Mr Gu's First Doting Marriage-Chapter 947 - 948 Dont Take It to Heart
Chapter 947: Chapter 948: Don’t Take It to Heart
Chapter 947: Chapter 948: Don’t Take It to Heart
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“I don’t hate you. I even explained the ins and outs to make sure you harbored no resentment when the time was right. In fact, to me, the engagement was just a means to an end, close at hand. I thought you had disappeared for so many years, perhaps never to return. As long as I worked hard, one day, Ah Chen would see me. Even if he couldn’t, it didn’t matter. I would still be his best comrade-in-arms, his most intuitive partner. With marriage as our armor, even if the armor was false, it was still a community of interests. As long as you didn’t show up, I felt that such a life wasn’t too bad.”
Xia Yangyang said, “But I appeared.”
“After you appeared, I saw many things clearly. Ah Chen’s outward calm and the healing of his wounds were all a façade. I once thought time could heal everything, or at least allow wounds to scab over, but it didn’t. At that time, I knew the wounds in his heart concerning you were festering and bleeding, and they had never healed. Therefore, I couldn’t trap him with a marriage that never existed. I chose to let go. Even though I had said before that if I couldn’t have him completely, I would give up. I can’t stand the endless quarreling, suspicion, and breaking apart between lovers. Life should be more dignified, happy gatherings, happy partings.”
Xia Yangyang smiled wryly, “Not many people can be as carefree as Miss Xi.”
Xi Zijun said, “If the two of you have a happy ending like in a fairy tale, I would bow out gracefully. But the reality is not so. The pain you brought to Ah Chen even surpasses those four years. The longer I stay with him, the more I feel that you two are incompatible. Love alone is far from enough for a marriage. My understanding of marriage is a combination of interests in all aspects, including emotions, mutual understanding, and knowing each other’s needs without talking, unconditional trust, and not endless torment.”
On this point, Xia Yangyang actually agreed with Xi Zijun.
Her time with Gu Qichen seemed to bring more pain than joy.
She had become someone she didn’t like, and so had Gu Qichen.
But what was the root cause?
It wasn’t like they hadn’t explained it before.
But four years apart made them both much more careful with each other.
Many things were truly bothersome, yet they had to pretend to be magnanimous.
Back and forth, those little things accumulated, finally becoming the last straw that broke the camel’s back.
In the end, it wasn’t because of Gu Zhaohan, nor was it because of Xi Zijun.
It was the way she and Gu Qichen interacted with each other.
Xi Zijun continued, “Miss Xia, I have explained everything that needs to be explained. The choice is yours. Furthermore, I will not change anything based on Miss Xia’s choice. I will still stay by his side, helping him to ascend to the top. Ah Chen is a business prodigy and shouldn’t be bogged down by emotions in the mire. In this world, interests will always form a bond stronger than emotions. I will build such a relationship with Ah Chen. If Miss Xia minds, then perhaps it’s better to let go sooner rather than later.”
Suddenly, Xia Yangyang laughed, “Miss Xi, with your elite education, don’t you realize that what you’re doing is intervening in someone else’s marriage? Just because your methods are a bit more sophisticated, it doesn’t mean it’s not destructive. If you know I mind the intimacy between you and Ah Chen, you should avoid impropriety. Not sleeping together isn’t the only measure of faithfulness. Emotional betrayal is still betrayal and can be even more distressing than a physical one. You say you want to establish such a relationship with Gu Qichen, but you still want me not to mind. Well, if one day you really end up with Gu Qichen, and I tell you I don’t want to wreck your relationship, but I sleep with him, please don’t mind, okay?”
