Gu Rongqi also saw Cheng Qicai's situation. He quickly walked a few steps to Cheng Qicai's side and moved Gu Liji's wheelchair away.
He turned to look at Cheng Qicai and asked anxiously, "Is your foot alright?"
"It hurts." Cheng Qicai simply uttered this one word.
"Sit down first." Gu Rongqi helped her sit down, and then said, "Take off your shoes and see if they've been crushed."
Cheng Qicai remained motionless.
Seeing that she didn't speak, Gu Rongqi bent down to help her take off her shoes.
Just as his hand was about to touch Cheng Qicai's shoes, Cheng Qicai moved her foot away on her own.
Gu Rongqi glanced at her sideways, then reached for her foot again. Cheng Qicai moved her foot to the side, avoiding Gu Rongqi's hand.
This time, Gu Rongqi knew she was doing it on purpose. He stood up, looked at her, and asked, "Doesn't it hurt?"
"Pain." Cheng Qicai used the same word again.
Gu Rongqi bent down again to touch her shoes, but Cheng Qicai still moved to the side.
“Brother, Cheng Qicai is a drunkard right now. She’s acting crazy. I just gently pushed her wheelchair forward a little. I don’t think she put much pressure on her feet,” Gu Liji said, watching Cheng Qicai’s antics.
Before he could even react, Gu Rongqi moved him away.
I also saw him going to help Cheng Qicai take off her shoes.
His mind went blank with shock for a moment, and he even wondered if he had drunk too much that day.
Gu Rongqi glanced at him but ignored him.
He turned to Cheng Qicai and said in a gentle tone, "Take off your shoes first, let us check how your feet are."
Upon hearing his words, Cheng Qicai stared at him intently, her gaze more direct than usual.
Just when Gu Rongqi thought she wouldn't react, she bent down and slowly took off her shoes and socks.
Gu Rongqi glanced at it and saw only a slight red mark on the instep of her foot.
Gu Liji, however, seemed to have seized upon evidence. "See, I told you so! I pushed her so lightly, how could I have pressed so hard? And she's been in pain for so long. I knew she was just having a drunken rampage!"
The way he was yelling made him look a bit like a screeching monkey, especially with his now somewhat messy long hair and flushed face.
Cheng Qicai stood up and tried to walk towards Gu Liji, but before she could take a step forward, Gu Rongqi grabbed her arm. "Don't stand up. There are sunflower seed shells on the ground. Put your socks and shoes on first."
There were many sunflower seed shells scattered on the ground, and since she was walking barefoot, she was bound to bump into them.
After hearing Gu Rongqi's words, Cheng Qicai stood there blankly for a while, as if pondering the meaning of Gu Rongqi's words.
Gu Rongqi took her arm and waited for her to stand up and think things through.
After waiting for several tens of seconds, Cheng Qicai slowly sat back on the sofa and then slowly put on her shoes and socks.
Gu Rongqi watched her put on her shoes before looking around.
Although people were still singing and chatting in the private room as usual, the volume was noticeably lower than before.
Gu Rongqi could also feel their gazes fixed on them. He walked over to Lin Fengjie and said, "It's about time. It's not safe for everyone to go home drunk. Let's call it a day."
Lin Fengjie understood that he meant for them to end their gathering. Cheng Qicai was too drunk to be sober, and Gu Rongqi and the others were also there. The atmosphere from the karaoke session was over, and it was time for them to leave.
He nodded, took the microphone, and said to everyone, "That's enough for today. Seven Colors is drunk, so let's call it a day."
"good!"
"good!"
Everyone responded enthusiastically, and soon only Cheng Qicai, Gu Rongqi, and Gu Liji remained in the private room.
Gu Rongqi looked down at Cheng Qicai and said to her, "Let's go back."
He waited for Cheng Qicai to react.
After another ten seconds or so, Cheng Qicai reacted. She sat on the sofa, looked up at Gu Rongqi, and said, "It hurts."
"Pain?" Gu Rongqi frowned.
"Brother, I told you she's not in her right mind right now. How can you listen to a drunkard?" Gu Liji pleaded earnestly from the side, like advising a tyrannical ruler bewitched by beauty.
However, his brother is almost in the same boat now, having fallen out with his family because of Cheng Qicai.
"My feet hurt," Cheng Qicai finally said.
Gu Liji sneered at her: "You only have that minor injury. If you take off your shoes now, that red mark will probably disappear completely."
Cheng Qicai turned her head to look at Gu Liji for a while, then looked at Gu Rongqi and asked, "Is my leg broken?"
"No, you were just a little bit pressed down," Gu Rongqi comforted her.
“Then it must be broken.” Cheng Qicai’s previously light tone became more certain.
Gu Liji scoffed dismissively from the side.
He thought his brother's head must be completely filled with romance right now, since he actually responded seriously to what the drunkard said.
"...No..." Gu Rongqi was about to answer that she didn't, when he saw Cheng Qicai turn her head towards Gu Liji, staring at him without blinking.
It's less about staring at Gu Liji and more about staring at the wheelchair beneath him.
Gu Rongqi asked, "Do you want to use a wheelchair?"
Cheng Qicai nodded slowly.
Gu Liji jumped up in anger! Oh, so all that talk was about her wheelchair.
When Gu Rongqi looked at him, he knew something terrible had happened.
"Liji, let her sit down for a moment," Gu Rongqi said to him.
"..." What do you mean by "please move aside"? Once you move aside, it won't just be once, but twice, three times, countless times...
Seeing that Gu Liji didn't move, Gu Rongqi said again, "The doctor said that you need to move your foot around more so it can heal better. Don't rely too much on this stuff; it won't help your foot's recovery."
"?!" You've said everything, good or bad, haven't you?
He said speechlessly, "Brother, just say you want me to give up my seat to Cheng Qicai, right? You don't need to say these high-sounding words."
"Mm." Gu Rong nodded.
"..." He actually admitted it outright.
Under the coercion of the traitor, he was all alone, his fists no match for four legs, and the villain plundered what he loved. It pains my heart! When the day comes that he rises again, he will surely take back what he lost today!
With great ambition in his heart, Gu Liji gritted his teeth and stood up angrily, making way for his wheelchair.
Gu Rongqi pushed the wheelchair in front of Cheng Qicai and helped her sit down.
Cheng Qicai, who was in the wheelchair, showed no reaction and sat quietly in the wheelchair.
Gu Rongqi switched the wheelchair to manual mode and pushed it from behind. If they switched to electric mode, Cheng Qicai might accidentally drive the wheelchair away later.
Although Guliji's foot has healed, he still walks with some unevenness, but this can only be blamed on his lack of active training.
So now that his wheelchair has been taken away, he can only follow slowly from behind.
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