His sudden demeanor shocked Shu Zhongze and his wife. This was the man who would marry their daughter in two days, yet he showed no concern for her or the wedding.
"Qin Tianyi!" Shu Zhongze called out, his face laced with anger. "What exactly do you want? We called you two here today to discuss the wedding. If you're going to be so dismissive, do you even want to go through with this marriage?"
Qin Tianyi tried to maintain his politeness. "Mr. Shu, I truly have important matters to attend to tonight. You can discuss the specific details of the wedding directly with Xiao Anjing. He will inform me later."
With that, he turned and left immediately.
"Qin Tianyi, I'm marrying you, not Xiao Anjing!" Shu Yan shouted at his retreating back, unable to contain her frustration.
But he seemed to hear nothing, disappearing at the end of the second-floor corridor.
With a crash, Shu Zhongze slammed the teacup in front of him onto the floor. "Outrageous!"
Shu Yan looked at her father with apprehension, fearing he might call off their wedding in his anger.
"Dad, please don't be angry. I'll go chase him and make him come back to apologize to you." With that, Shu Yan also ran out.
"What is this all about?" Jia Nanfang looked at Shu Zhongze, very worried about Shu Yan.
Shu Zhongze's expression turned extremely cold. "If he dares to break off the engagement, if he dares to treat Yan'er badly, I will ruin him!"
Shu Yan chased after him but could no longer see any sign of Qin Tianyi.
She stood at the entrance of the Chinese restaurant, unsure which direction to go. Just then, Qin Tianyi's car sped past her on the road.
At that moment, she finally understood. Qin Tianyi was a liar. He claimed he didn't like women and wasn't interested in them, yet he clearly had feelings for Gu Susu, his eyes looking at her differently!
He would fight for Gu Susu, risk his life for Gu Susu's child... Wasn't that interest?
But why? In terms of looks, family background, and connections... Gu Susu couldn't compare to her!
However, Qin Tianyi liked Gu Susu, Yang Sijie had fallen for Gu Susu, and that little policeman also wanted to protect Gu Susu...
Shu Yan felt that Gu Susu was inferior to her in every way, yet so many men revolved around her!
Her beautiful face contorted. Not getting Qin Tianyi, not getting the man she wanted, was all because of Gu Susu!
That woman didn't deserve to live. If Gu Susu disappeared from this world, Qin Tianyi wouldn't treat her like this anymore!
...
Yang Sijie took Gu Susu to the hospital. The emergency department only had a general surgeon. After examining the injury on Gu Susu's wrist, they directed them to the orthopedic department to find the on-call doctor.
Following the directions from the emergency room doctor, Yang Sijie supported Gu Susu's wrist as they headed towards the inpatient building. He saw Gu Susu frowning and sweating from the pain.
Unable to bear seeing her walk further, he scooped her up. "Hold your wrist steady yourself. This way, we can find the orthopedic doctor faster."
Gu Susu saw that there were still quite a few emergency patients in the hospital at night. She struggled a bit. "Put me down. There are so many people looking."
"Let them look. What's wrong with me carrying my girlfriend?" Yang Sijie carried her horizontally into the inpatient elevator.
Any slight touch to her wrist caused Gu Susu excruciating pain, and she could no longer struggle. She was carried by Yang Sijie to the orthopedic doctor's office.
As soon as they entered, the doctor asked, "Injured your leg? Where is the injury?"
Yang Sijie put Gu Susu down and said with some embarrassment, "Doctor, she injured her wrist."
"Oh, oh." The doctor then looked at the wrist Gu Susu was holding up. After examining it, he found that the bone at the wrist joint was slightly dislocated.
The doctor asked her, "Are you afraid of pain? If you're not, I can directly realign the dislocated part for you, but it will be very painful."
Gu Susu gritted her teeth and said, "I'm not afraid. I can endure it."
"Good, you're quite strong," the doctor said, looking at Yang Sijie. "You're her boyfriend, aren't you? Help me hold her down so she doesn't move when I set the bone."
Yang Sijie nodded and immediately held Gu Susu's shoulders.
The doctor began to gently rotate Gu Susu's wrist, chatting with her, asking casual questions like whether she had eaten dinner.
But Gu Susu was still very nervous and couldn't fully relax.
The doctor asked again, "Your boyfriend treats you very well, doesn't he? How did you two meet? You look so well-matched..."
Gu Susu wanted to explain, "No... we..."
Before she could finish, the doctor, taking advantage of her distraction, forcefully twisted her wrist. With a click, before Gu Susu could even cry out in pain, she felt the wrist joint was no longer as painful.
"Alright, I'll fix it for you. Come back for a check-up in a week, and it should be fine." The doctor smiled, sat down, and began writing a prescription.
Gu Susu tried moving her wrist. She could move it freely, though it still hurt a little, but not excruciatingly anymore.
The doctor handed the prescription to Yang Sijie and told her, "Don't move it around carelessly. It's a bone injury, so it will take time to recover."
When Gu Susu and Yang Sijie left the hospital, her wrist was fixed and bandaged. Fortunately, it was her left hand, which was a bit inconvenient, but her right hand was fine, so it wouldn't affect her design work.
After she got into Yang Sijie's car, he didn't drive off. He held her left hand and carefully examined the bracelet on her wrist, an indescribable excitement welling up in his heart.
"You've already given me your answer, haven't you?"
Although Gu Susu still had some hesitation, she remembered their agreement. She had put on the bracelet yesterday out of spite, so she remained silent.
Yang Sijie looked at her, his eyes shining, and asked, "Why didn't you tell me? If it weren't for the accident just now, I wouldn't have known you'd already made up your mind. But the person you want to protect is him, not me..."
"Apart from getting custody of Xiao Xingxing back, I have no other relationship with him." Gu Susu found an excuse to explain. "Just now... just now I thought he had only recently recovered. If you had injured him, it would have led to the police station again and wasted our time."
"You're right, we've already wasted too much time. We don't need to waste any more on those irrelevant people." Yang Sijie said, leaning in to kiss her.
She instinctively dodged. "Take me home first. I want to take things slow, can we not be so rushed? Give me some time."
Yang Sijie didn't press closer. This time, he happily agreed. "As long as you're willing to try being with me, I don't mind waiting however long it takes."
"Thank you." Gu Susu looked ahead, unsure if she could let go of Qin Tianyi and be with Yang Sijie.
Yang Sijie drove her to her apartment building and escorted her all the way to the elevator entrance. When they said goodbye, he simply kissed her forehead.
He was already very happy to have received her answer tonight. Other things could be taken slowly, after all, they had been apart for so many years and needed time. He understood that.