Gu Xinzhou's cheeks blazed red.
She faced Gu Yibo's departure without daring to obstruct him or ask more questions.
Meanwhile, Lan Baozhen stood at the door of the room, taking a glance inside the bedroom.
Seeing Song Zhen covering his face with the quilt, she knew that he must be feeling terrible right now.
She closed the door and pulled her granddaughter aside, whispering, "You, what a muddlehead you are!
If you're not willing, just talk it out with Song Zhen.
I believe that Song Zhen isn't the kind of man who would force you into doing this sort of thing.
He cares about you so much!
You need to be more thoughtful!
Once a man goes bad, that really is...
Sigh!
Don't ever do this again!"
Gu Xinzhou nodded repeatedly.
She hadn't expected that a knee-jerk reaction would cause him such great harm.
Actually, when Song Zhen was curled up on the floor in pain, Gu Xinzhou immediately regretted her actions.
It pained her heart to the core.
That must have hurt so much!
Biting her lip, she whispered, "I know, Grandmother."
Lan Baozhen turned to leave, "Go back, take care of him, sweet-talk him a little. Grandmother is going downstairs to watch McDull."
The second floor became instantly still.
Gu Xinzhou returned to the bedroom door, thought for a moment, and carefully turned the doorknob.
She walked in and, in a low voice, asked, "Song Zhen, do you, um, want some water?"
The person on the bed didn't move or make a sound.
In a soft voice she said, "Song Zhen, I'm sorry."
The person on the bed still didn't move or make a sound.
Suddenly, she remembered something and said belatedly, "Eh, when your private doctor left earlier, he didn't mention any medicine. Actually, whether he comes or not, it's all the same...."
"I! KNOW!" Song Zhen cried out through gritted teeth!
He fiercely threw off the quilt, revealing his sullen face and resentful eyes.
For the first time in his life, he felt that his little woman was so... foolish!
Gu Xinzhou shrank her head and said softly, "I'm sorry."
Song Zhen glared at her.
In the end, he was defeated by her!
He found he couldn't bring himself to say a single reproachful word, not one harsh word against her!
Once again, he pulled the quilt over his face.
His muffled voice came through, "Go out, I need to rest now."
Gu Xinzhou felt troubled.
She couldn't leave. Just now, Lisa had called asking for money. She was planning to borrow it from Gu Yibo at first, but now that Gu Yibo had left, Song Zhen was the only one home.
She was so poor, she needed money!
Wailing~
But today, she had made such a big mistake, she had hurt him, had a doctor called, creating a scene everyone knew about, causing him to lose face. She feared... he might not be able to let go of his anger so easily.
Gu Xinzhou was actually quite thin-skinned.
She felt embarrassed to speak up at such a time, and asking Song Zhen for money somehow felt even more difficult to articulate.
After a struggle and hesitation, she turned around and moved towards the door like a snail.
She thought maybe she could ask her grandmother; maybe her grandmother had a little she could borrow for now. She would pay back double later - after all, her mother was already discharged from the hospital and didn't need to spend more money on convalescence.
With this in mind, she suddenly quickened her steps.
Her hand was just about to touch the doorknob.
Behind her, Song Zhen's voice called out, "Wait a minute."
Gu Xinzhou's heart skipped a beat, and she looked back at him.
She saw him already sitting up, looking seriously at her: "Is five million enough?"
"Huh?" Gu Xinzhou was puzzled.
Song Zhen frowned, clearly annoyed yet patiently explaining, "The phone call you just took, wasn't someone saying that some alliance was out of money? Didn't you promise to send money within 24 hours?"