Chapter 140
Gu Cunxi had a very long dream. In the dream, she returned to the day when she first met Pei Yin. She was standing in the audience, looking at her and smiling. She was as warm as the spring breeze. She had long chestnut hair that fell to her shoulders. She was gentle and quiet. Her eyes were curved like crescent moons. She stood there motionless. Gu Cunxi wanted to walk over, but just as she moved her feet, she stopped because of the pain in her abdomen.
Her shirt was stained blood red, and her pants were sticky and wet. She wanted to speak but no sound came out. She wanted to stretch out her hand to signal Pei Yin to come closer, but when she looked up, she found that the person standing there had turned into Chen Feng, holding a red-handled sharp knife and laughing crazily.
Seeing him rushing towards her with a knife, with the blade against her chest, Chen Feng's face gradually twisted, his eyes turned into two black holes, and he screamed for her to die.
The sharp knife pierced through the clothes little by little. Gu Cunxi could hear the sound of her skin being cut. She felt an icy chill in her chest, numb to the point of losing her sense of pain. Her body grew colder and colder, and a knife suddenly pierced her chest. Chen Feng laughed and walked away. In a trance, the back figure turned into a woman. She walked slowly, with her head hung, dragging her feet, looking extremely lonely. She shrank to a tiny dot in her sight.
"Xiao..."
I can't call out her name, my heart stops beating in pain
Gu Cunxi suddenly opened her eyes, a blur of white, the sound of dripping instruments in her ears, and her familiar crying voice.
Fortunately it was just a dream
The touch on her hand was hot and a little wet. Gu Cunxi tilted her head and wanted to call her, but her throat was so sore that she couldn't make a sound. She hooked her fingers and her crying stopped abruptly. Xiao Peiyin looked up suddenly, her eyes full of surprise: "Cunxi!"
"Hmm..." Gu Cunxi forced a smile. The wound on her abdomen suddenly hurt when she took a breath. She frowned and groaned. Xiao Peiyin was in a panic. He held her hand tightly, and his fingertips touched her cheek lightly. He asked softly, "Does the wound hurt?"
Gu Cunxi nodded and shook his head, using his eyes to signal her not to worry. Xiao Peiyin rubbed her eyes and said in a hoarse voice, "I'll go call a doctor!"
After a while, the doctor came in to check the wound and various indicators, and gave a few instructions. Although the stomach was not pierced, the wound was too deep. In the early stage of healing, he could not eat and could only rely on nutrient solution. Xiao Peiyin wrote down every word, and her heart ached when she heard it.
After the doctor left, Xiao Peiyin sat by the bed, holding her hand that didn't have an IV drip, carefully covering it and gently rubbing it.
"Pei..." Gu Cunxi opened his mouth to speak, but his lips were sealed by his index finger: "Shh!" Xiao Peiyin frowned with displeasure and pity: "Stop talking, the wound will hurt!"
"No...it hurts, I want to talk to you!" Gu Cunxi forced a smile and gently hooked her fingers. Xiao Peiyin held them back, tears streaming down her face.
"Don't... don't cry." Gu Cunxi wanted to pull his hand away to wipe her tears, but was held tighter. Xiao Peiyin turned her head away and cried even harder. Her heart was in tatters when she heard it. Gu Cunxi gently pulled her and comforted her: "Silly girl, I'm not... alive and well, am I not?"
Xiao Peiyin felt a pain in her heart when she heard the hoarse voice. She felt angry and hurt, but she couldn't bear to blame her for hiding it from her. Thinking of Gu Cunxi who was afraid that she would worry and had to endure the pain to comfort her, Xiao Peiyin felt sad. She forced a smile and leaned over to kiss her cheek: "Be good! I know, I know everything. Please stop talking, okay? Sleep a little longer, I will always be here with you!"
Gu Cunxi nodded obediently and closed her eyes. Xiao Peiyin leaned over to her ear and kissed her soothingly, "I'll always be here!"
After a while, her steady breathing could be heard in the ward. Xiao Peiyin's tense nerves completely collapsed. She covered her mouth and stood by the window crying silently. It was the same scene four years ago, but she was not by Gu Cunxi's side at that time, leaving her alone to bear all this. Four years later, she could be by her side, but she still couldn't avoid this. She saw her pain with her own eyes, saw her pale and powerless, and felt self-blame and suffocation in her heart. She wished that the knife had been stabbed into her body.
Can you take Gu Cunxi's pain?
Late at night, Xiao Nuo rushed over after finishing the company's business. She didn't expect things to develop like this, and she didn't even know if the injury was part of Mr. Gu's arrangement.
"Vice President Xiao!" Xiao Peiyin looked at the person at the door in surprise, glanced at Gu Cunxi and walked over quietly.
Xiao Nuo glanced at the complicated expression on the person on the bed, then calmed down and pulled Xiao Peiyin out. He gently closed the door before speaking, "Is Mr. Gu okay?"
"It's out of danger." Xiao Peiyin instinctively didn't want to talk about this, but still answered Xiao Nuo's question, feeling heartbroken.
"How did you get hurt?"
"Knife wound!"
Xiao Nuo took a breath and was silent for a long time before saying, "I didn't know things would turn out like this..."
"So you knew what Cunxi was going to do from the beginning?" Xiao Peiyin's eyes darkened and she asked back. Xiao Nuo nodded: "I knew about Mr. Gu's plan and was secretly assisting her, but I didn't expect it to be like this..."
"What's the plan?"
Xiao Nuo hesitated but decided to tell the whole story. He told all the arrangements from beginning to end, which made Xiao Peiyin tremble with fear.
She should have noticed it earlier. During that time, she felt that Cunxi was hiding something from her, but... she didn't ask. If she had stopped him at that time, things might not have turned out like this today.
After they got back together, she happily forgot that the hurt four years ago was the deepest thorn in Gu Cunxi's heart. It was something that could not be easily let go, no matter for herself or her.
Xiao Peiyin suddenly felt that her love was so insignificant. She ignored the hidden disease in Gu Cunxi's heart and only cared about the love between them. She completely forgot how deeply she was hurt by Chen Feng because of her four years ago.
Xiao Nuo originally wanted to stay and take care of Xiao Peiyin, but she refused. Before leaving, she left some documents for Xiao Peiyin, which were approval documents for the public relations plan and required Gu Cunxi's signature.
In the early morning, Xiao Peiyin sat by the bed, looking at Gu Cunxi's pale face, her heart twitching with pain. She thought carefully about it, from the time they met, to their love, to their separation and reunion, Gu Cunxi was always the one who took the initiative to approach him. In comparison, she was always too cowardly.
"From now on, it's my turn to be brave, Gu Cunxi!"
By the moonlight, she looked at her face and murmured to herself
The next morning, just as the sky was getting light, Xiao Peiyin sat up all night without drinking a drop of water, always guarding the bedside, always watching the amount of medicine dripped in.
The police arrived before nine o'clock. Gu Cunxi happened to be awake. They briefly asked about the situation and took notes.
Because she couldn't eat and could only drink water, Xiao Peiyin asked the doctor to prescribe the best nutrient solution. She was afraid she would get thirsty during the infusion, so she would ask about it every half an hour. Gu Cunxi was a little thoughtful and liked to see her gentle way of feeding herself water. Even though she wasn't thirsty, she nodded and said, "Yes!"
"Slow down! Drink slowly." Xiao Peiyin handed the cup and carefully raised it up little by little. She was afraid that she would drink too much water and her stomach would swell and hurt. She only fed her a little bit at a time. Seeing her struggling to drink the water, Xiao Peiyin felt resentful in her heart and couldn't help but want to return to Gu Cunxi twice what he had suffered.
For the first time in her life, she wanted someone to die so much.
The doctor came to check on the patient in the morning and took a quick look. There was no sign of infection in the wound. Xiao Peiyin breathed a sigh of relief. Not long after the doctor left, Cheng Sheng came with some daily necessities, a change of clothes, fruits, and other large and small bags.
"Sister Pei Yin"
"Hush!" Xiao Peiyin flicked her index finger to her lips, signaling Cheng Sheng to go out and talk.
The two of them, one in front and one behind, gently closed the door
"Is Sister Cunxi okay?"
"It's okay..." Xiao Peiyin replied hoarsely.
Seeing her like this, Cheng Sheng wanted to ask her to go back and rest before coming back, but Xiao Peiyin was unwilling and shook her head and refused: "I want to protect her!"
Seeing that he couldn't persuade her, Cheng Sheng didn't say much. He sighed and said, "Look at you. You made yourself so miserable in the whole night. Sister Cunxi would feel bad if she saw you. Your eyes are bloodshot. Have you had breakfast? I'll go buy you something to eat."
Xiao Peiyin had no appetite at all. Thinking of the doctor's warning that Cunxi couldn't eat for the next few days, she didn't want to eat either. She shook her head and rejected Cheng Sheng's kindness, saying, "It's okay, I'm not hungry!"
"How can you do this? You can't hold on until Sister Cunxi gets better. I'm going to buy some breakfast. If you're not hungry now, save it for lunch!"
Cheng Sheng was about to leave when Xiao Peiyin grabbed him and refused: "No, I want to eat with her!"
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Xiao Peiyin didn't want to stay outside the ward for too long, fearing that Gu Cunxi wouldn't see her when he woke up, so she said a few words to Cheng Sheng and went back.
Gu Cunxi was drowsy and groggy all day long. She woke up twice in the afternoon. Every time she opened her eyes, she could see Xiao Peiyin standing by her bed. Her eyes were red from staying up late, and her pretty face was full of fatigue. She felt distressed when she saw her.
"Pei Pei..."
My throat is dry and sore, and my voice is cracked.
"Yeah, I'm here. Are you awake?" Xiao Peiyin stood up and tidied her hair, tucked in the quilt, and asked softly, "Does the wound still hurt? Is it feeling better? Are you thirsty?"
Gu Cunxi shook his head and gently raised his hand to point at the sofa next to him: "Go... take a rest for a while"
"I'm not tired!"
"I...feel bad."
Xiao Peiyin felt a pang in her heart. She turned her head to look at the sofa and said soothingly, "I'm really not tired. I just want to be closer to you, want to hold your hand and feel your warmth! I'm not tired, don't worry!"
After saying that, he leaned over and quickly placed a kiss on her forehead. Gu Cunxi closed his eyes, curled the corners of his lips, and chuckled with satisfaction: "Your kiss is more effective than painkillers!"
"I don't feel any pain anymore!"
Xiao Peiyin smiled, said nothing, and leaned over to kiss her again, from her eyes to her cheeks to her lips, kissing her all the way, and leaned over to her ear and said, "As long as I can make you feel less painful, I'm willing to do anything!"
Gu Cunxi turned his head and kissed her cheek: "Help me shake the bed, I have something to tell you!"
"good!"
The bed board rose up little by little. Gu Cunxi half leaned against it, his face pale, a smile on his lips. He looked at her for a long time before speaking, "I'm sorry. It's my fault for hiding it from you and making you worry! Please don't be angry with me, okay?"
Xiao Peiyin was silent for a few seconds, feeling both bitter and soft in her heart. She sighed and said, "You did so much without telling me, and put yourself in danger. I am angry! Very angry! But as long as you get better soon, I won't be angry and I won't blame you!"
Hearing Pei Yin say that she was angry, Gu Cunxi panicked and immediately said, "I'm fine now. I'll be fine after the wound heals in a few days!"
"But... it will leave a scar!" Xiao Peiyin choked up instantly. The thought of a scar on her flat belly made her heart ache so much that it almost stopped. The more she thought about it, the more she blamed herself. She was angry at Gu Cunxi for taking such a risk. She couldn't help but scold him softly, "Why did you do this? Why didn't you tell me? Why do you always make me worry!"
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Pei Pei..." Gu Cunxi panicked, her heart aching. She tried to sit up and hug her, but the pain from her wound prevented her from doing so. Seeing this, Xiao Peiyin suddenly stood up and supported her shoulders: "Don't move. Do you want me to worry more?"
"Lie down!"
Unhappy and distressed tone
Gu Cunxi took advantage of the situation and put his arms around her, trying to pull her into his arms. Xiao Peiyin supported herself on the bed and pinched her lightly: "It will press on your wound. Be obedient! Lie down!"
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