The old woman instinctively raised her foot and kicked him, "It really is you, you brat, back! What are you doing pretending to be dead here? Taking advantage of Dr. Yu?"

Before Yu Mingxiang could stop him, she hurriedly said, "Aunt Gu, he's not faking it! Something's wrong with him; his breathing is very weak!"

Upon hearing this, Old Mrs. Gu's eyes widened in disbelief. "What?"

As she spoke, she quickly bent down to check on her son.

You wouldn't believe it until you see it...

Grandma Gu: "!!!"

He couldn't catch his breath and collapsed.

Upon seeing this, Yu Mingxiang instinctively reached out to protect her head.

"Aunt Gu! Aunt Gu..."

Holding one in her arms and supporting another in her hands, Yu Mingxiang was in a panic. She called out in a low voice into the room, "Wei Guo, Xiang Dong, come out quickly!"

The two brothers were looking after the child in the outer room when they heard the shouts and rushed out. After a while, there was a chaotic scene.

Gu Guanhai, who was placed on the kang (a heated brick bed) in the front yard, gradually regained consciousness when he heard people talking around him.

"When we get back to the backyard, don't say anything to your Granny Gu. She just woke up after being frightened, and if she finds out... she'll definitely worry."

"Don't worry, Mom, I know what I'm doing."

"Okay, then you can go and keep an eye on things in the backyard."

"..."

Gu Guanhai: ...

His mother fainted from fright?

well!

This is why he has kept it a secret from his mother all this time.

His mother looks like a sprightly old lady, but she was actually very timid when she was young and would faint at the drop of a hat.

Yu Mingxiang, who was keeping watch by the bedside, saw Gu Guanhai's eyelids tremble slightly and immediately whispered, "Gu Guanhai? Gu Guanhai, are you awake?"

Gu Guanhai: ...

It was a rare opportunity to be alone together, and I wanted to continue pretending to be asleep, but I was afraid she would worry.

"Um."

He responded and slowly opened his eyes.

Seeing this, Yu Mingxiang quickly helped him lean against the pillow and brought a bowl of spiritual spring water to his lips.

Gu Guanhai smelled the long-lost aroma of "honey water" and subconsciously opened his mouth to drink it down.

Yu Mingxiang: "..."

Seeing him gulping it down, my heart finally settled, but only halfway through...

Thinking of his injuries, her heart sank again.

"Gu Guanhai".

She called out softly.

After drinking the spiritual spring water, Gu Guanhai, looking completely satisfied, asked, "Hmm?"

"The injuries on your body..."

Yu Mingxiang pursed her lips, carefully choosing her words, and asked, "What happened?"

Gu Guanhai exclaimed upon hearing this: "!!!"

My mind went blank.

Thinking about the nature of his job, and then about his mother who had fainted from fright, he almost subconsciously said, "It's just a common injury, it'll be fine in a few days, nothing to worry about."

Upon hearing this, Yu Mingxiang said: ...

He paused for a moment.

Looking up into his eyes, she said in a deep voice, "Is it really just a common injury? Gu Guanhai, I'm a doctor, a surgeon!"

As a surgeon, delivering babies wasn't her forte, but...

She would never misjudge an external injury!

Gu Guanhai's new wounds were clearly gunshot wounds!

As for the old scars beneath the new wounds, they were covered with both knife and gunshot wounds, densely packed...

Gu Guanhai exclaimed upon hearing this: "!!!"

The hand hidden under the sleeve tightened.

Their eyes met.

He swallowed nervously and said, "It's...it's not an ordinary injury, but believe me, I really didn't do anything illegal!"

Upon hearing this, Yu Mingxiang's tightly furrowed brows relaxed slightly.