Bai Rong widened her eyes and stared at Gu Mingchen. Her mind went blank for a second but she calmed down quickly.
“If you want us to date officially because you don’t want me to feel aggrieved, you don’t have to do that. Because dating you will only make me feel more aggrieved.” She retorted and blew his top.
“What do you mean by you will only ‘feel more aggrieved’?” The man frowned and continued saying, “Do you think I am not good enough to be your boyfriend?”
Bai Rong did not look at him as she zipped up her luggage and put it in an upright position. Then, she looked at Gu Mingchen with a serious expression and said, “Two people get into a relationship because they like each other. Do you think that applies to us?”
The man pursed his lips and looked at her with his deep-set eyes. He was already blue in the face, and the aura that he projected changed along with his mood.
As Bai Rong walked towards the door holding her luggage, Gu Mingchen grabbed her arm. He took a glance at her and said, “I think we do like each other.”
The woman’s heart skipped a beat and looked at him, sizing him up. “I don’t want to just date. If we get together, I want to get married straight away. A soldier cannot get divorced. Do you dare to agree?”
Gu Mingchen was stunned for a moment.
Bai Rong smiled faintly and her eyes were sarcastic. She turned around and looked at the man in his eyes. “I don’t have any more youth to waste. Being in a relationship with Chief is too risky, I don’t have the confidence that our relationship will last. If we get married, I’ll stay by your side for the rest of our lives. You don’t have to give me an answer immediately. Let me know your decision after one month. Think carefully, regret is a bitter pill to swallow.”
She pushed his hand away and walked out of the door. A layer of mist formed on her eyes that reflected the sun’s bright rays.
The woman was too exhausted to play any mind games in a relationship. A tragic ending would be too much for her to bear.
If Song Xiyu and Gu Tianhang found out that she was dating their son, she would probably die a horrible death.
Bai Rong only had two options. Either she severed all ties with Gu Mingchen and started completely anew, or she became his wife. If the die was cast and she bore the title of the chief’s wife, there was nothing his parents could do to hurt her.
As she loved the man deeply in her heart, she chose to give herself one last chance. Regardless of his reasons, as long as he agreed to getting married, she would love him for the rest of her life.
But the woman still felt very aggrieved and afraid.
Bai Rong was scared that she would be hurt ruthlessly to the extent that she would not have any courage left to continue living. She was also worried that their relationship would be destructive to the both of them.
The past memories were like a blade that was slicing her heart. When the words ‘Hailan, I miss you so much’ came out of Gu Mingchen’s mouth, it was so unbearable that Bai Rong wished she could be dead instead.
If the situation remained the same after marriage…
Could she really stay in a marriage where the man she loved was loving another?
The woman was feeling so conflicted. She did not know what she wanted and felt like she was trying to penetrate into a bull’s horn. Her mind was in a mess.
Suddenly, with whatever little rationality that remained of her, Bai Rong realized that something was amiss.
She immediately rummaged through her bag and took out a white plastic bottle. After taking a glance at the label on the bottle, she poured out a tiny black pill with shaky hands and swallowed it. The woman dragged her luggage into a corridor and leaned against the wall. She clenched her fists tightly until she could breathe properly again.
Bai Rong shut her eyes for one minute. When she opened her eyes again, they were blurry at first but the focus gradually returned.
There was only so much a human’s heart could bear. After a certain threshold was crossed, the body would generate harmful substances that would erode one’s nervous systems and cells.
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