Chapter 227: Chapter 227: Constantly Refreshing Worldview
Tang Yuxiu heard this answer, and his tense heart finally relaxed. Sure enough, he was overthinking it.
He softened his voice, "Then get off, tell me where, and I’ll take you."
"Aren’t you going to work?"
"I’m the boss. I can leave work whenever I like."
Such words, such reasoning, left Gu Yan speechless and unable to refute.
The boss is really something!
She usually loathed capitalists, yet one day, she fell in love with a typical capitalist.
This must be what people mean when they say life is unpredictable.
She said to the person on the other end of the phone, "It’s not that troublesome. I’ll just get off at the hospital, but if you’re free, you can drive to the hospital. After I visit my dad, you can take me home."
Something in her words seemed to please Young Master Tang, as he didn’t insist on Gu Yan getting off immediately but instead agreed, "Okay, see you at the hospital."
"Alright. By the way, we’ll need to buy groceries on our way back."
"Got it," he responded.
Gu Yan held the phone, listening to his shallow breathing on the other end, and felt a wave of satisfaction.
She didn’t ask for much, just wanted to live a simple life, leaving work with someone she liked, visiting sick relatives, then going to the supermarket to buy groceries, coming home to cook a meal, and eating together.
She didn’t want anything grandiose, just the most ordinary yet warmest life.
With her, with Tang Yuxiu, a roof over their heads, enough to eat and wear.
Most importantly, Tang Yuxiu himself was extraordinary yet willing to live an ordinary life with her.
What more could she ask for?
After a day of sulking, Gu Yan felt relieved and relaxed at this moment.
Gu Yan arrived at the hospital, unsure if Tang Yuxiu was there yet. She bought some things at the store opposite and went straight upstairs to see Gu’s father.
To her surprise, besides Gu’s father and Mrs. Gu, Gu Qin and her mother were also there.
Seeing Gu Yan’s surprised expression, Gu Qin stood up and greeted her warmly.
"Gu Yan, are you here to see Uncle?"
Gu Yan fell silent; other than visiting her father, what else could she have come for? To specifically visit Mrs. Gu? Or Gu Qin?
She wasn’t that masochistic. If it weren’t for her father, she’d never want any unnecessary interactions with them in her life.
Since it was her father’s hospital room, she nodded in response to Gu Qin’s words, then walked to the bedside, placed the things she bought on the nightstand, and asked about her father’s health.
Gu’s father replied, "I’m fine now, I’ll be discharged soon."
Gu Yan, hearing this, was overjoyed, her face unable to hide her happiness, "That’s great, finally almost discharged. Hospitals are never good places. I’ll ask the doctor about your discharge time later, so I can pick you up."
"If you’re busy with work, don’t bother coming. Focus on your work. Anyway, I’m well enough to go home by myself."
But Gu Yan was unwilling, "How can that be? Dad, you just focus on recovering. Don’t rush back after being discharged. I’ll take you around here for a few days. You haven’t seen the city where I’ve been working and living for years, right?"
Gu’s father seemed to think of something and sighed, "I appreciate your intention, but I’ve been staying here so long, I really want to go back soon. As for staying here for a few days, maybe next time."
Gu’s father insisted, and Gu Yan couldn’t force him. She thought that perhaps the older one gets, the less they want to stay away from home, more nostalgic than others.
In her memory, Gu’s father had never stayed away from home for so long, at most staying at relatives’ house for a few days, and even then he would talk about going home early.
"Alright then, I’ll take you out next time."
The father and daughter’s conversation ignored the other three people in the room completely.
Gu’s father, with his coarse nerves, focused on talking to Gu Yan, leaving no extra energy to manage others.
As for Gu Yan, she couldn’t be bothered to engage with them.
After the conversation, Gu Qin seized the opportunity to join in.
"Gu Yan, how come you didn’t say anything when Uncle suddenly changed rooms? It almost led my mom and me to not find the room when we came to see him." Gu Qin spoke with such tender affection it gave Gu Yan goosebumps.
If it weren’t for the wrong occasion, she really wanted to tell her to drop that coy tone she uses on men when talking to her, since there’s no one else here.
"It was a last-minute change, I didn’t think of it." This was due to Tang Yuxiu’s request, not her intention. It wasn’t like she could afford such a high-end room for her father; it even looked like a bedroom.
Gu Qin had heard that Gu’s father was moved to a VIP room, supposedly arranged by the man Gu Yan was with, out of curiosity and wanting to confirm, so she came with Li Xiulan to see for herself, and it turned out to be true.
She was even more eager to know who that man was, whether it was Qin Junnan or Tang Yuxiu?
But regardless of who it was, she was jealous.
Why does Gu Yan get to be protected by such an outstanding man? Where is she inferior to this ordinary woman?!
So these days, she and Li Xiulan would drop by whenever they had nothing to do, hoping to run into Gu Yan, and even more so, hoping to see the man who helped move Gu’s father to a new ward.
She wanted to know who it really was.
"I heard from Auntie that it was the man who came with you that day who helped. I wonder who it is? Have you thanked him properly?"
Look at what Gu Qin says, like she’s the hostess, still thinking about thanking him. Isn’t she really just trying to find out who he is so she can make a move?
Gu Yan is very clear about Gu Qin’s little calculations now; she doesn’t even have to guess.
Unfortunately, that man is hers now! No one should even think about making a move on him!
But Gu Yan can’t say this now.
Their relationship is still a secret; it’s not the time to make it public.
She gave Gu Qin a faint smile, "Don’t worry, I have already thanked him properly, no need for you to be so concerned." And besides, it’s overly concerning and too late anyway.
Gu Qin seemed not to hear the slight sarcasm in Gu Yan’s words and continued, "How did you thank him? How about this, you invite him out, and we treat him to a meal to express our gratitude?"
Gu Yan secretly raised an eyebrow, damn, she had never met someone as shameless as Gu Qin, saying something like this so brazenly.
Why should she invite Tang Yu out, and what’s with "we" treating him to a meal? What’s it got to do with her?
Truly shameless! How could her skin be so thick! And yet she doesn’t even feel she’s shameless, acting all entitled.
Gu Yan endured her inner discomfort and said with a forced smile, "Sorry, he’s very busy and probably doesn’t have time to dine with small fries like us."
"Why wouldn’t he? He was willing to help move Uncle to such a good ward, which shows he thinks quite well of us. If we invite him to dinner, he should spare some time."
Wow, Gu Yan was again unsettled.
What does it mean that he thinks "quite well of us"?!
She had to make it clear what this had to do with her from start to finish!
That’s not how you post-rationalize a connection onto yourself!
Talking to Gu Qin really constantly reshaped her worldview. She thought that being shameless and thick-skinned was already the limit, but Gu Qin repeatedly brought it to a new level.
She just wanted to take off her shoe and smack it onto Gu Qin’s face which was as unyielding as iron!
Really, no one else is like her.
Gu Yan was also too lazy to put up with her, speaking directly: "I think you should understand one thing, it seems like the person doesn’t even know us. You should remove the ’us’ part, and that ’I’ is for me to say, really has nothing to do with you.
"Also, he took care of my dad, and I thanked him that day, no need for you to worry about inviting him to dinner. I’ll be blunt, even if he had time, it doesn’t mean he would want to dine at the same table with you."
Young Master Tang is so particular, ordinary people really can’t share a table with him.
Suddenly, she thought of Nie Rong!
It’s true that ordinary people can’t just share a meal with Tang Yu Xiu, but Nie Rong somehow managed to have meals with him several times.
Actually, Nie Rong must be different too.
Thinking of this, Gu Yan’s mood dropped, it was truly annoying!
She had to trust Tang Yu Xiu, she didn’t want to care about who he was close to or had relations with in the past, to put it bluntly, she wasn’t qualified to care.
The only thing she had the right to care about was the present, now he’s with her, he shouldn’t get close to other women!
But it seemed Young Master Tang wasn’t really close to any other women besides her, hadn’t seen Nie Rong around recently either.
Uh... got sidetracked.
Back to reality, Gu Yan undoubtedly caught a hint of anger and embarrassment on Gu Qin’s face, but probably because Gu’s father was there, or maybe still unwilling to let go of finding out about the man who helped with the ward, she bit her tongue in resentment.
"Gu Yan, I’m thinking about Uncle, the other party treated him so well, a thank you from just you isn’t enough, our whole family should thank him properly."
Who is "our whole family"?!
Besides Gu’s father, she didn’t want to have any relationship with them, really uneasy.
"Oh, really no need, the other party said he doesn’t like sharing a table with strangers, and doesn’t like crowds."
She intentionally emphasized the word "strangers" to tell Gu Qin that this person doesn’t even know her, nor want to, so this lady should recognize and stop!
Unexpectedly, Gu Qin seemed unable to hear the meaning in her words and continued, "It doesn’t matter, I can represent the family to thank him, just me and him, that’s not many people."
Gu Yan really felt about to collapse, what is going on, just her and him? That instantly excluded Gu Yan from the equation.
Where does she get the audacity, the face, to say such shameless words with a straight face every time?
Should she symbolically bow down and worship?