Chu Suosuo's palm-sized face was as pale as paper, and it was about seven or eight parts similar to Su Hua's.
It's hard to pinpoint exactly where it looks like, but it's a striking resemblance that can be recognized at a glance.
If you look a little longer, you can tell them apart.
A closer comparison reveals that Chu Suosuo is the more delicate type - her eyebrows are curved, the center of her eyebrows is slightly upturned, her nostrils are small, her lips are pale, and her entire face exudes a fragile quality like glass.
Su Hua's facial features were even more composed, with a calmness that carried tenacity, a firmness that grew from her very bones.
It was not until this moment that Su Hua truly understood that in Gu Beixian's heart, she was merely a substitute in a certain sense.
She slightly curved the corner of her mouth, laughing self-mockingly. No wonder three years ago, he only glanced at her and agreed to get married - it turns out the root was here.
"Beixian, you guys are here." Chu Suosuo's mother, Hua Qirou, forced a smile and came up to meet her.
When his gaze swept over Su Hua, that unfriendliness was almost impossible to hide.
Gu Beixian nodded slightly, as a response.
Hua Qirou walked to the bedside and gently patted Chu Suosuo on the shoulder, "Suosuo, your Brother Beixian has come to see you."
Chu Suosuo slowly opened her eyes, her gaze first sweeping over Su Hua. Her expression was as calm as if she had known for a long time that the other person looked similar to her.
She looked at Gu Beixian, her eyes brimming with tears, and her voice was as soft as a breeze that would disperse: "Brother Beixian, I didn't commit suicide." I just couldn't sleep for a few days and took a bit more sleeping pills. My mom made a fuss and dragged me to the hospital. It's so late. Why bother you and Sister Su Hua... "Sorry."
Hua Qirou's eyes were red. "What do you mean by eating a little more?" You ate more than half a bottle! If I hadn't discovered it early, you would have --"
Before she could finish her words, she had already covered her mouth and started crying.
Gu Beixian sat down by the bedside, lowered his eyes to look at her, his tone indulgent yet reproaching: "Don't do such a foolish thing again in the future, you know?" "
"Um." " Chu Suosuo nodded pitifully. Her little appearance was so weak and obedient that it was hard to bear.
Gu Beixian took out a handkerchief and wiped her tears extremely gently, his movements as tender as wiping the most precious porcelain.
Looking at her eyes, they were so warm that water could drip from them, brimming with pity.
Su Hua stared blankly at this scene.
In the three years of our marriage, he had never treated me like this.
This is probably the difference between "loving" and "not loving".
Even when Chu Suosuo left him at his most difficult time, he still loved her.
Perhaps for some men, only the woman who can hurt him the most will always have a place. No matter how deeply other women are, they are just the background.
There was a fishbone stuck in her throat. Su Hua couldn't stay any longer. "Take your time chatting. I'm leaving first."
Gu Beixian turned his head, his gaze indifferent. "Explain to Suosuo before you leave." "
Su Hua took a deep breath. "Miss Chu, Beixian and I did it because we didn't want to provoke Grandma..."
Her voice froze and she couldn't continue. She turned around and left.
This was the first time she had truly defied Gu Beixian and also the first time she had lost her composure in front of him.
The door had just closed when Chu Suosuo whispered, "Brother Beixian, you'd better go and chase after Sister Su Hua..." It seems that she is angry.
Gu Beixian was silent for a moment. "No, she won't be angry."
Then she has a really good temper. Chu Suosuo said in a low voice, "I never expected Sister Su Hua to have such a good temperament. She is gentle and elegant, not at all like someone from a small mountain village." I originally thought... She's not good enough for you.
Gu Beixian frowned slightly. "She did grow up in a small mountain village, but her mother and grandmother were both teachers. Before her grandfather retired, he was a restorer of ancient calligraphy and paintings in a museum. It can be said that she comes from a family of scholars."
No wonder it is so.
At this point, both of them suddenly fell silent.
It was quiet for a while.
Chu Suosuo said carefully, "Sister Su Hua is so beautiful and has a good temper..." You must love her very much, right?
Gu Beixian was looking down at his phone and didn't pay much attention. Looking up, he asked, "What did you just say?"
A flash of disappointment crossed Chu Suosuo's eyes. "Brother Beixian..." You'd better go and see Sister Su Hua off first. It's not safe for her to be alone late at night.
Gu Beixian stood up and said, "I'll take her back and come back again."
"Go quickly." "
He turned and left.
Chu Suosuo watched his retreating figure, her gaze darkening for a moment.
When he was far away, Hua Qirou couldn't help but murmur in a low voice, "It was so hard to get him here. Why did you let him go?"
"Didn't you see that his mind wasn't here?" " Chu Suosuo frowned slightly. "He's by my side, but my heart is thinking of Su Hua." No matter how hard you try to hold on, it won't work. If something happens to her on the way and he starts blaming himself, he might even blame me."
Hua Qi Rou slightly gasped, "You, at such a young age, are even more calculating than Mom." "
When Gu Beixian chased after her, Su Hua was almost at the hospital gate.
The slender figure was outlined vaguely and gracefully by the cold spring night wind, like a solitary bamboo in ink wash painting.
Gu Beixian quickly caught up with her and stood side by side with her.
Neither of them spoke, just walking in silence, as deep as the night itself.
After leaving the gate, Su Hua wanted to turn and wait for a taxi.
Gu Beixian directly grabbed her wrist and led her to the parking lot.
After getting into the car, he took out a card from his bag and stuffed it into her coat pocket. "I was in a bad mood tonight. This is a bit of compensation." The password is your birthday.
Su Hua's heart sank, as if she had been gently humiliated.
In his eyes, she was just someone who could be dismissed with money.
He didn't even bother to coax - it was always Chu Suosuo who did.
Su Hua reached out to take out the card.
Gu Beixian held her hand down, his tone deep and unyielding, "Take it." Apart from money... I can't give you anything else either.
Her chest felt as if it were stuffed with coarse sand, causing her discomfort.
What she has never wanted is money.
Halfway through, Gu Beixian received a call from the old lady: "Just ignore my words?" Come back to me right now!
"Almost home." " He finished speaking and hung up.
Back to Gu Jia.
As soon as I entered the door, I saw the old lady slumped on the sofa, her face deathly pale but her eyes bright.
She reached out and said, "Give me your phone."
Gu Beixian handed it over.
The old lady found Chu Suosuo's number and dialed it.
As soon as she picked up the phone, she said sternly, "Miss Chu, Beixian of our family is married." Please respect yourself! If you broke up three years ago, don't look back, and don't even think about it!"
Without waiting for a response, she hung up directly and threw her phone onto the coffee table.
Gu Beixian frowned: "Suo Suo has severe depression and can't stand it --"
"Even if she has cancer, it has nothing to do with you!" The old lady said coldly, "What you should care about is your wife!"
Gu Beixian's eyes darkened. "Grandma, you --"
The old lady suddenly began to cough violently.
Su Hua hurriedly stepped forward to support the person, placed them on the bed and comforted them before returning to the guest room.
Seeing Gu Beixian just put down his phone after finishing the call - probably he went to comfort Chu Suosuo.
Su Hua didn't say a word. She picked up a long pillow from the sofa and placed it in the middle, then took a quilt from the wardrobe. Each person had their own bed.
She took off her coat and lay down in bed.
At three o 'clock in the morning, she was so exhausted that her mind felt like it was filled with mortar and she almost fell asleep as soon as she touched her pillow.
I slept soundly until the sun was high in the sky.
When I opened my eyes, Gu Beixian's face was right in front of me - extremely close, with heavy eyebrows and eyes, looking at her.
The two were so close that they could hear each other's breathing.
His warm breath brushed past her forehead, his eyes restrained yet ambiguous.
And she was completely curled up in his arms, her arms wrapped around his waist and her legs wrapped around him, in an astonishingly intimate posture.
The air was so ambiguous that it seemed about to ignite.
Su Hua, as if electrocuted, suddenly let go and rolled out of his arms, her tone mixed with anger
How could I be in your arms?