"I haven't seen you all day, where have you been?" Qin Chu sat on the living room sofa with her legs crossed, looking up at Gu Wanqing who had just entered the room.

Upon hearing this, Gu Wanqing paused, her hand gripping her bag. Suppressing her disgust for Qin Chu, she walked over unhurriedly. "I met a friend."

"Shi Miao?" Qin Chu's eyes flickered slightly. After staring at Gu Wanqing's face for a few seconds, she lowered her head and took a sip of coffee.

Gu Wanqing frowned and said coldly, "You investigated me?"

"What's wrong? I was just guessing." Qin Chu's deep pupils shimmered with a faint light, and he smiled slightly as he spoke.

"It's nothing, you guessed pretty accurately." Gu Wanqing raised an eyebrow and sat down opposite Qin Chu.

"If you like Shi Miao so much, why don't we adopt her as our goddaughter?" Qin Chu picked up a spoon and casually stirred the coffee in his hand.

Gu Wanqing was somewhat surprised. What exactly did Qin Chu want to do? Was he testing her?

"Really? But haven't you always disliked her?" Gu Wanqing's eyes brightened a bit, then she looked at him hesitantly, as if she had thought of something.

"Wanqing, I'll try to like anything you like..." Qin Chu put down his coffee cup, got up and sat down next to Gu Wanqing, pulling her into his arms.

"Okay, I'll go ask Miaomiao." Gu Wanqing suppressed her nausea, subtly pushed him away, and took out her phone from her bag, pretending to call Shi Miao.

Qin Chu's eyelids twitched, and he raised his hand to stop her. "Let's not rush this. I'm just making a suggestion. After all, we don't know much about her family situation yet. Let's talk about it after we've investigated it thoroughly."

“You’re right, then I’ll leave this matter to you.” Gu Wanqing nodded and pondered for a moment.

"Don't worry, leave it to me."

She pinched the bridge of her nose, picked up her bag and phone, and stood up. "I'm going to sleep now."

"Okay." Qin Chu casually placed his hand on the sofa, turned his head to look at her back, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes.

*

Besides taking care of Gu Yanxin in the hospital these days, Yun Rujin also spent half of her savings to buy a luxury apartment.

Having been a wealthy socialite for over a decade, she naturally wouldn't skimp on herself when it came to food, clothing, housing, and transportation.

Although it can't compare to the Gu family's large detached villa, it's enough for the mother and daughter to live in.

"Mom, this house is too small! This bedroom isn't even as big as my walk-in closet at the Gu family home..." Gu Yanxin looked at the huge difference in her life and still couldn't believe that she had fallen to such a state. She felt extremely sad.

Yun Rujin has now seen through Gu Yanxin and only has a little bit of motherly affection left for her. She said impatiently, "If you think it's too small, you can move out. Nobody's stopping you."

Gu Yanxin bit her lip unwillingly, not daring to argue with her anymore, after all, she could only rely on Yun Rujin now.

"What about the school...?"

"You should continue studying at No. 1 High School. I spent 5 million yuan to get you back, so I can't let that money go to waste," Yun Rujin said with a sigh as she sat down on the sofa.

"But...."

“No buts, just bear with it and half a year will pass quickly,” Yun Rujin interrupted.

Gu Yanxin knew that nothing she said would make a difference, so she looked down at her hands, which were wrapped in gauze and throbbing slightly, and could only nod obediently.

At night, Gu Yanxin was so upset that she couldn't sleep and tossed and turned in bed.

Seeing the new phone Yun Rujin had bought for her a couple of days ago on the bedside table, she suddenly sat up and, enduring the pain in her hand, laboriously moved the phone onto the bed.

She then awkwardly used her feet to operate the device, directly inputting Qin Chu's phone number from her mind and dialing it.

"Hello?" Qin Chu's cold voice came from the other end of the phone.

“It’s me…” Gu Yanxin said softly, a hint of nervousness flashing in her eyes.

"Tsk, you still have the nerve to call me?"

"Can you help me again? I was kicked out by Gu Yunbai..." Gu Yanxin bit her lip and said in a trembling voice.

"Is there anything else that I could do to help you?"

"I...I can give you my body! I'll give you anything you want, I don't want to live like this anymore!" Gu Yanxin's pupils trembled slightly as she raised her voice.

Qin Chu scoffed, "Sorry, I really don't think much of it."

"But back in the capital, you clearly treated me..."

"Just kidding, don't take it seriously." He hung up the phone before Gu Yanxin could react.

Gu Yanxin's face turned deathly pale. Reluctantly, she called back, only to find she'd been blocked...