Su Huan dodged backward. Gu Beixian's kiss landed on her chin. Su Huan clearly felt his aura drop several degrees. The hand Gu Beixian used to pinch her chin slid down her back, encircling her waist, and he asked in a questioning tone, "Why did you tell Shen Huai that I'm your cousin?" Su Huan lowered her eyelids and said softly, "Anyway, we're about to get a divorce. There's no need to make a big fuss and tell everyone that we're husband and wife. Moreover, your family is prestigious. If my colleagues find out about our divorce in the future, they will look at me with colored glasses. I don't want to be labeled as a 'deserted wife of a wealthy family.' It's more convenient to say that you're a distant cousin." Gu Beixian looked at her meaningfully, "You've thought of everything." Su Huan smiled self-mockingly, "What can I do? It's the survival instinct of a small person." "You're not a small person. There are hardly any in the entire capital city who can boss me around like you do." His lips curled with a teasing smile as he watched her thoughtfully. "Stop making fun of me. How dare I boss you around?" Su Huan felt a bit embarrassed and turned her back on him, ignoring him. As soon as she finished speaking, Gu Beixian's phone rang. He took it out of his trouser pocket and glanced at it, his expression changing slightly. Su Huan curiously turned her head to look, catching a glimpse of the word "Suosuo" out of the corner of her eye, which made her stomach clench, and she said, "Answer it." Gu Beixian raised an eyebrow at her, "Aren't you angry?" Su Huan thought to herself: Am I angry, and you won't answer it? You'll still answer it regardless. "Answer it quickly, don't let the person wait anxiously."

"She pretended not to care and urged, 'Hurry up.' Gu Beixian glanced at her with a deep gaze, pressed the answer button, and asked, 'Suosuo, is there anything wrong?' The phone transmitted Chu Suosuo's frail and pitiful voice, 'Beixian brother, where did you go? You didn't come to the hospital to see me all day yesterday, can you come today? If you don't come, I can't eat anything, I'm so sad.' A wave of disgust surged up, and Su Huan felt extremely uncomfortable. She tiptoed to the phone and imitated Chu Suosuo's tone, 'Husband, I've taken off my clothes, what are you dawdling for?' Suddenly, there was a dead silence on the phone! Gu Beixian lowered his eyes and looked at her with a half-smile. Su Huan stared back at him expressionlessly. The two of them glared at each other, neither speaking a word. After a very long time, Chu Suosuo's weak voice came through the phone, 'Then you go ahead and be busy, Beixian brother.' She hung up the phone. Su Huan's emotions were indiscernible as she said calmly, 'You should go to the hospital to see her, she has severe depression and her hand is seriously injured. If she takes sleeping pills and commits suicide again, it will be my fault.' Gu Beixian raised his hand and rubbed her hair, 'I'm going out to make a call.' He took the phone and walked outside, dialing Chu Mochen. After connecting, he said, 'Keep an eye on Suosuo. She just called me, a bit stimulated, I'm afraid she might do something desperate again.' 'Okay.' Chu Mochen paused for a moment, then said, 'Suosuo has been spoiled by us since she was a child, a bit willful. She always thinks that she hasn't broken up with you, and she doesn't have a sense of boundaries in what she does, causing you trouble.'"

Gu Beixian was silent for a few seconds. 'It doesn't matter, her illness and depression are also related to me.' 'Your wife won't be angry, will she?' Gu Beixian curled his lips very slightly, 'It's okay, she has a good temper and is also understanding.' She doesn't care about me that much, either. Of course, he didn't say the latter half of the sentence. Adults don't easily reveal their innermost thoughts to others. Chu Mozhen paused for a moment and said, 'I'll treat you and your wife to a meal later to apologize.' 'We'll see when there's time.' 'Okay.' After hanging up the phone, Gu Beixian returned to the room and saw Su Huan leaning on the bed, reading an old book, her expression calm and showing no emotion. He walked over to sit beside the bed, touched her face, and rubbed his nose against her hair, saying, 'I'm leaving.' 'Hmm.' 'I'll come to find you tonight.' 'It's too far, and you have to work, so don't bother coming back and forth.' 'Then you should come back with me earlier. How can I be at ease with a young girl like you living in these desolate mountains? Your hand injury hasn't healed yet, and even eating is a problem.' He picked up her injured hand and looked at it carefully. Su Huan felt a bit sad inside. His behavior really made it hard for her to completely give up on him. He always pulled her back when she was determined to leave. And he always stabbed her in the heart again when she was soft-hearted. The lingering feelings are the most tormenting. Su Huan withdrew her hand and said indifferently, 'You go, don't come over tonight. I grew up here since I was a child, and I was fine without you back then, wasn't I?' 'That's true.'

Gu Beixian pinched her other hand, 'You little girl, with your pitiful appearance, are actually strong inside, even tougher than my heart.' Su Huan pursed her lips slightly, thinking to herself: It's clearly your heart that's hard, yet you blame me, such a bad person. Gu Beixian stood up, 'I'm really leaving now, aren't you going to see me off?' Su Huan turned her head away, not looking at him, her heart a mix of emotions, wanting him to go but also not wanting him to. Gu Beixian's gaze lingered on her for a moment before he stepped out. Seeing Shen Hui at the door, his eyes cooled down, and he asked in a distant tone, 'When are you leaving?' Shen Hui smiled faintly, 'I'm off duty these days, I'll go back the day after tomorrow. Su Huan's hand still needs to be dressed, and as a doctor, it's more convenient for me to take care of her.' Gu Beixian's face darkened, and he looked up at a distance. Two bodyguards were sitting on stools, eating instant noodles voraciously. He ordered, 'You two stay here, protect Su Huan well.' The bodyguards hurriedly put down the instant noodle boxes, stood up, and responded, 'Okay, President Gu.' Gu Beixian then looked at Auntie Liu, who was washing dishes by the sink, 'Auntie Liu, get in the car with me.' Auntie Liu quickly wiped her hands on her clothes and followed him to the car. Sitting in the passenger seat, she fidgeted nervously with her fingers, saying, 'President Gu, yesterday the young mistress asked me to turn off my phone, I dared not disobey her.' Gu Beixian crossed his long legs, his arm resting on the car window, his fingers gently pinching his temple, and said in a soft voice, 'Don't be afraid, I'm asking you about something else. What is Su Huan's attitude towards that Shen fellow?'

Mrs. Liu thought carefully and said, 'The young mistress is very polite to Doctor Shen and keeps her distance, so she probably doesn't have any feelings for him. However, Doctor Shen seems to like the young mistress a lot and takes good care of her. He was the one who asked someone to delete the hospital surveillance footage, and he also drove us here. Mr. Gu, should I tell Doctor Shen that the young mistress is your wife?'

'No need, if she wants to play, just go along with her.'

'Alright, Mr. Gu.'

Gu Beixian took out a cash check from his bag and handed it to her, 'Take good care of her, and don't let her be alone with someone surnamed Shen.'

Mrs. Liu's face broke into a smile as she accepted the check, 'Don't worry, I promise not to let them be alone together.' 'Get out of the car.'

Mrs. Liu pushed open the car door and got out. The driver started the engine. Gu Beixian lowered the car window and looked out, but didn't see Su Huan's figure, feeling a bit empty inside. The little heartless one, he had traveled a long way and searched for her all night, yet she couldn't even come out to see him off. The car moved forward, raising dust along the way. Just before making a turn, Gu Beixian, not giving up, looked back and saw a slender, straight figure at the intersection, wrapped in a white knitted sweater. That delicate, palm-sized face was indeed Su Huan. He slightly lifted the corners of his lips and smiled, thinking she still had a bit of conscience. After the car turned the corner, Su Huan's figure completely disappeared. Gu Beixian slowly closed the window, recalling the first time he met her three years ago. Back then, she was only twenty, just graduated from college, still a young girl. Her face was small, looking both fair and fragile, with big fluffy eyes, stunningly beautiful beyond his expectations. She wasn't much of a talker then; she would only speak when he asked, otherwise, she remained silent. Her face always wore a smile, yet it felt distant, like the eternal smile in an ID photo, her beautiful appearance carrying a hint of stubbornness. He remembered that it was very cold that day, and she brought him a box of meeting gifts. What was inside, he couldn't remember, only that her slender fingers were red and numb from the cold. Looking at those hands, he felt an inexplicable heartache. It was also on that day that they got their marriage certificate and became husband and wife.