Finally, after he was done venting, he lay down on the ground staring at the ceiling.
Qin Yue walked over and stood in front of him. Gu Yubai"s face was wet with sweat but his eyes were also moist.
Qin Yue could not tell if it was sweat or his tears. The last time he saw Gu Yubai cry was when he was six years old. He had been naughty and played a young officer resulting in the loss of face of the latter. As this had happened inside the military camp, Gu Yubai was heavily punished with beatings from a belt and confinement.
“A Yue, I really want to kill her.” Gu Yubai sat up. Taking the water bottle, he poured it over his face and proceeded to wipe it off with a towel.
How could she touch unravel his emotional restraint so easily? How could she be so calm and face him as if nothing had happened? For the happenings of that year, did she have no explanation for him?
He was waiting for her explanation; as long as she spoke, even if it was an excuse, he would let go of his previous grudges. However, she would rather die by his hands than to utter a word to him.
“Gu Shao, she is not worth it,” Qin Yue said to him. He always listened, but never expressed his opinion. But this time he had to say that such a woman was not worthy of his care.
No one knew Gu Yubai better than him. Although in the eyes of outsiders, nothing much could affect him, no one knew the pain and loneliness residing in his heart.
He never got the bit of happiness that every average child deserves. Every year on his birthday he would sit staring in a daze. He got gifts from his parents, but they were never there for him.
Whenever Yubai was sick, he held his hands and asked: “A Yue, brother, I am sick. When will Mom and Dad come back to see me?”
Although Gu Laozi loved him, he believed that a boy couldn"t be raised with gentle care. He was always strict on Gu Yubai, never a doting grandfather.
The people around him were flatterers. Except for Qin Yue, he had no one to talk to, so he developed a violent temperament. He just didn"t know how to express his emotions.
Qin Yue thought that after meeting Miss Lin, Gu Yubai had found his happiness.
However, everything was fake. Ouyang Jun had been Gu Yubai"s only real friend. He had trusted him. In the end, his beloved woman and best friend betrayed him.
Since then, Gu Yubai no longer believed in friendship.
He made an exception for Qin Yue.
“A Yue, when you meet her, you will understand.”
Gu Yubai unscrewed the bottle and took a sip of water. He got up from the floor and headed downstairs.
Qin Yue stared at his retreating form.
He knew that Gu Yubai wanted to be alone.