Chapter 1826: Chapter 1826: Rising Star (28)
"Mr. Gu, do you need me to take you upstairs?" After finishing the food, Chuzheng kindly asked.
Gu Yu coldly refused, "No need."
"Are you sure you don’t need help? I can, you know."
"No need."
Gu Yu turned his wheelchair towards the elevator, but after pressing the button for a long time, there was no response. Chuzheng slowly walked over, "Mr. Gu, do you need help?"
Gu Yu: "..."
Even a broken elevator is against him.
Gu Yu pressed a few more times in frustration, and when the elevator still didn’t respond, he turned his wheelchair towards the stairs. Chuzheng followed behind with her hands in her pockets.
She thought Gu Yu would have to ask her for help, but who knew Young Master Gu would support himself with his hands on the wheelchair and stand up on his own.
"!!!" What’s going on here! How did you stand up!! "Your legs..."
Gu Yu held onto the stair railing and began to walk up. Hearing Chuzheng’s voice, he turned around and looked down at her, "Why is Miss Qin so surprised?"
He never said his legs couldn’t stand.
It’s just recovery takes time...
Chuzheng stared at his legs, "Your legs are okay?"
"Does Miss Qin really wish my legs were not okay?"
"..." It’s not about what I wish or not, okay? For someone who has been sitting in a wheelchair and thought they’d spend the rest of their life on it to suddenly stand up, isn’t this shocking?
Chuzheng took a deep breath and calmly said, "I’m glad you’re okay."
Gu Yu raised his eyebrows slightly, "You look quite disappointed."
Chuzheng: "..." Is it that obvious?
Chuzheng immediately made her expression more serious and denied it outright, "You’re overthinking it."
"I hope I’m overthinking it." Gu Yu felt he couldn’t stand for too long and didn’t want to show weakness in front of Chuzheng, so he turned back and continued walking upstairs, maintaining a straight posture and trying to take each step normally.
Chuzheng hadn’t been around for the past two months, and Gu Yu practiced every day, but walking for long periods was still a bit challenging.
Chuzheng caught up with him in a few steps and watched as Gu Yu walked upstairs.
Gu Yu: "..."
Gu Yu stopped and silently looked at her.
Being stared at by Gu Yu left Chuzheng feeling quite perplexed inside. Why are you looking at me?
After a while, Chuzheng expressionlessly encouraged him, "Come on, you can do it!"
Gu Yu almost spat out blood. Is she serious? Isn’t she deliberately trying to irritate him?
Being watched by Chuzheng made Gu Yu even more determined not to show weakness in front of her, holding in that breath, he finished climbing all the stairs.
After climbing the stairs, Gu Yu already felt some pain in his legs.
This amount of exercise was a bit excessive for him now, so Gu Yu supported himself against the wall to catch his breath and walked to his room door.
He turned the door handle, looked back, "Miss Qin, rest early."
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The next day.
When Chuzheng went downstairs, she hadn’t seen Gu Yu yet. At first, she didn’t pay much attention, but after finishing breakfast and not seeing Gu Yu appear, she asked the Butler.
"Where is Gu Yu?"
Butler: "Sir said he doesn’t want breakfast and is in his room."
Chuzheng pondered for a moment and then went upstairs, knocked, and when no one responded, she opened the door and went in.
Chuzheng scanned the room and walked inside.
On the big bed, Gu Yu was leaning against the headboard, his long eyelashes lowered, his handsome brows furrowed with a hint of pain, and his lips looked a bit pale.
"What’s wrong with you?"
Gu Yu, hearing the voice, was startled to find someone had come in, quickly raised his eyes, and looked over with a sharp gaze, "Who allowed you to come in!"
"I knocked." Chuzheng said righteously.
Gu Yu: "..."
"Get out!" Gu Yu ordered coldly.
Chuzheng didn’t pay attention to him, "Where does it hurt?"
"None of your business..."
Chuzheng’s hand reached directly under the blanket and pressed his leg, making Gu Yu gasp. His eyes filled with anger, "Qin Chuzheng, what are you doing!"
"Does it hurt?"
"No... hissing..." Gu Yu grimaced a few times in pain, gritting his teeth and calling her, "Qin Chuzheng!!"
"If it hurts, just say so. I won’t laugh at you." Chuzheng lifted the blanket, placed his leg on her lap, and began massaging it slowly.
Through a thin layer of fabric, Gu Yu could clearly feel the warmth of her fingers.
Suddenly feeling uneasy, Gu Yu raised his volume, "Who’s in pain... Qin Chuzheng, let go!"
Chuzheng pressed his ankle, looked at him calmly, "If you can, break free." Go ahead, start your performance, if you can break free, I lose!
Gu Yu: "..."
If I could break free, would I let you act so presumptuously here!
Gu Yu didn’t want to sabotage his own recovery, still hoping not to spend his life in a wheelchair, so—he endured!
Although he really didn’t want to admit it, Chuzheng’s technique was quite professional, indeed relieving a lot of the pain.
"Did you learn this?"
"Sort of."
Gu Yu wondered why a wealthy girl like her learned this.
The sunlight from the window fell on the girl, casting a faint golden glow over her, even a hint of golden halo playing at her hair tips.
Gu Yu watched her, somewhat lost in thought, an absurd idea forming in his mind... this isn’t so bad after all.
As this thought flashed by, Gu Yu internally retorted several times, "This is ridiculous."
Gu Yu turned his eyes to a book beside him, internally reminding himself to see Chuzheng as a rehabilitation therapist, although it still felt different.
Her presence, her every move, made him take notice.
It’s not concern about her; it’s fear she might do something to his leg!
Yes!
That must be it!
Gu Yu gave himself a reason, immediately feeling justified.
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The youth drama Chuzheng had previously acted in was airing and had been for a while. Chuzheng’s role made its appearance.
Gu Yu somehow caught sight of it. When Chuzheng passed through the living room, the man deliberately played the drama, "Miss Qin, I have a question for you."
"Ask," Chuzheng responded concisely.
Gu Yu pointed at the girl on TV with heavy makeup, looking anything but youthful, "Why did you insist on making yourself look like that?"
With her beauty, she could definitely be a stunning presence in the entertainment industry, but instead, she turned herself into such a mess.
Chuzheng glanced at the TV and immediately felt a stomach ache, the original owner was such a fool!!
"Didn’t know better when I was young," Chuzheng randomly made up an excuse to pass it off and hurriedly went upstairs.
Gu Yu: "..."
Gu Yu stared at the character on the screen, feeling like the person in there was different from the one now.
-
Chuzheng herself didn’t even know that the drama she acted in before was airing. She went upstairs, took out her phone to check, and surely, she was being criticized left and right.
Then, Chuzheng noticed an odd phenomenon. These people scolded her, but not too harshly, and if any bystander joined in to criticize her, they’d be fiercely attacked.
After observing for a while, Chuzheng concluded: Gu Yu’s fans.
They could berate her; their scolding was meant to make her improve, to get her to rise to dominance faster, to stand shoulder to shoulder with Gu Yu.
But nobody else was allowed to scold her. They were protective!
