Chapter 1257 The Replaced Red Rose
It was like a movie being played with the pause button pressed. Gu Wanqiu froze there, motionless.
This extremely impactful scene caused a strong bitterness to spread from her heart to her whole body, almost swallowing her up.
Gu Wanqiu tried her best to hold it back, but her red eyes still trembled uncontrollably.
She stared at the interlocked hands, and memories came like a tide, advancing layer by layer without any order, yet beating hard against her heart again and again.
The person Li Jinxing was holding hands with looked so much like her before, she was really beautiful. They stood in the sun, the atmosphere was just right, it was a romance that everyone could feel. The summer sun shone on their bodies, as if they were covered with a layer of gold.
She looked through them and seemed to see her former self and Li Jinxing.
She couldn't help but wonder, were she and Li Jinxing also so well matched when they stood together in those years?
Gu Wanqiu lowered her eyes. She obviously didn't want to see them, but her eyes couldn't stop glancing at them. She looked at Li Jinxing's handsome face and tall body. Her vision had obviously deteriorated, but she still seemed to see it. When Li Jinxing looked at the woman beside him, his gentle gaze seemed as if she was the only one in his eyes.
Has Li Jinxing ever looked at her like this?
Such scenes appeared in her eyes, full of cruelty. Gu Wanqiu felt as if her heart had been torn into several pieces, and it was bloody and painful.
The saying "heart-wrenching as if cut by a knife, being cut into pieces by a thousand cuts" is probably just like this.
Her undisguised gaze still caught the attention of Li Jinxing downstairs, and he looked up at Gu Wanqiu.
Gu Wanqiu had no time to dodge and was caught by Li Jinxing.
A sarcastic smile appeared on Li Jinxing's lips.
Jiang Yun pointed in the direction of the rose garden: "It turns out there are so many roses planted here, so beautiful."
"Do you like it?"
"Of course I like it. I think there is no woman who doesn't like red roses, especially those picked by her beloved man for her." This statement is self-evident.
Li Jinxing's sarcastic look towards Gu Wanqiu turned into a doting look after he turned his gaze towards Jiang Yun. He reached out and tucked the hair on Jiang Yun's forehead behind her ears.
"I'll pick it for you right away."
Gu Wanqiu watched the two of them holding hands and walking towards the rose garden. Gu Wanqiu, who was on the second floor, saw it and instantly understood what they were going to do.
Li Jinxing knew that her favorite flower was red roses, and even though she was allergic to them, she still liked them.
Therefore, Li Jinxing planted a field of red roses for her, a variety specially cultivated for her. It had no rose scent, but even she could stand close to it and admire it carefully.
That was the red rose he planted for her.
She didn't want to see him picking the roses there to please another person.
No matter how loudly she screamed in her heart, Li Jinxing could not hear her. She could only watch in pain as Li Jinxing rolled up his sleeves, plucked more than eleven roses with his bare hands, and carefully pulled out the thorns on them. He then handed them to Jiang Yun.
"Do you like it?"
Jiang Yun took it and leaned forward slightly to smell the fragrance of the flowers. She was more beautiful than the flowers: "It seems to have no fragrance."
"You don't like it?"
Jiang Yun met Li Jinxing's emotionless eyes and said, "I like roses that smell like roses. Can a rose without fragrance still be called a rose?" She threw the rose in her hand casually on the ground.
"If you don't like it, forget it. I'll have someone dig up these roses today."
They were too far away for Gu Wanqiu to hear their voices, but when she saw Jiang Yun pick up the rose, sniff it, and throw it on the ground, she probably guessed what they were talking about.
Gu Wanqiu looked at the roses on the ground with hot eyes and wanted to go over and pick them up.
Her right leg began to hurt at this time, and she lowered her head and looked at her leg.
It seemed that she could sense Gu Wanqiu's sadness, and Gu Wanqiu might care about Li Jinxing more than they thought.
"Miss Gu, why don't you go in?"
Gu Wanqiu didn't say anything. She just stared blankly at the two people in the distance. Li Jinxing seemed to want to introduce this place to Jiang Yun. He took her around until they could no longer be seen. Only then did Gu Wanqiu look away.
Gu Wanqiu has the habit of taking a nap. After all, she can't sleep at night because of the pain. Once her body is no longer in pain, she will take the time to make up for the sleep. But this afternoon, she couldn't sleep no matter how hard she tried.
She learned from the nanny that Li Jinxing's girlfriend's name was Jiang Yun, a very nice name.
She would also think more about whether Li Jinxing still likes her, otherwise he would not find someone who looks so similar to her in the past. Maybe this Jiang Yun is just a "stand-in" for her.
As soon as this thought came out, Gu Wanqiu laughed out loud at himself.
Her arrogance has harmed her in this life and caused her so much suffering. Why hasn't she learned her lesson yet and still thinks Li Jinxing still loves her?
Perhaps Li Jinxing only liked her beautiful face in the past, and it had nothing to do with love.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, there were bursts of noise outside. Gu Wanqiu realized something was wrong, so he stood up and looked outside. He saw a bulldozer driving in, followed by several trucks.
What is this for?
She called the babysitter and asked, "Why is there such a big noise outside?"
The nanny said, "Boss Li arranged for the workers to come over and decide to dig up the rose patch and replace it with something else."
There was a loud bang, and her ears buzzed. Something collapsed with a loud crash. Gu Wanqiu thought she was hallucinating. She stared stiffly at the nanny's lips, which moved in and out. She asked with a twitching lip, "What did you say? Li Jinxing had the rose patch razed."
"yes……"
The nanny had heard that the rose field was planted by Li Jinxing specifically for his sweetheart, and that sweetheart was Gu Wanqiu.
Maybe he really didn't love her anymore and let her go. He had planted roses for ten years, but he cut them up for another woman.
"It's such a pity that such beautiful roses are gone in an instant," the nanny said.
Her favorite roses are gone, and the two camellia trees in the yard also died ten years ago.
Li Jinxing hired a lot of workers, and it only took them one afternoon to dig up the entire patch of roses and replace them with champagne roses. I heard that was the rose variety that Li Jinxing's girlfriend liked.
The smell is very fragrant. Planting such a large area of it is pleasing to the eye at a glance. It is not only beautiful, but also very fragrant. Even from such a long distance, Gu Wanqiu can smell the strong rose scent.
Gu Wanqiu couldn't help but sneeze. Her nose was itchy and every sneeze caused pain in her body.
I can adapt to anesthetics, so why can't I adapt to the scent of roses?
Her red roses are not as beautiful as champagne roses. Not only are they not as pretty, they are not as fragrant.
The nanny saw Gu Wanqiu sneezing several times in a row, "Miss Gu, do you have a cold?"
Gu Wanqiu shook her head, stifling a sneeze, and said in a muffled voice, "I'm just allergic to the scent of roses."
This is very similar to Siyan and Sixu: "Siyan and Sixu are also allergic. If they change to this kind of rose, I'm afraid Siyan and the others will never come back."
"Flowers have their own blooming seasons. Perhaps by winter, Si Yan and Si Xu will be able to come back."
"Then what are you going to do?" She sneezed when she smelled the fragrance of flowers from such a distance. In her current condition, she couldn't go downstairs to relax and bask in the sun.
"Just close the window. I'm not going out."
I thought Li Jinxing only needed to replace the rose patch, but who knew that he actually expanded the rose patch and extended it to under Gu Wanqiu's window. Her vision was surrounded by this patch of champagne roses. Even if she didn't want to see it, she would have seen it. It was an existence that could not be ignored. Now, the window had to be closed tightly.
Li Jinxing brought Jiang Yun back a week ago. During these seven days, Gu Wanqiu saw the smile on Li Jinxing's face again, watched him smile at another woman, watched them stay in the same room, go out together and come back together.
Apart from the fact that her face looked a bit like her past self, Jiang Yun was nothing alike. She was not arrogant and conceited, nor did she look down on anyone. She also did not want to be lifeless like she is now, either lying in bed or in a wheelchair.
She was as active as she most desired to be, like a bird in the sky.
There was always a lively smile on her face. She could always hear their laughter, hear Jiang Yun calling Li Jinxing's name softly, see her jumping on Li Jinxing fearlessly and asking him to carry her, watch them sitting in their own champagne and rose place drinking afternoon tea, watch Li Jinxing fanning her with a fan and holding an umbrella to shield her from the sun, watch them kissing romantically in a romantic place.
At that moment, Gu Wanqiu knew that her heart was completely dead, while Li Jinxing's heart came back to life.
Li Jinxing likes Jiang Yun, not just because of her face.
She can't compare.
Gu Wanqiu has nothing.
Now she has lost her original beauty. Even her past self cannot compare to the current Jiang Yun, because she is not gentle enough, not considerate enough, and does not love Li Jinxing enough.
Gu Wanqiu didn't want to cry, but tears still flowed out uncontrollably.
She clutched her clothes tightly at her chest, her face turned pale and her lips trembled in pain. She tried to pretend to be indifferent when facing Li Jinxing, but every time Li Jinxing looked at her, she would lower her head in embarrassment.
Whether compared with her past or present self, Jiang Yun is more suitable for Li Jinxing, especially now.
They were the right age, height, and looks. Jiang Yun was sunny and cheerful, and most importantly, she was in good health. Unlike her, she was poisoned to the bone marrow, terminally ill, and was about to die.
Downstairs, Jiang Yun was lying on Li Jinxing's shoulder. Li Jinxing tilted his head slightly. From the perspective of others, the two of them were exchanging glances and were almost sticking together.
In fact, Jiang Yunzheng lowered his voice and said to Li Jinxing: "Mr. Li, it seems that your tactic of playing hard to get has no effect on the person upstairs. She doesn't seem to care about you at all. She treats our performance these days as a TV drama."
Li Jinxing had anticipated all of this, but he was still angry. Even if Gu Wanqiu didn't like him, wouldn't she feel uncomfortable, angry, or overthink it when she saw him bring back a woman who looked so much like her?
She really didn't care. Even if she dug up the red roses and replaced them with champagne roses, Gu Wanqiu just watched it all indifferently in front of the window and treated him as air.
He had nothing left except that little bit of self-respect.
In the past few days, he has learned from the doctor that Gu Wanqiu can slowly stand up, but needs to rely on crutches to walk.
Being able to walk with the help of a cane proves that Gu Wanqiu can get out of here without relying on anyone.
Once she left here, he would never ask about her again.
He had acted enough these days and understood that Gu Wanqiu really didn't care about anything.
My anger has been rising and falling, but I finally suppressed it today. It has been hot for a week, and the sky has been cloudy since this morning. The sun has not come out yet. The weather forecast warned of rain yesterday, but it was delayed until this morning and it still hasn't rained.
When Gu Wanqiu just woke up, the door opened.
Gu Wanqiu thought it was the nanny coming in, so she helped her wash up as usual.
Now she can sit up on her own and, with the help of a custom-made crutch, she can limp to the bathroom to wash up.
But the nanny was worried that the floor tiles in the bathroom would be too slippery after getting wet. Gu Wanqiu had been recuperating for a month and was now finally able to get up on her own. What if she fell and hurt her right leg?
Therefore, even if Gu Wanqiu wanted to move herself, she would persuade her.
Gu Wanqiu looked over and saw that the person who came in was Li Jinxing.
There was a flash of surprise in her eyes, thinking that she had seen fireworks. She stared blankly at Li Jinxing coming in. After a while, she lowered her head.
From this series of actions, Li Jinxing felt that Gu Wanqiu didn't even want to look at him and treated her as air.
"I've found a girlfriend these days. I'm sure you've seen her. She looks a lot like you in the past, but it's just a physical resemblance. She's kinder and gentler than you, and she knows that love is mutual. If I treat her well, she'll treat me well too."
Gu Wanqiu didn't say anything.
Li Jinxing didn't know whether she had heard him or not. He walked to the window and opened it. The strong scent of roses drifted in from outside with the cold wind.
Autumn comes after summer, and when autumn comes, Gu Wanqiu’s birthday is not far away.
This year, Gu Wanqiu will be 33 years old after her birthday.
He suddenly forgot that today was his birthday. He always remembered Gu Wanqiu's birthday first, but forgot that his birthday was on August 1st.
Gu Wanqiu must have forgotten it too.
Gu Wanqiu did not forget that she had intentionally reminded the nanny yesterday to ask the chef to make some noodles for Li Jinxing today. As for the reason, she did not say it, for fear that Li Jinxing would become suspicious and get the information out of them.
I don’t know whether Li Jinxing had the bowl of longevity noodles today.
Gu Wanqiu couldn't help sneezing when she smelled the rose fragrance. She covered her nose with her hands and breathed through her mouth, which made her feel better. Li Jinxing didn't close the window because of her discomfort. He turned around and held the watch that Gu Wanqiu had worn and the two rings in his hand. He held them in his palm and continued to talk to Gu Wanqiu.
"Spending time with her these past few days has made me realize one thing. Maybe at the beginning I only liked your face, just like you were attracted to my face at first sight."
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