Chapter 203 Extra 3 (8)
Extra 3 (8)
"You really don't want to know why he approached you?" Ding Pingzhou was still shouting as he was dragged away by security. "Even though you got what you wanted, does he really like you?"
Gu Jiangkuo: “…”
Ding Pingzhou continued shouting, "Don't you really want to know why Jiang Nuo approached you? When you were his bodyguard, didn't you think he was too nice to you?"
"Wait!" Mr. Gu suddenly ordered.
Several security guards stopped and a hint of sinister joy appeared on Ding Pingzhou's face.
I'm sorry, Xiaonuo, I'm such a despicable person. I can't bear to see you doing well even though I still love you.
"Mr. Gu, do you want to have a detailed chat with me?"
Gu Jiangkuo kicked him in the lower abdomen!
"You damn it, how dare you alienate me and Nuonuo! Tell me the truth, are you still harboring evil intentions towards my Nuonuo?" If the security guards hadn't tried to stop him, Mr. Gu would have kicked Ding Pingzhou's intestines out.
"You...you trust Xiaonuo so much?" Ding Pingzhou asked in shock.
Gu Jiangkuo: "She's my wife. I don't trust my own family, so how can I trust you?"
"Boss Gu! Boss Gu! No more fighting!"
"Yes, Mr. Gu, if someone dies in front of our company, it will be on the news!"
Only after three or four security guards pulled him away did Gu Jiangkuo reluctantly let Ding Pingzhou go.
Ding Pingzhou stumbled away. He had never imagined that this visit to Jiang Nuo would not only disgrace him, but also get beaten, and not receive a single cent. After witnessing Gu Jiangkuo's rage and his mindless defense of his wife, he wouldn't dare approach the couple again, even without warning—Gu's fighting style was genuine, and his strength was terrifying.
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Jiang Nuo quickly forgot about the little episode with Ding Pingzhou, but Gu Jiangkuo started having strange dreams since that day.
They were probably all very sad nightmares. He woke up in tears many times, and only felt a little comforted when he saw his wife lying well beside him.
After a few days, Mr. Gu had dark circles under his eyes and looked particularly haggard.
He was healthy and strong, rarely even catching a cold in all these years. His sudden decline frightened Mr. Jiang, who placed his hand on his forehead and said, "Gu Dajiang, what's wrong with you these past two days? You don't even seem to have a fever."
Gu Jiangkuo yawned and said, "Nothing, just nightmares all the time."
Jiang Nuo: "What kind of nightmare?"
Gu Jiangkuo said innocently, "I don't remember, I was always awakened anyway."
"It's not good to have poor sleep. You have to go to the hospital."
"No, it's just a nightmare, not a sickness. Why go to the hospital?"
Mr. Jiang was so worried that he called his family doctor. After listening to his symptoms, the doctor said, "Don't take sleeping pills carelessly. If it doesn't work, you can try melatonin. But nightmares are caused by mental factors. I still recommend that you take Mr. Gu to a tertiary hospital and see a psychiatrist."
Minor problems like fever and colds can be solved by private doctors. Ordinary illnesses can be better treated in private hospitals, but if it involves mental stress, it is best to go to a specialist hospital and make an appointment with an expert - the doctors in Grade A hospitals are still top-notch.
Appointments with well-known experts are usually not available on the same day, but for an extra 300 yuan, you can still get a special appointment. Mr. Jiang temporarily turned down his work for today and went straight to the hospital with Gu Jiangkuo.
This is a specialist hospital. There is a long queue at the waiting area, and most of the people are young people. This shows that young people nowadays generally have a lot of mental stress.
Gu Jiangkuo was still somewhat resistant, standing at the gate and refusing to go in: "I'm not mentally ill, why would I come here for no reason?"
In order to take care of Mr. Gu Dajiang's emotions, he did not bring an assistant to the psychiatric hospital and did not disturb too many people. Mr. Jiang drove him there personally and accompanied him into the hospital alone.
Jiang Nuo couldn't push him away, so she could only persuade him gently: "Who said this is a place to treat mental illness? When I registered, I clearly saw there was a 'Sleep Department' here. Look, it's written on the electronic registration form."
"Really?" Gu Jiangkuo looked over doubtfully, and indeed saw the three big words "Sleep Department".
Jiang Nuo: "Of course it's true, go in quickly, don't miss your turn."
Jiang Nuo managed to coax Mr. Gu into the hospital like coaxing a child, and they successfully got a number. The nurse then gave them a "psychological assessment". Unexpectedly, the line for the psychological assessment questionnaire was even longer than the line for getting a number.
Gu Jiangkuo: "...Do we really have to do this? Isn't this something only teenage girls would do?"
Jiang Nuo: "Didn't the nurse just say that? Everyone needs to complete a psychological assessment questionnaire before going to see a doctor. And this isn't a psychological test for a little girl, it's a psychological assessment, very professional!"
Gu Jiangkuo muttered, "...After all, this is something only a psychopath would do."
"How could that be!" Jiang Nuo whispered, "Everyone has to do this. This is the procedure. Look at that little girl in front of us. She looks so normal. Who says only mentally ill people take this questionnaire?"
Gu Jiangkuo looked at the little girl in the front row. She looked gentle and well-behaved. Her parents asked her questions in a soft voice and she answered every question. She looked like a normal and good girl.
Mr. Gu nodded slightly, and then saw the girl suddenly slap her father and start screaming.
Gu Jiangkuo: “…………”
Jiang Nuo: “…………”
The well-trained medical staff rushed in and, with the assistance of the girl's parents, took the girl away from the team and directly upstairs.
As he watched them leave, President Jiang laughed dryly, "That was quite sudden."
Gu Jiangkuo: "I want to go home."
Jiang Nuo advised: "Since you are here, you should at least see a doctor."
Gu Jiangkuo: "No! I'm not sick! I'm going home now!"
Mr. Gu Dajiang couldn't control the volume of his shout, and the men in white coats who had just pulled away the girl who had lost control of her emotions all looked at him warily. Mr. Jiang could almost see the three big words "something's happening" in their eyes, and he felt a little embarrassed.
"..." Jiang Nuo, "How dare you! Shut up!"
Gu Dajiang immediately backed off: "Okay. Don't be angry, wife, let's talk it over nicely."
Jiang Nuo lowered his voice and tried to reason with her, "Having trouble sleeping isn't a big deal. You absolutely can't hide your illness and avoid seeing a doctor. If there's something wrong, early treatment will be beneficial. If the examination shows nothing, wouldn't that put your mind at ease? I know you didn't want to come, so I've put aside my work to accompany you personally. Can you cooperate a little?"
"Yes, yes, yes," Gu Jiangkuo lost all his temper and said softly, "My wife is doing this for my own good. I know. If I go to the hospital, I'll go and get treated. I'll be a good boy. Ah, don't be angry!"
The men in white coats who were staring at Gu Jiangkuo breathed a sigh of relief:
"That's great, I've calmed down."
"If that patient goes crazy like that girl just now, we won't be able to control him. Look at his size, he's definitely a bodybuilder."
"Why would such a macho man see a psychiatrist? People who like sports are usually cheerful."
"You're a medical student, but how come you don't know there are two types of mental illness: pathological and physiological? It's just like high blood pressure, pneumonia, and coronary heart disease; it's an illness. It's not caused by being 'introverted,' 'suffering from depression,' or 'pretentious.'"
"Teacher, I'm not studying medicine, I'm studying nursing...but I learned something new from you today."
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The line was untidy and the air was filled with the smell of sweat from the crowded crowds.
Jiang Nuo actually felt a little regretful. If he had known there were so many people, he would not have been so anxious and insisted on coming today. It seemed feasible to send someone to contact an expert who was willing to come for the consultation at a high price.
How many years has it been since he last queued? The last time he was in such a crowded place was in the university cafeteria.
But Mr. Gu, who had also lived a life of luxury for many years, did not feel bored at all. He was chatting with Nuonuo the whole time - Nuonuo was a workaholic. Even though he earned more money than he could spend in several lifetimes, he still had to work overtime and socialize. There were actually not many opportunities to have a good chat with him.
Moreover, he used both reason and emotion to get Nuonuo to promise him that she would treat herself well tonight as a reward for his good cooperation in seeing the doctor.
Nuonuo also agreed.
Hehehehe.
Time flew by in this mood. Entering a room resembling an internet cafe, Gu Jiangkuo diligently fulfilled his duties as a patient, patiently filling out a lengthy questionnaire, more questions than even a college entrance exam mock exam. Finally finishing and clicking "Submit," the nurse, who was patrolling like a network administrator, sent him a number and said, "You can go see the doctor now."
It has been nearly three hours since I started queuing up at the hospital, and I finally got to meet the expert.
The old expert has gray hair on his temples and has at least several decades of medical experience. He looks very reliable.
He squinted through his reading glasses to finish reading the printed questionnaire, then asked Gu Jiangkuo a few more questions. Finally, he concluded, "I've rarely met someone with such a healthy mind! He's got excellent mental qualities, a strong ability to handle stress, and is very independent-minded... Is there really no trigger for poor sleep? How about not using your phone before bed?"
Gu Jiangkuo: “…I never play with my phone before going to bed.” I only play with my wife.
In fact, Jiang Nuo had always been worried that Gu Jiangkuo would suddenly become depressed or something. After all, everyone is under a lot of pressure these days, and mental illness cannot be ignored. Hearing that he was fine, Jiang Nuo was really relieved and asked again: "Doctor, in his case, which department should he go to for insomnia?"
The old expert pushed his reading glasses and pondered for a moment: "How about you go see a Chinese doctor?"
Jiang Nuo: “!”
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After they left the hospital, Gu Jiangkuo asked with a relaxed look, "Are you going home, or are you going to the Chinese medicine hospital again?"
Jiang Nuo said solemnly, "Have you heard that joke?"
Gu Jiangkuo pretended to want to know more: "What?"
Jiang Nuo: "If a Chinese medicine doctor recommends you see a Western doctor, then it means you are seriously ill. If a Western doctor recommends you see a Chinese medicine doctor, then it means the illness is incurable."
Gu Jiangkuo: “……?”
Jiang Nuo was dejected: "What can I do if you can't sleep well like this?"
Gu Jiangkuo rubbed his head. "Okay, okay, it's just a joke. I guess what the expert meant is that Chinese medicine is extensive and profound... How about we apply for a special appointment at a top-tier Chinese medicine hospital?"
"No." Jiang Nuo said decisively, "Go home!"
Gu Jiangkuo thought that Mr. Jiang had finally given up on taking him to see a doctor, or that he didn't trust Chinese medicine, but then he heard Jiang Nuo say, "Let's ask the doctor to come out and see the patient. The line is so long, I don't want to wait in it a second time."
Gu Jiangkuo agreed, and couldn't help yawning: "Then let's go home, maybe I can catch up on some sleep."
Jiang Nuo: “Yes, yes.”
As a result, not long after Gu Dajiang lay down, he woke up sweating again, with two dark circles under his eyes. He pulled Jiang Nuo with resentment and said coquettishly: "I can't sleep, it's so uncomfortable QAQ"
Mr. Gu is tall and strong. He is usually serious in front of people, like a heroic lone wolf or a burly brown bear.
But he is always soft in front of Jiang Nuo, not to mention that he has heavy dark circles under his eyes now. He doesn't look like a brown bear, but more like a panda... so cute.
Jiang Nuo felt both distressed and loving, and couldn't help but rub Mr. Gu's head. His hard and short hair was a little prickly, but Big Bear... no, Giant Panda Jiang took the opportunity to rub his head against Jiang Nuo's palm and continued to act coquettishly - the hedgehog-like hard short hair rubbed Mr. Jiang's palm red.
"I can't sleep, Nuonuo," Gu the panda said coquettishly, "Exercise with me and let off some steam. See if you can fall asleep?"
Gu Jiangkuo usually vents his energy by going to the gym or putting on quick-drying clothes and running. He doesn't need anyone to accompany him.
It goes without saying that a partner is needed for this "sport".
"Is it okay..."
It's hard to imagine how spectacular it would be for a nearly 1.9-meter-tall man to act like a spoiled brat. However, Mr. Jiang seemed to have long been accustomed to it. He said with a bit of helplessness and a bit of doting, "Okay."
There was no way. He was willing to pamper Gu Dajiang, let alone Gu Dajiang who was sick.
However, it turns out that even a sick beast is still a beast.
After being tormented until it was completely dark, Jiang Nuo finally couldn't help but yelled, "If you don't sleep, you'll have to take me to the hospital tomorrow..."
Only then did Gu Jiangkuo calm down.
After they washed up and lay back down on the bed, Gu Jiangkuo hugged Jiang Nuo from behind like a pillow, yawned, and said sleepily, "It seems to be working. I'm really sleepy."
Jiang Nuo was already exhausted, with a lingering sense of pleasure still lingering. He felt tired and refreshed all over. He said "That's great" and instantly fell asleep with his head resting on Gu Jiangkuo's arm.
Gu Jiangkuo hugged Jiang Nuo, his heart full of satisfaction.
Nuonuo really cares about him, and is willing to condescend to accompany him in such a long queue, and is willing to indulge him. How can there be such a good wife in this world?
Perhaps the method of consuming energy to help sleep is indeed effective. Gu Jiangkuo fell asleep while smelling the refreshing scent of shampoo on Jiang Nuo's short hair.
But soon, he had that strange dream again.
In his dreams, he was either fighting with Mr. Gu or fighting with local tyrants in the casino. Others said that his achievements were worthy of being recorded in the history of the Nanyang business war, but he just found it tedious, boring and lonely.
As his withered and complicated life came to an end, he was not sad. Instead, he was happy that he could finally follow his beloved to the same world. He just didn't know whether there was an afterlife in this world and whether he could see him again?
Gu Jiangkuo woke up in a cold sweat again, and also woke up Jiang Nuo.
"daughter in law!!"
Gu Jiangkuo hurriedly sniffed Jiang Nuo's breath. Young Master Jiang, who was in a bad mood after getting up, bit his finger and said, "Gu Dajiang! Why are you so loud? You scared me."
Gu Jiangkuo finally breathed a sigh of relief when he found that Nuonuo was fine. Not only was she alive and well, she could even curse people and was held in his arms. "I had that nightmare again."
Jiang Nuo perked up: "What did you dream about? Do you remember?"
"Exactly, I dreamed that you were dead, and we weren't together. I ended up living alone..." Gu Jiangkuo murmured, "It was so real. I'm scared every time I think about it now."
"!" Jiang Nuo suddenly turned around, his sleepy eyes wide open, and asked seriously, "And then?"
Could it be that he...has also recalled his past life memories?!
"And then..." Gu Jiangkuo scratched his head and frowned, "I don't remember what happened next... Anyway, it was a very real nightmare. I'm starting to suspect I've been having the same dream recently. It feels so familiar."
Jiang Nuo: “…”
Gu Jiangkuo: "What's wrong, Nuonuo?"
Jiang Nuo hesitated whether to ask the question "Do you believe in past lives and present lives?", but then she felt that Gu Dajiang finally got some sleep, and she absolutely couldn't get him excited by talking to him late at night, so she changed the subject: "Go to sleep, it's just a nightmare, it's okay, I'm here."
These words sound like the clichéd line a boyfriend would use to comfort his girlfriend during a terrible thunderstorm.
However, Mr. Gu Dajiang, who considered himself to be extremely masculine, was unexpectedly comforted by these words - the three words "I am here" turned out to be the most comforting words to him at this moment.
For some reason, he has been secretly worried about losing Nuonuo recently, as if he had really lost him in his previous life.
"Oh." Gu Jiangkuo responded obediently, and like a giant octopus, he held Jiang Nuo tightly in his arms, hugging him and sighing, calling "Nuonuo" over and over again.
Gu Jiangkuo called out, and Jiang Nuo responded, quite patiently. This continued until the tenth time. Jiang Nuo suspected that Gu Jiangkuo might have suffered from insomnia again from constantly playing the "I call my name, you answer" game, so he finally pretended to be furious: "Don't play tricks, Gu Dajiang, this is the fourth time! We agreed to go to bed, even if you act like a spoiled child, there's no fifth time!"①
Gu Jiangkuo laughed softly, "Okay, no more talking, let's go to sleep."
When the bedroom returned to silence, Gu Jiangkuo murmured softly, "I'm not being coquettish. I'm really glad that you're by my side."
"I feel very happy to have you here."
I just don’t know what that feeling of loss in the dream means.
Jiang Nuo, who had been silent for a long time and was breathing evenly as if he was asleep, opened his eyes with his back to Gu Jiangkuo and said "hmm" very softly, pretending to be talking in his sleep.
With Gu Jiangkuo around, doesn't he feel happy?
He is so content in this life.
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Fortunately, Gu Jiangkuo finally slept soundly in the second half of the night. When Jiang Nuo got up, he was still asleep.
"It must be because he was too sleep deprived in the past few days." Jiang Nuo murmured, leaned over and gently kissed him on the lips, then tiptoed out the door and went to the company alone, not wanting to wake up Gu Jiangkuo.
Although he went to the company, Mr. Jiang, who worked hard today, did not rush to deal with the backlog of official business from yesterday. Instead, he held an emergency meeting for the first time and assigned all the work that could be done by others to his senior executives.
After finishing all the official business at once, he began to study and compare the stack of traditional Chinese medicine materials in his hands with his assistant.
Yesterday, the omnipotent Secretary Wang had already made appointments for him with seven or eight famous Chinese medicine practitioners in Yanlin, and arranged a schedule, listing the doctors' areas of expertise and previous cases they had cured.
But when they were halfway through the conversation, Fang Xiaoxiao suddenly called.
"Xiao Nuonuo!" Fang Xiaoxiao's enthusiastic shout reached Secretary Wang's ears.
Jiang Nuo: “…”
"You go ahead and do your work." Secretary Wang tactfully withdrew, not intending to interrupt his boss's private call.
As soon as Secretary Wang left, Jiang Nuo relaxed his body and leaned softly into the boss chair - four times was still a bit too much, his waist could not bear it, but he was embarrassed to show it in front of his subordinates.
"What's wrong, Sister Xiaoxiao?" Jiang Nuo asked relaxedly.
"Do you still remember that weird guy who went on a blind date with me last time?" Fang Xiaoxiao said.
Jiang Nuo rubbed the bridge of his nose and asked, "Why, he still dares to harass you? Do you need me to call the casino's thugs over for you?"
Fang Xiaoxiao: "Oh no! Didn't that person mention a master named Luang Pu Koon? Coincidentally, I also received a call today from someone claiming to be Luang Pu Koon. He also asked me to help ask if you have been having nightmares recently?"
Jiang Nuo: “!!”
Fang Xiaoxiao: "Oh, by the way, he called me because you blocked him."
Jiang Nuo: “…………”
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Some say he is a liar, but he got it right the second time; some say he is a master, but he cannot be contacted because he was blocked.
“…”
"Mr. Jiang?" Secretary Wang couldn't help but ask, "Which doctor would you like to see first?"
Jiang Nuo asked, "Xiao Wang, do you believe in ghosts and gods?"
Secretary Wang: “Ah?”
Jiang Nuo: "Forget it, it's okay, you go ahead and do your work first, we'll talk about the doctor later."
"Oh well."
After Secretary Wang left and he was the only one left in the office, Jiang Nuo couldn't help but take out the blacklist on his phone.
"I'm not an atheist, am I?" Mr. Jiang muttered to himself. "After all, I've already encountered something as bizarre as rebirth. What else can I not believe? Let's just... give it a try."
No matter what, being able to cure Gu Jiangkuo's illness is the most important thing.
The call was quickly connected, and on the other end came a lively male voice speaking standard Mandarin: "Hello, hello! What can I do for you?"
Jiang Nuo: “…”
There must be too many numbers in the blacklist, so I made a mistake.
Jiang Nuo: "Sorry, wrong number."
"Hey, don't hang up!" the young man said, "Mr. Jiang, you're looking for my master, Luang Pu Kom, right? He hasn't been waiting for you and has gone into seclusion, but you can leave this little matter to me!"
Hearing the name 'Luang Pu Gong', Mr. Jiang did not hang up in a hurry. He even spoke in a respectful tone, "Little Master, are you really the disciple of Master Luang Pu Gong? I would like to ask for your guidance."
"It's not so much about giving him guidance as it is about offering a small favor. Has he met someone recently? Has he heard any 'advice' he shouldn't have heard? If my master is not mistaken, this isn't just a nightmare, but a confusion of past and present lives... Mr. Jiang, please don't break this window paper, or he'll get deeper and deeper into trouble."
Jiang Nuo hurriedly said, "Okay! What are you going to do? Perform a ritual or exorcise the ghosts and demons?"
"There are no ghosts in this world," the young man said. "Superstition is a bad idea! Aren't you the boss of a technology company? You should believe in science. It's just 'what you think about during the day, you dream about at night.' Why don't you come to Thailand when you have time? I can help you have some relaxing dreams."
Hearing the words "believe in science" from a "master", Jiang Nuo found it very mysterious, but inexplicably felt that this person was quite reliable and not like a charlatan.
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