CHAPTER 874: CHAPTER 874: FAIR LOVE

"..." Bai Liyan felt a twitch in his forehead, "Have you gotten so poor that you can’t even afford food?"

"Whenever I think of you, I lose my appetite." Gu You dared not look into Bai Liyan’s eyes, only shifting her gaze to the side.

Listening to her words, Bai Liyan deliberately twisted their meaning, "Do I make you that sick?"

Gu You had no choice but to glance at him again, "That’s not what I mean. It’s just... you keep ignoring me, so I wonder when you’ll ever forgive me."

Gu You earnestly said to Bai Liyan, "To you, maybe everything I’ve done is deceit, but to me, everything I’ve done is because I love you. Bai Liyan, I’ve already fallen for you!"

"..." This wasn’t the first time she confessed to Bai Liyan, but it was the first time he sensed sincerity from her.

When she said these words, it was different from every time before.

Before, she said such things just to attract his attention, to get closer, to have a more intimate relationship with him.

After all, her task was to get close to him.

Bai Liyan changed the subject, "I’ll go prepare some food for you, what would you like?"

"Anything is fine." She was never picky about food.

Bai Liyan left the room to buy some food, and soon he came back with dinner from a restaurant near the hospital.

As a doctor, he was well aware of what foods she should avoid at the moment.

Gu You took the bowl Bai Liyan handed her and had a few bites, "Where did you buy this? It tastes really good."

"Just at the crossroad. You’re only finding it delicious because you’re sick now; once you get better, you probably won’t think so.

Feeling guilty, Gu You said, "I’m sorry for making you worry about me still."

Bai Liyan looked at Gu You, feeling like he wasn’t that angry anymore, and wanted to take this opportunity to ask some questions, "Why did you agree with my mom to get close to me?"

Maybe it was something about Gu You’s words tonight that gave him a different perspective, so he decided to give her a chance to explain.

While eating, Gu You said, "You’re the young master of the Bai family, everyone wants to marry you! Why ask why?"

"So, does that include you?"

Of course, Gu You was not that kind of person. But now, does it even matter to say this?

If Bai Liyan liked her, he wouldn’t refuse to listen and just want to leave her.

So, even if she explained, would it make any difference?

She looked at Bai Liyan, "It was my family that hoped I would be with you. At the time, Auntie chose me, and I didn’t know why! Later, they told me to get close to you—the family always has ways to force me into submission, what choice do you think I had? And Auntie didn’t even demand that I must marry you, just to see if we could be together. She said if I didn’t want to be with you, she wouldn’t force me."

Back then, Gu You didn’t expect that Auntie would be more considerate than her own family. Seeing how much Auntie worried about Bai Liyan, she also wanted to do something for Auntie, so she agreed.

After all, for her, there was no loss either!

Only later, during her interactions with Bai Liyan, she developed feelings for him.

After all, Bai Liyan was such an outstanding man.

Though he was inherently cold, and sometimes his temper wasn’t great, most of the time he accommodated her.

Bai Liyan met all her imaginations of a partner.

Gu You said, "Auntie really cares about you; she never thought of forcing you to marry a certain girl. When choosing someone, she also picked according to the type you’d like. She said that although you would agree if she asked you to get married, it might not be happiness for you. She hopes you can forget Sister Yunhuan, find someone you love, and get married. She never intended to push you into a random relationship. Auntie is truly the best mother in this world."

Of course, Bai Liyan knew his mother was great.

Gu You said, "Auntie fears you are always fixated on Yunhuan. She just wants you to know there’s no one in this world you can’t let go of. So, she hopes someone can take Sister Yunhuan’s place in your heart."

"..." In the past, if his mother had told Bai Liyan this, he wouldn’t have believed it. He wouldn’t believe he could let go of Ji Yunhuan for someone else because he’d tried many times and failed.

But now, with Gu You, he instead felt that liking Ji Yunhuan was something from a past life.

The person he thought he couldn’t forget, he finally managed to forget.

And now, his heart wasn’t solely occupied by Ji Yunhuan anymore; Gu You had made her place in it.

For instance, in these recent days, even though he was angry with Gu You, even though he didn’t want to interact with her, it didn’t mean he didn’t care about her or that he didn’t reminisce about the days spent with Gu You.

In his relationship with Ji Yunhuan, it was always his humble efforts, no matter what he did, he never got a response. But with Gu You, he felt they were equals.

He gave, and she would reciprocate. She would even go as far as to stand waiting in the rain to explain to him.

These are what Ji Yunhuan couldn’t give him.

Bai Liyan looked at Gu You, "Don’t do such silly things anymore, can’t find a place to take cover when it rains?"

"I just wanted to show you my sincerity." At this, Gu You smiled, "If it weren’t for that, you wouldn’t be sitting here talking to me now. I actually think it’s quite worth it."

Bai Liyan quietly looked at her, feeling somewhat moved.

He thought, maybe the person he waited for all these years wasn’t Ji Yunhuan, but rather Gu You.

After finishing her meal, Gu You handed it to Bai Liyan and said, "I’ll pay you back for the hospital expenses once I get back."

She clearly separated everything.

Bai Liyan frowned slightly, not because he felt pleased with her offering to pay him back, "Gu You, do you want me to lecture you here?"

Gu You said, "I don’t want to owe you anything."

Bai Liyan really wanted to hit her.

In the past, she wouldn’t draw such clear lines with him like she does now. After they had been intimate, her making such distinctions made him uncomfortable, "No need, you don’t need to pay it back."

"Aren’t you planning to ignore me in the future? If so, I don’t want to owe you a favor." If she accepted his financial aid, it would tarnish this relationship.

"..." Her words left Bai Liyan unable to say, "We can continue"!

Previously, upon knowing about his identity, he resented her greatly. But seeing her faint in the rain and recently listening to her explanation, he found that he no longer wanted to hate her.