When the doorbell of the suite rang, Gu Qingwu walked out of the bathroom, holding up her wet blue skirt, and opened the door.
The person standing outside was Yu Siqing.
It has been half a year since we last met at the Xiang family cocktail party at the end of the year. Yu Siqing has lost a lot of weight due to the heavy workload and mental and physical exhaustion. Her figure is so thin that she almost looks pale and sickly. Only her friendly eyes are still familiar.
She didn't expect Gu Qingwu to come to New York. She was slightly surprised for two seconds and said softly, "The bodyguard at the hospital said... Fanfan left with Sui Chen. I'm here to pick up the child."
After all, Yu Siqing is the child's biological mother, so there is nothing wrong with her coming to pick him up.
At this time, He Suichen had come out holding the little one who had just finished taking a bath. The hotel bathrobe was really big, and it wrapped the little guy up like a rice dumpling, tightly, leaving only his chubby face exposed, with a confused expression on his face.
When Yu Siqing saw her son, her eyes turned red and hot, and her fingertips turned white as she pinched her palms.
Gu Qingwu saw her shaky state, frowned slightly, and said, "Come in and sit for a while."
Yu Siqing's condition was indeed very bad. After she learned that He Yunjian had woken up, she had lost his memory. She was so uncomfortable that she could hardly stand up straight. She was dizzy and locked herself in the hotel suite for more than ten hours before she recovered.
She didn't want to be like that again, with everyone looking at her with pity and whispering behind her back, feeling sorry for her having a difficult childbirth and losing the man she loved.
The strength in her bones kept Yu Siqing holding on until now.
In front of the child, Yu Siqing did not shed tears, but her eyes were red and red, and her shoulders were shaking as she asked with great restraint: "He Yunjian... He doesn't remember anything?"
What He Sui Chen says in person will be more convincing than the bodyguard's notice.
As he acquiesced, Yu Siqing lowered her head slightly, and her cold fingertips inadvertently wiped her cheek. As she spoke, her voice choked up: "Over the years, I always dreamed of him getting into a car accident, and dreamed that he was trapped in the car and wanted to call me... When the phone rang again and again, I would wake up from my dream, hoping that New York would call me and tell me that your brother had woken up."
Yu Siqing was enduring her life every night. In the first few years, she would confide in He Suichen and tell her best friend Zhou Fanyue her innermost thoughts, but later on, she gradually became unwilling to tell others about her troubles.
Those people advised her that she still had several decades left in her life, and since she was young, beautiful and had a successful career, she should find another man.
He Sui Chen also hinted that she could take He Yunjian's property and accept a new relationship without having to cling to the past.
Yu Siqing knew the good intentions of her relatives and friends, but she couldn't convince herself.
In the workplace, every outstanding elite man she came into contact with could not help but look for the shadow of He Yunjian.
Yu Siqing had seen the end of her life and thought of countless possibilities, but she never thought that she would be completely forgotten by He Yunjian.
She suppressed the pain in her heart and almost begged He Suichen: "Can you let me see your brother... just once."
He Suichen's handsome face remained unchanged, and he reminded her in a low voice, "He Yuliu is in the hospital."
The three words "He Yuliu" are also another nightmare for Yu Siqing.
He gave her too much unspeakable pressure and pain, and she didn't even realize that her fingertips were pinching into her palms and bleeding.
He Suichen's words made Yu Siqing realize that there was no hope. She was in a trance and her face turned pale. She sat numbly on the sofa until the nails on her palms dripped with bright red blood.
Gu Qingwu saw this nearby and said, "You are bleeding—"
Half an hour later.
After Yu Siqing simply bandaged the palm of her hand, she took Yu Jiafan to a suite in this hotel, not too far away.
After tossing and turning until the early morning, Gu Qingwu went to the bathroom to take a quick shower, then walked all the way to the bedroom in her bathrobe. She didn't turn on the light, but through the dim light she saw the quiet figure of the man lying on the bed.
She took off her cotton shoes, quietly lifted the quilt, and hugged him.
He Suichen raised his arms almost at the same time and held her in his arms. He didn't like light, so he didn't let the lamp be turned on. The outline of his face was hidden in the shadows, and only the line of his jaw could be seen clearly.
Gu Qingwu raised her fingertips and slowly felt around him. In the quiet atmosphere, she spoke subconsciously in a low voice: "In fact, Yu Siqing should be allowed to meet your elder brother."
He Suichen was lost in thought for a long time because of her words, and asked softly: "Hmm?"
"Even if Yu Siqing is just your eldest brother's ex-girlfriend, as long as the relationship between them is not severed, there should be a closure... It has been dragging on for almost eight years, not to mention that they have a child."
Gu Qingwu's mood was affected to some extent. If she put herself in their shoes, if the He family stopped her from seeing He Sui Chen, they would probably be driven crazy than her.
No one can end a relationship on behalf of anyone else.
He Sui stared at her face with deep eyes, but finally said nothing.
Gu Qingwu just suggested. She traced the man's face with her fingertips and looked at him intently: "Brother, you haven't had a good rest these days. You have dark circles under your eyes."
He Sui Chen hugged her tightly and buried his forehead in the woman's soft shoulder. It seemed that only Gu Qingwu's body temperature could make him feel a sense of belonging.
"Have a good sleep, I'll be with you."
…
Gu Qingwu wanted He Sui Chen to close his eyes and sleep peacefully without thinking about anything.
Unfortunately, things did not go as planned. Before five in the morning, the bodyguard called. It was the authoritative expert invited by He Yuliu who came and asked him to get up and go to the hospital.
Gu Qingwu was originally a light sleeper, and while He Suichen was washing up in the bathroom, she took the initiative to take out a clean suit and shirt for him, matched the cufflinks, and placed them beside him. She herself was loosely draped in a bathrobe, her long, thick black hair was a little disheveled, setting off her fair skin.
After He Sui Chen was dressed, he raised his hands to hug her waist and lowered his head to give her a kiss.
It was the first time he kissed her several hours after she came to New York. The familiar breath was very warm: "It is not convenient for outsiders to be present at the He family now. You wait for me obediently in the hotel."
Gu Qingwu understood him and didn't want to go to the hospital and cause trouble for him because of his surname.
For half a month.
He Yuliu focused all her attention on He Yunjian and invited several groups of experts to discuss the treatment plan. She wanted He Yunjian to recover as soon as possible and wanted to take him back to the He family instead of keeping him in New York to recuperate.
He Sui Chen is very busy. In addition to the urgent matters of the company that require him to take time to deal with, he also spends the whole day in the hospital to take care of his brother.
He could only return to the hotel late at night or in the early hours of the morning. No matter how late it was, Gu Qingwu would wait for him, heat up a table of dishes in advance, and coax him into eating a few bites with him. After he rested, before four o'clock, he would find He Sui Chen got up and went to the study to work.
He Yuliu wanted He Suichen to hand over power. This news was heard from Yu Siqing.
There were not many guests in the hotel restaurant at seven o'clock for breakfast. Gu Qingwu had lived there for half a month and was already very familiar with the hotel. He ordered breakfast and ate it slowly at the window seat.
At the same time, she did not forget to reply Luo Yuan's message. The director of the crew had urged her twice, both openly and secretly, because he saw that she had not returned after such a long leave.
Luo was originally afraid that Gu Qingwu would offend the director, and his reputation in the film industry would plummet and he would not be able to get any good scripts.
—"Auntie, how long are you going to stay in New York?"
Gu Qingwu took a bite of corn and thought about how to respond so as not to piss off his agent to death.
At this time, Yu Siqing came over with a breakfast in her hand, and said with a faint smile: "Can I sit here?"
She looked up in front of her, paused for a moment, and nodded: "Please sit down."
Yu Siqing also stayed in this hotel for half a month, so naturally she didn't see He Yunjian. But she was in a much better state than at the beginning. She put down her work and spent time every day to accompany her children.
Yu Siqing drank a sip of warm water and took the initiative to talk: "Do you know that He Yuliu wants He Suichen to hand over power?"
Gu Qingwu's delicate face remained expressionless, she lowered her eyelashes and said, "This is the He family's own business."
Putting aside her relationship with the men from the He family, neither she nor Yu Siqing were considered members of the He family, and interfering too much might not be a good thing.
"Don't get me wrong..." Yu Siqing said self-deprecatingly, "I didn't mean to ask you about the inside story. He Yuliu sent a lawyer to talk to me, and I got the information from the lawyer."
Seeing Gu Qingwu looking at him again, he did not intend to hide anything: "I have all of He Yunjian's property in my hands. If He Yuliu wants to support him to regain his position, he must first take the shares from me, and I will not hand them over easily. This is my only bargaining chip to meet him."
When Yu Siqing said this, there was an element of goodwill in it.
She and Gu Qingwu were both women who were not accepted by the elders of the He family, so it made sense to say that they shared the same fate.
After weighing the interests, Yu Siqing did not want to be an enemy of Gu Qingwu, so she took the initiative to show her cards. After a few seconds of silence, she said in a friendly tone with some sincerity: "I am on the side of He Suichen. Miss Gu may not know... In those seven years, it was all thanks to He Suichen's willingness to take over the He family. Otherwise, where would He Yuliu find someone with great business talent to manage the company?"
Gu Qingwu knew nothing about the seven years that He Sui Chen had spent with her. There was a thorn in her heart that would still hurt even if it was pulled out, so she deliberately avoided talking about it.
Now I heard Yu Siqing's low voice, slowly saying: "When I first saw He Suichen interacting with his aunt, I felt very strange... They are obviously close relatives, but there is a layer of alienation between them, and they are polite like outsiders."
Later, a long time passed.
She gradually learned from the secretary that He Sui Chen was not treated as well as his brother and was considered a discarded chess piece by the family. He was sent out of the He family's old house to be raised since he was a child.
This also led to his cold and apathetic personality, and he was not close to He Yuliu. The relationship between the two was not until a year ago, when the doctor broke the law and there was no possibility of He Yunjian waking up, that He Yuliu began to be close to this little nephew.
It was ridiculous to think about it. Yu Siqing curled the corners of her cold lips and spent forty minutes telling Gu Qingwu everything that happened to He Suichen during his seven years abroad, just like telling a story.
Finally, she took out her cell phone and saw that it was getting late and the child should be waking up, so she got up and left.
Yu Siqing paused for a moment, tears welling up in her eyes, and said to Gu Qingwu, who was sitting quietly on the chair: "The two brothers of the He family are born with the ability to make women feel distressed... I wish you and He Suichen can be happy, and don't repeat my fate."
The author has something to say: Don’t panic, Huanhuan is writing a sweet story, and this main plot will go through very quickly—soon it will be the day when Mr. He starts chasing his wife.
Good night~
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