Chapter 88: A Gift, and Trouble at the Hospital!

After the two of them left, Gu Ci pretended to be heading to her second uncle’s house and also made a show of lingering outside for a while.

To make it look real, she even brought along the skincare set she had originally planned to give her second aunt-in-law that weekend.

Just as she was calculating that the time was about right and preparing to go back, someone suddenly called out to her.

“Little Sis?”

Gu Ci: “...?”

She turned around and, sure enough, saw the window of a black Cayenne on the roadside lower, revealing Gu Jingshen’s composed and stern face.

“What a coincidence, Big Brother. You’re here too?”

She had even used the excuse of staying in the school dormitory to reassure the Gu family and let them permit her to stay out alone.

Gu Jingshen was here to look at a house.

In just one day, he had already found someone to replace the property deed his parents had carelessly thrown away.

Today he had come to take a look and to make arrangements for renovations.

Seeing Gu Ci, who should have been in the dormitory at this hour, appearing before him so casually, Gu Jingshen narrowed his eyes.

The special assistant in the driver’s seat had not yet caught on and asked in puzzlement, “Huh? Miss Gu, aren’t you living at school? Why are you out here alone so late at night?”

The moment those words were spoken, the temperature inside the car plummeted.

The special assistant unconsciously hugged his shoulders and shivered.

Gu Jingshen’s tone turned dangerous. “Come here.”

Gu Ci stiffened and walked over, then got into the car at Gu Jingshen’s gesture.

For some reason, she suddenly felt a little guilty.

Clearly... Gu Ci had never thought there was anyone she would be afraid of.

Looking at his younger sister, who had placed her hands on her knees and was sitting obediently beside him, Gu Jingshen wore a faint, unreadable smile. “Living in the dormitory?”

Gu Ci explained, “Big Brother, I really did rent a place outside, but Second Uncle and Second Aunt didn’t believe me, so...”

So she could only say she was living in the dormitory.

Gu Jingshen sighed and hit the nail on the head. “You think living at home is troubling us, so you planned to live alone outside?”

Gu Ci froze. “No, I...”

“Then, compared with home, do you prefer the apartment you rented outside?” Gu Jingshen interrupted her excuse outright and asked again.

Gu Ci fell silent.

Although the apartment in Azure Waters Court was larger and closer to school, compared with Second Uncle’s home... she really could not bring herself to say she preferred this place.

Gu Jingshen tapped her forehead without the least politeness and decided for her in a single sentence. “You’re coming home with me right now.”

With that, before Gu Ci could say anything, Gu Jingshen directly told the special assistant to drive.

The special assistant immediately understood, stepped on the accelerator, and the black Cayenne shot forward in an instant.

This was the first time Gu Ci had ever experienced being so completely without a say.

But this time, she truly did not dare say anything.

Glancing at her elder brother, who was still radiating cold air, Gu Ci slowly took a bottle from her pocket.

She quietly held it out toward Gu Jingshen.

Originally, Gu Ci had wanted Wen Xin to help her wrap it up in something prettier before giving it away, but right now the more important thing was clearly to placate this eldest cousin.

Gu Jingshen lowered his eyes to look at the rather round-looking bottle and did not take it.

Gu Ci nudged it closer to him. “Big Brother, this is a gift from me.”

Only then did Gu Jingshen reluctantly accept it. After examining it for a moment, the corner of his mouth lifted slightly before quickly flattening again.

After thanking her, he glanced at Gu Ci and asked rather reservedly, “Only I get one?”

Gu Ci: “...”

She was not fooled by the faint menace in his tone.

Resigned, she nodded. “Yes, only Big Brother gets one. I made this myself. It can relieve fatigue.”

“One a day.” She paused, then added, “It isn’t bitter at all.”

Hearing that Gu Ci had made it herself, Gu Jingshen’s ears twitched slightly.

Then, with a straight face, Gu Jingshen murmured, “Mm,” as though he did not care much.

Yet his hands moved quickly. Without the slightest courtesy, he tucked the round bottle into his pocket as if it were a treasure, the corners of his lips lifting. “I’ve also prepared a gift for you. I’m sure you’ll like it.”

Gu Ci was somewhat surprised, but her eyelid suddenly jumped.

For some reason, she had a rather bad feeling about this.

Still, she did not think too much of it.

Now that she had successfully appeased this eldest cousin, her mind returned to considering what gifts she should send to her second uncle and third cousin.

When they reached the apartment building downstairs at her second uncle’s place, Gu Ci got out first.

The special assistant looked like he had something to say but hesitated, clearly wanting to speak to Gu Jingshen.

Seeing Gu Ci walking toward the elevator, the special assistant hurriedly turned to his boss and said very tactfully, “President Gu, this medicine Miss Gu gave you... should I send it for testing? After all... she made it herself.”

Gu Jingshen shot him a cool look and said without the slightest hesitation, “No need.”

The special assistant felt that his boss had lost his mind; some unknown pills given by Miss Gu and he would actually dare take them so casually!

He said anxiously, “President Gu, things that go into the mouth are no joke...”

Even if Gu Ci had no ill intent, randomly taking medicine was never a good idea.

And besides... she had made it herself.

At the thought that Gu Ci was merely a high school senior, the special assistant felt a tightening in his chest again.

He had originally thought Miss Gu was also a steady and composed girl, but who would have expected her to be so...

What’s more, he did not understand why his usually calm and collected boss became so emotional whenever he met Miss Gu.

What horrified him even more was that, the next second, his boss poured one of the pills from the bottle right in front of him and swallowed it directly!

The special assistant’s whole body went rigid with shock; every hair on him seemed to stand on end, and he nearly could not stop himself from rushing up to pry open Gu Jingshen’s throat.

After doing all this, Gu Jingshen put the round bottle back into his pocket, then cast the special assistant a cold warning glance. “Don’t let me hear that kind of thing again.”

Gu Jingshen used action alone to prove his protection of and trust in Gu Ci.

With that, he opened the car door and walked toward Gu Ci.

How could Gu Jingshen not know that Gu Ci could not possibly have produced a pill that relieved fatigue?

That kind of thing was worth a fortune even on the hidden market.

Gu Ci most likely had heard of such a thing somewhere and wanted to make one for him herself.

But this was made by Gu Ci with her own hands, and it was the first gift she had ever given him.

When Gu Jingshen reached her side, the elevator doors happened to open, and Gu Changrong hurried out from inside.

Gu Jingshen was a little surprised. “What is it, Dad?”

Seeing Gu Ci come back with Gu Jingshen, Gu Changrong’s eyes lit up.

He immediately grabbed Gu Ci in a hurry and said, “A Ci, you came just in time. That last special medicine was used by someone, and the hospital just called to say something went wrong. Come with me right away!”