Chapter 413: Chapter 412: Do You Think I Can’t Live Without You? (4)
But clearly, he wanted to drive her away. In the end... he let her live in his heart, taking root and sprouting, never to be removed again.
However, at the very beginning, their relationship was very strained, almost to the point where they were like water and fire, utterly incompatible.
Until... the time he fell ill.
He had an exceptionally strong constitution and a robust physique, but during that period, he drank heavily every day, suffered from insomnia, and barely ate, such that even the healthiest body couldn’t withstand such self-destruction and eventually fell sick.
He hated Dong Xin Yan, and Dong Xin Yan hated him just as much. Originally, he thought that when he fell ill, she would be overjoyed and would mock and ridicule him without holding back.
But during his hazy bouts of illness, he felt someone taking meticulous care of him, feeding him medicine, covering him with blankets, changing his towels repeatedly, and taking his temperature over and over.
He struggled to open his eyes, wanting to see who it was. Unfortunately, his vision remained pitch black, and he couldn’t see a thing. Yet, even though he couldn’t see, he somehow knew who she was.
The aura around her was so familiar. It used to be something he loathed, but now... inexplicably, it brought him peace. And so, in this peace, he sank deeply into sleep.
He didn’t know how long it had been when his consciousness gradually returned, and half of the pain in his body dissipated. His whole being relaxed involuntarily, as he exhaled softly and accidentally brushed a hand beside him.
He paused for a moment, his heart suddenly trembling violently as if someone had plucked the string on his heart.
Uncontrollably, he raised his hand, slowly, slowly, reaching over until his palm covered Dong Xin Yan’s palm. His heartbeat, suddenly quickened.
She had been here, taking care of him all night, watching over him the entire night.
But didn’t she hate him? Why did she do this?
Even if he couldn’t understand, his heart softened uncontrollably, and his heartstrings moved along with it.
Many times, love is so unbelievable, without forewarning, like a gust of wind that suddenly blows into your heart, catching you off guard, leaving you helpless, so that in the end, you have no choice but to surrender.
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He no longer thought of all the past beauty, because once it was too beautiful, and reality now was desolate and bleak.
But, wasn’t this a dream? How come now, he seemed to feel that someone was really taking care of him again?
Warm hands rested on his forehead, as if checking his temperature. After a while, she retracted her hand, then moved it to the buttons of his clothes, starting to unbutton them.
He frowned, puzzled about what she was up to, the next second, something slightly cool was tucked under his armpit.
Then he heard the slight rustle of her clothing as if she had gotten up, followed by the sound of footsteps gradually moving away from his ears.
Gu Ningyi listened, frowning even more deeply. So fast... she was leaving?
Instinctively, he wanted to raise his hand to hold her back, but his body was too heavy and weak to lift his hand.
The footsteps slowly vanished, the entire space eerily silent, and Gu Ningyi’s heart, in that moment, seemed to plummet into the eighteenth level of Hell.
Sometimes, the physical pain is far less than the torment of the soul.
Because that kind of pain invades the heart and gnaws the bones, constantly entangling, constantly tormenting, unable to escape.
"Don’t go..."
Perhaps the illness indeed makes one vulnerable. Gu Ningyi, with a hoarse voice, still managed to utter, word by word, in a soft murmur.