CHAPTER 399: CHAPTER 246: PRESIDENT GU, WE NEED A FIRE EXTINGUISHER! 3

How could it not hurt when covered in wounds?

Yet, from beginning to end, she never uttered a word of her pain to him!

Such enduring strength!

Such an unyielding spirit that came from deep within the bones!

Such stubbornness to never let others glimpse her wounds!

Gu Qingchen knew all too well that she was this kind of person!

At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

"Mr. Gu, Master Gu is waiting for you downstairs," the bodyguard said.

Gu Qingchen looked at Bei Ran, who was not sleeping deeply, and gently laid her on the bed to rest. Since her back was injured, he had her lie face down to avoid touching her wounds as much as possible.

He went downstairs and saw Gu Bohan sitting in the living room.

"Tonight was to host a dinner with Deputy Mayor Shen. Qingchen, how could you just leave?" Gu Bohan chastised sternly.

Gu Qingchen looked at the glass of water on the table. Without a word, he picked it up and quickly splashed it.

Even the bodyguard nearby couldn’t protect Gu Bohan in time; Gu Bohan got drenched by Gu Qingchen.

Gu Qingchen wanted to go forward and give Gu Bohan a beating, but was stopped by Gu Bohan’s bodyguards.

"Eldest young master, please calm down!" the bodyguard immediately said.

"You still have the face to come here?" Gu Qingchen, unable to get close to Gu Bohan, smashed the water glass in his hand, shattering glass scattering everywhere, "If you want to throw your weight around, please go to your own territory. You’re not allowed to step half a foot in here."

Gu Qingchen commanded his bodyguards: "Anyone who lets him in in the future, just quit. Don’t work for me anymore!"

Gu Bohan had never been so humiliated; his face and body were all wet!

His bodyguard hurried to wipe him down with a towel, while Gu Bohan stared at the furious Gu Qingchen: "Make a call to Deputy Mayor Shen tomorrow and apologize to him!"

"I would never grovel or be unscrupulous to achieve my goals, there are lines I won’t cross!" Gu Qingchen flung his sleeve, instructing the bodyguards of his villa, "Throw all unrelated people out!"

Gu Bohan couldn’t believe he was being treated this way by his own son, "For a woman who offers no prospect to your future, you speak to me like this? Qingchen, I’m laying it out here, if you don’t meet Miss Shen, you will eventually regret it!"

Gu Qingchen simply ignored Gu Bohan and instructed the bodyguard to purchase a special imported medicine from the hospital.

He went upstairs and upon opening the door, saw that Bei Ran was still deep in sleep, with only her blanket kicked off, revealing a section of her delicate, jade-like calf.

He closed the door, shutting out the anger and clamor outside.

Inside, there was only silence, and the crystalline, jade-like her.

Gu Qingchen took a shower. When he came out, Gu Bohan had already left, and the bodyguard had delivered the medicine.

Gu Qingchen uncovered the blanket, cleaned her wounds while she was still sound asleep, and then applied the special medicine to each one.

The night had grown deep.

Gu Qingchen stepped out of the room and lit a cigarette.

The scattered sparks of the cigarette, under the starry sky, seemed to echo each other from afar.

"Ah Sheng..." Gu Qingchen went down to the first floor.

An aide named Ah Sheng came out of the room, "President Gu..."

Gu Qingchen took a deep drag, "What is Gu Yu doing now?"

Ah Sheng immediately replied, "He and the second young madam are going through divorce proceedings."

"Good, send her a message!" Gu Qingchen instructed, "Tell her to come back to Gu Mansion."

This "her" was naturally referring to Gu Yucheng’s biological mother!

Ah Sheng was a longtime employee of Gu Group and had met Gu Qingchen ten years ago because of a surgery; Gu Qingchen was the lead surgeon.

Since then, Ah Sheng saw the eldest Young Master Gu as his savior and had always wanted to repay him. Now that Gu Qingchen had returned to work at Gu Group, Ah Sheng was the president’s assistant and would naturally support Gu Qingchen with all his might.

"I’ll go right now!" Ah Sheng’s figure disappeared into the night.

Gu Qingchen finished his cigarette, checked the time — it was already past three in the morning — and went upstairs.

Back in the bedroom, Bei Ran was sound asleep. He lay beside her and left a gentle kiss on her lips.

Afterward, they embraced each other to sleep.

Australia, a farm.

The time difference between City A and Australia is minimal, just a two-hour difference.

At six o’clock in the morning, the blue sky, white clouds, and the boundless grasslands.

The farm was already bustling with activity.

A radiant woman was seen opening the door, starting her day’s simple chores.

"This is your parcel," a postman delivered.

She opened it to see, all written in Chinese characters, there was a divorce agreement between Gu Yucheng and Ji Su. Of course, more importantly, the position of Gu Yucheng in the company was under threat, particularly from Gu Qingchen, and the instigator of it all was none other than—Gu Bohan.

After reading it, a sharp glint flashed in her eyes, a stark contrast to her simple attire.

Perhaps decades of simplistic work, or a life under the clear skies, had still not let her let go of the obsession in her heart.

To her, such news was undeniably explosive.

She had waited and endured for so many years, all for her son to have a promising future.

But now? What had it led to?

Her son had not a single share in Gu Group, his years of striving amounted to nothing but being a pawn!

This pawn was now in danger of being discarded!

She wouldn’t allow it!

She absolutely wouldn’t permit such a thing to happen!

She had to go back!

She must return!

The park.

Tian Xin drove to the outside of the park. She didn’t go home because she didn’t want her parents to worry about her, especially since her parents were also busy dealing with the Yang Family’s affairs.

It wasn’t that she didn’t want to help Yang Junyi, but her body was still in pain, the deep, bone-gnawing kind of pain, and she didn’t want to distract him.

She curled up in the car; it was the cold that had woken her up in the morning.

She looked outside. It was almost dawn!

In the distance, there was an unfinished construction site, and people were already starting to go to work!

Tian Xin didn’t want to move. The pain throughout her body made it impossible for her to move.

At this moment, someone knocked on her car window.

Tian Xin rolled down the window and saw a familiar face.

She didn’t speak, but her eyes looked at him rather strangely.

"You didn’t go back all night?" Tang Baijin’s head poked in through the window. He was driving to work and unexpectedly saw Tian Xin’s car on the roadside.

"I just got here!" Tian Xin whispered.

Tang Baijin glanced at her: "Liar!"

Tian Xin glared at him. What business was it of his?

Tang Baijin touched the dew on the car and then showed it to her: "If you hadn’t been parked here all night, where would so much dew come from? The whole car is soaked. I didn’t know you had the habit of sleeping in your car!"

Tian Xin didn’t speak. Her lie was exposed, and she had nothing to say.

"What? Had a fight with your boyfriend?" Tang Baijin lit a cigarette.

"Why do you say that?" Tian Xin felt cold. She didn’t have an extra coat in her car, and the early morning at the end of fall and beginning of winter had already brought a sharp drop in temperature. Moreover, in City A, although it’s cold in winter, cars don’t have heaters.

Tang Baijin took a coat from his car and handed it to her through the window. "You’re not a woman who cares about money, naturally, you wouldn’t have a quarrel over it. If not over money, then what else would it be if not a man?"

Tian Xin smiled bitterly. "That wouldn’t be the case either, Junyi is not the type to quarrel! Tang Baijin, why are you heading to work so early? Why is it that whenever I meet you, I always end up feeling cold?"

She took his jacket and as she put it on sideways, Tang Baijin saw blood stains on her, although they had already dried up, he still noticed them.

"You’re injured?" Tang Baijin frowned. "You’re hurt, why not go to the hospital? Yang Junyi is a doctor!"

Tian Xin didn’t shy away from him. "I don’t want to distract him! His mother passed away! He’s grieving..."

"You’re quite thoughtful for others, curling up alone in the car, spending the night, woken by the cold in the morning, and the wound is still hurting!" Tang Baijin sighed, "Love, oh love... what is love... Come out! I’ll take you to the doctor!"

Tian Xin could only smile helplessly: "Don’t you understand?"

She moved and then got out of the car, almost falling to the ground.

She leaned against the car door. "Love is about considering others, isn’t it?"

After finishing his cigarette, Tang Baijin opened his car door: "Get in!"

Tian Xin didn’t stand on ceremony and got in.

He walked around to the driver’s side, took his seat, and said to her: "Buckle up! You drive yourself and don’t even have basic common sense."

"My whole hand is hurting, can’t pull it..." Tian Xin gave him a stare.

"Trouble!" Tang Baijin frowned, "Every time I meet you, nothing good happens..."

Though he complained, he still leaned over and buckled her seat belt for her, "By the way, about the car repair cost you owe me..."

Tian Xin: "..."

"Give me your account number!" Tian Xin leaned back in the seat, "I’ll transfer it to you after I’ve seen the doctor!"

Tang Baijin drove forward, and Tian Xin added, "I’m not going to Junyi’s hospital!"

"Really troublesome!" Tang Baijin shook his head.

"Why do you still care about me?" Tian Xin huffed.

Tang Baijin concentrated on driving. "Considering you are Bei Ran’s close friend, no matter how much trouble, I still wouldn’t ignore you..."

A pain hit Tian Xin’s heart. Why all this trouble?

Love, oh love, what exactly is love?

So, in his love for her friend, he was also good to her!

"Did you know, Bei Ran is also hurt..." Before Tian Xin could finish her sentence, Tang Baijin braked suddenly, and she almost hit the windshield.

The next morning.

Bei Ran woke up in a warm embrace. She looked up and saw a handsome face close up. How long had it been since they had last slept together like this?

She moved her body and felt that the wound didn’t hurt as much as yesterday!

In the morning, again in the embrace of tender comforting warmth.

Bei Ran swung her leg towards him: "Gu Qingchen, who said he would leave after applying the medicine?"

He didn’t want to leave!

Gu Qingchen was caught off guard; he was actually kicked off the bed by her!

Ignoring the handsome man, Bei Ran pointed towards the door: "President Gu, the fire extinguisher is outside! Please turn left when you open the door, I won’t see you out!"