Chapter 130: I Will Go Down to Keep You Company
Since that day, Chen Zirui came to chat with Gu Huaiye almost every day.
But Gu Huaiye shut himself off again, staring blankly ahead, giving no reaction at all.
Long-term nutrient drips weren’t a solution; Gu Huaiye was already so weak he could only lie in bed.
Seeing Gu Huaiye looking like he didn’t want to live, Chen Zirui felt both angry and heartbroken.
He simply stood up, went to the kitchen downstairs to bring up a bowl of porridge prepared by the servants, returned to Gu Huaiye’s room, and spoke in a very severe tone.
“Gu Huaiye, usually whatever you say or do, I follow you blindly. But not now. You are joking with your life. If you don’t eat this bowl of porridge, we are completely done. I won’t have you as a friend anymore.”
Gu Huaiye still didn’t react.
Chen Zirui was furious and blurted out, “You were in love with that upperclassman named Xie Miaohan, weren’t you?”
Gu Huaiye’s face finally showed a reaction, his eyes reddening once again.
“I won’t ask how you two secretly got together, but is this your way of begging for his forgiveness? Do you want him to not rest in peace? His ashes were thrown in a trash can—isn’t that miserable enough? Does he still have to worry about his lover living in this world? Since you can’t let him go, why didn’t you notice he had suicidal thoughts? You aren’t a competent lover. No, you are very incompetent.”
“Stop talking…” Gu Huaiye cried out. “Don’t say anymore…”
“Don’t tell me you want to go down and keep him company. Fine, if you want to be an unfilial son, go ahead. After your dad lost your mom, he had a hard time raising you this big. If this is how you repay him, I have nothing to say.”
Chen Zirui finished scolding him, but seeing Gu Huaiye still crying and refusing to eat, he cursed and slammed the door as he left.
Gu Huaiye cried until no more tears would come, then stared blankly out the window.
He didn’t know how much time had passed, but he suddenly got out of bed and, as if possessed, went to the window.
He hadn’t eaten for a long time and took great effort to slide the window open.
It really hurt.
Back when he abandoned Xie Miaohan and insisted on returning to District A…
Was Xie Miaohan in as much pain as he was now?
No wonder he looked at him with such despairing eyes.
Could he go back to that day?
If he could go back, he would definitely kneel and beg Xie Miaohan to live.
Then he would use all his strength to hug the already broken Xie Miaohan and tell him of his love, over and over again.
Gu Huaiye climbed onto the window ledge. Just as he was about to step out, Chen Zirui’s words suddenly echoed in his mind.
If he committed suicide, Father Gu definitely wouldn’t survive.
After a long time, Gu Huaiye climbed down from the window.
He kept muttering, “I’m sorry. Wait for me a little longer. I will go down to keep you company.”
Gu Huaiye finally agreed to leave his bedroom and said to the servants, “I want to eat.”
This made Father Gu and the servants incredibly happy.
If they weren’t worried that Gu Huaiye’s stomach couldn’t handle it, they would have wished to prepare a massive feast.
At night, Chen Zirui suddenly arrived.
He went straight to Gu Huaiye’s room and apologized with an unnatural expression, “Brother Gu, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have said that to you. I was such a jerk. Why don’t you beat me up?”
Gu Huaiye hadn’t eaten for a long time and his stomach felt a bit uncomfortable, so he was lying on the bed.
He smiled weakly at Chen Zirui. “It’s okay. I know you were worried about me.”
Chen Zirui finally sensed that Gu Huaiye was different and smiled happily.
“Brother Gu, you’ve finally thought it through?”
“Yeah, I guess so.” But Gu Huaiye’s eyes were dim.
Chen Zirui hugged Gu Huaiye excitedly.
A moment later, as if remembering something, he took an item out of his pocket and stuffed it into Gu Huaiye’s hand.
It was a gold bracelet.
Gu Huaiye recognized it. It was the keepsake from Xie Miaohan’s mother.
“How…” Gu Huaiye murmured, “How do you have this bracelet?”
Seeing Gu Huaiye recognize the bracelet without even asking, Chen Zirui became even more certain of their relationship.
“I got it from that upperclassman’s counselor.” Chen Zirui scratched his head sheepishly. “I saw you weren’t pulling yourself together, so I thought about getting his belongings for you. That way, you’d have something to hold onto.”
Xie Miaohan’s suicide had been planned for a long time.
He had cleared out his personal items in the dorm and spent a lot of money to delete his photos cleanly, as if unwilling to leave a single trace in this world.
Before going to the river to commit suicide, Xie Miaohan gave this bracelet to the counselor who had taken care of him for a long time.
The counselor didn’t dare to accept it at first, but seeing Xie Miaohan insist, he said he would keep it for him temporarily and return it after graduation.
The counselor just didn’t expect that this bracelet would end up becoming a memento.
When Xie Miaohan’s uncle came to the school to make a scene, the counselor felt that relative was truly hateful and didn’t hand over the bracelet.
Hearing Chen Zirui asking around for Xie Miaohan’s belongings, the counselor found him, and they talked in the office for a long time.
Chen Zirui didn’t reveal Gu Huaiye. He just said he had a friend who was Xie Miaohan’s lover, who was now barely holding onto life and needed a memento to pull himself together.
The counselor knew the Chen family didn’t lack money and wouldn’t trick him for a bracelet, so he handed the item over and said he would keep the secret.
“Brother Gu, stop torturing yourself,” Chen Zirui comforted softly. “I think he wouldn’t want to see you like this either.”
Gu Huaiye stroked the bracelet, tears dripping onto it.
“Thank you.”
Gu Huaiye wiped the tears from his face, wanting to put the bracelet on his own wrist.
His body was too weak, and his fingers kept trembling; he couldn’t put it on properly.
“Let me do it.” Chen Zirui reached out and helped him put it on. “You have to eat properly. If you keep getting thinner, this bracelet won’t stay on and you’ll lose it.”
Gu Huaiye stared at Chen Zirui’s profile and said, “I want to cancel the engagement with your brother.”
Chen Zirui’s fingers paused. After a long while, he pretended not to care. “Cancel it then. I’ve hoped you guys would cancel it for a long time. It’s so weird; I can’t bring myself to call him ‘brother-in-law’.”
Gu Huaiye curved his lips in a smile. “Thank you.”
“If you really want to thank me, just eat well.” Chen Zirui said, “I still have to find time to convince my brother. Don’t make me worry about you anymore; running back and forth is really tiring.”
“Okay.”
Once Gu Huaiye’s spirits improved a bit, the first thing he did was cancel the engagement with Chen Xialin.
Father Gu had almost lost his son, so naturally, he supported Gu Huaiye’s decision unconditionally.
Two days later, without saying a word, Chen Xialin rushed into Gu Huaiye’s bedroom.
His eyes were red, his face full of anger and grievance. He had intended to demand an explanation from Gu Huaiye.
But after seeing Gu Huaiye’s emaciated and decadent appearance, he froze in place, unable to say a single word.
How did his Brother Gu become like this?
So thin.
His face was so pale, too.
If not for the slight rise and fall of his chest as he breathed, he would have doubted if Gu Huaiye was still alive.
Gu Huaiye was resting. Seeing Chen Xialin arrive, he hurriedly sat up.
“Xialin, I…”
He wanted to apologize, but in the next second, Chen Xialin hugged him.
“I didn’t know you were this serious.” Chen Xialin cried as he spoke. “I thought you were colluding with my brother to lie to me, trying to force me to agree to cancel the engagement.”
“Xialin, I really let you down.”
Chen Xialin shook his head, then let go of Gu Huaiye.
He sniffled and smiled at Gu Huaiye.
“Brother Gu, you must pull yourself together. If canceling the engagement can make you a little happier, then I’m willing to accept it.”
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