Ji Shuyu didn't know how long she had been crying. She felt a headache and nausea from crying, and she had no strength left...
Only when the crying stopped did Gu Xiuyuan finally catch his breath. He took a deep breath, calmed himself, held the little girl in his arms, rinsed her with hot water to warm her body, and then wrapped her in a towel before carrying her out.
At this time, his whole body was wet and his hands were bleeding, but he didn't care about himself.
Wrapping her in the quilt, he turned on the air conditioner, raised the temperature, and dried her hair before squatting down beside the bed.
Her body trembled from time to time with sobs.
Gu Xiuyuan held her hand and brought it close to his lips and kissed it.
The bite on her wrist hadn't healed yet, which showed how powerful that blow was.
Ji Shuyu looked at his hands, and the tears that had just stopped flowed again.
"It's just a minor injury, it's okay." He comforted.
Gu Xiuyuan took off his wet clothes, then took out the pajamas left here from the closet. After changing, he lifted the quilt and gently held her in his arms.
Ji Shuyu was in a daze, and Gu Xiuyuan asked her to calm down and rest, but she could not resist the invasion of fatigue.
She fell asleep, but it was not a peaceful sleep, and she sobbed from time to time in her sleep.
Gu Xiuyuan kissed her forehead and hugged her tightly with heartache.
"Go to sleep, it will all be over after a good sleep."
"Xiaoyu, I will always be with you..."
…
That night, Ji Shuyu did not sleep well and had many confusing dreams.
She dreamed of the chaotic images that had been in her mind before.
She dreamed of those crazy, intimate days and nights between her and Gu Xiuyuan. He pushed her against the bathroom wall, wantonly and madly...
The feeling was real and strong, but she suddenly couldn't see the face of the person in front of her. She tried hard to see clearly, and his face suddenly changed into that of a human.
“Xiuyuan!!”
She woke up from her dream.
"Xiaoyu, what's wrong?" Gu Xiuyuan was awakened just as he was falling asleep. He quickly hugged her and said, "I'm here, don't be afraid."
Waking up from the horrible dream, Ji Shuyu felt a pang of sadness when he looked at the person in front of him.
Gu Xiuyuan felt a pang of pain in his heart, "Did you have a nightmare? Don't be afraid, it's just a dream."
Ji Shuyu looked at him and tentatively leaned into his arms.
Her cautiousness made Gu Xiuyuan heartbroken, and he stretched out his arms and hugged her a little tighter.
"Silly girl, it's just a dream." He kissed her gently, "When you wake up from the dream, everything will be over. Don't be afraid..."
Ji Shuyu clutched his clothes tightly, and her tears wet his collar.
Gu Xiuyuan gently stroked her back, saying softly over and over again: "It's all over, it will all pass..."
…
In the next few days, Gu Xiuyuan tried his best to spend more time with Ji Shuyu, and also tried not to make this companionship seem deliberate.
He didn't want her to feel that this was such a great and insurmountable thing.
Ji Shuyu no longer hid from him or avoided him deliberately, but he could see that she was still unhappy.
Gu
“Boss…”
"Didn't you check?"
From the moment he learned about this incident, he knew it was not a simple accident, but there was no clue at all, which only showed the seriousness of the incident.
Zhou Rui shook his head. "First, we checked to see if it was a client of Ms. Ji, but there was really no suspicion about this person. We then checked the surveillance to see if there were any suspicious people, but there were no clues."
The boss on the bodyguard side had always instructed not to disturb them and only to ensure their safety, so when they saw Miss Ji enter the hotel and come out with Miss Mu the next day, they didn't think there was anything unusual.
Gu Xiuyuan clicked the pen.
Suddenly, he exerted force with his fingers, and the pen broke in two in his hand. "The rest of the customer information has been checked."
"Yes." Zhou Rui took a breath silently.
"Teach them a lesson." He said lightly.
He didn't want to get involved in her work before, but someone was deliberately causing trouble, which was another matter.
"I'll take care of it right away." Zhou Rui nodded. "Boss, Director Dong will be here tomorrow afternoon, and I want you to pick him up at the airport."
Everyone in the company knew that Chairman Dong was going to pick up the young lady of the Huo family. This young lady was of great status, and everyone was wondering if she was from Gu... No, everyone was wondering if their boss would become the consort of the Huo family.
"I don't have time." He said coldly, "From now on, apart from the work, Director Dong doesn't need to tell me anything else."
Zhou Rui swallowed his saliva.
Everyone in the company knows that the relationship between mother and son has been bad recently, but with Mr. Dong's personality, how could he tolerate disobedience?
"Boss, actually..."
Gu Xiuyuan raised his eyes and Zhou Rui choked.
"I just want to ask, why do you have to openly confront Director Dong?"
Gu Xiuyuan said nothing and threw the broken pen into the trash can.
Zhou Rui sighed and walked out.
Having worked in the Gu family for many years, Xia Mei's methods have frightened everyone. I'm afraid there will be trouble in the future...
…
Ji Shuyu tried hard to pull herself out of that negative mood. She tried hard to forget those unhappy feelings and started looking for new work.
Maybe because I was not in good condition, I rejected both interviews directly.
When she was sitting by the roadside lost in thought, a rose appeared before her eyes.
"Dear Miss Ji, may I have the honor of inviting you to dinner?"
Ji Shuyu looked at the man who suddenly appeared, reached out to take the flowers, put them to her nose and sniffed them.
"Okay!" she laughed.
Her smile was somewhat difficult.
Gu Xiuyuan suppressed his sadness, then took her hand and held her in his arms. He knew she needed time, so he was willing to accompany her to slowly forget.
The two of them had dinner together, took a walk, and watched a movie. When it was over, Gu Xiuyuan received a call from the Gu family, saying that her husband was in a bad mood and asked him to go and see him.
Gu Bin was bedridden, so Xia Mei sent the old lady out for a walk on the grounds that it would not affect her mood.
When they left, the living room was a mess and the servants dared not even breathe.
Although this family is depressing all year round, it is not so suffocating.
Contrary to what one might have thought, although Gu Bin was in a wheelchair, he did not look as dejected and disheveled as one might have imagined. This showed that Xia Mei was truly willing to take care of him.
The only difference... was Gu Bin's eyes.
In those eyes that were once indifferent, now there is only paranoid madness.
Gu Xiu originally didn't want Ji Shuyu to come in, but after all, the Gu family raised her, so there was no reason for her to marry into the family without any condolences.
"Dad." Gu Xiuyuan said lightly.
Gu Bin looked at his son and then at Ji Shuyu.
Gu Xiuyuan blocked his father's sight and said, "If you have anything to say, I'll take you upstairs to talk."
Gu Xiuyuan pushed Gu Bin into the elevator, while Ji Shuyu tidied the room with the frightened maid.
In the mess, Ji Shuyu found a bunch of drawings. When she opened it, it turned out to be a portrait of a girl, but the painting had no eyes.
Ji Shuyu immediately got goosebumps.
"Young Madam, the master won't allow anyone to touch these paintings."
Ji Shuyu put the drawing down. This painting had no eyes, but it gave her a sense of familiarity...
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