Zheng Tong raised the pain relief syringe in her hand: "They said this would relieve the pain, but I still feel it..."

"Then you should rest well! The Nanny is taking care of the child!" Tian Xin hugged her and said, "Wow, you and Ranran are really fated, both giving birth to daughters on the same day, I’m really happy for you both!"

"I’m also very happy!" Zheng Tong smiled, "I feel like Ranran and I both had a pair of twin daughters... By the way, you should also hurry up, get married and have kids soon. I’m old, my recovery is slow, it really hurts lying here now. I see those young girls, running around just after giving birth..."

"I’m also an old maid!" Tian Xin sighed, placing the child back beside Zheng Tong: "I’m going to work now, I’ll come keep you company after work in the afternoon."

"Go ahead!" Zheng Tong nodded.

As Tian Xin left the hospital, she indeed saw Tang Baijin had driven there, waiting for her. She got into the car and he drove away.

...

After seeing Bei Ran and Zheng Tong’s daughters in the hospital, Ji Su was more determined to give birth to this little treasure. Such angel-like children silently nourish an adult’s heart!

Because Gu Yucheng had an injury on his lower back, he hadn’t been looking for Ji Su lately, but of course, people kept him informed of Ji Su’s whereabouts.

After seeing Bei Ran and Zheng Tong in the hospital, Ji Su happened to meet He Chenxiang, who invited her: "Join me for lunch?"

"Sure!" Ji Su nodded.

He Chenxiang took her to a nearby private restaurant to eat, "Doctor Wang mentioned something last time. Susu, I know you love this child, but your health is also very important. Please don’t be mad at her, okay?"

"I was too emotional last time." Ji Su immediately said, "I should understand Doctor Wang, she is a doctor, she views issues from a doctor’s perspective, and I view them from a mother’s perspective, she is rational, and I am emotional..."

He Chenxiang asked her, "Haven’t you filed your records in our hospital?"

"I met my last obstetrician, Doctor Hu, she continues to diagnose me." Ji Su said, "I might continue to consult her, after all, she understands me better... "

"That’s good too, but if you need anything from me, just let me know," He Chenxiang said. "We’re still friends, right?"

Ji Su spoke, "I’m very grateful to you, Chenxiang, but we are just friends, okay?"

"Of course, that’s fine." He Chenxiang nodded helplessly.

They had only finished half the meal when Gu Yucheng hurriedly came.

He Chenxiang saw a message on his phone, saying there was an emergency at the hospital, so he had to rush back, "Sorry, Ji Su, I can’t even stay to finish the meal with you."

"It’s okay, Chenxiang, yours is a truly admirable profession." Ji Su said, "Go ahead!"

After He Chenxiang drove away, Gu Yucheng arrived at the private restaurant, and Ji Su was still sitting there enjoying her meal.

"Why are you here? Aren’t you supposed to be resting at home?" Ji Su was somewhat surprised.

Gu Yucheng pretended it was a chance encounter, "I just happened to have a client eating here too, I didn’t expect to bump into you..."

Ji Su didn’t think much of it, "Is your injury better?"

"Much better, though it still hurts occasionally..." Gu Yucheng sat opposite her, "Have you eaten enough?"

"Almost!" Ji Su said, "If you’re in a hurry, you can go ahead!"

"I’ll take you home!" Gu Yucheng said, "I’m not at ease with you being out alone..."

Having finished her meal, Ji Su left with him, got into his car, and then they headed home.

When Ji Su had just arrived home, she received a call from He Chenxiang: "Ji Su, are you still at the restaurant? I got back to the hospital, and they said there was no emergency call for me, let me take you home!"

"No need, I’m already home." Ji Su said, "Just rest for a while."

After hanging up, she looked at Gu Yucheng coldly, this kind of thing could only be done by Gu Yucheng: "Gu Yucheng, you’re so despicable and shameless! Using a fake message to trick Chenxiang back to the hospital, and then pretending to coincidentally dine with a client at the private restaurant, encountering me, you really thought this through?"

Seeing that she had exposed him, Gu Yucheng didn’t deny it, "Susu, eating out is not clean, didn’t Doctor Hu say that? Besides nutrition, your meals need to be clean, don’t get a stomach upset. The food made by the aunt at home is cleaner than what’s in the restaurants outside."

Ji Su sneered, "You don’t have to find so many excuses to defend yourself! Gu Yucheng, I am very grateful that you saved me when the ambulance came rushing, but please don’t use your high IQ to disdain my intelligence as an ordinary woman. You have always disliked Chenxiang. In the past, you thought I kept Chenxiang overnight, and now, I’m just having a meal with him, and yet you tricked him into returning to the hospital with a fake message. What exactly do you want?"

"Susu, I really just want to take good care of you!" Gu Yucheng said while driving, stopping the car beneath her apartment building.

Ji Su opened the car door and prepared to leave, but Gu Yucheng grabbed her with one hand.

Ji Su angrily shook off his hand and then returned to her place.

Gu Yucheng hurriedly followed, "Susu, don’t be angry, it’s not good for your health, it’s not good for the child..."

"Don’t always use the child as an excuse, acting like a sanctimonious hypocrite." Naturally, Ji Su would not give him a pleasant look.

Ji Su was extremely angry about his actions today, "Gu Yucheng, don’t you understand? I don’t need your care. I can live well on my own. Are you tired of doubting others like this? You suspect that I had the most intimate relationship with Chenxiang, you suspect that the child in my belly is Chenxiang’s child, Gu Yucheng, then let me make you give up today – it’s impossible between us. Indeed, I have had the most intimate relationship with someone else!"

Gu Yucheng, seeing her agitated, quickly tried to explain: "At that time, I was presumptuous to think that you and He Chenxiang were involved. Susu, I apologize..."

"No need!" Ji Su interrupted him, "I have long ceased to be your woman alone, Gu Yucheng. Even if I did not have a relationship with Gu Qingchen or He Chenxiang, I had been with a man whose name I don’t even know during a drunk episode..."

To make Gu Yucheng give up, she did not hesitate to fabricate such an action. Today, the way Gu Yucheng treated He Chenxiang really angered Ji Su.

Upon hearing this, Gu Yucheng, who had agreed to live peacefully and happily with her, was provoked by her words, and to shut her up, he grabbed her and pinned her against the bedroom wall, fiercely kissing those lips that hurt and upset him...

Gu Yucheng always had strong self-control, but at that moment, he was overtaken by a primal urge, like a wild beast.

Ji Su was frightened by his red-eyed expression. She struggled desperately, but the more she struggled, the more it incited the frenzy in his veins, surging through his limbs to every little detail.

"Gu Yucheng, let go of me..."

She was the most tender woman, basked in sunlight, and beside her stood a tall and stately man.

She was fragile, he was forceful.

She appeared delicate and pitiable; he was cold and domineering.

In such a scene, both she and he were the protagonists of this painting, stirring a special emotion on this afternoon.

"Susu, do you not realize that this makes me want to possess you uncontrollably..." Gu Yucheng voiced his innermost thoughts.

Ji Su, being held by him and hearing such words, trembled uncontrollably, her speech broken and unsteady.

"Gu Yucheng, do you lack women? You rule over everything, what kind of woman can’t you have?" Ji Su was furiously upset, "Why must you treat me this way?"

Gu Yucheng gazed at her, "Because you are Susu, because others are not Susu... I only want to be with you..."

"But, I no longer want to be together with you..." Ji Su immediately responded.

As expected, Ji Su said, "Yucheng, in fact, there are many women who have a figure and face like mine. You’re so capable, you can quickly find many such women..."

Before she could finish her sentence, Gu Yucheng, who had just calmed down, became stern again, "Susu, are you challenging my patience?"

Ji Su turned pale, lowering her eyes. Was she wrong in what she said? Did he not think Lu Xiao’s figure was like hers? That’s why they broke up? She knew many men admired her figure, and Gu Yucheng had always been unable to let go; thus, they had never completely separated over the years...

"I’m just afraid you can’t see clearly what you really want, I’m helping you straighten things out!" Ji Su said.

Gu Yucheng took a deep breath. It seemed opening up completely between them was not something that could happen overnight, but he did not want her to continue with these misunderstandings. He seriously said, "I know what I want, Susu, I want to live with you and the children. As a man, I cannot deny the allure of a woman’s tender body. You are young and beautiful now, and I like you. When you age and your beauty fades, I will like you just the same. But what matters more is the heart..."

Ji Su looked at him, still shaking her head, "You have truly let go, I know you have, it’s only because of this child. The child is your own flesh and blood, Gu Yucheng, you are a person who cares deeply about his own flesh and blood, you cannot bear anyone taking away your child, which is why you are entangled again, wanting to be together with me for the child’s sake. Aren’t you tired? Gu Yucheng, if you’re not tired, I am..."

Gu Yucheng stared blankly at her, her expression somewhat sad, her eyes filled with despair. Once a sunny and lovely lady, now eroded by the years into a picture of sorrow... of despair...

Could it really not go back to the way it was?

No matter how tired, he was willing to walk with her.

No matter how bitter, he was willing to weather life’s storms together with her.

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by lotustale.com