After explaining everything to Zhou Rui, Gu Xiuyuan went to the bedside.
After her body temperature stabilized, Ji Shuyu no longer looked as uncomfortable, but her brows were tightly furrowed...
Gu Xiuyuan held her hand and tried to smooth her brows, but she frowned even tighter and a tear slowly slid down the corner of her eye.
"Xiaoyu, wake up."
Gu Xiuyuan called her, trying to wake her up from her dream, but she felt even worse.
Ji Shuyu fell asleep in a daze. The smell of breath in her nose and the sounds in her ears were so familiar that it made her heart ache. She wanted to avoid them, but she was powerless to push them away.
Please stop talking, stop caring about me, and stay away from me...
I finally managed to convince myself, but now I am being shaken.
She begged in her heart, tears welling up in the corners of her eyes. A voice in her heart kept reminding her, but the familiar sound of her heartbeat still made her unconsciously want to slowly approach...
…
In the second half of the night, Ji Shuyu's fever began to recur. After several physical cooling methods failed, Gu Xiuyuan woke up the doctor opposite and prepared to give her an infusion.
"No……"
Ji Shuyu was dizzy from the fever, but was particularly sensitive to the word "needle".
When the doctor grabbed her arm, she let out a slight but painful sob.
"No, Mom..."
She couldn't break free, and tears just fell from her eyes.
Seeing her frightened and struggling but unable to break free, Gu Xiuyuan stopped the doctor.
"Xiaoyu, we won't get the injection. Don't cry." He hugged her distressedly, gently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and coaxed her softly, "Then let's take some medicine, okay? You won't feel uncomfortable after taking the medicine."
She shook her head weakly: "Mom said I can't take medicine, I can't take it..."
Gu Xiuyuan didn't quite understand what she meant, but he didn't want to think too much about it.
Because of the recurring fever, Gu Xiuyuan didn't dare to sleep all night. At dawn, Zhou Rui called him.
"Boss, you asked me to check something, and I did."
Zhou Rui's voice sounded a little nervous, as if he was reluctant to speak about what he was going to report next.
Gu Xiuyuan took a breath: "You say."
"The couple who adopted the young lady were a middle-aged couple. After living with her for half a year, the woman was killed by her husband after he drank too much."
He knew all this. After the murder, Ji Shuyu's personal information was changed and her age was also changed to one year older.
"In fact, after the woman was murdered, the police also dug up the bodies of two children in sealed porcelain jars in their backyard. The two children had suffered varying degrees of abuse, and needles were found in their bodies. The cause of death was... asphyxiation."
"What?!"
"The father admitted in court that the two children were homeless and that he had killed them. He said he had first given them sleeping pills and then..." Zhou Rui couldn't bear to continue. "He said he believed superstitious rumors and sealed the children in so his daughter-in-law could get pregnant."
"According to the account, the young lady was almost…" Zhou Rui paused. "It was the mistress of that family who saved her, and then the murder occurred. The police were looking for the young lady in the closet."
Gu Xiuyuan clenched his hands tightly, and for a moment his heart seemed to be hit hard and he couldn't breathe.
No wonder she just said, 'Mom said I can't take medicine.'
So, if you take medicine, it will be sealed, right?
He had always thought that her dislike of taking medicine and fear of injections was due to her nature. He had also always thought that her dislike of older men was due to the murder case in her adoptive family.
He never knew there was such a horrible reason behind it.
In other words, if she wasn't that woman, she would become the third child...
Looking at Ji Shuyu curled up in the quilt, his heart tightened.
"That woman's death was also quite tragic, but her husband was drunk and killed, and even with the abuse, he didn't get the death penalty in the end."
After a long while, Gu Xiuyuan recovered his breath and said, "I understand."
After hanging up the phone, he couldn't calm down for a long time.
The little girl who was terrified of thunderstorm nights and liked to hide in the closet when she was scared had actually experienced so many unimaginable things.
He slowly came to the bedside,
Ji Shuyu was still holding the quilt tightly. At this moment, it seemed that what she was holding tightly was not the quilt, but his heart.
He sighed and hugged Ji Shuyu in his arms, then turned on the light music on his phone. The tense little girl finally relaxed slowly and rubbed against him.
Looking at her, he couldn't help but sigh. If only he could have met her earlier, she wouldn't have to endure so much pain, and wouldn't have such a heavy shadow.
…
The sky gradually brightened.
After having a fever all night, Ji Shuyu's lips were a little sore, so Gu Xiuyuan slowly moistened her lips with a cotton swab.
Ji Shuyu licked her lips greedily.
"Xiaoyu, are you awake? Can you drink some water?"
The gentle voice beside her ear soothed the stuffiness in her chest, and she moaned.
At this time, the cup of water was brought to his lips.
"Come on, slow down."
Ji Shuyu took a small sip, and the sweet water went down her throat, finally moistening her dry throat. After finishing the glass of water, she leaned over weakly, then opened her eyes and looked around.
The surrounding environment was unfamiliar, the thick curtains blocked out the light from outside, and it was impossible to tell the time.
"Are you hungry? Do you want to eat something?"
The soft and gentle voice in her ear made her feel unreal. She shook her head and huddled deeper into the quilt.
Such a delicate and soft look simply melted Gu Xiuyuan's heart.
Her obedience seemed to him a long time ago, so he tentatively held her in his arms, and she did not refuse.
Gu Xiuyuan breathed a sigh of relief. How long had it been since he had hugged her so tightly?
Grandma Yuyuan has been busy in the studio these days, working late every day, and then busy in the study when she gets home. Even if she goes to the bedroom, it is late at night. Most of the time, she stays close to the bed, refusing to respond to his words and even rejecting his approach.
"Where is this?" she murmured.
"Hotel." Gu Xiuyuan closed his eyes, feeling so tired that he seemed like he could fall asleep in the next second.
Hearing the voice beside her, Ji Shuyu opened her eyes and asked, "Why are you here?"
Her voice became clearer after a few seconds, and she seemed to be regaining consciousness.
Gu Xiuyuan opened his eyes and was almost laughing at her. "Do you have any conscience, girl? I took care of you all night, and you treat me like this?"
He had been busy all night and hadn't thought about her thanking him, nor did he expect her to forgive him immediately, but there was no need to do that right away!
Now that the fever has subsided and he's conscious again, you should have the energy to kick him, right?
Ji Shuyu had some vague memories of last night, but most of them were dreams from her childhood.
She also vaguely remembered a voice that kept comforting her. Because of this voice, she dreamed of the orphanage again and of the little boy in white clothes who reached out his hand to her.
It feels so good to have someone appear in a dream and see him/her as soon as I open my eyes.
But when I woke up, I realized that the warmer the dream was, the more painful it was to wake up.
If only I hadn't woken up...
"What's wrong?" Seeing that she didn't say anything, he asked softly, "Are you still feeling uncomfortable?"
Ji Shuyu said nothing and turned his back.
Gu Xiuyuan sighed and hugged her from behind.
"Gu Xiuyuan, are we going to continue like this?"
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