Chapter 78
After Pei Yin left, the woman sat in front of the bed and carefully held Gu Cunxi's hand, watching her face gradually lose consciousness. They lived in the same community and passed by each other several times, but she never looked at herself.
From the first time she saw Gu Cunxi, she was slightly moved. She had to admit that she liked Gu Cunxi's appearance. She was so beautiful that she couldn't take her eyes off him. And her coolness made her want to get close to him.
She originally didn't want to disturb them, but ever since that night... at the gate of Mingjiang Garden, when she saw them hugging and kissing... she decided to withdraw her love. As a lawyer, she wouldn't allow herself to destroy other people's feelings with other thoughts.
But I didn't expect that Xiao Peiyin would choose to leave at such a moment today...
The woman looked at the unconscious person on the hospital bed and touched her cheek gently.
"Gu Cunxi, for her...is it worth it?"
"What a fool..."
She curled her lips with a wry smile, secretly made a decision in her heart, and then lay down beside Gu Cunxi and slowly fell asleep...
…
The next morning, the sun shone through the window, a little dazzling. The woman lying on the bed felt a slight twitch in her hand. She calmed down, sat up in an instant and looked over.
"Cunxi..." she called softly
There was a blur of white in front of his eyes. After a moment, Gu Cunxi saw the ceiling in front of him clearly. His memory seemed to be broken and he was a little dazed.
“Pei Pei…”
The woman listened to her trance-like murmurs...calling Xiao Peiyin's name, and her heart sank instantly.
"Are you awake?"
The voice that reached her ears was not familiar to her. Gu Cunxi turned her head slightly and looked over. The woman's expression was a little nervous.
"Who are you…"
"Don't you remember? We've met before."
"Let me introduce myself. My name is Jiang Rao, Jiang as in river, Rao as in forgiveness... I was the one who brought you to the hospital. You were lying unconscious, covered in blood. I happened to see you when I passed by..."
"You finally woke up."
Jiang Rao...Gu Cunxi looked at the woman in front of him and gradually recalled
"Thank you..." She spoke with difficulty, her mouth hurting from pulling it. Her thoughts gradually became clearer, and she remembered everything that happened last night...
She still couldn't contact Pei Yin, and... those men in the underground garage...
Before she fell into coma, she seemed to hear a familiar man's voice saying something to her. Gu Cunxi tried hard to recall it even though her head was splitting with pain.
"How long...was I unconscious?"
Jiang Rao looked at his watch and said: You have been unconscious for almost 20 hours.
20 hours...
After all this time... has she ever looked for me?
Gu Cunxi moved her body slightly and wanted to stand up. Seeing this, Jiang Rao hurriedly stood up and held her shoulders.
"Don't move. You have three broken ribs. The doctor said you need to rest. I'll give you whatever you want!" Jiang Rao asked.
"My phone, my phone..."
“…”
Jiang Rao knew what she wanted the phone for, but she also knew that Gu Cunxi couldn't contact her. Thinking of her decisive departure last night, Jiang Rao couldn't bear it. She didn't dare to tell Gu Cunxi what had happened since she fell into a coma.
The hand in my pocket was shaking...
"What do you want a cell phone for..." Jiang Rao whispered.
"You should have a good rest first, we can talk about it later if there is anything."
Seeing Jiang Rao's refusal, Gu Cunxi was a little angry. She was anxious and didn't care about the pain. She broke away from Jiang Rao's hand on her shoulder and stood up hurriedly...
She felt a tearing pain in her chest, and she frowned.
"Hiss..." She raised her hand to cover her chest, her expression painful
"Cunxi! Does your chest hurt?"
"I told you not to move, why are you so disobedient?" Jiang Rao said anxiously and angrily.
She shook her head helplessly...
Well, she'll find out sooner or later...
Thinking of this, Jiang Rao reached out and handed the phone to Gu Cunxi: "I really can't do anything with you..."
Seeing this, Gu Cunxi immediately took the phone and looked at the clean screen. There was no call or message. She immediately had a bad feeling in her heart. She picked up the phone and called
"The user you are dialing is busy, please try again later"
"thesubscriberyyoudialedisbusy"
The phone was busy, and her heart plummeted.
She called again and again, but the cold, mechanical tone kept repeating in the receiver...
Jiang Rao felt a little distressed when he saw Gu Cunxi like this.
I don’t know how long it took… The phone prompted that the battery was too low. She dropped her hand like a deflated ball. After a while, she gently placed the phone on the bedside. The next second, she saw the ring quietly placed beside her.
“!!”
The heart-shaped diamond sparkled at her. For a moment, Gu Cunxi was in a state of confusion. She stretched out her right hand to pick it up, but found that her arm seemed to have been pulled out of its bones. It was soft and weak, out of control, and filled with severe pain.
"ah…"
Jiang Rao stood up in a panic, raised his hand to hold her right arm, with a complicated expression
"Gu Cunxi... I... have something to tell you, you need to be mentally prepared."
Looking at Jiang Rao's hesitant look and the diamond ring beside him, she seemed to have anticipated something!
"She...came here last night." Jiang Rao paused and continued, "She returned the ring to you. She...gave up on you..."
"Gu Cunxi, you can't contact her. She's not worth it!"
“!!”
Her eyes instantly misted over, and she forced herself to hold it back, feeling a pain in her heart...
She stared blankly at Jiang Rao, trying to open her mouth but no sound came out. She just stared blankly... at her. After a long while, she managed a hard smile and said, "Jiang Rao, right?"
"We don't know each other, but you saved my life. I'm very grateful. Thank you for sending me to the hospital..."
"But don't think that you can freely judge whether she is worthy or not in front of me just because you have done this. She deserves it more than anyone else! She won't leave, she said!"
Jiang Rao was a little angry. She felt sorry for Gu Cunxi's persistence but also hated her persistence.
She raised her hand and rubbed her forehead: "Since she won't leave you, how do you explain this ring?"
“…”
Gu Cunxi sat aside, speechless, looking at the ring in his hand, shining brightly.
"Last night... I stood by and watched her take off the ring and leave resolutely."
"Gu Cunxi, if she really loves you more than anything else, how could she leave you so easily at a moment like this? Stop lying to yourself!" Jiang Rao said anxiously.
"She won't!"
"Even if she returns the ring to me, I believe that's not her intention. She's not that kind of person!"
"I'll go find her and ask her clearly!"
After saying that, Gu Cunxi reached out and pulled the needle off his hand. Regardless of the pain, he struggled to get up, walked off the bed, and stumbled out.
"Gu Cunxi!" Jiang Rao shouted at her back.
The figure had already disappeared around the corner. After a while, Jiang Rao closed her eyes helplessly. She picked up her coat and quickly chased after him.
At the door of the hospital, she saw a staggering figure in front of her, and a trace of pain flashed through her heart.
What a crazy fool...
She chased after her and reached out to hold her: "Gu Cunxi..."
"If you want to find her... then I'll take you there! Only then will you give up!"
After saying that, Jiang Rao put his arm around her shoulders, pulled her closer to him, and slowly walked towards the garage.
"Thank you..." She looked at Jiang Rao and forced a smile
Her lifeless face was reflected in Jiang Rao's eyes. He shook his head helplessly and sighed slightly...
She didn't have the heart to take Gu Cunxi to find that woman, because she knew that she would be hurt again. If yesterday was physically hurt, today would be emotionally hurt. Which one hurt more? Perhaps it would be hard to tell which was which...
The weather outside is gloomy, just like their hearts at the moment.
Jiang Rao drove very fast along the way, and in the blink of an eye he arrived at Fu'an Community...
Gu Cunxi hurriedly opened the car door, her right hand exuding excruciating pain. She walked towards the door, Jiang Rao following closely behind her, his steps becoming heavier.
In the garden of the residential complex, children were playing and running, all around them filled with laughter. Gu Cunxi, dressed in a hospital gown, covered her right arm with her hands, her eyes filled with fatigue as she stumbled along... She looked completely out of place here, and passersby cast their gazes upon her, gazing at her wantonly...
…
She stopped downstairs and looked up. Residential buildings stood tall. She trembled, not daring to step in.
What if she really doesn't want me anymore...Gu Cunxi is a little scared
Jiang Rao stood behind her and saw her hesitation. He slowly walked over and said, "Gu Cunxi..."
"The ending is already determined, why are you so unwilling to accept it? Do you have to hear her say in person that she doesn't love you anymore, doesn't want you anymore... before you stop?"
"I... don't want to lose her!" She turned to look at Jiang Rao, her eyes bloodshot.
"I didn't leave myself any room for retreat on the road of loving her. Only after losing her did I really..."
"Nothing"
"My pride and self-esteem are not even half as good as hers." She grabbed Jiang Rao's arm and shook it.
“…”
After last night, Jiang Rao thought Xiao Peiyin's departure was the beginning of her chance, but now she gradually realized that Gu Cunxi would never be able to love anyone else as much as she loved Xiao Peiyin. She had already given her all her strength, without reservation...
"Good luck to you!" Jiang Rao released her hand holding Gu Cunxi's arm and stepped aside.
…
The door was opened from the inside out, and Gu Cunxi looked up
“!!”
He is the one she has been thinking about!
They looked at each other, as if they had been apart for a century.
Pure black sunglasses covered most of Xiao Peiyin's face. The moment she saw Gu Cunxi, she froze in place, and the bag in her hand fell to the ground. She opened her lips slightly, but trembled and could not make a sound.
…
Gu Cunxi looked at her with his heart beating like thunder, forgetting the pain in his body. He stood there with a burning look in his eyes, his lips raised in an arc, showing infinite tenderness...
Time seems to be frozen, and the surroundings are so quiet that no sound can be heard.
The eyes behind the pure black sunglasses carefully observed everything about Gu Cunxi. Her right hand was covered in a thick plaster, and her face was full of fatigue and haggardness... The pain in her heart was as dense as raindrops, tearing at her nerves and leaving her with no peace. Pei Yin was only thankful that she had put on sunglasses to block out the pain before leaving the house...
Gu Cunxi couldn't see that the pair of eyes hidden under the sunglasses were filled with mist and red the moment they saw her.
The two of them sat in silence for a long time before Gu Cunxi slowly walked forward. She wrapped her left hand around her waist and buried her head in Pei Yin's neck. The familiar scent of her breath penetrated her nostrils, relieving the pain in her body...
"!!" Pei Yin's body shook and froze in place
"Why didn't you answer my calls? I wonder if I'd be worried if I couldn't find you..."
"It's so nice to see you... I missed you so much." Her voice was a little hoarse, and she kissed Pei Yin's neck while speaking.
Because of Gu Cunxi's approach, her body trembled a little, and her dead heart seemed to gradually resume beating... She desperately resisted the urge to hug her back, and stood there, doing nothing.
"Last night...why did you come and leave?" Gu Cunxi asked
The faint smell of disinfectant filled the air, assaulting her sense of smell. Her sanity gradually returned... She took a deep breath, and as if making up her mind, she reached out and pushed away the person leaning on her shoulder...
“!”
Because she was weak after the operation, the sudden force made her lose her balance instantly and stumble back a few steps...
Seeing this, Jiang Rao quickly stepped forward to support Gu Cunxi, holding her in his arms, his eyes were cold, and he looked straight at Xiao Peiyin.
"Are you okay? Cunxi" Jiang Rao turned his head to look at the person in his arms, frowning deeply.
Xiao Peiyin stood aside and unnoticedly retracted her outstretched hand. A trace of warmth passed through her face. She quickly turned her head away and looked away. The hand in her pocket kept shaking.
"Cunxi..." She called her with a cold and distant tone.
"Let's separate and never see each other again. I've already returned the ring to you."
"I'm... tired. My life... is gradually going off the track because of you. I don't want to continue. Please... don't bother me anymore."
After she finished speaking, she bent down to pick up the bag on the ground and prepared to leave. Seeing this, Gu Cunxi followed her and held her tightly.
“Pei Pei…”
"What's wrong with you? What happened?"
"Did Chen Feng threaten you? Tell me."
"Let go!" She struggled against the hand that was being held tightly.
"I won't let go!" Gu Cunxi said tremblingly, and the strength in his hands increased a little: I know this is not your true words! I won't believe it
After that, she took out the ring and handed it to Pei Yin.
"Look, this ring carries all my love. Didn't you ask me to wait for you a little longer..."
"Pei Yin, my mouth is too bitter. I really can't say touching love words. Those tearful stories have already made it difficult for me to be moved. Life is very tiring, but as long as I think of you, I am not afraid of anything. Your existence is really important to me. Please don't leave me, okay?"
Her tone was pleading, and at this moment she lost all her pride.
"Gu Cunxi, I have decided... to live a good life with Chen Feng..."
"He... is willing to change for me!"
It was difficult for her to say these words...
Words were like cold, sharp weapons, piercing Gu Cunxi's heart in an instant. She looked at the person in front of her in disbelief, put her hands over her chest, and slowly stepped back...
"You...you want to be with Chen Feng?" she asked in a hoarse voice.
Pei Yin frowned as pain spread in her palms. She clenched her hands tightly in her pockets, her nails digging into her flesh.
"I have destroyed the evidence that exposed him..."
"We... have lived together for seven years. I can't... be ruthless to him... I... still have feelings for him!"
"Gu Cunxi... I want to live a normal life. Being with you will only derail my life. I can't make the same mistake over and over again. Let's... stop here!"
Jiang Rao, who was not far away, heard the conversation between the two clearly. She looked at Xiao Peiyin in front of her, somewhat confused about this woman. She didn't know why she had to do this. She clearly loved him in her heart, but she pretended to be heartless and forced Gu Cunxi to stay away from her. Would she really not regret it in the future...
"Pei Yin...can you tell me! What happened that forced you to lie to me like this?" Gu Cunxi roared with a wry smile.
"Cough..." The chest was accompanied by severe pain, making her cough uncontrollably.
At this moment, she felt like she was about to collapse, unable to support the weight of her body. She wanted to fall down, but she didn't want to fall in front of Pei Yin...
"Director Gu...don't believe it?" Pei Yin raised an eyebrow, a hint of a sneer on his face as he continued, "Gu Cunxi, I'll say this one last time! Listen carefully!"
"I don't love you anymore!"
"I choose Chen Feng! I won't get divorced! I will..."
"Start over with him!"
"Did you hear that clearly?"
She tried to make her tone sound calm, but while hurting Gu Cunxi, her heart was also cut...
As soon as the words fell, Gu Cunxi's eyes instantly turned red, tears burst out, she could no longer hold back, she hurriedly turned her head away, her heart felt like there was a sharp knife cutting the old wound, repeatedly stabbing in and out and stabbing in again.
"Throw it away... I believe you!" Gu Cunxi held the ring in front of her eyes.
[It represents all my heart]
[I'm going to use it to trap you for the rest of your life!]
Looking at the ring, Pei Yin recalled yesterday's promise and sweet words lingering in her ears. The pain in her heart gradually burned off the nerves with pain, making her numb.
"Is it... I threw it away! Then you can leave?" She smiled, picked up the ring and played with it in her hand, pretending not to care.
"Throw it away...I'm leaving!" Gu Cunxi replied.
"good!"
After saying that, she turned and walked to the pool beside her, and without hesitation, threw it out fiercely...
“!!”
She didn't see that at the moment just now, the person standing behind her had a flash of pain in his eyes and was holding his chest.
The ring drew a beautiful arc in the air, with a slight flash, and fell to the bottom of the pool, causing a few ripples.
Gu Cunxi looked at her back and chuckled. What she threw away was not the ring, but her true heart!
She stood behind Pei Yin and laughed so hard that tears fell from her eyes...
"Is that all right? Director Gu." She turned around and looked at Gu Cunxi and said with a smile, "Let's go. Chen Feng will be back soon. It won't be nice to see you arguing with me!"
She could no longer look directly at Gu Cunxi's current appearance. Her heart ached, and she felt like vomiting in her stomach, but she didn't show it at all. She just turned around and left with an expressionless face, leaving Gu Cunxi standing there, staring at the pool and laughing absentmindedly for a long time.
Her leaving figure reminded Jiang Rao of last night, that figure was resolute and lonely.
[Cunxi…hate me!!]
But please don't hate me for too long.
[Because... you should slowly forget me!]
She was trembling all over but pretending to be calm, straightened her back and walked forward steadily. She was willing to accept a thousand kinds of pain and be a pawn of fate, like many downtrodden people, losing her soul... leaving only a resolute back to Gu Cunxi, and disappeared from sight.
…
After Pei Yin left, Jiang Rao slowly walked to her side and said gently: "Time can heal everything, let's go back."
After that, she pulled Gu Cunxi and walked out without saying a word.
When the two of them were halfway there, Gu Cunxi suddenly stopped...
"What's wrong?" Jiang Rao looked over and frowned.
She didn't respond, and instantly shook off Jiang Rao's arm, turned around and ran back.
"Gu Cunxi!!"
Jiang Rao shouted behind him and followed him
The water in the pool was not deep, only up to her waist. Gu Cunxi stepped over the bank and jumped into the water. The water was very cold... but it was nothing compared to her heart.
In the huge pool, she looked carefully at the bottom, trying to find that small sparkle.
Jiang Rao quickly ran to the pool and saw Gu Cunxi groping around in the water, ignoring the injury on her right hand. She was so angry that she didn't know what to say, so she had no choice but to follow her into the pool...
"Gu Cunxi, you're going to die!"
"Go up there and find it! I'll find it for you... okay?" Jiang Rao said unhappily.
She seemed not to hear, groping the pool with both hands, her entire right arm immersed in the water.
“…”
Jiang Rao had no choice but to help her find it.
The dark clouds in the sky dissipated for a moment, and the sun shone down, revealing a tiny sparkle at the bottom of the pool not far away. Her heart suddenly soared, and she groped towards it bit by bit. The ring lay quietly at the bottom of the water...
“!”
"Jiang Rao, I found it"
Gu Cunxi raised his hand, the ring shone brightly in the sun, burning Jiang Rao's heart.
…
When the two of them walked out of the pool, they were both half wet. Gu Cunxi looked at the diamond ring in his hand absentmindedly.
"Gu Cunxi!" Jiang Rao walked over and looked at her, pursing his lips: "It's just a ring, is it worth taking such a risk?"
"It's just Xiao Peiyin, is it worth it for you to do this? Will she care? Does she know you are so stupid? Treating the things she threw away without hesitation as treasures?
"she…"
"What on earth is she worth!!!" Jiang Rao growled angrily
"It's worth it everywhere. She won't be with Chen Feng, no matter what she says or does! I know she's lying to me!" Gu Cunxi raised his head and looked at Jiang Rao and smiled: "She said she wanted me to wait for her!"
If there is someone in her life who can treat her like this, then she will have no regrets... Jiang Rao smiled bitterly and curled his lips.
Does Xiao Peiyin know what he has lost?
…
"Let me take you home. You're soaked and your wound just had surgery. You'll get infected!"
After that, she reached out and helped her up
…
At the gate of the community...Gu Cunxi accidentally saw a familiar figure slowly approaching from a distance.
"It's Chen Feng!"
Anger suddenly rose in her heart, and she stopped and stood still.
Chen Feng didn't notice the eyes staring at him from a distance until he slowly approached and saw the person in front of him. He looked at Gu Cunxi, who was soaked and with blood on his gauze, looking disheveled and haggard. He sneered in his heart and walked over.
"Miss Gu, what's wrong with you?" His tone was a little proud.
“!!”
Chen Feng's voice came into her ears, and in just a moment she remembered the voice she heard before she fell into a coma!
It turned out to be him!
She curled her lips and smiled: "Thanks to Mr. Chen!"
“!”
Chen Feng hadn't intended to hide it. Since she already knew that it was him yesterday, he didn't want to argue. She had no evidence anyway...
"It's just a warning!" Chen Feng paused and continued, "Miss Gu, please be careful...
"My wife said it was you who pestered her! Miss Gu has a beautiful appearance, but she only does immoral things. Don't you think it's shameful?"
"you…"
"Oh, by the way..." Chen Feng interrupted her and continued, "You may not know this yet, but Pei Yin has decided not to divorce me."
"After yesterday, our relationship has improved a lot. There's nothing that can't be overcome between husband and wife. As long as she's willing, I'll always give her a chance to make amends!"
"I'm giving you a gift, maybe you'll like it!"
After that, Chen Feng took out his cell phone and held it in front of her, with a smug look on his face.
Gu Cunxi looked at the photo, and his heart contracted violently in an instant, and all the blood in his body rushed to his head... He was stunned on the spot, and his hands trembled unconsciously.
"you……"
“Chen Feng!…What did you do!”
She covered her chest in pain and walked forward to grab Chen Feng's collar, with endless hatred in her eyes.
She was suffocating...
That photo of Pei Yin was like a knife hanging over her heart, stabbing in violently, piercing her heart and tearing out a bloody hole. Pain filled the empty space in her heart, and blood oozed out...
Chen Feng took in her pain, smiled contentedly, and slowly leaned over to her ear.
"She volunteered!"
After saying that, he stretched out his hand and pushed Gu Cunxi away, then stood quietly in front of her, admiring her pain, not missing a single bit, and laughing more and more complacently. After a long time... he passed by her and slowly left, his steps brisk... accompanied by his complacent laughter.
The weather was as gloomy as her mood, and soon it began to rain heavily...
After Chen Feng left, she stood there motionless, letting the rain fall on her body. Her eyes were extremely empty, just like her heart, and she didn't know what to use to fill it.
"Cunxi..." Jiang Rao frowned and looked at her
She used all her strength to support herself from the hospital to here. That photo was the last straw that broke the camel's back.
Her legs gradually lost their strength and slowly bent. She slid down Jiang Rao's body and knelt on the ground. The will that had supported her for a long time by enduring the pain suddenly collapsed at this moment. She opened her palm and looked at the small ring in her hand that was shining, and laughed wantonly.
Jiang Rao looked at her, feeling a pang of sadness in his heart. Outside, the rain was pouring down, dripping down on them...
I don't know what kind of devil love is. It is the devil that possesses the human body. It will do this for one person. Jiang Rao thought with a wry smile.
"Cunxi, be obedient, let's go back to the hospital!" She reached out and helped him
The moment he stood up, Gu Cunxi felt dizzy, as if his body had been drained of strength, and his vision gradually blurred into a line... and went dark.
"Gu Cunxi!!"
Jiang Rao was extremely anxious upon seeing this. He lifted her onto his back and ran out. Her body was so thin that it barely weighed anything.
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