Chapter 5: The Land of the Well-Behaved Lu Siyi
That bowl of rice noodles prevented Gu Shisheng from going home.
Regarding the hospital visit, Gu Shisheng hadn’t told anyone. It was during the midnight IV infusion when Gu Shisheng saw the message from Lu Siyi, saying he had work and wouldn’t be coming back that night.
He opened his phone, thinking of replying but hesitated, considering that it might be inconvenient at this time. So, he put the phone down.
Gu Shisheng’s life started with misfortune, poverty being the original sin. His father, a failure in everything, became disabled in a car accident. On the day his young mother took the money and ran away, Gu Shisheng, holding an award certificate, stood outside his home, hearing the adults inside gossiping. They criticized good-looking women for not being serious and blamed Gu’s father for getting involved with such a woman.
Gu Shisheng lowered his head, looking at the award certificate in his hand, standing in the corner, completely ignored by everyone.
His father committed suicide that night, and before dawn, Gu Shisheng became a child no one wanted.
Their relatives, pushing each other away, treated him like a hot potato.
In the end, Gu Shisheng was handed over to his aunt in Jincheng for guardianship.
Relatives he rarely met had no family affection to speak of. His aunt’s family of three was also harmonious, and Gu Shisheng cautiously lowered his own presence.
It was good at first.
But when Gu Shisheng entered junior high school, his uncle, due to the closure of the factory and the forced unemployment, developed a love for alcohol and began to frequently abuse his wife and biological son.
Of course, for Gu Shisheng, a parasite without blood ties, living off him was easier; there was no sense of guilt.
For a long time after that, Gu Shisheng’s body, beneath the school uniform, was covered in bruises.
Gu Shisheng developed depression from enduring this mistreatment.
The introverted and weak child inevitably faced rejection in school.
In high school, Gu Shisheng faced school violence from his peers.
It seemed like he was naturally incapable of making others like him. He couldn’t do anything well. Standing on the rooftop of the school building, he lowered his head, looked down, stretched out his hand, and touched the invisible wind.
The next moment, someone embraced him from behind.
“What are you doing?”
Gu Shisheng turned around, seeing Lu Siyi for the first time.
Standing in front of Gu Shisheng, Lu Siyi was tall, looking down at him. Annoyed, he reached out and tugged at Gu Shisheng’s hair.
“Kid, at such a young age, what’s there to be so upset about?”
Gu Shisheng obediently shook his head. The youth still had a childish innocence. When he raised his head, the wind blew his bangs away, revealing beautiful misty-blue eyes and delicate porcelain-like skin that didn’t seem real.
“Nothing, just tired.”
The faint sadness in his misty-blue eyes made his slender body seem as if it would be carried away by the wind at any moment.
Fragile yet beautiful, Lu Siyi saw someone so good-looking for the first time. Every inch of him grew in Lu Siyi’s heart, and the sorrow in his eyes broke through the distance, piercing Lu Siyi’s heart with pain.
Gu Shisheng was woken up the next morning.
Opening his eyes, he saw the displeased figure of the cross-dressing fashionista, Fu Cheng.
Wearing a bright red dress with long waist-length hair, Fu Cheng’s heavily made-up face was hard to recognize. Still, it exuded a wild beauty.
“Gu Shisheng, where’s your virtuous husband? Leaving you alone in the hospital, isn’t that pitiful?”
Gu Shisheng smiled gently, “He doesn’t know; don’t tell him.”
Fu Cheng’s expression changed, “Why? Is he busy meeting some little lover now?”
“Don’t know them, but they look good. He should like them.”
“Aren’t you angry?” Fu Cheng sat down and handed Gu Shisheng a glass of water.
Gu Shisheng took it, replying calmly, “Why be angry? If that person can make him happy, it’s good. The pressure on the Lu family has been quite heavy in recent years.”
“Gu Shisheng—” Fu Cheng almost broke his voice.
“Speak quietly; this is a hospital.” Gu Shisheng sighed.
Fu Cheng stood up, angrily poking Gu Shisheng’s forehead.
“Have you gone mad, or have you gotten used to it over the years? How can you say such things? Gu Shisheng, do you think you’re an empress from ancient times, selecting a concubine for your husband? You even need to ask for his happiness?”
“Fu Cheng, in the early years when I was sick, he had to accommodate me and coax me. But for him, he also needs someone to dote on him. Those people outside provide that, and he’s happy. I have no regrets; otherwise, I would always feel indebted to him too much.” Gu Shisheng’s voice remained calm.
But it left Fu Cheng speechless.
In the end, Gu Shisheng was spoiled by Lu Siyi. Look at him now; isn’t he a bit brainwashed?
How could he say such things now?