Gu Zhiyin said expressionlessly, "Conditions."
"I want Nicole to come back to me."
"impossible!"
Seeing his gloomy expression, Luther smiled and said, "Don't refuse so quickly. Listen to what I have to say."
"I don't like to take advantage of others, and I don't like to force others into trouble."
"Your treatment period is about three months. I want her to take three months. If she is still unwilling to leave with me after three months, I will send her back."
Gu Zhiyin couldn't listen anymore, "Don't say three months, not even one day!"
I knew he would refuse.
Luther was unhurried, "I am kindly advising you now from a doctor-patient perspective. If you delay your legs and eyes for a little longer, I am afraid that even the remaining chance of cure will be slim."
Gu Zhiyin was short of breath, coughed twice, his chest heaved and he closed his eyes.
"Song Heng, see the guests off!"
Luther stood up gracefully and looked down at him with a smile before leaving, "Mr. Gu, how can you give Nicole happiness with this broken body?"
Song Heng frowned and said, "Mr. Luther, you can leave."
"Mr. Gu, I'll wait for the day you find me." Luther walked away with long legs.
…
When Mu Ning saw Gu Zhiyin coming back, his face was pale and green, and he looked decadent.
"What's wrong? Did the doctor say anything?"
Gu Zhiyin pursed her lips and said calmly: "I'm tired and want to rest."
He got himself onto the bed without saying a word, without taking off his clothes, and pulled up the quilt to cover himself.
Mu Ning guessed that the auscultation was not ideal and he was in a bad mood, so he did not disturb his rest and did not mention it again.
Gu Zhiyin opened his dilated pupils and touched his legs under the quilt.
Is that all?
so be it.
He closed his eyes in despair.
…
At night, Gu Zhiyin curled up in Mu Ning's arms, shaking in pain.
Mu Ning caressed his trembling back distressedly, and her heart trembled when she heard the roar he was suppressing in his throat.
After overcoming the wave of pain, he raised his head in cold sweat, "Ning Ning, Ning Ning..."
"Yes, I'm here." Mu Ning hugged him tightly.
He gasped weakly, "Is it hard to stay with me?"
"It's not hard, not hard at all."
He touched her face and said with difficulty: "Are you afraid of being laughed at by others?"
"Don't be afraid, who dares to laugh at you?"
"That's good, that's good..."
He seemed relieved, and seemed to be mumbling to himself inexplicably in an unreal dream.
"Don't leave me...it's so painful to be alone..."
After a while, he said again.
"Ningning is mine. We will get married, have a family, and have Ningning's baby, our baby..."
As he talked, he fell asleep in Mu Ning's arms.
From then on, Gu Zhiyin felt particularly insecure and always had to make sure Mu Ning was by his side.
His sleep was very restless, and he often woke up. After waking up, he couldn't recover for a long time, and he had to hold Mu Ning's hand to sleep.
As long as Mu Ning doesn't make a sound for a period of time, he will shout, "Ning Ning?"
Mu Ning felt that Gu Zhiyin had become very clingy and dependent on her. He was no longer as indestructible as before. Instead, he would show all his vulnerabilities in front of her.
But Mu Ning was relieved that Gu Zhiyin started to resume work.
They had returned to the villa from the rehabilitation center, and Gu Zhiyin was recuperating at home.
During the day, Song Heng would come over, carrying a pile of documents, and the two of them would go into the study together. Sometimes they would spend the entire day bored in the study, looking very busy.
He no longer needed to take care of Gu's work. Mu Ning didn't know what he was busy with, but she thought it was great that he could return to this state, so she didn't bother.
Zhang Ma was gone, and Gu Zhiyin didn't want her to work so hard, so he hired two servants. Mu Ning was free, and life seemed to be getting better.
On this day, Song Heng hurried over with a stack of materials.
In the study.
"Master Gu, the Li Yan you mentioned has been found."
Gu Zhiyin leaned back on the chair, closed his eyes and said, "Say."
Song Heng stood aside and reported.
"She was a bartender who was rescued by Chen Bing. The two of them got together, and later she became pregnant with Chen Bing's child."
"Chen Bing was originally doing dirty work for others. He took the business with a high commission because he wanted to marry Li Yan."
Gu Zhiyin frowned slightly and said, "Let's get to the point."
"Li Yan said that a foreign man came to see Chen Bing that day. He didn't know who it was. He had an X tattoo on his hand."
"I went to investigate. It's a killer organization in Canada and has close ties with the Austin family."
Song Heng observed his expression, "Master Gu, do you want to continue the investigation?"
"No."
Gu Zhiyin picked up the document, turned on the lighter, and slowly burned it.
The firelight reflected his cold face.
Song Heng pushed him out of the study. Mu Ning was planting flowers with the servants in the yard.
"Ning Ning?"
When Mu Ning saw him coming out, he dropped the shovel, patted the dirt on his hands, and walked towards him.
"Why is it so early today?"
In the past, he spent almost all day in the study.
His voice was gentle, "I have something to tell you."
Mu Ning blinked, "What's going on?"
Gu Zhiyin waved his hand, and Song Heng asked the servants to leave.
Mu Ning sat on the swing, and Gu Zhiyin sat in front of her, "Ning Ning, do you want to hear the truth about Chen Bing being ordered to kill twelve years ago?"
Mu Ning paused slightly and held the swing rope tightly, "No need."
Gu Zhiyin raised his eyelids slightly, "Huh?"
"Uncle Gu, I don't want to investigate anymore."
Gu Zhiyin curled up his fingers on his lap, "You don't want to know your life experience?"
"Um."
"Why? Before, you were stubbornly looking for her, and you were making trouble with me." Gu Zhiyin tried his best to keep his eyes on her face.
Mu Ning was silent and looked at the man sitting in front of her.
He was still good-looking, but his eyes, which were so deep and cold that people dared not look directly into them, had lost their former sparkle.
"What's wrong?" Gu Zhiyin didn't know Mu Ning was looking at him.
In the past, he could see through her thoughts at a glance, but now he could only distinguish her emotions by listening to her voice and tone, and she could easily lie to him.
Mu Ning looked away with sour eyes and said easily: "No reason."
"Ning Ning."
Gu Zhiyin took her hand and said, "Tell me the reason, otherwise I will be uneasy."
Mu Ning lowered his head, his eyes fell on his legs, and said with a choked voice: "Uncle Gu, if we don't go to Tian County to find my life experience, if we come back early, Zhang Ma will not die."
"If we don't go to City C, nothing will happen to you."
Gu Zhiyin's fingertips turned white, "Ning Ning..."
She will never forget that at the entrance of the orphanage, they had a dispute about her life experience. She walked forward in anger, letting Yu Meng take advantage of the loophole, and Gu Zhiyin became like this in order to save her.
Mu Ning's heart was filled with panic, "If the price of finding my biological parents is that the people close to me will be injured and die one by one, I would rather not find them in the first place."
Gu Zhiyin's Adam's apple rolled, and he carefully asked, "Ning Ning, don't you want your family to be reunited?"
"What does a family reunion mean? My family is here and I am very satisfied."
Gu Zhiyin's eyelashes trembled slightly, waiting for her to continue.
