Chapter 62 Published
Ji Ruan's lips became swollen that night.
Not kissing her until her skin broke was Mr. Gu’s final restraint.
So much so that Ji Ruan had to take a detour when he got up the next day.
He didn't want to be caught and kissed by Gu Xiuyi, and then be cornered by Han Xiaolin and his roommates when he went to school, questioning him whether he had secretly gone out to eat the extra spicy snail noodles without inviting them to join him.
Ji Ruan quietly opened the door, stuck his head out to look, and made sure that Gu Xiuyi was not in the corridor. He put on a mask and tiptoed away nimbly.
But just as he turned the corner, he bumped into a wall of flesh. When he looked up, it was Gu Xiuyi himself. Ji Ruan was so scared that he covered his chest and backed away.
Gu Xiuyi quickly supported Ji Ruan and touched his chest: "Are you feeling unwell?"
Ji Ruan: "...No, no."
Gu Xiuyi looked horrified. He pulled off Ji Ruan's mask and put his palm tightly on his chest: "Tell me the truth, is your heart feeling uncomfortable?"
Ji Ruan didn't understand why this man was nervous so early in the morning. His heart was beating a little fast, but that was because he was scared. Isn't it normal for the heart to beat faster in this situation?
"Really not..." He pushed Gu Xiuyi's hand away and said seriously: "I don't have a heart disease."
Gu Xiuyi frowned, his expression still serious, and remained silent for two seconds without making any comment: "Go down first."
He took Ji Ruan down the stairs and handed him the mask in his hand: "You are not feeling uncomfortable, so why are you sneaking around so early in the morning?"
Ji Ruan: "No...why am I sneaky?"
"He was wearing a mask and looking around, hiding and fumbling around. At first glance, I thought he was a thief. Isn't this sneaky?"
“…”
Ji Ruan sat down at the dining table: "I'm just hiding from you."
Gu Xiuyi paused while pouring water: "Why are you hiding from me?"
"I'm afraid you'll kiss me again!"
After blurting it out, he turned his head away embarrassedly.
Gu Xiuyi smiled slowly and sat next to him: "I thought I was your official boyfriend and legal partner now, so we can have such intimate actions as kissing?"
"That's true," Ji Ruan hesitated, "...but your kissing method is not okay."
"Why not?"
"Too heavy!" Ji Ruan pointed at his lips and said, "See? They're all swollen because of the sucking! What is your mouth made of? Even a straw can't suck as hard as you can."
Gu Xiuyi couldn't help laughing and held up Ji Ruan's face: "Really? Let me see."
Ji Ruan stretched his neck and said, "Look, it's right here, it's hot and spicy, just like eating spicy crayfish."
Gu Xiuyi looked at Ji Ruan's lips opening and closing. Her lips were a little swollen, red and shiny.
So he lowered his head and stamped it.
Boo!
"It's not swollen, it's beautiful."
It was obvious that he was lying, Ji Ruan rolled his eyes.
Aunt Zhao came over with breakfast and saw the shameless scene at a glance: "Oh, what are you doing? Why are you so greasy so early in the morning?"
Ji Ruan glared at Gu Xiuyi fiercely, lowered his head to eat, but was stopped by Gu Xiuyi: "Wait."
"?"
Gu Xiuyi moved the plate in front of him and said to Aunt Zhao, "Please pour him a glass of warm water. He won't have breakfast today."
"Ah?" Aunt Zhao didn't understand, but seeing that Gu Xiuyi had other plans, she didn't ask any more questions. She brought it over and asked, "What's the matter?"
Ji Ruan didn't know what he was doing: "Why don't you eat? I'm hungry."
"Be good," Gu Xiuyi fed him some water, "Let's go to the hospital to check your heart. Can we fast for now?"
"..." Ji Ruan laughed: "No, I'm really fine, I was just scared by you this morning-"
"Ji Ruan." Gu Xiuyi put down the cup, put his hand on his shoulder and said in a deep voice: "You had a little palpitation last night, don't you remember it?"
God knows how scared he was when he saw Ji Ruan curled up in the quilt, sweating profusely, his hands clutching his pajamas on his chest. He almost packed him up and took him to the hospital.
But Ji Ruan soon recovered on his own, his brows relaxed, and apart from the remaining sweat on his forehead, there was no sign of discomfort.
Gu Xiuyi hesitated for a long time, but finally did not wake him up. He came to check on him every hour. After finally making it to dawn, he decided to take Ji Ruan to the hospital for a check-up.
Ji Ruan was stunned.
He really had no impression.
Although he often suffered from nightmares and palpitations some time ago, he slept very well last night. Not to mention nightmares, he didn't even remember having a dream.
"Really?" Ji Ruan was skeptical: "You didn't lie to me, did you?"
Gu Xiuyi: "Do you think I would lie to you about this?"
His eyes were sharp, with a hint of worry.
Yes, Gu Xiuyi has always cared about his physical condition. He even hopes that Ji Ruan can live forever more than Ji Ruan himself.
"Okay..." Ji Ruan wilted, "Then let's go and take a look."
Gu Xiuyi pinched the back of his neck to comfort him: "Don't be afraid, it shouldn't be a big deal, just check it out to make you feel at ease."
"Hmm..." Ji Ruan was silent for a while, then suddenly looked up.
He seemed to have discovered something important. He tilted his head to look at Gu Xiuyi, his beautiful eyes narrowed like a cat: "How do you know I have palpitations? We don't live in the same room."
Gu Xiuyi’s back stiffened.
He looked into Ji Ruan's eyes and said slowly, "I got up to go to the bathroom at night and happened to find it."
"Ah..." Ji Ruan nodded in complete disbelief: "You have a toilet in your own room, but you took the trouble to come to my room in the middle of the night?"
Gu Xiuyi: “…”
Gu Xiuyi stood up and packed his things: "You should think, it's a good thing I found it, otherwise you would be miserable alone at night and no one would know, how pitiful."
Ji Ruan followed him to the elevator: "Don't change the subject, you are here to kiss me secretly, right?"
Gu Xiuyi remained silent.
Ji Ruan clicked his tongue and shook his head: "I was wondering why my mouth was so swollen, turns out someone - ugh!"
A loud "pop!" was heard in the air.
We were ambushed by Mr. Gu again!
Gu Xiuyi is a stinky man who can only talk nonsense when he can’t win the argument!
·
Everything at the hospital had been arranged in an orderly manner, and Ji Ruan completed all the examinations without much effort.
While Gu Xiuyi was running around to get him the report, he sat in the lounge and ate cookies.
“Click—”
The door was slowly pushed open, and Li Suian stretched his neck and peeked through the crack, like a spy making contact.
"Doctor Li?" Ji Ruan put down the biscuits and wiped his hands: "Come in, Gu Xiuyi is not here."
Li Suian finally breathed a sigh of relief, closed the door and sat down next to Ji Ruan. He pointed and said, "Are you here to see the heart?"
Ji Ruan nodded.
Li Suian was shocked: "Did he get so angry that he had a heart attack?!"
???
"What are you talking about, Doctor Li?" Ji Ruan looked shocked.
"..." Li Suian straightened his collar, regained his composure, and said hesitantly: "Do you know about Bai Yue's situation?"
So that's what it is.
Ji Ruan smiled: "That's right."
Li Suian's eyes widened even more: "Isn't that just a problem caused by anger?! - No, Ji Ruan, listen to me, those are not true!"
Ji Ruan raised his eyebrows. It seemed that Gu Xiuyi had not had time to tell Li Suian about what happened last night, and this righteous friend came to help explain.
Ji Ruan picked up the water cup and took a sip, thinking: "Then what about Doctor Li?"
Li Suian wiped his sweat, looking distressed: "Actually, I don't know how those rumors came about. Obviously, I have always been Lao Gu's best friend!...Okay, Song Ling can barely be counted, but that Bai guy has nothing to do with it."
"As far as I remember, he has always been closer to Lao Gu's stepbrother."
"If I have to say it, it was probably the day he turned 18 and got the shares. We drank a little, and Bai happened to be the one who left on that day. Rumors spread for a few days."
Ji Ruan lowered her eyelashes, looking a little gloomy: "Is that so..."
Li Suian was afraid that he would be beaten by Gu Xiuyi if he said something wrong, so he quickly comforted him: "Ji Ruan, don't be sad, we clarified this matter back then! With me as a witness, the rumors will be broken by themselves!"
This was something Gu Xiuyi had never told him.
Ji Ruan looked up: "Is there such a thing?"
"Yeah!" Li Suian said and sighed, "Actually, I also find it strange. The story between them wasn't widely spread back then. After we explained it, no one with a brain mentioned it again."
"Of course, some people just love to make up stories. The more you explain, the more they believe it. They just love to gossip, and you can't do anything about them. But after all, they are only a minority, and they are completely fabricated. Lao Gu is not an idle person, so he didn't care about it anymore."
Ji Ruan sat up straighter and listened to him carefully.
Li Suian frowned and recalled carefully: "Besides, Bai Yue has been gone for many years, and almost no one mentioned him again during this period. But recently——"
"After he married you, the rumors got bigger and bigger. People started spreading rumors about trivial matters. Even Old Duan asked me at the beginning, do you think this is normal?"
He looked at Ji Ruan with a meaningful look in his eyes: "Do you understand what I mean by this?"
Ji Ruan had never thought so much about it. Before this, he had always regarded Bai Yue as a character in a book and had never thought about why he existed.
Now according to Li Suian, the emotional entanglement between him and Gu Xiuyi probably involves more human factors than imagined.
"I understand, Doctor Li," Ji Ruan smiled, "Thank you for telling me this."
"What's the big deal?" Li Suian waved his hands. "It's what friends should do. I just don't want to see you two have a misunderstanding over such a small matter. Lao Gu will definitely have a way to deal with it. Just trust him. He won't let you suffer any injustice."
Ji Ruan nodded: "Actually, there is no misunderstanding. He explained it to me yesterday. And we have already..."
He said this a little shyly, and ate a small cookie to divert his attention.
Li Suian's mouth was full of talk, and he just reached the water dispenser and took out a paper cup: "What already?"
Suddenly he stopped.
Dr. Li, who has rich emotional experience, instantly guessed the second half of Ji Ruan's sentence based on his years of experience.
His expression changed from confusion to shock, and then from shock to regret: "...You already?!"
Ji Ruan pursed her lips and nodded with blushing cheeks.
"Oh my God!" Li Suian was heartbroken: "Is Lao Gu so impatient? Is he a beast?! Ji Ruan, are you okay now?"
He sat back down without taking the water and said earnestly, "As a doctor, I really need to give you some advice. You must exercise moderation when developing a gay relationship! You must not let that old beast do whatever he wants—"
"Li Suian."
The voice stopped abruptly.
Li Suian turned his head stiffly and saw Gu Xiuyi's calm face.
"Do you have a problem with me kissing my partner?"
Li Suian's eyes gradually became dull, and his lips opened and closed: "...Kiss...Kiss?!"
"What else?" Gu Xiuyi smiled: "Who made me a beast who likes to kiss?"
Li Suian: “…………”
Gu Xiuyi walked past Li Suian, who was embarrassed, put the inspection report on the table, and then slowly put Ji Ruan's thermos cup and biscuits into his bag.
Ji Ruan was too embarrassed to face others and held his forehead in pain.
Realizing that he had made a huge misunderstanding, Li Suian closed his eyes and urgently prepared himself mentally.
After a moment, he opened his eyes as if nothing had happened and picked up Ji Ruan's report to read.
Gu Xiuyi packed his bag, hugged Ji Ruan and stood up, kissing his cheek: "The doctor said it's nothing serious."
Li Suian also nodded and stared at the report: "Indeed, it is a young and lively heart."
After they both said this, Ji Ruan breathed a sigh of relief and smiled as he pulled Gu Xiuyi's hand: "I told you a long time ago that I don't have a heart disease."
·
The heart did not cause any trouble to Ji Ruan.
However, Gu Xiuyi made him very troubled.
Ji Ruan discovered that Mr. Gu really liked physical contact when they were in a relationship. After returning from the hospital, he kissed and hugged him every day, and even came to disrupt his work.
In the afternoon, Ji Ruan drew the design at home. The one Bai Yueding was basically finished and he could start embroidering it soon.
Bai Yue's request sounded tedious and complicated, and Gu Xiuyi was reluctant to let him keep working on it because of this, so he always stared at the draft on the table as if he were an enemy.
But in fact, completing such a work is not complicated at all for Ji Ruan.
Mr. Gu didn’t know that the biggest obstacle to Ji Ruan’s work was actually himself.
It was originally a peaceful afternoon, but it became less peaceful because Mr. Gu insisted on holding him and doing it together.
Ji Ruan tried hard to concentrate on drawing, but had to give up after just a few minutes.
He had no choice but to push Gu Xiuyi away: "Boss Gu, can you please stop biting my ear? You almost rubbed the external machine off."
"OK."
"…Don't touch my waist."
"good."
"…You can't even touch my belly!"
Ji Ruan was so angry that he wanted to throw his pen. How could he work if he continued like this?
"Okay, okay, I won't bother you anymore," Gu Xiuyi immediately said, "You can draw yours, and I'll hug you. It won't bother you."
Ji Ruan glared at him warningly and gave him one last chance.
Gu Xiuyi hugged Ji Ruan from behind and sat on the bed together, staring quietly at Ji Ruan's fair face, his smile gradually filled with hidden tenderness.
"It looks like there is no organic disease, so palpitations shouldn't be a problem." The doctor said this while looking at the report in the hospital that day.
"It is recommended to go home and observe again. If the condition persists, it may be a psychological problem. Mental stress and worry may cause palpitations."
"Pay attention to rest and keep your body and mind happy. If you don't feel better, you can go see a psychologist."
So recently, Gu Xiuyi has been trying hard to sleep with Ji Ruan at night. Ji Ruan can't tell during the day, but after falling asleep, he will appear unusually uneasy.
He probably didn't even realize that when he slept he would curl up in an extremely insecure posture, and sometimes he would mumble about being afraid.
Although Ji Ruan said he didn't remember anything after waking up, Gu Xiuyi could clearly feel that every time he had a nightmare, he would be less energetic the next day and would get tired more easily than usual.
This is definitely not a good thing.
Gu Xiuyi could only vaguely sense that Ji Ruan's uneasiness was related to him, because after he fell asleep, he would occasionally frown and unconsciously call his name.
Perhaps all he could do was try his best to give Ji Ruan more sense of security.
The person in his arms moved, causing Gu Xiuyi to come back to his senses.
"What's wrong, baby?" He kissed Ji Ruan.
Ji Ruan smiled and hid back: "Your breathing tickles my neck."
He placed his hands on Gu Xiuyi's chest, his eyes soft and clear: "Do you like kissing so much?"
Gu Xiuyi then kissed his forehead again, expressing his love without reservation:
"Because I really like you."
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