Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Upon hearing this, Ji Qisen turned his head and looked at Nie Yu with some surprise.
Nie Yu turned his head to the side, and all he could see was him clenching his teeth tightly, his jawline taut, and his ears turning slightly red. This was a side of Nie Yu that was rarely seen by others.
He had known Nie Yu since childhood. The two had fought, bickered, and competed with each other in every way. They could be considered enemies for twenty years, or friends for twenty years.
He looked down on Nie Yu, thinking he was lazy and unambitious, dishonest, and irresponsible.
But he was also the one who understood Nie Yu the most.
Looking at Nie Yu like this, Ji Qisen’s expression flashed with a hint of disorientation.
When he spoke again, his usually indifferent tone had softened slightly: “Do you remember when we were kids, fighting with that kid from the Hu family?”
Nie Yu paused for a moment before speaking, his voice slightly nasal: “I remember.”
Ji Qisen took a deep breath, raised his hand, and patted Nie Yu on the shoulder: “Actually, I’ve always remembered. I just never thought that, many years later, we would actually become brothers.”
After saying that, he walked out of the corridor: “I’ll go and get my mother, and let her try to persuade him.”
Nie Yu turned around and looked at Ji Qisen. Ji Qisen had already reached the end of the corridor, his tall figure standing out clearly in the deserted corridor late at night.
Of course he remembered the time they fought with the Hu family boy. It was Ji Qisen who fought with the Hu family boy. He went over to help, but the Hu family boy was strong, stronger than both of them. The two of them went over to fight him, but they couldn’t beat him. In the end, both of them ended up with bruises on their faces.
The two bruised and battered children swore that they would take revenge and that they would be best brothers for life.
Later, the two had a falling out and became enemies, unable to stand each other.
Unexpectedly, years later, they actually became brothers.
When the echoing footsteps in the corridor finally disappeared, Nie Yu raised his hand, rubbed his nose, and then turned and went into the ward.
Although he couldn’t convince the famous actor not to be afraid of injections, he could still pour him a glass of water.
….
It was almost midnight, but Gu Yuan was still awake. She first played a game using Nie Yu’s account— he had a high level and had a lot of in-game currency. After finishing the game, she read some professional books. She had missed a lot of classes because of filming, and she planned to catch up on them slowly.
It was already midnight, and she really needed to go to sleep. If she had dark circles under her eyes tomorrow, Qi Sen would definitely look at her suspiciously. Besides, she had an appointment with Jun Tian tomorrow to attend a discussion about the follow-up production of “The Legend of Xuanji.” If Jun Tian found out she had stayed up all night, she would be under a lot of pressure.
She used to be controlled by her son, but now Qi Sen would just look at her with disapproval and ask, “Mom, do you think this is appropriate?” She was slowly growing stronger and no longer paid much attention to Qi Sen’s threats; after all, he was just a paper tiger.
But Luo Juntian was different. Although Luo Juntian was nominally her son, she had to consult him on many things. It could be said that in her heart, Luo Juntian still held the lingering influence of a “mentor”.
She was genuinely wary of a son like that.
So she quickly washed up, yawned, and crawled into bed to sleep.
Just then, her phone rang.
She picked up the phone, puzzled, wondering who this was calling at this hour. Seeing an unfamiliar number displayed, she answered suspiciously, “Hello, who is this?”
A remarkably calm voice came from the other end: “Ms. Gu, hello, I am Huo Jinchen.”
Upon hearing the voice, Gu Yuan’s heart jumped: “Mr. Huo? Why are you calling me at this hour? Has something happened to Lanting?”
There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone before a slightly unusual voice said, “Ms. Gu, I’m very sorry to bother you at this time, but I have something important I’d like to discuss with you. Is this a convenient time for you?”
Gu Yuan: “What is it? Is it about Lan Ting? Has something happened to Lan Ting?”
Huo Jinchen and she had no connection whatsoever. For someone like him to call her in the middle of the night, there was only one possibility: something had happened to Huo Lanting!
Gu Yuan’s hand holding the phone clenched involuntarily.
Huo Jinchen seemed to sense her nervousness: “Miss Gu, Lanting is fine. He has already gone to sleep. I have something I would like to talk to you about.”
Gu Yuan: “Is there something you need? What is it? You can just say it over the phone.”
Huo Jinchen remained silent, while Gu Yuan only heard clear, steady breathing coming from the other end of the phone.
Gu Yuan: “Mr. Huo?”
Something just didn’t feel right. She and he had nothing to do with each other… What was he trying to do?
When Huo Jinchen spoke again, his voice was tense, like a fully strung harp string: “Miss Gu, I would like to discuss this issue with you in person.”
Gu Yuan: “Oh… okay, shall we set a time tomorrow?”
Huo Jinchen: “If it’s convenient, can we do it now?”
Gu Yuan: “?”
Huo Jinchen: “I’ll be right there. Where are you now? Please give me your address.”
His voice was so solemn and tense that Gu Yuan felt like the end of the world was coming. So she had no choice but to give Huo Jinchen the address: “Call me when you arrive, and I’ll have security open the door for you.”
Huo Jinchen: “Okay, thank you, Miss Gu.”
After hanging up the phone, Huo Jinchen stared silently at the disconnected call for a few seconds before quickly changing his coat, putting on gloves and a hat, and preparing to leave. But just as he stepped out of his bedroom and was about to go downstairs, he heard a voice: “Dad, where are you going?”
Huo Jinchen turned around and saw the little guy standing in the corridor, wearing overalls and leather shoes, looking at him curiously.
“Why aren’t you asleep so late?”
“Why isn’t Daddy asleep so late?”
The little guy tilted his head and looked Huo Jinchen up and down.
Late at night, most of the servants had already gone to bed, and the corridor was exceptionally quiet. While the frosted glass lamps on the corridor walls emitted a soft light, making the little child in front of him look even more adorable.
Huo Jinchen suddenly remembered when his son was even younger, crawling around on the floor, so cute and cuddly.
Somewhere deep inside, a subtle emotion was brewing. Huo Jinchen looked at his son and said gently, “Lanting, Dad has important things to do. Be good and go back to sleep.”
However, Huo Lanting did not.
He ran to Huo Jinchen’s side, raised his hand, and took his father’s big hand: “Dad, are you going to see Aunt Gu? I heard you. Take me with you, I want to go too!”
As his son tugged at his little hand and swayed affectionately, Huo Jinchen remained silent for a long while.
Gu Yuan probably didn’t know her sons’ identity. All her actions back then were done anonymously, and the research institute didn’t know her true identity.
But if I find her and tell her, what will her reaction be?
After all, she hadn’t given her consent to this, and she might not even know about Lanting’s existence. If that was the case, what right did he have to ask her to give him the maternal love that Lanting lacked?
Therefore, he could only discuss things with her, and it had to be a face-to-face discussion, where he could see her eyes and understand her reaction.
However, his son must not be present at such times.
Huo Jinchen squatted down and gently grasped his son’s tender little shoulders with his gloved hand: “Lanting, Daddy has something important to talk to your Aunt Gu about. It’s not appropriate for a child to hear this.”
Huo Lanting frowned his pretty little eyebrows: “Dad, then I’ll go with you, but I’ll just play next to you while you’re talking so as not to disturb you, okay?”
Huo Jinchen hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
….
Gu Yuan lay on the bed wrapped in a blanket, yawning and playing on her phone.
She had already changed her clothes and was looking presentable, but she simply didn’t have the energy to sit upright and wait for Huo Jinchen to come and talk to her about “important matters,” so she forced herself to stay there and play games.
As her fingertips flew across the keyboard, she couldn’t help but wonder what was wrong with Huo Jinchen.
He said it had nothing to do with Huo Lanting, but how could that be?
But she had just seen Huo Lanting today. What could have happened to him? If he was feeling unwell again, he should be seeing a doctor instead of talking to her.
Just as she was about to yawn again, her phone rang. Gu Yuan picked it up groggily and asked, “Hello?”
The voice that came from the other end was that of her son, Qisen: “Mom, are you awake? Still awake?”
Gu Yuan sensed something was wrong with her son’s voice: “Yes, I wasn’t asleep. Qi Sen, what’s wrong? You’re not home? Where are you?”
Ji Qisen: “I’m in a hospital outside, I’m fine, you don’t need to worry.”
Gu Yuan: “Hospital? Which hospital are you at? What happened?”
Ji Qisen: “Mom, eldest brother had a small accident, but it’s nothing serious. However, I need you to come over and see what to do.”
Gu Yuan: “A minor accident? What kind of accident?”
Ji Qisen recalled the scene in the ward and sighed softly, “Mom, you’ll know when you get here. It’s a small matter, but it’s quite troublesome. I’ve already spoken to Butler Sima and asked him to bring a driver to accompany you.”
Gu Yuan subconsciously felt that since her son was in the hospital, it must be something serious, but judging from her son’s tone, it didn’t seem like a matter of life and death. She was also unsure and dared not delay.
Only after hurriedly getting into the car did she remember that Huo Jinchen was coming to find her.
It was such a coincidence that everything seemed to be coming her way today.
However, compared to what Huo Jinchen considered important, her son being in the hospital was of course more important.
So she hurriedly made an emergency call to Huo Jinchen: “Mr. Huo, hello, I’m so sorry, my son just called me. He’s in the hospital right now, something might have happened to him, and I have to get there immediately. I hope you can understand. Can we talk about what you wanted to discuss another day?”
Huo Jinchen: “The hospital? What happened?”
Gu Yuan: “I don’t know either, but my son is in the hospital right now, and he told me to go there immediately.”
Upon receiving the call, Huo Jinchen looked up and gazed out the car window. The gate of the Ji family mansion was right outside the window; he had arrived and was about to get out of the car.
Huo Lanting leaned closer: “Did Aunt Gu call you? What did Aunt Gu say? Is she waiting for me to come over?”
In the dim light, Huo Jinchen saw the expectation in his son’s dark eyes.
He needed to get to the bottom of things today, so he said to Gu Yuan on the other end of the phone, “Ms. Gu, may I ask which hospital Mr. Ji is in? Since we’ve come this far, I’ll go over and take a look, and we can talk about our business while I’m at it.”
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