Lin Qingping and Gu Juncheng

Chapter 276 Gu Juncheng, Can You See Me?

She stood at her doorstep, looked around, and found a person standing under the Chinese scholar tree not far from her courtyard gate—someone she never dreamed would appear here—Gu Juncheng.

He has indeed lost a lot of weight, but the fact that he can stand here in good health proves that he has been discharged from the hospital and is recovering well.

But his eyes...

The hospital initially said he might not be able to see, and when she left, his eyes were still bandaged. Chen Xia was also resentful towards her for cheating him, and she didn't know how he was doing now.

She stood at the doorway, watching him from a distance.

He stood under the tree, completely still.

She looked him over carefully: he wasn't wearing sunglasses, his eyes were fixed on her, his pupils were still as dark as before, and the streetlights reflected in his eyes, making his gaze still shimmer...

She was a little curious and asked him directly, "Can you see me?"

no respond.

She put down her luggage, walked up to him, and waved her hand in front of his eyes. "Hey, can you see me?"

The other party still didn't speak.

Lin Qingping raised an eyebrow: Forget it, even if he saw her, he wouldn't recognize her...

"Are you asking me?" he suddenly said.

Lin Qingping had already turned around, but when she turned back, she said, "Yes."

"I can't see," he said softly in the darkness.

Lin Qingping: ...

Regardless, Lin Qingping was still quite saddened. His greatest ambition in life was to protect his country, and if he lost his sight...

Her eyes were filled with pity as she looked at him, but he couldn't see it, and he didn't remember her...

Lin Qingping wanted to go home, but seeing him still standing there, she sighed inwardly, realizing she was still too kind!

She turned and asked again, "Can't you see why you're here all alone?"

He said nothing.

Lin Qingping could only sigh again; this temper of hers would never change.

Alright, she's being kind-hearted and will see this through to the end; consider it accumulating good karma.

"Do you live here? Let me take you back?" She guessed that he was staying at Gu Youlian's house. She had been away for a month, so Gu Youlian must have returned by now.

“No need,” he said coldly.

After saying that, he turned around, put his hand on the fence of the residential courtyard, and walked towards Gu Youlian.

As expected, they were staying at Gu Youlian's house...

She looked at him, touching each wooden block of the fence as if counting them, and miraculously returned to Gu Youlian's house without making a mistake.

That's fine, then she won't bother with the trouble!

She carried her luggage, held a painting in her hand, and went straight into the house.

Zhiyuan was already asleep. The light was on because Sister Zhao was still picking beans to make sweet soup. When she saw Zhiyuan return, Sister Zhao was pleasantly surprised. "Why are you back? Didn't you say it would take two months?"

Lin Qingping smiled and said, "I'm taking a break in the middle."

As she spoke, she sat down and picked through the chaff with Sister Zhao.

"You just got back, go and rest! Why are you helping me pick beans?" Sister Zhao urged her.

"I'm not tired." Lin Qingping skillfully picked out the bad beans. "My sister's back?"

She has always called Gu Youlian "sister" without changing.

"Yes, I've been back for about half a month," Sister Zhao said. "Du Gen is all better now, everything's fine, Gu..."

Sister Zhao glanced at Lin Qingping, unsure whether she should continue.

"Go ahead and say it. I just saw him. What else can't you say?" Lin Qingping said without looking up as she picked up the beans.

Sister Zhao continued, "Gu Juncheng was discharged from the hospital a couple of days ago. This time he was seriously injured. Experts from all over the capital came to consult on his case. Now that he's been discharged, he still needs to rest at home for a while. But thankfully, he's out of danger and is all right."

The beans in Lin Qingping's hand fell to the ground with a rustling sound. "His...his eyes..."

"My eyes are fine! They said they were going to go blind, and you were there then, weren't you? But it was a close call; with the help of ophthalmologists from all over the capital and even abroad, they cured them! They just need to rest for a while..."

Lin Qingping listened, thinking about what had just happened outside—in terms of what would be described decades later, it was a moment of utter annihilation…

So embarrassing...

"Hey, hey, Pingzi, why did you throw away all the good beans!" Sister Zhao now affectionately calls Gu Youlian by her nickname, Pingzi.

Lin Qingping coughed twice, her face slightly flushed. With Gu Youlian and Zhiyuan present, she was bound to run into him again in the future. How could she erase his memory of what just happened? Wasn't he supposed to have no memory? Could she just forget what happened earlier?

Sister Zhao continued talking about Gu Juncheng, "He's just a strange person. He doesn't say a word whether he's standing or sitting. Except when Zhiyuan tries to talk to him, he'll barely answer a couple of questions. When he sees people, he acts like he doesn't know them. He has no expression and doesn't speak."

Because he doesn't remember you!

A voice inside Lin Qingping said, but she didn't say it aloud: it's not her place to tell anyone about him now.

While chatting with Sister Zhao, after picking the beans, she even used a pressure cooker to prepare the sugar water for tomorrow before she finally rested.

She entered the room and opened the closet to find clothes to take a shower, only to remember that his clothes were still there, including his bankbook, which Gu Youlian had given to him last time, and she hadn't had a chance to return it.

She closed the closet and went to wash up. The holiday was only three days long, and she had already spent a day on the train today. She would have one more day tomorrow to try and return the clothes.

The three-day holiday was really rushed. She was mainly worried about Sister Zhao having to take care of the shop and two children all by herself, so she had to come back and visit. Who would have thought she would run into Gu Juncheng?

The next day, Zhiyuan was overjoyed to find her home and jumped for joy.

Lin Qingping tapped his nose: "I took you to school today and even made you breakfast."

"Great!" Zhiyuan was overjoyed.

Strangely, Zhiyuan didn't mention his father, Gu.

While Gu Youlian was away, Sister Zhao slept with the two children and took them to school together. But when Gu Youlian returned, she would bring Xiaomai to meet up with Zhiyuan. As for whether Sister Zhao or Gu Youlian would take the children, the two of them would decide for themselves.

Zhiyuan quickly finished his breakfast and even packed two spring rolls for Xiaomai. Just then, Xiaomai's voice rang out from outside the door, "Zhiyuan! Zhiyuan's off to school!"

Zhiyuan opened the door and stood there, stunned. Lin Qingping saw that it was Gu Juncheng leading Xiaomai outside the courtyard gate.