When Gu Xiqiao arrived, Luo Wenlang was still sitting on the same bench, still in the same dazed state.
“Why didn’t you go up?”
Hearing her voice, Luo Wenlang turned his head slowly to look at her. They stared at each other for a long while before he finally opened his mouth, “I don’t know what to say to him.”
His eyes were out of focus. After raising his younger brother for so long, to hear that he still had living relatives, he couldn’t muster up any feelings of happiness at all, and felt disappointment instead.
“Then don’t tell him, no one will know.” Gu Xiqiao sighed. Xixi was flying around her, and it was a bit annoying. Slapping it to one side, she continued, “There’s nothing good about the Gu family anyway, Dalin won’t care about these things.”
“Let’s go,” Luo Wenlang said, acting like he hadn’t heard her as he stood up, his head still bowed, “This is his right.”
Though he said that, when they reached the ward, Luo Wenlang didn’t have the courage to go in. He handed the paper that held the result to Gu Xiqiao. “I won’t go in, go ahead and tell him.”
Gu Xiqiao glanced at the expression on his face, and seeing that he really didn’t want to go in, she didn’t press the issue. “Then I’m going in.”
In the ward, Luo Wenlin was working on his oil painting, and Mu Jiatong was in the bed behind him, observing him without blinking. They didn’t even notice Gu Xiqiao coming in, until Xixi flew forward in circles around them, which attracted their attention.
“Sister Gu!” Mu Jiatong greeted her once she saw her, scrambling to jump out of the bed.
Luo Wenlin also stopped painting and turned around. “Sister Gu.”
Gu Xiqiao responded easily, and walked over to look at Luo Wenlin’s painting. His paintings were full of life and spirit, and in this he was very similar to the Gu family, like how she and Gu Xijin were both talented in art. “Not bad.”
“Not as good as yours, Sister Gu.” Luo Wenlin felt pleased and embarrassed to hear her praise.
Gu Xiqiao rubbed his head, wondering how to bring up the matter. After a while, Luo Wenlin turned back to continue his painting, and Gu Xiqiao opened her mouth after some time had passed. “Dalin, I found your family.”
“Oh.” Luo Wenlin’s hand paused, his brush hovering above the canvas. He murmured softly, but there was no other emotion.
His reaction was flat, and Gu Xiqiao felt a bit unexpected. “Do you want to know who they are?”
“Sister Gu.” Luo Wenlin suddenly raised his head, and his eyes seemed like they could pierce through you, he said very slowly, “I only have one family member, and that is my brother. If there is anyone else, then it would be the people from the orphanage.”
He had grown up in the orphanage, and when he got out he had lived with Luo Wenlang. In his eyes, Luo Wenlang was his only family.
“Un, not knowing is good too,” Gu Xiqiao said, patting his head gently. After giving him a few tips on his painting, she left the room.
Luo Wenlang was leaning against the wall beside the door when she came out, his face in his hands and she couldn’t see his expression.
“You heard Dalin’s words, go on in and don’t worry anymore,” Gu Xiqiao said in a low voice.
“Mm,” Luo Wenlang replied, his voice unusually hoarse and scratchy. He stood outside a while longer before opening the door to head inside, and from the outside, Gu Xiqiao could hear Luo Wenlin’s cheerful exclamation followed by chatter.
‘System, my bone marrow is suitable for Dalin, right?’ Gu Xiqiao confirmed with the system as she turned to walk to the office of Luo Wenlin’s doctor.
The system spirit was playing a game in the void, and hearing her words, it left the void to appear in front of Gu Xiqiao, [According to the information I have, that is correct, Beauty Qiao. However, it looks like Big Jiang is really reluctant for you to donate your bone marrow.]
‘Dalin is my younger brother. Although we have different mothers, he’s so much better than Gu Xijin, right?’ This was an unexpected surprise, and Gu Xiqiao felt strangely responsible for this.
[Alright, but you have to take good care of yourself. If Big Jiang knew that this entire incident was because of me, he’d most likely to flay me.] The system spirit shivered at that thought, [I keep feeling that he can see me, and that’s a horrifying thought.]
‘You’re thinking too much.” Gu Xiqiao had reached the doctor’s office, and informed him of her intentions.
“You want to donate your bone marrow to Luo Wenlin?” The doctor adjusted his glasses. The girl in front of him was a beauty, with delicate features on her pale face and a thin, petite figure. He strongly suspected that she had malnutrition, “Are you of age? Does your family know about this?”
“They know, doctor. Dalin is my brother, my bone marrow is definitely a match.” Gu Xiqiao’s eyes were determined.
Saying it like that, the doctor couldn’t retort with anything else. He started writing a list, “You have to take a test first, to check whether it will be a successful match. Then a check on your health, and leave a way to contact you. The results will be out only tomorrow.”
If her general health was not up to standard, even if the bone marrow was a match, the hospital wouldn’t simply do the transplant.
Gu Xiqiao took the list and went to get her blood tested, and it took a while before she was able to leave. Recalling that she was lacking some painting materials, she left to find a shop to buy her things.
When she was heading down, she remembered that the paper Luo Wenlang had given her was still in her pocket. Thinking back to Luo Wenlin’s reaction, she promptly tossed the paper into the rubbish bin.
***
While Gu Xiqiao was getting better as the days passed by, the Gu family business in contrast was getting worse as the days went by. Master Gu had heart attacks quite frequently in recent days, and was being accompanied by the butler to the hospital today. The large machines were unable to be moved to the manor, and so he had to come to the hospital for check ups once in a while.
He didn’t expect to see Gu Xiqiao at this time, and Master Gu watched as she crumpled a piece of paper, tossing it into the bin. He was curious at this, and told the butler, “Take it out and let me have a look.”
Initially, he was wondering whether it could be that the young people were causing chaos again? When the butler handed the paper over to him, his eyes widened as he clutched his heart, gasping for breath.
The butler hurriedly tried to calm him, but Master Gu waved him away. “It’s okay, it was just a burst of excitement. Go, hurry and investigate this boy called Luo Wenlin!”
Gu Xijin was useless, and Gu Xiqiao had turned her back on the family, unwilling to return. The Gu family was considered to have no successor, and unexpectedly another qualified person had appeared out of thin air, and was even his grandson by blood! There was nothing more exciting than this at this moment.
More importantly, this grandson of his and Gu Xiqiao must know each other. As long as he could bring his grandson back into the Gu family, how could Gu Xiqiao ignore them in the future? Of course, if she was willing to teach his grandson, that was all the better.
Thinking about this, Master Gu couldn’t resist it anymore. He didn’t even bother going for his check up, immediately sending for someone to drive him home instead. He needed to investigate and ponder over this matter carefully!
***
There was a specialty store not far from the hospital, and thinking about how hard it would be to find parking, Gu Xiqiao left the car and made her way slowly towards the shops on foot instead. Xixi was flying around her in a show of tantrum for not being able to speak, and she had swatted him time and time again. For a long-lived creature, he sure didn’t have the best memories.
[Ding! Daily Mission activated: Help that mister!]
[Mission completion reward: 100 points!]
The system gave an alert while she was on her way back from buying her things.
Gu Xiqiao had already seen a group of people gathering at the intersection, and instead of squeezing past them immediately, she lingered at the side to listen to the situation.
It went something like this, a woman was hit by a middle-aged man riding a motorcycle while crossing the road. She fell to the ground and wouldn’t wake up. Her brother had caught the perpetrator, but the man claimed that he had not hit the woman.
The woman’s brother was dressed in black clothes, and wore a black bandana. In today’s society, there was no surprise at his choice of clothing. He picked up the middle-aged man with one hand, and it clearly showed how strong he was. He spoke with inaccurate words which indicated that Chinese was not his first language. “The Great Heavens disappoint me. Scum like you, what’s the point of you being alive?”
He lifted the man higher, a glint of anger in his eyes.
He wanted to teach this scum a lesson, but before he could move, he realized that his wrist was being gripped by someone. He turned his head, and his eyes landed on a beautiful, petite girl. Feeling tolerant while faced with a beautiful girl, his anger diminished a little as he looked at her, “Little beauty, don’t be nosy.”
“He’s a good person, you’ve misunderstood him.” Gu Xiqiao looked at the mister who was being held, his eyes were pleading and full of urgency. He was being held by the neck, and it was hard to get any words out.
“With such beauty, why is it that you lack the brains!” The man’s eyes slowly turned red, and he looked to be very short-tempered, and on the verge of throwing a fit.
At the same time, the people around were looking at Gu Xiqiao with disapproval in their eyes. “That’s right, could it be that this girl is in cahoots with the girl who was knocked down?”
“They may look like people, but I didn’t expect their hearts to be so callous.”
“…”
This matter was already severely affecting the traffic flow, and a luxury black car was forced to stop at the roadside. “Young Master, it looks like there has been an accident in front. Do you want someone to clear a path?”
A cool voice sounded faintly. “No need.”
Mu Yunfan rolled down the car window, his eyesight was good, and he could see what was happening in the distance. He noticed the girl was the same one that he had met that one time, and he could clearly remember her because she was really an exquisite beauty. Hearing the butler’s words, he furrowed his brows slightly, feeling his impression of the girl dropping into nothing, “Go around it.”
The low-key luxury car left quietly.
“Having hurt my sister, you have to pay with your life. Little girl, stop being such a busy body. Otherwise, don’t blame me if you die. Don’t be arrogant just because you have a little more strength than average, I’m not an ordinary person!” The man sneered coldly and a ball of flame gathering directly above his palm. He was a ninja from Japan. Even if he killed an ordinary citizen of China, they wouldn’t dare to come after him.
Gu Xiqiao smiled, a heavy aura emitting from her body.
Sorry, her ancient martial arts were not bad either.