Chapter 857 Li Jinxing is Gu Wanqiu's mental illness
Many times, Li Jinxing felt like a stray dog caught in the rain in a garbage dump. Gu Wanqiu casually threw him a broken umbrella to shelter him from the rain. The casual tenderness was too short-lived. He once mistakenly thought that this tenderness was his only one, but later he realized that having such a broken umbrella was worse than getting caught in the rain.
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Gu Wanqiu said that night that she would let him go and set him free, but she didn't know that he had already made a prison for her.
She let him go, but he didn't want to let her go.
Gu Wanqiu asked him to learn to love her and that he must fall in love with her. He learned it, but after realizing that love was useless, he learned to possess her!
On October 2nd, Gu Wanqiu and Li Jinxing both disappeared, and Li Jinxing only appeared a month later.
On December 20th, it snowed lightly in Haicheng. Gu Chaodong had been hospitalized for a month due to illness, but he could not survive the winter and died in the hospital.
At that time, a group company named Li's rose rapidly in Haicheng and successfully acquired Gu's in five months. A year later, Li's Group became the new boss of Haicheng, and its position on the top of the city was unshakable.
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Country M.
September 25th.
"Qiuqiu, your birthday is next week. How do you want to celebrate it?"
Gu Wanqiu was in a trance for a moment. When she heard the word "birthday", she shuddered and felt a chill on her left wrist. She lowered her head and looked at the watch on it.
How did time fly by so quickly? It's been a year, and she'll be 19 soon.
Gu Wanqiu used to like celebrating her birthday very much, but since last year, she has developed an extreme aversion to birthdays. She doesn't like celebrating her birthday. If Gong Qing hadn't suddenly reminded her, she would have almost forgotten her birthday.
"When the time comes, come home with me. My parents want to see you."
Gu Wanqiu touched her left wrist. There was a dark red scar under the watchband. She had tried various ways to unfasten the watch, but the watchband rubbed her skin and sank into the wound, and she still couldn't unfasten the watch. She also tried starving herself, thinking that she could take it off if she lost weight, but her wrist was so thin, how could she lose any meat?
Gu Wanqiu pursed her lips: "I don't want to celebrate my birthday."
Gong Qing looked at Gu Wanqiu opposite him. Gu Wanqiu had changed a lot in this year. The once outspoken and proud young lady of the Gu family had now become somewhat silent and taciturn.
Gong Qing still remembered that Gu Wanqiu liked to wear skirts very much. The weather in Country M was the same as in China, with different temperatures throughout the year. It was very hot in the summer, but Gu Wanqiu never wore a skirt no matter how hot it was.
Just like now, she was wearing a white shirt with the top button fastened, and blue jeans. Such ordinary clothes made her look abstinent.
Gu Wanqiu had seen a psychologist on and off for five months and had even been hospitalized for three months.
At that time, the doctor said that she had bipolar disorder, with both manic episodes and depression, and a tendency to self-harm.
No one knew what happened to her. It seemed that after her birthday last year, Gu Wanqiu changed. She began to dislike contact with men and lost more than 20 kilograms in just one month.
Gu Wanqiu, who originally had a well-proportioned body, became as thin as a skeleton during that period. She vomited everything she ate and had to lie in bed relying on intravenous nutrient solution.
Gong Qing was the one who accompanied her through the most torturous days. Gong Qing didn't know what happened to Gu Wanqiu. Seeing her suffering from mental illness, he felt distressed, but he could do nothing.
Because at that time, Gu Wanqiu was afraid of being touched by any man, including him.
After Gu Wanqiu's condition improved slightly, bad news came from China that Gu Chaodong died in the hospital.
Gu Wanqiu was indifferent to her father's death, and Gong Qing was worried that she would have a mental breakdown and her condition would worsen after hearing the news.
Unexpectedly, after listening to me, she just said "hmm", and was unexpectedly calm.
Gong Qing reached out and gently grasped Gu Wanqiu's hand.
Gu Wanqiu shivered and struggled subconsciously. She looked up at Gong Qing somewhat helplessly. When she met Gong Qing's worried gaze, she stopped.
This year, Gu Wanqiu collapsed, felt uncomfortable, painful, and self-abuse... She was like a turtle hiding in her shell, refusing to communicate with the outside world, living in her own world, and complaining about herself. If Gong Qing hadn't been by her side to always accompany her and encourage her, she would have died in that gloomy darkness long ago.
"Wanqiu, do you know that I like you? I want to be your lover, I want to take you to meet my parents, I want you to have a family again and feel the love and happiness. I don't like you to be alone and reject all the good things."
How could she not feel Gong Qing's love for her? As early as a year ago, Gong Qing expressed his love to her.
She had been planning to say no, but now that the words were on the tip of her tongue, she couldn't bring herself to say them. She couldn't refuse this man who was only thinking about her best.
"Are your parents really willing to accept me?"
"You're so good, and they've watched you grow up, so why wouldn't they accept you? Don't worry, my parents are your parents. I really want to confess to everyone that I like you."
Looking at Gong Qing's determined eyes, Gu Wanqiu's panic suddenly calmed down a lot and nodded.
Gong Qing raised the corners of his lips and smiled, and the red mole on the end of his eyebrow became brighter. Gu Wanqiu couldn't help but look at the mole on his left eye. Her pupils shrank slightly, and she pulled her hand back.
Gong Qing didn't notice Gu Wanqiu's strange behavior at this moment and thought she was shy. He continued, "Then it's a deal. We will celebrate your birthday with you on September 30th. My mother has already chosen the place. It's at the Shenglan Hotel."
"I'll be there when the time comes."
After separating from Gong Qing, Gu Wanqiu returned home. The closer it got to her birthday, the more obvious her condition became. She had severe heart palpitations and needed medication to relieve them. She also had frequent nightmares at night. In the past, one sleeping pill would be enough, but now she needed three or more. Sometimes sleeping pills were not enough, and she needed to go to the hospital for special treatment to be able to sleep.
During the year she came to Country M, Gu Wanqiu spent most of her time in the hospital for treatment and did not continue her studies. Her academic performance only stopped at high school graduation. Fortunately, she had an inheritance left by her mother, and the money was enough for her to live in a foreign country. She bought an apartment very close to the hospital where she was receiving treatment.
She used to be used to spending money lavishly, but after coming to this strange place, she didn't buy any clothes or jewelry. Her wardrobe was filled with only tops and trousers. These clothes had one thing in common: they were very conservative and would not reveal her collarbone, chest, waist or legs.
At night, Gu Wanqiu poured out two sleeping pills and drank some water. All the lights in the apartment were on. Her mental illness brought her a lot of fear, such as fear of the dark and fear of the wind... She would close the windows in her house tightly and turn on the lights in every room of the house.
After taking sleeping pills and lying in bed for nearly half an hour, she suddenly threw off the quilt in annoyance, landed barefoot on the ground, and rushed into the bathroom. Soon, she heard the sound of vomiting from inside.
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