The sky was covered with clouds while the sun shone brightly. The sunlight was partially hidden behind the clouds in the morning sky.
The room was quiet.
The young girl wore a champagne pink nightdress. Her mouth was taped shut and there were two tear lines on her face. Her black hair was messily wrapped around her fair neck and she stared at the door that was being knocked on. Her big fox eyes were red and they were burning in rage as if a volcano was about to erupt.
Song Qingli had suffered such great humiliation on the first night she stayed at the Gu Gardens.
How could she endure this?
It was already the next morning when the door was pushed open. The maid had knocked on the door for a long time but no one responded. She had no other choice but to find the key. She was here to deliver the dresses and when she pushed in the rack filled with dressed, she was shocked by the scene in front of her before she could even say anything.
"AHHHHHHH!!" The maid fell to the ground.
Song Qingli could see the man who stopped by the door through the gaps between the dresses. He had changed into a formal suit; a noble, custom-made suit that was ironed and clean. His adam's apple was slightly protruding from his slender neck. He had a cold look on his face as he sat in a wheelchair with a gentle temperament.
"Miss…..Miss Song, are you still alive?" The maid stammered as she spoke. She was looking at Song Qingli who wasn't even blinking her eyes. The scene on the bed was indeed a shocking one.
Song Qingli had been tied up for the whole night.
The maid then quickly untied the nylon rope.
Song Qingli's shoulders were sore and her legs were numb. She tore off the tape that sealed her mouth as soon as she was free.
The girl felt weak but her eyes were like volcanos that were about to erupt. Then, she pushed away the rack that hung the expensive dresses.
"Gu Zechuan, give me an explanation to this." She was mad and yelled at Gu Zechuan.
The young girl's heart felt weak after throwing a tantrum, especially when she saw how the man's eyes trembled. She must have lost her mind to actually be mad at Gu Zechuan.
But, the young girl thought that she had the right to be mad in this situation.
Otherwise, if others thought that she was a soft persimmon that could be easily bullied, how would she be able to survive in Gu Gardens in the future?
She wanted to be shrewish and no one should provoke her. She wanted others to retreat wherever she walked.
The man moved the wheelchair with both hands with a worried look in his eyes. "What happened?"
"Thief!" Song Qingli felt weak and she supported herself by putting her hands on the man's wheelchair. She did not care how skimpily she was dressed at the moment as she stared at him aggressively.
The man turned his head. "There are no thieves in the Gu Gardens. Miss Song, you should put on some clothes first. "
Song Qingli lowered her gaze and saw her exposed cleavage. She was not a conservative person. She was not a shy woman who would not cover her chest with her hands just because her cleavage could be seen.
She raised her eyebrows and looked at the man who had turned his head. Her chest felt stuffy and uncomfortable. She reached out and turned the man's head so that he would face her and she spoke to him word by word, "Then, you have a mole here."
Gu Zechuan saw the gauze wrapped around the girl's wrist. It was oozing with blood and the injury looked serious. If it wasn't treated immediately, it might get infected. The man's warm fingers easily caught the girl's hand and he held it in his palm.
"Xiao Rui, bring me the first aid kit."
"Gu Zechuan, aren't you worried that there is a mole in Gu Gardens?"
"Or perhaps, Mr. Gu is the one who did it?"
Song Qingli wanted to pull her wrist back from his grasp, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't. She squinted her fox-like eyes. 'Alright, Gu Zechuan, you're avoiding the question again. You've started acting again, right?"
"Miss Song, I would be more aware than you if there is a mole here in the Gu Gardens. I just don't think it's good to tell others that Miss Song was tied to the bed for no reason. I will have Xu Hao investigate secretly and will definitely give you an explanation that you will be satisfied with." As the man spoke, he had already untied the gauze around Song Qingli's wrist.
The blood-stained gauze was already stuck to the flesh. Although his movements were already very gentle, it would still hurt to pull away the gauze that was already stuck onto the flesh.
"Hissss – – "
Song Qingli gasped. Gu Zechuan raised his eyebrows and glanced at her.
Song Qingli was leaning on him and the two of them were standing very close. The tip of their noses is only a few centimeters apart. The young girl looked into his eyes with her eyes narrowed.
After a while, her tone softened, "Why are you still calling me Miss Song? We haven't seen each other for a day and you've grown distant."
The man did not look embarrassed at all. He smiled lightly and said, "You should eat something. You sound weak."
"Since you dote on me so much, why don't you feed me?" She had been acting like a young girl for a long time and her calves felt cramped. Her body swayed and she suddenly knelt down in front of Gu Zechuan.
Song Qingli's heart was burning with anger. Damn that blood sugar of hers! It was something impossible to guard against. She was still stirring up the drama a minute ago and by the next second, she got on her knees.
Even when she was a woman with thick skin, she still felt embarrassed by the sudden change.
"I'll do your bandage first. You should eat something first," The man chuckled from above her head.
Gu Zechuan was meticulous in his work. He lowered his eyes slightly and rubbed a cotton swab between his fingers. He dipped it in iodophor and wiped it on her thin wrist. After wiping off the blood, he could clearly see the stitched wound. The wound stood out on her fair wrist like a red rose growing amongst the lilies.
Was this the wound from her suicide attempt where she cut her wrist?
The man sneered in his heart. It was really interesting to watch this fierce woman put on an act. No matter how beautiful she was, there was always a fierce look in her fox-like eyes.
Song Qingli sat on the sofa obediently. If she wasn't so hungry that she was seeing stars, she would definitely be able to continue the argument.
The maid, Xiao Rui, was tidying up the 'battlefield'. She picked up all the dresses that had been pushed over and carefully examined them. There were three of the haute couture dresses had been damaged to varying degrees.
After her inspection, she turned around and saw how gentle the second young master was towards Miss Song. Her heart was instantly filled with jealousy. Then, she approached them arrogantly and spoke loudly, "Second young master, you picked these gowns personally and I brought them here for her to choose but three of them are ruined now before she could even choose. "
Song Qingli touched her bandaged wrist and sneered secretly. This woman was just a maid and she had the audacity to put on such an act in front of her?
After a while, the young girl sniffed and suddenly looked up with tears streaming down her face. She rubbed her eyes with the back of her hand and said, "It's my first day at the Gu Gardens and this happened. I….I was just scared that none of you care about my life and took so long to pry open my door."
"If none of you came, I would have died. Huhuhuhu.... " Song Qingli was crying like a pear blossom bathed in rain. She did not forget to look at Xiao Rui, whose face was turning green, and there was a hint of provocation in her teary eyes.
The young girl then pulled away the handkerchief from Gu Zechuan's chest. "Hubby, are you just going to let her bully me like this?"
Gu Zechuan's eyes remained calm.
"Xiao Rui, go to the kitchen and get a bowl of millet porridge. Then, change all the dresses here into those that can cover her arms and legs."
Seeing how the young master did not scold the woman but was actually taking care of her so carefully, Xiao Rui got so angry that she was about to cry. Then, she quickly turned around and ran out.
Song Qingli thought to herself, 'she's just a maid. How dare she act so arrogantly in front of Gu Zechuan?'
Could this maid be Gu Zechuan's mistress?
The young girl continued sobbing.
"You'll be even hungrier if you continue howling like a wolf when you cry." The man was starting to get annoyed.
The young girl was stunned when she heard this. Her eyes widened in shock. "Hubby, which ears of yours are hearing it as a wolf's howl? I definitely sound like a bird singing."