You Owe Me, My Love

Chapter 263 Gu Mingchen In The Mirror

“I’ll do it. As long as you stay with me, I’ll do anything for you. You know that I’m being serious, don’t you?” Su Xuyan replied lovingly.

Tilting her head, Bai Rong asked, “You’ll really do anything for me?”

“Anything.” There was not the slightest hint of hesitation in Su Xuyan’s voice.

“Hmph. Alright. I’ll go to the bathroom for a bit first.” She got up and left. Looking at the gorgeous reflection of herself in the mirror, she saw the uncertainty in her own eyes.

She sank into deep thought. Things that she had learned about love flashed across her head. She once read that love could be equated to dopamine in terms of chemical elements. A person in love would feel overwhelmed by a sweet sense of warmth from that chemical as if the world had turned into a fantasy land. All that couples in love would see was the good in each other, and all that they would feel was the longing for each other when they were apart.

However, the effects of the dopamine would be flushed out of one’s system eventually due to metabolic activity. A relationship that ran on only dopamine would last for three months at most.

After three months, the key to maintaining a romantic relationship would shift from their chemistry to their morals, sense of responsibility, and attitudes toward life.

Rationality would have to be prioritized over emotions. One would have to consider the dynamics of the relationship and think more deeply about the good and bad of one’s partner.

The criteria for a lifetime partner would be much stricter than that of a short-term lover. With increasing unmet expectations and their partner’s flaws coming to light, couples would find themselves fighting more often. Their relationship might take a fatal blow from all the fighting and thus come to an end. With that, a new romantic journey fuelled by dopamine would begin.

So, what’s the reason that I’m falling deeper and deeper in love with Mingchen? Dopamine? And, why does Su Xuyan say that he loves me?

“Rong.” Gu Mingchen’s voice pulled Bai Rong back to reality.

seeing Gu

you here?” Gu Mingchen asked, walking closer to

You’re Bai Rong’s source of pain and suffering. Let’s stay away from

Bai Rong hastily made her way

way. Pushing her against the wall, he said, “I’m Bai Rong’s source of pain and

a confused look,

everything she has experienced. You know her the best, so let

out a few words. “You two are not meant

retorted with a

heavy of a burden on her shoulders. She’s sick… direly sick. And she’s almost at breaking point. Maybe… she’ll turn out like her mother

After a moment of silence, she continued, “Just as she lost her last sense of hope and sanity, she got me to take over while she sank into a deep sleep. I’m just a fragment of her soul who knows nothing about emotions. I don’t feel love… I don’t have love, but I can’t feel pain either. I don’t need the anti-depressants, nor do I struggled to sleep at night. I think… she’s never coming back… And I’ll never fall

into

it coming. He would rather Bai Rong hide her feelings for him than turn

should

in a trance, Bai Rong walked away from him. Before she left, she turned back and said, “Bai Rong wishes for you to live a happy life with Zhou Hailan. She genuinely

know that I can never be happy without her?” Gu Mingchen’s voice

“You’re a responsible man. Zhou Hailan has birthed your child, so you should marry her. Love that runs on pure dopamine does not last. Love can run out too. Even married couples can fall in and out

little too pessimistic about life? Many in this world, past or present, have committed themselves to a lifelong relationship of love!

averting Gu Mingchen’s gaze, Bai Rong replied, “If you experienced the same things as she did, you wouldn’t be able to say those words, so just let go and live your own life. I don’t want to hurt you, but I will if you

were her last words before

at her despondently as she disappeared into