Chapter 37 "Gu Xiangsi, are you okay?"
The woman screamed and tightly grasped Gu Xiangsi's arm with her other hand.
"Why should she renovate this entire place? I've lived here for five years! Everything my child has is here, and you're going to tear it down just like that? My treasure is gone, but his drawings are still on the wall. You want to erase them? I absolutely don't agree!"
Lu Liang's phone was still video-chatting, with the camera facing the balcony.
Several medical staff stood far away, each looking at the confrontation on the balcony with a serious expression.
The sky was overcast and a drizzle was falling, wetting the railings.
Gu Xiangsi was wearing a lavender windbreaker, her whole body was pressed against the balcony beam, her back was hanging in the air downstairs.
The tip of her nose was red, perhaps because of fear or the rain. Her face was as pale as paper, even her lips had lost their color, and her body was trembling slightly.
When the dean arrived, Lu Liang learned that the woman had been living there for five years because her child had died in the hospital and was mentally unstable.
She refused to leave because her child had drawn many pictures in that ward.
Now, when they heard that the inpatient department was going to be renovated, they started making a fuss, which led to the scene before us.
"What should we do now?" Lu Liangcai asked.
Lu Wang lowered his voice and said, "Call the police."
The woman seemed to have heard it and turned around suddenly. Seeing that people had gathered downstairs, she immediately became excited and asked, "You actually called the police?"
She became even more anxious and forced Gu Xiangsi to flip over the railing, "It's all your fault for wanting to touch my room! Otherwise, it will always be mine!"
Gu Xiangsi was afraid of heights to begin with, and her legs were already weak with fear as she stood by the railing on the fifth floor. However, she could only tremble and move out as she asked, forcing herself to remain calm: "Sister, we can talk it over..."
The woman also turned over suddenly and climbed over the railing.
Gu Xiangsi's face grew paler. She spoke with a trembling voice, "Did you know? Five years ago, my mother also jumped from the hospital balcony."
The woman seemed to remember her lost child, and when she looked at Gu Xiangsi, there was a complicated emotion in her eyes.
"Why jump?"
Gu Xiangsi seemed a little dazed. "I was downstairs at the time, begging her not to jump... but she jumped anyway, covered in blood."
"It was raining that day, just like today, but it was much heavier. I watched helplessly, and everything before my eyes was red, all blood... It was on my hands, and no matter how hard I wiped it off, it wouldn't come off."
As she spoke, she fell into memories and her vision gradually blurred.
When Fu Sinian rushed to the balcony, he saw her holding the railing with one hand and pressing the other hand on her chest.
Hearing her words, he was stunned and subconsciously held his breath, staring intently, not daring to make a sound.
I was afraid of disturbing her and making her do something more dangerous.
Gu Xiangsi's expression, coupled with the past events she talked about, seemed to really touch the woman.
The fruit knife against her neck loosened slightly.
The dean took the opportunity to speak: "Look, Manager Gu has lost a loved one just like you. You two should be able to communicate well, right?"
As soon as the dean took a step forward, the woman immediately became alert.
The fruit knife was raised towards Gu Xiangsi again.
Fu Sinian, who was standing by, quietly observed his surroundings and gestured to Li Xiaoyao to move forward a little to attract the woman's attention.
He then climbed over the railing at the other corner.
Li Xiaoyao was so frightened that he almost cried out, but he held it back.
Master, this is too dangerous...
"Yes, we are in the same boat, so let's die together. Let's go down together to accompany our relatives, so that we can have company!"
The woman was like a madman, holding a fruit knife and slashing at Gu Xiangsi's neck.
Gu Xiangsi subconsciously dodged to the side, but his hands suddenly loosened and he fell over the railing.
The woman also leaned forward due to inertia and was about to fall. Dean Lu, Lu Wang and others rushed forward to pull her up.
Lu Wang failed to catch Gu Xiangsi's hand and watched her fall.
Gu Xiangsi felt dizzy and a thought flashed through her mind.
If this ends, will I be able to see my mother again?
She closed her eyes, but was suddenly grabbed tightly by a strong hand.
"pay close attention!"
She looked up and saw that his jaw was sharp as a knife, and his usually calm eyes were burning with panic that she had never seen before.
"Mr. Fu..." Her eyes were red.
Fu Sinian actually fell down one floor with her. His left hand was tightly grasping the railing on the upper floor, and his right hand was trying his best to pull her.
"Don't let go."
Fu Sinian gritted his teeth, veins bulging on his forehead.
"Master! Master!"
Li Xiaoyao was so frightened that he rushed forward and grabbed Fu Sinian's arm tightly.
"Hurry! Save him!"
Lu Liang, Lu Wang and others immediately rushed forward, and together they grabbed Fu Sinian's arm tightly, pulling it up little by little.
Fu Sinian gritted his teeth and never loosened his right hand until everyone pulled him back into the railing. Then he used all his strength to lift Gu Xiangsi back from outside the railing.
His arm made a "hissing" sound, as if he had pulled a tendon from overexerting himself, but he didn't care about the pain.
Looking down, he saw that Gu Xiangsi's hands were ice-cold. He quickly held her waist, his voice trembling barely perceptibly.
"Gu Xiangsi, are you okay?"
"She must be terrified." Lu Wang said as he was about to go forward to hug her, but Fu Sinian simply grabbed Gu Xiangsi by the waist and lifted her up horizontally, saying in a deep voice, "Go check first."
On the other side, the woman was also firmly controlled by the dean and his men.
After Gu Xiangsi was rescued, she was still in a state of fear of falling.
She curled up in Fu Sinian's arms, her body shaking uncontrollably, her face as pale as paper, her eyes half open but unfocused, as if she was still trapped in the feeling of weightlessness from falling just now.
Her fear of heights made her clutch Fu Sinian's clothes tightly, her knuckles turning white, and even her breathing was accompanied by tiny sobs.
The memory of her mother falling from the building overlapped with the moment she was hanging in the air just now, like two hands tightly strangling her throat, preventing her from making a complete sound.
The doctor hurried over, listened to her heartbeat with a stethoscope, checked her pupils and limbs, and finally said to him.
"She's fine, just overly frightened. Her fear of heights triggered a stress response. Her heart rate is a bit fast, and her hands and feet are cold because of nervousness. Just let her take it easy. No further tests are needed for now."
Hearing the words "It's okay", Fu Sinian's tense nerves finally relaxed a little.
As soon as Fu Sinian moved, she subconsciously shrank into his arms, with a look of lingering fear in her eyes, like a frightened little animal that couldn't find its way.
She was relying on him.
His tone slowed down rarely, "It's okay."
Realizing this, Fu Sinian's fear and nervousness calmed down, and suddenly he was replaced by a more complicated emotion.
Seeing her so scared and with a lump in her throat, the sulking she had been doing for the past few days seemed to have healed itself.
He thought that even if it was a stranger, he would do the same in this situation.
Gu Xiangsi fell asleep in Fu Sinian's arms, her brows furrowed.
When Li Xiaoyao walked in, Fu Sinian subconsciously put his index finger to his lips and made a "hush" sound, then nodded at him, his voice unconsciously lowered.
"Have you found out?"
Fu Sinian tapped the table with his knuckles, his voice cold and deep.
Li Xiaoyao lowered his head slightly and handed over the information: "Yes, Master. The woman is from a wealthy family and has a history of mental illness..."
"History of mental illness?"
Fu Sinian sneered, his eyes turning colder, "A mentally ill person can actually use a knife to hurt someone?"
Li Xiaoyao held his breath, knowing that the young master was angry.
Fu Sinian stood up, his tall figure casting a shadow. His voice was low and dangerous: "Where's the hospital? Did I invest money to leave them with such a big hidden danger?"
Li Xiaoyao immediately said, "We've contacted the hospital. They admitted their negligence and are willing to negotiate compensation."
Fu Sinian didn't respond, but turned his gaze to Gu Xiangsi, who lay on the hospital bed. Her brows were slightly furrowed, and the bandage wrapped around her fair wrist was extremely glaring.
His eyes darkened.
"Negotiation?" His tone was cold. "That's not what I want."
Li Xiaoyao understood: "Understood, Master."
It’s not about compensation, but about making the other party pay the price.
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