The lounge fell silent again.
Zeng Yi sighed, walked over to sit next to Gu Jinzhi, picked up the ointment, poured it into his palm to warm it up, and then gently rubbed it on the bruise on his shoulder.
"Hiss——" Gu Jinzhi gasped in pain.
Zeng Yi's hands kept moving, and he kept muttering, "I say, what's wrong with you today?"
"You're so good, you're here to act crazy? And you're fighting three of them alone? Do you think you'll live long enough?"
Gu Jinzhi's lips moved, but he swallowed the words back.
Zeng Yi looked at him like this, and the gossip fire in his heart burned fiercely.
He moved closer, lowered his voice, and asked tentatively: "Because...sister-in-law?"
Gu Jinzhi's body suddenly stiffened.
Although he quickly regained his composure, his reaction at that moment was enough to explain everything.
"I knew it!" Zeng Yi laughed, looking smug as if he had seen through the truth. "That's what I was saying. You've been like a robot for over a decade. How come you're about to get married and you're having so many problems? Your relationship is related to your sister-in-law!"
Gu Jinzhi's face became even uglier. He struggled to sit up, but found that his whole body was sore and he couldn't move his strength.
Zeng Yi chuckled wickedly and moved closer. "Hey, seriously, last time you asked your buddies to give you some bad advice, trying to make your sister-in-law hate you! You even said we'd discuss it based on how the situation develops... Why didn't you discuss it this time?"
Gu Jinzhi suddenly closed his eyes, pursed his thin lips, and looked like he was refusing to communicate.
Zeng Yi became more and more excited, with an auntie smile on his face: "No way, Dazhi brother, you can't be... saying no, but actually you have fallen in love with me, right?"
Hearing Zeng Yi's teasing, Gu Jinzhi's heart seemed to be gripped by someone.
The dazzling pure white uncontrollably broke into my mind.
At the door of the fitting room, she lifted the hem of her skirt and spun gently, her figure graceful and her face charming in a way that he had never seen before.
The beauty of that moment, and the fact that they were already a legal couple, made him feel a warmth and... connection that he had never felt before.
This feeling is completely different from family and friendship.
It was too unfamiliar to him.
It was so strange that it made him panic, helpless, and even scared.
He was afraid that he would be softened and shaken.
He couldn't be shaken.
So, he ran away.
Now, he used this almost self-harming method to try to drive the pure white light out of his mind.
Use the pain in your body to suppress the chaos in your heart.
But it seems... it's useless...
Zeng Yi looked at Gu Jinzhi's face, which was changing from gloomy to sad, and almost couldn't hold back his laughter.
[Hey! The more you pretend to be heartless and desireless, the more the world will fall apart when you fall in love!]
[The online novel didn't lie to me! I'll have to have a good talk with you guys later!]
Seeing that Gu Jinzhi still looked bitter and resentful, Zeng Yi felt that he should add fuel to the fire:
"If you like it, then just like it. Why are you beating around the bush? Brother Dazhi, if you keep dragging your feet like this, I'm really going to despise you!"
Gu Jinzhi slowly opened his eyes and looked at Zeng Yi.
"Zeng Yi," he said hoarsely, "If I...can't come back..."
"Pooh, pooh, pooh! What nonsense!" Zeng Yi interrupted immediately.
But his hand that was applying the medicine paused and he suddenly reacted.
He stared at Gu Jinzhi with wide eyes.
He has said similar things before.
But when he said this at that time, to Zeng Yi, it sounded more like a calm analysis, as if it was not him, Gu Jinzhi, who was about to go to Xinjiang to face the persecution of the Zhang family.
But this time... the tone is completely different!
This... This is the first time in more than ten years, especially after Grandpa Gu was seriously injured five years ago and the Gu family was in turmoil, that he saw Gu Jinzhi seem... a little hesitant?
"Brother Dazhi..." Zeng Yi's throat was dry, his heart was sour and blocked, and a surge of anger rushed to his forehead.
He stood up suddenly, paced around the lounge irritably for a few steps, then stopped in front of Gu Jinzhi, his eyes frighteningly determined.
"I don't care! I must go to Western Xinjiang with you!"
"If my great-grandfather dares to stop me, I'll roll on the ground in front of him!"
"Even if he breaks my legs, I will crawl over!"
"What's wrong with the feud between the Gu and Zhang families? I, Zeng Yi, want to get involved!"
"I want to see if Zhang Luye dares to touch me, the only male of this generation of the Zeng family!"
Gu Jinzhi looked at him quietly, and the brief moment of vulnerability he had before was quickly covered by solid ice again.
He endured the severe pain all over his body, slowly sat up, and his face returned to its cold and aloof look.
"Zeng Yi," he said calmly, yet with a resoluteness that brooked no argument, "I appreciate your kindness."
"But this matter ends here."
"Don't make things difficult for your old man, and don't cause trouble for me."
"I can handle my own affairs."
"You..." Zeng Yi's chest heaved up and down with anger. He pointed at Gu Jinzhi and couldn't say a word for a long time.
Finally, he exploded!
"Hold!"
Zeng Yi punched the back of the sofa next to him suddenly, and the expensive leather surface exploded with a "bang", and the filling inside sprayed everywhere.
Then he stuffed the medicine bottle into Gu Jinzhi's hand, turned around and walked out.
"Okay, you're capable! I won't serve you anymore!"
Bang!
The door was slammed shut.
Gu Jinzhi looked at the closed door, then looked down at the medicine bottle in his hand, and forced a helpless smile.
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