Chapter 115: If You Don't Want Your Brother to Hear, Be Good

The warm yellow voice‑activated lamp flickered on and off.

Gu Yunci's grip on her slender waist tightened inch by inch.

Meng Shutang didn't even have time to refuse; his warm fingertips pinched her chin, forcing her to tilt her head up to meet his soft lips.

His lips covered hers forcefully.

It wasn't a gentle probing, but a long‑suppressed desire and loss of control, mingled with a faint scent of wine between their lips, making her head spin.

Her struggling force landed on his shoulder, pushing him hard.

In the choking moment, the man broke the kiss, lifted her chin, and said, "Didn't you say you wanted to be grateful to me?"

Meng Shutang gasped, "That's not what I meant."

"I only want this."

When the words fell, a dominant, scorching kiss poured into her mouth, nearly devouring her.

All the hardness, pride, and defenses cracked inch by inch in this almost predatory kiss.

Her fingertips unconsciously clenched his lapel, and the force of her resistance gradually dissolved in the almost brazen intimacy.

Suddenly, footsteps approached, and Lu Shenyang's voice came from outside, "Shutang."

【4】 Meng Shutang, nervous, stepped back while pushing the man away.

Meng Shutang was nervous, retreating while pushing the man away.

Lu Shenyang arrived at the fire door, pressed the handle, and asked, "Shutang, are you inside?"

Gu Yunci stepped close, his forehead touching hers, and said, "Open the door and let him in?"

Meng Shutang instinctively shook her head.

The man kissed her again, his voice hoarse, "If I don't want your brother to hear, be good."

The resistance dissolved in an instant; her delicate fingertips released his lapel, and her jade‑white arm, lifted by his forceful move, rested on his shoulder.

It looked like the entanglement and embrace of an ambiguous flirtation.

Lu Shenyang called twice with no answer and left.

After a long while, the man finally stopped.

Meng Shutang swayed slightly, braced against the wall, and breathed heavily.

Gu Yunci grabbed her hand, kissed her fingertip, and said, "Shall we get back together?"

Meng Shutang, after hearing, slowly turned to look at him, "Now that you've cleanly broken with Bai Cixian, you want to be with me?"

Gu Yunci replied, "She and I are completely innocent; I've never touched her."

As for that pregnancy, I still don't know what happened.

But I've already had Qiao Mo investigate; rest assured, I believe the truth will surface soon.

Meng Shutang shook her head, "No, I haven't…" No way to accept you.

Before she could finish, Gu Yunci interrupted.

He was afraid she'd say no; he could take it slow, wait patiently.

She lifted her skirt to leave, but Gu Yunci seized her wrist again, pulling her into his arms; Meng Shutang frowned, "Are you ever going to stop?"

"Tomorrow is your grandfather's death anniversary; shall I accompany you to the tomb?"

Hearing that, a hint of warmth rose in Meng Shutang's heart, but the feeling wasn't love.

She thought perhaps his earlier forced kiss and her somewhat soft attitude made him mistakenly think there was still a chance.

Given that, a short pain is better than a long one; "Brother Lu Shenyang said he'll go with me."

After saying that, she stepped out, fearing a loud noise would attract others, and she carefully closed the door.

But just as she steadied her breath and looked up, she met Lu Shenyang's slightly worried eyes.

He stood in the doorway, looking at the lingering redness on her cheek, "Shutang, I called out to you several times from the doorway just now; why didn't you answer?"

Meng Shutang's heart fluttered; her pink fingertips tightened slightly, "I… I was on a call inside, didn't hear you."

Like a pinch, the fire door behind her was pushed open again.

Gu Yunci, looking dignified, stepped out from inside, casually buttoning the clasp under his neck, glanced at her lips, and chuckled, "On a call?"

"Your lipstick, too—did it just disappear while you were talking?"

The sentence made the air itself freeze.

Lu Shenyang's gaze suddenly fixed on Meng Shutang's lips.

Her once orange‑red lips were now clean and slightly swollen.

In an instant he understood everything; his complexion darkened a bit, and his fingers tightened slightly.

Gu Yunci gave Meng Shutang a glance and walked straight out.

Meng Shutang, a little flustered, "Brother Lu Shenyang, I only…"

She found it hard to speak.

If it were coercion, she could have shouted, but she didn't utter a sound.

If she willingly did this with Gu Yunci, what relationship would they have? No relationship, just being kissed casually by a man?

"Just what?"

Lu Shenyang looked at her reddened lips, a hint of darkness deepening in his eyes.

"Shutang, I've protected you since we were young; I don't want to see you like this, all flustered and desperately lying."

He paused, his voice light as a sigh:

"Or, have you fallen for him again?"

Gu Yunci didn't leave; he remained in the spot beyond the doorway where they couldn't see.

He heard every word of Lu Shenyang and Meng Shutang's conversation without missing a detail.

He also wanted to know exactly what attitude Meng Shutang held toward him.

"I don't like him; we could never be together in this lifetime."

Boom, a lipstick rolled in from the doorway.

A tiny one rolled to the feet of the two, quiet yet glaring.

It was the brand and shade she usually used, but not her own.

Lu Shenyang and Meng Shutang stood there unmoving, and instead heard a heavy tread receding into the distance.

Meng Shutang glanced at the lipstick, turned her gaze to the doorway, "Lu Shenyang, let's go back!"

During the latter half of the banquet, Meng Shutang did not see Gu Yunci again.

After the banquet ended, beside the small bamboo grove at the hotel entrance, she saw him.

He and Huo Yanchen were standing there smoking; hearing a sound, they glanced this way.

Seeing that it was her, he immediately looked away, his eyes cold and painful, as if he had completely let go.

Meng Shutang ignored him, got straight into Lu Shenyang's car, and the two left.

But after only a few strides, the phone rang.

It was her grandmother calling, her voice a bit frantic, "Tangtang, Xin Xin is in trouble; come back quickly."

Meng Shutang felt a ringing in her ears, hung up immediately, and told Lu Shenyang to drive home.

After returning home, they rushed Xin Xin to a top‑tier hospital.

After system examination, combined with the grandmother's description of Xin Xin's onset, the attending physician said confidently, "Your daughter has fatal Kawasaki disease combined with a coronary aneurysm,

If delayed further, it will lead directly to heart failure or sudden death; the golden rescue window is less than three hours.

The only lifesaving method is intravenous immunoglobulin, but the hospital doesn't have any at the moment."

Meng Shutang was terrified, her whole body tense, forcing herself not to collapse, but her voice already trembled, "Doctor, what should we do?"

She was completely panicked, utterly disoriented.

"Our hospital has no special supply of the drug, but the Gu Clan International Medical Center has reserves, and it's an internal special supply, not distributed externally.

Your child's coronary damage is severe and may require immediate interventional surgery; the child's parents must be present for DNA typing and pre‑operative genetic matching."

Meng Shutang's body went rigid, her mind blank, "The child's father? Does he have to attend?"

The doctor nodded, "This is a contraindication screening for the surgery; no one can substitute."

Gu Yunci!

Those three characters were like a needle, piercing deep into Meng Shutang's innards.

She had just haughtily told him that they could never be together in this lifetime.

But now, the only one who can save Xin Xin is him.

She clenched her palm, nails digging into flesh, turned to Lu Shenyang, "Lu, could you arrange the transfer for me? I'll go call him."