Gu Qingtong took out a silk handkerchief and wiped her tears: “Good orange, don’t cry. Your crying breaks my heart. From now on, we’ll be fine. If anyone bullies you, I’ll teach them a lesson.”
“Mm.” Ji Chen stopped crying, and suddenly burst into laughter.
“Good orange, you look much prettier when you laugh like this.” Gu Qingtong, hearing her laugh, finally felt relieved.
Ji Chen was silent for a moment, then leaned close to her ear: “Tong’er, I have a way to get out.”
At night, Ji Chen and Gu Qingtong shared a bed. After midnight, Ji Chen suddenly suffered severe abdominal pain, breaking out in cold sweat.
Gu Qingtong was terrified, immediately calling for Shen Yuqing.
Shen Yuqing examined her and urgently called a doctor. Even after brewing a large bowl of medicine, she showed no improvement.
Ji Chen asked Shen Yuqing to invite a female doctor from the Huahao Yueyuan Pavilion. After checking her pulse and brewing a new medicine, she finally recovered.
Shen Yuqing, seeing her face gradually return to color, was relieved. But upon going out, he discovered Gu Qingtong was missing. He hurriedly dispatched people to chase the female doctor, only to find the doctor in the carriage, with no trace of Gu Qingtong.
Ji Chen watched him enter in a rage and turned to the inner side of the bed, avoiding his gaze.
“Ji Chen!” Shen Yuqing was so angry he threw his sleeves.
Ji Chen softly laughed, still facing away: “Brother Yuqing, you know Tong’er’s heart is not with you. Keeping her physically won’t keep her heart, and it only makes her sad. You might as well let her go.”
“Ji Chen, how dare you! Don’t think I won’t do anything to you!”
Ji Chen slowly turned, smiling brightly: “Brother Yuqing, what do you want to do to me?”
Shen Yuqing was tough in words but couldn’t actually do anything to her. He angrily swept the cups off the table: “Ji Chen, well done!”
“Brother Yuqing, pursuing someone who doesn’t love you – why not give me a chance?” Ji Chen slowly got up. When she stepped on the ground, she stumbled forward.
Although Shen Yuqing hated her for letting Gu Qingtong go, they had grown up together. Seeing her genuinely weak, he quickly caught her.
