My heart was on the verge of collapse. The overwhelming sense of loss weighed heavily on me, making it hard to breathe.
I sat alone on the floor, unable to conceal my grief and indignation. Finally, I couldn't hold back my tears and burst into sobs.
"Woohoo..." My shrill cries echoed through the empty room, sounding so desolate.
I had been through so much these days. One blow after another had been pounding on my heart.
If my heart had been a bit weaker, I would probably have died of a sudden cardiac arrest many times.
Now that I had finally returned to my little home, I had lost Gu Yuan again.
I really felt so useless. That last bit of stubbornness in my heart finally crumbled.
I sat there pitifully on the floor, hugging my knees and burying my head in them, wailing loudly.
This outburst of crying was a release of the emotions I had suppressed for days. If I didn't let it out, I was afraid I would fall ill from the pent - up feelings.
My cries and sobs echoed through the room, sharp and heart - wrenching.
As a pair of footsteps gradually approached, I sniffled and looked up. Tears rolled down my cheeks from the corners of my eyes. Through my blurry vision, I slowly looked from the person's lower body up to his face.
"Why are you crying like this?" Gu Yuan looked at my tear - streaked face, his eyes filled with pity.
"Gu Yuan... Woohoo, I thought I'd never see you again."
"Silly girl, how could that be?"
As he finished speaking, I jumped up from the floor and threw myself into Gu Yuan's arms, crying even more miserably.
Since Gu Yuan was holding breakfast in both hands, he couldn't hug me back. He could only let me cling tightly to him and slowly led me to the coffee table.
After putting down the breakfast, he supported my body with both hands and placed me on the sofa.
"I just went out to buy you breakfast. I didn't go far."
My face was full of grievance. Anyway, when I woke up and didn't see him, my heart panicked.
I sniffled my stuffy nose and looked at the breakfast on the coffee table with a hint of complaint.
My stomach had already been growling loudly.
Gu Yuan looked at my pitiful appearance, curled the corner of his mouth and asked, "What do you want to eat?"
"Peaches. Do you have any?" I asked in a coquettish voice.
"It's a bit difficult to buy peaches this season." Gu Yuan showed a hesitant look on his face.
It seemed that Gu Yuan still hadn't regained his lost memories.
"Are your injuries all healed?" I placed my hand on Gu Yuan's chest and asked with concern.
Gu Yuan lifted his arm, pulled me into his embrace, and held my hand on his chest with one hand. "They've been healed for a long time. I woke up when you fed me the first mouthful of the holy water."
Just thinking about it made me a bit angry. I gently slapped his chest and said, "It's all your fault. You always bully me."
"Did I bully you? I don't think it was bullying." Gu Yuan pulled my hand forcefully and asked in a teasing tone.
"Then what counts as bullying?" I pouted my lips so much that it seemed I could hang two oil bottles on them.
Gu Yuan leaned his handsome face closer and took my lips into his mouth.
"What are you doing?" I tilted my head back to avoid his kiss.
"I'm bullying you." Gu Yuan didn't give in at all. As I leaned my shoulders back, he simply pounced on me and pinned me down on the sofa.
"Ah, Gu Yuan, you're so bullying. Get off me quickly. I need to replenish some energy, or I'll run out of strength." I shouted loudly and wriggled my body constantly under him, trying to get out.
"You don't need to do any work. How can you run out of strength? You just need to cheer me on by my side."
His words were a bit crude but made sense. Gu Yuan, you've gone bad. I blushed so hard that my face was burning. His words made my heart race.
"Wait, I still have something important to say."
At this moment, Gu Yuan was already in the mood. He whispered in my ear, "What could be more important than what we're doing now?"
His slightly cool breath lingered in my ear, making me shiver all over. My breathing was hot.
"Don't you want to know what I experienced in the Goddess Temple?" I buried my head on his shoulder and hugged his strong shoulders tightly.
"Tell me. I'm listening..." Gu Yuan didn't stop "bullying" me. It was really hard for me to talk like this, but I still managed to tell the story intermittently.
"That day I... saw the Goddess Temple... and met an old lady, um..."
I told Gu Yuan everything that had happened in the past. There was not a trace of surprise on his face. It was as if my voice was just a soft whisper in his ear, and he didn't pay any attention to the story at all.
After a wild moment, I nestled in Gu Yuan's arms like a docile bird.
Gu Yuan's arm went around my shoulder, and his fingers kept twirling my hair.
"And there's Bai Xiangjun. I can't tell whether he's a friend or a foe now."
Gu Yuan had amazing stamina. His voice showed not the slightest sign of being out of breath.
"This person is too mysterious. Lord Qi has investigated for a long time but still hasn't found out his real identity. But for now, this person must have been someone I was very familiar with back then."
"Could he be eyeing your crown prince status and trying to control the 'crown prince' to command the lords?"
Gu Yuan showed a helpless look on his face. He pinched my face hard and replied, "Your imagination is really rich. Don't worry. I will definitely get to the bottom of this person. Hurry up and eat. The food will get cold if you don't."
I was really starving. Who said that just talking without doing any work wasn't tiring? It was pure nonsense.
I climbed up from the sofa, not caring about anything else. I squatted on the floor, took out the food from the thermal bag, and gobbled it up like a hungry ghost.
I hadn't eaten properly for days. Today, when I drank the soy milk, I had never thought soy milk could taste so good and the buns could smell so fragrant.
I stuffed a big bun into my mouth in just a few bites.
"Ring - ring, ring - ring." My phone suddenly rang.
I ran bare - footed to the table, picked up the phone and took a look.
The call was from Li Xue. She was calling as a peace - maker.
After the last incident, Yan Lin had deeply realized her mistake. Now she was lying in the hospital, wanting to apologize to me every day but just couldn't say it out.
Li Xue saw that she had been so depressed and didn't know when she would get better.
Today she was going to visit Yan Lin and wondered if I would like to go with her.
Just thinking about Yan Lin made me feel uncomfortable. Years of sisterhood had been ruined because of a man, and we had become like strangers.
Gu Yuan saw me squatting on the floor, looking a bit hesitant, so he made the decision for me.
"If you want to go, then go. I'll go with you." Every word of Gu Yuan hit right in my heart.
Originally, I had planned to visit Yan Lin in the morning. Old people always said that you should visit patients in the morning, not in the afternoon. But Li Xue had an unexpected class in the morning, so it was postponed.
In the afternoon, Gu Yuan was suddenly summoned by Ji Xiang. There was a problem on Ji Xiang's side and he needed Gu Yuan's help to solve it.
It wasn't necessary to have someone accompany me just to visit a patient in the hospital. But Gu Yuan was still a bit worried and wanted me to change the day and go with him.
But Li Xue was already there. I couldn't let her come for nothing, so I asked Bai Linger to go with me.
"Okay. Go and come back quickly."
After seeing Gu Yuan off, the three of us took a taxi and headed for the hospital.
As soon as the three of us entered the hospital, I felt that something was off.