Chapter 10: Tell Me, Why Are You Crying?
The following afternoon, Ji Younai pretended to be retarded and looked at the chubby, old nurse who was packing her daily necessities for her.
The old nurse glowered at her, demanding, "What are you doing, standing there stupidly? Come with me! You're moving to another ward!"
She was pretending to be a silly and retarded woman.
Retards would never ask why! Retards would never understand what the nurse said!
After repeating those words in her head twice or thrice, Ji Younai held back her urge to question the nurse.
The fierce nurse led her all the way through the hallway like she was walking a dog, entered the elevator, and pressed the button for the 28th floor.
The elevator doors soon opened with a ding.
She was greeted with a few characteristics that indicated that she was in the VIP inpatient area, particularly the grand and luxurious vibes it gave off. She also saw two security guards standing by the entrance of the elevator.
'Why am I here? Aren't I supposed to have a change of wards? VIP? I can't afford such an expensive ward!'
Ji Younai watched as the fierce nurse handed her over to a young doctor who looked sweet and lovely, her voice gentle.
"Dr. Lee, you have to be careful. Don't be fooled by this girl's silly appearance. She even bit someone yesterday!"
"Don't worry Aunt Chen, she wouldn't dare."
Ji Younai watched as Dr. Chen, who had a sweet voice, pointed a taser at her, shocking her after she finished speaking.
The stinging pain of being electrocuted caused her to turn pale from fright.
It hurt badly!
Tears welled up in her eyes immediately, but she dared not cry out loud. She had no choice but to bite her lip and bear it all.
After being sent to an unfamiliar area, Ji Younai began to panic and feel terrified. She was very insecure.
However, the fading sense of pain suddenly returned when she was brought into a luxurious ward.
With tears in her eyes, she almost forgot to put on a retarded expression.
'Can someone tell me why Gong Siyu is here, wearing a Ninth Asylum hospital gown?'
She felt as if she had seen her kin, one whom she had not seen for a long time!
Ji Younai was gazing at Gong Siyu, her beautiful eyes glistening. She wanted to rush forward and ask him why he was there.
'Haven't I already chased him away? Why did he come back?'
She scanned him from head to toe, taking in that he was wearing the asylum's hospital gown.
Dr. Chen Meijia was an intern psychiatrist who was in charge of the VIP area at the Ninth Asylum.
She was a Master's student at Beijing University's School of Medicine, specializing in treating psychiatric disorders. She came from a wealthy family, with both her parents working in institutions.
Most importantly, she knew Gong Siyu.
"Siyu, is she the person you were looking for?" Chen Meijia smiled sweetly, pushing Ji Younai forward forcefully.
Fortunately, Gong Siyu was quick to react and quickly grabbed Ji Younai, who was losing her balance.
He squinted his enchanting eyes and placed both his hands on Ji Younai's slender shoulders. Looking past her, he glared at the female doctor behind Ji Younai with a sharp and haughty gaze in his devilish, upturned eyes.
"Why did you push her!?!" Gong Siyu asked after scrutinizing her from head to toe.
She was not injured, ill, or missing a limb. She was unscathed.
It had only been a day since they last met, but it felt like several days to him.
Chen Meijia did not expect Gong Siyu to speak to her in such an intimidating tone.
She explained anxiously, "She's just a patient who can't understand my words, I..."
She thought, 'I pushed her just because I wanted to. Why do I need to give an explanation?'
Unable to keep up the lie, Chen Meijia turned red with embarrassment and shame.
Gong Siyu's thin lips pressed together firmly and his sword-like brows furrowed into a frown. The cold and spooky gaze in his insidious eyes became even more intense, a gloomy tension was prevalent in the ward.
Gong Siyu spoke again, appearing distant and daunting, "What did you call me?"
Chen Meijia was startled and seemed to be afraid.
"Siyu..."
She was slightly stunned. Seeing that his face had grown even more austere, Chen Meijia rushed to explain, "Don't you remember me anymore? I'm Meijia from Ninth Asylum. I played at the Gong Family residence when I was a child. My father is Chen Anmin from the National Defense Agency, and my grandfather used to be Old Master Gong's comrade in war..."
Gong Siyu had no interest in listening to the female doctor in front of him talk about who she was, where she came from, and what she had to do with the Gong family.
He smiled coldly, a look of contempt in his eyes, appearing rather haughty and unwelcoming. His tone was lofty and aloof too.
"Who are you to address me by my name?"
Dr. Chen was instantly embarrassed for a moment. The other doctors in the ward were witnesses to her humiliation.
"I'm sorry… Sorry, Young Master Gong."
Gong Siyu was just being unreasonable now.
Ji Younai's almond-shaped eyes were brimming with tears and she looked extremely pitiful. However, she did not dare to cry at all.
"What's the matter? Why are your eyes red?"
Everyone else in the ward was chased away then, leaving the two of them alone.
Gong Siyu pulled Ji Younai to the couch, where they took a seat.
"Alright, everyone's gone. Tell me, why are you crying?" he commanded.
Hanging her head low, Ji Younai lifted her arm to wipe away the tears in her eyes. However, tears were overflowing once again.
"I was stung by the taser. It hurt really bad..."
Gong Siyu's eyes turned even more intimidating with inexplicable pain in his chest.
"Who struck you with a taser!?!"
'That lady with the sweet voice!'
Ji Younai didn't dare voice those words out loud, daunted by Gong Siyu's gaze.
Taking out the handkerchief that Gong Siyu had used to clean her mucus, she used it to wipe her nose again and shook her head.
"I won't tell you," then immediately changing the subject, asked, "Why are you back here again? You're in a hospital gown."
Gong Siyu could guess who had electrocuted her even though she refused to reveal the culprit's name. Restraining the gloominess in his eyes, he held Ji Younai in his arms a bit uneasily.
Not daring to cross the line, he coaxed her gently.
Hearing her ask about the reason for his presence, his upturned eyes were lifted again, and he spoke with a straight face, "My family couldn't stand my moody and unpredictable temperament, so they had a doctor examine me. The doctor diagnosed me with bipolar disorder, and I was sent here for treatment."
Gong Siyu was trying to fool Ji Younai. He looked solemn and his heart did not race at all, nor did he blush.
Ji Younai scrutinized Gong Siyu apprehensively, choosing to believe him in the end.
"Now that you've said it, I really think that's the case. You were just looking at me with a personable smile and were really affable, but you turned around and glared at that female doctor as if she owed you millions of yuan. You looked so unwelcoming and daunting. Normal people do not change their mood as quickly as you do."
Gong Siyu's smile stiffened and he remained silent, simply shifting his gaze onto Ji Younai's fair and slender neck, which made her look like a beautiful, white swan. He reckoned that it must feel great to pinch it.
Yes, for a moment, Gong Siyu seriously considered strangling Ji Younai's neck viciously.
'How dare she say that I'm mentally ill? Who did I move in for? She actually said that about me?'
If it were anyone else at this moment, she would have been tortured and abused by him to the point of begging him for mercy!
However, he suppressed the hostility and menace in his heart, not wanting to scare Ji Younai away.
"That's strange. The doctor said that I was moving to a different ward. Why did they bring me here to you?"
Looking at her surroundings in the luxurious ward, Ji Younai glanced at the two beds, which were very close to each other.
She listened as Gong Siyu casually said, "It's scary to live in an asylum all by yourself. I wanted you to accompany me. You won't turn me down, will you?"