Chapter 1239 Locking her up for her own good
The two children didn't dare to get closer for a moment. They stood blankly at the door, looking at Gu Wanqiu from afar.
Gu Wanqiu leaned weakly against the head of the bed, wearing thin clothes, looking skinny, with a smile on her lips. The wind blew her hair slightly. She looked at Si Yan and Si Xu and the others absent-mindedly, her eyes empty, like two black holes.
When she saw the two children, there was not much expression on her face.
As numb as a cold robot.
"Mom, are you okay?" Si Yan asked cautiously.
Gu Wanqiu is now much thinner than before she left Beicheng. Her face is very pale, with dark circles under her eyelids. There is not a trace of blood on her face. She is swaying a little while sitting on the edge of the bed, as if the stronger wind outside will blow her down.
Gu Wanqiu asked back: "Do you think I'm good?"
With just one sentence, Si Yan had a stuffy nose, sore eyes, and began to choke. He wanted to rush over and hug his mother, but for some reason, there seemed to be an obstacle between him and his mother. He couldn't get close no matter what, and couldn't even lift his feet.
Sixu's eyes were filled with tears, and her voice was a little hoarse: "Mom, my brother and I miss you..."
Gu Wanqiu shifted her focus from Sixu's face to Li Jinxing. What should she say?
Should I respond to these two children, giving them hope and then disappointing them? Or should I remain indifferent, giving no response, no emotion?
Gu Wanqiu chose to escape: "You guys go back, I don't want to see anyone now, just pretend I've never come back." As she spoke, she coughed softly, and the cough slightly diluted the sharpness of the indifference in her words.
She covered her mouth and her body shook even more violently. The sound of her muffled cough was particularly harsh in the quiet environment.
Li Jinxing kept staring at Gu Wanqiu. If Gu Wanqiu said anything to hurt the two children, he would rush over and strangle her to death.
His eyes were full of oppression.
"Mom...Mom..." Seeing Gu Wanqiu coughing violently, the two children were very worried.
Just as they were about to step forward, Gu Wanqiu grabbed the chain on the bed and threw it to the ground to vent her emotions. The sound of the chain hitting the floor was so loud that the two children stopped moving.
Only then did they notice that there was a long chain tied around Gu Wanqiu's ankles.
Gu Wanqiu seemed to be out of control of her emotions, her pale face bursting with ferocity. She glared at them fiercely, her eyes looking as if they were about to bleed.
"Do I look good like this? Cooped up in here like a dog?"
Siyan was at a loss, and Sixu was so scared that she hid behind him.
She still exploded. At this moment, even Gu Wanqiu couldn't tell whether she was acting or really venting the emotions that had been suppressed for too long.
All along, no matter whether she was in a good mood or not, Gu Wanqiu never spoke loudly to the two children or lost her temper with them.
Because she knew that no matter how deep the conflict between her and Li Jinxing was, the two children were innocent.
Now she has thrown away her previous shallow smile, and her words are sharp, showing no mercy to anyone, even if the people standing opposite her are the two children she once loved the most.
She was like a ruthless executioner, grabbing a handful of salt and rubbing it into their wounds.
She refused their approach, and looked at them fiercely and hostilely like a frightened cat with its fur standing on end.
"Get out! Don't make me say it again, I don't want to see you now." After coughing, Feng's voice was hoarse, and she only said a few words loudly. She was panting and didn't want the two children to see her like this, so she lowered her head and her long hair covered her face.
Si Yan clutched his pants tightly, his innocent eyes already covered with tears, and he saw that the tears were about to fall in the next second. Li Jinxing patted his shoulder, followed his arm down, and took his cool little hand: "Let's go."
Gu Wanqiu lowered her head. She could clearly feel Li Jinxing's cold gaze when he looked at her. It was like a knife falling on her neck, like a thorn in her back.
The footsteps gradually faded away until they could no longer be heard. Gu Wanqiu then raised her head and fell back onto the bed.
After going out, Li Jinxing kept thinking about how to comfort their disappointed emotions.
Siyan said before that no matter what happened, he would not blame his mother, so now... would he blame her?
Si Yan suddenly stopped and asked directly, "Dad, why did you tie an iron chain to her feet?"
"If she is not tied up, she will run away." Li Jinxing did not think this was a problem.
He always solves problems when they arise. In his opinion, Gu Wanqiu's escape is a big problem. So what's wrong with tying her up in order to solve this problem?
"Why must Mom be locked up? She wants to leave, so why not let her go?"
Li Jinxing's voice was quite gentle: "Can you bear to give her up?"
Si Yan shook his head, and Si Xu on the other side also responded: "I can't bear to leave."
"Since you can't bear to let her go, then follow your heart and keep her."
Siyan retorted, "But Mom won't be happy with this. She'll hate us!"
He had just seen hatred on his mother's face, and he didn't want to see his mother like that at all.
So what if she is unhappy? What matters is that you are happy.
Li Jinxing used to care too much about Gu Wanqiu's emotions and considered her in everything, but what did he get?
Now, he wants to do it completely according to his own ideas.
Li Jinxing had also resented his two sons. When he fell down due to poisoning, they not only let Gu Wanqiu go, but also delayed her time. They were afraid that he would go looking for someone after waking up, and they even stopped the nanny from calling the hospital.
Fortunately, the poison he was poisoned with at that time was not the kind that took effect immediately, otherwise... in those three or four hours, the two children might never see him again.
It was obviously him who raised them and spent more time with them, but sometimes, in some things, these two children were more partial to Gu Wanqiu, someone they had been with for less than a year. How could Li Jinxing not feel resentful? He could only try not to think about it.
"You have considered her feelings, but has she considered your feelings? You let her go with another man just to make her happy, but have you ever thought about my feelings?" Li Jinxing held the hands of the two children and couldn't help but exert force.
The two children felt pain but didn't dare to cry out. They felt more guilty than anyone else about watching Gu Wanqiu leave, because they knew that their choice would hurt their father.
Si Yan said weakly: "Dad..."
Realizing that his emotions were a bit sharp, Li Jinxing took a deep breath and tried to suppress his outward anger: "Even if you don't consider me, you have to consider my sister. Do you want her to lose her mother at such a young age? She needs her mother's company to grow up healthy."
They can refute this. After all, they grew up without mothers, but didn't they live well?
It is true that they can live without their mothers, but there are many times when they are unhappy. When they were in kindergarten, they were always secretly laughed at and called wild children.
Will my sister have to face such an experience in the future?
But thinking of their sister's small figure, they couldn't bear it.
Because I had been caught in the rain before, I wanted to hold an umbrella for my sister and didn't want her to experience what they had experienced.
"Then why did you lock Mom up? Dad, please don't lock her up, okay? My brother and I will accompany her every day and make her happy. After we develop a deep bond, maybe Mom won't want to leave anymore."
"Let's wait until she doesn't want to leave. I'm locking her up now for her own good." Li Jinxing improvised an excuse. "I haven't told you that your mother is sick now. She has postpartum depression. If it's serious, people will go crazy. She's already going crazy. If we don't lock her up like this, she'll hurt herself. You saw it just now. Isn't she abnormal?"
Li Jinxing said this as he squatted in front of the two children, placed his hands on their shoulders, looked at them calmly, and his low voice seemed to be bewitching and brainwashing them.
Si Yan and Si Xu pursed their lips and did not answer. They were too young to fully distinguish right from wrong. They naturally trusted the people closest to them, so they would believe whatever Li Jinxing said.
At this time, they were recalling Gu Wanqiu's appearance just now, which seemed really abnormal.
In the past, their mother never yelled at them, and she never even spoke loudly to them. She was always gentle, and in their eyes, she was the best mother.
"Can it be cured?"
"Of course she can be cured, but it will take a long time. If we let her go now, she will not only hurt herself, but also others. For her and Xiao Sui, should we keep her locked up here? Tying her up with a chain is not hurting her."
"If she's so seriously ill, why don't you take her to the hospital?"
"If we send her to the hospital, the doctor will tie her to the bed and she won't be able to move. Do you want to see her like that?" Li Jinxing asked.
Si Yan Si Xu quickly shook his head.
"Then let's stay with mom during her treatment and wait for her to recover."
Seeing that he had finally convinced the two children, Li Jinxing raised the corners of his mouth, raised his hand and touched the two children's faces.
"To avoid getting hurt, you'd better not get too close to her recently. If you want to see her, just stand at the door."
The two children nodded.
After coaxing the two children, Li Jinxing took them to the baby room again. Gu Sui, who was sleeping in the crib, had already woken up. She was not afraid of the two unfamiliar faces. Her bright eyes curved into crescents when she smiled, and she acted very close to her two brothers.
Si Yan and Si Xu were always around their sister throughout the afternoon. They were both happy and distressed when seeing their sister.
In the evening, when the nanny brought food upstairs to Gu Wanqiu, Siyan and Sixu followed her upstairs. They listened to their father and did not go closer, but stood at the door and looked at Gu Wanqiu.
"Miss Gu, it's time to eat." Gu Wanqiu always stared out the window alone. Even if it was dark and nothing could be seen outside, she would still look outside.
Hearing the nanny's voice, Gu Wanqiu turned around and saw Si Yan and Si Xu standing at the door. They stood there motionless, their movements awkward, and their little faces showed anxiety.
"Mom, we won't go in. Don't be angry. My brother and I just want to see if you have eaten well..." Si Yan, who was worried about making Gu Wanqiu unhappy, explained hurriedly with a panicked look and a flattering tone.
Gu Wanqiu's gaze stayed on them for only two seconds before she looked away, treating them as air, as if she hadn't seen them.
Can these two children really make Li Jinxing let her go?
Gu Wanqiu had something on her mind, and while eating, she repeated the movements of opening her mouth, chewing, and swallowing like a robot.
She didn't eat much, and after the nanny left with the bowls, the two children were still standing at the door.
The chain on Gu Wanqiu's feet was fixed to the foot of the bed. Although she was also locked here, it was much better than downstairs. At least she had an independent bathroom. She no longer needed a nanny to take her to the bathroom, and she didn't have to worry about urinary incontinence again.
Gu Wanqiu pretended that the two children did not exist, but in fact, she kept restraining her gaze and could only lower her head and hide in the bathroom.
I stayed in the bathroom for ten minutes, and when I came out, the two children had already left.
Gu Wanqiu lay on the bed looking at the light on the ceiling. Her eyes were sore from the light and tears flowed from the corners of her eyes.
Siyan and Sixu have made up their minds that in order to help Gu Wanqiu recover as soon as possible, they must stay with her.
They looked it up online and found that postpartum depression can lead to suicidal tendencies in severe cases, and that the key to depression is companionship and understanding.
These questions are a bit complicated for two six-year-old children.
Siyan has always been good at making people happy, but this time he encountered a problem.
He actually had a feeling that his mother would never be happy here. She didn't like his father and could even be said to hate him.
The conflict between his parents was beyond his control. He thought about it all night but couldn't come up with a good solution.
Fortunately, my father left for something the next day.
Early in the morning, Siyan asked the chef who went out to buy groceries to bring back a kite for him and his brother.
In the hot summer, the sun rises very early. At ten o'clock in the morning, the temperature outside is nearly thirty degrees, which is particularly sunny.
Siyan took the kite outside to fly it. It was hot and humid and there was no wind, so it was impossible to fly the kite. The two children took turns running and sweating profusely, but they still couldn't fly the kite.
They want to fly kites for their mother to see and want to find the happiness they felt at that time.
Mom doesn't want to see them now, but she often looks outside. As long as they appear in the field of vision outside her room window, she will always see him and his brother.
Upstairs, Gu Wanqiu did see them. In such hot weather, they kept running under the sun. No matter how the servants tried to persuade them, it was useless. They just wanted to fly the kite.
The nanny brought water to Gu Wanqiu. Standing outside the window, she saw Si Yan and Si Xu running hard downstairs and sighed softly: "It's summer, it's so hot outside, and they got heatstroke before they even flew the kite. Why fly a kite in such weather?"
Gu Wanqiu said softly, "They released the kites for me. They wanted me to see the kites flying in the sky."
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