Chapter 32 A Craving for Family Affection
The Jiang family's lawyer representative stepped forward with a smile and said, "Attorney Li, Attorney Song, are you... mistaken? This Miss Su is an adopted daughter. Why would lawyers as senior as you lower yourselves to serve her?"
Song Lu glanced at him sideways and said, "Our eldest daughter of the Song family said that Su Ruan's affairs are her affairs. She will be the first to object to anyone who dares to bully the eldest daughter of the Su family behind her back."
Li Lu also snorted coldly, looking at the Jiang family's legal team with the same disdain, and said, "Our boss Li said that the affairs of the eldest daughter of the Song family are his affairs. Anyone who dares to bully the eldest daughter of the Song family behind his back will be executed by him nationwide."
"This..." How are we supposed to play this?
The Jiang family's legal team slunk away, and the Su family's legal team didn't even have the courage to say a word to them, and followed the Jiang family away.
Su Ruan relaxed her body and smiled kindly at the Li and Song families. "Thank you all for standing up for me. I will remember this favor."
The representatives from both companies, their previous arrogant expressions gone, became quite polite and handed their business cards to Su Ruan with both hands.
“Miss Su, if the lawyers from the Jiang family and the Su family cause you any more trouble, please contact us. Don’t hesitate to ask.”
"Okay, thank you very much. Let me see you out!"
Su Ruan politely saw them out; otherwise, these two groups of more than twenty people would have been stuck in the ward.
Those who know them are their legal team; those who don't might think they've messed with the mafia and are being chased for debts!
No sooner had Su Ruan left than Yingyue appeared silently in front of Gu Jinyuan's bedside.
"Is everything done?"
Gu Jinyuan leaned against the headboard, fiddling with a lighter in his hand, and asked casually.
"Master, everything is taken care of. Whoever investigates will find that the cause of the accident was brake pad failure. Our legal team has also arrived. Do you need them to intervene?"
"Not needed for now."
Gu Jinyuan seemed to be thinking of something happy, his eyes lowered and a smile playing on his lips.
"Now that I have my wife protecting me, no one can hurt me."
Shadowmoon stared blankly at her master's pleased smile, inwardly complaining.
Tsk tsk tsk, look at the owner's worthless smile, like a landlord's foolish son, not a bit as wise and capable as he seems.
well!
Indeed, love corrupts.
Even his ruthless master was not immune to this.
When Su Ruan returned, she saw Gu Jinyuan standing at the door, eagerly waiting for her, so she quickly went to greet him.
Why did you come out?
Gu Jinyuan pressed almost all his weight onto Su Ruan, bringing his head close to Su Ruan's ear and humming softly.
"Honey, I think I hit my head again when I kicked you just now. I feel so dizzy."
Su Ruan looked anxious and staggered as she helped the person back to bed, muttering complaints.
"Then why are you still standing? Go back and lie down right away. The doctor said you need to rest because of your concussion. You're such a grown man, why are you so disobedient?"
Su Ruan got up to find a doctor, but Gu Jinyuan grabbed her arm and pulled her back, causing her to fall onto him.
"What are you doing? Do you still want things to be okay?" Su Ruan frowned and glared at him.
Gu Jinyuan took the ointment and reapplied it to Su Ruan, his eyes almost overflowing with heartache.
"Your adoptive parents are no good people, so why do you tolerate them in every way?"
Su Ruan's shoulders slumped as she leaned down, revealing half of her swollen face so that Gu Jinyuan could apply medicine to her.
The air in the room was still for a while. Just when Gu Jinyuan thought Su Ruan wouldn't answer, she spoke softly.
"When I was little, as far back as I can remember, they were always very good to me. They treated me like their own daughter, and I enjoyed their love and pampering for many years."
Back then, I really thought I was their precious daughter. It wasn't until I started school that they gradually became stricter with me, not letting me make friends casually, strictly planning my future, and not allowing me to disobey in any way.
I think they only gradually lost hope in me after I rebelled twice. Besides, now that their real daughter has been found, she hates me and tries to frame me at home, and my parents are gradually becoming distant from me—I can understand all of that.
But I don't actually want to compete with Su Xin for anything. I just want family harmony, for everyone to be together happily.
Gu Jinyuan's hand paused, a long-buried bittersweet emotion welling up in his heart.
Before he was seven years old, he had the same thoughts as Su Ruan.
At that time, he valued maternal love highly and wanted to please his hysterical mother who tormented him day and night, hoping to gain affection from her.
During his several trips back to China, his mother instructed him to ingratiate himself with his biological father in an attempt to win back the man's heart.
When he presented the handmade greeting card to the man with high hopes, he was met with deep disgust and contempt in return.
The man said, "Your mother is a madwoman. She drugged me to conceive you. I never wanted you to come into this world. You are the shame of my life, Song Zheng."
......
His childhood memories are all painful, so he'd rather not think about them.
"Su Ruan, many times, many things cannot be obtained by asking. Don't be afraid of losing them, because often what you lose was never truly yours to begin with."
Su Ruan quietly looked up at him, seeing the weariness on Gu Jinyuan's face for the first time.
Gu Jinyuan looked at her intently and murmured softly, "Like a missed train station, although regrettable, it also paved the way for another unique path in your life."
“You…” Su Ruan felt that the man in front of her was too unfamiliar at this moment. It was as if she had never really understood him.
"Ouch, my wound hurts so much, honey, can you bandage it again for me?" Gu Jinyuan suddenly groaned, covering his face.
Startled, Su Ruan quickly got up and removed the gauze from his face.
this......
Apart from the few stitches on his forehead that look a bit serious, the other scratches on his face are negligible, okay?
If I hadn't shown it to her now, these scratches would probably have healed on their own in a few minutes.
Su Ruan was speechless. She thought he was really going to be disfigured, and felt guilty for nothing all day.
However, she still carefully disinfected the wound on her forehead again, and reapplied the medicine and bandaged it.
She tried to pack her things and go out to throw them away, but Gu Jinyuan pulled her into his arms.
"Honey, stop working. I'm feeling really dizzy. Come sleep with me for a while."
Ignoring Su Ruan's struggles, Gu Jinyuan held her in his arms, and Su Ruan thought she would just lie down for a while.
Unexpectedly, I slept straight through to the next day.
When the doctor came to check on him, he said that Gu Jinyuan's injuries were not serious and that he could stay in the hospital for a few more days or go home to recuperate.
Su Ruan consulted Gu Jinyuan's opinion; if he wanted to go home, she would go and handle the discharge procedures.
As the two were about to leave, Su Maoshi's assistant stopped Su Ruan and arrogantly gave her instructions.
"Miss, the chairman wants you to come over."
"What's up?"
"Miss, your sister is still unconscious in the intensive care unit, and you still have the nerve to ask what's going on? As her older sister, how can you not even go to see her? Is that acceptable?"
No wonder the chairman and his wife called you an ingrate; you really are selfish and cold-hearted.
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