Chapter 21: Former best friend cuts wrist and is hospitalized
In the evening.
The sky is bright red.
In the old house, everyone gathered around a dining table.
"Xuan'er, what's wrong with your eyes?"
One of Shen Xuan's eyes turned into a panda's. Old Mrs. Shen looked at it and couldn't help but ask.
Shen Xuan subconsciously looked at Shen Boyan.
But Shen Boyan was seen holding a transparent water cup in one hand and drinking water calmly.
The moment Shen Xuan looked over, his hand holding the water cup tightened slightly, and a cold aura emanated from his body.
"I...I fell by myself." Shen Xuan quickly replied to the old lady.
"How can you be so careless? And you reek of alcohol. Drink less in the future." The old lady shook her head.
"Yes, grandma." Shen Xuan lowered his head, not daring to say anything else.
The old lady looked around the table, then looked at Shen Wen and asked, "Where is Little Grape? Why didn't she come to dinner?"
"Um... Grandma, Grape went home. She has an interest class in the afternoon, so I picked her up first."
As Shen Wen spoke, she glanced at Gu Nanyan unconsciously.
Gu Nanyue was also drinking water, and the couple's drinking movements were exactly the same.
"Is that so? We should enroll her in more classes. I see that Xiao Mumu is younger than her, but knows much more than her." The old lady felt sorry for Xiao Mumu again and said to Chen Boyan, "The child is young, don't let him learn so much, it's tiring."
This blatant double standard made Shen Wen feel very uncomfortable.
He clenched his teeth secretly.
"I see."
Shen Boyan put down the water cup and responded lightly.
"Okay, let's eat. I see that you two seem hungry and have been drinking water."
After the old lady said this, she picked up her chopsticks and started eating.
Gu Nanyan put down the water cup with a little embarrassment, and quietly turned her head to glance at Shen Boyan.
Unexpectedly, Shen Boyan also happened to look at her.
Their eyes met, and each other was reflected in their eyes, creating a subtle atmosphere.
Gu Nanyue withdrew her gaze first, then lowered her head to eat with a slightly awkward look.
Chen Boyan's eyes darkened a little, and he also withdrew his gaze.
After a few bites of the meal, Tan Yumei suddenly thought of something interesting and said to everyone with a smile, "Have you heard about the interesting things that happened between the Lu and Huo families recently?"
"I heard that the Lu family wanted to marry Miss Lu Wan to the killer Huo Beiting of the Huo family. Miss Lu refused to agree to it and even committed suicide by cutting her wrists. She almost lost her life." Shen Wen was a gossiper and immediately picked up the conversation.
Old Mrs. Shen was shocked when she heard this: "Wanwan committed suicide by cutting her wrists? Is she okay?"
"It's okay. Fortunately, he was rescued in time and his life was saved. He is still in the hospital now."
As Shen Wen said this, she couldn’t help but glance at Gu Nanyan.
Seeing that she was still eating calmly, she frowned and a hint of disgust flashed in her eyes.
Her former best friend was now facing life and death, but she was still able to eat.
What a cold-blooded thing.
"It's good that her life is saved, it's good that her life is saved." The old lady breathed a sigh of relief, and then scolded the Lu family: "How can such a delicate girl like Wanwan be promised to a man like Huo Beiting? What on earth are the Lu family thinking? Isn't this pushing a good girl into the fire pit?"
"Who said it wasn't true?" Tan Yumei clicked her tongue twice. "Who doesn't know Huo Beiting's skills? He kills gods and Buddhas. For his own selfish interests, he doesn't recognize any relatives. How many people in the Huo family have died at his hands? If a weak girl like Lu Wan marries him, she won't live for many years. He has many ways to torture people."
"Alas." The old lady sighed: "Wanwan is fighting with her life. I hope the Lu family can have some conscience."
"What's the point of resisting? Lu Wan has two older sisters. Why would they only promise Lu Wan to that killer? It's because she is not favored in the Lu family. Madam Lu has made up her mind to marry her off."
The old lady got even angrier after hearing this: "They were born in the market, so they are really not worthy of being on the stage. If it weren't for Wanwan's biological mother's pity for them, would they have been able to enter the Lu family? Now they are repaying kindness with hatred."
The affairs of the Lu family are also well known in Rongcheng.
Lu Shaofan, the current head of the Lu family, loved a woman when he was in college. However, because of her humble background, the Lu family refused to let him marry her. Unexpectedly, the two of them had three children outside and wanted to use this to blackmail the Lu family.
Unexpectedly, even though they had a child, the Lu family still did not let them in and forced Lu Shaofan to marry a daughter of equal status, who was Wanwan's biological mother.
Unfortunately, Wanwan's biological mother was weak and sickly. She exhausted her energy and blood when giving birth to Lu Wan. Before her death, she actually persuaded the Lu family to let several people from outside in.
Only then were they able to enter the Lu family, and Lu Wan directly became the Fourth Miss Lu.
I had thought that this boy, who was born in a common family, would treat Wanwan well out of gratitude for the kindness shown to her by her biological mother, but now it seems that he is a heartless ungrateful person.
"Grandma, you're worried that she might get sick." Shen Wen glanced at Gu Nanyan again and said to the old lady, "Grandma, you know Lu Wan because of Nanyan. She was very close to Lu Wan at the beginning. She would take Lu Wan with her wherever she went and often bring her to the Shen family to play."
Gu Nanyue was eating as if it had nothing to do with her, but suddenly she heard her own name and was startled.
Were she and Lu Wan good friends?
No wonder she felt an inexplicable sense of discomfort when she heard that Lu Wan had cut her wrists and was hospitalized.
"What's the point of talking about the past? Let's eat."
Speaking of Gu Nanyue, the old lady's face fell and she no longer continued the topic.
After dinner, Shen Boyan and his family of three prepared to go back.
Before leaving, Gu Nanyan found Old Lady Shen and said, "Grandma, I heard that you have had a headache again recently. Nanyan's family studied medicine. I have a prescription for headaches. Please show it to the doctor first. If the doctor thinks it is okay, take the medicine according to the prescription and your headache will be cured soon."
The old lady still didn't like her and sneered, "With your half-baked skills, what good prescription can you prescribe? Take it away."
"Grandma, Nanyan knows you are still angry, and I don't ask for your forgiveness. I just hope you can take care of yourself. The doctor will know whether this prescription is good or bad after you take a look at it. I'm leaving first, and I'll bring Xiao Mumu to see you next time." Gu Nanyan put the prescription on the table and turned to leave.
It was already dark outside.
Shen Boyan held Xiao Mumu in one hand and waited beside the Rolls-Royce.
Seeing Gu Nanyue coming out, he put the child into the car and then sat in himself.
Gu Nanyue got into the car from the other side, and the Rolls-Royce quickly drove away from the old house and disappeared into the dark night.
After Gu Nanyue left, the old lady's eyes still fell on the prescription she left behind.
After hesitating for a moment, he looked up and said to the servant who was serving beside him: "Take it to Doctor Zhang for a look."
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