Although acute alcohol intoxication was very dangerous, as long as the rescue was in time, he would be fine. Also, Professor Chen has been putting everyone’s mind at rest, saying that Gu Nianbin was fine.

He was fine, indeed. Under everyone’s careful care, he really looked better. His face was red. The sunken place grew back, and he also became fat. But he just didn’t wake up.

On the third day, Professor Chen was uncertain. He had never seen someone who could sleep for so long due to alcohol intoxication. He gave Gu Nianbin a series of checks, and then spent a whole afternoon studying the thick stack of examination results, but he did not find anything unusual. There were indeed many difficult-to-treat illnesses in medicine that could not be solved, but there were also many miracles. Professor Chen felt that he could only wait for a miracle at this moment.

Fang Yaru couldn’t hide it anymore. Every day, her face was full of worry. It would be strange if Gu Guangxian didn’t become suspicious. She simply told him the truth, and let him not worry too much. Other than not waking up, everything else was fine with Gu Nianbin. Gu Guangxian did not believe it. He rushed to the hospital and saw Gu Nianbin lying on the bed. His face was flushed, and he did not look sick at all. It was like that he was sleeping peacefully. Only then did Gu Guangxian feel better.

Gu Shanshan also came back, and as soon as she entered the ward, she could not help but wipe her tears. She took a few days off and stayed in the hospital to help Xia Xiaowan take care of Gu Nianbin. They played music for Gu Nianbin in the morning, told him the news at noon, and talked to him the other time. They talked about everything: the interesting things of childhood, the old times when Gu Nianbin was in school, the embarrassing things that happened when he fell off the horse for the first time, and the beautiful times when they went out on vacation together… They said whatever they thought of, but did not mention the difficulties of the company, let alone Du Xiaoxian.

It was already the fifth day. Professor Chen came to see Gu Nianbin every day. In fact, from Professor Chen’s experience, it was still Gu Nianbin’s own problem. He didn’t want to wake up. It seemed that he was subconsciously avoiding something. To put it bluntly, it was a mental problem, which was difficult to use medicine to cure. The problem needed to be resolved by the person who had caused it. Professor Chen could only tell Fang Yaru this.

Who had caused this? Wasn’t it Du Xiaoxian? Fang Yaru really did not want to bring her back, but her son’s health was more important. As days went on, there was less hope. Finally, after discussing with Gu Guangxian, she decided to find Du Xiaoxian. She would talk to Du Xiaoxian later. It was more important to wake him up first.

After hearing their decision, Gu Shanshan and Xia Xiaowan looked at each other and said slowly, “Dad, Mom, in fact, Xiaowan and I have been looking for Du Xiaoxian, but she left G City a long time ago, and we don’t know where she is.”

Fang Yaru said, “Doesn’t she have a phone? Call her!”

“She delivered her phone and the bank card that my brother gave her to Zhou Ting.” Gu Shanshan pursed her lips.

Fang Yaru was dumbfounded. Du Xiaoxian was Gu Nianbin’s only life-saving straw. If she disappeared, then Gu Nianbin…

She was originally reluctant to find Du Xiaoxian back, but after hearing Gu Shanshan’s words, her attitude immediately changed. “No, we must find her. Call Boqing and ask him to find a way to find her. Xiaowan, let Nanze think of a way, too. Right now, only Du Xiaoxian can save Nianbin. We can talk about other things later, okay? I’m begging you!”

“Auntie, as long as we can save Brother Nianbin, I am willing to do anything,” Xia Xiaowan’s eyes reddened. “Don’t worry, we will find Du Xiaoxian as soon as possible.”

Gu Guangxian sat by the bed and sighed. He was still a little disappointed in Gu Nianbin for doing this for a woman. But there was no other way. His son’s health mattered most.

When Shao Boqing came over from work, Gu Guangxian asked about the current situation of the company. Shao Boqing said that it was not critical. It was likely that Jiang Kaiwei also knew about Gu Nianbin’s condition. Jiang Kaiwei was afraid that others would say that he took advantage of Gu Nianbin, who was in trouble, so he had been biding his time these days. Instead, this was a chance for Shao Boqing to take back his chips.

Gu Guangxian was relieved and told Boqing not to worry. He could slowly take back his chips and paid close attention to Jiang Kaiwei’s movements. The most important thing at the moment was to find Du Xiaoxian.

***

In fact, the reason why Jiang Kaiwei did not launch new attacks was not that he was afraid of others saying he was taking advantage of Gu Nianbin. He completely did not know that Gu Nianbin was unconscious in the hospital due to alcohol intoxication.

At the moment, he was shutting himself in his office and frowning at a pile of files.

They were files on a foreign sanatorium. He found someone to do an investigation and spent a lot of money to get it.

He scanned only three pages and stopped. He closed the files, lit a cigarette and went into a daze.

It wasn’t that he didn’t want to read it, but that he couldn’t. He never imagined that Xia Xiaowan would actually live such a life abroad!

That night, Xia Xiaowan was dragged into the room by the nurse and was pressed on the bed to be forcibly injected a tranquilizer. She was so mad that she seemed to have changed into a different person. Her hair was disheveled, her eyes bulged, and she was howling hysterically. Her voice was deep and hoarse, like a beast that had been forced into a desperate situation, which was full of pity and despair. She sounded particularly scary in the silent night. He stood by the door in a daze, as if someone had punched him in the chest, making him unable to breathe for a long time. He did not even dare to take half a step forward.

The medicine gradually took effect, and Xia Xiaowan quieted down. Just now, she was as irritable as a lion, but very soon, she calmed down, lying there and sleeping like a harmless child.

He went in and asked the doctor, “How could she be like this?”

The doctor said, “This young lady should have once been a patient with mania.”

“Once?” He asked, “Do you mean that she once had this disease and is now cured? But why…”

“I just felt her pulse. It doesn’t look like it’s breaking out,” The doctor said, “There must have been some sort of trigger that caused her to suddenly get manic.”

He asked again, “Why did she get manic?”

“This is very difficult to explain. Mania is a neurological disorder, and most of this pathological change is caused by stimulation. After a long period of treatment, the symptoms could be alleviated. Generally, significant effects would be shown in three to five years. After recovery, the patient is no different from an ordinary person, but he or she could relapse.”

After the doctor left, he sat by the bed and looked at the sleeping Xia Xiaowan. Her white face was slightly red, and her straight eyebrows showed a bit of stubbornness. Her delicate nose and rosy lips were the same as before. She had not changed at all, but when did she get sick? And mania, did she get it during the years when she left? What exactly happened to her? His mind was in a mess, and his heart suddenly trembled violently. For no reason, he was trembling with fear. In fact, he did not know the reason. He was just flustered, as if he knew a shocking secret. He was frightened and scared.

The second time, he was so close to her. It was so close that he could see the light blue capillaries on her face. Perhaps he was too shocked, or perhaps he felt that she was too weak and helpless at this moment. Finally, he reached out and gently caressed her face.

Her face was burning in his palm, like a soldering iron, somewhat painfully. The heat seemed to be spreading. His hands were also burning, and his whole body was burning, like he was about to burn up. Then, he smelled a very familiar scent that seemed to linger around his nose.

He suddenly froze, because he was almost kissing her face. So close, how could he be so close to her? He felt that he was not himself again. The woman in front of him seemed to have a magnetic force, sucking him there, making him unable to move.

He used to hate this feeling the most. He hated being controlled by others. He was the king. In his kingdom, he could do whatever he wanted. No one had ever been able to control him, and no one had ever been able to control his thoughts, until he met Xia Xiaowan.

She was pretty and lively and innocent, moving around him like a beautiful butterfly, attracting his gaze. He didn’t know when it started, but he always wanted to see her. For several times, he couldn’t help it. He drove to her school just to sneak a look at her outside the window of the classroom.

The deeper he fell, the more he was influenced by her. He liked what she liked and hated what she hated. Once, he heard her say that she did not like a certain star acting in one movie. That movie happened to be an investment under the Jiang Group. He did not even think about it and changed the protagonist with just a phone call. However, it turned out that he was wrong. Without that famous star, the box office was terrible.

He was a business genius, and everyone praised him for being awesome, and every case that he handled could be an example. Only that time, he made a big mistake and finally felt that something was wrong. After a careful reflection, he knew the answer. It was Xia Xiaowan. He had been influenced too much by Xia Xiaowan and could not help it. Sometimes, he had clearly made up his mind, but as soon as she appeared, his determination was a thousand miles away. After that, he naturally regretted it. Just like that, he made mistakes again and again, and he regretted again and again. This kind of vicious circulation finally caused him to hate himself and Xia Xiaowan.

So he no longer showed a good attitude to her. No matter what she did, he would say bad words. He wanted her to stay away from him. It would be best if she disappeared forever. In this way, he would no longer be controlled by her and would no longer be unable to control himself.

Later on… His face gradually turned sullen. He should no longer think about it. He could no longer think about it. It was a wound that he could never touch. It was because of this that he hated Xia Xiaowan to the bone.

But at this moment, she was lying here, less than an inch away from his face. Was it because she was too close that he could not help it again?

He closed his eyes and did not think about anything. Just like that, he was less than an inch away from her, feeling her breath and temperature. After a long time, he finally raised his head slowly. There was actually a trace of relief in his heart. Fortunately, he finally controlled himself.

But this woman, what was he going to do with her?

Her illness had nothing to do with him, but he wanted to find out what had happened to Xia Xiaowan. How did she get mania? Was it related to that matter?

For several days in a row, he put all his energy into this matter and finally received this stack of files.

He was in a daze. It was only when the cigarette burned his finger that he suddenly came to his senses. With a shake of his hand, the cigarette fell to the ground. Soon, a faint burnt smell spread out. However, he did not step on the cigarette butt. He just stared blankly at the cigarette butt lying on the snow-white carpet, flickering. The surrounding fur was burned to ashes, gradually turning into ugly devastation.

In fact, very few people would put this kind of plush white carpet in the office, because it was not suitable. However, he had always been an odd person, so his subordinates did not find it strange. For the outsiders, they would only think that he was rich and overbearing and loved luxury. Only he knew that the reason why this carpet existed was just a random sentence that she had casually said one day. She said it and then forgot it. But he remembered it in his heart and had someone spread the carpet on the second day. Later, they broke up, and he destroyed everything that was affected by her, except for this carpet. He was reluctant to part with it because it was the closest to him, and it was a habit for him to step on it every day.