CHAPTER 375: CHAPTER 374: ARE YOU REALLY OKAY?

At this moment, Gu Xiaoqing was lying in the guesthouse applying a cold pack to her face. The doctors and nurses had given her a big bag of ice, and she was now lying there with the ice pack on her face.

He Cui sat beside Gu Xiaoqing, helping her change it from time to time.

"Child, don’t blame Fang Shaohan. He’s not the type to hit women. As his mother, you might think I’m biased, but I know my son. Fang Shaohan isn’t someone who easily loses his cool.

Only when it comes to topics involving Feng Qingyang does Fang Shaohan lose his calm and rationality. It’s because of your words today that involved Feng Qingyang that he got so agitated."

Gu Xiaoqing couldn’t smile; her face was numbed from the cold.

"Auntie, what’s really going on between Feng Qingyang and Fang Shaohan? They always seem to be at odds, and I’ve become the focal point between them twice already. At least if it’s going to this extent, let me know why, right?"

Moving the corners of her mouth made Gu Xiaoqing still feel the pain on one side of her face.

He Cui awkwardly smiled, avoiding the question, and changed the topic: "Child, do you want to eat something? I’ll go get you some food. Let’s have something good today to properly replenish your nutrition."

They really are one family.

The Fang Family’s people are so vague about the matter between Fang Shaohan and Feng Qingyang, which only makes people more curious.

"Auntie, anything is fine, I really don’t have much of an appetite."

Gu Xiaoqing could only go along with it.

What she didn’t say was, "Auntie, just look at what I can eat with my mouth like this and get me a little of that."

He Cui left the room with a lunchbox, finally exhaling a sigh of relief.

The next morning, the moment Fang Shaohan saw Gu Xiaoqing appear at the door of his hospital ward, he truly breathed a sigh of relief.

The swelling and bruises on Gu Xiaoqing’s face had subsided a lot; the swelling had gone, but the bruises, which couldn’t be relieved by ice packs, still looked very alarming.

Her expression was calm, already no different from how she usually appeared.

She was almost exactly the same as when she usually took care of Fang Shaohan.

But for some reason, Fang Shaohan could feel that Gu Xiaoqing’s attitude was different from usual.

He regretfully thought, it’s always Feng Qingyang; why is this person always haunting him?

Gu Xiaoqing came in and began the day’s routine, fetching water for Fang Shaohan to wash his face and hands. However, now Fang Shaohan no longer needed Gu Xiaoqing to do it; most of the time, Gu Xiaoqing would just wring out a wet towel and hand it to Fang Shaohan to wipe himself.

She got breakfast for Fang Shaohan, but they hardly spoke a word.

Fang Shaohan was almost suffocated by the silence.

This indifferent attitude from Gu Xiaoqing was truly something Fang Shaohan was not used to. Normally, at least Gu Xiaoqing would sarcastically mock him for half a day. No matter how cold or harsh the words were, or how tough the interaction, at least they would still interact.

Now, it was like a one-man show that belonged to Fang Shaohan alone.

He rubbed his hands together, feeling the sweat in his palms, and mustered the courage to say, "I’m sorry about yesterday."

Without even looking up, Gu Xiaoqing sat in the chair peeling an apple and replied nonchalantly, "It’s okay."

But the tone and attitude conveyed anything but it being okay.

Fang Shaohan didn’t know how to explain himself; the topic was immediately blocked here, and Gu Xiaoqing absolutely did not appear willing to cooperate.

He could face the barrage of bullets and remain unfazed; he could face Gu Xiaoqing’s cold rejection, with a burning heart, but he couldn’t calmly face Gu Xiaoqing’s indifference because, indeed, this time, he was in the wrong from the start.

No matter what, a man hitting a woman is indefensible.

Just because someone is a patient doesn’t mean they can hit a woman, right?

No matter how it’s spun, that just can’t be right.

Fang Shaohan was clearly in the wrong.

"Gu Xiaoqing, don’t be like this. You can scold me or hit me if you want, but don’t ignore me like this. I know what I did yesterday was wrong, but I really can’t explain it, as the person I saw then wasn’t you, and that slap really wasn’t directed at you.

It was just that I was blinded by anger. I’m sincerely apologizing to you. You’ve been helping me so much, and for me to do something like that is truly my fault. But I mean what I say, it was a one-time thing and won’t happen again."

Fang Shaohan didn’t want the two of them to fall into this kind of cold war.

Not resolving the issue would only drive them further apart.

He thought he could wait until he could stand up, but could he wait like this?

Gu Xiaoqing handed Fang Shaohan the apple, cleaned up the apple peel, sat down, and said, "Fang Shaohan, focus on your rehabilitation, I have no other thoughts. Since I did what I did yesterday, I knew there would be consequences, don’t worry about me, the important thing now is your recovery."

Of course, the words she didn’t say were, "When you’re recovered, I can leave."

I still have a lot of things to take care of.

My business, my company, my studies.

These days I’ve been calling Guo Donghua, and this guy is already complaining non-stop, with all the work piling on him alone, keeping him extremely busy.

Guo Donghua is constantly shouting that when Gu Xiaoqing returns, he needs a year’s rest.

As for Fang Shaohan’s distance, whether it was a psychological shadow or not, Gu Xiaoqing didn’t plan to explain, nor could she explain it.

Could she tell someone that in her past life she married a domestic-abusing gambler, so sorry, this life you slapped me, I’m scared, so we have no future?

They’d think she was crazy.

Besides, it doesn’t even need to be said.

There’s no relevance right now since she’s not anyone to Fang Shaohan.

Fang Shaohan isn’t anyone to her either.

They’re just two completely unrelated people; the only thing that can be said is that they’re friends.

Friends aren’t involved in domestic violence issues, and another’s personality isn’t Gu Xiaoqing’s concern.

So, Gu Xiaoqing acted no different than usual, and those words made sense.

Fang Shaohan finally felt at ease.

He didn’t realize that a hidden issue had been buried.

Because the most pressing issue on everyone’s mind right now was Fang Shaohan’s leg.

In the morning, doctors, specialists, and hospital leaders came to his ward to conduct a comprehensive examination. The final conclusion was that Fang Shaohan’s leg indeed had slight sensations, though the nerve endings’ sensitivity was very weak, but as long as he persisted with consistent exercise, recovery was only a matter of time.

This conclusion, of course, made He Cui and Fang Jianguo overjoyed.

It was like a sound from heaven.

Having hope was far better than everyone thinking Fang Shaohan could only remain in a wheelchair.

Even Gu Xiaoqing had a smile on her face, as all the effort finally showed some return.