Chapter 15 You were deceived by my scumbag father

The red wine was so strong that Li Wenjing climbed up by the edge of the table. After taking two steps, her eyes went dark, like rows of lights turned off. Gu Weiyi stepped forward to help her. When he touched her wrist, she snorted softly, shook his hand off, and swayed a few steps. She huddled in a rattan chair in the corner, hunched over, covering her face. Her stomach was burning. She wanted to vomit, wanted to take off her clothes, but after stripping naked, she lay down on the ground and fell asleep. Not only Gu Weiyi, but even the gods couldn't do anything to this drunkard.

The driver said to Gu Weiyi, "You've been drinking. Don't drive. It's not safe at night. Gustav has booked a room." Gu Weiyi asked, "How many rooms?"

"One."

"He and Wenjing are sharing a room, and he wants me to sleep in the car, right?"

"It's a villa with many rooms..."

Before the driver finished explaining, Li Wenjing, nestled in the rattan chair, couldn't help but burst into laughter. The driver ordered a bottle of water for Li Wenjing and handed it to her. "Miss, can you still go? I'll take you back to your room."

Li Wenjing was still clear-headed. The drunkenness she felt just now was more like anger, causing her head to ache. She was about to refuse, saying that she would be fine after a rest, when she heard Gu Weiyi say, "I'll take her there."

Li Wenjing ignored Gu Weiyi and only spoke to the driver, praising him for being so kind and considerate. She stood up and waved her hand away, not wanting the driver to help her. She simply followed him, and Gu Weiyi followed behind them.

Gustav's villa was by the sea. The ocean breeze rustled the long, emerald green leaves of the coconut trees outside the French windows, and the beach, sea, and sky gradually darkened, sinking into the endless distance. The moon slowly rose, and the purple-blue sky returned to a clear, pale blue. Watching the waves roll in and out, Li Wenjing felt a sense of calm. She sank into the sofa, hugged her legs, and stared out without saying a word.

"Are you okay?" Gu Weiyi asked.

"Much better. I like looking at the sea. It's so beautiful."

The atmosphere eased after a few words. There was no reason for them to be angry, and Li Wenjing didn't want to jeopardize their relationship. Regardless of whether he would agree or not, his father's project and the money were already there. She wasn't afraid of losing face, and she certainly didn't bring her personal emotions into the work. Li Wenjing joked, "Your father is so romantic. Booking such a nice room? Are all French people romantic?"

She sneezed, and Gu Weiyi covered her with a blanket and turned up the air conditioner.

"People like him are romantic and considerate, but that's just a way to deceive women." Gu Weiyi said, "If I hadn't come, you would have been deceived by him."

"I wasn't deceived by him. I came to discuss work with him."

"Talking about work. The hotel is already booked. Do you want to talk about it tonight?"

He threw a tantrum like a child, complaining about Gustav, completely inconsistent with his usual polite and mature demeanor. Li Wenjing was speechless for a moment, unable to speak. She could only smile and explain to him, "It was only because you came unexpectedly that he booked the hotel. Otherwise, Eero would have sent me back. You usually look quite mature, but when it comes to your father's affairs, why do you become so..."

Li Wenjing paused, unable to find the right word in Chinese, so she could only say to him in English: "Silly."

After being scolded by Li Wenjing, he was also stunned, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but tremble, "I silly? I'm worried about you!"

Li Wenjing said word by word, "As I said before, Doctor Gu, I'm just your patient. If you really need to worry, worry about your father."

"What does he have to worry about? He and I have long since severed ties. If the oil company hadn't come, I wouldn't have gone to him at all."

"But he was worried about you and wanted you to return to Paris," Li Wenjing said. "You were injured, so you might as well die without a word. Have you ever considered how your father would feel?"

Li Wenjing looked at him, her heart suddenly aching. She clutched the sofa tightly. Fortunately, his face was still intact, his body still intact. He hadn't been bitten by a lion, hadn't turned into lion flesh and blood, been gnawed by insects, and finally turned into a pile of sand on the grassland. She could still meet him.

"Gustav told you everything?"

"No matter what, he's still your father. He raised you and helped you become a successful person. No matter what happens, you should talk to him."

"I didn't ask him to raise me. He didn't get my consent when I was born. I would rather he didn't give me anything and just treat me as if I didn't exist."

"I don't want to hear that. Your words... make me suffer too."

He fixed his eyes, "What do you mean?"

"What you mean is that you have everything, but you still pretend to want nothing..." Li Wenjing gritted her teeth, her cheeks twitching. As soon as she said it, she actually regretted it. Gu Weiyi's face darkened even more, as if he was suddenly hit by a stick, and he looked at her blankly.

"I really would rather not have me. My mother might not have married him and would not have died so early. I..." He closed his eyes, his eyelids trembling, his eyelashes sliding up and down his cheeks. His face twitched, his neck twitched, and the twitching spread to his whole body. "His car, his house, his wealth, his status, everything is annoying. What I hate most is that he is always like this, never asking me what I want to do. If he thinks it's good for me, I have to listen to him. Am I his son or his slave? He even asked you to persuade me. He can't control his desire for control!"

He poured out years of accumulated resentment to her, the overwhelming emotion leaving her speechless. Li Wenjing opened her mouth, but remained silent. His father, her father, apart from money and status, fathers were all the same. She felt as if she had been wrapped in an inexplicable sadness and boredom for too long, lost and confused. In the numbness of life, he stung her. She took a deep breath and spent several minutes gathering the emotions that threatened to dissipate. In front of him, she couldn't cry yet.

Gu Weiyi burst into tears first, wiping his hands with his sleeves twice, and his eyes became even redder. Before Li Wenjing could even say her apology, he told her to rest, left the room, and gently closed the door.

There was a loud bang in her head, as if she had been shot, and she didn't recover for a long time. She had many things to say to him that she hadn't made clear. She took a few steps towards the door, and through the door, she heard Gustav outside calling Gu Weiyi. She put her ear against the door, and a pain pressed against her ear bone. They were speaking French, which she didn't understand, but she didn't care and just kept pressing her ear against the door to listen more carefully. When the voices and footsteps outside the door faded away and there was no sound at all, she slid down against the door, sat on the ground, still maintaining that listening posture, and gradually fell asleep at the door.