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The atmosphere in the hospital room changed instantly.
Someone scoffed. Qin Yang cast a disdainful glance at me, as if to say—who do you think you are to challenge me! I clenched my fists and walked out of the room.
Gu Ning chased after me, "Mu Yan, my friend just likes to joke around, don’t overthink it."
I looked at her, forcing out a smile that was more painful than a frown.
"Why didn’t you tell them I’m your boyfriend?"
Gu Ning's gaze shifted away, "I already said before, I don’t want to go public yet, don’t make a scene!" I fell silent.
Gu Ning turned back into the room. I stood there without moving. After about half an hour, I saw the few people who had been in the room earlier leave.
I reached into my pants pocket for my car keys but instead felt my Bluetooth earphones.
It was Gu Ning who had asked me to bring them; I had forgotten to give them to her earlier.
So I walked up to the door of the room and twisted the doorknob, only to find it locked. My heart sank as I raised my hand to knock on the door.
After a long time, the door finally opened.
Gu Ning had taken off her jacket and was wearing an off-the-shoulder sweater underneath, revealing shoulders marked with red and purple bruises. My pupils constricted.
Gu Ning asked coldly, "What is it?"
I handed her the headphones. "Here are the headphones you wanted."
Gu Ning was taken aback as she took the headphones.
In my hoarse voice, I asked, "What did you do with him inside?" Gu Ning's expression changed dramatically, and in a fit of anger, she slapped me. "What do you take me for?"
She said unhappily, "Mu Yan, can you stop being so suspicious? I'm already exhausted taking care of Qin Yang while managing company affairs." Then she pulled up her sweater. "I'm just having an allergic reaction; I'll go see a doctor and get some medicine later."
I gritted my teeth, feeling as if my sorrow was about to engulf me. I loved her; I wasn't a fool. The next day, Qin Yang was discharged from the hospital, and Gu Ning asked me to pick them up.
However, on the way there, I got into an accident. A wild cat suddenly darted out in the middle of the road, and I swerved to avoid it, crashing my car into a tree. A sharp pain shot through my arm.
At that moment, my phone rang; it was Gu Ning.
As soon as I answered, she angrily said, "Mu Yan, what's wrong with you? We've been waiting for you at the hospital entrance for ages!"
I moved my lips to say, "I got into..."
Before I could finish saying "car accident," Gu Ning coldly interrupted me. "If you don't show up within ten minutes, just get lost!" Without giving me a chance to respond, she ended the call.
I stared blankly at my phone, my heart feeling like it had been struck hard, aching dully. Glancing at my bloodied arm, I endured the pain and turned the car around towards the hospital.
I compressed a twenty-minute journey into ten minutes. When I arrived at the hospital entrance, Gu Ning looked at me with an unhappy expression.
"How are you supposed to be a bodyguard if all you do is slack off? Qin Yang is still weak and can't stand for too long."
I pressed my lips together, my heart twisting in pain.
Gu Ning has scolded me for Qin Yang more than once.
Last month, they went horseback riding together. Qin Yang rode a spirited horse and fell off, breaking a rib. Gu Ning said it was my fault for not choosing the right horse.
Last week, they were going out to eat and asked me to go ahead and order. I ordered a dessert that contained mango, and Qin Yang had an allergic reaction and had to be rushed to the hospital.
Gu Ning said I almost caused Qin Yang's death.
A few nights ago, she went out drinking with Qin Yang and got quite drunk. When getting into the car, she asked me to help Qin Yang, but unexpectedly, he deliberately shook off my hand and hit his head on the car door.
She blamed me for being clumsy and not supporting Qin Yang properly, causing him to bruise his forehead. Whenever something happens to Qin Yang, it’s always my fault, my negligence.
But I am Gu Ning's bodyguard, not Qin Yang's.
After dropping Qin Yang off at his apartment, I drove home.
When I got out of the car, Gu Ning seemed to finally notice that I was injured and exclaimed, "Your arm is bleeding!"
I replied calmly, "There was a little accident on the way."
Gu Ning looked at me and said, "Why didn't you say anything earlier? Go to the hospital and get it bandaged."
When Qin Yang had an accident, she rushed to the hospital and stayed by his side without leaving him for a moment, but when it was my accident, all she said was to go get it bandaged.
I am a person with flesh and blood; I have feelings too.
"Gu Ning."
She looked up at me.
I asked in a hoarse voice, "Do you still like me?"
As long as she says she doesn't like me, I can step back into my original position and just be a bodyguard without crossing any boundaries.
Gu Ning smiled at me and said, "I like it."
I reached out my hand to hug her, but unexpectedly, Gu Ning pushed me away.
"You smell like blood; it's so unpleasant. Don't hug me."
My hand froze, and the warmth that had just risen in my heart instantly vanished.
"When can we make our relationship public?"
I looked at her beautiful face and continued to ask, "What am I to you? Am I a bodyguard or a boyfriend?"
Or... am I just a tool she uses to provoke Qin Yang?
Gu Ning's expression froze for a moment, and she was silent for a while.
"This isn't the time for such romantic talks; your hand is bleeding. You should go to the hospital first."
Then she turned and went inside.
I watched her back. For eight years, I had followed her like a shadow, taking care of her. Yet all she ever left me with was her back.
I took a taxi to the hospital.
The doctor had just finished bandaging my wound when Gu Ning's call came in. She was crying as she said, "Qin Yang is missing. I can't reach him. His family went bankrupt before and owes a lot of money. I don't know if something happened to him. Please, I beg you to help me find him quickly."
Gu Ning was a proud daughter of heaven; she had never used the word "please" with anyone before. My heart softened, and without even putting on my coat, I hurriedly left the hospital and rushed to Qin Yang's apartment.
I encountered a few men lurking downstairs, carrying a large burlap sack that seemed to contain a person.
Suspecting that Qin Yang was inside, I confronted them and ended up fighting. However, my injured arm quickly gave way, and I was soon knocked to the ground. They took me along in their car.
From their conversation, I learned that their target was not Qin Yang, but money.
They had kidnapped Qin Yang because he was Gu Ning's beloved, intending to demand a ransom of one million from her.
Gu Ning rushed to the seaside with the million as quickly as she could.
Both Qin Yang and I were tied up with ropes, unable to move.
However, Gu Ning only saw Qin Yang and shouted, "Let him go!"
Qin Yang was equally agitated, "Ning Ning, please save me!" My arm wound had split open, oozing blood, and my face was pale as death. I felt weak, barely clinging to life.
Yet Gu Ning didn't spare me a glance; her focus remained on the kidnappers.
"I brought the money; now let Qin Yang go."
The kidnappers suddenly thought that two people should warrant two million and demanded that Gu Ning fetch another million for my release; otherwise, they would only let one of us go.
Without hesitation, Gu Ning pointed at me and said, "He's just a dog I keep; he's not worth a million. Qin Yang must not be harmed; let him go!"
In that instant, it felt as if my heart had been pierced by something sharp, bleeding profusely and causing me to nearly suffocate from the pain.
I realized she didn't care about me.
From beginning to end, I was just used by her to provoke Qin Yang.
But I never expected that in her eyes, I was merely a dog she kept. It turned out that when she said she liked me, it only meant she liked a dog.
The kidnapper looked at me and said, "President Gu, since you don't choose him, I'll throw him into the sea."
Gu Ning's gaze was fixed tightly on Qin Yang; she didn't even glance at me. "His death is of no consequence. I only want Qin Yang to live."
The tension in my mind suddenly snapped.
Even if I were to die, I couldn't earn a single glance from her. A few seconds later, I felt a sense of relief. I was raised by the Gu Family; this life originally belonged to her.
Now, consider it returned to her.
From now on, I would no longer owe the Gu Family anything.
In the next moment, someone lifted my body.
With a splash, I was thrown into the sea.
The icy water pierced through my bones as I closed my eyes, with only one thought in my mind: in the next life, I hope not to encounter her again.
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