Chapter 1011 A World of Difference
Gong Qing looked at Gu Wanqiu's dry and cracked lips, moistened a cotton swab and carefully applied it. When he got closer, Gu Wanqiu suddenly opened her eyes.
Gong Qing's hands froze, his expression filled with surprise: "Qiuqiu..."
Gu Wanqiu, who had just woken up, was still dazed and confused, like a deer that had just woken up. His eyes became frightened after seeing the unfamiliar environment.
She pushed Gong Qing away, pulling the needle on the back of her hand, and let out a hoarse cry.
"Wanqiu, don't move. There are needles stuck in the back of your hand. It will hurt. Don't be afraid. You are safe now. No one will hit you or hurt you."
Gu Wanqiu was so frightened and panicked that she couldn't hear anything. She seemed not to feel any pain. The needle on the back of her hand had been pulled out, and strings of blood beads were connected together, winding along, staining her fingertips and the bed sheets red.
Seeing that Gu Wanqiu was about to fall off the bed, Gong Qing quickly hugged her. The person in his arms was extremely thin and trembling.
Gong Qing felt a sharp pain in his forearm and looked over, only to see Gu Wanqiu lowering her head and opening her mouth to bite his arm.
Just like a wild dog, once it opens its mouth and bites a piece of meat, it won't let go.
It was quite painful. Gong Qing groaned and endured the pain, letting Gu Wanqiu bite him. Soon, a string of blood appeared on his arm.
Gu Wanqiu bit his skin directly, so you can imagine how hard he bit.
Gu Wanqiu had just woken up and was weak. She lost her strength after biting for less than a minute and fell into Gong Qing's arms. She still bit Gong Qing's hand but did not push down.
He was shivering, making frightened groans from his mouth, his eyes hidden in his hair, filled with fear and alertness.
When Gong Qing saw that the person in his arms had stopped moving, he stretched out his good hand and gently touched Gu Wanqiu's hair, trying to comfort her.
Just a slight movement, and Gu Wanqiu began to tremble again, muttering: "No..."
Combined with what Gu Wanqiu said in her sleep before, the "no" she said should be begging for mercy, hoping not to be beaten.
Gong Qing felt even more pain in his heart and didn't dare to touch her anymore. He pinched the dry ends of Gu Wanqiu's hair in his soft palms.
He couldn't understand why a person who was fine five years ago became like this when they met again.
This kind of Gu Wanqiu cannot be connected with her past self at all. They are two completely different people.
One is a proud little princess who is high and mighty, and the other is a crazy woman who is thrown into the street and would not feel out of place even if she were to stay with beggars.
When Gu Wanqiu was scared, her face was panicked and her skin was unusually pale, making the scar of more than ten centimeters on her left cheek look very hideous, as if a long earthworm was stuck on it.
"Don't be afraid..." Gong Qing said soothingly, "You are safe now. You won't feel any pain anymore. No one will bully you, let alone hit you. Wanqiu, I will protect you. I will always protect you from now on and will not let you get hurt."
Gu Wanqiu's body stiffened and her face turned pale. She loosened her teeth and carefully raised her head to look at Gong Qing. Her eyes were still as beautiful as ever, almond-shaped, with clear black and white.
But her big, watery eyes now seemed covered by a layer of dust. When she looked at people, there was no light in them, and they were empty and lifeless.
After glancing at Gong Qing, he quickly lowered his head, like a frightened bird, not daring to look anyone in the eye.
Gong Qing didn't understand what Gu Wanqiu was afraid of, and what surprised him the most was that Gu Wanqiu seemed not to recognize him.
Forget it, let's take it one step at a time. Gu Wanqiu looked frightened, and at this point, no matter what I asked her, I wouldn't be able to get anything out of her. I could only wait until she slowly recovered and then ask her what had happened in the past five years.
Of course, if she didn't want to say it, he wouldn't force her.
After Gu Wanqiu calmed down completely, Gong Qing let her go.
Gu Wanqiu dodged away in an instant, as if she had broken free from her restraints and escaped from danger.
Fortunately, the other side of the bed was against the wall, otherwise Gu Wanqiu might have fallen if she had hidden there.
She huddled in the corner beside the bed, as if trying to trap herself in the tiny crack in the wall.
Gu Wanqiu looked at the winding stream of blood on the back of her swollen hand, then raised her hand, lowered her head, and licked it gently with her tongue, looking as pitiful as a wounded stray cat.
Gong Qing's throat was choked. Seeing Gu Wanqiu like this, he couldn't help but think of the Gu Wanqiu in the past. His eyes instantly turned red. He wanted to say something, but his throat seemed to be blocked by air and he couldn't say anything.
The nanny had already prepared dinner, but it was now cold. Seeing Gu Wanqiu huddled in the corner without moving, Gong Qing got up and went out, asking the servant to watch over her for a while while he went downstairs to ask the nanny to heat up the dinner and bring it to the bedroom.
The nanny nodded in agreement, and suddenly noticed the wound on Gong Qing's arm: "Mr. Gong, do you want to treat the wound on your arm?"
Gong Qing raised his arm: "No, it's okay."
"Mr. Gong, you haven't eaten for a day. You should eat something. If you don't eat, I'm worried that you will starve to death."
If he starves himself to death, who will take care of Gu Wanqiu?
Gong Qing ate the leftovers from the night before, gobbling them up in about five minutes. The nanny had almost heated up the soup.
Gu Wanqiu had just woken up, so she definitely couldn't eat any irritating food. It would be difficult for her to digest because of her poor stomach, so it was best for her to eat liquid food.
I drank some soup and made some millet porridge.
The nanny carried the tray out of the kitchen. Gong Qing wiped his mouth and said, "Let me do it."
He reached out to take it, went upstairs and tiptoed back to the room. There were only two people in the huge room, one was Gu Wanqiu curled up in the corner of the bed, and the other was a servant standing frozen in place at the door. Neither of them moved. They were the same as when he went downstairs just now.
Gong Qing put the tray on the bedside table and picked up the soup. The slight movement made Gu Wanqiu's body tremble. She raised her eyes, which were mostly covered by her hair. Her gaze shifted from Gong Qing's face to his arm and finally to the bowl of soup in his hand. She stopped moving.
Gong Qing naturally noticed Gu Wanqiu's gaze, and he guessed that Gu Wanqiu must be hungry.
Her attitude towards food was much better than towards him. At least she didn't have a blank look in her eyes when she looked at the soup.
Gong Qing sat on the bedside: "Are you hungry? Come and have something to eat. This chicken soup is delicious."
As Gong Qing spoke, he stirred the soup with a spoon, emitting bursts of fragrance.
Gulu...
It was Gu Wanqiu's stomach growling. She stared at the bowl of soup, saliva secreted from her mouth, and her throat rolled, making gurgling sounds.
She was hungry, very hungry, but she was too timid to snatch the bowl of soup from Gong Qing.
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