"I'll keep my promise, and you mustn't forget it, got it?"It was as if that childlike voice was surrounding her ears again.However, she forgot about it and did not recognize him afterward.With a thump, Ling Yiran knelt in front of Yi Jinli. Her kneeling immediately surprised the two men present."You..." Yi Jinli's eyes were full of disbelief. "What are you doing? Are you kneeling for Gu Lichen? I won't stop even if you get down on your knees!""This has nothing to do with Gu Lichen!" Ling Yiran took a deep breath and said calmly. The moment she knelt, her panic and hesitation suddenly faded away. "The thing between you and me has nothing to do with others. Even if you said you still love me, I simply can't afford your love. So Yi Jinli... let me go.""Let you... go?" Yi Jinli's body suffered an imperceptible tremor, and his face instantly turned incredibly pale.Even now, he would rather she beg him to let Gu Lichen go than her!"Do you know what you're talking about?" he m
However... it turned out their relationship was just a ‘mistake’ to her.The woman he loved most was begging him to let her go. Was there anything more ironic?"Okay, I'll let you go." He heard his voice saying. "We have nothing more to do with each other after this!"Neither a lover nor a sister, no relationship of any kind existed between them from now onward.Just like how two horizon lines were only horizon lines....Gu Lichen took Ling Yiran back to her rental house. She had not been back for a week, and nothing had changed except for some dust in some places.Gu Lichen said, "You... didn’t have to kneel before Jinli. I could’ve thought of something else even if you didn’t kneel." Ling Yiran gave a wry smile. 'I’ll just think of it as payback for him kneeling before me previously.'Yesterday, Yi Jinli knelt in front of her, begging her to love him! Today, she knelt in front of Yi Jinli, begging him to let her go!"Gu Lichen, thank you, but…" She paused and looked at hi
Ling Yiran gave a wry smile after Gu Lichen left. Her phone was still with Yi Jinli.Yi Jinli had taken her phone when she was locked up in the mansion, and she never saw it again.It seemed that she would have to report that she lost her phone card and get a replacement as well as a new phone.It did not cost much to get a replacement card, but a new phone... She heard a knock at the door as she was thinking about it.'Did Gu Lichen come back?' Ling Yiran stood up and opened the door to her rental house.However, to her surprise, it was Gao Congming at the door."Hello, Miss Ling. Here's your phone. Young Master Yi asked me to return it to you," said Gao Congming as he handed Ling Yiran her phone.Ling Yiran took the phone, and Gao Congming left without saying anything more.Ling Yiran turned on her phone once she was back in the house. It still had some battery left. She saw a lot of missed calls that were mostly from Qin Lianyi and some from the firm.Ling Yiran called Qin
However, sometimes, everything could change in an instant—just like when they broke up.Only that time, it was he who wanted to break up. This time, it was she who wanted to leave."Yi Jinli, I really should get over you this time," murmured Ling Yiran....Qin Lianyi planned to head over to Ling Yiran's rental house to see her as soon as she got off work the next day.Although they had talked on the phone yesterday and Yiran said she was alright, Qin Lianyi was still a little worried.However, a figure stopped in front of her when she came to the parking lot to get her car."You must be Qin Lianyi," they said.It was a woman wearing a new outfit from multiple luxury brands' fall collections. She wore elaborate makeup and was looking haughtily at Qin Lianyi.Qin Lianyi was stunned. "Who are you?""I'm Gao Jingrong, the one Bai Tingxin is going to marry. I heard you've been with Tingxin for a while, so I wanted to meet you. What do you think? Why don't we go somewhere and talk
Qin Lianyi blinked her eyes. She took out her phone and started searching for Four Seas Property.Seeing this, Gao Jingrong almost had an impulse to faint.'Is this woman telling me through her actions that she hasn't heard of Four Seas Property?'Gao Jingrong felt like she had been slapped in the face. She thought Qin Lianyi would be shocked to hear her mention Four Seas Property, but instead... she was looking it up on the search engine.After reading the online introduction of Four Seas Property, Qin Lianyi smiled. "Okay, I know your background, but you said that you're the marriage partner decided by the Bai family and you and Tingxin will get engaged. That means you're not engaged yet, are you? You're the marriage partner decided by the first wife of the Bai family, but Bai Tingxin probably hasn't decided yet. Therefore, you have nothing to do with him, do you?"Qin Lianyi did not believe Bai Tingxin would marry this woman at all. Somehow, she trusted Bai Tingxin.'Perhaps t
She was indeed going to do what Qin Lianyi said. She was not even going to give her the five million. She only intended to make Bai Tingxin get rid of the woman in front of her.However, she did not expect her to be so meticulous and even correctly guessed her intention.Just then, Qin Lianyi's phone rang. She took out her phone and saw an incoming call from Bai Tingxin, so she pressed the answer button."Where are you?" Bai Tingxin's gentle voice came from the phone."I'm negotiating with the daughter of the boss of Four Seas Property, whom the Bai family has chosen to marry you," said Qin Lianyi."Negotiating?" Bai Tingxin was stunned and got nervous immediately. "That woman came to see you? Did she do anything to you?""She's trying to gain something for nothing. She said she's going to pay me to leave you, but she never planned to give me a dime," said Qin Lianyi.Gao Jingrong's delicately painted face was distorted when she heard that. 'Qin Lianyi doesn't play by the rules.
"Yi Jinli just locked you up there? He didn't… Uh… Do anything bad to you?" Qin Lianyi asked gingerly."No," said Ling Yiran.Qin Lianyi was relieved. "Then he's still a gentleman after all."Qin Lianyi seemed to think of something and said, "By the way, what did you mean when you said you have nothing to do with Yi Jinli anymore? You—""Like I said, he's he and I'm me. Even the brother and sister game is over now. He and I are really just strangers," Ling Yiran said calmly.However, Qin Lianyi was worried about her calmness.She did not like Yi Jinli. She just thought that Yi Jinli had hurt Yiran too much, but... Once she knew that Yi Jinli and Yiran had really become strangers, she had a sour feeling in her heart.Qin Lianyi more or less thought that maybe Yi Jinli and her best friend still had a chance."Yi Jinli's not the only man in this world. You'll find someone better." Qin Lianyi encouraged her best friend.Ling Yiran smiled faintly and did not contradict her best fri
However, Yiran planned to continue hiding the truth from Gu Lichen, so she could not even tell the truth if she wanted to!Ling Yiran smiled faintly. Just then, Qin Lianyi's WeChat notifications rang. It was a WeChat message from Bai Tingxin. Qin Lianyi took a look, and it was Bai Tingxin asking when she was going over to his place.Ling Yiran accidentally caught a glimpse and said, "Alright, Bai Tingxin is waiting for you. Go to his place first. Let's get together again sometime.""Alright then. Remember to call me if you need anything. Don't suffer on your own," Qin Lianyi said a little worriedly."Okay, got it!" Ling Yiran smiled. Only when she was with Lianyi could she relax and show her true self.She knew that Lianyi would stand by her no matter what.When Qin Lianyi left Ling Yiran's place, her heart suddenly became a little heavy. She did not know whether this was good for Yiran.She broke up with Yi Jinli only to be faced with Gu Lichen now.However, Yiran did not love
He clenched his jaw and felt his teeth ache. 'Yeah, she’s broken up with me. She has every right to find a new boyfriend, but... the thought of her smiling at another man, and kissing and hugging him makes me uncomfortable.’ Gu Lichen could not help feeling irritated."You can't find one! Do you think you can find another man like me to love when you love me so much?" he said.Zhong Keke retorted with a slightly red face, "You... You're too confident. Who are you to say I can't find one? I love you now, but I can slowly get over you. Besides, I don't need to find a man like you in the future. I just need to find an ordinary man with a good personality who treats me well! I’ll give him all my heart, and he’ll do the same!"It was more like she was telling herself that.'Yes, I can move on from him. I can do it!'However, her words seemed to have provoked him as he turned the steering wheel sharply, slammed on the brakes, and pulled over at the roadside.She was thrown forward and
The fact Zhong Keke accepted was that she feared she would love him more and more!When Yi Jinli and Gu Lichen returned to the ward, Ling Yiran was still chatting with Zhong Keke about the children, not only the new baby but also the triplets."Alright, Lichen and I are going home first. Yiran, have a good rest. I'll visit you and the baby again next time," Zhong Keke said and got up after seeing the exhaustion on Ling Yiran's face.Ling Yiran replied, "Okay. I'll let you meet my triplets next time.""Sure."After Zhong Keke and Gu Lichen left, Yi Jinli lay on Ling Yiran's bed and said, "If you're sleepy, sleep first. The doctor said you need more rest."Ling Yiran said, "I'm a little sleepy, but I had a nice chat with Keke today. Jin, you know what? I think it's great that Lichen has fallen in love with Keke. Keke's a wonderful woman, and Lichen has finally found his happily ever after."She said as she slowly closed her eyes and fell asleep.Looking at his wife's sleeping fac
"Thank you! It's a good painting, and I like it very much. I didn't expect you to draw my daughter like that.""I saw the baby when I came to the hospital that day, so I remembered," said Zhong Keke."I heard from Jin that you and Lichen both came to the hospital that day. I didn't scare you, did I?" said Ling Yiran.Zhong Keke smiled softly, "All that matters is that you're safe. Being alive is better than anything."The two women chatted while the two men looked at each other. Then, Yi Jinli said, "Lichen, let's go get some air."The two men got up and walked out of the ward.Zhong Keke looked uneasily at the ward door.Ling Yiran said, "They’ll be back soon. Don't worry. My Jin won't kidnap Lichen."Zhong Keke smiled, knowing that Yi Jinli probably had not told Ling Yiran about what happened that day."By the way, how are you and Lichen's relationship? Does he treat you well?" Ling Yiran asked."He treats me well." It was true. He treated her well. He would give her everyt
He and Song Qingyao were not even friends."You don't have to explain this to me," said Zhong Keke. They had broken up, and she did not need these explanations.Besides, she knew better than anyone that he had always been in love with Yiran.Thinking of Yiran, Zhong Keke said, "I want to go to the hospital to see Yiran. Can I?" The last time she visited Yiran, Yiran was still unconscious, so she wanted to check on her.Hesitation flashed across Gu Lichen's face."Don't worry. I won't say anything to trigger Yiran. I’ll still pretend to be your girlfriend in front of Yiran. If Yiran asks you, you can say we're doing quite well. When Yiran has recovered, I can make an excuse to say we've broken up. Of course, I can take all the blame. For example, I thought being with you attracted too much attention, or I couldn’t get used to being with you, or I had fallen for someone else—"Before she could finish speaking, she was suddenly pulled into a wide embrace.His hands held her tightly
Zhou Xinmian: [I said you were living with Gu Lichen now. Then they said nothing and left readily.]"..."Zhou Xinmian: [Did you block their phone numbers? They said you're not answering your phone.]Zhong Keke: [Yeah.]She should have blocked her uncle's family's phone numbers long ago. Even blocking them now was considered late!Zhou Xinmian: [Well done! But didn’t they try calling you using another phone number?]Zhong Keke: [They did. But as soon as they spoke and I heard their voices, I hung up and blocked their phone numbers.]In other words, she did not give them a chance to talk.She did not want to listen to what they had to say anyway. They had worn out the last of her affection.Zhou Xinmian: [Have you made up your mind this time?]Zhong Keke: [I’ll just consider that my grandparents only gave birth to my father!]In other words, she no longer considered her uncle and his family her family!Zhou Xinmian: [You should have done that long ago! They told me Gu Lichen
It was why he had said such things at the time to keep the woman from leaving!"Maybe I've liked you since then." It probably started earlier than he thought.Zhong Keke's eyes watered as tears were about to pour out. She raised her hands and covered her eyes, "Gu Lichen, stop telling me such things!"Such things would only make her waver when her resolution was hard-won. Did he know how much determination and perseverance it took her to ask for a break-up and keep her distance from him to stop loving him when she loved him so much?Though her hands shielded her eyes, they could not stop the tears.His fingers pulled her hands away. "Alright, I'll stop. I'll stop talking. Don't cry."Her tears had always left him flustered.He hugged her and coaxed her. The indifference in his phoenix eyes had become affection.Zhong Keke finally stopped crying, but she still sniffled occasionally.Holding a tissue, Gu Lichen carefully wiped the tears from her face. After a moment, he said,
"Do you care about me?" She smiled bitterly. "That word isn’t only something you say but..." She did not continue speaking after a pause.However, he already knew what she was going to say.Gu Lichen turned pale. He knew that the incident at the comic fiesta was something that bothered her.He was the one who caused it!"Also, I think we'd better talk about the possibility of me getting pregnant!" she said."Okay, go ahead," he said as he asked the others in the living room to leave."Will you insist that I have the baby if I get pregnant?" she asked, looking at him."If you’re pregnant, I don't want to lose the baby," he said. He had never longed for children even though his parents had always wanted grandchildren, even if it was out of wedlock.However, such ideas had never occurred to him.Now, he wanted to have the baby because they would be... his baby with Keke!"Even if I don't want the baby, are you still going to stop me from having an abortion?" she asked.He was s
Even though he did not love her, she still thought she was a better candidate than Zhong Keke.However, to her disappointment, the way Gu Lichen looked at her was still icy."I'm not interested in you. The Song family you're so proud of will no longer exist in Shen City a year later. Perhaps the Song family can keep some things if you start planning now. Otherwise, you'll have nothing left."With that said, Gu Lichen left the ward, leaving Song Qingyao standing where she was in a daze.Other than reluctance, resentment, and jealousy, there was more shock and fear on her face.'Does Lichen intend to eradicate the Song family within a year? Is... Is he going that far for Zhong Keke? He doesn't love Zhong Keke, right? Why is he doing it? Why?' Unfortunately, no one could give her the answer.Gu Lichen walked out of the hospital and got into the car. He slowly closed his eyes as Song Qingyao's last words flashed through his mind.'It doesn't matter... even if I don't love her?'Kek
Song Qingyao's heart sank. Sure enough, he could find out anything he wanted to."Why did you do it?" Gu Lichen said coldly.Song Qingyao suddenly laughed. "You're asking me why? Gu Lichen, I’ve loved you for so many years. What do you think?""I wouldn't love you even if Zhong Keke didn't exist. If I wanted to fall for you, I would have done so from the beginning," said Gu Lichen.Song Qingyao's mouth was full of bitterness. She knew that!However, knowing was one thing. Her being reluctant and unwilling to accept it was a different matter!She shouted, "Why did you choose Zhong Keke? You love Ling Yiran because Ling Yiran saved your life when you were a child. What about Zhong Keke? Why her?"She accepted losing to Ling Yiran because she had never saved Lichen's life.However, how could she accept losing to Zhong Keke? "Because she's the one who saved me from the messy relationship," replied Gu Lichen."What do you mean?" Song Qingyao was puzzled.Instead of explaining, he