Chapter 854 Breakup
At around ten o'clock in the morning, Li Daqi met Boss Cao in the corridor, who was sweating profusely.
Boss Cao was stunned to see Li Daqi was there, then he went up to him and greeted him with embarrassment on his face.
"Mr. Li..."
"Old Cao, what kind of thing are you doing? Did you know that Gu Bei almost lost her life?" Li Daqi didn't give him a good look and asked directly.
"I...I...Boss Li, I just found out about this. Actually, I never thought it would turn out this way. Although I'm not a gentleman, I have my bottom line. I...I'm actually..." Boss Cao stuttered as he explained, but Li Daqi didn't want to hear him nagging. He waved his hand and said, "This is your own private matter, but I hope it won't affect my wife. Fortunately, Gu Bei was rescued in time yesterday, otherwise, can you bear the consequences? You go in first. You can explain it yourself. As for whether she can accept it, that's your business."
"Thank you... Thank you, Mr. Li. I'll go in first..." Boss Cao wiped the sweat from his forehead, thanked Li Daqi quickly, then knocked on the door, pushed it open and walked in.
Hearing the knock on the door, Zheng Li and Meng Lihong, who were talking to Gu Bei in the ward, turned around to look at the door. When they saw that the person in front of them was Lao Cao, Zheng Li stood up suddenly.
"Mr. Cao, what are you doing here? Didn't you make our Xiao Bei suffer so much? Are you here to cry foul now?"
"Mrs. Li... Xiao Meng, I... I just received the news last night, and I rushed here early this morning. I... I want to explain this matter to Xiao Bei. I know this is my fault, but I... but I also..." Facing Zheng Li's questioning, Lao Cao's forehead was covered with more sweat, and he stammered. But it would have been better if he didn't explain. Once he explained, Zheng Li got even angrier.
Just when Zheng Li was about to scold Lao Cao, Gu Bei, who was lying on the hospital bed, spoke.
"Xiao Li, stop scolding him. It's not all his fault."
"Are you stupid? You're still speaking for him at this time?" Zheng Li said angrily. Even Meng Lihong who was standing next to her thought Gu Bei was too stupid.
"Xiao Li, Xiao Hong, you two go out first. Lao Cao and I want to talk alone..." Gu Bei sighed and said to Zheng Li and the others. Zheng Li hesitated for a moment and finally sighed. She winked at Meng Lihong, then glared at the uneasy Lao Cao, and the two of them left the ward angrily.
After they left, Lao Cao finally breathed a sigh of relief. He looked at Gu Bei lying on the bed with a complicated look, then walked up to her and asked, "Xiao Bei, how are you? I got a call from the factory last night and it scared me to death. Fortunately, nothing serious happened. What if..."
"Please sit down." Gu Bei spoke without waiting for Lao Cao to finish his words.
Lao Cao was stunned for a moment, then sat down on the chair where Zheng Li had just sat, and then subconsciously reached out to pull Gu Bei's hand. But he didn't expect that as soon as he stretched out his hand, Gu Bei retracted her hand and raised her hand to tidy up the broken hair on her temples.
"Xiao Bei..."
"How long have we known each other?" Gu Bei suddenly asked.
"It seems like more than three years?" Lao Cao said after thinking for a while.
"It's almost been four years..." Gu Bei sighed, "Four years, so much time has passed in the blink of an eye. I still remember when we first came to Pengcheng. We were all little girls who knew nothing back then. We didn't know anything about Pengcheng at all before we came here. We just heard that there were many opportunities and high salaries in Pengcheng, so we came here without telling our families."
"When we arrived in Pengcheng, the three of us were almost sent back as vagrants. Fortunately, we met Li Daqi and entered the city. Then he helped us settle down, and contacted you to arrange jobs for us. This is how we were able to gain a foothold in Pengcheng."
"Lao Cao, to be honest, I have always been very grateful to you. I once thought that we could become husband and wife in the future and have our own family. Although you are much older than me, in my opinion, love has nothing to do with age. Love is a matter between two people..."
"Xiao Bei, I..."
"Let me speak, let me finish, okay?" Gu Bei looked at Lao Cao and said softly.
Lao Cao nodded silently and continued listening to Gu Bei.
Gu Bei talked about their past together, their private vows and Gu Bei's yearning for the future. Gu Bei even told Lao Cao frankly that although she felt a little uncomfortable after she learned of Li Daqi's true identity after Zheng Li married Li Daqi, her feelings for Lao Cao had never changed.
Although she was only Lao Cao's lover and the two of them had no real status, Gu Bei still had a glimmer of fantasy, dreaming that one day she could truly become Mrs. Cao and hold her head high in front of her good sisters.
Unfortunately, fantasy is fantasy after all, and dreams will end one day. As time goes by, the possibility of dreams becoming reality becomes lower and lower, and Gu Bei's ability to withstand pressure becomes weaker and weaker.
Finally one day, when Gu Bei knew she was pregnant with Lao Cao's child, she placed her hope on the last possibility. Unfortunately, Lao Cao still could not give Gu Bei the life she wanted, and just like before, he tried to delay and dilute it with cheap means.
But this time, Gu Bei was completely disappointed. When Lao Cao left and returned to Hong Kong, she could no longer bear it when she looked at Lao Cao's figure going away from the balcony, thinking of Lao Cao's family in Hong Kong and her own embarrassing position, as well as the cruel reality that the unborn child in her belly would face in the future.
If Meng Lihong had not coincidentally come to see Gu Bei that afternoon and discovered that she had taken sleeping pills, Gu Bei and the baby in her belly would have been dead by now.
After experiencing a life-and-death experience, Gu Bei's mentality has changed. She said to Lao Cao, "It was a mistake for us to be together from the beginning. If that's the case, we shouldn't continue this mistake. I didn't understand this before, but now I have. Lao Cao... let's break up."
"Break up? But Xiao Bei..." Lao Cao had thought of many possibilities before coming here, but he didn't expect this result. He was speechless for a moment and wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Gu Bei before he could finish his words.
"I've been with you for four years, and I don't have any demands. Is it okay for me to own the house we live in now? As for the rest, you haven't treated me badly in the past four years, and I've saved most of the money you gave me, so I won't ask for your money anymore. Just pack up your personal belongings in the house as soon as possible and take them away. We will have no relationship from now on. This is good for me, you and your family, too. What do you think?"
"But we still have children! You are pregnant now!" Lao Cao couldn't help but say.
"Child? What can you give the child? Can you take this child home? Or can your wife and current child treat him as their own? If not, what does this child have to do with you? But don't worry, I will give birth to the child, but I will not tell the child who his father is. The house I asked you for is not for myself, but for my future child."
"Xiao Bei, don't be impulsive! This...what are you talking about? After all, this child is my flesh and blood, and this matter has not come to this point. I will definitely fulfill what I promised you before. We can think of a solution slowly, yes! Think of a solution slowly, there is always a way to solve it..." Lao Cao said with sweat all over his forehead. He never expected this result, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.
"That's it. I'm a little tired. After the house transfer procedures are completed, just give it directly to Meng Lihong. There's no need for us to meet again in the future." Gu Bei said calmly.
"Xiao Bei..."
"Just go..."
"I……"
"Go! Get out! I don't want to see you again! Get out!" Suddenly, Gu Bei raised her voice and shouted frantically at Lao Cao.
Hearing the noise in the ward, Zheng Li and Meng Lihong rushed in, both staring at Lao Cao with stern eyes.
"What happened?"
Gu Bei shook her head and looked at Lao Cao without saying a word. Lao Cao stood there blankly with a distraught expression. He opened his mouth to explain something, but in the face of Gu Bei's sharp gaze, he finally said nothing. He slowly turned around and left the ward with heavy steps.
When Lao Cao walked out of the ward, Gu Bei's eyes turned from sharp to complicated, with relief, loss, a little bit of reluctance and more determination.
Finally, Lao Cao's figure disappeared outside the door. Gu Bei's eyes suddenly became moist. She gritted her teeth and tried hard not to cry out loud, but she couldn't control the tears that flowed down.
The next day, Lao Cao transferred the house and took away the personal belongings. Two days later, Gu Bei was discharged from the hospital. Her body had basically recovered and there was nothing wrong with the fetus in her belly. But after being discharged from the hospital, Gu Bei did not move back to her original home. She just asked Zheng Li and Meng Lihong to help pack up the things at home, and then moved out of the house and moved directly into Meng Lihong's home.
Although Lao Cao gave the house to Gu Bei, she no longer wanted to live there. She handed the property certificate to Meng Lihong and told her that she could sell it or rent it out when she found a chance. After the Chinese New Year, Gu Bei would leave Pengcheng. She was not sure where to go. Maybe she would find a place where no one knew her and start over, quietly waiting for the birth of her child, and then start her new life.
Regarding Gu Bei's future life arrangements, Zheng Li discussed it with Li Daqi in private. Li Daqi asked Zheng Li what she thought, and Zheng Li shook her head and said she didn't know either.
She could understand why Gu Bei didn't want to stay in Pengcheng, because this place was a sad place for Gu Bei, and the same was true for Xiangjiang, where Lao Cao's home was. As for returning to Jinling to live? Gu Bei was an unmarried woman with a big belly, and people would definitely point fingers at her, and her future life would not be easy, so Zheng Li planned to help Gu Bei again.
Li Daqi thought about it and gave Zheng Li an idea. If Gu Bei was willing to go abroad, he could help arrange it, whether it was to settle in Europe or the United States. After a few years, when the child grew up, she could make a choice whether to continue staying abroad or come back.
