Gu Nianzhi only took one look at the man to determine that he was mixed-race. He was probably a mix of Chinese and Caucasians, possibly with a bit of Latin American blood in him. That was why his facial features were so chiseled and exquisite that he looked like a sculpture.
Gu Yanran saw Gu Nianzhi's gaze lingering on Ye Xuan's face for a moment and smiled. She walked over to take her hand. "Nianzhi, this is Ye Xuan. Do you remember him?"
Gu Nianzhi was speechless.
"You don't remember? He played with us when you were young. After he went to boarding school in the United States, he often wrote to us. " Gu Yanran pulled Ye Xuan's hand over and joined their hands together. She sighed. "I can't believe we can still see our childhood friend after so many years."
Gu Nianzhi was speechless.
She didn't know what to say. She just pulled her hand out and murmured, "… Is that so?"
Ye Xuan had been studying Gu Nianzhi since she came in.
This beautiful girl with a pair of sparkling black eyes was the chubby and bad-tempered Gu Nianzhi from all those years ago?
Ye Xuan thought it was strange.
Gu Yanran saw Ye Xuan scrutinizing Gu Nianzhi, so she coughed slightly and said, "Nianzhi, Ye Xuan is an orphan that Father sponsored. He just came from Barbados to visit Father's illness."
Ye Xuan finally looked away and nodded to Gu Yanran. "Yanran, let's go see Grandfather Gu."
Gu Yanran nodded. "I don't know how Father is doing these days. I'll have to ask Dr. Chen later."
Gu Nianzhi didn't say anything and followed them into the ward.
Chen Lie was adjusting the equipment for Gu Xiangwen in the ward. He turned to see them and said, "You guys talk to him more. Maybe you can wake him up earlier."
"Dr. Chen, can my father really wake up?" Gu Yanran asked worriedly. "We hired the best experts in the United States in Barbados, but there hasn't been any progress in seven years."
Gu Nianzhi put her hands in her pockets and walked over slowly. She glanced at Chen Lie.
Chen Lie didn't look at her. He only smiled at Gu Yanran. "Miss Gu, I don't know the standard of the American expert you hired, but your father's condition hasn't been stagnant these past few years. In fact, it's been getting worse. Now we have curbed the worsening trend of his illness, but there is still a long way to go before he wakes up. If you have time, come and spend more time with him. It will help his condition improve. "
Gu Yanran frowned. "Dr. Chen, perhaps it's because your treatment methods are different. Whether my father's condition is good or bad, they've done their best. "
She walked over to Gu Xiangwen's bed and bent down to look at the data on the surveillance equipment. She then smoothed Gu Xiangwen's blanket and said, "Doctors are supposed to treat patients and save people. If they can't treat patients and save people, and even worsen the patient's condition, I don't think the word 'try their best' can wash away their incompetence and malfeasance."
Gu Yanran froze, then covered her mouth and laughed. "Nianzhi, you're still so sharp-tongued." She walked over to take her arm and advised her earnestly, "Nianzhi, Big Sister and Father haven't been by your side for so many years. It's not good for you to develop such an unforgiving personality. Remember, let people go when possible. Don't be too harsh on others. "
Gu Nianzhi's memory hadn't recovered, so she hadn't established a familial bond with Gu Xiangwen and Gu Yanran. Of course, she didn't like hearing Gu Yanran talk to her like that. She turned her head to avoid Gu Yanran's smiling eyes and said bluntly, "If asking doctors to do their job is harsh, then Big Sister, you're a bit of a saint."
Gu Yanran's expression changed. She couldn't accept Gu Nianzhi calling her a "fake saint" in front of all these people.
But before Gu Yanran could refute Gu Nianzhi's words, Ye Xuan had already spoken up to defend her.
"Gu Nianzhi! How can you speak to Yanran like that? How impudent! "Ye Xuan stopped Gu Nianzhi before Gu Yanran could retort.
"I'm telling the truth." Gu Nianzhi spread her hands. "Also, Ye Xuan, I'm talking to my sister. What right do you, an outsider, have to shout at me?"
Ye Xuan's expression darkened.
All these years, no one had dared to use such a tone to remind him that he wasn't a member of the Gu family, whether it was boarding school or when he returned to Barbados.
Ye Xuan clenched his fists and stopped a step away from Gu Nianzhi. "Gu Nianzhi, you've always liked to oppose me since you were young. I didn't expect you to be even worse now that you've grown up!"
"You remember what happened when I was young, but I don't. So your one-sided testimony is only your side of the story, so I won't take it to heart. " Gu Nianzhi smiled at Ye Xuan. She wasn't frightened by Ye Xuan and didn't know how to speak.
Ye Xuan was slightly taken aback. He felt that Gu Nianzhi was too different from when she was young.
But then he thought about the last time he saw her, she was only six or seven years old. Girls change eighteen times as they grow up, so it was understandable that she was completely different from when she was young.
Gu Yanran snickered and wagged her finger. "You two really hit it off the first time you met. It's a mistake not to see, but you're already arguing in front of Father." As she spoke, she tugged on Gu Nianzhi's arm. "Nianzhi, don't argue. Ye Xuan didn't mean it that way. Don't overthink it."
She then said to Ye Xuan, "Ye Xuan, you're a man. You should give in to girls."
Gu Nianzhi pouted and stepped aside so that Gu Yanran could walk to Gu Xiangwen's bedside. She said, "I said I wouldn't take his words to heart, so I wouldn't have taken it to heart that day. Sister treats Ye Xuan even better than me, her little sister. "
She protected him everywhere, and her eyes were full of concern and love.
Gu Nianzhi was only pointing out an objective fact, but it had a different meaning in Gu Yanran's ears.
Her eyes darted between Gu Nianzhi and Ye Xuan. After a long time, she finally smiled. "Okay, I said the wrong thing, okay? Nianzhi and Ye Xuan, don't be angry. Nianzhi, you're my little sister. Ye Xuan is my younger brother, so I feel the same for both of you. "
"Really the same?" Gu Nianzhi laughed. "It's not that I want to argue, but Sister, I'm your little sister, and he's just a student sponsored by Father. You actually feel the same for both of us? Doesn't that mean that your feelings for Ye Xuan are even deeper?"
Gu Yanran covered her mouth and laughed. "Nianzhi, you're really a top notch legal talent. With this kind of eloquence in court, who knows how powerful you'll be! "
Gu Nianzhi could tell that Gu Yanran was changing the topic, but she didn't expose her. She turned around and walked out of the room. She stood in the hallway by the window and silently pondered.
Chen Lie followed her out and saw Gu Nianzhi standing in the hallway with nothing to do. He asked her curiously, "Why aren't you going in? That's your father. "
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