Gorgeous Female Tenants

Chapter 154 I’ll Stay Here With You

Gu Xiangyi trembled as she asked her sister Gu Xinyan, "Did Grandpa and the others go back?"

Gu Xinyan looked at her sister with concern, "They all left, like they never came."

Suddenly, Gu Xiangyi burst into laughter, laughing so loudly that it frightened both Xu Xiangbei and Gu Xinyan.

"They said they came to celebrate our birthday, why did they leave so quickly? No one helped us celebrate. We sisters celebrate by ourselves, just like before, okay?"

Tears welled up in Gu Xinyan’s eyes as she nodded vigorously, holding her sister’s cold, trembling hand, "Every year, it’s just the two of us celebrating. This year’s birthday is better than before because Brother Xu helped us, with one more person to share in our joy."

Gu Xiangyi smiled at Xu Xiangbei. She tried hard to make her smile look natural, but it was more pitiful than a cry, "Thank you, Brother Xu. Am I pretty today?"

Xu Xiangbei sighed inwardly and put on a relaxed smile, "Beautiful. You’re beautiful every day."

Gu Xiangyi couldn’t help but shed tears, yet she kept a smile on her face, her laughter mixed with sobs, "Sister, finally, someone is willing to celebrate our birthday with us. Let’s toast together."

Gu Xiangyi suddenly grabbed a bottle of red wine and gulped it down. Gu Xinyan tried to snatch the wine bottle from her sister’s hand but failed.

Xu Xiangbei quickly stepped forward and grabbed Gu Xiangyi’s wrist, taking the bottle away.

But she’d already drunk half of it, drinking like a madwoman.

She glared at Xu Xiangbei, like an angry lioness, shaking her wrist violently, "Let go, let me go, let me go."

No matter how much she struggled, she couldn’t break free from Xu Xiangbei’s grasp.

She leaned softly against Xu Xiangbei’s chest, like a wounded kitten, her frail shoulders shaking as she cried uncontrollably.

"They don’t want to celebrate my birthday, so why did they come? Pretending by buying a cake. Every year without them, we were happy. Why do they have to abuse me this way? Just because we don’t have parents?"

Her voice was hoarse from crying, pounding Xu Xiangbei’s shoulder with her fist, and Xu Xiangbei didn’t dodge, letting her hit him.

He knew that Gu Xiangyi needed to vent, to cry out her internal sorrow, so it wouldn’t turn into illness.

Gu Xinyan silently watched her sister, shedding quiet tears alongside her. She seemed stronger, not crying as intensely as her sister.

That’s because she never had extravagant hopes.

She saw clearer than her sister, never hoping the Gu Family would bring happiness or truly care for her.

The saying goes, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.

When Gu Xiangyi’s fervent hopes suddenly turned into painful disappointment, it hurt a hundred times more than her sister’s pain.

Gu Xiangyi cried and exhausted herself out, lying in Xu Xiangbei’s arms with her eyes closed, as if asleep.

Xu Xiangbei carried Gu Xiangyi to her bedroom, gently laying her on the bed.

She curled her body, and beneath her slit fringed qipao, her long black-stockinged legs and lace stockings appeared.

Seeing her wrinkled stockings, knowing how she cherished them, Xu Xiangbei kindly removed her crystal high heels and tried to remove her stockings.

Xu Xiangbei whispered to the asleep Gu Xiangyi, "I’m not trying to take advantage of you; I’m just helping you remove the stockings, or else it’ll be unsightly if they snag and wrinkle."

He quietly lifted her qipao, her leg curves smooth and beautiful, enticing him to take a few more looks.

Carefully pinching the garter with two fingers, it felt sleek and elastic, comfortable to the touch, gently slipping the black stockings off, gradually exposing her long, fair thighs, down to the ankles.

Seeing Gu Xiangyi’s legs up close differed slightly from watching afar; her skin smooth and white, even the blue veins on the inner thigh clearly visible.

Swallowing several times, he finally took off the black stockings, revealing a pair of tender bare feet, with toenails painted a seductive red, alluring and inviting.

Sweat dripped from his forehead, removing the stockings surprisingly exhausts him like performing acupuncture magic; clearly, he needed to improve his self-control.

He quickly pulled the silk quilt over her sexy legs to calm himself.

Just as he was about to leave, Gu Xiangyi grabbed his hand. Her dark hair covered half her face, eyes closed, sleeping soundly, yet holding Xu Xiangbei’s hand tightly, not letting him go.

Xu Xiangbei sat down at her bedside, comforting her, "I’m not leaving. I’ll stay here with you."

He only released her hand after she began to snore softly, unexpectedly noticing a deep red mark in her palm, a bloody mark from her nails, showing how painful it was inside her.

Physical wounds heal after some days, but inner emotional wounds may last a lifetime.

Gently caressing Gu Xiangyi’s silky hair, Xu Xiangbei whispered, "Rest assured, the harm Gu Family caused you, I’ll repay them a hundred times over for you."

Hearing noises from the kitchen, Gu Xinyan was tidying the dining table, struggling to stand, carrying a plate of untouched food, moving step by step toward the fridge.

After just a few steps, she already felt pain, sweating profusely from her forehead, her whole body trembling, Xu Xiangbei rushed to help by opening the fridge door.

Xu Xiangbei gently reminded her, "Fairy sister, you just managed to stand up, don’t push yourself too hard. You’re not ready to do chores standing."

Gu Xinyan wiped the sweat off her forehead, her cheeks flushed with excitement, "I want to contribute. I don’t want to just sit and listen to you and watch you do things. I want to help my sister; I want to do something, even if it’s just a small, manageable task."

Helping Gu Xinyan back into her wheelchair, Xu Xiangbei carried the wheelchair along with her up to the third floor, pushing her into her sister Gu Xiangyi’s room.

Looking at the sleeping Gu Xiangyi, Xu Xiangbei smiled at Gu Xinyan, "Your sister worked tirelessly for you, for the entire Gu Family. Just being there for her is the best encouragement for her. She’s exhausted, so don’t let anything happen to you. Relax, follow my method, and eventually, you’ll walk just like normal people."

Gu Xinyan bit her rosy lip, "I know, I’ll follow your method, step by step, I understand."

"Stay here with your sister; I’ll go downstairs to work."

Xu Xiangbei jogged into the kitchen, starting the chores, as his phone rang in his pocket.

He took out his phone, and it was Qian Duoduo calling. He thought, this kid couldn’t possibly want me to go shopping again, right? The clothes we bought last time haven’t even been worn yet; they’re all piled up in the bedroom, no wonder Gu Xiangyi’s aunt criticizes the room for being too messy.