Lin Qingping and Gu Juncheng

Chapter 543 Lin Qingping, shall I comb your hair?

He never imagined that the reason his eldest sister kicked Lanxiang out was because her mother had brought Lanxiang to the capital with such intentions!

Actually, everything has been very unusual during this period.

Lin Qingping suddenly wanted to divorce him, Zhiyuan treated him badly, and his second sister was even more hostile towards him.

But no one brought this up in front of him.

He always thought that people treated him this way because they blamed him for deceiving Lin Qingping—almost everyone knew that Lin Qingping had a bad relationship with his parents, and now that Lin Qingping was ill, he had secretly arranged for his parents to stay in the capital, which was bound to cause resentment towards him.

Therefore, he always felt guilty and tried to make up for his lie. Of course, he would not agree to Lin Qingping's proposal for divorce, taking it as a resentful remark made out of disappointment. He believed that as long as he treated her well and made amends to her with practical actions, that would be enough.

Of course, he didn't tell Lin Qingping that there was another reason why he left his parents in the capital—his mother was sick.

On the very day Lanxiang was kicked out by her eldest sister, her mother and father also left in a huff. The next day, her mother fell ill.

The results of the hospital visit also indicated that hospitalization and surgery were necessary.

He told Gu Youlian about this, and so he and Gu Youlian took turns visiting his mother.

That day at the hospital, the surgery was already scheduled, and he went to pay the surgery fee for his mother.

With the surgery imminent, Lanxiang looked very worried and kept crying and saying something. He couldn't hear her very clearly, but he thought his mother had something for Lanxiang to tell him, so he bent down to listen. After all, Lanxiang and his mother seemed to have a very good relationship, as close as a mother and daughter. Lanxiang was so upset that she was about to faint from crying and couldn't stand up straight, so she leaned towards him.

He tried to help her up, but then he received a hard slap across the face from Wu Tianjiao.

Amid Wu Tianjiao's angry scolding, he finally saw Lin Qingping faint in his second sister's arms.

In the midst of the chaos, Lin Qingping was rushed into the emergency room. While waiting outside, amidst the indignant accusations from his second sister and Wu Tianjiao, he learned that his mother had such intentions.

This explains why everything has been so abnormal lately.

At this moment, looking at Lanxiang with her eyes red from crying, he felt annoyed and confused as to why she was crying. What was there to cry about? Wasn't Lin Qingping the one who was truly heartbroken? Lin Qingping hadn't shed a single tear! What was Lanxiang crying about?

"If you don't leave, I'll go call my older sister down and have her kick you out," Gu Juncheng said coldly. He wasn't trying to intimidate him with his older sister's name, but rather, as a man, he felt he had to maintain distance from women.

"No!" Lanxiang shook her head violently. She had witnessed the power of Sister Gu before; she showed no mercy whatsoever and had once thrown her and her luggage out of the house...

"Cheng...Chengzi..."

“I told you not to call me that, just call me Comrade Gu.” He coldly interrupted her.

Lanxiang pouted, looking quite aggrieved. "Then...then...Comrade Gu...I just wanted to keep Auntie company. She's so good to me...treats me like her own daughter..."

“No need, my mother has her own daughter.” Gu Juncheng interrupted her coldly again.

Lanxiang was very embarrassed, "But..."

"No buts. I've already said, my family and your family are completely unrelated. I haven't seen you for the past thirty-odd years, and my family doesn't want any further contact with yours. What happened before was our fault, causing you to misunderstand. I apologize for that." After Gu Juncheng finished speaking, he pointed outside the hospital. "Please go home. Of course, if you really don't want to go back, there's nothing we can do. But what you do from now on is none of our business. I don't plan to rent that house anymore. I'll be moving my parents' things out in the next couple of days. From now on, they'll live with my older sister. You can decide what to do."

Lanxiang's eyes widened in horror, "Then...then I..."

"That's why I said, it's up to you. Whether you become successful or homeless if you don't go back is none of our business. If you do go back, we'll buy you another ticket even if it's expired, after all, it was my mother who brought you here."

At this moment, looking into Gu Juncheng's cold eyes, Lanxiang finally understood that she could never truly return to the Gu family...

She finally understood that the older brother who had stood up for her when she was little and chased away the naughty boys in the village truly never remembered her...

"I...I don't need you to buy tickets, I...I'll walk by myself!" Lanxiang's tears streamed down her face. Finally, overwhelmed with shame and indignation, she turned and ran out of the hospital.

The next day, Gu Juncheng came to the hospital as usual, carrying the snacks that Lin Qingping used to love.

When the second sister entered the ward, she was startled at first glance. Gu Juncheng felt uneasy under her gaze.

Lin Qingping naturally saw him too, and then kept staring at him.

"Ahem..." He felt a little uncomfortable being stared at, so he put the snacks he was carrying on the bedside table.

Lin Qingping glanced at the contents of the bag. "Didn't you say we couldn't eat these?"

"Eat up. A little won't hurt," he said.

I'm having surgery tomorrow, so I can't eat anything starting tonight. I'll just have a little something to satisfy my craving this morning.

He sat down in front of her and looked at her intently.

He was actually very scared, but he didn't tell anyone.

He had never been so afraid in his entire life...

The doctor said the success rate of the surgery is not high; if it fails, the consequences could range from paralysis to...

“Lin Qingping…” He gazed at her, his voice somewhat hoarse.

Lin Qingping looked at him with a puzzled expression, her eyes filled with confusion.

He arrived too early today. Her hospital gown wasn't ready yet; it was all messy, and her hair was a mess too. Her second sister hadn't had time to comb it yet.

"Shall I... comb your hair?" he said in a hoarse voice.

Lin Qingping frowned. "You're acting really strange today. You're dressed like a young man, but you want to dress me up too? Why?"

She looked at him with a questioning gaze, as if trying to figure out what kind of trap was involved.

Gu Juncheng smiled slightly at her, "It's nothing, I just wanted to comb your hair."

Lin Qingping quickly covered her eyes and shook her head, "You'd better stop laughing, your laughter looks really strange."

"Really? What's so strange?" Gu Juncheng removed her hand from her eyes. "Look at me carefully, what's so strange about me?"

Lin Qingping said he was dressed like a young man...

He admitted that he had indeed shaved and tidied his clothes today, and before leaving, he asked Zhiyuan if he looked a few years younger.

But only Zhangzhu clapped her hands and said, "Daddy, it's beautiful..."