Chapter 81: Qin Shu never felt a shred of fatherly love from him

As the concentrated sulfuric acid was about to splash onto Qin Shu, Gu Tingyan's expression changed abruptly; he stepped forward quickly to embrace Qin Shu and shield her.

The man's tall, upright frame enveloped her completely, his arms tightly clasping Qin Shu.

"Gu Tingyan!" Qin Shu, held in his arms, saw his expression change abruptly.

"Tingyan!"

When Chu Sheng came out and saw someone splashing concentrated sulfuric acid at Qin Shu, she stood there ready to watch the show, until she saw Gu Tingyan get out of the car and dash forward without hesitation to block it in front of Qin Shu.

Chu Sheng was stunned for a moment; she looked at the man wearing work clothes and the bottle of concentrated sulfuric acid in his hand, then gritted her teeth—this was a good opportunity to win Tingyan's heart, and Chu Sheng wanted to take a gamble.

Without a second thought, she ran over to block in front of Gu Tingyan, using her hands and coat to protect her face.

"Ahhh! My leg!"

Chu Sheng blocked in front of Gu Tingyan, and her lower leg was splashed by the concentrated sulfuric acid; the pain turned her face pale, and her fingers trembled uncontrollably.

Hearing Chu Sheng's voice, Gu Tingyan's body stiffened abruptly; he turned while holding Qin Shu and saw Chu Sheng blocking in front of him.

A complex look flickered in the man's eyes.

Meanwhile, the man disguised as a worker had already been subdued on the ground by the bodyguards Gu Tingyan had brought.

"CEO Gu, how should we handle him?" the bodyguard asked, looking at Gu Tingyan.

Gu Tingyan said coldly, "Hand him over to A Zhong."

Gu Tingyan strode toward his car, opened the door, took several bottles of mineral water from the small refrigerator, and walked back quickly.

He bent down and carefully lifted Chu Sheng's skirt, unscrewed a bottle, and held it to rinse her injured lower leg; a large area of skin on Chu Sheng's lower leg had been splashed by the concentrated sulfuric acid, and the pain made her shed tears.

She sobbed in a low voice, "Tingyan, it hurts so much."

Seeing that the person blocking in front of Gu Tingyan was actually Chu Sheng, Qin Shu was stunned for a moment, then saw the concentrated sulfuric acid splashed on Chu Sheng's lower leg.

Qin Shu said in a low voice, "Send her to the hospital first."

Gu Tingyan looked up at Qin Shu: "Mm."

He took her hand: "Come with me."

After all, it was because of them that the incident happened to Chu Sheng; Qin Shu followed him, Gu Tingyan drove, Qin Shu sat in the passenger seat, and Chu Sheng and her assistant sat in the back, where she was sweating from the pain.

Even though she had made full preparations, she was still splashed.

The assistant sat in the car and called Chu Xuanming, who was still at the company: "CEO Chu, Sheng has been seriously injured, please come to the hospital quickly."

Upon receiving this call, Chu Xuanming's entire expression changed instantly: "What happened?"

"Is it serious?"

The assistant said, "It is very serious."

"She was splashed with concentrated sulfuric acid on her lower leg while protecting CEO Gu."

Hearing this, Chu Xuanming became anxious and agitated; he dismissed the meeting and immediately called Jiang Chenxue.

Jiang Chenxue rushed to the hospital immediately after receiving the call.

Hospital.

Chu Sheng was sent to the hospital and soon entered the operating room; the doctor came out and notified them: "She may need a skin graft."

Gu Tingyan looked at the doctor and said, "Use mine."

The doctor said solemnly, "Notify the family to come over as soon as possible."

"If a family member can be a donor, that would be best."

For allogeneic skin grafts, one must test for compatible human leukocyte antigens (HLA) to serve as a source, and relatives have a relatively higher compatibility rate.

Qin Shu stepped forward: "Perhaps mine will work."

She and Chu Sheng were half-sisters, so the compatibility rate should be higher than Gu Tingyan's.

Soon, Jiang Chenxue and Chu Xuanming arrived; both were startled when they saw Qin Shu, and then their expressions turned cold.

Jiang Chenxue walked over, furious, and questioned Qin Shu: "Did you harm Sheng!"

She had long felt that Qin Shu was a jinx!

She had cursed her mother to death, then cursed her grandfather to death, and now her grandmother had also become insane.

In the entire Qin Family, only she, Qin Shu, was fine!

Gu Tingyan stood to the side and said calmly, "Chu Sheng was saving me."

"Besides, she needs a skin graft now."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Chenxue's body almost went limp, and Chu Xuanming's expression was terrifyingly dark.

Hearing about the skin graft, Jiang Chenxue's heart tightened again, and she asked Gu Tingyan with an unpleasant expression: "For a skin graft, does it have to be a relative?"

They wouldn't need a DNA test, would they?

"Relatives have a higher compatibility rate, but it is not strictly required."

Hearing this, Jiang Chenxue's tense heart relaxed; if they had to test DNA, Chu Xuanming would find out that Chu Sheng was not his biological daughter.

He would definitely not let her and her daughter off.

Chu Xuanming stood to the side, looking coldly at Qin Shu, always feeling that this matter had something to do with her.

All four of them went for the check-up without hesitation; in the end, it was actually Chu Xuanming whose compatibility rate was the highest.

Seeing this result, Jiang Chenxue herself was stunned for a moment.

She was Chu Sheng's biological mother; she had thought that she would be the one with the highest compatibility rate, but hers had only just reached the passing mark.

Qin Shu's did not pass, and Gu Tingyan's was even worse.

Seeing the test results showing that Qin Shu's was incompatible, Qin Shu clearly felt Chu Xuanming glance at her; that gaze was very cold, and also as if it were within his expectations.

Qin Shu raised her eyes to meet his gaze, not understanding the meaning behind his look.

The man's face held a faint sarcasm and self-mockery toward her, and even undisguised disgust.

Qin Shu looked back at him, her eyes also very cold, without the slightest bit of timidity.

Jiang Chenxue looked at Chu Xuanming, her eyes reddening as she said, "Let me be the one to implant it for our daughter; this is very painful, so you shouldn't go."

Chu Xuanming looked at the test results and said in a low voice, "She is my daughter, more important than anything else; my compatibility rate is higher, so I will go."

"At worst, I'll just need to recuperate for a period of time."

Hearing this, Qin Shu raised her eyes and glanced at him indifferently.

Chu Xuanming was not a good father, nor was he a good husband.

Yet he was very good to the mother and daughter pair, Chu Sheng and Jiang Chenxue.

Qin Shu had never felt a shred of paternal love from him; from the moment she was born, she rarely saw Chu Xuanming, and it was always her mother who accompanied her every day.

Her mother said that her father worked very hard and was very busy at the company, telling her not to go and disturb him.

She was also very obedient and had never disturbed him once.

Whenever one of Chu Xuanming's projects succeeded, he would be happy and buy little Qin Shu a Barbie doll to coax her, and she would be happy for a very, very long time.

Qin Shu had always thought Chu Xuanming was just busy; since she was born, the nanny at home said he had never once held her.

But after her parents divorced, when Qin Shu was nine years old, it was Chu Sheng's birthday that day; she was wearing a princess dress, held in Chu Xuanming's arms like a star surrounded by the moon, and he bestowed all his doting love upon her.

He said: Sheng is my little lucky star, my little princess.

The crowd was noisy and bustling, and little Qin Shu hid in a corner, secretly peeking at that happiness which did not belong to her, her eyes filled with envy and dejection.

That time, she had secretly run away from home, wanting to go find her father.

Little Qin Shu had not seen her father for a long time, and every time she asked her mother, her mother would perfunctorily say that her father was very busy and had no time to come see her.

Once her father was done being busy, he would come back.