Half an hour later.
The door to the hospital room opened, and Jin Chenyue walked out.
Outside, the three elders immediately approached him.
Gu Qiaoxi’s eyes were red with anxiety. “Has she stopped crying?”
Jin Chenyue: “Yes.”
Cui Tang: “How is her mood now?”
Jin Chenyue rubbed his nose. “She cried herself to exhaustion and fell asleep again.”
“Tang Bao has suffered so much.” Gu Qiaoxi’s face was filled with heartache as he glared fiercely at Jin Chenyue.
Jin Chenyue lowered his gaze, his expression heavy. “Dad, Mom, I’m sorry. I didn’t take good care of Little Xitang.”
“You didn’t just fail to take good care of her, you…”
“Be quiet.” Cui Tang shot Gu Qiaoxi a sharp look.
Gu Qiaoxi: “…”
Cui Tang looked at her defiant husband and sighed. “The car accident was an accident. You can’t push all the blame onto A Yue.”
“But he should take some blame. It’s been three years, and he still hasn’t won Tangtang’s heart.” Jin Fang looked disdainful. “How embarrassing.”
Jin Chenyue: “…”
Cui Tang coughed lightly, somewhat awkwardly. “Brother-in-law, give the child some face…”
“What’s the use of saving face when your wife is about to run away?”
Cui Tang: “…”
Jin Chenyue: “…”
“Jin Fang, you finally said something sensible! But if it weren’t for the divorce, Tang Bao wouldn’t have gotten into a car accident!” Gu Qiaoxi snorted coldly. “Ultimately, it’s this brat’s fault!”
Cui Tang was speechless. She raised her hand and slapped Gu Qiaoxi’s arm, glaring at him.
Gu Qiaoxi rubbed the spot where he was hit. “Hitting me won’t change anything. I’m just telling the truth.”
Cui Tang couldn’t be bothered with him anymore!
Throughout, Jin Chenyue kept his head lowered, humbly accepting the reproach from the two fathers. “Little Xitang’s car accident is indeed my responsibility. As a husband, I’ve failed.”
“What husband!” Gu Qiaoxi was furious, pointing at him. “At best, you’re just a soon-to-be ex-husband now!”
Cui Tang frowned and slapped the finger Gu Qiaoxi was pointing with. “Shut up. Do you have any sense of how an elder should behave?”
“What’s wrong with me? Am I not telling the truth?”
“You know whether it’s the truth or just angry words!”
“I…”
“Alright, can you say less?” Cui Tang frowned, looking weary. “Do you think the situation isn’t chaotic enough already?”
Gu Qiaoxi: “…”
Jin Fang stood to the side, not daring to interject at all.
As a foster father turned father-in-law, now a soon-to-be ex-father-in-law, his feelings were extremely complicated—so complex that no words could express them.
He could only shoot his son one disappointed look after another.
Three years, a full three years, and he still hadn’t managed to win his wife back. Even his father-in-law disliked him. How embarrassing for the Jin family!
But it shouldn’t be like this. The son he had carefully raised, even if he hadn’t inherited his youthful charm and charisma, shouldn’t have such poor appeal…
Jin Fang was feeling down.
“This isn’t the place to talk.” Cui Tang looked at Jin Chenyue. “Let’s find a place where the few of us can sit down and have a proper conversation.”
“Alright.”
The VIP ward had a separate family reception area.
Jin Chenyue called a nurse and asked her to take them there.
The reception area was private. The nurse entered the corresponding ward number and pushed the door open.
“Please come inside.”
…
Jin Chenyue specifically called in the attending physician in charge of Gu Anyun to explain her current condition in detail to the three elders.
After listening to the attending physician’s explanation, the three elders fell into a long silence.It wasn’t until the attending physician left that the three gradually snapped back to reality.
Cui Tang raised her hand to rub her temples. “So Tangtang isn’t suffering from amnesia, but rather memory confusion?”
Jin Chenyue nodded.
Gu Qiaoxi: “She hugged you… ahem, I mean, she’s clinging to you now because in her current memory, you two are a loving couple?”
Jin Chenyue couldn’t help but recall the image of Gu Anyun hugging him and acting coquettishly.
His expression remained unchanged, but the tips of his ears turned slightly red.
He cleared his throat. “Yes.”
“…” Gu Qiaoxi felt a pang in his heart, clutching his chest. “Heaven has no eyes! You lucky brat!”
Jin Chenyue: “…”
Cui Tang shot Gu Qiaoxi a glare.
Gu Qiaoxi lowered his head and scratched the back of his neck, pretending not to see it.
Jin Fang, sitting beside Gu Qiaoxi, also kept his head down, pressing his hand against his lips, his expression somewhat complicated.
Cui Tang’s gaze fell on him. “Brother-in-law, what are your thoughts?”
Suddenly called upon, Jin Fang straightened up immediately. He first glanced at Gu Qiaoxi.
Gu Qiaoxi narrowed his eyes at him.
The warning in his eyes was unmistakable.
Jin Fang coughed lightly and looked at Jin Chenyue, asking sincerely, “So, are you still getting divorced?”
Jin Chenyue: “…”
“Is now the time to focus on that?” Gu Qiaoxi kicked Jin Fang.
Jin Fang: “…Hey, no, what I meant was…”
“Calling her ‘darling’ all the time, but when it comes down to it, your own son is still the most important, right?” Gu Qiaoxi snorted coldly. “Divorce! It must happen! My daughter, Gu Qiaoxi’s daughter, would rather stay single than settle, even if she’s lost her mind!”
Jin Fang: “…Are you even making sense?”
“No!”
Jin Fang: “…”
Realizing it was pointless to argue with this doting father, he turned to Cui Tang. “Xiao Tang, regarding the divorce, I think we should wait and see how Tangbao’s condition develops before making a decision. You saw it yourself—Tangbao is very dependent on Ayue right now. And the doctor just said it’s hard to predict when this sudden memory confusion might resolve.”
Cui Tang thought Jin Fang’s consideration was reasonable.
She nodded. “Then let’s not bring up the divorce for now.”
“How can we not bring it up?!”
Gu Qiaoxi was so angry he nearly jumped off the sofa. “If we don’t bring it up, given Tangbao’s current memory, she’ll definitely go home with this brat after she’s discharged. Isn’t that like sending a lamb into the tiger’s den? You two elders, wake up! The two of them are already in the process of divorcing—it’s not appropriate for them to live together anymore! If we really let Tangbao go back, do you think this brat will let her off?”
Cui Tang: “…” That makes sense!
Jin Fang: “…” That’s a bit too real!
Jin Chenyue coughed heavily and looked at Gu Qiaoxi. “…Dad, rest assured, I promise that before Tangbao recovers, I won’t take advantage of her…”
“Shut up!” Gu Qiaoxi scoffed coldly. “We’re all men here—stop pretending!”
Jin Chenyue: “…”
Cui Tang looked at Jin Chenyue thoughtfully.
After a moment, she called out gently, “Ayue.”
Jin Chenyue turned to meet Cui Tang’s gaze and said gently, “Mom, you can speak your mind.”
“Don’t take Tangtang’s father’s words to heart. He’s just anxious and couldn’t control his temper.”
“Mom, please don’t say that. Besides, what Dad said is true. I…”Jin Chenyue paused, glanced at Jin Fang and Gu Qiaoxi, and said candidly, “In this lifetime, I only recognize Xiao Xitang. She insisted on the divorce, so I respected her decision. But as Dad said, given her current state, I may not be able to remain a gentleman to the end.”
Upon hearing this, the three elders were all stunned!