Chapter 13: She Would Be Moved by Such a Boy

She silently shed tears, always pretending to be strong to reassure her grandmother, but whenever she thought of her grandmother's considerate demeanor, her heart felt heavy.

Grandma, despite her old age, still had to consider her.

She actually cries easily; she just hides her tears, not wanting anyone to see.

A boy stood before her and handed her a handkerchief.

She didn't lift her head, because she didn't want others to see her like this.

The boy wore a ring on his hand, appearing to be married.

"Thank you." She took the handkerchief and wiped her tears.

The handkerchief was soaked by her tears.

The boy left without saying a word, and she remained where she was.

It all seemed as if nothing had happened.

She only saw the boy's tall back and the handkerchief in her hand.

Without this handkerchief, she really felt as if nothing had happened.

She hadn't cried, and no one had handed her a handkerchief.

The sky gradually darkened; she didn't know where to go, unfamiliar with the place, and she was still directionally challenged.

Just then, while she was feeling low, she hadn't even thought about where she was.

Now that she had come to her senses, it was already too late.

He really just left her here, and after so long, he still hadn't come to look for her.

He didn't even need to come looking; he was probably with some other woman.

She could only wander in place, having gotten off the vehicle in a hurry, and she hadn't even taken her phone.

Dark clouds filled the sky, and she felt it would rain soon.

Sure enough, a flash of lightning streaked across the sky, accompanied by thunder.

She was frightened, covering her ears as she sat on the ground.

Since she could remember, she couldn't stand the sound of thunder.

The sky gradually darkened; she didn't dare look even with her eyes closed, for she feared the dark.

The rain came down as soon as it was said, accompanied by the wind's whooshing.

At this moment, it felt as if it had happened before; she felt a sense of familiarity.

She had always disliked rain.

After just a short while in the rain, she fainted onto the ground.

In that rainstorm fourteen years ago, she ran a high fever, and ever since she has had a lingering illness.

Whenever it's overcast and rainy, she falls ill; I don't know if it's a heart condition or something else, especially now that she's been caught in the rain.

When her consciousness was fuzzy, she could only feel a pair of strong, powerful hands lifting her up; after that, she knew nothing more.

After waking up, she found herself lying in a strange room.

"Miss, you're awake?" a doctor asked as he saw her eyes open.

She nodded; the man standing by the window heard, turned to look at her, saw the ring on her hand, and then recognized him as the one who had given her the handkerchief to wipe her tears.

"Doctor, how is she?"

"The fever has subsided; her constitution is weak, so let her rest more and avoid getting caught in the rain again."

"All right, Doctor." The man bowed.

The doctor prescribed some qi-and-blood-nourishing medicine and left.

"Where am I?" she asked.

"At my home."

His home? The luxury of this room was comparable to the Gu Family's; she had just left the Gu household and now entered another wealthy family?

"Thank you for saving me."

"Just happened to be passing by."

She tried to sit up, but he gently pressed her down.

"You're still weak; rest well."

The man's fair face was right before her eyes; his brows and eyes were full of gentleness, and his movements were gentle as well.

If he weren't married and she hadn't married Gu Die, she would probably have fallen for a man like him.

"Okay." She obediently lay down as he said.

"What's your name?"

"Shen Zeyan."

"You're probably older than me; may I call you Ze Yan-ge?"

Considering he was married, she felt it was more appropriate to address him that way.

"Ze Yan-ge?" Besides Si Yun, no one had ever called him that; it reminded him of her.

He is four years older than Si Yun; the Shen and Chu families are old friends, and when Chu Si Yun was young, she liked to follow behind Shen Zeyan.

Call him Ze Yan-ge.

Both families wanted them to marry in the future, so they arranged a childhood engagement, thus making the Chu and Shen families even more closely allied.

When she turned eighteen, he would marry her.

When Ze Yan's parents told him that he and Si Yun had been betrothed, he was so happy he didn't sleep all night.

He thus waited for her to grow up day by day, silently wishing to protect her from behind.

But then sudden bad news came, taking away all his happiness.

Si Yun ran into trouble.

Over these years, he has been searching for her whereabouts every day, but all news has sunk like a stone into the sea.

Hearing the girl in front of him call him Brother Ze Yan, he inexplicably felt a sense of familiarity.

He touched the ring on his hand, which was an engagement ring prepared for him and Si Yun by his parents.

The letters on his ring are SY, while hers are engraved with ZY.

But he never got the chance to put it on her, nor to watch her grow up.

He hates the Gu Family more than anyone else, and he hates Gu Die.

"Good." He replied.

"From now on I'll call you Brother Ze Yan!" She laughed happily; he had never seen such a beautiful smile except for Si Yun's.

——Gu Family——

"Young Master, why hasn't the Young Mistress returned yet?"

At this moment, Gu Die had already been waiting for her at the dining table for a long time.

Lín āyí couldn't help but speak up and ask.

"Forget about her, let's eat."

"But, Young Master, it's raining so hard outside; the Young Mistress won't come to harm, will she?"

"Lín āyí."

He called out lightly, and Lín āyí dared not speak further, only able to order the dishes to be served.

The rain outside showed no sign of stopping; instead, it poured down even harder.

He took a bite, lost his appetite, sent people out to look for her, and went out himself.

His first reaction was to go to the hospital.

Besides coming here, she probably wouldn't go anywhere else.

"Young Master." The hospital staff saw Young Master Gu rushing over so late, feeling puzzled.

"Has the Young Mistress been here?"

"It seems not."

He headed straight for her grandmother's ward, but only saw the grandmother alone.

"Child, how did you come?" The grandmother saw he looked anxious and asked.

"I just finished my work and thought I'd come to see you."

He lied unnaturally.

"Oh, that's how it is; it's rare that you still think of me!" The grandmother said, gazing at the rain outside with a worried expression.

"Xiao Die, you came to see me; I'm very happy. Liuli should still be waiting at home for you—this child has been afraid of the dark since young and never dared to sleep alone." The grandmother said while adjusting her glasses and putting down her pen.

The grandmother has always had a habit of liking to note things down; otherwise she would forget.

At first she could write only a few characters, but Liuli gradually taught her to write many.

She's afraid of the dark? It's so late; she wouldn't get into trouble being alone, would she?

Gu Die had long been anxious as if on fire, but he didn't show it, fearing to worry the grandmother.

Moreover, Liuli has been weak since childhood; whenever it rains she falls ill, so you must take care not to let her get wet in the rain, Xiao Die—from now on Liuli will be your responsibility, and I won't keep you any longer; hurry back to keep her company.

"Grandma, please rest early."

"Okay."

As soon as he stepped out of the hospital door, he panicked—outside the rain is so heavy, could she really have come to harm?!

His eyebrows were all knotted together.

"How is it? Have you found her?"

"We've also searched the place where the Young Mistress used to live, but we haven't seen her."

These bodyguards were also seeing for the first time the Young Master so worried about a person, and they even specially sent people to look for him.

"A bunch of useless good-for-nothings."

Seeing the Young Master lose his temper, the bodyguards lowered their heads and remained silent.

Gu Die again drove out in the rain to the place where he had earlier dropped her off, got out to search, but saw no trace of her.

At this moment his hair and clothes were all soaked by the rain.

"Brother Ze Yan, thank you for sending me back." Liuli thanked Ze Yan.

"You're welcome."

"I'm going in now, goodbye."

"Goodbye."

Shen Zeyan also didn't expect her to be Gu Die's wife.

How does everything end up related to Gu Die?

"I forgot to mention, my name is Chu Liuli; from now on you can just call me Liuli."

"Hmm."

"Bye-bye!"

Ze Yan sat in the car for a while before leaving.

Over these years, his greatest wish has been to see the Gu Family receive due punishment.

But Gu Die's life is tough; otherwise he would have died hundreds of times already.

The bodyguard at the entrance saw her and hurriedly called Gu Die.

"Young Mistress, you've finally returned." Lín āyí saw her and breathed a sigh of relief, saying, "Young Master hasn't eaten his meal, he's been out looking for you half the day."

He's looking for me?

How could that be? Throwing her on the road and then going to look for her? It makes no sense.

Yes, Young Master, you haven't returned for such a long time; he's already worried.

Young Mistress, have you eaten?

No.

Then I'll have someone prepare the food.

No thanks, I'm a bit sleepy and want to sleep.

She really is a bit sleepy.

She hastily took a bath, lay down on the bed, and fell asleep.

"Young Master, it was the Shen Family people who sent her back." The guard, seeing Gu Die return, told him what he had seen: Shen Zeyan sending Liuli back to the Gu Family.

I understand.

Shen Zeyan? What's her relationship with him?

Gu Die didn't have time to think; he just wanted to see her safe and sound.

Upon entering the room and seeing her sleep like a pig, he finally relaxed.

He took a bath, lay on the bed looking at meeting materials for a while, then turned off the light and went to sleep.

He didn't forget to hold her while sleeping.

How is it so hot?

He felt her body was as if on fire.

Liuli, this child, has been weak since childhood; whenever it rains she gets sick...

Grandma's words echoed in his ears again.

He panicked and quickly called for a doctor.

The Gu Family's private doctor arrived quickly, saying she just had a fever and would be fine after taking fever medicine.

He helped her up and gave her the fever medicine.

If the fever medicine doesn't help after you take it, call me anytime.

Hmm.

The doctor waited outside.

After feeding her the medicine, his gaze shifted from her to the fever medicine on the sofa.

That was what she brought back from the Shen Family; Ze Yan originally wanted her to stay and rest peacefully for the night, but she insisted on coming back.

She understood her position; a married person staying another married person's room overnight without returning is inexcusable. She didn't want to go to the Gu Family, but she still knew the boundaries.

He stared at the cold medicine, as if pondering some problem.

He waited until her forehead was no longer hot, and only after her fever subsided did he close his eyes to sleep.

The next day, she was woken early by a phone call; at night, she slept surprisingly peacefully.