CHAPTER 136: CHAPTER 136: STARTING TODAY, I WON’T APPEAR BEFORE YOU SO CASUALLY ANYMORE

Gu Jiayin still remained silent.

Honestly, she was deeply attached to his tenderness at this moment.

That day, the words Sheng Lanzhang said to her at Shuiyunjian, she still remembered them.

He said that marrying into the Sheng Family was the best choice, because both he and Sheng Qianchi would treat her well.

Sister Li’s words from last night also echoed in her ears.

In fact, for the past seven years, she had always longed for a home, a place where she could have absolute freedom.

She truly felt a bit weary from drifting.

Meeting Sheng Qianchi was an accident in her life; she never thought she would find her final belonging with him.

If she were alone, she might give it a try, but she had a mother, and her mother and his mother were as incompatible as fire and water.

So, it was impossible for them.

Seeing the light slowly flowing in her eyes, Sheng Qianchi knew that she resisted, she was conflicted, she craved his kindness, yet she persistently struggled.

He looked at her and said, "Jiayin, I don’t believe you feel nothing for me, and I don’t believe you’re still so determined to like Pei Nianchen. Tell me, what are you worried about?"

She didn’t speak, the things she worried about were too many, yet she couldn’t tell him.

Sheng Qianchi continued, "Is it because of Qin Yishu?"

She remained silent.

He said, "I’ve settled everything with her. That night when she knocked me into the sea, a grudge offset by a favor, I won’t have any interaction with her in the future."

"As for my mother, let bygones be bygones. I won’t trouble you to have any contact with her, okay?"

Gu Jiayin looked up at the man with a sincere expression, feeling touched in her heart. A man like him shouldn’t lower himself so much to beg a woman.

But he, precisely, was so accommodating and indulgent towards her.

She sighed softly, stood up, and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, looking at the stretch of green grass below, very calm, "Sheng Qianchi, thank you for your kindness, but I can’t accept it. If you truly love me, then let me be free."

Sheng Qianchi remained silent for a while, sitting on the sofa, watching the woman’s back, wishing he could see through her entirely.

But she always wore a layer of defensive armor.

After a long time, he gently got up, walked behind her, and embraced her, "That day, when my dad left Shuiyunjian, he told me, if you love, love well; if you don’t, let go."

He looked down at the outline of her profile, articulating clearly, "Jiayin, my decision is to love well."

When he didn’t want to love, he could be willfully indifferent; when he wanted to love, he could love recklessly.

But she couldn’t.

Sometimes, the right to love and be loved by someone was also subject to other influences and controls.

She didn’t have the right to love someone, nor did she have the right to refuse being loved.

She remained silent, he lowered his head, rubbing his cheek against hers, "Tell me, what have you gone through in the past seven years, is it those experiences that make you hesitant?"

Gu Jiayin didn’t speak, just slightly pursing her rosy lips.

"Jiayin, you knew beforehand about my attack in Suri Royal Police, didn’t you?"

Gu Jiayin, "..."

She wasn’t an ostrich; she wouldn’t deceive herself into thinking that after making such a call, he wouldn’t have the slightest suspicion of her.

Her hand hanging by her side clenched slightly.

Sheng Qianchi took in every subtle expression of hers without any emotional fluctuation; he just wanted to see through her, "Jiayin, the person who wants to kill me, is it related to you, right?"

She didn’t speak, so he continued his speculations and judgments, "For what reason? Is it because I confined you or because I went to Suri Royal Police to investigate your past?"

She still didn’t speak, so he reached out, turning her body to face him, "Tell me, why did you suddenly return to Licheng City, what are you planning to do?"

Gu Jiayin lowered her head in silence.

She knew, facing a man as wise as Sheng Qianchi, saying nothing was not the best choice; she struggled to think of a seemingly reasonable answer.

After a minute, she slowly looked up at him, "You did encounter the attack, I did know ahead of time; that’s because while I was working as a Suri Royal Detective, I offended the leader of a dark organization. You carried the title of my man and went to his territory, so he naturally wanted revenge."

"The reason I was able to know ahead of time was because he called me in advance to boast, to provoke me."

She answered his second question methodically, "I returned to Licheng City firstly because I saw the news of Pei Chen getting married to Qin Xueyao, and I was unwilling, and secondly, because I was targeted by a dark organization in Suri Royal Police, I couldn’t continue living there."

Sheng Qianchi looked at her in silence for a while, then took her hand, "Then what are you worried about, why can’t you marry me? What other reason do you have, tell me."

She tilted her head and smiled lightly, "You and I are not people from the same world."

As soon as the words fell, she saw the gloom clouding in his eyes, "And Pei Nianchen is someone from the same world?"

Her answer didn’t include what he had speculated, no powerful figure controlling her will behind her, thus, after thinking over and over, only Pei Nianchen seemed to be the reason left.

His jealousy was stirred again.

Gu Jiayin slightly lowered her head. As he thought towards the direction of Pei Nianchen, she would push towards this side. She didn’t want to draw his attention to Suri Royal Police, "Some feelings are deeply rooted."

There was a three-second silence in the space.

Suddenly, a rage akin to a fierce storm erupted in Sheng Qianchi’s heart, a sinister chill swirling up from the depths of his being. He suddenly clamped her shoulders, even bounding her to the point of pain, "Gu Jiayin, tell me, why can’t I replace him?!"

She didn’t answer, so he grabbed her hand furiously and threw her onto the sofa, leaning over, trapping her between his arms and the sofa, locking his fierce gaze onto her, "You’ve broken off with him, yet still keep a heart for him. What’s so good about him, huh?"

He pinched her chin, "Should I blame myself for not being born next door to you, or for not growing up with you for sixteen years, huh?"

Pressing close to her lips, he interrogated, "Tell me, why couldn’t your man be me?"

Confined in the small space, Gu Jiayin felt it was hard to breathe, his scorching breath and lips brushing against her face heightened the burning sensation.

She couldn’t help but reach out to push him away, "Sheng Qianchi, let’s stick to our deal, if you haven’t conquered me in two months, then let me go."

Sheng Qianchi was left speechless.

He watched her, without blinking.

After a long time, he suddenly contained all his uncontrollable emotions, elegantly standing up straight, returning to his originally cool and handsome demeanor, "Alright, since you said so, I have nothing more to say. Starting today, I won’t appear in front of you casually."

With that, he turned to walk to the door, pulling the handle and striding out.

Soon, the sound of a helicopter roared away into the distance above the building.

Gu Jiayin sat in her original position, not getting up for a long time.

Finally, the room was left in silence and coldness.