Chapter 46: The thing you should never believe is what a man says in bed.

When Li Wenjing and Gu Weiyi arrived, Qiao Sen and his wife had already arrived in their room. It turned out that Xiao Qiao and Li Wenjing shared the same room. Wenjun went looking for Li Wenjing first, but couldn't find her. He then called Xiao Qiao over, and Xiao Qiao's arrival also alarmed Zhang Zhaochuan, so they were all squeezed into the same room.

Qingqing was bleeding. Xiao Qiao gritted her teeth, held her hand and comforted her that the doctor would be here soon.

As soon as she saw Li Wenjing, she stood up and shouted, "Doctor Gu, you're finally here. Hurry back, Qingqing needs to be taken to the hospital!"

Zhang Zhaochuan said, "It's late at night, and the roads outside are so difficult to walk on! We are in Africa, where can we go back to..."

"I see you don't want to go back, so ask Mutasha to drive!"

Zhang Zhaochuan interrupted her and she started arguing again, demanding Mutasha's phone number and saying she'd call it herself. The noise of the argument stung Li Wenjing's eardrums, as if they were pierced. She yelled at them to stop arguing, pushed Gu Weiyi in to see Qingqing quickly, and pushed everyone else out.

It's finally quiet.

As Li Wenjing was about to leave, Qingqing asked her to stay. She called out to her several times, her voice as thin and weak as a kitten's, tears welling in her eyes. Li Wenjing closed the door and returned to the bed, lifting the covers to see her condition. She was only wearing a nightgown, her face covered in red and white, and blood was flowing from her body.

She wanted to pull up her nightgown, but Qingqing held her stomach and couldn't pull it up. Gu Weiyi also looked at her, but didn't force her. He turned his back and looked for medicine in the medicine box.

"Does it hurt?"

She nodded.

Li Wenjing sat down beside her. Her face was flushed. He touched her forehead, which was very hot, as if she had a fever. Li Wenjing was extremely anxious, but she could only try to sound gentle. "Let your brother take a look. It's okay. Take some medicine first, and the pain will go away soon."

Li Wenjing took the water Gu Weiyi poured for her to drink and laid her flat on the bed. She was in a state of panic. She held Qingqing's hand and lifted her nightgown. Her panties were soaked with blood. Gu Weiyi told her to take them off. When she did, she saw a sanitary napkin, also stained with blood. The blood seemed to flow into her eyes. Li Wenjing felt dizzy and her vision turned red. She suddenly felt a dull pain in her lower abdomen. She showed her panties to Gu Weiyi, who frowned and asked when Qingqing's period would come.

"It's not going well. She's lost a lot of her endometrium. Let me try to stop the bleeding. You call Mutasha and be ready to go."

Li Wenjing couldn't help and could only stand aside to help him. Although Qingqing didn't want Gu Weiyi to treat her, she was in so much pain that she had no strength left. She moaned and called "Mom, Dad". Li Wenjing comforted her that it was okay. Gu Weiyi's forehead was sweating a little, and he seemed nervous, biting his lips tightly. Li Wenjing was even more frightened, afraid that something might be wrong with Gu Weiyi. She had to take care of Gu Weiyi. She was very scared. What if Gu Weiyi had a tic at this time? With two patients together, no one could save Qingqing.

All I can do at this time is pray.

Fortunately, his fingers did not tremble. After inserting gauze to stop her bleeding, he let her lie on her side, gave her an injection, and told everyone that she could rest for an hour and come back for a check-up after an hour. If she was still bleeding, she would have to be sent to the hospital immediately and Xiao Qiao would take care of Qingqing.

Zhang Zhaochuan also followed in and asked Xiao Qiao about her well-being, but Xiao Qiao ignored him.

Only Li Wenjing and Wenjun were left outside. Gu Weiyi came out with a sullen face. Li Wenjing didn't know why, as she rarely saw Gu Weiyi so angry.

He asked Wenjun directly, "Did you just have sex with her?"

Li Wenjing's heart pounded, and he looked at Wenjun again. His expression changed suddenly, and he subconsciously opened his mouth to deny it, but seeing that Li Wenjing and Gu Weiyi were staring at him, he had no choice but to nod.

"The doctor said she's recovered..."

Snap——

Li Wenjing slapped him in the face. He was stunned for a moment, then burst into tears, looking at Gu Weiyi with grievance. Li Wenjing was even more furious and punched him in the cheek again.

"You just can't control yourself. She said she had a stomachache a few days ago. What are you going to do? Not only did you kill the child, you also killed the girl. You can't just leave! Get out!"

Li Wenjing scolded him while tears streamed down her face. Gu Weiyi hugged her from behind to stop her from hitting him. Zhang Zhaochuan heard the noise and hurried out to take Wenjun away. Li Wenjing wiped her tears. There was a smell of rust between her fingers. It was Qingqing's blood. She cried and fell to the ground. Gu Weiyi hugged her from behind. Li Wenjing cried until she had no more tears left. She stopped crying because her eyes were sore.

An hour later, he returned to check on her and told her that the bleeding had stopped and that everything was fine. Xiao Qiao volunteered to stay and take care of Qingqing, saying she could call for help if anything happened. Seeing that Li Wenjing was not well, Xiao Qiao asked Gu Weiyi to take her back to rest. Li Wenjing still couldn't believe it, and kept checking to see if Qingqing was dead. Gu Weiyi patiently told her over and over again that Qingqing was out of danger and that they would go back the next day and take her to the hospital for an examination.

"I'm really scared. What if you develop Tourette syndrome and Qingqing dies? What should I do? I asked my brother to come with her to take care of her. I thought the doctor must have told me about these things and it was all my fault..." Li Wenjing became increasingly incoherent and started crying again. "I'm scared. I can't bear this responsibility. A little girl died outside. She came out alone, but now she's just got an urn when she returns..."

"No," he carried her to bed. She couldn't sleep, so she just lay awake. Gu Weiyi lay down beside her and held her to sleep. "Just now, I saw her bleed so much. I'm just like you. I'm not a machine. I get nervous too. Don't worry, no matter how nervous I am, I won't get sick when I'm treating someone. I'm not sick, and Qingqing won't die. She's a very young girl, in good health, and she will recover."

Gu Weiyi kissed her hair. "You care about her so much, but why don't you care about yourself? Last year, you had malaria, and it was the same. You got through it, didn't you?"

"It's different. Qingqing's parents love her! They sent her to Africa to relax and travel. My parents don't love me at all. I came to Africa to make money. You can see that, but I have to raise a brother like this. I'm really sorry for troubling you so much."

"What will happen next?"

"I don't know," Li Wenjing said. "At least I want to talk to them after my mom and Qingqing get better."

"Whether you want to continue raising them is up to you. Family matters are complicated, and I can't tell you what to do or judge you. From my perspective, I certainly hope you don't raise them anymore. But you said family is family. I can't ask you to get rid of Gustav, something I can't do myself."

His lips slid down and kissed her forehead. "Wenjing, I just hope you can be happy. I've met many people, rich, poor, hypocritical, kind, but you, I can tell at a glance, you are a kind person with a soft heart. You always say I'm soft-hearted, but aren't you the same? That's why we can be together. In some ways, we are actually very similar."

"I don't want to be soft-hearted. Soft-hearted and kind people will be bullied. Only those with a dark heart can survive in this world and live well."

“That’s not right.”

"That's not right, but that's the reality. Isn't it the same in Africa? The strong prey on the weak everywhere."

"Africa is not just about the survival of the fittest, but also about symbiosis and collaboration. Animals care for each other, like crocodiles and toothpick birds, and the birds on the rhinoceros' backs eating parasites. In the dry season, old elephants use their trunks to dig up dry riverbeds to let their weaker companions drink first."

"Isn't that still a relationship of mutual exploitation?"

"How do you know there's no love between us?"

"Maybe," Li Wenjing said, "This kind of 'love' starts as a benefit, becomes inseparable, and then turns into love. It's the same between people, like Xiao Qiao and Brother Chuan, and you and me."

"Okay, I can't convince you, but I love you now and I'm not taking advantage of you, and neither are you."

Li Wenjing's whole body trembled uncontrollably. "Love is something beyond calculation. If you say it's a feeling, I love you now, but after now, what about the future? I don't know how long the feeling will last. I've never loved anyone else, so I don't know. If I have to say, everyone I've loved has made me very uncomfortable."

"I don't know either. This is the first time I've loved you," he said, caressing her shoulder. "Come to think of it, it's rare for you to rely on me like today, letting me comfort you. You told me, as you did, that there's always a way around it. Even if it doesn't work now, there will be a way around it later. Don't give up on yourself too soon, Wenjing. I remember everything you said. Don't feel bad. This isn't just your problem."

"Because I'm not alone, I don't know other people. I can't control them, especially their emotions and intimacy."

"Believe me."

The thing you should never believe is what a man says in bed.

Li Wenjing just nodded and buried her head in his chest. He smelled good, like the scent of grass and trees on the mountain, which comforted her into sleep. On the mountain, she ran barefoot. Her cousin had already left and she was left alone. In her dream, she didn't feel anything was wrong. She ran back home and suddenly remembered that she was going to Africa to work, but her family would not let her go. They ate together and her mother took the initiative to pick up a chicken leg for her. After dinner, she said she was going to wash the dishes and suddenly disappeared. Li Wenjing called her but could not find her.

"mom--"

Li Wenjing shouted over and over again. It was dark around her and she could not distinguish between reality and dreams. A hand held her head.

"Mom—" Li Wenjing called out twice before realizing something was wrong, "No..."

"It's me."