Chapter 206: If I Have Feelings For Her, Mrs. Gu Definitely Won't Be Your Turn!
After Mu Gu left, Old Grandfather Gu also left soon after. An old man like him can't help much with anything. Telling Gu Yanhao to take good care of Song Wuyou, Old Grandfather Gu followed Mu Gu's shadow out of the patient's room.
Leaving the hospital, Mu Gu did not head back to the ranch. Instead, he drove around repeatedly on the roads near the hospital with the window fully down, letting the strong wind come whistling in, messing up his hair, and messing with his mood.
"You're very familiar with Mu Gu." Inside the room, Gu Yanhao asked jealously as he pulled a chair closer to the bedside.
"He's the only friend I have who doesn't dislike me." Song Wuyou answered. Her expression was frighteningly serene, suggesting that she didn't realize how much her body was hurting.
There it is again. Whenever he was before her she would only show this calm expression, no longer as enthusiastic as she used to be. Gu Yanhao's pupils darkened and his chest felt stuffy, yet, looking at her pale face, his heart's ache for her rose to the top.
"Do you want more water?" he asked, his gaze locked on her calm face.
"No, I am not thirsty."
"Your voice is hoarse, don't talk anymore, rest well."
"Where are they?" Song Wuyou's eyes looked woefully at Gu Yanhao. He knew the person behind this, and he definitely knew the group of men.
"Detained." Gu Yanhao gave her a dissatisfied look. "You want to let them go, just like that?"
"Who are they?" Song Wuyou asked instead of answering.
"Dumpling Gang."
"Gangs?" Song Wuyou was surprised.
"Not really a gang, just the group's name. A group of orphans gathered together, doing bad things."
Song Wuyou snorted, "They're just charging others for their help. The bad ones aren't them but the people who gave them money."
A group of orphans. No wonder she felt a bond between them. Song Wuyou was familiar with this kind of bond, just like the bond amongst the soldier brothers she fought a war with in her past life, that same kind of loyalty.
"Therefore, the baddest of them is Song Jiumei." Speaking of that woman, Gu Yanhao's eyes turned icy.
"What about Song Jiuyue?" Song Wuyou looked at him.
"She wasn't involved in this matter this time."
"If she was?" Would he give Song Jiuyue to her to be dealt with?
As if detecting something odd, his eyebrow arched up in gloomy air, half-glaring at Song Wuyou: "Song Wuyou, you still suspect that I have feelings for her?"
"Hard to say that you don't feel anything for her."
The light in Gu Yanhao's eyes dimmed, "If I have feelings for her, the position of Mrs. Gu would have never been yours."
"If she was involved, would you hand her to me to be dealt with?"
"Of course."
"What if I killed her?"
"Do as you like. Peel off her skin, dig her heart out, bleed her to death, flay off her flesh. It's up to you."
So cruel, so bloodthirsty.
Song Wuyou frowned uncomfortably, "Let the Dumpling Gang go, don't lock them up"
Gu Yanhao questioned: "And your reason?"
"No reason at all. Since you left Song Jiumei to me, then they should be as well." She planned to use another way to deal with this matter.
"Let them go, and they will flee and hide. How will you deal with them then?"
"Letting them go is my way of handling them."
Anger burned in Gu Yanhao's heart but it was what she decided. Fine, he will comply. Then is it good enough? He stared at her fixedly with an expression as black as the bottom of a pan before compromising. "I can let them go, but you must rest and recover well."
In the days after that, Mu Gu came to visit Song Wuyou every day. This man seemed to possess only humorous genes. Everytime he came around, he made Song Wuyou very happy. He said, this way, she would be able to leave the hospital faster, that time moves faster.
It was indeed as he had said. In the blink of an eye, one week has passed.
Chapter 207: The Truth Was, He Likes Her
"Why are you still looking at him if you know?" Gu Yanhao accused with a sour blaming tone. "I'm right beside you, yet you're staring after someone else. If I wasn't around, you'd probably pierce a hole through that person with your gaze!"
"Can't I?" Song Wuyou's eyebrow rose lightly. "Mu Gu is the best friend I have, can't I look at him?"
"Isn't Xu Jing your best friend?"
"Xu Jing is my sister."
"It's the same."
"The flowers are for me?" Song Wuyou indicated at the flowers in his hand.
"If it isn't for you, who else would I give it to?" He had wanted to create a romantic atmosphere for her, but his mood soured.
"Why did you think of giving me flowers?" Song Wuyou asked.
"You really don't know or are you just pretending?" Gu Yanhao gave her a wintry expression.
"My birthday?" a tiny wrinkle appeared between Song Wuyou's brows. No, that's not it. The original host's birthday as stated on the Identity Card was not today.
"Don't tell me you don't even remember your own birthday?" Gu Yanhao scoffed.
"It's because it seems even stranger because, today is not my birthday."
"Today is the Double Seven Festival[1]!"
"Oh." So, today was the Double Seven Festival, Chinese Valentine's Day.
"For you." Gu Yanhao half-lobbed the flowers at her.
Song Wuyou caught the bouquet. Bringing it close to her nose, she enjoyed the very fresh scent of roses.
Gu Yanhao opened the tiffin box, half muttering, "Sis Song made you rib bone soup. She put a lot of rib bones inside. The oil has been removed, and it smells really fragrant."
"You already had it?" Song Wuyou asked, putting the flowers to one side.
"Nonsense, don't I need to eat too?" Gu Yanhao sat down, preparing to feed her.
"There's something wrong with you today, like you've eaten gunpowder or something." Song Wuyou pursed her lips.
"I'm in a bad mood from seeing you laughing so merrily with Mu Gu every single day. Does that satisfy you?"
"Me and Mu Gu are just friends. It's dull staying in the hospital for so long. He just came to spend some time with me. What's there to be unhappy about?" Song Wuyou gave him a disdainful side eye, "You even hugged Song Jiuyue right in front of me that time, with that horrible attitude of yours, yet I didn't say I was in a bad mood, did I? Now can you understand how I felt at that time."
Gu Yanhao's eyes dimmed considerably at Song Wuyou's words as he stared at her quietly. Honestly speaking, he didn't want to do that at that time. Who told her to be so vexing? That was why he acted out, why he deliberately tried to antagonise her and teach her a little lesson, which led him to hugging Song Jiuyue in front of her that time.
Who knew she'd become worse instead of reflecting on her mistakes?
"No next time." Gu Yanhao said solemnly, sounding like a promise.
"Of course I know there won't be a next time, because right now you're totally captivated by and enamored with the current me."
"It's not that." Gu Yanhao was silent for a moment because he couldn't exactly state that yes, he liked the present reasonable her, but he also liked the previous arrogant her. Otherwise, he wouldn't have married her.
Song Wuyou pouted slightly; she didn't care whether it was true or not.
"I'll feed you."
"I'll do it myself."
Gu Yanhao looked at her sternly, "I don't mind using force."
Fine, fine, let him feed if her if wants to.
"How are you feeling?" Gu Yanhao asked as she began to eat.
"Very good."
"Your body?"
"Running is no problem." She even planned to start working on her strength once she was out of the hospital.
"Then, after finishing the soup, I'll bring you to a place."
In a dark house, a damp environment with heavy silence, where one couldn't even see their own five fingers unless the lights were on. Many days had passed since Song Jiumei had been locked up here. She had enough of this place! She was the Song Family's Second Miss, born with a silver spoon in her mouth, loved and pampered everywhere she went then why did she have suffer like this?
But no matter how loud, angry, or desperately she screamed everyday, other than the person delivering meals, no one bothered with her.
"Song Wuyou, I curse you, curse you a miserable death!" Song Jiumei screamed, turning round and round in the dark like a madwoman, hitting the four walls with her bare hands, mouth nonstop cursing at Song Wuyou.
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Note:
[1]Qixi, or Double Seven Festival - Falling on the seventh day of seventh lunar month, the Double Seventh Festival in China, also known as Qixi Festival, is what Valentine's Day is to the western countries. As it is a day of great importance to girls, the event is also called Young Girls' Festival. Because of the beautiful legend about Niu Lang and Zhi Nu, the festival has been endowed with the meaning of great romance.
Chapter 208: Song Wuyou Hits Song Jiumei
Suddenly, the always locked, thick, heavy door was unlocked from outside. A crepuscular ray of light shone into the dark room. After a moment of surprise, Song Jiumei dashed over to the door, wanting to run out, but she was blocked by two heavyset bodyguards.
"I want to go out!" Song Jiumei struggled with all her might to get out. One of the guards pushed her with his thick, muscular arm, sending her back into the dark room.
The two bodyguards entered the room, each guarding one side on the left and right, leaving a path in the middle. Through this path, Gu Yanhao and Song Wuyou walked in.
Gu Yanhao was his usual cold stoic self and a faint smile hung at the corners of Song Wuyou's mouth. This faint smile encompassed cold indifference, ridicule, disdain, and a smidge of smugness.
"Song Wuyou, you..." Before her the word slut could escape her mouth, Song Jiumei managed to hold herself back. No, she must leave this place! She must put down her dignity and beg this whore!
"Wuyou, I beg you, let me go out, okay?" Song Jiumei approached Song Wuyou, wanting to hold her hand. Song Wuyou quickly retreated half a step before she could do so. She sneered, watching Song Jiumei as she asked, "Do you think that's possible?"
Song Jiumei's heart quivered hearing Song Wuyou's answer. Looking at Song Wuyou, she tried again, "What are you saying?"
"For the rest of your life, you'll spend it being locked up here."
"No! I..." Song Jiumei lost it and started shrieking. She turned towards Gu Yanhao with a pleading look in her eyes, "Young Master Gu, I was wrong. I beg you, let me go. I was wrong!"
Gu Yanhao watched Song Jiumei's antics with condescension. This woman, this face... every second spent looking at her only heightened the disgust he felt.
Gu Yanhao looked away from Song Jiumei towards Song Wuyou, "You can deal with her however you want. Grandfather also gave his word. It doesn't matter even if you end her life."
Song Wuyou lifted her chin at Song Jiumei after Gu Yanhao spoke, "Did you hear that? I can kill you."
"You dare!" Song Jiumei no longer cared to act her 'Virgin Mary' image in front of Gu Yanhao. Her face twisted with grim hatred as she stood glowering at Song Wuyou, "I am Song Jiumei, the Song Family's daughter. I am your sister. Try to kill me if you dare!"
"Sister?" Song Wuyou jeered sarcastically, "Are there any sisters that would force their siblings to the death's door?"
"I didn't intend to force you to death. I only arranged for a few men to play with you."
Gu Yanhao's eyes narrowed dangerously the more he listened.
Song Wuyou lifted her head and scanned the room. It was a dead room with no window at all, hence the poor air ventilation. One tiny room included everything. The bed and toilet were in the same room, which explained the stink in the air.
Not bad.
Song Wuyou's lips rose at the corners, her voice commenting lightly, "This room is worse than a prison. You deserved to be locked in this place."
A compulsive shiver ran down Song Jiumei's back. She felt terrified as she looked over at Gu Yanhao. She doesn't want to be locked up here, no, she doesn't want to remain here! Everything here fell into darkness once the door was shut. A meager amount of air seeped in through the narrow gaps, but the air here was still suffocating nonetheless. She will really go insane if she's locked up here!
Song Wuyou turned around, smiling at Gu Yanhao as she asked, "According to her crime, if we handed the case over to the police, how many years would she get?"
"Thirty." Gu Yanhao simply provided a number.
Song Wuyou's smile deepened another degree as she spun to face Song Jiumei, "Then you just stay here for thirty years. When thirty years are up, I will personally come to bring you out."
"Song Wuyou, you slut!" Thinking she would spend the next thirty years here, Song Jiumei lost it. She lunged furiously at Song Wuyou.
The two bodyguards and Gu Yanhao were alert, but Song Wuyou's action was much faster than the three of them.
Song Wuyou took a few steps forward, facing Song Jiumei who was coming at her. Song Jiumei was bounding forward like a basketball. Song Wuyou raised her arm and struck across Song Jiumei's face. A loud, crisp 'pa!' sound rang in the tiny 'cell.'
"Ah!" Song Jiumei's head swayed to the side. Off balance, she stumbled and fell to the floor.
Chapter 209: Your Suffering Expression Delights Me
Gu Yanhao's pupils darkened sharply, yet there was a tiny bit of shock as he looked at Song Wuyou. Even the two burly guards went into a daze due to her cool and fast reaction.
"You dare to hit me?" Sprawled flat on the floor, Song Jiumei's head whirled around with intense hatred in her eyes as she glared ferally at Song Wuyou.
Song Wuyou stood in a laid-back manner as she lightly massaged her numbing hand and a slight smile appeared on her lips. The palpable momentum that exuded from her was like that of a regal Queen.
"Hit you, I even dare to kill you." Her voice was like a shard of ice, with not an ounce of warmth to be found in it.
"Kill me and you will go to jail!"
"Then you don't need to go to jail if you kill me?" Song Wuyou chided. She turned around to face Gu Yanhao with a slight smile.
Gu Yanhao lost himself for a second, feeling her smile was no longer that of mischievous little fox, but it was just as bright and beautiful.
"Say, will I go to jail if I kill her?" Her unhurried tone seemed to be laced with gentleness. Despite that, the words spoken through her lips were tinged with heavy bloodlust.
Gu Yanhao's deep gaze followed her every move, a tiny sparkle of mirth hidden in the depth of his eyes, "I said it before, I will support you. Kill whomever you want to kill."
Song Jiumei was both angry and jealous at the same time as she listened to Gu Yanhao's declaration. Why was it Song Wuyou who won Gu Yanhao's love?
Song Wuyou stilled for a second, as if thinking, when suddenly her hands reached out in a whoosh, squeezing Song Jiumei's throat. The pain coming from her larynx made Song Jiumei struggle, wanting to get out of Song Wuyou's grip.
Song Wuyou looked coldly and indifferently at Song Jiumei. Watching as her face became twisted, seeing her fighting for air, she truly wanted to strangle her to death. But wouldn't killing her this way be a little too merciful to her? "Song Jiumei, I will let you taste the full extent of torment." Song Wuyou grinned.
Fear gradually crept into Song Jiumei's eyes as she looked at Song Wuyou. "You... You're not Song Wuyou." Song Jiumei stared fearfully at 'Song Wuyou. Song Wuyou was nothing but a straw bag in the past, it was impossible for her to contain and show this much hatred. This 'Song Wuyou' in front of her terrified Song Jiumei, an unknown Song Wuyou. That's right, this Song Wuyou made Song Jiumei feel strong danger!
"You are very smart. Indeed, I'm not the same Song Wuyou you used to bully. You orchestrated my car accident, and it wasn't enough to kill the baby in my stomach, you started again, hiring Liu Zhiming to block my car halfway so they can 'play' with me? Song Jiumei, you're truly vicious!"
Gu Yanhao was akin to an unshakeable mountain as he stood there, pursing his thin lips. If it weren't because he promised to let Song Wuyou deal with Song Jiumei, he would have already sent her down to report to Hades.
"But vicious people will always get their retribution and your retribution is to be locked here for thirty years!" Song Wuyou exerted pressure in her fingers, causing Song Jiumei to cough uncontrollably.
Unable to draw in the slightest bit of oxygen, Song Jiumei's face became uglier, even more distorted. Inexplicably, watching the suffering Song Jiumei, Song Wuyou felt refreshed. Her lips curved into a satisfied smile, "Watching your suffering face delights me," she purred, letting go only when Song Jiumei was at the end of her tether.
Song Jiumei crumbled to the floor coughing and panting for breath while at the same time, tears and saliva mixed together, streaking across her face, sullying her usually pampered and satisfied visage.
"Song Wuyou!" Song Jiumei suddenly roared like a cornered animal at Song Wuyou, "I will curse you every day! Curse you to die a horrible death! Thirty years later when I get out, I will still use every method to kill you!"
Chapter 210: "I Come To Send You On Your Way."
Song Wuyou gave a little contemptuous smile and walked out. Gu Yanhao followed behind her. Before he stepped out of the room, he instructed the two bodyguards coldly, "In the future, she is only allowed one meal of salty pickled vegetables with white rice every day."
Song Wuyou's smile grew wider as she decided that this way of governing prisoners was not bad at all. Song Jiumei was a basically a glutton. Being locked up and fed only a single meal of pickles and white rice, she probably would die from hunger.
After Song Wuyou and Gu Yanhao left, the bodyguards that were in charge of guarding the place did not close the door immediately. When Song Wuyou and Gu Yanhao were out of sight, he slowly opened the half-closed door.
The despairing Song Jiumei lifted her head, tears streaming down her face as she looked at that particular bodyguard. The way that bodyguard looked at her was different.
"Set me free. Whatever amount of money you want, I will give it to you." Song Jiumei struggled up from the floor.
The bodyguard closed the door heavily, a wicked sneer lifting the corner of his lips. The way he looked at Song Jiumei was as soulless as a hell demon.
Song Jiumei was stunned by a strong sense of dread, "You.. what do you want you do?" Could it be something Gu Yanhao arranged beforehand, letting this person rape her?
"I come to send you on your way." The bodyguard informed her softly.
His voice surprised Song Jiumei. Why did this voice sound so familiar? "You are..." Song Jiumei pointed at the bodyguard. She wanted to call out his name, but his hand suddenly reached around his neck. With a pulling action he tore off the human skin mask.
Song Jiumei watched this in astonishment. To her, this kind of scene only happened in television dramas ah.
Tearing off the mask, the bodyguard exposed a face that Song Jiumei was extremely familiar with, shocking her again, "It really is you!!"
Song Wuyou climbed into the passenger seat of Gu Yanhao's car. Gu Yanhao reached out, checking the hand she'd used to hit Song Jiumei.
"Next time, rough jobs like beating people, I will do it." Heartache filled his husky voice. Her tiny hand had turned red from that slap right across Song Jiumei's face.
Song Wuyou laughed, "Hitting women, you will do it?"
Gu Yanhao looked at her, "I can't?"
"Haven't you heard that a man who hits a woman is worse than an animal?"
"Are people who kill sows animal?"
Song Wuyou shook her head, "No."
"Then it's fine." Gu Yanhao's eyes grew cold, "Women like Song Jiumei are worse than sows."
"I really plan to have her locked up for thirty years." Song Wuyou emphasized.
"Up to you. This factory belongs to me."
Song Wuyou broke into giggles, "Just don't know if she could last thirty years inside there."
Gu Yanhao too showed a wicked expression, "Hard to say." He suddenly moved closer, and a burst of masculine scent invaded Song Wuyou's atmosphere.
Song Wuyou leaned back, looking at the man smiling sheepishly at her, "What?"
Gu Yanhao cupped her face. His obsidian eyes scanned her face, lips curving up into a perfect arch: "You're really ruthless."
Song Wuyou chuckled, "Should I just wait to be bullied? A kind horse will be ridden, a kind human will be bullied."
Gu Yanhao's wide hands kept her face in place as light laughter escaped his lips, "You've totally changed. If it weren't for this face, I'd truly question if you are really Song Wuyou."
"I am Song Wuyou, the true and genuine Song Wuyou." Her name was Song Wuyou in the past, in this life, her name was still Song Wuyou.
"Continue to be as ruthless are you are now. All the people who bully you, don't ever let them enjoy peaceful days. Understand?" Gu Yanhao stared at her profoundly.
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Translator: Woodear Editor: Ocelot