Chapter 160: Chapter 160 Not an Important Person
Gu Yan looked at him, "Did you not eat after work?"
Tang Yuxiu nodded.
"Why didn’t you eat? Even if I were home, I couldn’t cook. Why not get something outside?"
Tang Yuxiu calmly replied, "There was an important project, so I just focused on handling it quickly. Didn’t feel hungry at the time."
"Oh." So that was it.
She almost foolishly thought that he didn’t eat because she wasn’t home.
Don’t overthink it, Gu Yan. Even if he came to see you today, it doesn’t mean anything.
You and him, from the start, were never on the same level.
Tang Yuxiu was born at the top of this world, high above and out of reach.
And she was just an ordinary, unremarkable woman.
Even being his lover now, being by his side, he was never truly hers.
Gu Yan knew, the moment he appeared in the piano room, the moment he stood before her, she understood the position this man held in her heart.
There is a feeling that takes only a second to deeply root in the heart.
But she couldn’t show it.
If there’s no future destined, why gamble on a dream?
She gambled with her feelings, risking everything, but ultimately would be left with nothing.
Returning to the villa, Tang Yuxiu carried her back to the bedroom, and Xiang Linghao arrived a few minutes later, coming in with You Shuyang.
"What’s going on again?" Xiang Linghao rushed straight to the second-floor bedroom carrying his medical kit, asking loudly.
Tang Yuxiu gave him a cold look, "Check on her."
"It’s only been a few days of peace, and now she’s unwell again?" Xiang Linghao walked over, seeing Gu Yan curled in the blanket with only her head exposed, her eyes red and her face slightly pale.
"Did he mistreat you again?"
Gu Yan shook her head in embarrassment, "No."
What do you mean again! Gu Yan thought of the last incident, a flush of unnatural redness appearing on her pale face.
"Alright, where are you uncomfortable?"
"Dizzy, stuffy nose, and my throat feels bad."
"You probably caught a cold. Let’s take your temperature first."
Holding the thermometer, Gu Yan’s eyes darted around.
Xiang Linghao noticed Gu Yan’s mood was actually quite good this time.
After a while, he took the thermometer and checked it, "The fever’s up to 39 degrees again. Take a fever reducer and drip a few bottles of IV fluids. Take good care and rest, or it won’t be so easy next time."
Gu Yan obediently nodded, "Got it."
Was the high fever her choice? She didn’t want it either.
Xiang Linghao prepared the medication for her, then went to set up the IV fluids.
Taking this opportunity, Gu Yan took out a charger from the drawer and plugged it into the bedside to charge her phone.
Tang Yuxiu saw this and frowned slightly, "Your brain’s about to burn up, and you’re still playing with your phone."
"I’m just charging it. If I hadn’t forgotten to charge it last night, would I have stayed there that long?"
Hearing her explanation, Tang Yuxiu had no further opinions.
Gu Yan turned on her phone, and several missed call notifications from Tang Yuxiu quickly popped up.
She casually glanced at him, then lowered her head to check her phone, looking through each identical message, comparing the times, feeling warm inside.
Xiang Linghao came over with an IV drip, ready to give her an injection. Gu Yan calmly exited the message page and opened WeChat.
"Which hand?"
Gu Yan was silent. One hand was wrapped, so it could only be the left hand.
She extended her left hand, and Xiang Linghao moved to the other side.
Gu Yan avoided looking at Xiang Linghao giving the injection, using her bandaged right hand to continue tapping on WeChat.
Her right hand had recovered quite well; now it could perform simple actions without pain.
A WeChat notification came in, and Gu Yan leisurely opened it. It was a message from Xue Xianglan.
It was a voice message, "Yanyan, guess where I am now?"
Her voice was loud and joyful, so the other two people in the room heard it clearly.
However, when Xiang Linghao heard this voice, his hand suddenly shook, and he inserted the needle at the edge of a blood vessel, causing Gu Yan a slight pain.
Tang Yuxiu immediately glared at Xiang Linghao, "How are you administering the injection!"
Xiang Linghao looked a bit dazed but replied lightly, "Sorry."
Gu Yan looked at them both, bewildered, and shook her head, "It’s okay."
Xiang Linghao adjusted his state of mind and efficiently completed the injection.
Gu Yan replied to Xue Xianglan on WeChat, "Chasing after handsome guys again?"
Shortly after her reply, Xue Xianglan’s call came through.
For convenience, Gu Yan used the speakerphone, and Xue Xianglan’s lively voice came through.
"You’re still up at ten o’clock today?"
Gu Yan used to work hard and would often fall asleep before ten, so this time Xue Xianglan hadn’t called her, only sent a WeChat message.
"Just a little cold, I’ll sleep soon."
"Is it serious? Where are you now? I’ll come see you."
Upon hearing this, Gu Yan was surprised, "Oh, you’re back?"
"Yeah, I just got off the plane and you’re the first one I notified, isn’t that considerate?"
"Why didn’t you stay and have some more fun?"
"There’s nothing much to enjoy, better to come back and be with you. Anyway, forget about that. Are you home? I’ll come over right now."
"No need, I don’t have anything going on. You must be tired from the flight. Go rest first. I’m about to sleep, let’s meet tomorrow afternoon."
Xue Xianglan thought for a moment and agreed, "Alright, remember to call me tomorrow, won’t disturb your rest now. Goodnight."
"Goodnight."
After hanging up the phone, Gu Yan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Luckily, Xue Xianglan wasn’t one to press for details and didn’t force her, or else she really wouldn’t know how to explain where she was.
Xiang Linghao packed up the medical kit, turned to Gu Yan, paused, and asked, "Was that Miss Gu’s friend just now?"
"Yes." Gu Yan replied, placing the phone on the bedside table, not planning to use it again.
"Oh." Xiang Linghao responded indifferently, "Miss Gu can rest now. I’ll be downstairs keeping an eye on the IV drip."
"Thank you." Gu Yan smiled.
Xiang Linghao nodded slightly, said no more, and carried the medical kit downstairs.
Gu Yan watched his figure disappear at the door and curiously looked at Tang Yuxiu, "Why do I suddenly feel like Doctor Xiang seems a bit upset?"
Tang Yuxiu came over to help her adjust the corner of the blanket, "He’s just moody, don’t mind it, just lie down properly."
"Oh, but the change was so sudden."
Tang Yuxiu did not respond to that, instead asked, "What’s your friend’s name?"
"Xue Xianglan."
Ah, that explains it, Tang Yuxiu understood.
"Are you very close?"
"My bestie, my best friend!" Gu Yan answered without hesitation, "We’ve known each other for many years, she’s helped me a lot. The last time I could go work at your place, it was also because she helped."
So that’s how it is, he had actually misunderstood her as someone who unscrupulously approached him to seduce him.
It seems he really was too objective before, only seeing half of the picture.
Tang Yuxiu straightened up, "You sleep for a while, I’ll go downstairs to talk to them about something, heat up the food, and then come up to call you soon."
Gu Yan nodded, "Boss, you’re suddenly so nice to me, I’m not used to it."
Tang Yuxiu was both amused and exasperated, "Are you naturally masochistic? Feeling uncomfortable when I’m nice to you."
"Who’s uncomfortable, I’m just not used to it."
"Hmph, won’t be nice to you anymore then, no good deed goes unpunished."
Gu Yan hurriedly reached out to grab him, "No, if you’re nice to me a few more times, I’ll get used to it. So boss, you need to change your temper, stop being so fierce."
Tang Yuxiu looked down at her hand holding onto him, "Am I fierce?"
Gu Yan awkwardly smiled, "Not really, just that the difference compared to now is huge."
"You sound like you’ve been so wronged."
Gu Yan pursed her lips, said nothing, but put on a particularly aggrieved look at him, silent yet more expressive than words.
Young Master Tang, "..." You win.
"It’s not hard to get me to be nice to you, just behave yourself."
"I’m not behaving?" Gu Yan always felt she was quite dutiful, she cooked for him, even kept him company at night. Well, she couldn’t cook right now because of the injury, and it was his own fault he got hurt, had nothing to do with her.
"Heh." Tang Yuxiu chuckled, choosing not to comment.
If someone like you is considered obedient, then he certainly learned something new.
Honestly, it’s a good day if you don’t talk back to him all the time, how does that count as obedient?
"Alright, take a nap, I’ll be up soon."
"Just go. Actually, you don’t have to wake me up to eat."
She still had no appetite at all.
Tang Yuxiu gave her a sidelong glance, not responding to her words, "I’m off."
Gu Yan snuggled under the blanket, her left hand exposed with a needle in it.
The bedroom was brightly lit, filled with Tang Yuxiu’s unique fragrance, giving Gu Yan a sense of peace.
Watching the liquid slowly dripping from the IV bottle, Gu Yan’s tense mind and body after a night’s strain began to relax, and her eyelids started to droop.
Suddenly, she remembered something, and climbed out of the bed, holding the IV bottle with her injured hand as she walked out.
Downstairs.
Xiang Linghao sat silently on the sofa, looking up at the ceiling, not saying a word.
You Shuyang sat perplexed on the other side. Wasn’t he previously very interested in finding out what happened to Gu Yan, eager to seize any opportunity to mock Young Master Tang?
How did he become like a statue, silent now?
Changed?
Tang Yuxiu came down from upstairs, walked past Xiang Linghao, and expressionlessly kicked his leg, "Move aside, stop playing dead and getting all gloomy in my house."
You Shuyang, "..." Young Master, your friend is clearly in a bad mood, can’t you show a little brotherly love and speak more gently?
But then again, the word ’gentle’ seems to never have been associated with Tang Yuxiu.
Xiang Linghao listlessly glanced at him, moved his leg to let him pass, and continued his gloomy act.
Tang Yuxiu lazily sat down, gave a cold snort, "It’s just a woman, do you really have to be like this?"
"And what about the woman upstairs for you?" Xiang Linghao retorted.
You Shuyang perked up his ears; here comes the gossip, he had to listen carefully.