Chapter 199: Eating the Whole Family (Part 2)
Su Nanzhi's eyelashes trembled slightly, and when she opened her eyes, she was greeted by a tight hug.
Then came the man's suppressed crying, his tears falling on the back of her hand, burning her fingertips so much that they trembled.
"Gu Xizhou, we're not even friends." Her voice was soft, but firm. "Have you forgotten?"
Gu Xizhou's body froze instantly.
He slowly released the hands that were restraining Su Nanzhi, his pupils contracted violently, as if he had even forgotten to breathe.
"...Nanzhi?"
Gu Xizhou murmured softly, as if awakened by the scene before him.
Su Nanzhi looked at him with innocent eyes.
He reached out his trembling hand and touched her cheek - warm.
alive.
At that moment, Gu Xizhou seemed to have lost all his strength. The next second, he hugged Su Nanzhi again.
"I'm glad you're okay."
His strength was so great that he almost hugged Su Nanzhi into his bones and blood.
"You are still...alive, otherwise..."
Hot tears soaked her shoulders and neck, and Gu Xizhou's unfinished words finally turned into a trembling sigh in Su Nanzhi's ear.
Su Nanzhi looked at Gu Xizhou's red eyes and felt inexplicably blocked in her heart.
She had known Gu Xizhou for a short time, but she understood his pride well enough - he had always been high and mighty, and at ease.
Even when she said that he was not worthy of her, it was only a moment of distraction.
It's not like now, staring at her awkwardly and stubbornly, as if she is a treasure that has been lost and found again.
"Gu Xizhou..." She sighed softly and waved her hand in front of his eyes, "Come back to your senses."
Gu Xizhou's eyelashes trembled, and he finally seemed to have escaped from some nightmare. At this moment, he finally felt reality: "Are you really okay?
Su Nanzhi smiled helplessly: "What can happen to me? But you——"
She paused, her eyes falling on the ruthlessness on Gu Xizhou's face and the large stains on his body, and hesitantly said, "Did you hit your head?"
Gu Xizhou did not answer, but suddenly raised his hand and gently touched her cheek with his fingertips, as if confirming something.
Warm.
Real.
He closed his eyes, his Adam's apple rolling, as if he was trying hard to suppress some surging emotions.
Su Nanzhi was startled by his sudden touch and subconsciously turned her head away, but she heard him whisper, "Don't move."
His voice was soft, but it carried a tone that could not be refused.
Su Nanzhi froze, her heart skipping a beat for no apparent reason.
Gu Xizhou's fingertips slowly brushed across the corners of her eyes, as if to confirm whether she was really intact.
"You..." She opened her mouth, but didn't know what to say.
Gu Xizhou withdrew his hand, lowered his eyes to look at his fingertips, and suddenly pulled the corner of his mouth in self-mockery: "I did fall on my head."
Su Nanzhi frowned: "What's wrong with you?"
Gu Xizhou was silent for a moment and shook his head, "I misheard what the contact said."
"What?"
Su Nanzhi became even more confused.
Although she had a minor scratch on her head, which looked a bit scary, it wasn't a big deal.
"He said you were not well."
Gu Xizhou's tone was frighteningly calm, but the emotions surging in his eyes betrayed him.
"Gu Xizhou..." Su Nanzhi called his name, but the words came to her lips but she didn't know what to say.
Comfort him? Their relationship wasn't suitable.
Ignore him? But the look in his eyes made it impossible for her to ignore it.
In the end, she just sighed, reached out and gently patted his shoulder, trying to use humor to dispel the gloomy atmosphere at the moment, "I'm fine. Even if I really spoke out, I'm still doing it for the country..."
But she was rudely interrupted by Gu Xizhou halfway through her words.
"Su Nanzhi, don't say that. I don't want to hear you again..."
Gu Xizhou stared at her for a few seconds and said in a hoarse voice, "Nanzhi, I regret it."
Su Nanzhi was stunned. Gu Xizhou's tone was full of pleading and madness.
"When I knew I was infertile, I regretted sending you that telegram asking for your opinion."
"I should ask you to marry me, even if it's selfish of me."
Gu Xizhou suddenly laughed sarcastically.
"My life since childhood has taught me the importance of having no descendants."
"When I was little, my father disappeared and my mother became seriously ill. She would always tell me that she was able to hold on because of me."
"My grandparents would also tell me that I had to grow up healthy so that my family wouldn't be wiped out."
Speaking of this, Gu Xizhou's eyes began to turn red.
"Sister Xiaohua's family, who lives next door to me, is in a similar situation. Xiaohua's husband passed away in an accident, and there are only the elderly couple and Xiaohua at home."
"It's just that Sister Xiaohua didn't get pregnant. Not long after her husband passed away, the old couple passed away one after another. Sister Xiaohua also committed suicide by jumping into the river after being bullied by hooligans."
"That was the first time I saw a dead body. I still remember the hatred and regret in Sister Xiaohua's eyes when she looked at me."
Su Nanzhi never knew that Gu Xizhou's life was like this before.
She clearly remembered that Gu Xizhou's father was a high-ranking official. Could the news be false?
Seeing Su Nanzhi frowning at him, Gu Xizhou smiled bitterly, "You were right before. I have low self-esteem. I was afraid you would reject me because I can't have children, so I suggested that we just be ordinary friends."
"Compared to my low self-esteem, I'm more afraid that you'll be bullied in the future for not having children. I'm afraid you'll become Xiaohua's sister, or Xiaohua's parents-in-law."
He couldn't stand seeing Su Nanzhi being bullied because she had no children, and wanted to give Su Nanzhi a better choice. Su Nanzhi was a good person and deserved a beautiful and happy life.
But he was selfish and cowardly and made his own judgment without giving Su Nanzhi the chance to choose.
All his original hesitation disappeared when Su Nanzhi "died" in front of him.
He just wants to be with Su Nanzhi.
"You must think I'm stupid." Gu Xizhou suddenly grabbed Su Nanzhi's wrist. "After I knew I was infertile, I always dreamed of you floating on the water with a pale face, looking at me with eyes full of hatred and regret."
"I'm scared."
Su Nanzhi looked at the surging emotions in Gu Xizhou's eyes and looked away helplessly.
She looked at the moonlight outside the window. She didn't know when the moon was completely covered by clouds, and only some faint moonlight was shining through.
"I once heard a story about a woman who grew up without a father or a mother. She married a husband and soon after, she gave birth to a child. Her husband was successful in his career."
"Everyone else envies a woman for her good luck and happy life, but her husband has long been unfaithful, and the son she raised with great effort has left her when he grew up."
"Her husband wanted to marry his mistress, and her son wanted her money. In the end, her husband and his family conspired to kill her."
"You said that having a child really means you have hope, or that you won't be eaten out by others?"
"Or did that woman do something wrong? That's why her husband and children hate her so much?"
A tear unconsciously fell from Su Nanzhi's eyes.
Even if she were to live again, she would sometimes still want to ask Qin Xiaofeng how she, as a mother, had wronged him to make him so cruel as to kill her.
But in this life, she will not marry Qin Lie, and there will be no Qin Xiaofeng. She will never get the answer to this question.
Although Su Nanzhi was talking about other people, Gu Xizhou felt a wave of pain in his heart and he tightened his grip on Su Nanzhi's wrist.
"No, the woman did nothing wrong, it's just that her child and husband are not human beings."
Su Nanzhi pulled her hand away, looked at Gu Xizhou and said, "Yes, the woman was just unlucky and ran into a family of beasts."
"So no matter how old I am, the only person I can rely on is myself."
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