Chapter 23 Don't Be So Cruel

Gu Nichi narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Lin Du in front of him. In his heart, he was contemptuous and indifferent, or even disgusted and hated.

But Lin Du is now of great value to him, so he has to treat him "well".

"Drink some hot water to warm yourself up."

Lin Du lowered his head and said nothing, holding the cup filled with hot water. A warm current spread from the palms of his hands, and his hands, which were frozen to the point of numbness, slowly warmed up.

"Why did you leave without saying goodbye last time? Do you know how sad I was?" Gu Niechi lowered his eyes with a sad expression, "I know that no matter what I do now, you won't forgive me. It's reasonable for you to hate me."

Lin Du's hand holding the cup trembled noticeably: "No, I... I don't hate you, never."

This is all fate, he admitted.

"Last time you fainted, I took you for a physical examination, and the doctor said..." Gu Yinchi paused deliberately, trying to find out Lin Du's reaction.

Lin Du was startled and lost hold of the cup, so the hot water poured directly onto his hand.

It was very hot, but he didn't feel any pain at all. He swallowed nervously and asked, "What did you say?"

Gu Niechi snorted in his heart, but his face showed an extremely distressed look. He squatted beside Lin Du and carefully pulled his hand: "Why are you so careless? You've burned it red. I'll take you to the hospital."

"No, I'm not going." Lin Du pulled his hand away, "I'm fine."

"Okay, I won't go. Don't get excited. I'll ask the waiter to find some burn medicine. You sit here and wait for me."

Looking at Gu Nishi's anxious back, Lin Du's mind began to wander.

He didn't know what the doctor had said to Gu Nichi, nor did he know what the doctor had examined him to when he fainted. Anyway, his mind was in a mess and his chest was extremely stuffy.

Gu Nichi held the burn ointment in his hand and looked at Lin Du's panic-stricken expression. He gave a sinister smile.

"Give me your hand." Gu Nichi gently extended his hand. Seeing Lin Du's hesitation, he sighed and took Lin Du's hand. "Be obedient and apply some medicine, otherwise it will hurt."

After applying the medicine, Gu Nichi blew on it gently, just like an adult coaxing an injured child.

Lin Du turned his face away and didn't look at Gu Yanchi's affectionate expression. He knew that he had no resistance to Gu Yanchi at all.

Even though he had caused her to be in this state because of him, she still couldn't resist him.

Complex emotions lingered in Lin Du's heart. On the one hand, he wanted to stay away from Gu Jinshi like crazy, but on the other hand, he was secretly moved by his gentleness.

Lin Du sighed faintly, and sometimes he really wanted to slap himself in the face to wake himself up.

I look down on myself, let alone others!

"Be careful these days and don't get involved." Gu Nichi instructed.

Lin Du nodded: "Do you have anything to talk to me about today?"

"Don't mind your jokes, it's nothing, I just want to see you." Gu Nichi sighed, "Lin Du, it's been ten years. We have known each other for ten years, but we have only been together for a few short months."

Lin Du lowered his eyes and smiled.

It takes a lifetime to heal something that takes only a few months. This is such a huge price to pay.

"Sometimes I think, if I had been braver, maybe our ending would be different." Gu Lianchi shook his head bitterly, "I know there is no regret medicine in the world, but Lin Du, I will not give up. You are my first love, do you know how important you are to me?"

Faced with Gu Jinchi's slow-moving affection, Lin Du didn't know how to bear it.

He was terrified and even more uneasy. Ten years had passed, and he should have looked at this relationship more rationally.

Even if Gu Nichi's words were sincere, so what? They couldn't go back.

She mustered up the courage to look into his disgusted eyes: "Whether what you said is true or not, I still want to thank you. You are a ray of light in my life, even if it is short-lived, but it has warmed me for a long time."

"Let's just let go of what happened ten years ago. We all have our own lives now. There's really no need to keep dwelling on it. It's not good for you and the people around you."

Gu Jinchi frowned slightly and grasped the key point. It turned out that Lin Du had been staying away from him because of Su Wenlang.

He snorted with disdain in his heart. How could he be jealous of Su Wenlang? It was simply ridiculous.

"Yes, he has been with me for ten years. He has been with me all the time since you left." Gu Nichi sighed and looked at the drifting snow outside the window. "I am very grateful to him, but I don't love him."

"Actually, this is not a secret. He knows it too." Gu Nichi held Lin Du's hand, frowning in grievance. "Lin Du, I can handle all the relationships cleanly. Do you still want me?"

Lin Du tried hard to pull his hand away, but Gu Yanchi held it tightly: "Lin Du, can you please not be so cruel and give me another chance?"

Unable to break away, Lin Du simply gave up: "We can't go back. No matter whether it was ten years ago or ten years later, we will always be people from two different worlds. Forcing ourselves to be together will not have any good results."

"You haven't even tried hard, how do you know there won't be any good results?"

Lin Du sighed and pursed his lips bitterly: "I tried my best."

He really tried hard. Ten years ago, he broke through the shackles and wanted to be with Gu Penchi, but the final result was the same.

Gu Niechi's heart shuddered, with an inexplicable dull pain.

"We were all very ignorant at the beginning and had no idea what love was, so we made such a childish mistake. Now we are all adults, and we really shouldn't make the same mistake again." Lin Du was depressed and his words were gloomy.

Gu was disdainful and frowned, so in Lin Du's mind, the past ten years ago was nothing more than a mistake made by a young and ignorant boy.

He himself didn't even say such words, so what qualifications does he have to say that? It's ridiculous.

"I know you won't believe me no matter what I say now, so I will use my actions to prove my feelings for you." Gu Xinchi looked a little disappointed, but more of him was determination.

Lin Du lowered his head, refused to look, and forced himself not to listen. He lived without illusions. This was the only right he could fight for himself at present.

"I'm leaving now." Lin Du took out his phone and checked the time. "It's getting late. You should go back soon too."

"I'll take you there. It's hard to get a taxi right now."

Lin Du shook his head. He wanted to tell Gu Xichi that he had walked here, but he felt that it would be unnecessary and would make him seem very deliberate.

After thinking it over, he finally just shook his head and said nothing.

"Okay." Gu Nichi's tone was a little stiff. "Then can you send me a message when you get home? I just want to confirm whether you got home safely, nothing else."

Facing Gu Yanchi's cautious look, Lin Du was flustered.

In his heart, Gu Xinchi has always been the high and mighty young master who does everything just to make himself happy and never needs to consider anyone else's feelings.

Lin Du stood up without looking back.

Gu Jinchi leaned back in his chair, his eyes following Lin Du's back. He curled his lips and smiled, the game was really getting more and more interesting.