CHAPTER 269: CHAPTER 269: I LOVE YOU (43)

She couldn’t stop trembling, her voice was faint, "It would have been better to go back to the hotel earlier. I’ve never seen anyone court death like your mother. She said I was the bane of your family, even suggesting that we divorce..."

"Don’t listen to her nonsense, we won’t divorce." He tensed his face and gritted his teeth, "Just hold on a bit longer, the rope will be here soon."

"I’m so tired..." She looked up at him, who was within arm’s reach, but the rain made the palm of her hand extremely slippery, and her grip on the railing was weakening.

It took the bodyguard a minute to bring the rope, a minute that felt excruciatingly long for Gu Lili and Dragon Mother, but they persisted for the sake of survival.

The Dragon Mother’s desire to live was very strong - at first, she was holding Gu Lili’s wrist.

Gradually, she clung to Gu Lili’s body, climbing up bit by bit until she successfully got both hands on the railing.

The hand that Gu Lili used to support Dragon Mother wasn’t exerting force at that moment, but it was entirely devoid of strength and couldn’t muster any power.

Because the situation was sudden, the rope was of limited length, it was not possible to pull both people up at the same time, for fear the rope might snap; therefore, only one could be pulled up first.

At this time, the choice of who to save first became a dilemma.

"Husband, save me first, I don’t have any strength left!"

"Son, save me first, your mom is about to fall, I’m feeling very dizzy, I’m not going to make it!"

Gu Lili really couldn’t hold on any longer and started crying, "Husband, I really can’t hold on anymore."

"Shut up!" Dragon Mother scolded her, "I’m the one who can’t hold on, I must be saved first, stop wasting time, hurry!"

Gu Lili’s face, drenched with rainwater, looked up at him, "I love you, save me..."

Long Yubei’s eyes were bloodshot as they met hers. Just as he was about to say something, Dragon Mother let out a scream, for she had let go with one hand.

"Save Madam first!"

Almost at command, the bodyguards quickly started to rescue Dragon Mother.

A young heart, originally vibrant - everyone thought it would slowly stop beating as it aged.

In reality, it wasn’t like that. It stopped in that instant.

Gu Lili looked up at the face that was so close above, the face of her husband, her man, the person she once wanted to be with for a lifetime.

But at the crucial moment, he didn’t choose her.

Even though that person was his mother, so what?

She wanted to live too.

Gu Lili had imagined, if she had been saved, what the situation would have turned into.

There wouldn’t have been much change, at most Dragon Mother would have been scolded, or Old Madam Long might have sought justice for her and punished Dragon Mother with a family punishment.

But such speculations were no more.

Just as Dragon Mother was pulled up, Gu Lili had used up all her strength, her hand slipped from his, and her body fell like a leaf, plummeting down into the endless abyss.

"Lili!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Long Yubei stretched out his hand, half-leaning over, his chest felt torn as he shouted out her name.

Gu Lili saw his face grow distant from close, and within a matter of seconds, she couldn’t see him anymore. The strong wind poured into her ears, and she closed her eyes.

When death was imminent, Gu Lili realized that none of it mattered—husband, family, money, career.

What mattered was that she was leaving with regret.

She was going to die an unhappy death.

But nothing could reverse the situation now.