Chapter 157: Nobody Cares
Ruan Cha was buying milk tea with Shen Susu when she received a message from Chen Yan.
Her phone flashed, displaying an image.
She tapped it open, and the sight instantly met her eyes—
A terrifying, blood-soaked scene: Gu Zhenzhi was lying in a bathtub, the wounds on his back torn open, with fresh blood spreading outward.
His exquisite features were pale and frail, his arm dangling over the edge of the tub, looking just like...
It was enough to make one's heart skip a beat.
The milk tea in her hand instantly crashed to the ground.
"Susu, I have an urgent matter, I need to head back first!"
"Okay, then you go ahead." Shen Susu nodded obediently, then watched as Ruan Cha hurried away.
Darting out of the milk tea shop, Ruan Cha immediately called Chen Yan.
The moment the call connected, Chen Yan's voice came through anxiously, "Miss Ruan, please come back and take a look at Mr. Gu. I told him not to take a bath, but he wouldn't listen. Now the wounds on his back have burst open, and blood is flowing everywhere..."
"What is wrong with him? Why won't he listen?" Ruan Cha hailed a cab on the spot and got in without a second thought.
"I don't know what's gotten into Mr. Gu either. When I saw him today, his mood was terrible, and his expression was very gloomy, as if he had experienced some kind of trauma. He just wasn't himself. But as soon as we got back tonight, I found Mr. Gu lying in the bathtub. If his wounds get infected, the consequences will be unimaginable!"
Ruan Cha's heart felt as though it were being tightly squeezed.
Clutching her phone tightly and biting her lip, she remained silent for two seconds before saying, "Get him out of the tub first. I'm coming back right now."
Hanging up, Ruan Cha glanced at the driver's dashboard and patted the driver's shoulder. "Please drive faster, I have an emergency!"
The driver glanced back at her unhurriedly. "Young lady, if you act too hasty, things are bound to go wrong."
"Uncle Driver, you need to think carefully, this is a matter of life and death..." Ruan Cha gazed at the driver with a gloomy look. Shivering from the chill in those eyes, the driver hurriedly stepped on the gas.
Fifteen minutes later, Ruan Cha arrived home.
The moment she got back, without even tossing aside her school bag, she ran straight toward Gu Zhenzhi's bathroom.
As soon as she went up the stairs and reached the front of Gu Zhenzhi's bedroom, she saw Chen Yan pacing back and forth anxiously at the door.
Hearing footsteps behind him, Chen Yan hurriedly turned around. Seeing it was Ruan Cha, he finally let out a sigh of relief. "Miss Ruan, please go in and check on Mr. Gu quickly. If this keeps up, I'm afraid he'll bleed to death!"
...
The moment Ruan Cha pushed open the bathroom door, the first sight that greeted her was Gu Zhenzhi rising from the bathtub.
The wounds on his back had indeed split open.
Blood streamed down his waist, and crimson droplets smashed one by one onto the pristine white tiled floor of the bathroom.
The scene was cruel and bloody...
Catching the faint, coppery scent lingering in the air, Ruan Cha knitted her brows and spoke in a deep voice, "Gu Zhenzhi, what do you think you're doing?"
Hearing the girl's soft yet anger-laced voice, the man's movements froze.
Seemingly completely caught off guard by her return, he slowly picked up a towel from the side and wrapped it around his waist.
Then.
He turned around sluggishly, the gloomy emotions in the depths of his eyes suppressed. The moment he faced her, the expression in his eyes shifted rapidly.
When he looked at the girl again, Gu Zhenzhi's eyes were slightly red and damp, his voice hoarse, "I thought you no longer cared about these things. Since no one cares, then it doesn't matter anymore."
Hearing those words, Ruan Cha's heart was wrenched violently.
Her eyes turning red, she rushed over to Gu Zhenzhi and wrapped her arms around his waist. "Gu Zhenzhi, are you out of your mind? What do you mean by it doesn't matter just because I don't care? That is your body!"