Chapter 158: Chapter 158 She is a Body Double
That day, Su Meixi was in the physiotherapy room, feeling her eyelids twitch incessantly.
A sense of foreboding came over her!
She forced herself to remain calm, then persisted in performing surgery on patients.
There were seven or eight patients waiting for operations that day, and by the end, she felt as if someone had struck her chest hard with a fist, the pain was unbearable.
But fortunately, all the surgeries were completed.
After leaving the operating room, her colleague Xiao Du even asked her, “Dr. Su, haven’t you rested well recently? You look a little pale.”
“I was just about to go rest,” Su Meixi replied.
She removed her mask, took off her white coat, and went to the cafeteria to eat.
However, after getting her meal, she lost her appetite.
She took out her phone to check the messages from the morning, and found several missed calls, each with different IPs, the kind typically used for advertisements.
But one number was unusual, as it came from a landline and looked a bit strange.
Su Meixi tried calling back, but couldn’t get through.
She then let it go.
…
Meanwhile, at the Gu Family home.
Qiu Yurou was panicking.
The Military District had called her, informing her that Gu Wei was injured!
When she asked for specifics, they wouldn’t say, only urging the family to come quickly and telling her to notify Gu Wei’s wife, since they couldn’t get through to Su Meixi’s mobile phone.
Qiu Yurou panicked.
The vagueness from them meant that Gu Wei’s injuries must be severe.
After hanging up, Qiu Yurou started packing.
At the same time, she cursed Su Meixi in her heart: having bought a villa worth over a billion, that woman didn’t seem the least bit concerned about Gu Wei, not even answering calls from the Military District!
Gu Wei was injured and needed family to be there; by rights, they should inform Su Meixi.
Yet for some reason, Qiu Yurou suddenly thought: why bother telling Su Meixi at all, since she doesn’t know?
She had thought of informing Gu Cheng as well, but then decided against it.
She rang Wan Manyu and sobbed, “Manman, Gu Wei had an accident!”
“An accident? What kind of accident? Godmother, don’t panic; speak slowly.”
“I don’t know the details, but the Military District called to say he was injured; they wouldn’t inform next of kin unless it was serious, Manman, please, come with me to the Military District Hospital.”
“Okay, does big brother know about this?”
“He doesn’t know, and don’t you tell him.”
“Why?” Wan Manyu didn’t understand.
Qiu Yurou said, “Just the two of us will go.”
“Just us?” Wan Manyu was puzzled for a moment.
“Gu Wei is my son; if I say it’s just the two of us, then it’s just the two of us. We’re enough, anyone else would just be in the way!”
Wan Manyu immediately understood Qiu Yurou’s intent.
Qiu Yurou had her own agenda!
Even though she had acknowledged a goddaughter, Qiu Yurou was never satisfied with Su Meixi and still wanted to set up Gu Wei with her.
Wan Manyu suddenly thought of Gu Wei, recalling his tall, handsome figure, his proper speech, and his elegant demeanor.
She subconsciously agreed, “Godmother, I’ll go request some time off first.”
…
A day later, Qiu Yurou and Wan Manyu appeared at the Lin Cheng Military Hospital.
Gu Wei had just been saved from critical condition and was brought out of the ICU, his body festooned with tubes, his leg broken, internal organs damaged, an oxygen mask on his face, and his eyes covered.
Seeing this, Qiu Yurou couldn’t help but weep.
Wan Manyu stood by, incredulous that such a robust man was now lying weakly in bed.
She felt a sharp pang in her heart.
In that instant, she seemed to see her own feelings clearly.
Her decision to stay and work in the country, to acknowledge Qiu Yurou as her godmother, it was all to get closer to him, as if there was a magnet within him that drew her irresistibly whenever she saw him.
She knew she shouldn’t feel this way, but still, she found herself acting involuntarily.
“At that time, he was pursuing a group of international mercenaries on the border, but unexpectedly, the criminals had planted explosives. He discovered them, and before the explosion, he leaped down the cliff, and our people found him below…”
Old Zhang said with a sense of guilt.
Qiu Yurou was too choked up to speak, simply covering her face and weeping.
Seeing her like this, Old Zhang didn’t dare say much, only instructing the medical staff to keep a close eye on him.
…
That night, Gu Wei woke up.
His hands moved slightly, his lips murmured as if calling someone’s name.
“Gu Wei, Mom is here! It’s okay, Gu Wei!” Qiu Yurou held Gu Wei’s hand, comforting him as she did when he was a child.
Gu Wei squeezed Qiu Yurou’s hand, as if to reassure her.
But his lips still murmured something.
Qiu Yurou leaned in to listen, it sounded like he was calling for Ah Xi.
“Gu Wei, are you thinking of her? She’s here,” Qiu Yurou said and then placed Wan Manyu’s hand into Gu Wei’s.
Wan Manyu was taken aback, intending to refuse, but Qiu Yurou made a silencing gesture to her, and she said nothing.
Gu Wei held onto her hand.
Her hand was nearly the same size as Su Meixi’s, soft and smooth, boneless; and Gu Wei, in his weakened state, didn’t discern closely, feeling at peace just holding on.
He fell asleep again.
But two hours later, he woke once more, awakened by pain.
Perhaps because of the severity of the pain, his body contorted.
Qiu Yurou and Wan Manyu were still in the ward, neither daring to sleep, and as they witnessed Gu Wei’s agony, Wan Manyu instinctively extended her hand to him.
Gu Wei grasped her hand and gradually settled down.
Wan Manyu’s heartbeat unconsciously quickened.
Even as a stand-in.
Even though she knew that once he regained consciousness, he would realize she wasn’t Su Meixi.
Yet, as if possessed, she wanted to stay by his side.
…
On the weekend, Gu Cheng and Zhou Yuan returned to the Gu Family home.
Zhou Yuan asked Su Meixi to come along, and although Su Meixi was reluctant, she still bought a bag of plums for the visit.
In name, it was for the mother-in-law; the perfunctory must be done.
However, Qiu Yurou was not at home.
Gu Cheng made a call, and Qiu Yurou told him she and Wan Manyu had gone out for a breather, advising him not to worry and to spend quality time and treat Zhou Yuan well.
She didn’t mention Su Meixi at all.
Gu Cheng felt there was something fishy, “Man Yu has only just started her job and hasn’t fully established her authority yet; don’t let her lose face in front of her subordinates.”