Gu Qian acts just like his name suggests: he thinks only of the immediate consequences and doesn't consider the long-term implications. He has a bit of cleverness, but not much, and his flaws are too numerous to withstand scrutiny, making it difficult for him to succeed. Yet, he is inexplicably confident, believing that everything is under his control. However, he always fails at everything he does, making him a typical example of someone who is more trouble than he's worth.
Upon seeing the police and the soup they took away, Gu Qian knew he was finished; the other party was after him.
He wanted to deny it to the death, but he overestimated his resilience. He was locked in the interrogation room and confessed before he was even beaten.
Gu Qian broke down, his hands shaking like a sieve.
Where did you buy the medicine?
"I had someone buy it for me."
"who?"
"Su Tian".
"Who is Su Tian? What is your relationship with her?"
"My former assistant."
"Does she know you bought the medicine to harm people?"
"I didn't mean to harm anyone." Gu Qian knew what he should and shouldn't say, and even if the other party had already guessed, he refused to admit it.
Why did you drug Xia Qingshan?
"I want to see my lawyer."
No matter what the police asked him after that, Gu Qian only said one thing: call a lawyer.
But in reality, he didn't have a lawyer at all. The only person he could turn to was Xia Wan. He placed all his hopes on Xia Wan, hoping that she would remember their past relationship and "believe" in him this time.
Gu Qian nervously held his phone, not dialing immediately, but organizing his thoughts and deciding what to say before finally making the call.
I didn't answer the first time.
The call ended on the second attempt.
Just as Gu Qian was about to make his third call, he heard footsteps outside. Gu Qian slowly looked up, and when he saw it was Xia Wan, he stood up abruptly.
"Wanwan, did you come to pick me up? You have to believe me, I didn't drug Uncle Xia. I love you so much, how could I possibly hurt your father? I can't bear to see you sad either."
Xia Wan's pupils, under the incandescent light, resembled two black chess pieces, empty and still, like a bottomless well, making one feel desolate at first glance.
Xia Wan stared at him for a long time before letting out a bitter laugh: "You love me?"
Hearing her hoarse voice, Gu Qian's heart sank, and he became fearful and uneasy.
Xia Wan walked towards him step by step, the sound of her high heels on the floor sounding particularly jarring, and he actually felt an urge to run away.
Xia Wan threw all the documents and photos in her hand at Gu Qian: "You love me, then what is this? Tell me what this is!"
What was that? The photo hit him on the head and then scattered all over the ground. Gu Qian looked at the photo of Su Tian on the ground. The most recent photo was of him accompanying Su Tian to the hospital today to get her child vaccinated.
Gu Qian's eyes widened instantly, and a variety of emotions flashed across his face, as if he had been spied on in a secret he wanted to keep hidden.
"Wanwan, let me explain, it's not what you think."
"Fine, explain how this illegitimate child came about, explain why you were still in contact with Su Tian on our wedding day. You three have such a good relationship, huh? If you're so close, why did you marry me? What am I to you?" Xia Wan shouted hoarsely, "You say you love me, but you've lied to me time and time again, treating me like a fool. You've wronged me enough, but why did you drug my father!"
Xia Wan picked up her bag and smashed it on Gu Qian's head, then slapped him several more times without letting up.
Gu Qian didn't dodge. He knelt on the ground and let Xia Wan hit him until he was too weak to continue.
"I'm sorry, Wanwan... I know I was wrong. Su Tian and I were just an accident. I don't love her. The person I've always loved is you. She got pregnant and used that to threaten me, saying that if I didn't give her money or spend time with her, she would tell you. I was so afraid of losing you, so I did all that with her. You have to believe me... Wanwan, please save me. Get me a lawyer. I don't want to go to jail. After I get out, you can beat me however you want."
Xia Wan wished she had a knife in her hand to stab him to death, or to cut his flesh off piece by piece.
She hated Gu Qian, and she also hated herself for keeping this wolf in her heart out of old feelings, which led to her father's death.
"Hit you? I wish I could kill you! Why did you drug my dad? Do you know that my dad is lying in the hospital, his life hanging in the balance? The doctors have been trying to save him all day, and even if he wakes up, he'll be paralyzed from a stroke!"
Gu Qian guessed that Xia Qingshan had gotten into trouble, but he didn't expect it to be this serious. "Wanwan, I only drugged him to punish him. I didn't mean for him to die... Wanwan, I was just unwilling to accept it. We just got married and I was forced to get a divorce. Marriage is supposed to be a matter between the two of us, but he kept instigating you. I made a mistake because I was angry."
He always found various excuses to absolve himself. Xia Wan clenched her fists again, her anger boiling, her eyes filled with murderous intent.
"You're still trying to argue. I'm the one who wants a divorce. If you want to hit me, come at me! You say you love me, but you've hurt me just as much as you've ever done. You've been cheating on me for a long time, yet you pretend to be so devoted. You didn't marry me because you love me, but for more money. You're a selfish, greedy, and ungrateful wretch. After your father died, you were supposed to go to an orphanage, but my father took you in. From childhood to adulthood, everything I have has been shared with you. The Xia family supported your education and sent you abroad. When you were an actress, how much money did the Xia family spend on you? I don't expect you to be grateful, but at least don't be ungrateful! And what have you done?!"
Ironically, she only now sees Gu Qian's true colors. If she had listened to her father and stayed away from him when he first warned her, none of this would have happened. But there are no "what ifs" in life.
Her father said she was stubborn, the kind of person who wouldn't turn back until she hit a wall. Now she's finally hit it, and she's bleeding profusely. Nobody told her that hitting a wall is so painful.
Xia Wan went berserk and attacked Gu Qian. No one could persuade her otherwise. The couple, once praised as a perfect match online, had now become enemies. Who could have imagined that the man Xia Wan chose to elope with would eventually become a knife used against her and her father?
Gu Qian was in pain from the beating; a cut appeared at the corner of his eye, making it look like a tear of blood. Perhaps knowing that Xia Wan wouldn't save him now that things were exposed, he decided to give up and fight back.
He roared, "I cheated on you? When I was with Su Tian, you were with Zhuang Yan. How could I cheat? I only had a six-month relationship with Su Tian, but you and Zhuang Yan had a three-year relationship. What kind of good person do you think you are? You married me unwillingly, using me as a tool to spite Zhuang Yan. And my father, he was killed by your mother. There isn't a single good person in your Xia family. If your mother hadn't seduced my father, he wouldn't have died!"
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