As the night deepened, the lights in the private rehabilitation center were bright, and the smell of disinfectant mixed with a cold air filled the corridor.
He Sui Chen did not let his secretary accompany him, but personally took her to the top floor by elevator. This was the quietest area in the entire club, and it was also the area where no one could easily come up and spy.
Walking through the long and cold corridor, because it was so quiet, Gu Qingwu subconsciously lowered her high heels. She saw that the wall of a ward in front of her was inlaid with a wide piece of transparent glass. When she walked over, she could clearly see the scene inside.
He Sui Chen held her hand and stood still, his thin lips remaining silent.
Inside the transparent glass, the room was decorated very warmly. A man was lying on a snow-white and clean hospital bed. Next to him, the little boy who looked very much like He Suichen was curled up in a chair, flipping through the Sleeping Beauty story picture book with his chubby little hands. He spoke slowly and gently, with his head down. Wherever his little finger pointed, he would mutter to himself:
"The little prince was looking for Sleeping Beauty everywhere in the castle... He climbed up to the attic, opened the door and took a look. Wow, is this the beautiful Sleeping Beauty?"
"Yes, yes, Sleeping Beauty is lying on the bed, snoring... waiting for the little prince to come and kiss her. After a kiss... Sleeping Beauty... will no longer have nightmares, and she and the little prince will live a happy life."
A childish voice floated out from the half-open door.
After reading the story to the sleeping man on the hospital bed, the little boy knelt on the chair, leaned forward, pouted his lips and kissed the man's skinny and bloodless cheek, and said in a low voice: "Good night, my sleeping beauty daddy."
"The person lying on the hospital bed is my brother He Yunjian, who was born to the same mother as me."
Next to him, He Suichen's deep voice sounded without any foreshadowing, causing Gu Qingwu to subconsciously turn around and look at him. His handsome face, dimly hidden under the light, was unusually calm, and his thin lips continued to move as he spoke, "In the past seven years, he has only been able to rely on instruments to maintain his life. Every authoritative doctor has determined that he will not wake up and will continue to sleep like a vegetable until he grows old."
Gu Qingwu pinched her fingertips into her palms, raised her eyelashes and looked at the little boy in the ward again. After a while, she opened her lips and asked, "This child is your brother."
No wonder he looks so much like He Sui Chen and was kept in a private rehabilitation center in New York instead of being taken back to the He family.
All of this had an answer. Seeing that he agreed, Gu Qingwu asked again, "Why... does the child also call you dad?"
He Sui Chen looked down at her. Ever since he stepped into this place, there was no smile in his eyes or on the corners of his mouth. His emotions were so calm as if he was suppressing something. For a moment, Gu Qingwu felt regretful. After hesitating for almost a month, she couldn't help but touch upon the privacy that he was unwilling to mention.
"Ask him."
He Suichen took out a strawberry-flavored candy from his trouser pocket and handed it to her hand. His fingertips were cold: "The little guy loves strawberry-flavored candy the most. He will like you very much."
Gu Qingwu's reaction was a little slow. He saw He Suichen's cold and slender fingers bent and tapped lightly on the glass wall twice.
The little boy turned his head and looked in the direction of the sound. When he saw that it was He Sui Chen standing in the corridor outside, his big black eyes were blank at first, then they lit up with surprise, and he climbed down from the edge of the bed with his tiny hands and feet.
His movements were a little slow, but you couldn't tell that he was so anxious that his breathing became slightly panting.
He ran out of the ward and suddenly stopped one meter away from He Suichen. He tilted his head and looked at him cautiously.
It was as if he wanted to confirm again and again whether this person was real.
He Suichen half-knelt on one knee, trying to keep his eyes level with the little guy, his voice gentle and patient: "Don't you remember me?"
The little boy's big eyes were instantly filled with grievance, and he ran over with his short legs to grab a piece of He Suichen's clothes: "... Little, little daddy."
"You should call me Second Uncle."
He Sui Chen held him in his arms, and as if to punish him for calling him the wrong name again, he tapped his forehead lightly with his long finger.
The little boy chuckled and rubbed his fair and tender face against his chin, revealing a child's natural dependence on his elders: "... Second, Second Uncle."
Gu Qingwu had seen him once last night, and the head nurse said that he was born with autism, and his behavior was slow and sluggish, looking like a porcelain doll without a soul. But when he saw He Suichen, he was obviously much more lively, and his little tiger teeth were exposed when he smiled.
After He Suichen finished interacting with the child, he pointed to Gu Qingwu standing next to him and continued to teach patiently: "This is my little aunt."
The little boy had a confused expression. He didn't know who his young aunt was, and he had forgotten that he had seen Gu Qingwu last night. However, when he saw the woman in front of him who looked prettier than his mother, he took the initiative to hand him candy, and it was his favorite strawberry flavor.
He smiled with his little canine teeth, and when he took it, he said politely, "Thank you, thank you... Auntie."
Gu Qingwu had no experience with children, so she was a little stiff. She tried to look gentle and spoke softly, "What's your name?"
The little boy thought hard for a long time, holding the candy in his little hand, and said word by word: "Yu Jiafan."
Gu Qingwu was surprised that he didn't have the last name He, but his mother's. She subconsciously looked at He Suichen, and seeing that he didn't even frown, she continued to ask the child gently, "Little Yu Jiafan, can you tell me... why do you call him little daddy?"
"… ah?"
Yu Jiafan's world was pure and clean, without any distractions. He stared at her with his big eyes and said slowly, "Little dad, this is my second uncle..."
Gu Qingwu raised her hand and touched his soft black hair, her heart softening inch by inch: "Yeah."
Yu Jiafan looked back at the ward and it took him a long time to finish his words: "Sleeping Beauty Daddy can't play with me... Little Daddy can, but you have to call him secretly."
Gu Qingwu pondered for two seconds before he understood what it meant.
He Yun gradually became a vegetable and lay in bed unconscious all day. For the child, his second uncle, who was related to him by blood, replaced the role of his real father in his mind.
But He Sui Chen didn't like him shouting like that, so he could only do it in private.
Yu Jiafan handed the candy to He Suichen with her little hands and smiled sweetly: "...Second Uncle"
He Suichen helped him open it, gave him a strawberry flavored one, and said slowly, "This is a reward for you."
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According to the usual schedule, after Yu Jiafan finished reading a bedtime story to He Yunjian, he would be coaxed to sleep by the nurse.
He Suichen didn't let the child stay up late, and coaxed him gently for half an hour, then asked the nurse to come and take the child to the room. He stayed in the ward and cleaned He Yunjian, who was lying on the bed, meticulously, wiping him with a wet towel.
Seven years can cruelly take away a man's exquisite and outstanding appearance. Under the warm and dim light, He Yunjian's arms exposed outside the quilt looked so thin that he was just skin and bones, and his skin was pale. The light shone on his thin face, silently covering it with a thin layer of white light, which was very different from He Suichen's appearance.
Gu Qingwu stood by and watched quietly for a long time before asking him, "Why don't you take Yu Jiafan back to the He family?"
He Sui Chen put his brother's arm back on the quilt, lifted his eyelids and looked at her puzzled eyes, and said in a clear and light voice: "It was his own choice."
The blood relationship between father and son is very subtle. Yu Jiafan always has a natural affection for his biological father who has become a vegetable. When he was autistic and unwilling to speak, he would secretly call He Yunjian "Dad", take the initiative to share his fairy tale books with him, and develop the habit of reading them to him every night.
The child is dependent on his biological father, and He Sui Chen cannot take him away, not even his biological mother.
It was not until the early morning that the two left the private rehabilitation club in a low-key manner.
After returning to the hotel.
Gu Qingwu and he checked into another luxurious suite. They kissed each other in the dark before the lights were turned on. Her back pressed heavily against the cold wall, which made her wake up. She raised her fingers to cover his handsome face, tracing the outline from his brow bone to his jaw. She looked at him seriously in the light from the balcony.
He Sui Chen let her look at him, his eyes were so deep that they were unfathomable, his hands clasped her waist, and there was no more intimate action.
I don't know how much time passed until he calmed down the intense emotions in his chest, bent his head and kissed the light-colored mole on the tip of her nose: "I'm going to take a shower."
As soon as he finished speaking, he let go of her, took off his suit jacket, and walked towards the bathroom.
The living room was unusually quiet.
Gu Qingwu was still standing there, pressed against the wall. She hesitated for a moment, then raised her hand to unbutton her skirt, which slid down along her curves to her feet. She walked lightly into the half-open bathroom, as if she was walking from darkness into a bright world. The light above her head shone coldly, and the sound of water covered up all the ambiguous sounds.
For Gu Qingwu's personal experience, there was no difference between the first time and the second time doing it with him.
Just one word: pain.
He Sui Chen gently supported her with his hands, letting her lie on the edge of the white bathtub, with her strong arms supporting her on both sides. The blue veins on the surface of her skin were clearly visible. He lowered his head, his angular face still dripping with sweat, and leaned close to her forehead: "You will get used to this kind of thing sooner or later. Bite me if it hurts."
He placed his slender jade-like fingers on her lips, even if he bit them off.
Gu Qingwu was trembling and closed her eyes tightly. Her long and dense eyelashes were made darker by the mist, with an indescribable beauty.
He Sui Chen coaxed her verbally, but in reality he became more and more ruthless. It took him nearly an hour to get out of the bathtub. There was not much warm water left. He wrapped the miserable woman in a large bath towel and carried her back to the big bed in the master bedroom.
Gu Qingwu curled up automatically, her thick black hair entangled with her snow-white arms. After being held in his arms, she gradually regained consciousness and said, "He Suichen... I'm so hungry. I was busy attending the fashion show today... so I just drank a few sips of water."
He Suichen had just laid down with his arms around her, but when he heard this, he immediately stood up, his tone always slow and gentle: "What do you want to eat?"
“Chicken soup…”
Gu Qingwu was so dazed that she couldn't even open her eyes. Her red lips spoke in a voice so soft that it was almost silent: "The chicken soup you sent to the crew for half a week was really delicious."
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