Qin Tianyi's lips moved, and he felt a sharp pain at the corner of his mouth. He said absentmindedly, "I'm fine. Just put on more makeup for the wedding."
Shu Yan asked cautiously again, "Should we call the police? He grabbed your clothes first, and I can testify for you."
Yang Sijie, who was examining Gu Susu's wrist injury, stared at Shu Yan coldly when he heard her words.
She was so scared that she hid behind Qin Tianyi. Qin Tianyi met his gaze with equal coldness, warning him, "Mr. Yang, you'd better not scheme against me again, or I'll make you pay the price!"
After speaking, he glanced at Gu Susu and then pulled Shu Yan upstairs.
Yang Sijie, still seething with all the resentment he held towards Qin Tianyi, wanted to chase after him and beat him up again.
However, Gu Susu grabbed him with her other hand. "Sijie, don't hit him. My hand hurts so much."
Only then did Yang Sijie restrain the beast within him and stop chasing. He noticed that Gu Susu's wrist, which he had kicked, was already starting to swell.
He carefully rolled up her sleeves, preparing to take her to the hospital. But then he spotted the bracelet on her wrist, and he froze in disbelief.
Because of their fight, Gu Susu had forgotten about the bracelet. Now that Yang Sijie had found it, she frantically tried to cover it with her sleeve. But when something touched her injured wrist, she cried out in pain.
"Don't move," Yang Sijie said, his eyes filled with surprise. He tidied her sleeve. "Just keep your hand raised like this. I'll take you to the hospital to set your bone right away."
Gu Susu knew that there was no point in trying to hide the bracelet anymore. Yang Sijie had seen it.
...
After Qin Tianyi reached the VIP area on the second floor, he asked Shu Yan to go into the private room first and went to the restroom himself.
He then turned his head to look towards the staircase and saw Yang Sijie carefully holding Gu Susu's injured hand as they walked out of the restaurant.
The sparkling bracelet on Gu Susu's wrist was particularly eye-catching.
Qin Tianyi saw the initial letters on the bracelet, and his heart turned ice-cold.
Gu Susu had rushed in front of him earlier, disregarding everything. Was she pitying him? Pitying him because his body wasn't as good as Yang Sijie's, pitying him because he couldn't beat Yang Sijie? He tugged at his lips and gave a self-mocking smile.
He was invited to dinner here tonight by Shu Yan's parents. Since he was going to cooperate with Shu Zhongze, he had to show some sincerity, so he gladly accepted the invitation. He hadn't expected to run into Yang Sijie and Gu Susu here.
In the restroom, he repeatedly splashed cold water on the injured part of his face. The bone-chilling pain made him tell himself to wake up again and again.
Hadn't he already figured things out while he was hospitalized? He had understood the equality that Gu Susu had always sought from him. To love someone meant to respect and tolerate them, to make them happy, and only then would he truly let go.
But now, seeing Gu Susu with the person he liked, he had lost his composure time and time again.
He kept telling himself that he shouldn't be like this, that he should calm down and be rational.
No matter how foolish Shu Yan was, she could tell that Qin Tianyi cared about Gu Susu. Every time Gu Susu was present, Qin Tianyi would be especially gentle with her, clearly using her to provoke Gu Susu. It was no wonder she hated Gu Susu to the bone.
However, in front of her parents, she couldn't show her emotions. She walked into the private room with a face full of the happiness of an upcoming bride.
Shu Zhongze, seeing his precious daughter arrive but not Qin Tianyi, asked with displeasure, "Where is Tianyi? Didn't he come with you?"
Shu Yan sat beside her parents, linked her arm with Shu Zhongze's, and leaned her head on his arm, saying coquettishly, "He's here. He went to the restroom."
Shu Yan's mother, Jia Nanfang, smiled at her from the side and said, "You're almost getting married, and you're still acting like a spoiled child with your dad. Let Tianyi see you like this and laugh."
"Who would dare to laugh at my daughter?" Shu Zhongze patted her head, clearly fond of her acting spoiled.
At his age, although he had many children, none of them were as troublesome as those who had already spread their wings. Only this youngest daughter, whom he had doted on and raised with his heart, had the best relationship with him and could occasionally bring him the joy of family.
Jia Nanfang shook her head and said, "You've spoiled this girl. I think only Tianyi can tame her."
Shu Yan stopped acting spoiled with Shu Zhongze. She sat up straight and said to her parents, "Dad, Mom, don't be too surprised when you see Tianyi later. He... he probably hasn't fully recovered. He accidentally fell today and hurt his face. There's a small injury on his face."
As she was speaking, Qin Tianyi walked in from outside.
Shu Zhongze and Jia Nanfang looked at Qin Tianyi simultaneously, their eyes fixed on the injury on his face.
As experienced people, they could tell at a glance that this was not a fall injury but a beating. They were displeased that Qin Tianyi, who usually appeared steady and well-mannered, was still getting into fights at his age.
But they didn't expose their daughter's lie on the spot. They just assumed he had fallen and Jia Nanfang motioned for him to sit down.
Qin Tianyi's expression was indifferent. Shu Yan immediately moved closer to him, busy serving him food, as if she was satisfied and happy just watching him eat.
Jia Nanfang saw her daughter's infatuation with Qin Tianyi and sighed inwardly. Their relationship seemed unequal; it appeared to be her daughter's one-sided affection, while his attitude was too cold, too cold.
She had originally been somewhat against the marriage, but considering Shu Zhongze's great admiration for Qin Tianyi's ability and talent, as well as the benefits to Shu Corporation, she had acquiesced.
During the meal, Qin Tianyi's eyes showed no emotion, and he didn't speak to Shu Yan. He only offered his opinions when Shu Zhongze discussed the cooperative projects.
And when Jia Nanfang talked about the preparations for their wedding, Qin Tianyi's only response was that it was all up to Shu Yan's preference.
In fact, Qin Tianyi's mind was filled with the scene of Gu Susu rushing in front of him and her pained expression as her wrist hurt.
He wondered how she was after going to the hospital. Was her wrist really fractured? How painful would that be...
"Tianyi, Tianyi, are you listening to me?" Jia Nanfang was telling Qin Tianyi to invite two elders from the Qin family on their wedding day, but Qin Tianyi did not respond at all.
Qin Tianyi snapped back to attention and asked Jia Nanfang to repeat herself.
He then said, "I'm getting married for the second time. The simpler, the better. There's no need to invite any elders."
Jia Nanfang was extremely surprised and looked at Shu Zhongze, feeling that Qin Tianyi's attitude towards their daughter was unbearable.
"What kind of talk is that!" Shu Zhongze said unhappily. "Shu Yan's wedding must be grand and magnificent. The news has already been released, and guests will be flooding in. To say it should be simple now would be to make everyone laugh at our Shu family!"
"Mr. Shu, this wedding is to be handled as you see fit. I have no objections." Qin Tianyi could no longer sit still. He wanted to go find Gu Susu and see how her wrist injury was. He stood up and said, "Mr. Shu, Auntie, I have something else to attend to, so I'll be leaving now."