Chapter 47: Xiaobai Was Also Hospitalized
Mrs. Gu suddenly remembered that she slapped Gu Zijin last night. Then she apologized in a regretful tone,
“Zijin, I didn’t mean to hit you yesterday…”
“It doesn’t matter.”
Gu Zijin walked upstairs directly, leaving Mrs. Gu staying in the living room alone.
After seven days, Elderly Lady Gu’s condition was already stable. Then she went back home with the medicine prescribed by the doctor. Qin Xiaobai who hadn’t seen his mother for seven days had thought that Qin Muxuan would follow Elderly Lady Gu back. However, as he waited by the door, he only saw Mrs. Gu and Elderly Lady Gu as well as Uncle Chen getting out of the car. Then he stepped forward right away, saying,
“Grandma, where is Dabai? Why doesn’t she come back with you?”
Elderly Lady Gu had thought that Qin Xiaobai would at least inquire about her health first. However, after she heard what Qin Xiaobai asked, the look on her face turned sullen at once. Now she only felt that a slut like Qin Muxuan would never educate a kid well!
“Qin Muxuan has already left and will never come back.”
Elderly Lady Gu said that bluntly. Mrs. Gu who stood beside her couldn’t help but frown, saying,
“Mother, how can you tell Xiaobai this?”
“Well, since she has done those filthy things, why can’t I talk about it? Xiaobai, don’t learn from your mother!”
Qin Xiaobai stood there in a daze with his black eyes fixed on Elderly Lady Gu and Mrs. Gu. Mrs. Gu squatted down right away, trying to hug Qin Xiaobai. However, the latter pushed her away with all strength. As Qin Xiaobai took a few steps back, he said with his eyes gradually turning red,
“You evil guys! You forced Dabai to leave!”
Qin Xiaobai clenched his fists tightly, thinking, ‘You are all bad people, including dad! You all lied to me! You evil people have driven Dabai away!’ With his tears covering his face, Qin Xiaobai ran toward the outside quickly. The driver by the door stopped him right away. The Gu’s house was situated on the top of a mountain. If Qin Xiaobai really ran outside, he would definitely get lost.
Elderly Lady Gu also got a bit flustered and said,
“Xiaobai, my good boy, don’t run away. I was just making a joke with you.”
However, Qin Xiaobai only turned a deaf ear to her. After he had been stopped by Uncle Chen, he turned around and ran straightly to his room. Then he locked himself up in the room and put a second lock on the door. Mrs. Gu who stood outside the door with anxiety kept coaxing him,
“Xiaobai, don’t do this to yourself. You can come out and say anything you want to. How about letting Nanny Chen make your favorite steamed egg custard?”
Qin Xiaobai sat on the bed with the photo of him and Qin Muxuan in his arms. With his tears dropping on the photo frame, he touched Qin Muxuan’s face in the photo with his chubby hand. He felt like he had been abandoned because Qin Muxuan hadn’t taken him with her. Now, he finally started to wonder if his Dabai had intended to leave him in this place from the beginning.
Qin Xiaobai got more and more sorrowful as he thought of that, with tears running down his face. Meanwhile, Mrs. Gu already brought him dinner and kept comforting him outside the door, but Qin Xiaobai still didn’t move a bit. Gu Zijin who had received Mrs. Gu’s call also came over. Seeing the door being locked, he told Nanny Chen to fetch the spare key. However, then he only found Qin Xiaobai had put on a second lock, so he had to knock on the door with his eyebrows knitted, saying,
“Xiaobai!”
“Dad, you are a bad person! You are all bad people! Go away!”
Hearing the grieved voice coming through from inside, Gu Zijin compressed his lips. He never realized that Qin Muxuan would be that important to Qin Xioabai.
Mrs. Gu was already out of her wits, fearing that something bad would happen to Xiaobai if he kept locking himself up in here. In the meantime, Gu Zijin said with a gloomy face,
“If he wants to be locked in here, I’ll just let him. The member of Gu’s family should never be so fragile.”
After Mrs. Gu saw that Gu Zijin was about to leave, she got even more anxious, saying,
“Zijin, why can’t you persuade him?!”
Gu Zijin rubbed his forehead with an ironic smile,
“How to persuade him? Will you and grandma agree to let Qin Muxuan come back? Don’t forget that you are the ones who drove Qin Muxuan away. So please forgive me if I can do nothing about Xiaobai’s condition.”
Elderly Lady Gu almost vomited blood in anger, seeing Gu Zijin being like this. She even started to wonder if Gu Zijin wanted her to go back to hospital again! Qin Xiaobai was her dearly loved great grandson, and she also felt heartbroken hearing him crying in the room. However, under no circumstances would she lose her dignity and ask Qin Muxuan to come back, especially after Qin Minxuan had done a filthy thing like that! At last, Elderly Lady Gu assumed that as long as Qin Xiaobai vented all his spleen today, he would be fine tomorrow.
However, after three days, Qin Xiaobai hadn’t come out from his room, and he even stopped crying. That really threw Elderly Lady Gu into a panic, so she asked Uncle Chen to break the lock right away. As she pushed the door open, she saw Qin Xiaobai lying on the bed with his face deadly pale while still holding the photo of him and Qin Muxuan in his arms tightly. Seeing Qin Xiaobai like this, Elderly Lady Gu felt her heart aching so badly. Then she asked Uncle Chen to take Qin Xiaobai to hospital immediately.
The Gu Group.
Lisa knocked on the door and then entered the President’s Office.
“President Gu, just now… Someone from your family called to say that your son seemed to have fainted due to malnutrition and dehydration and that he has been sent to hospital already. Are you going to check on him?”Content is property of NôvelDrama.Org.
Gu Zijin, without even raising his head, said instantly.
“No.”
Lisa did not know that Gu Zijin had already had a child until she received the call from the Gu Family. What astonished her more was Gu Zijin’s reaction. Then she couldn’t help but think, ‘That’s why he’s able to become a president. Normally people would rush to their kids right away if they hear that their kids are sick.’
Only after Lisa closed the door did Gu Zijin raise his head with a meaningful look flashing in his eyes. He actually did this for Qin Xiaobai’s own good because it was the only way to let Elderly Lady Gu agree to Qin Muxuan’s return. In the meantime, in hospital, Elderly Lady Gu who also used to be a tactful woman at her young age flew into a rage with her face turning red after she knew that Gu Zijin wouldn’t come,
“This boy! He is forcing me to ask Qin Muxuan to come back!”
The reason why Gu Zijin remained indifferent to Qin Xiaobai’s illness was that he wanted Elderly Lady Gu, Qin Xiaobai’s great grandma, to feel painful! Gu Zijin wanted Elderly Lady Gu to know how important Qin Muxuan was and give up driving Qin Muxuan away. Elderly Lady tried her best to restrain her anger, not daring to believe that Gu Zijin was dealing with her like he had done to his enemies.
Even so, as she saw the poor boy lying in the hospital bed, she finally chose to compromise. She called Gu Zijin personally,
“I can agree to let Qin Muxuan come back, but only after you agree to date with Yuxiao. Otherwise there will be no room for discussion.”
After a long while, Gu Zijin’s cold voice came through the line,
“Fine.”
The raindrops fell from the sky ceaselessly like chaotic musical notes.
After Qin Muxuan finished an interview and walked out of the company, she saw a black Bentley parking by the road as well as the admiring looks in the passengers’ eyes. Then she bit her lips and walked away as if she hadn’t seen the car. However, Gu Zijin started the engine right away and parked the car right in front of her.
Qin Muxuan said angrily,
“Gu Zijin, get out of my way!”
As the car window was slowly rolled down, Gu Zijin’s cold face showed up. He said,
“Get in the car.”
“I…”
“Xiaobai is sick in hospital.”