You Owe Me, My Love

Chapter 465 Collateral Damage

Her appearance is also similar to how I looked in the past. How can I not worry?

Aaron seemed to suss Bai Rong’s thoughts. “I didn’t have a choice. Even if I leave her out, she would’ve shown up on her own. Since I can’t prevent it, I thought it’d be better to keep her around.”

“Aaron, have you ever thought of starting a relationship with Ling?” Bai Rong probed as she cleaned the chicken wings. “Ling behaves like a child. I like my woman a bit more mature, so nothing will ever happen between us. She’s like a little sister to me,” Aaron clarified.

“She does behave like a young girl—she only has eyes for handsome men,” said Bai Rong as she laughed. Aaron also laughed. “I’m guessing she’s going to be rather disappointed once she sees Gu Mingchen since he already belongs to you.”

Shrugging, Bai Rong replied, “My only concern is keeping my relationship with my grandpa under wraps.” “And why is that, if you don’t mind me asking?” Aaron stepped up to help wash the vegetables.

“I don’t want people to realize that I’m really Bai Rong. It’s going to open up a whole can of worms. Honestly, I’m a little scared because of what happened in the past,” Bai Rong answered vaguely.

“Are you referring to Su Xuyan?” Aaron could already guess since they’d met each other on the island before.

Bai Rong didn’t try to gloss over the truth and nodded. “He’s my ex-husband. There’s a lot of history between us. I had to change my whole appearance to hide from him. To control me, he used to inject a virus into me once every three months. I would suffer immensely and potentially die if he stopped the injections.”

“Really?” Aaron knitted his brows, looking at Bai Rong with concern.

“Shen Yiyan saved my life. I got plastic surgery and managed to make a new life for myself. Do you want to see my old photos?” asked Bai Rong.

“Sure.”

Bai Rong dried her hands and opened her old QQ account. There were only a few photos as she didn’t like to take selfies. She showed one of them to Aaron. Liu Yan had forced her to take a photo of them together back when she was a gynecologist.

Seeing the brilliant smile on Liu Yan’s face, she felt a twinge of sadness.

Liu Yan was so unrestrained back then—a hopeless romantic with a cheerful personality. Yet now…

you is incredible. At least half of your features

Mr. Tang was my grandpa, that would complete the last piece of the puzzle. So I can’t let anyone find out about my relationship with grandpa. Even if Su Xuyan knows that Bai Rong is Mr. Tang’s

now. No wonder you’re taking so many precautions against Su Xuyan. Anyway, I’ve washed all the vegetables. Do you need

duck in the pressure cooker. It needed

into small pieces for a barbequed pork dish. Halfway

into long strips and

green color after a quick

preparing the chicken wings. These needed a simple marinading before a quick fry in

were frying, she julienned the green bell peppers and sauteed them with the beef strips she’d cut earlier. With that, a beef and pepper stir-fry was ready

some sliced beef and took them off the heat before they were fully cooked. Next, she added tomatoes to the pan and cooked these until their juices were released. She added some water before tossing in sliced potatoes, simmering them until they were tender. The pre-cooked beef slices were added back in along with some fries. Once the stew came to a boil, the heat was

just finished laying out the dishes on the dining table when Gu

call, asking sweetly,

are you?” asked

subordinates. “I’m at Aaron’s. It’s quite near our house. Are you coming over

over, what time will you

probably

I’ll come and get you when you’re done. See you in a

hint of displeasure in his tone. Is

He should be here in ten minutes or so,” Aaron said with a

it’s too early to be done with the cooking. The dishes won’t taste good once they’ve cooled down.

Gu Mingchen? Is he coming?” Aaron asked,

military base. It’s quite far from here, so he might not make it in

businessman?” Aaron

a military man,” Bai

skilled in martial arts and shooting back when we were on the island. I thought he merely had an interest in the art of self-defense. Turns out, he’s a military man! That’s great!” Aaron guffawed. “Anyway, I’ll help