She clenched her fists tightly, her fingers almost digging into her flesh.

The waves of pain kept her sensible.

She wanted to ask, was it because of Sheng Xin?

However, once she asked that question, she lost.

She can abandon a relationship, but she will never beg for one.

"Sister Fanyan..." Lin Zhibai murmured softly, her pale face breaking his heart.

But he couldn't tell her that he had to do this, that he had to expose the true colors of Gu Zheng and Lin Guangchen.

Otherwise, Gu's father would not have changed his opinion of him.

"Okay, I understand." Gu Fanyan turned and left.

Lin Zhibai slowly walked to the sofa and sat down, his eyes lowered, so no one could see what he was thinking.

Sheng Xin silently approached him. "Brother Zhibai, what should we do next?"

He raised his head, his gaze icy: "Call the police and arrest them."

Gu Zheng was taken to the police station.

Sheng Xin sued him for intentional injury and provided a medical examination report proving that the fetus was indeed harmed by him.

The news quickly reached Gu Fanyan.

So, they finally joined forces.

Shengxin has done so much for him.

Gu Fanyan listened and then let it go, ignoring the matter. She had already made arrangements to take her mother to a top-notch nursing home.

She accompanied him personally.

In addition, with the security measures at the sanatorium, even if Lin Guangchen wanted to do something, it would be a matter of whether he had the guts.

That day, she was having lunch with Gu's mother when a security guard from the sanatorium came over and said, "Miss Gu, there is a Mr. Lin outside the gate who wants to see you. He has come several times."

She knew that Lin Zhibai had come over these past few days.

He called her a couple of days ago, and after she clearly refused, he stopped calling and instead waited for her outside the gate.

Today, he somehow managed to bribe the security guard at the gate to inform her.

“Tell him I don’t have time to see him,” she said expressionlessly. “Also, if you keep sending him messages, I will complain to the hospital administration.”

The security guard hurriedly retreated, wiping away a cold sweat. This Miss Gu was not easy to deal with.

"Why is Lin Zhibai nowhere to be seen?" Gu's mother asked, puzzled.

"Mom," Gu Fanyan said, "I feel like what Lin Zhibai gave me isn't what I wanted."

Mother Gu asked patiently, "What do you want?"

Gu Fanyan thought for a moment, then shook her head in frustration, "Maybe it's because I have too much, and I can't figure out what I want... but Lin Zhibai makes me very unhappy."

Gu's mother held her hand: "He makes you unhappy, so just ignore him for now, and talk to him again when you want to."

Gu Fanyan was silent for a moment, then said, "What if... I lose him during this process?"

"That's perfect. If it's not yours, then you don't need to covet it anymore," Gu's mother said with a smile.

Gu Fanyan lowered her head, feeling very sad.

However, thinking about that day when he didn't let her take Gu Zheng away, his sadness was mixed with a touch of self-mockery.

It's only when things happen that you can see how much you mean to others.

"Let's not talk about him anymore, Mom. You should get some sleep. I'm going to the doctor's office." She instructed the nanny to take good care of her mother, then got up and left.

Gu's mother stayed in a suite.

At night, she sleeps on the sofa in the small living room outside.

That night, she stared at the ceiling, unable to fall asleep.

"Yan'er, is the sofa too small and uncomfortable to sleep on?" came Gu's mother's concerned voice from the inner room.

"Mom, I'm fine, I'm not asleep yet."

She must have turned over and disturbed her mother.

"Mom, I'm going to buy a cup of coffee. You go to sleep first." She decided to let the nanny stay with her mother while she went downstairs for a walk.

After enjoying the evening breeze for a while, her mood calmed down considerably before she went upstairs again.

As she pushed open the door, she immediately sensed something was wrong.

The door was ajar!

She was startled and hurriedly pushed the door open. A figure darted out from inside and ran forward.

Without thinking twice, she turned around and chased after him.

But the other party ran too fast and was about to turn into the stairwell.

She immediately took off her shoes and threw them forward with all her might.

"Hey!" She hit her target perfectly, and the other person fell to the ground.

"Miss Gu, what's going on!" The building security guard also rushed over.

Gu Fanyan had the security guards grab the man, then she stepped forward, grabbed the back of his head, and examined his face.

She wanted to see if Lin Guangchen was really willing to risk his life to come here for Gu Zheng!

However, she was surprised when she saw it.

The person who came was not Lin Guangchen at all, but Lin Zhibai's assistant.

Inside the security office.

Gu Fanyan stared at the assistant with cold, sharp eyes. "Speak, why did Lin Zhibai send you into my mother's room?"

The assistant forced a smile: "It's just... sending some nutritional supplements to Mrs. Gu, nothing else."

"Why do you have to be so secretive about sending nutritional supplements?" Gu Fanyan retorted.

"That's because... Young Master Lin came in person, Miss Gu, why don't you see him?" the assistant replied.

Gu Fanyan found it amusing. "So you're blaming me?"

The assistant said, "It's hard to say... Miss Gu, actually, Young Master Lin really wants to meet you, so please give him a chance."

"I don't have time, nor is there any need for us to meet." Gu Fanyan stood up. "Also, don't let me see you in my mother's hospital room again, or I will definitely call the police."

After saying that, she left without looking back.

When she returned to the ward, her biggest concern was whether her mother had been frightened.

However, Gu's mother was fast asleep and seemed completely undisturbed by the incident.

"What happened?" Gu Fanyan asked the nanny.

“It’s all my fault,” the nanny said. “I lit some mosquito repellent and opened the door to let the smell dissipate, but he took advantage of the opportunity.”

"I immediately sensed something was wrong. I turned around and saw him drop his things and run away. He ran out and bumped into you, Miss."

Gu Fanyan noticed several boxes on the table.

Are they really here to deliver gifts?

Gu Fanyan couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong.

Lin Zhibai could come up with countless ways to send gifts; hadn't he already bribed the security guard at the entrance?

He didn't need his assistant to secretly steal things.

“Miss, don’t bother,” the nanny suggested. “Why don’t you just meet with Young Master Lin and ask him directly?”

Gu Fanyan glanced at her: "You weren't bribed by Lin Zhibai too, were you?"

The nanny dared not say another word.

Gu Fanyan understood; he was using this method to get her to see him on her own initiative.

But what's the point of meeting now?

She stopped overthinking, closed her eyes, and fell asleep without realizing it.

She couldn't sleep well at all, feeling as if she had fallen into a deep, cold quagmire.

I wanted to open my eyes, but my eyelids felt incredibly heavy, and I couldn't open them at all.

The nanny's words echoed in her mind: "I lit the mosquito repellent tablets, I lit the mosquito repellent tablets..."

Her heart was pounding. A voice kept urging her to wake up, Gu Fanyan, wake up!