CHAPTER 408: CHAPTER 252 BABY, BABY

In the most beautiful years of our lives, we were once by another person’s side.

Ten years ago, you didn’t know me, and I didn’t know you.

Ten years later, you are mine, and I am yours.

As long as she called out, he would always be there.

Bei Ran’s eyes brimmed with tears, yet these were tears of joy.

Gu Qingchen bent down and wiped away her tears.

"Let’s see auntie first!" Bei Ran, preoccupied with their reunion, hurriedly pulled him along.

Gu Qingchen said, "I’ve already met Junyi; he said mother is okay now. Don’t worry too much!"

"How can I not worry?" Bei Ran still looked anxious, "Besides, do you know? Song Yunyin has returned! It was her arrival that upset auntie..."

"I know!" Gu Qingchen nodded and checked the indicators on the equipment.

At this moment, Song Xiaoyin regained consciousness, "Qingchen..."

"Mom..." Gu Qingchen held his mother’s hand, "Mom, it’s alright, please don’t get so worked up! Let the past be past! This is what you taught me..."

Song Xiaoyin looked towards Bei Ran, who had a worried look, and whispered softly: "Bei Ran, don’t worry either. And, I consider you family. You’re a smart girl and must have understood the Song Family’s scandal by now! Qingchen has no one to talk to by his side, please accompany him more!"

"Auntie, I understand." Bei Ran added her hand to theirs, the three hands stacked together, "You need to take care of yourself now and not let others’ mistakes punish you. Although I don’t know what happened more than thirty years ago, I’m sure you were not in the wrong. Just by the tone of Song Yunyin’s voice, even after so many years, she still takes pride in plunder. Since these are matters of many years ago, you must take care of yourself and not let them defeat you."

"Bei Ran, you really have a way with words!" Song Xiaoyin nodded lightly, "I will take care of myself. Qingchen has just come back; stay with him for a bit!"

"Auntie, let me stay with you first!" Bei Ran said, "He’s just returned from a cumbersome trip and needs to rest."

She turned to Gu Qingchen and said, "Qingchen, you must be tired too. Go have a bath and rest first. I’ll stay here with auntie at the hospital!"

While they were talking, Yang Junyi, Zong Zheng, Yang Ting, and the other doctors and nurses all arrived!

Upon seeing Gu Qingchen, they started chatting with him enthusiastically, like long-lost friends reuniting.

"Qingchen..." Yang Junyi rested a hand on Gu Qingchen’s shoulder.

Zong Zheng was especially excited, "Master..."

Yang Ting and the other nurses also gathered around: "Director Gu..."

Gu Qingchen looked at them, these familiar faces that had accompanied him through many a year.

The months and years spent together day and night, the tacit understanding in emergency situations on the operating table, and the times spent staying up all night on shift with everyone.

Although Gu Qingchen had resigned from his hospital position, the camaraderie remained strong.

Bei Ran and Song Xiaoyin exchanged a smile, he’s back here, feeling just like being at home.

Bei Ran stepped forward: "You guys go out and chat! I will stay here with auntie."

Thus, Gu Qingchen, Yang Junyi, Zong Zheng, Yang Ting, and the others went out together.

Zong Zheng excitedly followed close to Gu Qingchen, the man he had admired so much, "Master, you’ve lost weight!"

Yang Junyi laughed: "Being a CEO must be more exhausting than being a doctor! Because it’s not the career you love!"

Yang Ting looked at him: "Director Gu, we are waiting for your return!"

Although they didn’t know when that would be, they all kept longing for it.

"Master, the day you return, you will still be my master!" Zong Zheng also looked forward eagerly.

Yang Junyi joked: "When your master comes back, I’ll step aside."

"No, Teacher Yang, you are also my master," Zong Zheng said. "Professor Gu is also my master."

Gu Qingchen told him: "Zong Zheng, learn well from Junyi."

"I will," Zong Zheng responded earnestly.

"Junyi, aren’t you on vacation?" Gu Qingchen asked him.

Yang Junyi sighed, "My mother’s death was a heavy blow to me, but I also understand that there are many who need me. They see us as lifesavers, how can I fail to meet their expectations! I believe Chief Zhuo will definitely catch the murderer and avenge my mother, and I must live up to my mother’s hopes and continue to save lives and help the injured at this post."

"Well done, Junyi!" Gu Qingchen nodded, "Auntie is watching us from heaven! She definitely wants you to pull yourself together and make even greater contributions to society, relieving more people from the torment of illness."

Yang Junyi patted his shoulder with one hand: "I also look forward to the day you return, so we can fight side by side at the posts we love most."

Gu Qingchen nodded, hoping that day would come soon. "By the way, please take care of things concerning my mom!"

"Don’t worry!" said Yang Junyi, "I will take good care of Auntie."

Gu Qingchen bid farewell to his old friends and returned to the ward, where Bei Ran was talking with Song Xiaoyin.

Seeing her son return, Song Xiaoyin said, "Qingchen, you take Bei Ran back to rest! I’m fine here, I still have your old colleagues watching over me!"

"Alright, Mom, I’ll stay with you a bit longer before leaving," Gu Qingchen said.

Song Xiaoyin looked at her watch, "It’s getting late, it’s nearly one in the morning. You both should go home and rest, go on!"

Gu Qingchen and Bei Ran left the hospital together and got in the car, heading back to the lakeside villa.

As always, Bei Ran prepared a bath for him, and after he bathed, she also washed up and came out of the guest room.

When Bei Ran returned to the bedroom, Gu Qingchen was already standing on the balcony, smoking a cigarette.

She quietly walked up to him, took a thick robe, and draped it over him, "Winter has come, it’s cold, and you’re out here catching the cold breeze in so little clothes!"

Gu Qingchen reached out and pulled her into his arms, "Come here, let me hold you!"

After all the awkwardness, it finally melted away when Song Xiaoyin was hospitalized, and the two of them reconciled without planning it.

Bei Ran obediently leaned into his arms, looking up at him: "Does holding me make you feel not cold?"

Gu Qingchen gazed at her, his eyes shining like stars, "It’s been too long since anyone has warmed my bed, I’m already frozen solid! Tonight... together..."

Bei Ran’s beautiful eyes widened: "Is this a signal of courtship from male to female?"

"So do you accept or not?" Gu Qingchen’s thin lips slightly curved upward.

"I’ll think about it!" Bei Ran looked at the cigarette between his fingers, grabbed his hand to take a look: "You must have smoked a lot, look at your fingers, they’re not as clear and beautiful as before... If you want me to agree, then you’ve got to agree too, smoke less..."

"Are we... setting terms, negotiating?" Gu Qingchen put out the cigarette butt in the ashtray, then wrapped one arm around her waist, looking at his other hand, "What’s this? Now you find my fingers unattractive? Last night on the speedboat, under the starlight, on the sea, someone was holding my fingers, biting them with her little mouth..."

Bei Ran’s pretty face instantly blushed. She had consumed some fruit wine last night, and indeed got a bit drunk on the boat. At first she was still sensible before he came to pick her up.

But what happened after that?

Could it be... just as he said?

"I don’t quite remember what I said when I was drunk..." murmured Bei Ran softly.

At that moment, Gu Qingchen clasped her hand, "Does the wine brewed by other men smell good?"

His tone seemed calm but was like an undercurrent hidden beneath the sea, ready to engulf her at any moment.

Bei Ran understood this man well; she gazed at him, "From now on, I’ll only drink the wine you brew..."

Her clever effort to please him made Gu Qingchen’s expression slightly relax.

Bei Ran continued: "Can I take a bath with the wine you brew? Then I’ll be a fine wine beauty!"

"Baby, that’s a good suggestion..." Gu Qingchen lifted her in his arms, heading toward the bedroom, "I’ll have to properly savor my fine wine beauty then!"

OMG!

Bei Ran realized she had dug a hole for herself!

However, the term ’fine wine beauty’ seemed like a very nice appellation!

"As you command, my fine wine husband!" Bei Ran laughed in his arms.

She wrapped her arms tightly around his neck, inhaling his familiar scent.

Nothing was more anticipated than weathering hardships and sailing through storms together!

"Ah..." As she was thinking, she was already toppling onto the bed with him...