"You’re still pretending?" Bei Ran charged towards him, "Why wouldn’t you let Baijin in?"

Gu Qingchen looked at her indifferently: "You think I’m generous enough to let him in?"

Moreover, it’s a critical time, and Bei Ran is still playing hardball with him!

"Officials can start fires, but citizens can’t light lamps!" Bei Ran said furiously.

He himself is flirting with Ji Su, yet I can’t even share a tea pot with Tang Baijin? Besides, You Tianxin is also present.

"Hmm." Gu Qingchen sternly responded with one word.

Bei Ran, in disbelief, looked at Gu Qingchen: "Fine, if you won’t let him in, I’ll go out!"

Bei Ran said and started to head outside!

But she was stopped by two bodyguards!

"Let me through!" Bei Ran said angrily.

"Sorry, Miss Bei..." the bodyguard then said, "From today onwards, we will protect your safety 24 hours a day. Mr. Gu said that anyone who harms you, we have the right to harm them back."

Bei Ran pointed at Gu Qingchen, "He’s the one harming me right now, go beat him up!"

The two bodyguards gave a bitter smile, "Miss Bei, Mr. Gu is doing this for your own good..."

"So good that I don’t even have the opportunity to invite an old friend for tea?" Bei Ran immediately retorted.

At that moment, Gu Qingchen said, "Don’t make it hard for them, Bei Ran, stay home and nurse your injuries."

He was about to leave, heading to the office for work.

Bei Ran angrily said: "Gu Qingchen, I don’t want to see you, get out!"

Gu Qingchen’s handsome face turned cold, but he still said, "If you find last night’s ointment effective, you can also use it on Tian Xin! I think the priority right now is to take proper care of your dear friend rather than worrying about having tea with an ex-boyfriend."

Upon hearing his words, and seeing Tian Xin still wearing yesterday’s clothes and with blood on his shoulders and back, Bei Ran really couldn’t bother about Tang Baijin.

This is where Gu Qingchen’s brilliance lies, despite knowing that she might use Tang Baijin to provoke him, he prevented such a situation and successfully shifted the topic and focus onto Tian Xin.

Seeing Tian Xin lying motionless on the sofa, Bei Ran hurriedly ran over, "Tian Xin, how are you? Why didn’t you see a doctor last night? Even if you were worried about Junyi finding out, you should have sought help from another doctor! Why are you so foolish?"

"I didn’t expect it to hurt so much!" Tian Xin exclaimed.

"Come on! Let’s go upstairs, take a bath, and I’ll apply the ointment for you," Bei Ran supported her.

Undeniably, the medication that Gu Qingchen provided was really effective.

Tian Xin went to the guest room to bathe, and Bei Ran returned to the bedroom, taking out the medicine from last night. She saw a tube of ointment with all English writing, glanced at the instruction manual, remembering that she hadn’t seen this tube of ointment at the beginning of last night!

Could it be that he... went to get it later to apply it on her?

So, that’s why her wounds healed so quickly!

Bei Ran took the ointment to the guest room, just as Tian Xin had finished bathing and was wearing Bei Ran’s pajamas.

"Come, lie down!" Bei Ran said, "I’ll apply the medicine for you! This was originally a great job for Junyi, but now it’s become mine!"

Tian Xin teased her, "It turns out that last night, it was Gu Qingchen’s great job!"

"Don’t mention him!" Bei Ran snorted, "Officials can start fires, but citizens can’t light lamps, he can use Ji Su to test me, to prove my love for him, but I can’t even have tea with Tang Baijin!"

Tian Xin laughed, "You two continue your fights! It’s still better between me and Junyi, loving and caring, no exes, no tests, though it’s simple, but it’s also much more peaceful!"

Bei Ran suddenly exclaimed: "What? I have never had any conflicts with him, okay? But you see, he’s too much!"

At this point, Bei Ran sighed softly to Tian Xin: "Right, with what happened to Aunt Yang, your wedding with Junyi might be delayed, right?"

"I’m not in a rush!" Tian Xin said, "The key is how Junyi is feeling. Even though Aunt Yang isn’t his biological mother, he cherishes this relationship even more. It’s just unfortunate that he couldn’t fulfill his filial duties before..."

Tian Xin got to this point, and fiercely pounded the bedsheet, "Ji Su’s mother is just a lunatic! How could she do such a thing, if she wanted to target someone, she should have come at me!"

Bei Ran applied medicine to her, "You stayed out overnight, okay, just sleep at my house!"

"I’m really tired, Bei Ran, I’m going to sleep a while, your bed is too comfortable!" Tian Xin said, and soon felt extremely sleepy.

Seeing her asleep, Bei Ran covered her with a blanket, then walked out and closed the door, noticing that Tang Baijin was still outside.

Bei Ran picked up her phone and made a call.

"Baijin, you can go now!" Bei Ran said, "I’m taking care of Tian Xin! Tonight, both Tian Xin and I will attend Aunt Yang’s memorial service. Let Tian Xin sleep at my place for a while!"

"But, Bei Ran, the way Gu Qingchen treated you..." Tang Baijin felt aggrieved on her behalf, "How can I bear to leave?"

Bei Ran gave a gentle smile: "I was just joking with him! Don’t take it too seriously, go on, you’re busy!"

Although Tang Baijin was reluctant to leave, after receiving a call from the construction site, he quickly departed.

Seeing his car disappear, Bei Ran also returned to the room.

...

That evening, at the Yang Family’s residence.

Everyone came to see off Mother Yang on her final journey, including hospital colleagues and Tian Xin’s family of three.

Yang Junyi and Father were receiving them.

Gu Qingchen also canceled his evening engagements to come to the Yang Family’s home, patting Yang Junyi on the shoulder: "Junyi, restrain your grief! What Auntie wanted most was to see you happy."

"I know, Qingchen, you’re so busy yet you came..." Yang Junyi’s eyes were red.

"I should! I am here to see Auntie off on her final journey," Gu Qingchen said softly.

Bei Ran stood together with Tian Xin, whose eyes were filled with tears. Aunt Yang had treated her very well, just like her own daughter.

"Uncle..." Tian Xin softly called out.

Father Yang seemed to have some prejudice against her, "Miss Tian..."

His way of addressing her was polite but distant, Tian Xin was taken aback, and so was Bei Ran...

Clearly, because Mother Yang died being pushed down the stairs by Ji Su’s mother, Father Yang harbored resentments towards Tian Xin in his heart.

"I’m sorry, Uncle Yang, it’s because of the issues between me and Ji Su that Auntie was harmed by Ji Su’s mother. It’s not Tian Xin’s fault," Bei Ran quickly explained, "It’s my fault, I implicated Auntie..."

"No need for explanations, she’s already gone!" Father Yang’s gaze held a deep pain.

There is one kind of affection called mutual dependence.

There is another kind called shared adversity.

There is yet another called growing old together.

Unfortunately, he has already greyed, but could not grow old together.

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by lotustale.com