Accidentally Married to the Big Shot

Chapter 171: Chapter 171: Meeting

That night, Qiu Yurou pulled Wan Manyu to the balcony, where they watched the sea breeze together.

“Manman, I’m really sorry, I didn’t expect… Gu Wei is so stubborn, he would even starve himself for Su Meixi, and now I’m really out of options.”

Wan Manyu pondered for a while before she took Qiu Yurou’s hand, looking very sensible: “Godmother, I know you’re doing this for my sake, but since this is Gu Wei’s choice, there’s nothing more for me to say. Let’s respect Gu Wei’s choice. If I can’t be his lover, being his sister is just the same.”

“Ah!” Qiu Yurou still looked helpless.

“Godmother, since Gu Wei is in a hurry to see Su Meixi, let’s invite big brother and Su Meixi over. I’m afraid it might affect his recovery if it’s too late.”

Qiu Yurou hugged Wan Manyu, “You’re truly a kind child. In this life, we can’t become mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, we can only be mother and daughter. If there’s a next life, I won’t have a son, just daughters, only you.”

Wan Manyu forced a smile.

…

Gu Cheng and Su Meixi, upon learning of Gu Wei’s whereabouts, rushed to the seaside sanatorium overnight.

Then, a major chaos ensued.

Gu Cheng scolded his mother: “Mom, how could you do this? Knowing that Gu Wei was hurt, yet you hid him, do you know how worried we were?”

Qiu Yurou appeared indifferent: “You keep saying ‘we’. Which ‘we’ are you talking about? You and Su Meixi? Gu Wei is my son, my own flesh and blood, I raised him. Would I harm him?”

Zhou Yuan also thought her mother-in-law was too much, but she still intervened to smooth things over: “Everyone, please say less. This is a sanatorium, there might be other patients here, let’s not disturb others.”

Qiu Yurou glanced at Bai Anzhi who had come along: “Why is he here too?”

She recognized the son of the Bai Family.

The Bai Family always compared themselves to the Gu Family, whatever business the Gu Family did, the Bai Family would follow, but they never did as well, surely the Bai Family harbored resentment towards the Gu Family.

Gu Cheng explained: “He’s… my friend.”

If it was said that Su Meixi brought him, then Qiu Yurou would inevitably start nagging again and make a big scene.

Su Meixi was impatient, “Mom, which room is Gu Wei in?”

Seeing Su Meixi, Qiu Yurou didn’t show a pleasant face, “Upstairs, 203.”

Su Meixi rushed upstairs.

The others quickly followed.

…

Wan Manyu sat in Gu Wei’s room, watching over him.

This should be the last time.

She sat quietly and so did Gu Wei.

He was waiting for his Ah Xi.

Soon, hurried footsteps were heard.

Wan Manyu’s heart trembled.

It’s here!

Indeed, the door opened and Su Meixi walked in.

Her leg was almost healed, but she still limped slightly. When she saw Gu Wei, she stopped in her tracks.

She was looking at her man.

Tears surged down, she wiped them away and tried to hold them back.

She slowly walked up to Gu Wei and placed her hand on his.

Then, Gu Wei pulled her hand closer and reached to touch her forehead, then her eyes, nose, mouth…

Afterward, he slowly lowered his head and looked closely at the person in front of him.

This time, he was certain, the person before him was his Ah Xi.

He couldn’t help but pull her into his arms.

She couldn’t hold back anymore, leaning on his lap, she started to cry softly.

A smile appeared on his face, just like the day he went to pick gardenias.

Wan Manyu watched the scene before her, a sour feeling rising in her chest as tears flowed down uncontrollably.

The people who followed behind, seeing this scene, couldn’t bear to interrupt.

…

A night passed.

The sanatorium was suite-style, with enough space for family members if there weren’t too many.

Bai Anzhi knew he was superfluous here, so he went to say goodbye to Su Meixi.

Su Meixi had been keeping Gu Wei company all the time, and when he came over, she glanced at him and said, “Then, have a safe journey back, may your trip go smoothly.”

Bai Anzhi forced a smile. He wasn’t just going back next door, but returning to his own country; that would be a plane ride of over ten hours, certainly not smooth.

But he turned around and left anyway.

Qiu Yurou, driven by anger, felt that she wasn’t needed here anymore, especially since Gu Wei’s health was already recovering. She had taken care for so long and thought it was time for her to take a break.

She rented a suite in the nearest hotel with Wan Manyu, deciding to just live in the hotel from now on, leaving Su Meixi to care for this place.

She wanted to see if Su Meixi could manage on her own in a foreign country.

Besides the resting areas for the patients, there were also two rest rooms, a living room, and a garden, so if Gu Cheng and Zhou Yuan weren’t in a hurry to go back, they could stay here together.

Gu Wei started eating again.

Su Meixi asked Gu Cheng to buy groceries, and she cooked privately for Gu Wei.

Perhaps because he tasted familiar flavors, his appetite was several times more than usual.

He ate with one hand, while the other hand still held onto Su Meixi.

He blamed himself for being confused by his illness in the past days, not even recognizing her touch; thus, he now needed to grasp more carefully to distinguish properly.

This careful grip made him realize there were some differences between the hands of Su Meixi and Wan Manyu; although both were soft and boneless, Su Meixi had a bit more flesh on her hands because of her frequent procedures with syringes and patient physical therapy, making the meat of her palms slightly harder.

He was determined to completely remember her hand.

Su Meixi took very diligent care of him.

She didn’t even need Gu Cheng and Zhou Yuan to intervene.

Apart from meals, she also massaged him.

She obtained his past medical record from Professor Chen, and in addition to the CT scans taken at the sanatorium during these days, she provided physiotherapy to Gu Wei under the remote guidance of Professor Chen.

She even had Gu Cheng buy a set of acupuncture equipment, treating him daily and stimulating his pressure points.

The sanatorium’s doctor, seeing her treat the patient this way, shouted, “NO!”

But Gu Cheng stopped them, telling them not to disturb her.

Whether it was her medical skills or just her presence, Gu Wei’s recovery was rapid; he could now clearly see objects within 10 meters, and his ears no longer worked independently of each other.

Because he could hear, he also started to speak.

The phrase he said most every day was, “Ah Xi, thank you.”

That day, Qiu Yurou and Wan Manyu came over and saw that Gu Wei had recovered exceptionally quickly, and they were both surprised.

Wan Manyu was truly astonished.

Qiu Yurou, however, found it utterly unacceptable.

How could this be possible?

How could Gu Wei have recovered so quickly?

He could now stand up and walk on his own, walk to the balcony and back without getting out of breath.

He could communicate effortlessly.

Qiu Yurou placed the nutritional supplements she was holding down, then asked Gu Wei, “Gu Wei, can you hear mum talking?”

Gu Wei nodded. “I can hear it.”

Qiu Yurou said, “Then you must really thank Manman. If it weren’t for Manman’s early care and contributions, you wouldn’t have recovered so quickly. You were always holding her hand, even reddening it. Do you remember that?”