What? Gu Yanqing is failing?
He was attending the school anniversary celebration yesterday, full of high spirits, why is he still bothering me?
It suddenly stopped working?
After the initial shock, I regained my senses and thought that even if he died, it wouldn't concern me. So I calmly replied, "I'm not a doctor, how can I save someone? Besides, we're divorced, we have nothing to do with each other anymore."
“Jiang Wan, you can save him. He needs a blood transfusion, but the blood bank doesn’t have that many RH-negative blood. Even if we find someone else, it’s too late. Only you… you can save him!” Li Qinglan’s attitude was completely different from when she had been cursing me last night. Her words were both excited and humble.
But my heart felt completely cold.
Their change in attitude towards me is simply because they've discovered I'm still of use to them, treating me like a blood transfusion machine.
“Since your family was able to give birth to him, there must be other people with the same blood type as him. There’s no need for you to come and beg me.”
“Yan Qing’s father and aunt had their blood drawn a few days ago, so they can’t have it drawn again now… If I had other options, why would I be coming to you?”
Has blood already been drawn?
I realized that Gu Yanqing's fainting and being taken away on the day of the court hearing must have meant that his condition was already quite bad.
If that's the case, why does he still drink heavily?
"Has his illness relapsed?" I asked seriously.
Li Qinglan choked back tears, "Yes..."
I gave a cold smile. "In that case, there's even less reason for me to save him. Knowing how bad his health is, he still drinks alcohol multiple times, even getting drunk—since he's determined to die, I'll grant his wish."
"Jiang Wan, how dare you say that? Why did he go drinking? Wasn't it because you insisted on getting a divorce? He made a mistake, but he even knelt down and apologized to you, yet you still won't let it go. Aren't you just pushing him to the brink of death?"
Li Qinglan spoke sternly, her earlier pleading attitude gone, and began to pin charges against me.
These illogical statements made me laugh in anger. "According to your logic, since I'm driving him to his death, why should I donate my precious blood to save him? Do you think I'm as crazy as you? Are you out of your mind?"
"Jiang Wan, what's wrong with you—"
"I'm busy, don't bother me again."
I interrupted Li Qinglan's accusations and hung up the phone decisively.
My mood was ruined by this unlucky thing first thing in the morning, and I couldn't fall asleep even if I lay down, so I had to get up.
When I finished washing up and drove to the company, my phone rang. I thought it was my family calling to bother me again, but when I picked up the phone and looked at it, a smile instantly appeared on my lips.
【morning. 】
Just one word suddenly brightened my restless and depressed heart.
It was Su Shenglin's good morning greeting.
Just as we reached a red light, I picked up my phone and stared at his WeChat, the scene from last night in the car flashing through my mind again.
Is he officially starting to pursue me?
Or are they trying to subtly win me over by slowly boiling me like a frog in lukewarm water?
After a moment's thought, I reservedly replied with only one word.
【morning. 】
I put the phone back, but the smile on my lips didn't fade.
My phone rang again, but the red light turned green, and I had to drive, so I refrained from looking at it.
But I couldn't stop my imagination from running wild—I replied and then disappeared, will he keep waiting? Will he be anxiously worried? Will he think I've suddenly stopped talking to him?
On second thought, that's definitely not the case.
He's such a mature and stable man, and he's not love-obsessed, so how could he possibly waste his precious time on a woman?
But I was wrong.
The phone rang twice more.
I couldn't help but secretly hope that the next red light would come soon.
But fate seemed to be working against me. I was lucky enough to get through four green lights in a row, and just as I was hoping the next one would be red, my phone rang—
A note appeared on the car's screen; unsurprisingly, it was Su Shenglin calling.
I was overjoyed, and my adrenaline surged into my brain.
"Hey, what's up..." I don't know what's wrong with me, my voice was a little strained and a bit affected and coquettish.
Su Shenglin, as always, was gentle and calm: "Are you up? Why did you disappear after replying with just one word?"
"I'm driving, and there are so many cars on the road during rush hour, I don't have time to look at my phone."
"oh."
I couldn't suppress my smile any longer. When he obediently responded, I thought of him holding me in the back seat of the car last night, looking weak and helpless and needing to be taken care of.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, I took the initiative to ask, "What do you want to see me so early in the morning?"
"It's nothing, I just wanted to let you know that I slept very well last night and I'm fine now. I was afraid you would worry, so I just wanted to let you know."
My heart skipped a beat. This…
We have no relationship whatsoever, so he doesn't need to report this to me, right?
My cheeks flushed, my tongue stammered, and my tone unconsciously became reproachful: "Who was worried about you? You're just trying to make yourself look good."
"No?"
"Of course not, I got up early to rush to work, I'm so busy."
"..." The other end suddenly went silent.
My smile froze, and I immediately felt that my words might have gone too far.
I regretted it and quickly tried to make amends: "Um... I'm glad you're alright, but you should still be careful in the future and not overwork yourself. Even if I'm not worried, Mrs. Su and Xixi will be."
After saying that, I felt annoyed—this attempt to make amends was somewhat forced.
Su Shenglin smiled faintly, "Coward, you clearly responded last night, and now you're pretending to have amnesia again?"
"..." Now it was my turn to remain silent and shut my mouth.
"Jiang Wan, if there are a hundred steps between us, I can take ninety-nine of them. Don't you have the courage to take the last one?"
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