Chapter 24 Chapter 24
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Hearing this, Gu Tingzhou's somewhat excited emotions subsided slightly, and he smiled faintly, "I don't feel sorry for you... I just..."
The words got stuck on his lips. His mind was a tangled mess, and he hadn't yet fully sorted out the swirling shock, ecstasy, and disbelief. He could only admit, "I am a little excited."
When Song Chunman heard this, she looked a little confused.
What kind of person is this? Hearing about her embarrassing experience, even if I can't empathize with her, I should at least feel a little pity. Why would I get excited?
Her expression paled a bit, and her tone became more cautious: "What do you mean?"
"It's not what you think!" Seeing her distant attitude, Gu Tingzhou leaned forward and spoke in a tense voice. "I mean, my experience is so similar to yours, so when I heard you say that, I got a little excited."
"You've been drugged, too?" The wariness in Song Chunman's eyes instantly turned to surprise. She had never heard of a man encountering such a thing, let alone encountering something similar to her own.
Gu Tingzhou met her gaze and nodded solemnly, "Yes, I was drugged just like you, and because of that, I ended up in a relationship that shouldn't have happened."
Song Chunman was truly stunned at this moment, her hands clenched subconsciously. "Is this true? You're not making this up on purpose to comfort me, are you?"
"Of course it's true." Gu Tingzhou's eyes never left her. He paused mid-sentence, his Adam's apple rolling, before continuing, "It's just that the woman who drugged me didn't succeed, but..."
He raised his head, his eyes like sparks fixed on the face of the woman opposite him, his jaw slightly clenched, "But due to an accident, I had physical contact with a strange lesbian."
The second half of the sentence was not finished, but Song Chunman already understood it.
He was drugged by a woman, but by chance he had sex with another woman.
She looked at the handsome man in front of her and suddenly felt that he was quite aggrieved. Being dragged into such a ridiculous matter by two women would make anyone feel aggrieved.
Thinking of this, she looked at him with a look of sympathy and compassion.
"Did you find them and hold them responsible?" She spoke carefully, her voice lowered.
"I know the man who drugged me. I've dealt with him long ago." Gu Tingzhou's fingertips rubbed his knees, a subtle tension hidden in his rhythm. "But I only recently found the other female comrade."
Song Chunman suddenly felt that his gaze was a little hot, as if it had some intention, which made her feel a little panicked.
She looked away uncomfortably: "Congratulations, then. Are you still going to hold her accountable?"
"Aren't you curious about who the other lesbian is?" Gu Tingzhou suddenly frowned, with a hint of imperceptible grievance in his tone.
Song Chunman didn't want to ask about other people's personal affairs, but when he asked her like that, she could only follow his lead and ask, "Then she is..."
"It's you!"
The three words dripped into the frying pan, making a sizzling sound. Song Chunman's breathing suddenly tightened. She blinked, suspecting she had misheard: "What?"
"I said, that lesbian is you." Gu Tingzhou leaned forward, his knees almost touching hers, and spoke every word very clearly.
Song Chunman froze in place, and it took her a long time to find her voice. Her tone was full of absurdity: "How is this possible, Comrade Gu? I had an accident with a strange man, but you can't pin this on me just because you can't find the person?"
"I knew you didn't remember." A hint of helplessness flashed across Gu Tingzhou's eyes, and then a certainty emerged. "Four years ago on February 3rd, at the Friendship Hotel, you ran to my room and knocked on the door. I thought you were calling the waiter, and as soon as I opened the door, you rushed over - I won't tell you what happened next."
He paused, and when he said the last few words, he almost gritted his teeth, "But when you left, you threw five dollars at me!"
February 3rd, four years ago, Friendship Hotel, five dollars?
These details were like keys that "clicked" open Song Chunman's dusty memories.
At that time, she had been "detoxified" and felt a little embarrassed for raping someone, so she felt in her pocket and gave him five dollars.
She looked up suddenly, the shock in her eyes almost overflowing, her fingertips trembling: "I... that man is you?"
"It's me." Gu Tingzhou looked at her, gritting his teeth again, "I'm the man you 'robbed' and threw five dollars at."
Song Chunman opened her mouth, but couldn't say a word.
This was such a coincidence, as if it were something from a play. She subconsciously shook her head: "How is this possible..."
"How is that impossible?" Gu Tingzhou stood up suddenly, his chest heaving. "I still have the five dollars you gave me. It's wrapped in brown paper and kept in my drawer! If you really don't believe me, let's go to the police station right now and have them check for fingerprints!"
Song Chunman was frightened by his posture and shrank back, saying in her heart: No, it’s not necessary to be so serious.
Seeing that she didn't say anything, Gu Tingzhou added, but his voice was softer: "If you still don't believe it, we can go get the child checked to see if Xiyue is my daughter. Then you will know if I am that man."
"Sit down first, sit down first!" Song Chunman quickly stood up and held his arm, an awkward smile on her face. "It's not that I don't believe it, it's just that this happened too suddenly. I need to take it easy. What if it's a misunderstanding? It would be so embarrassing."
Gu Tingzhou was pushed back onto the sofa by her, but he still stiffened his neck and gritted his teeth, "I think you just don't want to take responsibility."
Song Chunman really can't be blamed for this. She was really, really surprised. How could there be such a coincidence?
If she hadn't known Gu Tingzhou before, she would have thought that he had arranged this matter from beginning to end.
She didn't know how to respond for a moment, so she just said, "I...I didn't. I need to digest it."
Gu Tingzhou didn't force her anymore.
In fact, the turmoil in his heart was no less than hers, but the idea of finding someone had been engraved in his bones for four years. When he suddenly found a clue, the shock was mostly suppressed by ecstasy.
He just sat there, his eyes fixed on her face, like waiting for a frightened deer to slowly recover.
The living room was quiet for a long time, and the ticking of the wall clock became clear.
"How about this," he finally spoke, his voice steadier than before. "If you want to confirm whether we are the one for each other, just have Yueyue go to the hospital and have a blood test. Do you agree with this?"
Song Chunman couldn't wait to know whether the figure that only existed in her vague memory was the man in front of her. She also wanted to know if he was Yueyue's biological father. So after thinking for a moment, she immediately nodded, "Okay."
But the child is still sleeping now, so it is obviously not the time to go to the hospital.
The two of them sat across half of the coffee table from each other. The bright light outside cast each other's shadows on the floor. The shadows were very long, but very close, and yet revealed an indescribable awkwardness.
Song Chunman couldn't stand the silence anymore and subconsciously glanced out the window.
The sun was shining brightly outside. Xiyue's little skirt was hanging on the clothesline under the eaves, swaying gently in the wind, but she had no mind to look at these things. Her mind was full of what happened four years ago.
In the strange room, the man's face was hazy and she couldn't see clearly, but she could clearly feel his strong body and every muscle... and coincidentally, the owner of that body was in front of her again at this time.
And that feeling seemed to be even deeper at this moment. She glanced at the man unconsciously and happened to see that he was also looking at her.
The moment their eyes met, it was as if an electric current shot through their body, and both of them looked away as if their gazes were burned.
Gu Tingzhou pretended to adjust his cuffs, but his fingertips were trembling slightly.
He was actually secretly looking at her just now.
Although he couldn't remember her face clearly at that time, now that he knew that person was her, he suddenly felt that the blurry face became clear at this moment.
Compared with the hazy face in his memory, she seemed to have lost her youthfulness, and a touch of gentleness and maturity appeared in the corners of her eyes.
Moreover, he still remembers the soft feeling when the two rolled together.
At this moment, the figure that had kept him tossing and turning was sitting next to him. The feeling seemed to be magnified. He felt his body go weak and his throat was a little dry. He just picked up the water glass on the table and took a few sips.
The cold water slid down my throat, but it couldn't suppress the heat in my heart.
Song Chunman was also a little nervous. She suddenly regretted that she had agreed too hastily. The child was still sleeping and she didn't know when he would wake up. If the child slept for two hours, they couldn't just sit there and stare blankly at each other's breathing, right?
"you……"
"that……"
The two of them spoke almost at the same time, but stopped the moment they heard each other's voices, looked at each other, and then hurriedly moved away.
This time Song Chunman couldn't help but chuckle, "You speak first."
Gu Tingzhou looked at the faint smile on her lips, and his mood also became happy unconsciously, "I want to ask you a question."
Song Chunman pondered for a moment, "What's the problem?"
Gu Tingzhou lowered his eyes slightly, as if he was considering his words. After a moment, he raised his eyes, and his tone was filled with a subtle dissatisfaction: "Why did you throw five dollars at me in the first place?"
Song Chunman was stunned.
She thought he was going to ask about something important from the past, but she didn't expect it to be this.
She paused, a smile flashing in her eyes: "No reason, I just feel a little sorry for you. After all, what happened that day was originally my fault..."
She forced herself to get there!
Gu Tingzhou: "..."
So that's how it is.
The inexplicable knot in his heart suddenly dissipated. Fortunately, she didn't think of him as a gigolo who needed to rely on women for support.
But this relief didn't last two seconds. He leaned forward again, his eyebrows slightly raised, and the dissatisfaction in his tone became more obvious: "Then why is it only five dollars? In your eyes, am I only worth five dollars?"
Song Chunman was choked by his question and looked a little speechless, but she quickly gave an answer, "Because I only had five dollars at the time, and I gave it all to you."
After hearing this, Gu Tingzhou's brows relaxed instantly.
It turns out that it wasn't that he was only worth five dollars, it was that she just happened to have five dollars!
He uttered a low "hmm" in his throat, and raised the corners of his mouth almost imperceptibly, "That's more like it..."
Song Chunman looked at his expression of "finally not being looked down upon" and felt like laughing. Just as she was about to speak, the door of the master bedroom was opened.
"Mom!" A soft voice floated out first, followed by a small figure coming out.
Song Xiyue woke up, holding the little stuffed doll that Gu Tingzhou had bought for her.
"Uncle Gu!" Her hazy eyes widened slightly when she saw Gu Tingzhou, "You're still here!"
Subconsciously, Gu Tingzhou stood up and was about to walk over, but the next moment, he stopped again.
Being too enthusiastic can easily scare the other person.
Anyway, people can't escape.
So he looked at the child and smiled, "Yes, uncle is still here. When Yueyue wakes up, uncle will take you to a place."
"Really?" Song Xiyue stared at her mother with wide eyes.
Song Chunman knew that the place was naturally the hospital. She nodded slightly and said, "Mom is feeling a little unwell. Yueyue, uncle and mom should go to the hospital for a checkup. Yueyue also needs a checkup. She must not get infected by mom."
Although it was a lie, it was well-intentioned. She knew that her daughter liked Gu Tingzhou more, so she wouldn't blame her for tricking her into going to the hospital to have her blood drawn.
Song Chunman combed her daughter's hair and changed her clothes, and then the three of them set off for the hospital.
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