"Chi Yu."
"Mm."
"I want to say sothing to you, listen carefully." Gu Yuan turned his face to make him look at her.
Chi Yu looked at her seriously, "Go ahead."
Gu Yuan said, "Chi Yu, I love you."
Chi Yu’s gaze wavered greatly.
But he remained silent.
He forced himself to hold back, not to respond, not to respond.
After speaking, Gu Yuan threw herself into Chi Yu’s arms. She hugged him tightly and said, "From the mont I fell for you, I never thought of it as a re ga. I truly planned to spend my life with you. Though I always weigh pros and cons, at that ti, I never considered what if you fell in love with soone else. I just thought, I will be good to you, I will love you, I will have children with you, I want to have a ho with you."
"Chi Yu, for all the things you made unwilling to accept, I’ve let go."
"But you can’t say I didn’t give anything, you can’t trample on my feelings, understand?"
"In those two years... you taught how a woman should carry herself. When I wasn’t happy, I’d think of you, and when I had sothing joyous, I wanted to share it with you. I even told you all my secrets, leaving no secrets hidden from you. I, so honestly open to you."
Gu Yuan spoke for a long ti.
As she spoke, Chi Yu quietly listened, but deep within the chest hidden behind layers of flesh, his heart felt as if it were placed on a gallows, enduring the cruelest punishnt in the world.
Gu Yuan straightened from his embrace, still smiling a little, and asked, "What about you? How much did you hide from ?"
Chi Yu asked expressionlessly, "What do you want to know?"
Gu Yuan slowly stepped away from Chi Yu, her last trace of a smile vanished completely. She elegantly smoothed her dress, then went to put on slippers, walked past Chi Yu, and returned to her original seat.
As if the passionate, proactive person just a mont ago was only her shell, detached from her soul.
After sitting down, Gu Yuan took a sip of water beside her, looking at the large screen, and asked the question—
"Are you Quan Jin?"
"Yes."
Such a simple question.
This ti, he didn’t evade or muddle through but directly and honestly answered her question.
Chi Yu admitted in front of her that he was Quan Jin.
At this mont, Gu Yuan couldn’t describe her feelings with words, suddenly feeling all she did just now seed redundant.
"I’m sorry." Chi Yu said hoarsely to her, "Yuanyuan, I’m sorry, I’ve been hiding from you all along. I’m from the Quan Family in Yanjing, I am Quan Jin, my real na is Quan Jin."
"Heh..." Gu Yuan chuckled lightly, calmly asking him, "With just an apology, why do you think I would forgive you?"
"I’m not begging for your forgiveness. Soone like doesn’t deserve to be forgiven..." he said.
"That night at Xiangxilu, you hired soone to impersonate you because due to my ignorance of your identity, you could easily toy with , right?"
Gu Yuan thought he would argue, at least saying sothing like:
—’It’s not like that, I have reasons, listen to my explanation’ to defend himself.
He didn’t.
He frankly admitted, "Yes."
Gu Yuan’s face went stiff, eyes gradually misting, "Going to the police station to discipline Wen Bo, wiping everything clean without making a big deal, was also because of your status as Young Master Quan, right?"
He said, "Yes."
"Chatting with under the guise of Quan Jin, using a voice changer on phone calls was also to play tricks on , right?"
"Yes."
"Going to Yanjing for treatnt was just an excuse, returning to the Quan Family in Yanjing was the real reason, right?"
"Yes."
Gu Yuan couldn’t sit still any longer. She stood up, looking down at Chi Yu. She had so much to say, clogged in her throat and unable to utter a word, a feeling as if it would claim Gu Yuan’s life.
She repeatedly and laboriously cald her emotions.
Telling herself to stay calm.
But the mont Chi Yu stood up, she couldn’t control herself and slapped him.
This slap landed on Chi Yu’s cheek.
And also struck Gu Yuan’s heart.
She asked, "Does it hurt?"
Chi Yu said, "It hurts."
Gu Yuan could no longer maintain her calmness, she nearly scread, "You hurt, I hurt too. I was honest with you, but you, you hid everything from , Chi Yu, you never treated seriously, never once..."
He hurt.
She hurt too.
Chi Yu watched helplessly as Gu Yuan lost control. All along, she could always manage her emotions well, never easily allowing others to manipulate her feelings, being terrifyingly rational.
But after learning his true identity, she lost control.
It was more of an anger, an unresolved anger.
After screaming, Gu Yuan felt like almost all her strength was drained.
Suddenly, she beca very tired.
Tonight was supposed to be her last eting with him. From now on, whether his future was bright or he was destitute... had nothing to do with her.
Gu Yuan said to him, "A few months ago, I left decisively, without formally informing you, and let you misunderstand my feelings. I’m very sorry. Now, Chi Yu, listen carefully, from now on, Gu Yuan and Chi Yu have nothing to do with each other. I’ll walk my path and you will cross your bridge. Our boundaries are now clearly defined, do you understand? Do I need to issue a formal docunt for you?"
Chi Yu had no objections.
He cooperated with her, "Alright, the boundaries are clear."
Gu Yuan stated emphatically, "Chi Yu, I hope you never appear before again. From today onwards, if you cross the line again, I will use all my ans to drive you out of Sui City. I an what I say, no matter how long has passed, do you understand?"
Chi Yu said, "I understand."
In the previous mont, they were still deeply intertwined, and in the next mont, the boundaries could be decisively drawn.
Before asking Chi Yu to co tonight, Gu Yuan held a sliver of desperate hope. This one tiny hope was her self-deception; she thought there was no way Chi Yu could be Quan Jin, they were two completely different kinds of people.
She had even naively thought that Chi Yu and Quan Jin might be good friends, that this ti Chi Yu had asked Quan Jin for help, and Quan Jin had generously lent a hand.
Look at that, even the ever-rational Gu Yuan had such naive thoughts.
She felt like she lost her reason; she was being foolish.
Chi Yu bid farewell to Gu Yuan, "Gu Yuan, I will never co back again, nor will I disturb your life, you can be at ease."
Listen, even the way he addressed her had changed.
Gu Yuan turned her back to him, not turning around.
"Yuanyuan..."
"You have to live well."
"I won’t bother you anymore. If you can keep that hatred forever, it would be the best. Never easily forgive ..."
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