Chapter 30 Published
As the most capable assistant, Song Ling always performs his duties conscientiously.
Fang Lan and her son were indeed thrown out of the door.
In front of the countless workers mowing the lawn in the yard.
Fang Lan's high heels stepped on the cobblestones on the path and she fell, holding her ankle and crying out in pain.
Song Ling stood in front of the door and looked at them respectfully. The car they had called arrived. Fang Lan wanted to say something but was interrupted by Song Ling.
"——Madam, you should go back first."
Fang Lan was angry and annoyed: "Gu Xiuyi is not filial to me, and you dare to talk to me like this?!"
Her voice was so loud that the workers on the lawn looked over and whispered.
Fang Qiming was embarrassed, so he came up to her and whispered, "Mom, there are so many people here, let's go back and talk about it..."
Fang Lan then came to her senses and remembered that she was no longer in the room.
The cold winter wind made her face stiff. She glanced around and noticed many mocking looks, but she quietly held them back.
After all, people live by their face and trees live by their skin. In broad daylight and in front of everyone, Fang Lan could not afford to continue to make a scene. After a few seconds of pause, she still supported herself with Fang Qiming's hand and stood up crookedly.
"I will definitely bring my son back." She gritted her teeth and stared at Song Ling with bloodshot eyes.
Song Ling nodded and smiled, then extended his hand to lead the way: "Yes, Madam, please go back."
The wind was really cold today. Fang Lan squinted her eyes when she looked up. She stared at the huge gray villa for a long time, as if she was unwilling to give up.
In the end, she said nothing and got into the car with the help of Fang Qiming.
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Gu Xiuyi quickly carried Ji Ruan back to the room: "Aunt Zhao, get a doctor!" His voice was filled with anxiety.
Aunt Zhao was also frightened and ran downstairs trembling to get her cell phone to make a call.
Gu Xiuyi rarely loses his composure. He has long learned to control his emotions and expressions so as not to give anyone the chance to notice any clues.
But now, the best he could do was to ensure that his actions were not panicky.
Ji Ruan fainted...
Ji Ruan fainted in his arms!
Gu Xiuyi's mind went blank, and then he quickly thought about various possibilities, but he had no clue.
Ji Ruan didn't have a fever or any serious illness, so how could he suddenly faint? However, Ji Ruan's various physical examination indicators showed that his health was indeed not good, with a lot of minor problems, and it was hard to say which part would break down and cause him trouble.
This unknown fear made Gu Xiuyi's scalp tingle even more. He stood by the bed holding Ji Ruan but did not dare to let go.
"alright……"
Someone patted his chest. Gu Xiuyi lowered his head in panic and met Ji Ruan Qingming's eyes.
Those eyes were clear and bright, showing Ji Ruan's usual cunning and cute look, not at all like someone who had just fainted.
"……?"
Gu Xiuyi's arms were so stiff that he couldn't move.
"I'm fine, put me down." Ji Ruan said again.
The voice is also very nice, except that it is a little hoarse due to coughing recently.
Gu Xiuyi felt a blockage in his throat. He opened his mouth but couldn't say a word. He just stood there with difficulty.
Ji Ruan had a worried look on his face. He sighed and struggled to jump down. Although Gu Xiuyi's arms were stiff, he subconsciously hugged Ji Ruan's waist to steady her.
Ji Ruan supported his shoulders and gently pushed him away, took out the external device from his pocket and put it on, then slowly sat down on the bed.
He leaned against the head of the bed with a pale face. After being tormented for so long, he still felt a little uncomfortable.
Gu Xiuyi tightened his fingers slightly, squatted in front of Ji Ruan, and gently lifted his face: "What's going on?"
Ji Ruan pursed his pale lips and smiled: "What else can I do? I was just pretending."
"Pretending..." Gu Xiuyi's throat rolled, and he felt as if he was in a trance with ups and downs.
Ji Ruan was really tired. As the noise around him died down, he felt sleepy as he leaned on the soft mattress. He really wanted to fall into a deep sleep immediately.
Gu Xiuyi's hand that was supporting his chin was trembling slightly, but Ji Ruan was so exhausted that his senses were slowed and he couldn't spare enough energy to pay attention to his subtle reactions.
He lowered his eyes, pulled down Gu Xiuyi's hand, and said in a low voice because of sleepiness: "Otherwise, if I don't feel dizzy, when will they stop?"
Gu Xiuyi paused, his voice becoming a little difficult: "Sorry, I won't let them come here anymore."
Ji Ruan curled his lips: "That's best."
Gu Xiuyi observed Ji Ruan's condition carefully, his eyes deep.
Ji Ruan's face looked really bad, his breathing was very light, his cheeks and lips were pale, and he looked too quiet and silent.
Gu Xiuyi still couldn't recover quickly from the shock of Ji Ruan's fainting, and touched his hand carefully: "Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
Ji Ruan raised his eyelids a little, looked at him for a while, and finally did not hide it: "Of course, they made me tinnitus..."
He paused, aggrieved eyes gradually appeared, and he said in a hoarse voice: "It's really hard, Gu Xiuyi..."
Gu Xiuyi knew very well that this kind of grievance was 99% coquettishness, the kind of crying that a child would do.
Rather than really referring to Fang Lan and her son, it seemed more like she was blaming him for not coming back earlier.
Gu Xiuyi felt so bitter that his heart was numb. He put his arm around Ji Ruan's shoulders and said, "I'm sorry... Can we wait for the doctor to come and see?"
Ji Ruan closed his eyes and whispered, "I just want to sleep."
Gu Xiuyi didn't dare to let him fall asleep easily in this state, so he could only pat his back and coax him: "Be good, let the doctor take a look..."
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The old house of Gu family.
Fang Lan sat on the sofa and let the family doctor apply medicine to her ankle. She had fallen when Song Ling kicked her out of the door, and her ankle was now swollen.
She cried out in pain and was so angry that her teeth itched.
But her adopted son only knows how to play with his cell phone and doesn't care about his mother at all.
"Fuck?"
Fang Qiming sat up and stared at his phone in shock.
"What's wrong again?" Fang Lan said unhappily.
"Xiao Li said he won't be back," Fang Qiming said in disbelief, raising his voice, "This kid said he won't be back, so what's the point of our trip today?!"
"What are you talking about?" Fang Lan didn't believe it at all and lay back on the sofa.
She knows her own son best. Xiaoli is the most sensible child. He must know that staying abroad for a long time is equivalent to exile, which is harmful and has no benefit. It is impossible for him not to want to come back.
"Really!" Fang Qiming slammed his fist down on the sofa, "Look for yourself what he said! - He said that the guy surnamed Bai also came to Country M, and he wants to contact that guy surnamed Bai! Is he crazy?! What does the guy surnamed Bai have to do with us? He should care more about his own shares!"
Fang Qiming's series of comments made Fang Lan stunned for a moment. She frowned and vaguely realized something: "Who is the one with the surname Bai?"
Fang Qiming sighed: "Mom, are you stupid too? Who else could have the last name Bai?"
Fang Lan's eyes suddenly widened: "Young Master Bai? Bai Yue? The Bai Yue that Gu Xiuyi knew when he was a child?!"
"What else?"
"Ah!" Fang Lan screamed, and the anger she brought from Gu Xiuyi's house instantly turned into excitement: "Xiao Li is really my good son!"
"What, what does that mean?" Fang Qiming didn't understand. When he wanted to ask again, Fang Lan had already called Gu Xiuli.
"Hello, Xiaoli?...Oh, yes, it's mom...Is it true that the young master of the Bai family is also coming to Country M?...Wasn't he in Country D before?...Oh, you don't know either..."
"...Okay, it doesn't matter. Have you contacted them?...Ah, not yet...It's okay, it's okay as long as you have contact information...Ah, I don't have contact information yet...It doesn't matter. We are in the same place anyway, and you two knew each other when you were kids. There is always a way."
"Listen to mom, you must get to know Bai Yue slowly... You know it all... Hahahaha, you are really a good son to mom..."
Fang Qiming was still confused after listening to the entire call: "No, what are you talking about? What happened to Bai Yue?"
Fang Lan hung up the phone and glared at her son with dismay: "You, if you were half as smart as your brother, I, your mother, wouldn't be bullied by Gu Xiuyi and that little devil!"
"What does it have to do with me?" Fang Qiming suddenly laughed in anger.
Fang Lan sighed, but still explained: "What do you think is the relationship between Bai Yue and Gu Xiuyi?"
"What's the connection? We just knew each other when we were kids."
"Isn't that enough?" Fang Lan opened her eyes wide, her excitement almost bursting out of her eyeliner: "Is this what you call knowing each other? This is called childhood sweethearts!"
She picked up the teacup with her orchid fingers: "That monster had such a terrible temper when he was a child, how many friends could he have? Bai Yue is the only one! Do you understand the only one? How long has he and Ji Ruan been married? How can it compare to the friendship they have known each other since childhood?"
"Ah..." Fang Qiming seemed to understand: "So you want Bai Yue to come back and compete with that little goblin for the man?"
He felt ridiculous as he said this, and sneered, "How can we argue about this? Bai Yue has been gone for so many years, I don't even remember what he looks like. Have you ever seen Gu Xiuyi mention his name in these years?"
"——And I think Gu Xiuyi cares about Ji Ruan a lot. The sickly boy staggers all day long and doesn't seem to have the energy to fight."
Fang Lan snorted softly from her nose: "There's no need to argue at all. It will be enough if he gets a little confused."
Fang Qiming was puzzled: "What do you mean?"
Fang Lan sat up straight, scratching her temples with her blood-red nails: "The appearance of the Bai family's young master will be good for us, whether it will make Gu Xiuyi's heart beat or make him like Ji Ruan more."
"The Gu family is not an ironclad organization. For so many years, it's because of Gu Xiuyi that you have no chance. But what if he loses his focus in the future?"
Fang Lan raised her eyebrows slightly and patted Fang Qiming on the shoulder: "Are you and your brother still afraid that you won't find a loophole to exploit?"
The palm on the shoulder seemed to have magical power. Fang Qiming's eyes lit up and suddenly understood: "So this is how it is..."
"Mom, you're awesome!"
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Ji Ruan ultimately didn't make it to the doctor's arrival, and fell into a deep sleep in Gu Xiuyi's arms. When the doctor came and gave him a quick checkup, he barely woke him up.
After confirming that Ji Ruan was fine, Gu Xiuyi's heart, which had been hanging for a long time, finally settled down. He left the room, closed the door gently, went to the study and called Song Ling.
"Pick a time and send Fang Lan to accompany Gu Xuli."
There was a pause on the other end of the phone, and Song Ling seemed a little hesitant: "She also contacted me just now, saying that she would not go abroad, and did not want Gu Xiuli to return to China for the New Year, and even... apologized."
"Apologize?" Gu Xiuyi frowned, "So sudden?"
"Yeah, I find it strange too." Song Ling couldn't figure it out for a moment: "She came here to throw a tantrum in the morning just to get her son back, how come she figured it out when she went back?"
Gu Xiuyi didn't say anything, but tapped the table with his fingers. Snow started falling outside the window again.
"Ask someone to ask about Gu Xiuli's academic performance," Gu Xiuyi turned his chair to admire the snowy scenery, and asked nonchalantly, "Has he been studying hard recently, or is he playing something else?"
Song Ling was silent for a moment: "Okay, I understand."
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Entering the last week before the final exam, Ji Ruan began to memorize and review day and night.
The content of the Chinese major exam was not difficult for him, but he needed to memorize a lot. Ji Ruan's cold had not healed completely, and he got a headache after reading for a long time. He had never felt so tired when he was in school before.
In just a few days, Ji Ruan was tortured to the point of mental fatigue and exhaustion.
When Gu Xiuyi occasionally came back to have dinner with him, he could see that his eyes were empty and he looked like a young seedling that had just broken through the soil in the spring and then wilted. It was both funny and pitiful.
She didn't speak at the dinner table nor did she smile sweetly at him. She kept muttering something while taking a bite of food. Gu Xiuyi listened carefully and it seemed like she was reciting something about the artistic features of Journey to the West.
He recited it fluently without any stuck, but his voice was too soft and his speaking speed was too fast, so it sounded like he was chanting scriptures when he wasn't paying attention.
In addition, Ji Ruan had messy hair and dark circles under his eyes. No matter how you look at him, he looked a bit like a charlatan who came out to cheat people without learning his skills well. In the end, he couldn't cheat any money and had to huddle in the street corner eating steamed buns.
Gu Xiuyi was amused by his own magical imagination. He covered his lips, picked up a piece of pork ribs for Ji Ruan, and tapped his forehead: "Okay, don't recite it for now, eat quickly."
Ji Ruan's reaction was a little slow, as if reciting was a mechanical movement. He stopped after a few seconds, responded slowly with "Oh," and then ate the ribs in the bowl listlessly.
Out of concern for this, Gu Xiuyi took over Aunt Zhao's job in the evening and personally delivered milk to Ji Ruan.
He knocked on the door and waited for a while. Ji Ruan might have thought it was Aunt Zhao, so he said "Come in" very obediently in a clear and loud voice.
Gu Xiuyi pushed open the door and saw the child lying on the desk with a pile of books and materials in front of him, with many marks, annotations and red highlights on them.
Ji Ruan pressed the ballpoint pen repeatedly, resting his head on his arm and closing his eyes.
Gu Xiuyi gently put the milk on the table, looked at Ji Ruan for a while, and then reached out and rubbed his cheek.
Ji Ruan was very sensitive to any touch. He trembled noticeably, then opened his eyes. After seeing who was coming, he immediately sat up straight by supporting himself on the table.
Even though she was wearing furry coral fleece pajamas, her shoulders and back were still extremely thin.
"Why is it you?" Ji Ruan was surprised. Mr. Gu doesn't have to attend the meeting tonight?
Gu Xiuyi pulled out a chair and sat down, saying with a smile: "I came to ask about the study situation of our college students."
Ji Ruan sighed and lay back down: "What else can happen? It's just like this."
Gu Xiuyi looked at the dark circles under his eyes and asked in a low voice, "Are you sleepy?"
"Of course," Ji Ruan held the ballpoint pen, as if venting his frustration: "I don't want to take the exam at all..."
His small desk lamp was on eye protection mode, and the soft light fell on Ji Ruan's face, making his eyelashes look long and curled, with each one clearly visible.
Gu Xiuyi suddenly found it very interesting.
Before getting married, I read Ji Ruan's information and heard that he was a top student who worked hard and studied hard, the king of involution, and who would study hard all night even when he was sick.
Now it seems that the packaging and the actual product are inconsistent.
The little salted fish he brought home was indeed a top student, but it was obvious that he didn't like to study. Every look in his eyes seemed to show that he was tired, bored, and didn't want to study anymore.
But Gu Xiuyi had to admit that Ji Ruan looked particularly cute as he lay on the table and read the words one by one.
He couldn't help but gently pinch Ji Ruan's face, which was so pink and soft, so good and sweet.
"Didn't you like school so much before? Why are you like this now?" Gu Xiuyi rested his elbows on the table, his knuckles casually supporting his chin.
"Is this a conflict?" Ji Ruan blinked. "I like school because I want to experience college life, make friends, attend classes, and play together, but not because I want to take exams."
He moved closer to Gu Xiuyi, put a notebook under his face, and looked up at him: "Is it wrong not to want to take the exam?"
The two were very close, Ji Ruan's hair could gently rub against Gu Xiuyi's arm, as if he had slipped into his arms, and Gu Xiuyi could clearly see his beautiful lower eyelids.
Gu Xiuyi pursed his lips slightly, his eyes soft, "No?"
Ji Ruan snorted: "If there is, then I just made a mistake that all students in the world would make."
His tone was too matter-of-fact, and his eyes were very straightforward, staring straight at Gu Xiuyi: "Besides, memorizing that book gave me a headache."
The eyes are watery and very deceptive.
Gu Xiuyi just laughed and didn't argue with him.
He knew very early on that he would never be able to win the argument with Ji Ruan no matter how reasonable it was.
"Okay." Gu Xiuyi stood up and sat down beside Ji Ruan's bed. He met Ji Ruan's gaze, patted the mattress, and said softly:
"Come here, let me rub it for you."
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