The Gentle, Sickly Beauty Is Won Over By The Loyal Big Shot - Chapter 25

“Mm, of course we should be together. I like you too, it’s just that I started liking you a little bit later than you liked me,” Qi Ran suddenly frowned. “But, Gu Baby, I’m a bit afraid of marriage. Can we just focus on dating first?”

“Ranran is afraid of marriage?”

Gu Han respected Qi Ran’s decision, rubbing his hair gently. “Okay, then I’ll listen to Ranran.”

In truth, Gu Han felt a pang of disappointment. Although Qi Ran explicitly stated it was a fear of marriage itself, Gu Han couldn’t help but wonder if it was because he wasn’t good enough, that Qi Ran didn’t believe he could be a good husband.

Gu Han’s greatest wish right now was to marry Qi Ran, he literally dreamed of it.

Gu Han had the personality of a puppy, he couldn’t hide his emotions, and his eyes grew dim. Seeing Gu Han’s dejection, Qi Ran reached up and touched Gu Han’s cheek. “Did my words make you unhappy? I really just have a psychological fear of marriage, like a phobia of needles. I need to overcome it. You are wonderful. I can feel how much you love me. So, I just need a little time.”

“Mm,” Gu Han nodded. “I’ll wait for Ranran.”

“Aren’t you already calling me ‘Wife’?”

Qi Ran gave a playful look. “Are you going to keep calling me by my nickname?”

“Wife,” Gu Han leaned by the bedside, looking at Qi Ran as if observing the most precious little creature in the world. “Wife, you are so beautiful.”

Qi Ran curled his lips. “You’re very handsome too, Gu Baby.”

“Can you call me ‘Hubby’ just once?”

Gu Han held Qi Ran’s arm and shook it gently, acting spoiled and pleading, “Please, Wife, I beg you.”

Qi Ran watched Gu Han with interest, not speaking, just smiling.

Gu Han hugged Qi Ran’s snowy-white arm and lightly nibbled on his slender finger, intensifying his pleading: “Please, Wife, please, please, please.”

“Hands are dirty, puppy isn’t allowed to bite,” Qi Ran withdrew his hand from Gu Han’s mouth and ruffled his hair. “Do you really want to hear it?”

Gu Han nodded urgently. “Yes, I want to hear it.”

“Hubby,” Qi Ran’s lips parted slightly. “My hubby is super handsome, exactly the mature type I like. Being with you gives me such a sense of ‘home’ and makes me incredibly happy. Since you like me too, please look after me for the rest of our lives. Barring any accidents, we will always be together. Also, I will work hard to adapt to the idea of marriage. I know that since we love each other this much, we must, must, must get married. Just please give me some time.”

“Okay,” Gu Han held Qi Ran’s hand and kissed it. “I’m willing to wait for my wife forever. I’m afraid saying this will burden you, but… Wife, getting a marriage certificate with you is the greatest wish of my life.”

Gu Han was truly afraid of making things difficult for Qi Ran.

“Really?” Qi Ran gently pinched Gu Han’s cheek. “Then, before you met me, what was your wish?”

“To find a boy with whom I have a mutual physical attraction, and whose personality and lifestyle habits are a perfect fit, then get a marriage certificate and settle down.”

Gu Han was very candid, speaking exactly what was on his mind. “I’m already thirty-five. I started thinking this way when I turned thirty. For the first five years, I was too busy starting the business. Later, when things slowed down, I had time to think about these things. I thought about it for so many years without it coming true that I eventually gave up hope. I didn’t expect to meet Ranran in my thirty-fifth year, and for Ranran to be willing to date me. It’s wonderful. My life is truly complete.”

“Hubby,” Qi Ran said softly, mirroring the words Gu Han often said to him, “Our lives will get even better and even more complete.”

Hearing that “Hubby,” Gu Han almost moved to tears, it was a sweetness that reached his heart.

“Hubby, I feel uncomfortable,” Qi Ran’s brow furrowed slightly. “My stomach feels painfully empty.”

“Baby, the doctor said you can’t have a stomach rub or eat anything, at least not until tomorrow morning. They need to check if there are any more bleeding points in your stomach.”

Gu Han gently caressed Qi Ran’s stomach area. “Can I just touch it very lightly? Be good, Ranran. You can’t be stubborn during post-op recovery, you must listen to the doctor. How did you end up with a stomach hemorrhage? When they pushed you into the operating room, I was scared to death. Thank goodness you’re okay.”

“I know I have to listen to the doctor,” Qi Ran squeezed Gu Han’s hand. “Coax me, Hubby.”

Gu Han kissed Qi Ran’s cheek, coaxing him softly: “My wife baby worked so hard to get through the surgery. My baby is so brave. When your stomach is a bit better, I’ll make burgers for you, okay? If you can’t eat beef, I’ll make patties out of other meats.”

“Really?”

Qi Ran pulled Gu Han into his arms, letting him lean comfortably, and asked, “Don’t you not know how to cook?”

“I’ll learn. I’ll learn whatever my wife likes to eat,” Gu Han planned. “I’ll start learning from baking the bread buns.”

Qi Ran smirked. “Hubby, that’s actually quite difficult.”

“I’m not afraid of difficulty,” Gu Han said. “I’m only afraid of you feeling wronged while you’re with me. If you can’t eat or sleep well even a little bit, I’ll blame myself.”

Qi Ran looked at Gu Han with eyes full of indulgence, watching him gesture as he talked about their future. It was all very mundane, cooking, sleeping, daily interactions but Gu Han’s narration lacked any pretense. He truly intended to live those days seriously.

When a person is sincere, every minute and second of their plan features their lover’s shadow.

As night fell, Gu Han finished chatting with Qi Ran and planned to sleep on the sofa, but Qi Ran insisted he come to bed.

“Wife, you just had surgery,” Gu Han carefully got into the bed, lying on his side next to Qi Ran and lightly touching his abdomen. “I’ll coax you to sleep. Once you’re asleep, I’ll go to the sofa. I’m afraid I’ll move in my sleep and hit you.”

“You won’t. You’re very cute and well-behaved when you sleep,” Qi Ran pinched Gu Han’s nose. “But, why doesn’t Gu-Puppy snore? Hamburger [the dog] snores and often wakes me up.”

“Maybe since I was little, I had a premonition that I would have a very delicate and beautiful wife, so I never learned to snore.”

Gu Han sniffed Qi Ran’s neck, his lips lightly brushing the side of his Adam’s apple. “Wife smells so good. Truly so fragrant and soft. Wife, I love you.”

“Come here, puppy,” Qi Ran signaled Gu Han to lean his ear closer. “I want to tell you a secret.”

Gu Han obediently leaned in.

Qi Ran whispered softly into Gu Han’s ear: “Hubby, I love you too.”

Gu Han snuggled into Qi Ran’s arms, acting spoiled. “I’m so happy. Wife said he loves me.”

“Puppy, I’ve already said I love you,” Qi Ran’s smile was warm and soft. “You have to remember to keep saying you love me for a hundred days.”

Gu Han thought seriously and said, “Wife, I can say it a hundred times a day, and keep it up for a lifetime.”

The seemingly childish actions between Gu Han and Qi Ran weren’t faked. A great romance truly allows people to temporarily leave the mundane world and return to the purest, most beautiful perceptions of youth. Only in the high spirits of youth, when right and wrong are distinct and love and hate are pure, can romance be this sweet.

Thus, when Gu Han and Qi Ran were together, they always felt as if they were in a trance. Despite their significant age difference, it always felt like they were meeting on a school sports field while wearing uniforms. It was too beautiful, they were almost losing track of reality.

They negotiated until bedtime, but Qi Ran still kept Gu Han by his side, refusing to let him sleep elsewhere.

“Wife, your cervical spine isn’t good,” Gu Han stretched out his arm for Qi Ran to use as a pillow. “My wife can only sleep peacefully while pillowed on my arm. It feels so good to be needed by my wife.”

3:00 AM, Litian Special Zone People’s Hospital.

Wu Hong had been waiting outside the hallway, occasionally pushing open the door to the room of the two thugs to take a look. The night nurses were in the center of the hallway, making it difficult to track Wu Hong’s movements. Finally, at 3:30 AM, one of them woke up just as Wu Hong pushed the door open. Their eyes met instantly.

“You’re awake?”

Wu Hong closed the door behind him. “I have something I want to talk to you about.”

“Brother, it’s you,” the thug who woke up covered his head with his hands. “I… I already promised you, I won’t go looking for trouble with Yu Shen anymore.”

Wu Hong pointed at the thug’s nose and interrogated him: “Your car accident was caused by my car losing control. Let me ask you. I had already forced your car away from President Gu’s car, so why did you still try to interfere with his driving? You don’t know, do you? There was a patient with a stomach hemorrhage in his car being rushed to the hospital. What were you thinking? A stomach hemorrhage is a massive deal, blocking someone’s way to the hospital, are you a murderer? If the situation hadn’t been so critical, would I have lost control and hit your car? I shouldn’t have called the police. I should have let the two of you die on the highway.”

The thug’s eyes were full of terror. “Brother, I… I didn’t know. I really didn’t know. Zhou Cheng only told me to interfere with Gu Han’s driving and delay his business. That was it. I didn’t know there was a patient in the car. I’m sorry.”

“What’s the use of saying sorry to me? I don’t even know the patient’s current condition. You caused such serious consequences, how many lives do you have to pay them back?”

Wu Hong laid out his conditions: “Now, I’m giving you two paths. One: I contact Gu Han and Yu Shen right now and let them confront you face to face.”

Before Wu Hong could even finish, the thug waved his hands frantically. “No, no, Brother, I beg you.”

“Now you’re fucking scared? You spineless coward,” Wu Hong continued. “The second path, you officially work for Zhou Cheng, but secretly work for me. Whatever orders he gives you, don’t do them, tell me directly. I’ll pay you a second salary. That way you get Zhou Cheng’s money and my money too. How about it? If not, we go with the first path and I call them in.”

“I’ll work for you, Brother. I’ll listen to everything you say.”

The thug didn’t even dare think about the reward, he just didn’t want to be beaten. His tone was incredibly humble: “Don’t tell President Gu or Manager Yu, please, Brother. I’ll do anything you want, I’m willing.”

“I’m telling you clearly now. Manager Yu is my big brother, President Gu is Manager Yu’s big brother, and Qi Ran is President Gu’s boyfriend, the two of them are dating, so he is Manager Yu’s ‘sister-in-law.’ There is no one here you can afford to offend. Remember that.”

Wu Hong tapped his finger on the nightstand. “Now, tell me all the plans Zhou Cheng has already executed against President Gu, as well as his new plans for President Gu and his wife. I want to know every single detail. Tell the truth, if you dare say one lie, do you want to know what your end will be?”