While the hospital was in chaos, Gu Cha was conversing with Tong Tong in his mind.
“Tong Tong… are we going to leave?”
【Yes, our mission is complete. We can finally leave here!】
Gu Cha clasped his hands together. He did not look as happy as Tong Tong. Instead, his brows were lowered, and he stared at the tops of his shoes.
He had not even said goodbye to the good person…
Lu Chenyu had helped him with so many things. Leaving just like this felt impolite…
Gu Cha still felt a little reluctant to part with Lu Chenyu.
“Tong Tong, can we leave a little later?”
…………
At that moment, in the private hospital, Wei Fan had rushed to carry out emergency treatment after receiving the news. Lu Chenyu sat outside the operating room, his mind buzzing, and all sounds around him seemed to vanish. Gu Songqing and Zong Lan had hurried over, speaking at his side, but Lu Chenyu could hear nothing.
“Chen Yu, don’t wait here. The company still has lots of work pending. Because of looking for Gu Cha, a lot has already piled up.”
“Maybe you should go rest. Gu Cha’s health is poor anyway. Waiting here won’t help.”
“He’s naturally short-lived. Why worry?”
At these last words, Lu Chenyu finally reacted. He lifted his eyelids, turned his head, and asked Tan Zhe, “Who told them to come?”
“Tell them to get lost.”
Tan Zhe made a sound of acknowledgment and gave the bodyguards a glance. Gu Songqing and Zong Lan, who struggled, were forcibly pulled away by the bodyguards.
Once the noisy people had left, Lu Chenyu leaned back in his chair. He raised one arm to cover his forehead and half of his face, and without warning, he laughed.
“Short-lived ghost.”
“Short-lived ghost.”
Hearing that… maybe I should pick a place with good feng shui.
After all, it was the place where he and Gu Cha would live together in the future. If it’s boring, what if Gu Cha runs away?
…………
After discussing with Tong Tong, Gu Cha had received permission to leave the Dimensional World a little later. Therefore, the Gu Cha in the operating room was ultimately saved from danger.
When Gu Cha’s soul returned to his body, he fell into unconsciousness. Naturally, he did not know that someone had been guarding him all along, a warm hand tightly wrapping Gu Cha’s smaller one.
Yet, contrary to this tender scene, Lu Chenyu’s words were ice-cold.
“After sending him in, find someone to ‘take care’ of.”
“No need to hold back. If he dies… then he dies.”
To Lu Chenyu, only Gu Cha’s life mattered. The fate of anyone else was of no concern.
…………
Gu Cha lay in his hospital bed for ten days before slowly waking. Upon opening his eyes, he felt an emptiness within.
Lu Chenyu was holding a warm towel to wipe Gu Cha’s body. When the towel touched Gu Cha’s fingers and felt movement, he froze briefly before reacting. Looking up, he indeed saw Gu Cha staring at him with open eyes.
Gu Cha blinked and gave a silly smile to the good person.
Lu Chenyu also lifted a beautiful smile and whispered hoarsely, “Young master, welcome back.”
Gu Cha could not be discharged immediately; he needed to recuperate in the hospital. During this time, Gourmand Gu Cha kept craving delicious food, but it was all food that the doctors forbade. On the fifth day of bland meals, he began a “rebellion.”
Gu Cha locked the door of the private VIP hospital room and blocked the new President Lu, who had been cooking for him, from entering.
Leaning leisurely against the door, Gu Cha had no shoes on due to rushing out of bed. Barefoot on the floor, he protested reasonably to the person outside: “Lu Chenyu, you’re abusing me… not letting me eat good food, not letting me go outside to play, not letting me attend classes, locking me in this ‘prison’ every day. If you don’t make it up to me, you can’t come in!”
The two bodyguards outside hesitated, looking at Lu Chenyu’s expression, and asked, “President Lu, should we break the door down?”
Lu Chenyu shook his head. In their astonished eyes, he pulled a key from his pocket.
Gu Cha’s complaints over the past few days had already made Lu Chenyu wary. Just in case, he had obtained the hospital room key from Wei Fan, and today it proved useful.
“You two go down first. Don’t come in without notice.” The scene was not suitable for outsiders.
Lu Chenyu approached the door with the key and, through the small glass, saw Gu Cha leaning against it. The key twirled in his hand a few times before finally being put back in his pocket.
“Cha Cha, today I’ll take you outside for a meal. Are you sure you still want to lock me out?”
A muffled voice came from inside: “Liar.”
Lu Chenyu sighed and turned away, “Fine, suit yourself. I’ll eat by myself.”
Gu Cha, hungry, watched Lu Chenyu’s retreating back through the glass and anxiously called his name, but Lu Chenyu did not turn back until he reached the corner. After that, Gu Cha could no longer see him.
Still hungry, Gu Cha wanted to eat something, but with Lu Chenyu gone, what could he eat?
Without thinking, he opened the door, only to immediately bump into someone’s arms.
In nearly twenty days in the hospital, this was the first time Lu Chenyu had shown anger at Gu Cha: “Gu Cha! Where are your shoes?!”
Before Gu Cha could defend himself, Lu Chenyu lifted him up and placed him on the soft bed.
Squatting before him, Lu Chenyu put on Gu Cha’s shoes.
Confused, Gu Cha said, “It’s summer now, and the floor isn’t cold…”
As soon as he said that, his body was picked up again, and he received a sharp slap on his bottom. Lu Chenyu’s voice was full of anger: “Gu Cha, do you understand how to take care of your body?!”
Lu Chenyu was nearly furious. Anyone else might be fine, but Gu Cha’s immunity couldn’t compare. He was so careful precisely for Gu Cha’s health—so that Gu Cha could stay with him for a few more years.
Lu Chenyu knew Gu Cha’s condition clearly. Wei Fan had explained everything after the surgery.
No one knew where Wen Xuqian had obtained the medicine. Though milder in nature, its side effects had worsened Gu Cha’s sickly condition. Surviving this time was already a miracle.
Gu Cha was not supposed to live two more years, Wei Fan had told him almost with certainty.
But Lu Chenyu wanted to try, to see if he could surpass those two years, maybe even longer. So he cared for Gu Cha meticulously. But Gu Cha’s disregard for himself infuriated him.
Looking at Lu Chenyu’s reddened eyes, Gu Cha didn’t know what had happened, yet felt a sudden pang of guilt: “Alright, alright, I won’t do that again… I’ll behave, okay?”
Lu Chenyu did not know that staying in the Dimensional World required energy. Although Tong Tong’s energy could be stored, this was the first Dimensional World, and Tong Tong’s energy could only sustain Gu Cha here for two years.
No matter how careful he was, Gu Cha would still leave him after two years.
…………
Two years later, in a feng shui location with a view of the bustling city snack street, a joint tomb appeared.
A few days later, news that the entire Gu Family fortune had been donated to impoverished mountain areas appeared on the headlines.
Many, many years later, in front of this long-neglected tomb, a man with a hunched back and white hair placed a bouquet of flowers and whispered lightly into the air, “I’m sorry.”
…………
In a crowded, narrow parking garage, a man shouted: “Quiet! Outside are all zombies. If anyone keeps fighting, I’ll throw them out to the zombies!”
The noisy garage fell silent.
The man nodded in satisfaction and continued to give instructions: “Listen, we’ll let the children and elderly go first. The young men and women will stay in the back. Are there any kids or elderly here?”
After he spoke, the crowd started discussing: “We don’t have elderly here. Any kids?”
“No kids either!”
“Just young people here… wait! There’s a kitten!”
Huh? As Gu Cha re-entered the Host’s body, he immediately felt someone lifting him up.