Chapter 24: Confirmed (Three in One)
In the ward, Qi Yue looked at Gu Yunshuang who was still in a coma with a complicated expression.
Gu Yun's eyes were tightly closed. His face was flushed due to the fever, which made his skin look even whiter. It was like a thin layer of white porcelain that would break if poked lightly.
Such a fragile pair made Qi Yue more and more reluctant to leave, but he didn't dare to get closer.
He looked down at his hands, there was nothing on them, but he seemed to see countless invisible threads tightly entangling his hands and even his body.
The other end of the line came from Gu Yunshuang, who was lying on the hospital bed and seemed like he would break if touched.
This is Gu Yunshuang's obsession.
He always thought that the reason why his consciousness did not dissipate for a long time after his death was because he was too obsessed with Shuangshuang.
Only now did he realize that the truth might be the opposite. It wasn't his obsession with Shuangshuang that kept him in the world, but Shuangshuang's obsession with him that forcibly retained his last wisp of consciousness and tightly entangled him.
It's not only the obsession of evil spirits that can haunt people, people's obsession can also hold ghosts tightly and prevent them from leaving.
"Last time you left for someone else, this time, can you stay for me? Qi Yue, I beg you! Don't abandon me again!"
The words Shuangshuang cried and shouted in the dream still echoed in his mind for a long time. It turned out that this was Shuangshuang's obsession, and it was also the unhealable pain that he had hidden in his heart.
Qi Yue felt unprecedented frustration. He used to think that he could stay with Shuangshuang and protect him for the rest of his life, but in the end, his departure caused Shuangshuang a pain that would take a long time to heal.
This time he came back, he thought he was coming back to fulfill his promise to protect Shuangshuang and teach those who dared to bully him a lesson.
The result was just the opposite. Before he could teach the bully a lesson, he ended up hurting Shuangshuang even more seriously.
After finding out that Gu Yunshuang had been possessed by evil spirits and had a high fever because of him, he regretted it so much that his intestines turned green.
He knew very well that humans and ghosts were different, and he shouldn't have too much close contact with Gu Yunshuang, let alone have long-term contact with him.
All his excuses were about not being able to bear to make Shuangshuang sad. If he had remained rational, he would have known how to be truly good to Shuangshuang, and he would not have hurt him under the excuse of not being able to bear to make him sad!
It turned out that without his knowledge, obsession and greed had already quietly grown, making him want to cling to Shuangshuang at all costs and not want to let him go, even if it would cause him to be hurt or even die, and he would be doomed like himself.
This is the nature of evil spirits. People who are possessed by evil spirits cannot be freed even if they die.
He thought he could control his evil nature and evil spirit and not hurt Shuangshuang, but he didn't expect that he had completely overestimated himself.
At that time, he was more panicked and regretful than ever before. He didn't even care about exposing his identity and hurried downstairs to find people from the Special Management Bureau to rescue Shuangshuang.
But after checking Gu Yunshuang's condition, Fan Xiuping told him in a serious face that the ghost energy that was haunting Gu Yunshuang was most likely from a ghost king, and it was not something that an ordinary Taoist priest could remove, unless he used the Qi family's high-level evil-eliminating talisman.
Now the only one who knows the Qi family's talisman technique is Xue Tinghe.
As for Qi Yue himself, he is no longer a human being. Even if he uses the evil-removing talisman, it will only have the opposite effect. It would be good if it does not increase the evil spirit.
In the end, the only one who could use the Qi family talisman to save Shuangshuang was Xue Tinghe! With the Special Management Bureau watching, Xue Tinghe simply used the evil-removing talisman to remove the evil spirit from Gu Yunshuang.
Although the ghost energy had been dispelled, Gu Yunshuang's fever persisted. Fortunately, Sun Jiayuan had the Sun family's private helicopter brought in to rush Gu Yunshuang to the hospital. Qi Yue and the Sun siblings also went to the hospital, while the others remained at the villa for further investigation.
On the way to the hospital, Qi Yue remained silent, lost in self-loathing. He wondered if coming back was a mistake. Would staying longer only harm Shuangshuang?
Humans and ghosts have different paths. These four words sound so simple to say, but only when you experience it yourself will you realize what a hopeless chasm there is between humans and ghosts.
This kind of self-loathing and despair caused Qi Yue's inner demons to increase dramatically.
He thought to himself, since he couldn't stay with Shuangshuang anymore, what was the point of staying in the human world? He might as well just rush to the Tianshi Association and kill everyone who had failed him, bullied Shuangshuang, or would bully her in the future.
In this way, even if he is not around, no one will bully Shuangshuang again. He can return to the ghost world with peace of mind and guard the other side of the ghost gate from then on. Even if he really loses his mind and only knows how to kill, he will not come to the human world to hurt Shuangshuang.
The more he thought about it, the more murderous intent he felt. He wanted to rush out and start a massacre. Endless slaughter, panic, fear, despair, and dripping blood were the instinctive pursuits of evil spirits. He had suppressed it too much here, and it would be more comfortable to return to the other side of the ghost gate and continue to be an evil spirit.
He was losing control of himself, and after Shuangshuang's body temperature began to drop, he could no longer suppress the urge to just leave.
His last attachment to Shuangshuang made him reluctant to leave like this. At least, he wanted to say goodbye to Shuangshuang in his dream!
But when he faced Shuangshuang, he seemed to have countless instructions that he could never finish saying. He was reluctant to leave, and all the thoughts of killing and leaving were thrown out of his mind. All that was left was "What if Shuangshuang is bullied again if I'm not here?"
Until Shuangshuang suddenly rushed over and held his hand tightly. At that moment, he felt how deep Shuangshuang's obsession with him was.
He knew clearly that he could not leave.
The obsessions of the two of them have long been deeply entangled, and neither of them is willing to let go.
Even if he lost his mind and became an evil ghost who only knew how to kill, he could not leave Shuangshuang. He would only drag Shuangshuang into hell with him at all costs and never separate.
Qi Yue pulled the corners of his mouth with difficulty, not knowing whether he should cry or laugh.
The door of the ward was pushed open, and brother and sister Sun Jiayuan and Sun Zhanyuan walked in. The brother and sister must have just had a heart-to-heart talk, and their eyes were red at this moment.
Sun Jiayuan was still able to restrain himself, but Sun Zhanyuan looked like he had been crying.
Sun Jiayuan pushed Sun Zhanyuan. Sun Zhanyuan bowed solemnly to Qi Yue, grateful and ashamed, saying, "Mr. Qi, thank you so much for saving my sister last night. It's all my fault for not knowing you were my sister's savior. I kept bothering you and Brother Gu today, repaying kindness with hatred. I'm worse than an animal! I'm so ashamed of myself! Mr. Qi, I'm sorry!"
Qi Yue glanced sideways, "There's no need to scold yourself so harshly. You didn't do anything, just a few sarcastic remarks. Considering your sister sent us to the hospital in time by helicopter, helped with the paperwork and medical expenses, and even specially opened a VIP ward for us, I won't hold it against you."
The most important thing is that the hostility in his heart has disappeared, and he has decided to keep his mind calm for the sake of both of them.
But Sun Zhanyuan still felt guilty. "My sister did all this to repay you for saving her life, but it can't make up for my mistakes. So, Brother Qi, please give me the chance to stay by your side and serve you wholeheartedly, so that I can atone for my sins!"
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Qi Yue was speechless when he saw his burning gaze. It turned out that this was the ultimate goal.
Sun Jiayuan chimed in, "Mr. Qi, I'm afraid there might be some changes since you've just returned. Please let Zhan Yuan stay by your side and help out! Don't worry, my silly brother may be a little foolish, easily deceived, and a bit idle, but he's quite smart and good at eating, drinking, and having fun. Leave those chores to him, and he'll definitely handle them for you without any worries."
As she spoke, she took out her prepared mobile phone and wallet and handed it to Qi Yue, and told him how she had helped him cover up the taxi incident online last night. She even prepared the mobile phone and wallet for him. If Gu Yunshuang was awake now, she would definitely take it out immediately to report.
This also reminded Qi Yue that he had been trapped in the ghost world for so many years and had only just returned to the human world two days ago. Not to mention that his ghost mind was still a little stagnant and many of his human memories hadn't been restored, not to mention that human technology was advancing rapidly and was already very different from seven years ago. If he didn't have someone around to remind him, he really could have experienced the same accident as last night.
but……
Qi Yue glanced at Sun Zhanyuan, who looked expectant, and said with a hint of disdain, "Is it reliable? Isn't he crazy about the girl named Xue?"
As the saying goes, even dogs wouldn't eat a love-brained person, let alone the Ghost King.
Sun Zhanyuan was immediately filled with righteous indignation: "Don't worry, Boss, Xue Tinghe and I are sworn enemies!"
Qi Yue was surprised. "Just because he's partial to others, didn't help you, and might even be having multiple affairs?"
He thought that a love-brained person like Sun Zhanyuan would choose to forgive.
He remembered that in the plot, Sun Jiayuan had died in the car accident last night without his help. His car had also hit a bus that was rushing to take a pregnant woman to the hospital, causing many casualties on the bus. The pregnant woman was also injured in the car accident because she didn't make it to the hospital in time, resulting in two deaths.
After this incident was exposed, Sun Jiayuan's identity was also revealed. Countless people on the Internet fiercely criticized Sun Jiayuan for driving against traffic in the middle of the night and stepping on the brake instead of the accelerator. Other female drivers were also scolded by the whole network.
Sun's father and mother were seriously ill and died before Sun Jiayuan even made it to the seventh day after his death.
The shares of the Sun family company plummeted, and the huge company had to fall on the shoulders of Sun Zhanyuan, a rich second-generation who only knew how to eat, drink and have fun.
The rich second generation is clueless and doesn't know how to manage a company, so he turns to Xue Tinghe, the man he trusts and loves the most. Xue Tinghe asks the Xue family behind him to help take over the Sun family's company.
Later, Sun Zhanyuan became one of Xue Tinghe's lovers, and even handed over the Sun family company to Xue Tinghe.
A typical love-brained person with no opinion.
Unexpectedly, Sun Zhanyuan's facial muscles twisted, his eyes seemed to be blazing with fire, and he gnashed his teeth, "Not only that, he also tried to murder my sister, and he even approached me with ulterior motives!"
Sun Zhanyuan has been accustomed to flattery from all sides since he was a child. He has never suffered any loss and never takes anyone seriously.
The reason why he likes and admires Xue Tinghe so much is that he encountered a ghost some time ago and was scared out of his wits. His soul was chased by the ghost and ran into Xue Tinghe's house, where he was rescued by him.
Xue Tinghe even specially sent his soul back, and then Sun Zhanyuan discovered that during the time when his soul left his body, a wild ghost had already occupied his body, pretending to be him, and lived happily with his parents, sister and their family of four. No one discovered that he was an impostor, and they even thought that the impostor was better, more sensible, filial and smart than him, which brought them face instead of making them help clean up their mess and embarrass themselves!
Xue Tinghe wanted to help him drive away the wild ghost and get his body back, but his parents and sister actually tried to stop him.
It was not until Xue Tinghe made his living soul manifest and personally proved to his parents and sister that he was the real thing that he finally drove away the wild ghost and allowed him to return to his own body.
From then on, he was extremely grateful and admired Xue Tinghe. Although his relationship with his family did not change much, he still had a small grudge in his heart, and the person he trusted the most became Xue Tinghe.
He originally regarded Xue Tinghe as an older brother who was closer to him than his own brothers, but Xue Tinghe was serious in front of others, but he flirted with him in secret behind their backs. He, who had never been in a relationship, soon fell in love with him.
He always thought that Xue Tinghe also liked him, but he didn't say it because both parents might not agree and they thought he was a straight man.
Although Jiang Mingshuang is Xue Tinghe's childhood sweetheart, or even his true love, didn't Xue Tinghe also say that true love simply refers to a type of person who is more suitable for you and has a predestined relationship, not a specific person. Even if it is true love, it does not necessarily mean that you will fall in love, which is why there is a saying of missed opportunities.
Therefore, he believed that Jiang Mingshuang was just born at a good time, but he was not bad either because he was born into a good family.
It is for these reasons that Sun Zhanyuan does not take Jiang Mingshuang seriously.
But he never expected that Jiang Mingshuang, who looked so weak, was so insidious in secret. She actually pushed him out on purpose at that time and wanted to kill him.
He never expected that Xue Tinghe, whom he thought also liked him, would not only watch him fall indifferently, but also favor Jiang Mingshuang. At that time, Sun Zhanyuan felt that he was heartbroken enough.
What he didn't expect was that there was something else that made him even angrier and more heartbroken.
Just now, his sister pulled him out and talked things out in the stairwell, telling him directly that Xue Tinghe was the one who wanted to kill her.
Sun Zhanyuan didn't quite believe it at first.
"Sister, to be honest, although he does make me feel chilled now, there is really no benefit in him killing you and making enemies with the Sun family."
Sun Jiayuan sneered, "How can there be no benefit? You're such a love-brained person. When I die, and if my parents get into trouble because of excessive grief, the entire Sun family will fall into your hands. How can a loser like you handle the Sun family's crisis? Who else can you turn to for help except Brother Xue, whom you trust the most? By then, it will be easy for him to swallow up the Sun family."
Sun Zhanyuan was still skeptical: "But, Brother Xue... Xue Tinghe is just a celestial master, can he manage a company?"
"Why not? Even if he doesn't, don't he still have his parents?" Sun Jiayuan's eyes were cold. "I just found out that Xue Tinghe's father is Xue Zhao, the eldest son of the Xue family in Beijing. Twenty-three years ago, Xue Zhao arranged a marriage with Wang Yao, the eldest daughter of the Wang family, in order to inherit the Xue family. Unexpectedly, the couple offended a certain important person, and the Xue and Wang families expelled them from the family and left them to fend for themselves.
"Recently, because Xue Tinghe became the disciple of the president of the Heavenly Master Association, the couple also rose to prominence and were recognized by the Xue and Wang families. However, Old Master Xue has been unwilling to let Xue Zhao become the heir of the Xue family. If Xue Zhao controls the Sun family at this time, his chances of becoming the heir of the Xue family will be greatly improved.
"I was told you'd been healthy and calamity-free for the past twenty years. When you were a child, your grandfather even consulted a fortune teller, who said your horoscope was auspicious and you'd accumulated a lot of merit in past lives. That's why you'd be healthy and calamity-free in this life, often aided by benefactors and protected from evil. So how could you suddenly be possessed by a little ghost? And what a coincidence that your soul left your body and was possessed by another wild ghost?"
At this point, she paused, sighed, and said, "I know you still look so heartless, but in fact, you have long had a grudge against me and my parents, and you trust him more. But whether you believe it or not, I still want to say that how could we not notice that our own son and brother had his core replaced? It's just that we have all checked the birthmarks and scars on your body and are very sure that the body is yours. That wild ghost has clearly stated everything that only we knew in the past few months.
"We've never encountered such a supernatural event before. We never thought you had a new heart. We thought you were schizophrenic and were already planning to take you to see a doctor when Xue Tinghe brought you back. And the timing was perfect. That wild ghost was using your identity to mess with us. To appease him, we said that he was better now than before, and you overheard it."
Sun Zhanyuan had no idea there were these hidden secrets. After he reclaimed his body, neither his parents nor his sister had told him. Perhaps they had wanted to, but he had been deceiving himself, unwilling to face the truth, believing that his beloved family actually preferred the imposter who had taken his body. So whenever they brought up the subject, he would either change the subject or find an excuse to run away. And then he became even more dependent on Xue Tinghe. To avoid further provoking him, his parents and sister had to hold off on telling him.
Sun Jiayuan: "Now that I think about it, everything is just too much of a coincidence. If that wild ghost hadn't been following us for a few months, how could he know so much about our family's little things? Xue Tinghe must have come prepared. Maybe he staged this all himself. Not only to get close to you, but also to drive a wedge between you and us. Coincidentally, even before that, the Wang family had already started making small moves behind the scenes to plot against our Sun Group."
Sun Zhanyuan finally believed that the handsome Taoist priest whom he had always trusted, admired and loved had approached him with ulterior motives from the very beginning, with the intention of destroying his family and making him extinct.
Although he was a little bit love-brained and foolish, he was not so bad that he could continue to love his enemy to death after someone set up a trap to sow discord among his family members and murder his parents and sister.
He immediately declared angrily that from now on, he and the Xue family would be sworn enemies! He also felt extremely guilty for having let an outsider so easily sour his relationship with his family, and even cried secretly in the stairwell.
After Qi Yue listened to the two sisters talking back and forth about what had happened, his fists on both sides quietly hardened.
In the plot, Xue Tinghe, as the protagonist, always occupies the name of justice and looks very great and glorious. However, apart from having many lovers, he is unwilling to let others mention him as a "predecessor".
But readers can understand. After all, it's a stud novel. Who wants to read it if there aren't a few lovers? He also has sex with both men and women, which is even more exciting, right?
The reluctance to mention this "predecessor" is understandable. Before the Ghost Gate seal was broken, materialism still dominated the human world, and the authorities dared not announce the existence of ghosts, so his story naturally had to be kept secret. Later, after the Ghost Gate seal was restored, his story was made public, wasn't it? It's just that the dead savior is not as eye-catching as the living savior.
When Qi Yue saw that, he felt very sarcastic. If it wasn't for the fact that his family had to take the blame, who else in the world would know about him, Qi Yue?
But generally speaking, Xue Tinghe in the book still seems to be a great and upright protagonist.
It now seems that the so-called greatness and glory are all superficial, and what they do in secret is dirtier than the other.
But this guy still bears the title of the heir of the Qi family, but he uses the secret techniques of the Qi family to do evil in private. Maybe he made them up for fun and wrote them down in his practice notes.
Qi Yue felt as if someone had poured a bucket of feces in front of his house, which was extremely disgusting.
What the hell did the Tianshi Association find for their family?
Qi Yue finally believed Sun Zhanyuan and agreed to let him stay. While they were chatting, Sister Hua also received the news and rushed to the hospital, bringing an incredible news: Jiang Mingshuang was confirmed to be Jiang Honghui's son on the Internet.
They had been busy with their own things and had no mood to use their mobile phones to surf the Internet, but they did not expect that the development of the Internet would be so unexpected.
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The audience in the live broadcast room were stunned by the handsomeness of Sun Jiayuan and the policemen descending from the sky in a helicopter. Her last sentence, "Even Jiang Honghui can't do it," caused a huge uproar on the Internet and aroused all kinds of speculation.
In fact, Sun Jiayuan didn't know that Jiang Mingshuang was Jiang Honghui's son. The reason he named Jiang Honghui at the end was because he felt that Jiang Mingshuang was an artist under Xinchao Entertainment and could be promoted as a couple with Xue Tinghe. He thought that his status was also very important. He was afraid that Xinchao Entertainment would protect him, so he warned Jiang Honghui, the largest shareholder of Xinchao Entertainment.
Unexpectedly, this accidental discovery aroused the suspicion of netizens.
Netizens speculated that if Sister Sun wanted to support her brother, why did she mention Jiang Honghui to Jiang Mingshuang? Could Jiang Mingshuang really have some relationship with Jiang Honghui?
Many people thought of the comment that Xue Tinghe drew, which questioned the relationship between Jiang Mingshuang and Jiang Honghui.
No way! Is Jiang Mingshuang really Jiang Honghui's son, the crown prince of Xinchao Entertainment? Why wouldn't he admit it? Why did he come to participate in the childhood sweetheart variety show? Was he personally stepping in to whitewash his own cash cow, Gu Yunshuang? It was impossible.
Netizens’ eyes lit up: This is the smell of a melon field, dig it up quickly, there must be big melons inside!
With a big melon hanging right in front of their eyes, netizens have all turned into Conan and Sherlock Holmes, eager to find more clues.
When Sun's father and mother, who happened to be on a business trip abroad, learned that their son had been wronged, they went online and saw an overwhelming discussion about the authenticity of Jiang Mingshuang being Jiang Honghui's son. The stories were very convincing and many clues were found.
Sun's parents immediately believed the story and were furious. They immediately posted online @Jiang Honghui, questioning how he raised his son. They said, "Don't think your son is the only treasure, and other people's sons are just weeds." "If anyone dares to hurt their son, they will give up their lives and their family property. They will fight to the death to get justice for their son."
Jiang Honghui was still stubborn and unwilling to admit that Jiang Mingshuang was his son, so Xu Qingya felt guilty first.
First, Sun Jiayuan mentioned Jiang Honghui's name in the live broadcast room, then Sun's father and mother questioned him, and netizens continued to dig deeper. Xu Qingya thought that they were very sure that Jiang Mingshuang was their son, but she was afraid that if they delayed for too long, netizens would really find out something terrible. So, she called Sun's father and mother behind Jiang Honghui's back and wanted to settle the matter privately.
But Sun's father and mother really loved their child and were unwilling to let it go. They hung up the phone on her and posted @江宏辉@许清雅 on Weibo: You two don't need to call us anymore to harass us. I'm telling you, we absolutely do not accept a private settlement!
This completely proved that Jiang Mingshuang was Jiang Honghui's son.
Netizens were shocked. Jiang Mingshuang, a wealthy second-generation, why is she creating a commoner persona? Is it necessary? This isn't an online novel. Are you hiding your identity and entering the entertainment industry, hoping to play the pig and eat the tiger?
Netizens intuitively felt that there were even bigger melons among them, and more netizens turned into melon eaters, diving into the melon field and eager to dig out more melons.
It would be fine if you didn't dig, but once you do, you'll find problems.
For example, on the bus, everyone put two hats on Gu Yun for being late and acting like a big shot. Was this really a script?
Moreover, the director assigned tasks to Jiang Mingshuang twice, and both times he played an annoying villain.
Did he know that Jiang Mingshuang was his prince? He seemed to know, because during the live broadcast, the director and staff were the most polite to him and Xue Tinghe.
So why would the director assign such an unpleasant and offensive task to his prince? What was his purpose? Wasn't the director afraid of offending his prince?
But looking at it the other way around, it seems like the director is just trying to clean up the mess and take the blame for Jiang Mingshuang. So, is there a possibility that Jiang Mingshuang really wanted to murder Sun Zhanyuan?
This speculation immediately aroused heated discussion among netizens.
When Qi Yue and the others got the news and opened their mobile phones to check the Internet, Xinchao Entertainment was busy using their effective tactics, blocking accounts, silencing posts, limiting traffic, deleting entries, and removing trending searches.
Qi Yue and the others just happened to see that the hot searches about Jiang Mingshuang were rapidly dropping from the top five to the bottom of the hot searches list, and then disappeared.
Sun Jiayuan sneered, "You want to manipulate online public opinion without even asking if our Sun family agrees!"
After she finished speaking, she made a phone call, and before she hung up, Jiang Mingshuang's new entry appeared again, landing in the top ten of the hot search list. Soon, the new hot search was blown up again, but even faster, another new hot search for Jiang Mingshuang appeared.
Netizens watched helplessly as the entries about Jiang Mingshuang and Jiang Honghui were bombed again and again.
As soon as the post #Sun Zhanyuan called the police to accuse Jiang Mingshuang of murder# was removed, another post #Jiang Mingshuang Jiang Honghui# was posted. After this post was removed again, a new entry #Jiang Honghui's son# was posted. After the three words "Jiang Honghui" were also banned, another new entry #Jiang Group's prince murdered# was posted.
The fight between the Sun and Jiang families was so fierce that netizens were amazed. There was no need for anyone to buy trending searches. The entry #Come and see the capital battle between the Sun and Jiang families# became a trending search and became a huge hit, following steadily under the trending searches for Jiang's father and son.
Everyone in the Sun family’s public relations department was furious and wished they could turn into fighter jets.
For the first time, the employees of Xinchao Entertainment's PR department expressed dissatisfaction with their crown prince. With so many people around him, why did you have to push Sun Zhanyuan? Don't you know that the Sun family is very protective of their own people?
The fight between the Sun and Jiang families soon became intense.
Sun Jiayuan could no longer stay in the hospital, so he dragged Sister Hua, who had barely even sat down, and rushed to the company, leaving Sun Zhanyuan here to accompany Gu Yunshuang.
Before leaving, Sun Jiayuan promised: "Don't worry, benefactor, if I don't tear off a piece of flesh from the Jiang family and help your childhood sweetheart clear his name, I will not be named Sun."
Sun Zhanyuan looked at him eagerly: "Sister, what about me?"
"You?" Sun Jiayuan's momentum weakened, and he said lovingly, "Be prepared, don't be too sad."
Then she put on her high heels, pulled Sister Hua and walked away.
Sun Zhanyuan's face instantly fell. He also knew that although he had called the police, his body was not injured at all, and the director insisted that it was a script. It would not be easy to convict Jiang Mingshuang. But after hearing his sister's affirmative words, he was still very discouraged.
He looked at Boss Qi Yue for help, hoping that maybe the Boss would have some way to help him vent his anger, such as beating up the villain or making the ghost his own.
Qi Yue rolled his eyes at him and instructed, "Move a stool and sit next to the bed to watch over Shuangshuang. If she wakes up, you must notify me immediately."
Sun Zhanyuan hurriedly did as he was told, and only realized it after he sat down, "No, shouldn't it be you, Boss, who should come here? Where are you going if I sit here?"
Qi Yue: "Don't call me boss, just call me brother. Remember to believe in science and reject superstition in front of Shuangshuang. You must protect Shuangshuang's materialistic scientific worldview. As for me..."
He wanted to say that I had left the hospital, but when the words reached his lips, they became: "I'm guarding outside the ward door."
He was now afraid of the ropes after being bitten by a snake once. He really didn't dare to stay in the same room with Shuangshuang for a long time, let alone close contact. He was afraid that if he couldn't control himself again, his ghost energy would hurt Shuangshuang again.
Sun Zhanyuan looked at Qi Yue in confusion as he walked out of the ward and closed the door. He stood guard outside, leaving him alone by the bed.
Isn't this a wrong development? Shouldn't the closest person be at the bedside, with the unimportant assistants guarding the door?
"Boss, Brother Qi, will Brother Gu be angry if he doesn't see you the first thing he does when he wakes up?"
Qi Yue squatted by the door like a mushroom, pretending not to hear anything.
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When Gu Yunshuang woke up, she saw a neat and clean ward. Her whole body felt weak and her mind was numb.
"Awake! Awake! Brother Gu is awake!" Sun Zhanyuan shouted happily.
Gu Yunshuang was stunned. Were he and Sun Zhanyuan that familiar? Sun Zhanyuan must really dislike him, right? And why was he in the hospital? Weren't they filming a variety show in the villa? Was he still dreaming?
Sun Zhanyuan came up to him and asked eagerly, "Brother Gu, how are you feeling? You suddenly had a high fever last night, and we were all scared to death, especially Brother Qi."
Gu Yunshuang then realized that his forehead was abnormally hot, and he was sure that this was not a dream. But he had a fever and was sick, so why didn't the person he saw when he woke up was Qi Yue? In the past, every time he had a fever or a cold, Qi Yue would stay by his side.
He thought again of that incredibly realistic dream where Qi Yue really came to him and said goodbye. Could it be that...
"elder brother!"
Gu Yunshuang panicked and quickly sat up from the bed to look for someone. Because he got up too quickly, his vision went dark.
"Hey, here it is!"
Gu Yunshuang looked up and saw Qi Yue hiding behind the door of the ward. Only his head squeezed in from the gap between the two doors, looking at him worriedly. At a quick glance, it looked like there was only a head hanging on the door, which was quite scary. But when he looked more closely, it seemed a little funny.
Gu Yunshuang's breath got stuck in his throat, and he was choking. The tears that had been choking in his eyes were instantly sucked back. Instead, a surge of anger filled his heart. He asked in a bad mood, "Brother, why don't you come in and hang there?"
Sun Zhanyuan nodded in agreement: "Brother Qi, I told you that you can't hide so far away. Brother Gu is at his most vulnerable when he just wakes up. The first thing he wants to see when he opens his eyes is definitely you."
Qi Yue gave him a look, and Sun Zhanyuan immediately shut up.
However, Qi Yue still walked out from behind the door, took a short step into the ward reluctantly, and refused to move any further.
Gu Yunshuang finally realized something was wrong. He thought of Qi Yue who had come to say goodbye to him in his dream. Sick people are inherently fragile. His eyes reddened. "Brother, what are you doing? Are you avoiding me?"
Qi Yue immediately felt distressed and subconsciously took a quick step towards the ward. He then abruptly stopped, frozen there, and said softly, "It's nothing. Don't overthink it."
But his eyes were fixed on Gu Yunshuang, and his face was even paler than Gu Yunshuang, the sick man.
Gu Yunshuang also stared at him intently, as if he could never see enough, fearing that this person would disappear in the blink of an eye and he would never be seen again.
Gu Yunshuang realized that they had only been reunited for a short day, and he had not had much chance to look at this person carefully. Now it seemed that after not seeing him for so many years, Qi Yue's health had not improved, his skin had become paler, and he looked more haggard.
Seeing how haggard he was, the resentment in his heart dissipated. After all, he couldn't bear to blame Qi Yue at all.
Qi Yue was just brimming with worry and self-blame when he saw Gu Yunshuang's distressed look. He felt amused. Didn't he see who was lying in the hospital bed, the one who deserved the most heartache? But his heart also felt like a hot water bottle had been stuffed into it in the cold winter, warming it up.
They all had thousands of words in their hearts, but when the words rolled in their throats, they didn't know what to say. They could only stare at each other in silence, as if time had stopped for them.
until……
Sun Zhanyuan looked from one to the other, muttering quietly, "I said you two are right in front of me, but why are you staring at each other as if there's a Milky Way between you?"
The mournful atmosphere that was about to solidify was instantly broken. Qi Yue coughed dryly, trying to make his smile more natural and friendly, and asked softly, "Shuangshuang, how do you feel? Are you still feeling unwell?"
Gu Yunshuang shook his head. "It's nothing, my throat is just a little dry and sore, and I want to drink some water." He looked at Qi Yue longingly.
Qi Yue hurriedly went to pour water for Gu Yunshuang, but just as he raised his foot, he stopped abruptly. He was at a loss for a moment before he said dryly, "Wait a minute, Sun Zhanyuan, go get your brother Gu some water."
Sun Zhanyuan immediately and attentively poured a glass of warm water for Gu Yunshuang.
Gu Yunshuang held the warm water of suitable temperature, took a sip, and his face was full of disappointment and sadness.
Qi Yue felt even more distressed. In order to prevent himself from being soft-hearted and hurting Gu Yunshuang, he forced himself to look away and found an excuse to run out of the ward: "I'll call the doctor to see you."
The doctor was quickly dragged over by him by his sleeve. After asking about his condition and taking his temperature, he confirmed that apart from a slight fever, there was nothing serious wrong with him. He gave him a few instructions and left.
In reality, Gu Yunshuang only looked weak. As long as the evil spirits in his body were completely removed, he would be fine. The reason why he had a high fever and was unconscious for such a long time was entirely because he had been busy for the past few years and had not paid enough attention to rest, which had drained his body. Countless fatigue had accumulated there, and he was only relying on his spirit to keep going.
This collision was like knocking down the fragile outer wall that he had been holding up, and all the fatigue that had accumulated before burst out at once.
This may not be a bad thing for him. Otherwise, the longer he holds on, the more suffering he will have to endure if he explodes later.
Qi Yue quickly instructed Sun Zhanyuan to take out the chicken porridge from the thermos and give it to Gu Yunshuang. The sun was about to set, and he must be starving after not eating for so long.
Gu Yun's hands were so limp that he didn't even have the strength to hold the bowl. He said to Qi Yue coquettishly, "Brother, I don't have the strength. Can you feed me?"
Qi Yue also wanted to personally carry the bowl and feed her spoonful by spoonful, but he held back. He repeatedly warned himself that he must not be soft-hearted, let alone greedy for the warmth given by Shuangshuang, otherwise it would only hurt Shuangshuang. Then he reluctantly instructed Sun Zhanyuan: "Let Sun Zhanyuan do it. I'm clumsy and I'm afraid of burning you."
Sun Zhanyuan felt something was wrong, but he was here because his sister asked him to atone for his sins and to please the boss and establish a good relationship with him. Without thinking too much, he immediately stepped forward with the bowl and spoon to feed the baby.
Gu Yunshuang: "..."
Gu Yunshuang had lost his appetite, so he didn't ask Sun Zhanyuan to feed him. He just asked him to hold the bowl for him.
Gu Yunshuang slowly forced himself to eat half a bowl, spoonful at a time, and then he couldn't eat any more.
Qi Yue frowned and said disapprovingly, "Why are you eating so little? You've been sleeping for almost a whole day and night, you must be starving. How can you only eat so little?"
Gu Yunshuang: "I really have no appetite. How about you peel a banana for me?"
"Okay!" Hearing that Gu Yunshuang still wanted to eat, Qi Yue subconsciously agreed. After agreeing, he froze again and said dryly: "Let Sun Zhanyuan come. I didn't wash my hands clean, and I'm afraid you'll get an upset stomach."
Gu Yunshuang just lowered his head and remained silent, looking very lonely.
Even though Sun Zhanyuan was slow, he finally felt that something was wrong.
No, although he is here to be a tool, he is not here specifically to play a part in your show!
After rolling his eyes, Sun Zhanyuan said, "Okay, Brother Gu, wait a moment. I'll wash it first."
As he said that, he picked up the bunch of bananas and ran away, as fast as if there was a dog chasing him, without giving Qi Yue any chance to call him.
Why are you going to wash it with a banana?
Qi Yue's mouth twitched, and he cursed in his heart, "He's unreliable and useless."
There were only two of them left in the ward. No one spoke for a while. Qi Yue felt very guilty and didn't dare to look at Gu Yunshuang. Gu Yunshuang also lowered his head and didn't say anything.
The atmosphere became very depressing.
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