Chapter 60: Chapter 60: Never Been Moved Before

“Mother’s side, I will find time to persuade her, but you need to give me some time,” Gu Wei was still trying.

Meixi gave a cold laugh, “How long will you need?”

Gu Wei did not answer, which showed he was not completely certain.

Meixi sneered sarcastically, “A year? Or two? Or perhaps ten years? Gu Wei, oh no, Second Young Mr. Gu, our marriage initially had no emotional foundation. You wanted to marry me only after you discovered that physical contact with me could help you sleep peacefully. As for me, I married you to avoid those who wanted to harm me; it was merely a matter of convenience. We have been together for so long without real marital relations, it’s better for everyone if we let go sooner rather than later.”

Gu Wei was stunned. Was this how she saw their marriage?

Biting back his pain, he asked, “Have you really never felt anything for me?”

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Felt something?

Meixi felt a pain in her heart as if it was being sliced by a knife.@@novelbin@@

When he cooked for her, when he took her to shout from the mountaintops, when they slept under a grape arbor in the countryside—she had felt something.

She had thought about building a life and a home with him.

However, she wasn’t qualified.

She couldn’t gamble her entire life for his temporary happiness, fighting against the world.

His mother would mock her, his family would look down on her, everyone who knew her would taunt her about reaching above her station, and if one day he cured his insomnia, he would no longer need her.

She laughed coldly, “Feel something? I never knew what that meant.”

Gu Wei’s hand, which had been holding hers, suddenly loosened.

It was then that Meixi went upstairs, returned home, and tightly shut her bedroom door.

She didn’t turn on the light but lay on the bed she had slept in since childhood, staring blankly into the endless darkness.

…

As Gu Wei left, someone was watching him from around the corner of the corridor.

Bi Yuanhang had come early, but when he heard their argument, he did not show himself.

So, he heard everything Meixi said.

She wanted a divorce and had never loved Gu Wei?

His fists clenched excitedly—did he still have a chance?

…

Gu Wei returned home.

The home where he had grown up.

This home in the north of Feng City, a standalone grand villa with a swimming pool, a ball court, a book bar, a golf course, all the facilities one could need.

All the villa’s lights were on, shining brilliantly. The central air conditioning was blasting cold air; it seemed only he felt the chill too keenly, freezing him from head to toe, to his very heart.

As soon as he entered, a servant greeted him as “Second Young Master.”

“Second Young Master, the lady has been looking for you since she woke up this afternoon,” the butler came to him and reported.

Gu Wei nodded, then said, “I know.”

He walked to the second floor and stopped at the first room.

As he stopped, the door opened, and Gu Cheng came out.

Gu Cheng looked at him with sympathy, “You’re back?”

Gu Wei nodded, then asked, “Is mom okay?”

Gu Cheng gestured with his hand, “Not really good, she has been asking to see you.”

Gu Wei went inside.

Inside the room, Qiu Yurou lay on a vast Simmons bed covered with a white velvet duvet, making her face look utterly pale.

Seeing Gu Wei return, Qiu Yurou’s face immediately turned angry as she coldly asked, “You still know to come back?”

Gu Wei softly called out, “Mom.”

“I am not your mother; I was still dizzy, and you ran off. If that’s how it is, why do you still acknowledge me as your mother?” Qiu Yurou coldly questioned.

A look of grief crossed Gu Wei’s face.

On one side was his mother, on the other, the woman he cared for; this choice was harder than taking the battlefield.

Gu Cheng intervened, trying to mediate, “Mom, Xiao Su has a special constitution that can treat Gu Wei’s insomnia. Just think of Xiao Su as a medicine for the treatment. Get to know her first…”

Gu Cheng was cut off mid-sentence by Qiu Yurou.

“You still have the nerve to speak? If it weren’t for you hiding things for him, would he have gotten married so early? You all just want to be the death of me! Couldn’t the prestigious Gu family develop a medicine for insomnia?”

Gu Cheng didn’t speak further, just looked sympathetically at Gu Wei.

Gu Wei quietly watched Qiu Yurou for a while, then asked, “Mom, do you really want to force me to divorce?”

Qiu Yurou asked, “It’s just one word from me, choose her or choose me?”

“But I will have to get married someday.”

“Your wife will be chosen by me. That Miss Su is not worthy of you. I will choose a suitable girl who matches our family’s status, someone who can help you and the Gu family.”

Gu Wei calmly asked, “What do you mean by help? If she can make me happy, unprecedentedly happy, isn’t that the greatest help to me?”

Qiu Yurou scoffed, “How old are you? Still believe in these things? We are nobility, not some common folk, Gu Wei, you need to be realistic!” After saying this, she started coughing, clearly agitated.

Gu Cheng went over to pat her back, cooing, “Mom, say less, Gu Wei, you also, say less.”

Gu Wei could only walk over, pour a glass of water for Qiu Yurou, and then sit beside her.

After taking a sip, Qiu Yurou said to Gu Wei, “Starting today, don’t go see that Miss Su again. If it comes to divorce, I will compensate her, and she will definitely be satisfied.”

Gu Wei said nothing.

His mind was filled with Meixi’s words: “I never knew what it meant to feel something.”

She had never liked him?

…

The next day, Qiu Yurou called a meeting with the heads of various hospitals and research departments under the Gu Group.

Gu Cheng and Gu Wei were forced to attend.

Qiu Yurou presented Gu Wei’s medical report, then threw out a challenge for those below to discuss, “This is Gu Wei’s medical report; he has insomnia. I demand that you find a cure that can make him sleep within a week!”

The executives immediately looked distressed.

Actually, Gu Cheng had already held such meetings, with the same demands, and the group had even set up an expert project team specifically to study Gu Wei’s condition, but it was difficult. It was not just poisoning, but a post-poisoning complication involving the nervous system, and both Chinese and Western medicine were still in the research phase with no definite conclusions yet.

“What? Is this condition too difficult for you?” Qiu Yurou watched their helpless expressions.

She burst out in rage, “If you can’t figure it out in a week, you all can get out!”

…

Meixi slept through the night again last night.

Ever since she was young, she told herself that no matter what happened, as long as she slept on it, it would be better by morning, so she had almost never suffered from insomnia.

It was a skill she had honed from childhood.

After waking up, thinking of Gu Wei still made her heart ache.

But not only had she trained herself not to suffer from insomnia, she had also taught herself, from a young age, to let go of people and things.

After her heart ached for a while, she tossed her emotions aside and then got ready for work.

As she was going downstairs, she ran into Bi Yuanhang.

Bi Yuanhang was carrying two breakfasts.

“Xiao Xi, good morning,” Bi Yuanhang smiled brilliantly.