Ten minutes later, Gu Beixian returned.

He sat down beside Su Hua, lifted his hand to touch her head, and said gently, "Suosuo is sick and can't handle stress, don't take her words to heart."

He was asking her to endure.

Su Hua pursed her lips slightly, remaining silent.

She was actually very tolerant, having put up with Chu Suosuo several times already. Now, even a slight resistance on her part seemed like pettiness in Gu Beixian's eyes.

The word "endure" when broken down felt like a knife thrust into one's heart, a feeling only those who endure truly understand.

During those two years when Beixian was unwell, prone to outbursts and throwing things, she tolerated it all. Initially, it was to repay a debt of gratitude, but later, it was because she fell in love with him.

But what was Chu Suosuo to her? Why should she have to put up with her?

The more Su Hua thought about it, the angrier she became, her lips pressed tightly together, her complexion as dark as water.

The elderly lady noticed something was amiss, patted her shoulder, and glared at Gu Beixian, warning, "Hua is also a young girl, just a year older than Suosuo. Why should she have to endure her? You better manage your relationship with her properly. If you let my Hua be aggrieved again, I'll give you a thrashing."

Gu Beixian turned Su Hua's shoulder towards him, examining her face, and teased, "Whose little girl is this, getting her face all puffed up like a bun?"

Su Hua gave him a sidelong glance.

Gu Beixian laughed and pulled her into his embrace, his voice softening as he coaxed, "Alright, no more anger."

He held the wrist of her injured hand, gently stroking it, "Being angry will affect the healing of the wound."

Seeing this, the elderly lady also chimed in, "Hua, don't be upset. If he bullies you again, just tell me, and I'll sort him out for you. It's getting late, you two should head home and rest."

With both of them coaxing her, Su Hua couldn't keep up her guard.

She gently pushed Gu Beixian away, looked around the hospital room, saw that there were servants to keep watch, and said, "Grandmother Gu, please take care of yourself. I'll come to see you again tomorrow."

Grandmother Gu smiled kindly, "Alright, don't forget what you promised me."

Su Hua's ears turned slightly red as she replied, "Okay."

She stood up, took her bag, and walked out of the hospital room shoulder to shoulder with Gu Beixian.

Once outside, Gu Beixian eyed her reddened ear tips and asked, "What did you promise Grandmother Gu? Why are your ears red?"

Su Hua spoke softly, "Grandmother Gu wants me to have a child for you."

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Gu Beixian chuckled lightly, "Grandmother Gu is crazy for a great-grandchild. Last year, as soon as I could stand on my legs, she started pressing for it, nagging me in private numerous times, and now she's pressuring you. A while back, she even had us move into the old house, trying every means to get us to have a child."

Su Hua was somewhat distracted and didn't respond.

They took the elevator downstairs.

Once in the car, the driver started the engine.

Gu Beixian turned to look at Su Hua, a smile on his lips but inquiry in his eyes, "Do you want to have a child?"

Su Hua thought seriously for a moment, "Having a child at this juncture is actually quite risky, what do you think?"

Gu Beixian's gaze darkened, his tone ambiguous, "Is it that you don't want to have children, or you don't want to have my children?"

Su Hua felt his words were somewhat sarcastic. After pondering, she said, "Let's talk about it when things are more stable. Don't you want a divorce? If we have a child and then get divorced, it wouldn't be fair to the child."

Gu Beixian curled his lips in self-mockery, withdrew his gaze, and looked ahead, saying nonchalantly, "That's true."

Both harboring their own thoughts, they rode in silence.

When they approached a turn, Gu Beixian asked, "Come home with me, it'll be easier to take care of you."

Su Hua was silent for a few seconds before replying, "Okay."

They arrived back at Riyue Bay.

Getting out of the car.

Gu Beixian took her hand and walked towards the entrance of the house.

Su Hua looked down at the hand he was holding. They rarely held hands in public before, always maintaining a respectful relationship.

Suddenly, he had become much more intimate with her.

But thinking about how this hand had also held Chu Suosuo's, Su Hua felt somewhat uncomfortable.

Inside the house, Su Hua set down her bag and opened the door to the shoe cabinet, about to fetch slippers for Gu Beixian.

He held her shoulder, preventing her from bending over, and said, "Your hand is injured, let me do it."

He took out the slippers from the cabinet, helped her out of her shoes, and gently slid her feet into the slippers, even carefully pulling up her cotton socks.

It used to be her who did these things for him, and now being served by him, Su Hua felt a little uncomfortable.

Gu Beixian seemed to sense her unease and said with a smile, "Husbands and wives should take care of each other. You took care of me before, now it's my turn to take care of you."

Su Hua said softly, "Thank you."

"What's there to thank for, it's only right," Gu Beixian replied as he changed into slippers, helped Su Hua carefully take off her coat, and said, "You haven't had a proper bath for many days, just wiping down in the hospital doesn't get you clean. I'll help you wash up in a bit."

Su Hua's face flushed instantly.

In the hospital, he had been helping her with sponge baths every day, which was already embarrassing enough. Having him help her bathe was too much.

Gu Beixian, watching her flushed face, smiled and teased, "You're not that young anymore, why do you blush so easily? It's been three years since we got married, and you're still as shy as a young girl."

Su Hua remembered what Xiao Yi had told her, to be more flirtatious and seductive at home, otherwise, she couldn't compete with Chu Suosuo.

She asked in a very soft voice, "Do men not like women who are too reserved, preferring them to be a bit more flirtatious?"

Gu Beixian couldn't help but chuckle, "Who told you that?"

"Xiao Yi."

Gu Beixian looked at her with interest, his lips curling up as he asked leisurely, "So, can you be flirtatious?"

Su Hua's face turned even redder.

She was used to being reserved and really couldn't act flirtatiously, but she wanted to win over Chu Suosuo so badly.

She had been learning to restore ancient paintings and calligraphy with Grandfather Gu since she was young, and had long since smoothed out her rough edges, adopting a pure and uncompetitive nature.

Somehow, Chu Suosuo had sparked a strong desire to win in her.

After a moment's thought, she lifted her foot, hooked Gu Beixian's leg, her fingers slipping through the gaps in his shirt to caress his abs, her big eyes watery as she looked at him seriously and asked, "Like this?"

Gu Beixian burst into laughter, grasped her wandering hand to stop her, and asked, "Who taught you this?"

"I saw it in a Mary Sue novel."

Gu Beixian looked down, examining her eyes closely, "That look in your eyes is wrong, too serious. It makes me want to discuss calculus problems with you."

He pinched her waist, "Your body language is too stiff, not seductive but more like you want to spar with me. You need to relax, be more supple in the waist, lazy in the eyes, a bit more enticing."

Suddenly realizing something, Su Hua raised an eyebrow and glared at him, "How come you know so much?"

Gu Beixian laughed, "Haven't eaten pork, but haven't seen a pig run?"

"You men really do all like the flirtatious type," Su Hua muttered sullenly, then turned and walked towards the sofa.

Watching her inexplicably sulk, Gu Beixian chuckled, "I'll go run the bathwater."

"Okay."

The bath was ready, and Su Hua entered the bathroom.

With Gu Beixian's help, she undressed and sat in the bathtub.

She held her injured left hand high to keep it out of the water and said to him, "You can go out, I can wash myself."

Gu Beixian rolled up his sleeves, picked up the pink bath sponge hanging on the wall, and said, "Let me scrub your back, it's been almost half a month since you've had a proper bath, you must be quite dirty."

Su Hua was about to say "no need."

But then she felt an itch on her back as Gu Beixian had already started scrubbing, chiding as he did, "So much grime, you little mud monkey."

Embarrassed, Su Hua retorted, "I'm not dirty at all."

Gu Beixian's laughter deepened, "Alright, not dirty. Our Hua is very clean."

Su Hua's ears tingled slightly; this man was getting better at flirting.

As he scrubbed, she heard the breathing of the man behind her change.

Just as she was about to turn around to look, his hand moved from her back to her waist, holding her.

He embraced her from behind, kissing down from her earlobe.

Su Hua tried to shrug her shoulders in protest.

He held her shoulders, turned her around, and lowered his head to kiss her lips.