Chapter 190 But I Love Him
Lu Jiunian was holding a toy car. He stood barefoot on the cold floor, and even slightly raised one foot to rub the other foot.
When he saw Shi Nianzhi kneeling down, he stared at her with bright eyes, as if he had seen something very interesting.
He muttered to himself, "Idiot."
Shi Nianzhi gritted her teeth and said, "I'm an idiot. Only an idiot would lose billions of dollars for you."
Gu Dongxuan picked up the documents on the table and threw them at Shi Nianzhi. "You know that's US dollars. So much money is enough to shake the foundation of the Gu family. Are you crazy, Gu Zijian? Should I send you to a mental hospital one of these days so that the doctors can save this lunatic?"
But Gu Dongxuan was soft-hearted and, considering that Shi Nianzhi was still injured, he didn't throw the document at Shi Nianzhi's head. Instead, along with Gu Dongxuan's reprimand, it landed heavily on Lu Jiunian, who was standing next to Shi Nianzhi.
Lu Jiunian trembled in fright, then took small steps to move behind Shi Nianzhi, and knelt down in fear, shrinking behind Shi Nianzhi.
Gu Dongxuan pointed at Lu Jiunian, "Look at him now, does he still have even a trace of his former self? He's such a coward, and you still want him! If you really loved him that much, why weren't you with him when he was doing well?!"
“When he’s doing well, I’ll never be with him for the rest of my life, and I won’t be soft-hearted at all. But when he’s not doing well, I have no choice but to stay with him. Brother, when he’s doing well, he has no shortage of people around him, but when he’s not doing well, I’m the only one who still wants him and still cares about his affairs.”
Shi Nianzhi paused, then knelt on the floor with his eyes lowered, and said, "In this world, after his only remaining lover, his father, passed away, he only has me left. If I don't want him, what will happen to him? Will he just be tortured to death in a mental hospital, a perfectly healthy person like him?"
“Zijian, you were so ruthless to Lu Jiunian back then. Now that he is dead or alive, you shouldn’t turn back.”
Shi Nianzhi reached out and touched her heart, "But I love him."
Gu Dongxuan clenched his fist on the table, his five fingers gradually tightening.
Yes, in this world, no one loves Lu Jiunian more than Gu Zijian.
Gu Zijian hates Lu Jiunian and refuses to forgive him, but deep down, he still loves Lu Jiunian.
If Gu Zijian were to say "But I love him," his own heart would probably feel like it was being torn apart.
She had done so many things that hurt others and herself, all to get rid of Lu Jiunian and cut ties with him completely.
But in the end, he still overturned everything himself and took Lu Jiunian's hand again.
Gu Zijian himself also went through a painful struggle.
But after a painful struggle, he still chose to take Lu Jiunian with him.
Just like he said, because in this world, Lu Jiunian only has him.
Gu Dongxuan sighed, "In the business world, there are gains and losses. Mom gave Gu's Group to you, and since it was your choice, I can't say anything. Dad used to say that every cloud has a silver lining. Never mind, get up."
"I want to kneel here."
"You're so spoiled and willful, why are you kneeling? Your parents have always spoiled you the most, they won't blame you for whatever you do."
Gu Dongxuan walked over and pulled Shi Nianzhi up from the ground.
He added sternly, "But forget about wanting to be a carefree rich kid and dig up other people's ancestral graves! The company won't recover in three years. You stay here and guard it. I'll only consider letting you leave when you've doubled back what you've invested. Otherwise, you'll spend your whole life working tirelessly for this family! If you dare to be willful, you have to be able to shoulder this responsibility. No objections, right?!"
"knew."
Gu Dongxuan glanced out the window; dark clouds were rolling in, and a storm was brewing. "I'm afraid the capital is about to change. Lu Bing has torn off his mask of hypocrisy; there's bound to be a fight ahead."
Shi Nianzhi's eyes were cold. "I'm not afraid of him."
Gu Dongxuan turned his gaze to Lu Jiunian, "What did the psychologist say? Can it still be cured?"
"Yes, but it will be a completely new person..."
Shi Nianzhi briefly explained the situation to Gu Dongxuan.
After listening, Gu Dongxuan gave a very pertinent opinion: "It would be best to treat him. With him acting like this, everyone is laughing at him, and he's living a miserable life. Someone like him probably wouldn't want to live such a wretched life."
"......"
Shi Nianzhi remained silent, and it was unclear whether she had taken Gu Dongxuan's words to heart or not.
In the afternoon, Gu Dongxuan accompanied Li Yuan to her prenatal checkup.
Shi Nianzhi stayed behind to clean up the company's mess, liquidate assets, and plan to sell off several subsidiaries. Once Shi Nianzhi got busy, he couldn't take care of anything else.
They didn't even notice when Lu Jiunian disappeared.
After he finished settling his assets, he looked up and found that Lu Jiunian was gone.
He jumped up and called his assistant, "Has anyone seen Third Master?"
The assistant was also busy handling things and didn't notice, "Don't worry, I'll go check the surveillance footage right away."
"Go now!"
Now surrounded by enemies, Shi Nianzhi was terrified that Lu Jiunian would be harmed by Lu Bing.
Extremely worried and anxious, he didn't even wait for his assistant's reply and went down floor by floor to search.
This made everyone hold their breath. Wherever Shi Nianzhi went, everyone stood up and shouted, "Hello, President Gu."
Finally, the assistant called back, "We found it. The surveillance footage shows that Third Master walked into the riverside park and never came out."
"What is he doing there?!"
The assistant replied, "He went down to the first floor and followed a deliveryman out. He was probably hungry. After the deliveryman drove away, he crossed the street to the riverside park."
Shi Nianzhi suddenly remembered that he had been too busy today, and the president's office was also busy, so he hadn't eaten lunch. Lu Jiunian hadn't eaten breakfast either.
He can't speak now, and when he's hungry, he can only instinctively look for food.
Shi Nianzhi felt a pang of self-reproach in addition to her frustration.
He is, after all, a man, and he is bound to be less attentive to people's needs, so oversights are inevitable.
Riverside Park.
Lu Jiunian was sitting in the middle of the square eating ice cream he didn't know where he got it from, while holding a red toy car in his other hand.
Several skateboarding teenagers, probably out of school and still wearing their junior high uniforms, formed a large circle around Lu Jiunian, their skateboards spinning rapidly.
They circled around Lu Jiunian, mocking him.
“Look at that idiot, I picked up the ice cream that fell on the ground and handed it to him, and he ate it.”
"How fun! Hahaha, he's eating with great relish."
"Brother Wang, he must be hungry. Look at his face, it's such a pity, he's an idiot."
"Hey, you big idiot, is it good?"
"Haha, he can't speak, he's like a mute."
"Let's snatch that toy car from his hand and let him know how wicked this society is."
"Okay, okay."
One of them slid over and bent down to snatch the toy car from Lu Jiunian's hand. Lu Jiunian's eyes suddenly turned fierce, and he held the toy car tightly and refused to let go.
The skateboarder didn't expect this, and fell flat on his backside right in front of Lu Jiunian. He grimaced for a while afterward.
He sat up, raised his hand, and slapped Lu Jiunian across the face, angrily saying, "Damn it, you idiot."
Lu Jiunian just held the toy car tightly, and opened his mouth to eat the ice cream that was covered in mud.
The boy raised his foot and kicked his ice cream away, then kicked Lu Jiunian hard.
Fuck your mother!
"Brother Wang, look! That idiot is trying to pick up the ice cream."
The boy who had hit Lu Jiunian stomped on his long, handsome hand with the sole of his shoe twice, cursing under his breath, "Let you eat! Let you eat! Eat your mother!"
He squatted down, picked up the melted ice cream, and shoved it hard onto Lu Jiunian's mouth and face.
Lu Jiunian's extremely handsome face instantly turned into a very disheveled state.
Shi Nianzhi rushed over and slapped the boy who had hit him. He quickly squatted down and used his sleeve to wipe the ice cream off Lu Jiunian's mouth and face.
The immature boy who had been hit got angry, "You dare hit me? My mom has never hit me!"
He rushed towards Shi Nianzhi.
Shi Nianzhi turned around, grabbed his wrist, and slapped him hard across the face again.
His eyes were red-rimmed, filled with a deep-seated malice. "You still have a mother? I thought you were born of a mother but raised by one! Perfect, I'll teach you a lesson in place of your mother! *Slap*"
He raised his hand and slapped the boy twice on the other side of his face, so that the handprints on the boy's left and right cheeks would be symmetrical.
Seeing Lu Jiunian being bullied like this, Shi Nianzhi felt as if his heart was being crushed, and his anger was understandable.
The boy was soon beaten and screaming. Seeing how badly he was beaten, none of the onlookers dared to step forward.
Everyone stopped skateboarding, unsure what to do. Someone raised their phone, shouting, "Call the police..."
Then Shi Nianzhi turned around, his fist still stained with blood, and asked, "You guys were involved too, weren't you?"
"Wh-what?"
"Bully him."
Shi Nianzhi pointed at Lu Jiunian, who was sitting blankly on the ground staring at her.
The boys seemed to be in great shock, and their first reaction was to run.
As a result, Shi Nianzhi chased them down one by one, pinned them to the ground and beat them. One of them ran far away and even ran out of the park, grabbing his skateboard and getting on a bus.
As a result, Shi Nianzhi boarded the bus at a stop while riding his skateboard, dragged the person off the bus, beat him up on the spot, and then hailed a taxi to take the person back.
As for Lu Jiunian, his assistant, who had rushed over, was watching over him, and Shi Nianzhi was not afraid that these teenagers would bully Lu Jiunian again.
When Shi Nianzhi dragged the last one, whose face was bruised and swollen, back home, the police had already arrived.
Shi Nianzhi left the mess to his assistant to handle, then grabbed Lu Jiunian's wrist and left.
He led Lu Jiunian, who was covered in dirt and whose face was dark from the dried ice cream, slowly out of the riverside park.
The further they walked, the angrier Shi Nianzhi became, and the stronger she gripped Lu Jiunian's wrist.
Lu Jiunian didn't speak, but his furrowed brows showed that he was in pain.
Then he gently pushed Shi Nianzhi's finger with his own.
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