusual clothing and temperament. He was somewhat similar to Jiang Nuo and was obviously a rich man. But unlike Jiang Nuo, Gu Jiangkuo felt disgusted with this person at first sight.

Coincidentally, the young man also seemed to dislike him. He frowned, looked away, continued talking to the nurse, stood up and walked towards the ward area.

The nurse came around and stopped him, "Sir, visitors are not allowed in the ICU!"

As the man walked in, he said, "I'm not going in. I'm waiting for my friend at the door."

Gu Jiangkuo instinctively knew the "friend" he was talking about was Jiang Nuo. He stood up and strode over. The young nurse was unable to stop the young man and was extremely anxious. At this time, Gu Jiangkuo had already caught up with him, stretched out his long arm, and said coldly, "Who are you looking for?"

Ding Pingzhou was caught off guard and stopped. Seeing that it was the big man from before, he couldn't help but feel even more unhappy: "Who are you? What does it have to do with you who I'm looking for?"

"My boss is in there and doesn't want to be disturbed. Of course it's my business." Gu Jiangkuo spoke neither humbly nor arrogantly, and his words were well-reasoned.

"Brother, I'm going to see a friend and won't disturb your boss." Ding Pingzhou said as he turned sideways and walked in.

However, Gu Jiangkuo also took a step forward, blocking the way with his tall and mighty body, and said expressionlessly, "No."

"You--" Ding Pingzhou was also a well-known rich second-generation in Yanlin. He was flattered wherever he went. He had never been targeted like this before. He became angry and subconsciously wanted to raise his fist to teach him a lesson. But when he saw Gu Jiangkuo's size - he was tall enough, at 1.85 meters, and this man was taller than him and stronger - he wisely withdrew his hand.

Ding Pingzhou scoffed and switched to verbal attacks: "You're in the hospital and you're not allowed to visit. What a grand show! Who's your boss? Tell me. As the saying goes, 'Before you beat a dog, you have to look at its owner.' Before I punish you, I have to ask whose dog you are."

"I'm his boss." A clear male voice came out. It was Jiang Nuo who came out at some point.

The two people confronting each other stopped and looked over.

Jiang Nuo looked at Ding Pingzhou, a cold smile on his lips. "You keep calling others dogs, but who the hell are you?"

Go ahead and curse me! If you dare, keep on cursing! You dare to call me a dog? When you are down and out, I will see if I can save you!

However, Ding Pingzhou stopped scolding when he saw Gu Jiangkuo. Not only did he stop scolding, but his attitude completely reversed and he smiled at Jiang Nuo, "It's all a misunderstanding, Xiao Nuo, don't be angry with me. This big guy is the same. He spoke rudely to me when we disagreed. That's why I got angry. Since he's yours, I won't make a fuss about it."

Gu Jiangkuo widened his eyes in shock, and anxiously wanted to explain to Jiang Nuo: "No..."

Then the young nurse came out to complain: "No, this Mr. Ding just tried to break in, and that gentleman was kind enough to help stop him."

Jiang Nuo didn't care who was right or wrong. He just happened to hear a satisfactory answer, so he took the opportunity to talk about it: "Ding Pingzhou, how could you do such a low-class thing? It's really disappointing."

Ding Pingzhou: “?”

Ding Pingzhou took a deep breath, "Jiang Nuo, did you do this on purpose?"

Jiang Nuo: “?”

Gu Jiangkuo took a step forward and intentionally protected his boss behind him.

Ding Pingzhou laughed angrily, "This is a private matter between me and your boss. It has nothing to do with you. Go away."

Gu Jiangkuo was not willing to leave at all. He stood between the two of them like a dormant beast, as if he was ready to pounce on and tear Ding Pingzhou's throat into pieces at any time at Jiang Nuo's command.

"..." Ding Pingzhou was a little scared. After all, he didn't "set a fight" with him. He said to Jiang Nuo in a displeased manner through Gu Jiangkuo: "Xiao Nuo, it's been so many days, you should be angry enough, right? You were waiting for me to apologize to you, right? Now you've waited, I admit defeat, I apologize."

"Can you forgive me now? Let's get back together, Xiaonuo."

Gu Jiangkuo was completely bewildered. He thought Ding Pingzhou's words were odd. They sounded like a couple asking for forgiveness after a quarrel. But, they were both men.

It seems that people of the same sex can become lovers, but Gu Jiangkuo has never seen it with his own eyes, so he subconsciously thinks that this low-probability event will not happen to Jiang Nuo.

Then Jiang Nuo said, "It's not a matter of forgiveness or not, Ding Pingzhou, there is nothing between us."

Ding Pingzhou was relentless, "Jiang Nuo, what do you want from me? How can there be no relationship between us? You obviously like me, and we're so close to being together!"

Jiang Nuo said calmly: "You also said 'almost', we are no longer related now."

Gu Jiangkuo: “???”

Shocked, my boss really likes men?