novelaction Chapter 1283 Yun Rui's sincerity: No place left
Chapter 1283 Yun Rui's sincerity: No place left
The rain in London seemed to have no end, it kept falling day after day. Qi Ruixiang turned down all his work and stayed by Gu Yunxi's side all the time.
He knew that it took a long time for a girl to digest her emotions, especially this kind of complex emotions mixed with guilt, worry and reluctance. He couldn't be impatient and could only accompany her step by step.
Gu Yunxi is silent most of the time.
She would sit by the window for an entire afternoon, staring blankly at the wet street outside, tightly clutching a Thames pebble in her hand, her fingertips repeatedly stroking the patterns on the stone's surface, as if she could find traces of Lin Xu's presence in it.
Sometimes her eyes would suddenly turn red, and then she would quickly turn her head away, pretending to look at the buildings in the distance, but the slight trembling of her shoulders betrayed her.
Qi Ruixiang never mentioned Lin Xu on his own initiative, but just stayed by her side silently.
When she was thirsty, he offered her warm water;
When she was hungry, he would find ways to bring back some food that would suit her taste. Even if it was just a simple bowl of porridge, he would carefully cool it down before handing it to her.
When she couldn't sleep at night, he would sit on the sofa in the living room and turn on a dim floor lamp to let her know that there was someone around her and she didn't need to be afraid.
Once, Gu Yunxi woke up from a nightmare in the middle of the night, his face covered in cold sweat, and he muttered "Lin Xu".
When Qi Ruixiang heard the sound, he immediately rushed into the room and saw her curled up in the corner of the bed like a frightened kitten.
He didn't say much, but walked over, sat by the bed, and patted her back gently until her breathing gradually became steady and she fell asleep again. That night, he sat by the bed like that, and didn't sleep all night.
As the days passed, Gu Yunxi's mood seemed to be better, and he no longer cried all day long, but the sadness in his eyes did not diminish at all.
She began to speak to Qi Ruixiang occasionally, mostly about Lin Xu's past, talking about his immaturity when he first entered school, his concentration when doing experiments, and his excitement when he received the admission letter from Cambridge.
Qi Ruixiang always listened quietly, as if his heart was being pulled repeatedly by something. He envied Lin Xu for occupying such an important position in Gu Yunxi's heart, and felt sorry for the pain that Gu Yunxi felt under the forced calmness when he mentioned Lin Xu.
He knew that he might no longer have a place in her heart, but he was still willing to listen to her talk about her longing for another man.
That afternoon, the sun rarely broke through the clouds and shone onto the floor of the room, forming a bright spot of light.
Gu Yunxi was sitting in the light spot. He suddenly raised his head and looked at Qi Ruixiang who was sitting on the sofa opposite him.
Her eyes were still red and her eye sockets were sunken, her face was still pale, and she had lost weight and looked particularly fragile.
"Qi Ruixiang," she said, her voice very hoarse, with an almost humble plea, "Can you... help me find Lin Xu?"
Qi Ruixiang's heart suddenly sank. He looked into Gu Yunxi's expectant eyes, which contained fear, uneasiness, and a hint of dependence that he dared not delve into.
He knew he should refuse. Going to find someone who might no longer be alive would undoubtedly give Gu Yunxi hope but also cause trouble for himself.
But when he saw Gu Yunxi's fragile appearance, he couldn't say no.
"I know this is difficult," Gu Yunxi saw that he didn't speak, her eyes dimmed, and her voice was filled with tears, "but I can't give up like this. He must still be alive, I know he must still be alive..."
As she spoke, tears began to fall again.
"Please, Qi Ruixiang, you are the only one who can help me."
She grabbed Qi Ruixiang's hands, which were cold and trembling, with a desperate strength.
"As long as I can find him, I'll accept whatever the outcome is. I just... I just want to know what happened to him."
Qi Ruixiang felt the warmth and trembling of her palms, and seeing her tears streaming down her face, his heart ached as if it were being cut by a knife.
He knew clearly that the fact that Gu Yunxi could beg him like this for Lin Xu was enough to show how important Lin Xu was in her heart.
Who would believe that she doesn't love Lin Xu?
But he just couldn't refuse her.
He took a deep breath, trying to calm the surging emotions in his heart, and said in a low and hoarse voice: "Okay, I'll help you find it."
When Gu Yunxi heard this, her eyes lit up instantly, as if she had seen light in the darkness. "Really? Thank you, thank you so much..." She was so excited that she was incoherent, and her tears flowed even more violently, but she was crying for joy.
Qi Ruixiang felt mixed emotions when he saw her like this.
He helped her in the hope that she could feel at ease and come out of her sadness, but he also knew that this decision might cause him to fall into deeper pain.
He didn't know what he would find, nor did he know what the result would be after he found it, but he had only one thought at the moment, which was to stop the woman in front of him from crying.
He gently pulled his hand back and stood up: "You have a good rest, I will make arrangements."
Gu Yunxi nodded, and looked at Qi Ruixiang's back as he walked out of the room, his heart full of gratitude.
She knew that she was being selfish and putting all the burdens on Qi Ruixiang, but she really had no other choice.
In this strange country, Qi Ruixiang was the only piece of driftwood she could hold on to.
Qi Ruixiang walked out of the room, leaned against the wall in the corridor and closed his eyes.
The look on Gu Yunxi's face when she begged him kept reappearing in his mind, and those expectant eyes pierced his heart like needles. He knew that once he took this step, he would never be able to turn back.
The woman he liked begged him for another man, and he actually agreed. This feeling was bitter and helpless, but with a hint of obsession that was hard to explain.
He took out his cell phone and called his assistant. His voice returned to his usual calmness: "Help me check for Lin Xu at Cambridge University. Do whatever it takes to find his whereabouts."
After hanging up the phone, Qi Ruixiang looked at the sunlight outside the window and sighed deeply.
This entanglement caused by love seems to have just begun...
Gu Yunqian's fingertips tapped lightly on the mahogany desk, the rhythm as steady as the gears of a precise clock.
The lights outside the floor-to-ceiling windows were bright, cutting his profile into a light and dark outline, and the emerald cufflinks glowed faintly in the night.
The assistant had just placed a final report on a merger and acquisition case on the table. Before he had time to open it, his personal cell phone suddenly vibrated. The words "London Branch" jumping on the screen made him frown slightly.
"Go ahead." He picked up the phone, his voice still cold and hard as if he was handling official business.
"Mr. Gu," the voice on the other end of the phone said with obvious hesitation, "I just received news that Miss Gu went to the psychiatric clinic at St. Thomas' Hospital today."
The pen turned half a circle between his fingers and suddenly stopped.
Gu Yunqian withdrew his gaze from the neon lights outside the window and fell on the family photo spread out on the table. In the photo, Gu Yunxi was wearing a white dress and her eyes curved into crescents when she smiled.
"What was confirmed?" There was no emotion in his voice, only the knuckles holding the pen were slightly white.
"It's not clear yet. I just saw her coming out with a prescription for anxiety medication, and President Qi was with her the whole time." The assistant paused, as if mustering up the courage to continue, "Also, President Qi... seems to be privately investigating Lin Xu's whereabouts. Our people saw his assistant go to the police station along the Thames."