"Gu Qinghuai, what's wrong with you!" Lin Xihe was extremely anxious and hurriedly jumped off the table.

Gu Qinghuai lay naked on the ground, completely unconscious. She shook him vigorously, but received no response.

Without thinking twice, Lin Xihe flung open the door and shouted to the guards outside the courtyard, "Help! General Gu has fainted!"

Upon hearing the commotion, one of the guards immediately rushed over, while the other three quickly entered the room and carefully carried Gu Qinghuai to the bed.

In an instant, Gu Qinghuai's parents arrived in a hurry.

Gu Hongsheng glanced at his unconscious son, then glared angrily at Lin Xihe and demanded, "Miss Lin! Why did Qinghuai faint?"

The tone carried a hint of reproach.

Lin Xihe bit her lower lip, unsure how to answer.

At this moment, Gu Qinghuai's stepmother also joined in the trouble. It was she who had previously instigated Gu Hongsheng to break off the engagement: "Qinghuai rushed back for you, and even after returning, he still had to go to your residence every day. Now his body is in such a state, what more do you want!"

Although Lin Xihe felt guilty, when she thought about how the two people in front of her had cruelly broken off the engagement when the house was raided, leaving the original owner to live in despair in the capital and eventually leave heartbroken, she realized that they were also to blame for the original owner's marriage to Gu Qinghuai turning out like this.

So, she glared back at Gu Qinghuai's parents without fear, as if to say, "If you're not convinced, then fight me."

"You little brat, how dare you glare at us so rudely!" Seeing this, Madam Gu Zhou was even more furious and scolded.

However, Gu Hongsheng reached out and pulled his wife back. He knew Lin Xihe's importance in his son's heart and knew that saying too harsh words would only deepen the rift between him and his son. He knew when to stop.

Just then, the physician from the manor rushed over.

"Dr. Qin, please take a look at Qinghuai, what's wrong with him?" Gu Hongsheng said anxiously.

The doctor put down his medicine box and quickly took Gu Qinghuai's pulse.

Lin Xihe ignored Gu Zhou's difficult behavior, stood on tiptoe, and stared intently at Gu Qinghuai lying on the bed, where a few tear stains remained at the corners of his eyes.

After a long while, the doctor slowly removed his hand from Gu Qinghuai's wrist.

"Doctor, how is he? What exactly happened to Qinghuai?" Gu Hongsheng asked impatiently.

The doctor, with a grave expression and deep concern, said, "General Gu has been overwhelmed with grief these past few days, his emotions are pent up and he can't let go. He also suffered several new serious injuries recently, but he hasn't had a proper rest. His body simply can't bear such a heavy burden, which is why he fainted. If he doesn't calm down and take care of himself in the future, he might develop a chronic illness and regret it later."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xihe covered her mouth in surprise.

In her memory, Gu Qinghuai was always tall and imposing. She never realized that he had so many injuries, let alone that his affection was so deep.

"This child is really something, getting such a serious injury and not uttering a sound when she came back!" Gu Hongsheng sighed helplessly, then couldn't help but glance at Lin Xihe sideways.

"General Gu's health condition is really not good enough to withstand any more strain. I will administer acupuncture to General Gu first."

As the doctor spoke, he took out acupuncture needles from his needle case and inserted them into several acupoints on Gu Qinghuai's head and body.

After a while, Gu Qinghuai slowly woke up.

Seeing this, Gu Hongsheng hurriedly stepped forward: "Qinghuai, how can you be so willful and disregard your own health!"

Gu Qinghuai seemed not to hear his words, but stared intently at Lin Xihe through the gap between the doctor and Gu Hongsheng.

Only when he saw Lin Xihe still by his side did the panic in his eyes subside slightly.

"Master, although General Gu has woken up, he still needs to rest. I will go and prescribe the medicine now." The doctor put away his needles and left.

Seeing that his son was ignoring him, Gu Hongsheng couldn't help but feel a pang of regret.

When the Lin family was raided, he rushed to break off the engagement, intending not to implicate his son in the Lin family's affairs. However, he did not expect that it would make his son hate him and Gu Zhoushi so much.

So much so that after his son returned from his victory and went back to the Gu residence, he stayed indoors and strictly forbade his wife and son from stepping into the courtyard.

If Gu Qinghuai hadn't fainted today, the guards would probably still have kept them outside.

After the doctor left, Gu Qinghuai asked coldly, "Who let them in?"

The guards outside immediately clasped their hands and knelt on one knee: "Reporting to the general, it is your subordinate."

"Go and collect your twenty strokes of the military rod tomorrow."

"Your subordinate obeys."

"Tell them to leave," Gu Qinghuai ordered coldly.

Gu Hongsheng was furious when he saw his son wake up and treat him like this, but he couldn't vent his anger.

Seeing that Gu Qinghuai's guards were about to chase them away, Gu Hongsheng had no choice but to say, "Miss Lin, Qinghuai is in such a state now. Since you are his fiancée, you should stay and take care of him."

Lin Xihe did not respond, but her gaze never left Gu Qinghuai on the bed.

Seeing this, Gu Hongsheng snorted coldly and turned to leave with Gu Zhoushi.

After the two left, Lin Xihe's long-suppressed emotions finally broke down. She pouted, her lips trembled slightly, and burst into tears. She walked towards Gu Qinghuai's bedside while crying.

Seeing this, Gu Qinghuai forced himself to sit up, pulled Lin Xihe into his arms, gently patted her back, and murmured, "I'm sorry for making you worry. I'm fine now."

Lin Xihe cried so hard that her tears soaked a large part of Gu Qinghuai's pure white inner robe. It took her a long time to finally lift her head from his embrace, sobbing.

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