"Let's go, I'll take you to the hospital," Gu Xiuyu said dotingly, coming to Ye Ziyu's side and placing his hand on her slender waist.
Such an intimate gesture made Ye Ziyu uncomfortable, but for Di Mingjue, she endured it as if she had touched something unclean in a garbage dump.
As they walked out of the living room, Ye Ziyu and Gu Xiuyu both saw the taxi parked at the entrance.
The car that brought her here hadn't left yet?
Gu Xiuyu looked down at Ye Ziyu, "Didn't you pay the driver?"
Ye Ziyu knew that Shen Lin was in the car. She nodded and said, "Yes, you go get the car, I'll go pay the fare."
"Let's go together," Gu Xiuyu had no intention of letting her disappear from his sight.
Seeing him constantly watching her, Ye Ziyu pretended to be angry and stopped.
"What's wrong?" Gu Xiuyu immediately sensed her unhappiness.
"Are you monitoring me now?" Ye Ziyu questioned, "Are you following me everywhere I go? Will you follow me into the women's restroom too?"
Gu Xiuyu naturally didn't feel at ease letting her move around alone, but he also didn't want Ye Ziyu to be unhappy.
He glanced up at the taxi still waiting outside and reluctantly agreed, "You go pay, I'll go get the car."
Once she was sure he wouldn't follow, Ye Ziyu walked out of the Gu residence without looking back.
Gu Xiuyu didn't follow her, but that didn't mean he would confidently go to the garage to get his car. He stood his ground, watching Ye Ziyu take out her phone and scan the QR code the driver presented.
"You go back first, I'll return to the hospital with Gu Xiuyu," Ye Ziyu said to Shen Lin in the car as she scanned the code and paid the supposed fare.
When they came out, Shen Lin didn't have time to have the driver leave. In a flash of inspiration, he lowered the car seat and lay down flat.
He asked with concern, "Madam, did he threaten you?"
He was right at the entrance of the Gu residence. Why wouldn't she go back to the hospital together? Instead, she was going with the problematic Gu Xiuyu?
Ye Ziyu put away her phone and glanced at Shen Lin, whose face was full of confusion. "He gave me the antidote. As for other things, I don't have time to explain in detail now. You go back and make arrangements. I'm not sure about the antidote he gave me."
Gu Xiuyu had tried every means to poison Di Mingjue. She had proposed to be together after he was detoxified, so his easy agreement made her suspicious whether the contents in the bottle were the real antidote or a poisonous substance.
Fearing that too much time would raise suspicion, Ye Ziyu turned to look back at the Gu residence.
As expected, Gu Xiuyu was still watching her.
Seeing her turn back, he revealed his fair teeth.
Ye Ziyu looked at him indifferently, holding her embrace and waiting for him to drive out.
"Ziyu, wait for me a moment," Gu Xiuyu called out from a distance, then turned and went to the garage behind them.
Taking advantage of his absence, Ye Ziyu approached the departing taxi again.
Shen Lin rolled down the window from inside. Before he could speak, Ye Ziyu tossed the brown bottle into his arms.
"This is the antidote Gu Xiuyu gave me. You go back to the hospital now and have a doctor analyze its components. When I get to the ward, find an opportunity to return it to me," Ye Ziyu instructed.
As soon as she finished speaking, Gu Xiuyu's car emerged from the Gu residence.
Ye Ziyu walked over proactively. Before Gu Xiuyu could open the car door for her, Ye Ziyu had already gotten into the back seat.
"It's already noon. Why don't we have lunch first, and then go to the hospital?" Gu Xiuyu said, looking at Ye Ziyu in the rearview mirror.
His voice reached her ears. Ye Ziyu, with a calm expression, simply closed her eyes. Where she couldn't see, a trace of jealousy appeared in Gu Xiuyu's eyes.
The car was driving smoothly, as if it were stationary. Ye Ziyu turned her head to look out the window, objects blurring past her eyes slowly.
She realized Gu Xiuyu was deliberately driving slowly, but she wasn't in a hurry. The longer it took to get to the hospital, the more time it gave them for testing.