You Owe Me, My Love

‘If the man she chose treats her like a goddess, then a goddess she shall be, but if the man she chose treats her like trash, then that shall be all she can be.’

The more she stayed with Gu Mingchen, the harsher and harder to communicate she would become. She used to abhor having arguments, conjure up conspiracies, and being cold to everyone, but then she became the kind of person she hated the most. I can’t keep this up any longer.

She leaned back against the seat and rested her eyes. Gu Mingchen glanced at her. He noticed that her eyelashes were trembling, telling him she wasn’t sleeping well. His heart ached, and his breathing turned heavier. When Bai Rong felt him breathing down her face, she opened her eyes and saw his glance.

“What is it?” she drawled.

“Is your wound getting better?” he asked calmly, his rage from earlier gone.

“Yes. The scab should be forming now. It’ll heal in no time,” she answered. Bai Rong was telling that to herself. Time will heal everything, including this pain I’m feeling.

“Are you really going to be gone for three months?” Gu Mingchen relented.

“I want to take this case.” Bai Rong wouldn’t budge.

“When will you leave?”

“Not sure. Have to wait for their call.”

leave and never return,”

that. Many things could happen in three months. She said nothing, for she

what she was trying to say. He felt gutted, and his

handle lately, and I couldn’t keep myself in check. I know I’ve raised my voice at you, and…” Gu Mingchen paused. He didn’t want to cover his mistakes or push his responsibility away. “I’ve thought about it, and I

have a kid, so you think you’re responsible for me. Or maybe you think you should marry me because you proposed to me before she showed up. You have a great sense of responsibility, and that’s why you’ll be wildly successful,

you,” he answered

 Should I trust him? Does he really feel nothing but responsibility toward Zhou Hailan? Can I live with the fact that he’ll keep taking care of another woman? Bai Rong looked away.

he was exhausted,

Bai Rong in panic. He thought she was gone, but she was still there, sleeping, her head leaning against the

ached for her. Gu Mingchen took off his suit and covered her with it. Then,

sleep after this. You look tired.” He

her silence. The car went in and stopped

to open the backseat’s door, and out came Gu Mingchen. Bai Rong came out

with a smile and wrapped her arms around him. “Mr. Gu said you’ve gone through with the procedure to take me out, so I don’t have to go back to the lab

peered at her in silence, his

and she stared down. They look like a perfect picture. Who am I to judge them?

down at her like they were gods. She blinked at them, and her heart ached. She spent three years being bullied by

treated her with disdain. She never introduced any other woman to her son, but Gu Mingchen’s parents did