A slap in the face

  Now looking back, they were all jokes.

  He just wanted to get drunk and forget that heartless woman, start a new life, as if the woman had never appeared in his life.

  The room was unlit, with all the light coming in through the tightly closed windows.

  "Knock knock knock" came from outside, but it was locked from the inside.

  Hearing a sudden noise, Gu Xi opened his somewhat dazed eyes. Who was knocking on the door? The waiter? He ignored it.

  "Where's Mr. Gu?!" Qiao Ke Xin was anxious, grabbing a waiter and saying, "Quickly, bring the key to open the door, hurry up!"

  Joss grasped Jocelyn's hand, her behavior furrowing Joss' brow, who hastily comforted, "Jocelyn, calm down, Gu Xi will be fine"

  "He won't be affected, he's always been strong, how could he be defeated by this little thing? Yeah, it's fine." Qiao Ke Xin muttered to herself.

  It's clear to Gu Mo that Qiao Ke Xin's fluster isn't feigned, is it due to guilt?

  Si Mian quietly stood by, her gaze secretly falling on Gu Mo and Qiao Si. She found that the two of them didn't have very long eye contact, and as soon as they touched, they would immediately look away.

  Gu Mo's gaze at Qiao Si made Simian's heart sink instantly, this didn't seem like a completely forgotten gaze.

  Si Mian looked down at her eyes, staring at the blood that had already coagulated on her fingertips.

  Soon the waiter brought the key, and when he opened it, the wine was overflowing, while Mr. Gu was vomiting non-stop in the trash can, his heart torn apart.

  Qiao Ke Xin sprained her ankle from rushing too quickly, but she didn't care and knelt beside Gu Xi, "How are you?"

  Gu Xi raised his right hand to push her away, but he couldn't muster up the strength. Qiao Ke Xin grabbed his hand and he pulled it back, stumbling as he stood up, only to fall heavily to the ground once again.

  Jo shook violently and hastily shook Gu Xi, "Wake up—"

  "Move aside." Gu Mo stepped forward, without saying a word, he pulled up Gu Xi and then quickly carried him out on his back.

  Kuo Hsieh drank too much liquor and was sent to the emergency room with alcohol poisoning, and vomited stomach acid that burned his throat.

  Lü Qingyan nearly fainted with rage when she found out that Gu Xi had been sent to the hospital again, and when she saw Qiao Kexin appear at the hospital, she slapped her without saying a word.

  With a "slap", Qiao Ke Xin's face was slapped sideways.

  Qiao Si's eyes widened and she immediately stood in front of Qiao Ke Xin, forcing a smile, "Auntie"

  Lü Qingyan gritted her teeth and said, "Take your sister and get out! You two are simply the bane of our Gu family. Three years ago, you made a laughing stock of Gu Mo, and three years later, your sister has ruined Gu Xi like this. I don't want to see you, get out!"

  "Kexin didn't mean to," Jiao Shi tried to explain, but Lü Qingyan didn't want to listen at all. "Don't say another word, I don't want to hear any of it, get out now."

  "Sister, don't beg her" Qiao Ke Xin pulled Qiao Si back, she was more impatient than Qiao Si, while Qiao Si was gentler.

  Qiao Ke Xin looked straight at Lü Qing Yan, "Considering you're Gu Xi's mother, I'll call you Auntie. I'm sorry about what happened with Gu Xi, I didn't think it would turn out like this. I admit I wasn't careful enough, but please don't take your anger out on my sister, she's innocent."

  Si Rou stood quietly on the side, at this time, she didn't have a turn to speak either. Besides, Qiao Si and Gu Mo's matter, she didn't want to get involved in it either.

  But she was really tired, hadn't eaten all day, and had run for so long that she now felt a bit exhausted.

  "Innocent? She's innocent. I was so good to her back then, and this is how she repays me?" Lu Qingyan sneered.

  At first she was completely treating Joss as her future daughter-in-law.

  Gu Xi was still being rescued, but outside, they were constantly arguing about meaningless things. He felt a bit annoyed and walked over to pull Lu Qingyan, "Mom, don't say anything else, let's talk about everything after Gu Xi comes out, okay?"

  Thinking of her son ending up like this, Lü Qingyan was so anxious that she couldn't help but burst into tears. "How could it be like this? Fortunately, your father hasn't been home for the past two days, otherwise he would have been so angry that he would have ended up in hospital... What's good about this woman that's worth him hurting himself like this?"

  She gave birth to two excellent sons, not born to harm Joys and Jocelyn.

  The doctor came out and Lv Qingyan immediately asked, "Doctor, how is my son?"

  "We've already pumped the patient's stomach, but his throat is burned and he can't speak for now. For a while, he can only have liquid food, and under no circumstances should he be allowed to drink again - it would cause great harm to his internal organs."

  Gu Xi lay on the bed with his eyes closed, his face as pale as paper. His upper garment had been removed, and only then did everyone see that his body was wrapped in gauze, faintly stained with blood. Qiao Ke Xin's eyes reddened instantly, and she rushed over, "Gu Xi, how could this be?"

  Lü Qingyan was also shocked, she knew that Gu Xi was seriously injured, but didn't expect it to be this severe. She couldn't control her emotions and immediately pulled away from Qiao Kexin, shouting loudly "Get out!"

  Qiao Ke Xin bit her lower lip tightly, forcing back the tears in her eyes. She thought of the hatred in Gu Xi's eyes when he looked at her in the bar, and she didn't dare to get close to him again.

  "Let's go," Jo said softly to her, now no one would welcome the sisters' appearance here.

  Qiao Ke Xin nodded, her face filled with deep self-blame. As she stepped out of the hospital room, she finally burst into tears. "Sister, Gu Xi's hand is really crippled. How could this happen? I didn't want it to end up like this."

  Joanne didn't say a word, she just held her tightly.

  Si Mian stood in the hospital room, looking out through the glass on the door, seeing Qiao Ke Xin collapse and cry. She didn't understand, was she crying because of guilt or because she still loved Gu Xi? If she loved him, why did they break up? If not, why show it but care so much.

  Lü Qingyan was shocked and almost fainted, Gu Mo told her to go home and rest first, Lü Qingyan knew she couldn't help here and would need care instead, she nodded.

  As she walked away, Lü Qingyan coldly said to Si Mian, "If you dare to wrong Gu Mo, I will not let you off easily. Remember that clearly."

  Si Mian didn't say anything, watching Lü Qingyan leave. Aren't they going to divorce anyway? What's there to worry about?

  She let out a yawn, and didn't take Lv Qingyan's words to heart at all. Wasn't it just Jiao Si and Jiao Ke Xin who had left? She had no place to vent her anger, so she could only warn her. What business was it of hers anyway? This was just misplaced anger.

  Gu Mo was calm from start to finish, everyone else was in a panic, if he wasn't calm, who would have handled the situation.

  Si Mian sat on the chair, her eyelids fighting a battle, but she forced herself to hold on. Then, she lowered her head and used a tissue to wipe away the bloodstains on her fingers. Earlier, she had been in too much of a hurry and hadn't taken care of it properly. Now, she realized that the wound was quite deep.

  She didn't dare to look at the wound, but she had to deal with it, so she squinted her eyes and wiped it. If she wasn't careful, she would touch the wound, and although it hadn't bled yet, after being touched like that, the wound cracked open again.

  Gu Mo turned around and stared at this scene, immediately furrowing his brow. He walked over and grabbed her wrist, "When did you do this?"

  He pouted, "I was chopping vegetables at home, you called me, and I accidentally cut my hand"

  He glared at her with a bad tone, "You're always clumsy and can't do anything right, you can even cut your hand while chopping vegetables"

  She blinked a few times, her voice choked in her throat. She smiled before saying, "Yes, I'm clumsy and stupid, and I won't become smarter in the future." After finishing speaking, she withdrew her hand and turned to walk towards the door, "I won't bother you here anymore."

  Gu Mo grasped her shoulders and said in a low voice, "What's wrong with you, Si Mian? You need to learn to grow up. You can't stay twenty years old forever."

  Si Mian frowned and tilted her head to look at Gu Mo, for the first time feeling that Gu Mo was so overbearing and domineering.

  "Sit down, I'll go call a nurse to take care of you." He firmly pressed her into the chair and said in a soothing tone, "Today has been chaotic enough, just be good, okay?"

  Si Mian felt stifled in her heart, she really didn't know what to say anymore.

  The nurse used antiseptic water to clean her wound, and because she was afraid there might be dirt inside the wound, the nurse tried to let the water enter the wound as much as possible. The stinging sensation made Si Mian shrink her neck, but she endured the pain, biting her lower lip tightly, her face scrunched up.

  Her face twisted in pain, Gu Mo grasped her hand, "It hurts, just cry out loud, no one will laugh at you"

  Si Mian endured stubbornly without crying out in pain, no matter how painful it was she didn't cry out.

  As soon as he saw her expression, Gu Mo knew she was sulking again and helplessly said, "I only scolded you a couple of sentences, didn't hit you, what are you sulking about?"

  "Is she sulking? Dammit, it's clearly him who's in a bad mood and taking it out on her, now he's even framing her, bastard!"

  The nurse bandaged her up and reminded her, "Don't get your hands wet for the next few days to prevent infection. I'll come back tomorrow to change the dressing again."

  "Thank you." Gu Mo escorted the nurse out and turned to sit down beside her, "Are you hungry? I'll get Leng Nan to buy some food. What do you want to eat?"

  What's wrong with this man, earlier he was fierce and demanding 5 million from her, now he's all gentle and affectionate, what is he up to? Is he treating her like a pet? When he's happy, he pets her, when he's not, he tells her to scram.

  "Then I'll just casually tell him to buy it."

  Forget it, why bother being hard on myself, I'm the one who's hungry and tired anyway.

  "I want to eat crystal shrimp dumplings, I want to drink pig's trotter soup" Just thinking about it makes her swallow hard.

  "En", Gu Mo nodded and made a phone call to Leng Nan.

  It wasn't long before the food arrived, and Siwen ate voraciously. She was really super hungry, her stomach had been growling nonstop.

  Gu Mo saw her eating and his eyes flashed with helpless indulgence.

  They slept in the rest room next to Gu Xi's at night, she curled up in Gu Mo's arms, smelling his scent and slowly entering her dreams. In a daze, she thought that her position in Gu Mo's heart must be quite far back.