Li Cheng was transferred to the General Military Hospital in the capital, and his condition miraculously stabilized.
The Gu Family took over all subsequent treatment.
They even arranged a private caregiver to help look after him.
The Li family's house no longer needed to be sold, either. The money they had borrowed earlier had already been repaid with the Gu Family's help.
Li Xinghai and Wei Xiaoyu could finally catch their breath.
But their hearts were filled with helplessness and guilt.
It was as though... they had sold their daughter...
As for Li Wei herself...
She was doing fairly well in the Gu Family.
Gu Jinzhi was extremely cold toward her, spending most of his time sleeping at the company.
Whenever he occasionally returned home, the two of them still slept in separate rooms.
This allowed Li Wei, who had already prepared herself for the worst, to breathe a huge sigh of relief.
As for the servants' contempt and gossip in Gu Garden, Li Wei pretended not to hear any of it.
She knew her position very well and had never truly considered herself some wealthy family's wife.
It was merely that Grandpa Gu was kindhearted and had lent her family a hand out of consideration for his old comrade.
Looking at Gu Jinzhi's aloof, keep-your-distance attitude, she knew perfectly well what kind of marriage this was.
There was only one thing that troubled her greatly.
That was...
Gu Jinwen, this little brother-in-law of hers, was simply too annoying.
All day long, he was like a tailgating shadow.
Wherever she went, he followed.
Every now and then, he would put on a pained expression of "if only I hadn't regretted it too late and missed out on a hundred million."
With how clingy he was, anyone who didn't