1058 I“ll Give You A Chance 3
The pitter-patter of the rain fell, engulfing the entire City Z in a mist. The air had lost the heat from several days before, so right now it was refres.h.i.+ngly cool, especially by the South Riverbank. As the cool wind rustled past the vast green area, the freshness of the gra.s.s added a layer of dew to the air, energizing anyone who smelled it.
Mu Yuchen stood by the riverbank with his hands behind him. He wore was a rare pair of sungla.s.ses, concealing all his emotions in his eyes while his well-ironed dark silver suit made him look much cooler. With an indifferent expression, he silently watched the river and did not move for a long time. At this moment, by the riverbank, there was only his bleak and lonely figure.
Gu Qiwu stood on the staircase above and watched him for a long time. After that, he slowly walked down the stairs.
When he heard the sound of footsteps behind him, Mu Yuchen did not turn around while his eyes that hid underneath the sungla.s.ses only flickered once. After a pregnant pause, he looked up at the gigantic clock across him, and his deep voice was heard. “You’re very punctual.”
Gu Qiwu abruptly stopped beside Mu Yuchen, and the two of them stood so closely that Gu Qiwu could clearly feel the reserved, cool aura from the other man.
“Of course, I have to be more punctual when it comes to meeting you,” Gu Qiwu’s responded before he then took a deep breath as both his arms held the railing before them. His gaze trailed Mu Yuchen’s to look ahead. “I thought that you wouldn’t ask me out. This doesn’t seem like you.”
Upon hearing that, Mu Yuchen’s eyes underneath the sungla.s.ses only darkened, but he did not answer him.
“What? Do you want to say something? The last time, you hit me a few times. I’m sure you wouldn’t be willing to leave things at that,” Gu Qiwu said softly as he turned to look silently at Mu Yuchen’s face. After a while, he averted his gaze and looked down at the river that slowly flowed past them. He sighed. “Ah Chen, you’re a great person. You’ve got tricks up your sleeves and you’re impressive. Many times, I wished for you to become my ideal son-in-law. Shasha’s great. She’s excellent in many aspects. I don’t understand why you didn’t fancy her or fall in love with her? If you’d married Shasha back then, everything would’ve turned out great.”
“Could you then like my aunt, and be loyal to only her?”
Before Gu Qiwu could finish, Mu Yuchen’s cold voice had already cut him off. His calm gaze peered through the sungla.s.ses. “You and Aunt knew each other for more than 20 years. You stole everything of hers, but what did you give her in return? Why didn’t you marry her?”
Mu Yuchen’s rhetorical questions made Gu Qiwu’s expression freeze. He simply had no answer.
“Do you think there’s a need to ask why?” Mu Yuchen said, then a cold curve flashed across the corner of his lips. “My aunt loved you very much. She wasn’t willing to expose your name even until she died, after which she pa.s.sed Lingtian and Lings.h.i.+ to my grandparents and parents. You clearly knew all of this, yet you never once came to take a look at the siblings. Forget about asking for a hint of the so-called fatherly love they yearned for! The two of you are the worst parents on Earth.
“I know that you’ve met Lings.h.i.+. Ah Mo and my father know too. I think that more people are bound to find out in the future. What do you plan on doing for Lings.h.i.+ in the time to come? This was the reason I asked you out today,” Mu Yuchen said straightforwardly.
When Gu Qiwu heard, his expression darkened and he did not answer.
Mu Yuchen did not continue either. He just turned and looked silently at Gu Qiwu.
“What do you think I should’ve planned then? What could I have planned?” Gu Qiwu asked in response.
Mu Yuchen scoffed, abruptly averting his gaze. Inhaling deeply, he looked at the faint mist before them and asked calmly, “You should be quite clear about how Aunt felt about you. Since you couldn’t give her a future to look forward too, why did you have to hurt her? If it wasn’t just about your feelings, then it must be because of the Mu family, wasn’t it?”
“Ah Chen, you’re really smart. I don’t want to hide it from you either. It was actually very simple between your aunt and I. It’s not as complicated as you imagine it to be. She always admired me, but the Gus and the Mus don’t have a great relations.h.i.+p. Your grandparents have never thought highly of me either. Of course, I didn’t like your Aunt Zixi back then. How we began was an accident…”
As Gu Qiwu said this, he changed his tone. Then, he pondered for a moment before continuing, “That year, your aunt came to City B for a concert tour. By chance, we b.u.mped into each other, and after that, we kept meeting. Your aunt was a melancholic person, extremely, in fact. There’s no way she could be a daughter-in-law of the Gu family. I did think of changing her, but it’s hard to change someone’s personality. Besides, even if I wanted to marry her, the Gus and the Mus may not agree to it. If you don’t believe me, you can go ask your grandparents. Their prejudice towards me didn’t develop over just a day or two.”
“When I knew that your aunt was pregnant with Lingtian, I didn’t agree to keep the baby, but she suddenly vanished without a trace and gave birth to Lingtian on her own. I know what she thought. She believed that if she had our child, we could be together.”
Gu Qiwu’s smiled coldly. “In the end, Lingtian was born, and you know how she was too. After her body slowly recovered, she made a comeback. While she wasn’t ready to leave her past, of course, she wasn’t willing to let go of me either. But she understands where I come from too, so she didn’t tell anyone about it. Therefore, I do feel like I owe her something.”
“You’ve never had feelings for my aunt at all, did you?” Mu Yuchen asked softly.
“Liking her didn’t equate to love. I told you, I admired her. She’s a good and understanding woman, but at this point, I can only say that I don’t have such luck.”
“Because of your irresponsibility, you ruined her life and implicated Lingtian and Lings.h.i.+. Gu Qiwu, you don’t deserve to be a man!” Mu Yuchen’s voice instantly turned hostile. “I can’t ask you to like my aunt, and I don’t want to ask about your past. I want to ask you right now, what do you plan on doing with Lings.h.i.+? You should know that the truth will come out eventually. Qi Feng’s people have been watching very closely, so it won’t be hard for them to find out about this. I won’t let you force Lings.h.i.+ to take on the reputation as an illegitimate daughter, and I won’t let you slander my aunt after she has pa.s.sed away for many years.”