You Owe Me, My Love

Song Xiyu was slightly taken aback by Bai Rong’s coldness.

She had assumed that Bai Rong was a gentle young lady but it turned out that she was actually a stern and fierce talker. Her attitude was quite different from Song Xiyu’s expectations.

“I think there’s still something that Mingchen hasn’t told you yet.” Song Xiyu lowered her eyes and took a sip of tea.

“What is it?” Bai Rong had a bad feeling about it.

“Mingchen is rather fond of you, maybe even more than I have expected. He has been giving his all to protect you from harm’s way so that you can be warm and safe. However, this peaceful safety zone, separated from the world of danger, is built and sustained by Mingchen’s sweat and blood. Do you know that, Ms. Bai?” Song Xiyu smiled but her eyes were full of pain.

“I do not. Can you give a clearer explanation?” Bai Rong creased her brows.

“You’ve met Su Zheng, I suppose. He’s Su Wanning’s father and the current first-in-command of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. The man is blackmailing Mingchen’s father. So we have promised Mingchen that if he could find out who Governor Cheng’s murderer is, we will agree to him marrying you; but if he can’t, he must marry Su Wanning. When we agreed to that, we had hoped that he wouldn’t succeed so we deliberately leaked out information about him.”

Bai Rong stood up and could not keep her composure, “Because you leaked the information on purpose, it led to Tang Xiaojiu’s death!”

Song Xiyu did not look at Bai Rong directly, “We thought that there would be people who did not want Mingchen to find Tang Xiaojiu and prevent him from doing so. But we did not expect that it would result in Tang Xiaojiu being murdered.”

“Mrs. Gu, how could a smart woman like you not have predicted this?” Bai Rong mocked her with sharp words.

She did not expect Gu Mingchen’s parents to harm their own son.

“I admit we were selfish but this was all for Mingchen. Even though it is proven that Governor Cheng’s murderer wasn’t Tianhang nor Mingchen, the trade between Tian Hang and Governor Cheng still exists. Whether they let this case slide or not depends on Su Zheng. You might not know this, but do you remember the day when you were taken away by your husband, Su Xuyan?” Song Xiyu reminded her.

Rong pressed her

to save you. You still don’t know Su Xuyan’s real identity, do you? His mother, Xiong Daini is the mistress of the commander-in-chief. She is also the only other woman acknowledged by the commander-in-chief’s wife. This is a known secret in the circle. In other words, Su

to offending the commander-in-chief himself. There have been rumors floating around saying that Mingchen will become

kind of restriction to balance both parties’ powers. But once Su Zheng decided not to let Tianhang off, that’s when the scales would tilt against our favor. When this happens, the commander-in-chief would also not let Tianhang off. By then, it would be the collapse of Tianhang and I. It wouldn’t be hard to guess that Mingchen would be next.

her

really deserved the title of

foothold. It was obvious that the woman had an IQ and

Rong was finally persuaded

if he is worthless or priceless in my heart, the result would

you on behalf of Mingchen, myself and the entire Gu family, thank you for your selflessness.

went weak and she

to protect Mingchen. After he woke up in the hospital, he kept accepting missions and each mission was life-threatening. He wouldn’t listen

It took him two years to recover from it. To him, those days were dark and colorless. It’s the same for us too. If he finds out that you have sacrificed yourself for him, he will never agree to that. He would rather destroy himself than to let others sacrifice themselves for him. As his parents, our hearts hurt for him. Ms. Bai, love is transient whereas life is eternal. Mingchen does not belong to himself; he belongs to the country. He is a man who is meant to do great

to streak down Bai Rong’s face. They fell

Can I say no?

No, of course not.

sake of her child, an honourable woman like

Her mother was willing to kneel in cold snow just to let her go

was a mother too. After her child was taken away, she almost went insane and even injected herself with an excessive

they would

child was