HLnovel Chapter 189 Keeping the appointment, going to the Civil Affairs Bureau, to get the marriage certific
Chapter 189 Keeping the appointment, going to the Civil Affairs Bureau, to get the marriage certific
When Li Xi woke up, the first person she saw was Xue Ni.
She sat on the sofa against the wall, trimming the flowers and preparing to put them in a vase. Since she had no experience in flower arranging, she followed a tutorial video on her phone to learn how to do it.
Li Xi then noticed that the ward was filled with all kinds of flowers, almost like a sea of flowers.
It was clear that many friends came to visit her while she was unconscious.
"Xue Ni..."
"She's awake!" Seeing that Li Xi had finally woken up, Xue Ni quickly put the yellow roses in her hand into the vase.
She got up and walked to the bedside, asking Li Xi with concern, "How are you feeling? Are you dizzy or nauseous? Is anything aching?"
"I feel..." Li Xi said three words, then suddenly fell silent, and frowned.
Thinking that something was wrong with Li Xi, Li Xi's heart was in her throat. "What's wrong! Are you dizzy? Or..."
Li Xi took a deep breath: "I'm so hungry."
"Hungry?" Xue Ni was taken aback.
But she immediately relaxed and switched into her nagging motherly mode:
"It's good to be hungry; knowing you're hungry means your body is okay."
"You've been unconscious for a day and a night, and you haven't eaten for almost two days before the accident. Fortunately, Grandpa Gu was prepared in advance and had someone prepare nutritious porridge for you, which is being kept warm in the small living room outside."
"I'll get it for you!"
Li Xi stayed in a VIP suite, which had a small bedroom inside and a small living room outside for receiving guests.
She brought over a nutritious meal and personally served Li Xi porridge and soup.
Li Xi quietly ate her porridge, listening to Xue Ni continue to ramble: "I don't know when you will wake up. Old Master Gu was worried that you would be hungry when you woke up, so he specially instructed the cook to send fresh and nutritious porridge for breakfast and lunch."
"To make sure you can have the freshest porridge as soon as you wake up."
"Where can you find such a wonderful grandfather?"
Even Xue Ni was very envious of Li Xi.
Li Xi nodded with a smile, "Grandpa Gu is indeed very thoughtful and a loving elder who cares deeply for children."
Smelling the aroma of the porridge, Xue Ni said with a smile, "There's still plenty left in the pot. I'll get you more if you need more."
Changing the subject, Xue Ni added, "If you can't finish it, I'll help you finish it off."
"Pfft!" Li Xi couldn't help but laugh. "As long as I have food to eat, you won't be short of food."
Li Xi reached out and picked up the bowl of porridge herself. "I can do it myself. You go and get a bowl too. Let's eat and talk."
"Okay."
Xue Ni didn't stand on ceremony with Li Xi and went to the small living room to serve herself a bowl of porridge.
"The porridge from this wealthy family is truly exceptional; it's incredibly flavorful, and the shredded meat is tender and smooth. Indeed, high-end ingredients only require the simplest preparation methods to create the most delicious and appetizing food..."
Li Xi couldn't stand it anymore and reminded Xue Ni, "Eat more and stop bragging."
Xue Ni stuck out her tongue and quickly took a big gulp.
Xue Ni ate two bowls of the last pot of porridge.
After eating, Xue Ni rubbed her stomach and told Li Xi, "While you were in a coma, Director Zhou and Sister Zheng both came to see you."
"Look, these flowers were given to us by the actors in the film crew."
"Oh, by the way, Jiang Xinghe came to see you several times while you were in a coma, and he just left not long ago."
As Xue Ni spoke, she observed Li Xi's reaction.
Seeing that Li Xi was getting more and more impatient, Xue Ni smiled mischievously and told her, "Zhen-ge is fine. He woke up last night."
"However, he lost too much blood and is weak. He feels extremely dizzy as soon as he gets up. Old Master Gu ordered him to stay in bed and rest, so he can't come here to visit you for the time being."
"If you're worried about him, I'll push you over to see him right now?" Knowing that Li Xi was concerned about Gu Huaizhou, Xue Ni had even prepared a wheelchair in advance.
Upon learning that Gu Huaizhou had woken up and was alright, Li Xi was relieved and said, "No need to rush."
"Could you call Chu Xu over for me first? I have some questions for him."
"Okay!"
After Xue Ni called Chu Xu over, she planned to return to the film crew.
Filming was nearing its end, the crew had a heavy workload, and with the weather starting to warm up, the actors needed to touch up their makeup frequently, so Xue Ni couldn't leave for too long.
After Xue Ni left, Li Xi pointed to the sofa and said to Chu Xu, "Brother Xu, sit down and talk."
Upon hearing this, Chu Xu walked over and sat down, only to hear Li Xi ask, "What's the situation with the Ying family now?"
Chu Xu then said, "After Ying Chengfeng's crimes were exposed, the Ying family was thrown into chaos, and the group's stock market experienced unprecedented turmoil."
"His father, Ying Ru'an, was kicked out of the board last night."
After explaining the situation with the Ying family, Chu Xu then mentioned Ying Chengfeng himself, "After Ying Chengfeng committed suicide, his body was taken away by the police. After forensic examination, it was confirmed that he and Chen Feng were indeed the same person."
"Ye Luo and others who had received assistance from Mr. Chen were also called to the police station for separate questioning. It has been confirmed that Chen Feng is the real culprit in the kidnapping case 13 years ago."
"The truth behind this heinous murder case has finally come to light, and the case has been closed."
Nodding, Li Xi asked again, "How much has the Gu Group been affected?"
"The actions of the eldest son, Gu Huai'an, back then have also been exposed, and the Gu Group has indeed been affected by public opinion."
"But the eldest son and Gu Ting'an and his wife have already died tragically, and people are always more compassionate towards the dead."
"At present, although public opinion is somewhat unpleasant, it is within a controllable range."
Upon hearing this, Li Xi felt relieved.
After a moment's hesitation, Li Xi asked again, "Where is Ying Li now?"
Chu Xu's attitude towards Ying Li was also somewhat complicated. He still couldn't believe that Ying Li was such a cunning little devil.
Chu Xu said, "The old man sent someone to bring Ying Li to the Gu family and handed her over to Butler Zhou for care. After Ying Chengfeng's funeral, someone will send Ying Li abroad to be cared for and educated by a specialist."
"In addition, we have also made progress in your order to find someone to investigate the case of Ying Li's adoptive parents' tragic deaths."
Ying Li is only Ying Chengfeng's nominal 'adopted daughter'. She was born and raised abroad and originally had a loving pair of parents.
Because she witnessed the tragic deaths of her parents, Ying Li suffered a mental breakdown, which led to her speech impediment.
Of course, these are all just the official explanations.
After guessing that Ying Li was a child created by Ying Chengfeng for Ms. Chen Cheng through medical means, Li Xi became full of doubts about Ying Li's experience.
So she asked Chu Xu to find someone to investigate the truth behind Ying Li's parents' deaths abroad.
Chu Xu said, "Investigating things abroad is more complicated. So I spent a sum of money to make a deal with an organization that deals in buying and selling intelligence, and had their people help us find out the truth about Ying Li's parents' deaths."
Li Xi held a glass of warm water, sipped it slowly, and gestured to Chu Xu: "Tell me about it."
"Eight years ago, Ying Chengfeng took Chen Cheng's egg cells and spent a lot of money to buy the genes of a high-IQ sperm donor from the black market gene bank in the United States."
"He conceived Yingli through in vitro fertilization and hired a healthy foreign woman at a high price to give birth to Yingli and raise her."
"If it weren't for the later changes, Ying Li would most likely have grown up carefree abroad."
Li Xi's curiosity was piqued. "So, what happened four years ago?"
Chu Xu said, "Ying Li's biological father discovered Ying Li's existence."
Upon hearing this, Li Xi was quite surprised. "As a sperm donor, shouldn't he have signed a contract? How could he have discovered Ying Li's existence?"
unless...
"You just said that Ying Li's biological father's genes were bought by Ying Chengfeng from a black market gene bank. Isn't this person a voluntary sperm donor?"
Chu Xu stared in disbelief, looking at Li Xi with admiration. "Miss Li, did you take Brain Gold when you were little? How did your brain develop like that? You guessed it right away!"
"I actually guessed right?" Li Xi also found it unbelievable.
"The truth is just as you guessed." Chu Xu took some time to explain the matter.
It turns out that Ying Li's biological father is Claude, the youngest member of parliament in the United States.
Eight years ago, it coincided with the election in Country M.
Claude also participated in the election that year, and his outstanding political performance made him stand out in the election, becoming the most influential and prestigious candidate.
In an attempt to smear his image, his political enemies even persuaded his closest associates to drug him and take photographic evidence, fabricating a sex scandal that Claude had a crush on young boys.
Claude, who was expected to become the youngest president in the history of the United States, not only had his image tarnished, but his political career almost came to an end.
It wasn't until five years ago that Claude successfully exposed the mole within his ranks. After a rigorous interrogation, he finally learned the truth about what happened back then from the mole.
Upon learning that he had not actually harmed the little boy, but rather that his genes had been stolen, he immediately used his power to thoroughly search the entire country of M for bloodlines with similar DNA to his own.
This investigation led them to Ying Li.
"Upon discovering Ying Li's existence, Claude was furious. He immediately hired an assassin to break into Ying Li's home in the middle of the night under the pretense of a home invasion, where he brutally shot and killed Ying Li's adoptive parents."
"Ying Li was hiding in the basement of her home when the assassin found her. She was shot in the chest and was on the verge of death when Ying Chengfeng arrived in time and saved her."
"After that, Ying Li was transferred back to Dongzhou City by Ying Chengfeng."
That's the whole truth.
Li Xi clicked his tongue in amazement. "So, the reason Ying Li's health is not good is not because she has myocarditis, but because her heart was once shot."
"She did indeed suffer from a speech impediment after witnessing her parents being shot."
Chu Xu nodded. "That's right."
"Okay, I understand." Li Xi closed her eyes and said wearily, "I'm a little tired."
"Go and inform Huaizhou that I'm a little tired and want to sleep a little longer before visiting him."
"it is good."
But Chu Xu didn't leave.
Noticing he was still there, Li Xi opened her eyes and looked at him suspiciously. "Why do you look like you want to say something but can't? Just say what you want to say, stop beating around the bush."
Chu Xu scratched his head and said seriously, "Upon hearing the news of your fainting, people from Southeast Asia immediately called to express their condolences..."
"Although your mother, Ms. Fifth Dream, didn't call, she appeared on your grandmother's video call and looked very worried and anxious, so she must care about you a lot..."
Li Xi quickly interrupted Chu Xu, "Alright, if you can't lie, then don't say anything."
“My mother will never care about my safety; she just wants me to die soon.”
"You don't need to make up such well-intentioned lies to comfort me."
Seeing that Li Xi didn't seem upset, Chu Xu awkwardly touched his nose and told him the truth: "Mr. Fifth, Ms. Zhou, and Mr. Luo Wen did call several times to inquire about your situation."
“Ms. Li, now that you’re awake, you can give them a call to put their minds at ease.”
In Southeast Asia, apart from Fifth Dream, everyone else was indeed very concerned about Li Xi's health.
"okay, I get it."
After calling her maternal grandparents and uncle to let them know she was safe, Li Xi fell into a deep sleep again.
She woke up in the afternoon, ate a delicious afternoon snack, and then went to visit Gu Huaizhou.
Gu Huaizhou's ward is upstairs.
The nurse is monitoring his blood pressure.
Noticing a shadow looming over his face, Gu Huaizhou assumed it was Chu Xu and the others. He casually looked up and coldly swept his gaze over them.
Upon seeing Li Xi, his cold eyes immediately softened.
"Xi Xi!"
Gu Huaizhou extended his right hand to Li Xi.
Li Xi grasped Gu Huaizhou's palm and sat down on the edge of the bed.
After the nurse left, Li Xi lifted the sleeve of Gu Huaizhou's hospital gown and gently untied the gauze wrapped around his wrist.
Looking at the wound stitched up with surgical needles and thread under the gauze, Li Xi felt genuine heartache.
"Does it still hurt?"
This minor injury is really nothing.
But Li Xi's heartache made Gu Huaizhou overjoyed.
He decided to become a sickly beauty.
"...It hurts quite a bit, but as soon as I see you, the pain stops."
Even though she knew Gu Huaizhou was deliberately playing the victim to gain her sympathy, Li Xi still felt quite uncomfortable. "Then I'll let you watch a little longer."
Gu Huaizhou then stared intently at Li Xi.
Li Xi let him watch.
After helping Gu Huaizhou re-bandage the gauze, Li Xi said, "Gu Huaizhou, I've found you again."
"This time, will you give me a gift?"
Gu Huaizhou: "Okay!"
"You won't ask me what I want?"
Gu Huaizhou said, "Everything I own belongs to you, including my life. Whatever you want, I can give you."
Upon hearing this, Li Xi commented, "That's a very touching sentence. Would you mind if I included it in my comic strip?"
"You want to put these words in 'Mr. 2301'?"
Li Xi looked at him in surprise, then asked in a serious tone, "Did you peek at my drafts?"
Gu Huaizhou frankly admitted, "I didn't peek; I looked openly."
Li Xi: "..."
"Spying and still so arrogant."
Gu Huaizhou quickly tried to ingratiate himself, saying, "I've become the male protagonist of your new comic, so isn't it only natural that my words appear in the work?"
Li Xi liked what he heard.
Gu Huaizhou suddenly said, "I saw that many of your drafts contain scenes with bold imagery."
“Xi Xi”.
"From now on, I'll act out all the passionate scenes in your comics for you, okay?"
"Mr. 2301" is a sweet urban comic story. As is typical of sweet comics, it naturally includes various flirtatious and suggestive plot elements.
The thought of Gu Huaizhou personally acting out a passionate scene with her as the male and female leads filled Li Xi with both shyness and excitement.
"You still haven't told me what gift you want."
A gift.
Li Xi looked at Gu Huaizhou intently and said, "I want to ask for a happy ending for the male and female protagonists in my comic story."
"They will register their marriage on April 20th and hold their wedding in the height of summer in July. In the end, they will have two lovely children."
Li Xi pressed the ring on Gu Huaizhou's middle finger and asked him, "Gu Huaizhou, would you be willing to give this gift?"
Gu Huaizhou was stunned for a moment, and when he realized what gift Li Xi wanted, his heart pounded.
"it is good!"
*
The Gu family manor had a professional medical team, so Gu Huaizhou and Li Xi were discharged from the hospital and returned to the Gu family manor the next morning.
Three days later, on September 4th.
That day, Gu Huaizhou got up early, shaved his beard clean, and had his styling team give him a handsome new hairstyle.
He dressed up in his finest attire, changing into a brand-new bespoke suit.
When the stylist brought out his favorite blue starry sky limited edition watch, Gu Huaizhou refused. He said to Gu Han, "Uncle Gu, go to my study and get the watch that my father gave me when I was 12 years old."
Gu Han smiled and took out a black wooden box, inside which was a well-preserved antique steel wristwatch.
Its design is exquisite, a masterpiece of craftsmanship; even though it is an antique produced seventy years ago, it still looks luxurious.
This is a meaningful watch.
It was the first top-tier luxury watch that Gu Wentao bought after the Gu family regained its former glory.
Later, Gu Wentao gave it to 18-year-old Gu Ting'an as a birthday gift.
Gu Ting'an wore it when he got married.
When Gu Huaizhou turned 12, the Gu family held a grand "coming-of-age ceremony" for him. On that day, Gu Ting'an gave this watch to Gu Huaizhou.
This is a watch that has been passed down through three generations, and it will likely end up on the wrist of his and Li Xi's child in the future.
Gu Han personally put the antique watch on Gu Huaizhou's wrist and asked curiously, "Huaizhou, you're dressed so formally today, what banquet are you going to attend?"
"Miss Li Xi, aren't you going with me today?"
Gu Huaizhou's body had not fully recovered, and his face showed signs of weakness.
But yesterday he instructed Gu Han that he was going to an important event today and asked him to tell the styling team to come and do his hair and makeup early this morning.
What kind of grand and solemn banquet must it be that Huaizhou took it so seriously?
After Gu Han had put the watch on completely, Gu Huaizhou lowered his eyes and looked at the tall and elegant young man in the mirror.
"Go to the Civil Affairs Bureau."
He said, "Let's get the marriage certificate."