Yuan Shuna was so angry that she got out of bed and slapped Ai Yifeng. "It's Yiwei who's wrong. We raised her for so many years, and she used all her cunning to sow discord between me and my own daughter, causing Susu to suffer so much injustice. Can't you, as her brother, be nicer to your sister!"
"If it weren't for her, none of this would have happened! I don't have a sister like her, never have!" Ai Yifeng said and pushed Gu Susu away.
Yuan Shuna, in her anger, clutched her chest, trying to hold Ai Yifeng back. "Yifeng, you... you..." But before she could finish, she lost her footing and collapsed.
Gu Susu was stunned. Ignoring Ai Yifeng, she tried to help Yuan Shuna, but Ai Yifeng blocked her way, refusing to move.
"She seems to have fainted. Hurry and help her back to the bed!" Gu Susu said urgently.
Ai Yifeng realized something and immediately turned to look at Yuan Shuna, who had fallen to the ground. He scooped her up and placed her on the hospital bed, calling her name twice without a response.
Gu Susu said in a panic, "I'll go get the doctor, go get the doctor..." She ran out of the room to call for a doctor.
The doctors and nurses who arrived rushed them both out of the room and began to resuscitate Yuan Shuna.
Gu Susu had intended to leave, but at this moment, she couldn't. She decided to wait until Yuan Shuna was out of danger before leaving.
Ai Yifeng gave her a fierce glare and said, "It's all your fault. You've ruined the originally good Ai family."
Gu Susu didn't argue with him and asked, "You've seen Ai Yiwei. What did she say to you? Are you still unable to let her go?"
Ai Yifeng was momentarily stunned, his anger turning obscure and unclear.
Gu Susu couldn't understand why he always targeted her like this. Apart from the time Qin Tianyi initiated the acquisition of Ai's Group and he came to beg her, which she ignored, she couldn't recall any other offense.
Now that Qin Tianyi's acquisition had failed and Ai's had suffered no losses, with Qin Tianyi being the one who lost out, why was he still angry?
The only reason that could make him angry was Ai Yiwei.
Ai Yifeng didn't answer her and slumped onto a chair in the corridor.
Seeing his dejected look, Gu Susu knew her guess was right. She continued to stand by the ward door, hoping Yuan Shuna would be alright.
Ai Yifeng, behind her, said in a very soft voice, "She told me that the child she was carrying back then was mine."
Gu Susu turned to look at him in surprise. "The child she was carrying wasn't Qin Tianlang's? How is that possible!"
Ai Yifeng suddenly stood up, grabbed her by the neck, and pushed her against the wall. "It's all because of you! If you hadn't helped her, she wouldn't have been able to marry Qin Tianlang, nor would she have ended up like this. Perhaps our child could have been saved then!"
Gu Susu felt like she couldn't breathe, her neck being choked. She glared at him fiercely, thinking how he could still believe everything Ai Yiwei said.
"She... she forced me to help her..." she managed to utter through gritted teeth.
Ai Yifeng stared at her, seemingly regaining his composure, and released her neck.
Gu Susu immediately moved as far away from him as possible and said, "Are you still believing Ai Yiwei's words? Has she ever told the truth? Her current predicament is entirely her own doing."
"The matter of the child is true. I investigated as she said. She did tamper with the results during the DNA test back then." Ai Yifeng's eyes were still red as he looked at Gu Susu, wishing he could choke her again.
Gu Susu shielded her neck and said, "Ai Yifeng! Haven't you been fooled by Ai Yiwei enough? Do you think I wanted to help her back then? She threatened me with my child, what could I do! She was determined to marry Qin Tianlang, who could have stopped her! Even if she was carrying your child, what good would it do? The child in her womb was just a bargaining chip for her to marry Qin Tianlang!"
Ai Yifeng, who had been filled with extreme hatred for Gu Susu, now knew that Gu Susu was speaking the truth. Whom should he hate now!
Hating Ai Yiwei was pointless; she had already been sentenced to life imprisonment. He could only hate himself. He suddenly clenched his fist and punched himself in the head.
Gu Susu was terrified by his actions and tried to stop him from hitting himself. Just then, the ward door opened, and the doctor and nurses came out.
"Are you the patient's family?" the doctor asked them both.
Gu Susu immediately replied, "Yes."
"The patient was already very weak after several rounds of chemotherapy. You must take good care of her and not let her emotions fluctuate too much."
Gu Susu said, "Okay, thank you, Doctor. Is she alright now? Was it serious when she fainted just now?"
"She's fine now," the doctor explained. "She fainted because her emotions fluctuated too much, and her body was still very weak, unable to bear it."
Hearing from the doctor that she was fine, Gu Susu finally breathed a sigh of relief. As soon as the doctors and nurses moved away, she didn't step back into the ward. She simply said to Ai Yifeng, "What's past is past. Don't think too much about it, look forward, and take good care of her. I'm leaving."
With that, she hurried away. She knew that visiting Yuan Shuna would end like this, but when Ai Shunan told her that Yuan Shuna's cancer had metastasized, she couldn't bear not to come. As a result, she ended up quarreling with Ai Yifeng again.
Perhaps from the moment she was born, she had no fate to be a family with them. Because of this blood relation, she couldn't completely let go.
Now, it seemed she had to let go, even if she didn't want to, to avoid being seen as a troublemaker by them.
After leaving the hospital, she was in a very bad mood and didn't want to do anything. She took half a day off and went straight back to her rented place, wanting to be alone.
While she was feeling a bit down by herself, Su Kangxi sent a message saying he had arranged a farewell time with Yang Sijie.
Gu Susu glanced at the time mentioned in the message and felt it should be fine, so she replied with an "Okay."
Just as she finished replying to Su Kangxi, Qin Tianyi's call came through.
"Where are you?" Qin Tianyi asked her first.
Gu Susu, hugging a pillow, said lazily while sitting on the sofa, "At my place."
"Xiao Anjing told me that Ai Shunan agreed to your conditions. You've worked so hard this time. How should I reward you?" Qin Tianyi's tone sounded very happy.
Gu Susu's unhappiness couldn't be dispelled. She said, "No need. It's enough that I could help you."
"You sound unhappy. What's wrong?"
"It's nothing, I'm just a bit tired." Gu Susu didn't tell him about her visit to the hospital.
"I told you, you're working too hard." Qin Tianyi said with concern, "I've already booked our flights for next Monday. Hurry and ask for leave, and we'll take the child to relax together."
"So soon." Gu Susu looked at the date. The time she was supposed to have dinner with Yang Sijie and Su Kangxi was the day before they left, so it didn't conflict.