allonlinenovel Chapter 41 Heartbroken
Chapter 41 Heartbroken
Chapter Forty-One: Heartache
Li Yan wanted to go with Gu Tingyan, but the event wasn't over yet, so she had to bite the bullet and go through the formalities.
She had never felt that hour could be so difficult.
When asked questions by the brand, Li Yan was a little annoyed, but she still gave a perfunctory answer.
Gu Tingyu noticed Li Yan's absent-mindedness and wanted to go over to check on her, but the organizers stopped him again.
When he turned around, he found that Li Yan's eyes were unfocused and her mind was no longer on him.
It was as if, after her brother left, Li Yan's heart flew away with him.
An inexplicable emotion spread through Gu Tingyu's heart, a bitter feeling.
As soon as the event ended, Li Yan left immediately; staying even a step longer would be disrespectful to the precious child.
Gu Tingyu was forced to stay with Shen Nianxu until the end.
When he had time to look for that white figure again, it had already vanished without a trace.
The old home of the Gu family.
As soon as Li Yan returned downstairs, she heard a series of crackling sounds coming from upstairs.
She threw down her high heels, ran upstairs with both feet on the floor, and found Gu Tingyan and the housekeeper standing outside Xu Rou's door.
Gu Tingyan pressed against the door, banging on it and shouting, "Xu Rou, open the door for me!"
She didn't know how long he had been calling out, but Li Yan felt heartbroken listening to Gu Tingyan's hoarse voice.
The housekeeper stood beside Gu Tingyan with a worried expression, hesitating to speak several times, but his eyes lit up when he caught sight of Li Yan out of the corner of his eye.
His voice was excited: "Miss Li, you're finally back!"
He saw a savior and gestured for Li Yan to come over and persuade Gu Tingyan.
Upon hearing this, Gu Tingyan froze for a moment.
But remembering that Xu Rou had accidentally injured her hand, her emotions were stirred by the woman inside.
His mind was entirely on Xu Rou, and he couldn't spare a single glance for his mother standing behind him, feeling sorry for him.
There was a broken vase on the ground, with shards everywhere.
Li Yan looked down at her feet on the floor; her big toe had been swollen and painful for a long time.
If she accidentally steps on a piece of debris again, she can pretend to die on the spot.
But now, the person who knew that she was most afraid of pain is no longer here.
"Xu Rou, I beg you, please open the door..."
Gu Tingyan knocked on the door obsessively and morbidly, his hands never stopping.
The son's tall figure looked lonely and helpless.
Li Yan could even clearly see that her son's hands had been broken and bleeding, all to get Xu Rou, who was locked in the room, to open the door.
The man's back was hunched over, and his eyes were red, as if they were brimming with tears.
His voice pleaded, as if he had abandoned all his dignity, just hoping the woman inside would soften her heart.
Like a stray dog abandoned by the whole world.
"Click——"
The woman inside seemed to soften and unlocked the door herself.
Gu Tingyan's eyes lit up with joy, but just as his hand grasped the doorknob, he heard a sobbing voice behind him.
"Gu Tingyan!"
It was her mother calling her, her voice filled with grievance and anger.
Gu Tingyan froze, not turning around.
Li Yan saw the helplessness and despair in Gu Tingyan's eyes, and the last string in her mind snapped, her heart shattering into pieces.
She disregarded the shards cutting her delicate skin and the loss of blood.
All she wanted to do was hold her son's frail body and give him the warmth and light he craved.
The housekeeper panicked the moment he saw the bloodstains on the floor: "Miss Li! There are shards of a vase on the floor!"
Gu Tingyan suddenly turned around, and all that remained in his field of vision were blood-red footprints.