Gu Mingchen narrowed his eyes as he saw that her eyes were filled with a clear, contemptuous, and self-deprecating hatred.
“Do you hate me?” Gu Mingchen deduced.
Bai Rong didn’t deny it.
“Perhaps my hatred was out of love. Whatever I can’t get keeps stirring my feelings up. The song Red Rose is quite a nice one.” Bai Rong said as she brushed his hand off and walked outside.
Gu Mingchen frowned in confusion as he watched her go, wondering why she was suddenly acting that way as she was fine on the train yesterday.
He felt uncomfortable at her cold, harsh and distant attitude, but there was something that he had to take care of.
Gu Mingchen called Su Wanning, who was surprised to see him call her as he never did. “Mingchen?”
“Su Wanning, it is unlikely that I will marry you, so carrying the identity of being my fiancée would only restrict your freedom.” Gu Mingchen said directly.
Su Wanning got nervous, “What do you mean by that?”
“Just because I’ve turned a blind eye to the things that you’ve done doesn’t mean I don’t see them. If word got out that you’ve kept boy toys and even messed around with gigolos, it would be bad for the Su Family, especially since your father is the Deputy Commander as well as a candidate for the commander-in-chief.” Gu Mingchen reminded her.
Su Wanning clenched her fists tightly, “You’re threatening me?”
“I’m informing you that we’ve been engaged for three years and we would’ve gotten married if we were able to love each other. It would be best if you could propose to cancel the engagement. That’s all, I’ve got to go now.” Gu Mingchen was about to hang up.
“Gu Mingchen, do you know what you’ve done wrong?” Su Wanning said sternly.
“I will take responsibility for my actions.” Gu Mingchen said decisively.
“You’re always acting so self-righteous and headstrong. Do you think Zhou Hailan is the one you love? She isn’t! You love another woman!” Su Wanning shouted irrationally.
Gu Mingchen went silent and just continued to listen.
“You must be wondering who you love, right? Whenever I see you missing Zhou Hailan, I feel relieved knowing that there is another woman out there who was hurt worse than me. She had even nearly died for you! Seeing how stupid you look makes me feel so good!” Su Wanning said viciously.
Gu Mingchen frowned, “What exactly are you talking about? Be specific.”
“I won’t tell you. I’ll just have you continue to miss Zhou Hailan and hurt the woman you love the most. Do you know how miserable that woman must’ve been to kill herself for you? I think she will never forgive you, and neither will I.” Su Wanning hung up.
Gu Mingchen recalled the scars on Bai Rong’s wrist and quickly ran towards her room.
Bai Rong was packing her luggage when she heard knocking on the door. She opened the door after seeing that it was Gu Mingchen through the peephole.
He grabbed her hand and his eyes narrowed as he looked at the scars on her wrist.
He was now certain that she was the woman that Su Wanning said he loved.
A look of regret flashed by in Gu Mingchen’s eyes, “I’m sorry I forgot about you.”
Bai Rong was angry as she didn’t like being handled forcefully like that and had wanted to brush his hand off when he grabbed her, but froze in place when she heard his apology.
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