Chapter 129: Can you take me in for a while?

“What?! Xiao Chen, did you hit someone?”

Dad was startled when he heard that.

“Did I not make it clear enough? I didn’t hit her. She fell down on her own.”

Gu Chen was so angry she wanted to curse.

“You didn’t hit her, so how did she fall down?”

“Doesn’t that just show my aim is good…”

Gu Chen suppressed the urge to vomit blood and said speechlessly, “I’ll wait for her to wake up and ask. Don’t worry, she can’t scam me.”

“Alright, keep me posted if anything happens.”

After hanging up, Gu Chen continued sitting by the bed, watching that blonde woman.

She could only brief him for now and see if he could come over later.

He was busy with his own stuff and really had no time.

Even while asleep, she was charming.

He wondered what she had been through these past few days to look so disheveled, as if she were being hunted.

“Hmm?”

Soon, the nutrient injection and glucose took effect.

Ivy’s eyes moved, and she let out a soft moan.

Then she weakly opened her eyes and saw a vast white ceiling.

“Am I in heaven?”

Her lips moved, and she said something unintelligible.

“You’re awake?”

Gu Chen turned to look at her and asked.

“It’s you?”

The woman blinked her gem-like eyes with a stunned expression, having initially thought she was in heaven.

“Yeah, we’ve met before. What happened? How did you faint by the roadside?”

Gu Chen nodded.

Looking at her elf-like face, he was a little dazed.

“Did you save me?”

Ivy looked at the IV drip on the back of her hand and roughly guessed what had happened.

“Of course. That road is deserted at night. Who knows what would have happened to you by tomorrow.”

Gu Chen nodded in confirmation.

If a kind person had found her, it would have been fine.

But if someone with ill intentions had encountered her, the consequences would be unthinkable.

The woman’s expression flickered with emotion.

She propped herself up and hugged him directly.

“Thank you. Thank you so much.”

Ivy felt like she had survived a disaster and kept thanking him.

“You’re welcome. It’s nothing. As long as you don’t try to scam me.”

Gu Chen felt embarrassed by her enthusiasm and struggled a little.

“Scam you… what does that mean?”

“Nothing. You haven’t answered me yet. Why did you faint by the roadside? The doctor said it was from hunger. Did you go camping in the wilderness?”

It seemed she didn’t mean that.

Gu Chen believed her for now.

But he was still puzzled by her situation.

Even wilderness survival wouldn’t be in that place. He really couldn’t figure it out.

“No, I haven’t eaten in two days.”

Ivy said pitifully.

“Two days? Why didn’t you eat?”

Gu Chen realized it was true.

‘Is this foreigner’s brain broken?’

“I have no money. My account was frozen by my father. Now I can’t even afford food.”

Ivy finally explained the reason.

“But… last time you got the five thousand shooting fee, right?”

That amount was no small sum.

Even if he didn’t understand the rest, that money alone would be enough for her to live on for a long time.

“I gave that money to a homeless man. He said he hadn’t eaten in a long time and wanted to buy some mantou.”

Ivy thought for a moment and blurted out.

“What the hell, that’s a professional scammer!”

Gu Chen was almost furious.

Only a foreigner would fall for that trick.

Five thousand for two mantou?

Was he buying from a Jew?

Then Ivy briefly recounted what happened after the shoot that day.

Soon after giving away the money, she discovered her account was frozen.

Her father said that if she didn’t return, the account would remain frozen, leaving her penniless.

Unless she contacted those Black and White Twin Fiends to bring her back.

But she came here for something very important and couldn’t agree.

These past few days, she could only wander around Chengnan City.

She went to many places but couldn’t find a relief station that distributes food to the homeless.

She kept looking until she reached the suburbs, starving until her vision blurred, and finally met Gu Chen.

“Wait… where did you come from?”

“America.”

“Then no wonder…”

Gu Chen held his forehead and said wryly, “Sis, we don’t have a ‘kill line’ here. You definitely won’t find that kind of place. But you could just go to any shop and explain your situation. They’ll usually give you food. If not, you could go to Uncle Hat for help. They’ll assist you. How did you end up nearly starving to death?!”

“If I go to the police, I’ll probably be deported. I haven’t finished what I came here for. I can’t leave.”

Ivy shook her head repeatedly.

“But like this, you can’t live either. Even if you don’t starve, what about a place to stay?”

He didn’t know what this blonde beauty’s real goal was, insisting on staying here.

And from the looks of it, she was probably from a wealthy class in America, never suffered, and had no social experience.

To be honest, he was a bit worried about her.

Otherwise, she wouldn’t have forced the situation there onto here.

“You’re Gu Chen, right? Um, can you take me in for a while?”

Ivy thought for a moment, looked at him with expectant eyes, and was a little nervous.

“Stay at my place?”

Gu Chen was honestly unwilling to face such a sudden request.

There were only two men in the house, him and his dad.

What would it look like to suddenly have a beautiful woman move in?

Most importantly, he didn’t know this woman at all.

Who knows if she had any issues.

One must be wary of others—that’s an old saying from the ancestors.

“I’m not a bad person!”

“You can look me up online. St. West Private Academy, Ivy Chanel. The information there introduces me.”

Ivy quickly assured him.

“Alright.”

Gu Chen was still half-convinced.

He simply searched for the academy she mentioned on his phone, and it was indeed a top fifty global institution.

He actually found a report about Ivy there.

After translation, it roughly said she was an all-around athlete in school and had won many awards.

Especially in high jump, basketball, and throwing events.

There were also photos.

“Damn, it’s really you.”

The name and appearance matched.

It seemed she really was a student from a top foreign university.

“Yes, please. You’re a good person. When this is over, I’ll repay you.”

Ivy nodded and begged again.

Although she was probably fine—since she could afford that kind of school, her family must be upper class—

But even if he agreed, how would he explain to his dad?

“Well…”

He told her to wait a moment; he needed to discuss it with someone.

If his dad didn’t agree, then there was no way.

“Sorry, the number you dialed is busy…”

“Strange, who’s Dad talking to?”

The call was busy again, so he had to give up.

“Finish this bottle first. No rush.”

Gu Chen looked at the glucose bottle that was already more than half empty.

He had already paid for it, so he might as well use it up.

Since he now had a basic understanding, he continued asking, “So why did you sneak over here? What’s your real purpose?”

“This…”

Ivy’s face showed some difficulty, and she was reluctant to say.