Chapter 17 Let’s Break Up

"Miss Qi, don't talk nonsense," the nanny put down the fruit basket and rushed over to stop her. Qi Yuan leaned back, completely oblivious to the nanny's words. She removed her sunglasses so Wen Chu could see her eyes. She said contemptuously, "You don't think that after meeting you a few times, without getting along with you, and four years of very little interaction, he's going to fall in love with you, right?"

Wen Chu's emotions were numb at this moment, even the dripping on the back of his hand became cold.

"You're twenty-seven years old. Don't be so naive. If it weren't for your face being somewhat similar to mine, would Gu Cheng even glance at you? Would he treat you so well? Would he let you become Mr. Gu's girlfriend in Jing City?"

"Ms. Qi, stop talking! What nonsense are you talking about!" After sending a message to Gu Cheng, the nanny rushed to Wen Chu in a panic, stood in front of Wen Chu, and stared at Qi Yuan fiercely.

Qi Yuan looked up at the nanny, raised her eyebrows, and said with a hint of grievance, "Auntie, you used to call me Yuanyuan, why are you calling me Miss Qi now?"

"Miss Qi, please leave." The nanny said angrily.

Wen Chu stared blankly at her aunt's back. It turned out her aunt also knew Qi Yuan; she used to call her Yuanyuan. Suddenly, she shivered all over. The drip on the needle grew colder and colder, and her entire arm felt like it had fallen into an ice cellar. The nanny hurriedly turned to look at Wen Chu. "Miss Wen, Wen Chu... Auntie is telling you, don't listen to them..."

Wen Chu looked up at his aunt: "Auntie."

"Hey." The nanny was interrupted and responded hurriedly.

Wen Chu said in a light voice: "I remembered something and I want to go home."

"You can go home, but the doctor wants you to observe first. You should have a good rest. The doctor will be here soon." Auntie reached out and smoothed Wen Chu's hair. Wen Chu's hair had been clipped by Gu Shao in the morning.

Wen Chu shook her head. Her other, less able hand touched the needle hole, and with a hiss, she pulled out the needle, bringing out blood and water droplets. The aunt was startled: "No."

But Wen Chu was quick, pressing the railing and trying to get out of bed. Her left foot was covered in medicine, and she nearly fell to the side as soon as she touched the ground. Her aunt quickly supported her. Wen Chu grabbed the crutches at the foot of the bed and headed for the door. Her aunt couldn't stop her, so she could only hurry after her, urging her to return to bed and rest, telling her to wait for Mr. Gu to return. The doctor told her to stay in bed and not get out of bed...

Wen Chu didn't listen. She jumped to the door step by step. Many scenes flashed through her mind, the past, the bar, and the drunkenness. She stumbled downstairs, hailed a car in a hospital gown, sat in the car in the scorching sun, and reported the name of the community.

Qi Yuan and Shu Mei watched Wen Chu struggle to leave the ward. The only thing left in the VIP room was the faint smell of herbs and the bright and beautiful roses on the table.

Qi Yuan put her long legs on the ground, stood up, put on sunglasses and a hat, looked at Shu Mei, and both of them raised their eyebrows and walked out of the ward and out of the hospital.

A Porsche pulled up, and Gu Cheng, dressed in a suit and tie, got out and strode towards the hospital steps. Qi Yuan stopped and stood there, glaring at Gu Cheng. Gu Cheng brushed past her and then stopped as well. He turned to look at Qi Yuan. The sun was blazing, and the man's eyes were as cool as ink as he gave her a cold look.

Qi Yuan suddenly took off her sunglasses and looked at Gu Cheng in disbelief.

She felt the coolness for the first time.

Shu Mei was also startled. She quickly stepped forward and shouted with a smile, "Mr. Gu..."

"Qi Yuan, I will settle the rest of the account with you slowly." Gu Cheng spoke, like cool water in summer. He dropped the honorific of "sister" and called her by her name. After he said this, he walked into the hospital.

Qi Yuan trembled all over: "Gu Cheng, you are crazy!"

But Gu Cheng ignored her, went up the stairs and went straight upstairs.

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The taxi sped along the lane. The nanny sat beside Wen Chu, coaxing her and talking to her, telling her to calm down and not to listen to others. The most important thing was to take care of her health.

Wen Chu knew that her aunt meant well, but she wouldn't listen. Her eyes were fixed on the emerald green, colorful scenery, tall buildings, and forest paths outside.

After arriving at the residential complex, Wen Chu had difficulty getting off the car and going upstairs. Her aunt supported her all the way until she got home. The house was filled with a faint fragrance, which was the scent of gardenia that Wen Chu liked. She walked all the way to the cloakroom and opened the door on the far left. Inside was a row of clothes, neatly arranged.

Wen Chu felt a little weak and stared at the clothes.

The aunt looked at her worriedly, and when she looked at the clothes, she felt a sense of familiarity. The next second, she heard the sound of a door opening outside. The aunt hurried out to greet her as if she had found a life-saving straw.

Footsteps were heard, and Gu Cheng threw down his suit jacket and walked into the cloakroom. Wen Chu held the closet door and turned to look at him. "Four years ago, when I moved into this house, there was already a closet full of clothes in the cloakroom. You said it was for me."

Gu Cheng pursed his thin lips.

Wen Chu reached out and took out a skirt: "But these skirts are not my style. They are colorful and varied, just like the photos of Qi Yuan that are often taken. They are more or less the same style as Qi Yuan."

She stared at Gu Cheng fiercely: "At that time, were you thinking about letting me wear Qi Yuan's clothes, and you looking through me to see her, Gu Cheng?"

"Wen Chu, I don't have any more..." He took a step forward.

"Nothing? You don't treat me as Qi Yuan's stand-in?" Wen Chu threw down his crutches and shouted, "Why do you treat me as her stand-in? I've been a stand-in actor for eight years, isn't that enough? I'm also someone else's stand-in in love. Why, why do you treat me like this?"

Gu Cheng quickly stepped forward to help her: "I don't treat you as a substitute anymore, really not."

Wen Chu pushed him away and raised her eyes, her eyes cold and cold: "Didn't you love her? Every moment you loved her, you were treating me as a substitute."

"Why do you treat me like this, Gu Cheng? I hate you."

Gu Cheng paused, looking at the tears in her eyes, seeing the hatred in her eyes, he reached out to hug her: "Wen Chu, I'm sorry, but I really don't have it now."

Wen Chu pushed him away, her mind full of the look he gave Qi Yuan in the video. She pushed him hard and said, "Gu Cheng, I want to break up with you. Also, you have to find a way to resolve my contract issue. From today on, I don't want to be controlled by Qi Yuan anymore. You have to help me solve it. You owe me this."

Gu Cheng suddenly raised his eyes, and their gazes met. Wen Chu's eyes were firm: "Let's break up."

"No..." Gu Cheng shook his head.

He said, "I will help you with the contract, but I won't break up with you."

"Is it up to you? I don't love you anymore."

Gu Cheng was stunned, looking at her eyes full of hatred. She used to be gentle and always had a smiling face, but when she smiled, her eyes were like falling stars.

At this moment, her eyes were cold.

"Auntie." Wen Chu called out Auntie.

The nanny had been waiting outside. When she heard the noise, she hurried in and stood at the door, feeling a little helpless. Wen Chu said, "Please help me."

Auntie paused and walked in hesitantly. She looked at Mr. Gu in a black shirt and trousers, but she didn't dare to disobey Miss Wen. After all, she was sick, and she felt that both of them should calm down at this time. She reached out to Wen Chu, and Wen Chu shook off Gu Cheng's arm and moved towards Auntie.

Auntie supported Wen Chu's arm and prepared to take her away. Gu Cheng suddenly exerted force and pulled Wen Chu back into his arms. He lowered his head and buried it in her neck, "Can you listen to my explanation? Wait until I finish, and then you can leave."

"I don't want to hear it, not a word." Wen Chu's mind was filled with the look in the video when he looked at Qi Yuan. He drove a heavy motorcycle towards Qi Yuan to pick up his girl.

Gu Cheng tightened his arms.

Wen Chu struggled, her voice shrill: "I still want to stay in Jing City, I still want to be an actor, please don't force me to leave here, I can live without love, but I still want to fight for it, I can't go back to my parents with nothing, they will be disappointed."

Gu Cheng's arm trembled slightly.

Wen Chu pushed him away, and he remembered what happened between Xu Dian and Meng Ying, and how Meng Ying had left for another place. He let go of Wen Chu and stood there without moving.

Auntie looked at him.

Wen Chu came to her side, and her aunt quickly helped Wen Chu leave. She whispered to him, "You still have to go back to the hospital and rest up first."

Wen Chu said with tears in her eyes: "I'm not going back, I'm going to Xi Ning's place."

Auntie knew that Xi Ning was Wen Chu's good friend, so she agreed. At this time, footsteps were heard behind her, and Gu Cheng came out and hugged Wen Chu from behind.

Wen Chu reflexively slapped Gu Cheng in the face.

Snap——

With a loud bang, a long finger mark quickly appeared on his face. He quickly glanced at her tearful eyes and said, "I'll take you downstairs. You're injured."

"No need! Put me down!" Wen Chu struggled.

Gu Cheng ignored her. Auntie was really afraid that something might happen between them, so she hurried to catch up and stayed close to them. Arriving on the first floor, Uncle Chen quickly opened the car door. Gu Cheng sent Wen Chu in and said to Auntie, "Thank you for your help."

Auntie nodded and sat down.

Uncle Chen started the car. Wen Chu grabbed his pants with both hands. Outside the car, there were two long red finger marks on Gu Cheng's neck and face. He stood there with the collar of his black shirt torn open, looking a little messy, watching the car drive away.

The figure passed by the car window.

Not long after the car drove away, Wen Chu burst into tears, her tears streaming down her face and her whole body trembling. Her aunt was heartbroken and quickly put her arm around her shoulders, avoiding the wound on her shoulder, coaxing her softly and wiping her tears with a tissue.

Uncle Chen even gripped the steering wheel a little tighter and sighed slightly in his heart.

Under a blue cloud in the distance, there are several layers of thick black clouds, which is a sign that it will rain at any time.

Wen Chu came to the door of Xi Ning's building and went down on crutches, accompanied by her aunt. Xi Ning dropped her half-written manuscript, extinguished a cigarette she had just lit, and hurried down. Seeing Wen Chu standing there in a mess, she felt very distressed and quickly stepped forward to support her.

"What happened? They even ran away from the hospital?"

Wen Chu held her wrist tightly, supported her, and said nothing. Auntie said to Xi Ning: "She still needs to recuperate, Miss Xi, please take her to your place and let her rest first."

Xi Ning took out the car keys and said, "Let's go."

The two men supported Wen Chu and went to Xi Ning's car. Wen Chu got into the car with difficulty. He seemed to have let out a sigh of relief and leaned back without moving.

Seeing her sitting down, the aunt advised: "Take good care of yourself."

As soon as she said this, her eyes turned red. What was going on?

Wen Chu looked at his aunt and said, "Thank you."

Bang.

After the car door closed, Xi Ning said to his aunt, "I will take good care of her, don't worry."

Auntie nodded and said yes.

Xi Ning got in the car, started it, and drove out of the building. Not far behind him, a sports car stopped in the shadow of a tree. The man in the car watched the Wrangler drive away. He leaned over the steering wheel, veins bulging on the back of his hands and wrinkles forming on his soft shirt.

Xi Ning drove towards her loft in the suburbs. The reason she rented a duplex apartment so far away was mainly because of money, as it was relatively cheap in the suburbs. The other reason was that the apartment had a large double-layer floor-to-ceiling window, through which she could see the sunset when the weather was good. For a writer like her, it was a very suitable environment for relaxation.

When Wen Chu sat on the tatami, the pain in her shoulders and ankles spread to her. She took a breath and adjusted her body. Fortunately, the tatami in Xi Ning's house was very soft.

Xi Ning poured her a glass of water, took a box of tissues, opened it, and placed it on the small table. She sat down opposite him and said, "Do you feel the pain? Why are you still struggling like this? What happened that made you run away like this?"

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The author has something to say: Happy breakup. Wen Chu.

This chapter continues with 100 red envelopes. See you tomorrow, at midnight on the 28th. Muah.