Chapter 15 No, I love who you are now.

I felt it ridiculous. Our romance would just last for two months, and after that, Gu Tingchen would become the groom of another woman, but he asked at such a moment if I loved him.

The two-month romance was just a playact.

Also his mercy and compensation for me.

I hugged his neck and said with a smile, "yes you are. You know, I chose to unite with your family just because I loved you."

From the past to the present, I have never hidden my love towards him.

Hearing me, Gu Tingchen smiled. He hugged me in the arms tightly, and gently rubbed my back with his palm. Then he whispered with a smile, "Shi Sheng, I love you."

I was dismayed and looked at him in disbelief.

After a moment, I came to myself. He had said that he would pretend to love me and spoil me, and that he would obey my words and even make me feel happy.

He was fulfilling his promises at this moment.

I could take what he just said as true, but I couldn't be so greedy as to ask if he meant it. I knew in my heart that he would only play with me for two months.

In my impression, he had never broken his words.

Since he had promised Wen Ruyan to marry her, he would certainly keep his words.

Just like this moment, he kept his promise to say that he loved me although he clearly hated me.

I smiled, put my head on his chest, and said nothing. But he put his arms around my body and asked, "when did you fall in love with me?"

"Long ago, so long that I have forgotten when it was."

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He stayed over, and kept his promise not to have physical relationship with me. He just gently hugged me in his arms.

It was also the first time that he stayed over in my bed.

I stayed up all night, got up early and went to the bathroom for a bath, Before he woke up, I took painkillers and carefully put on makeup.

The makeup was light, but could cover up my pale face.

He woke up as I finished putting on the makeup. He was stunned as he just woke up, and didn’t come to himself after a long time. Then he asked: "did I stay overnight?"

I gently answered: "hmm. You're not used to it."

We had a three-year marriage, but he was not used to sleeping over night with me.

He smiled, "Yes I am. Only, it's a bit pleasant."

I was curious, "what is pleasant?"

Instead of answering, Gu Tingchen got up and said, "I'll make you breakfast. After breakfast, we'll go on a date. Where do you want to go?"

A date……? I looked down and said, "I don't know."

After a moment of silence, he asked, "what about Jinling?"

"That is…… "

"The small town where my mom has been living in Nanjing."

I knew his parents had divorced since he was a child, but I have never seen his mother. She was even not present at our wedding.

Gu Tingchen did not approve of our marriage, so he might have not informed his mother. Or, chairman Gu had informed her, but was stopped by Gu Tingchen.

"Oh, ok. Should I bring her anything?"

Seeing that I didn’t know what to do, Gu Tingchen came to me, gently rubbed my long hair, and said to me as if I was a child: "don't be nervous, my mother is very easygoing."

"Oh, I think I should bring her a gift."

Gu Tingchen could understand my nervousness. After breakfast, He took me downtown to buy some gifts, and ordered the latest ticket on the Internet. We had been outside for a long while before heading for the airport.

Gu Tingchen was silent during the flight. He should be so, because both of us liked quiet environment and didn’t seem to have any topic to discuss.

After arriving in Nanjing, Gu Tingchen took a taxi and we rushed to the town before it turned dark.

At about dusk, we arrived.

The town was too quiet in the dusk, and the golden sunlight fell down on the woods. Gu Tingchen told the driver to park at the entrance of the town, and led me to his mother's house. Some eight minutes later, we arrived.

Standing at the door, Gu Tingchen suddenly hesitated, and looked a little nervous.

I whispered to him, "what? Doesn't your mother know you're coming?"

"Well, I didn't tell her. In fact, I haven't had much contact with her since her divorce with my father. Although I don't blame her but I'm not close to her. Every time she calls, she just tells me to stay healthy and do not stay up."

Those words are very much like what an ordinary mother would tell her children.

"In fact, I am envious of you in this aspect. At least, you have someone telling you about these, but my parents…… Their remains haven’t been found yet. The rescuers said the sea area was too vast, and that they didn't know where the plane crashed. Apart from several passengers who were lucky enough to land on a nearby island, the others…… They didn't tell me how those passengers had ended up, but I think they have ended up in the stomach of sharks, because that's where the sharks gather."

Seeing that I seemed to have been reminded of the sad past, Gu Tingchen said apologetically: "sorry, I didn't mean to remind you of these things."

I smiled, "doesn’t matter. They have happened long ago after all."

Gu Tingchen stood still, and suddenly called my name, "Shi Sheng.".

I looked at him in bewilderment, "yeah?".

Gu Tingchen said with a profound eyesight: "your smile has been fake both in the past and the present. It is precisely because of this that people don’t like you."

The sun set slowly in the distance, and I squinted at the soft light, which was not dazzling at all, and asked, "what about now? Do you still hate me? "

Gu Tingchen said sweet words, "no. I love who you are now."

His love at the moment was nothing but acting.

I smiled and said, "let’s get in."

Gu TIngchen knocked at the door, and a women seemingly in her forties opened it. She looked pretty, although there were some wrinkles on her face. Seeing Gu Tingchen, she was surprised, and then said with a smile, "what brings you to me? Why not call me before coming? Is this my daughter-in-law?".

Gu Tingchen answered, "it just occurred to me to come here. Mainly, I just wanted her to see you. How are you recently?"

She let us in and said with a smile, "I’m very well. Your brother came here to visit me two days ago and just left last night. With you coming in succession, I am not lonely. What would you like for dinner?"

I was surprised that Gu Tingchen had a brother.

I looked at Gu Tingchen in bewilderment, and his expression remained unchanged, and he said softly to his mother, "I asked you to move to Wu city to live with me, but you chose to live here alone. My brother is busy with business trip all over the world. How can he have the time to take care of you? Think about my suggestion. Don't stay here all the time."

Hearing him, his mother smiled, "I know you are concerned about me, but I have been used to living here. I’m familiar with the neighbors, so I am all fine."

Gu Tingchen sighed, "I’m just afraid that you may feel lonely."

"Don't worry. I'll call you and your brother if I am lonely. What would you like for dinner? I'll buy vegetables and cook for the two of you."

They were actually in a harmonious relationship, and were closer than Gu Tingchen had said.

Deep down, he was very concerned about his mother's life.

"Anything. Just casually buy some vegetables."

"well, have a seat and wait for me. I'm going to buy vegetables." She then thought about it and asked, "son, how should I call my daughter-in-law?"

As Gu Tingchen connected, said: "dad calls her Sheng er."

"Then I'll call her Sheng er as well. Sheng er, have a seat. I’m going to the food market to buy vegetables. Son, prepare a pot of warm water for Bai Cai and put it at the door."

After saying that, his mother left for the food market in a hurry.

After she left, I whispered to Gu Tingchen, "doesn't your mother know we're divorced? By the way, who is Bai Cai?"

"I haven't told her about our divorce yet." Gu Tingchen stood in the courtyard and called Bai Cai, then, a German shepherd dog rushed out from the house. I was about to run subconsciously, but Gu Tingchen held my wrist, and touched the dog’s head with the other hand, explaining to me: "my mother lives alone, so I got her this German shepherd dog to protect her."

I asked nervously, "it doesn't bite people, does it?"

Gu Tingchen smiled and then said, "not those people it’s familiar with."

"This is the first time it has seen me, but it didn’t……"

"Because there is my smell on you."

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After chatting for a while with Gu Tingchen, I forgot to ask him about his brother. Not until we took Bai Cai out for a walk after dinner did I thought of it. I asked him about it curiously, and he answered honestly, "well, I have a brother named Gu Lanzhi, but he has been living with my mother since he was a child."

"So, you dad and mom respectively took a child along after divorce. You followed your dad, and he followed your mom. Why haven't I heard your father mention these things in all these years?"

"My brother is indifferent, and has barely gone to Wu city, so gradually he and my dad have lost contact. Deep down, he looks down on my family. My dad is highly self-esteemed, so he has never initiatively contacted my brother."

The personalities of the two brothers were exactly the same. Gu Tingchen was also cold and indifferent.

He had no expression, so I felt it not appropriate to ask more.

As we were about to finish walking the dog, it snowed. Gu Tingchen reached out to touch my cheek. With his warm fingers on my cold skin, I could not help trembling. He frowned and asked, "feeling cold?"

I shook my head and said, "not really."

It was a bit late at night. Gu Tingchen suddenly leave hold of the dog and hugged me in his arms. I looked into the distance at the moon in a daze.

"Don’t you feel cold wearing so few clothes?" He asked.

I blinked and suppressed my excitement. Then, I leaned on his shoulder, and said with a light smile, "with you being here, I don’t feel cold."

Hearing that, Gu Tingchen’s body became a bit stiff. He just hugged me in this way, and Bai Cai did not run around. Staring at the falling snowflakes, I felt emotions surging in my heart.

I even thought greedily: how great will it be if he really loved me?

People are always greedy, and always want more.

I sighed, and Gu Tingchen suddenly held me up in his arms, I subconsciously put my arms around his neck. In this way, he held me back to the room.

Bai Cai was very obedient, and followed us into the room to lie by the bed. Putting me on the bed, Gu Tingchen touched my head. He had been doing this kind of intimacy recently.

"I've been here a lot of times, but it's also the first time I have seen snow here. You are lucky. I think it will be covered by snow outside tomorrow. ``.

I lay in bed, reached for his palm, and said gently, "really? Then I am indeed lucky. The weather in Wu city is moist, summer rains and winter snows flourish there. I am tired of seeing those, but have never seen an ancient town covered by snow. Promise me Tingchen, let’s build a snowman tomorrow, shall we?"

Gu Tingchen touched my head and whispered, "ok. Have a rest first. I'll get you some warm water to wash your feet. Do you want to remove your makeup?"

I shook my head, "not really."

"well, then just leave it."

Gu Tingchen left the room. I reached out and touched my face. There were some ugly scars that I didn't want him to see.

Perhaps it was on the thought that I would die in no time that I treated myself so badly. I really didn’t care about death. After all, everything about me would vanish in a couple of months. But somehow, I just felt sad.

I sat up and looked out at the snow. I couldn't help thinking that if he hadn't had my baby aborted two years ago, then it would not be that I have left nothing in the world.

At least, I would have a baby left.

Suddenly I felt guilty to my parents and family for giving the family inheritance to a man who had nothing to do with it.

At the end, my family even had no heir.

At the thought of this, I felt a burst of sadness in my heart.

I was sad for my family, but also for myself.

Twenty minutes later, Gu Tingchen had already taken a shower and returned to the room with a pot of hot water. After helping me wash my feet, he hugged me to sleep.

When I woke up in the morning, the snow was not thick enough to cover outside, so I couldn't build a snowman. I was a little disappointed, but Gu Tingchen comforted me that we would stay here for a couple of days.

In the next few days, the snow still did not get thick, but Gu Tingchen was surprisingly gentle. He took care of me, and always obeyed my words. No matter what I wanted, he would get if for me. I thought that the following days would be also be this peaceful, but Wen Ruyan called him.

At that time, we were watching a detective movie, and would discuss the plot occasionally. Wen Ruyan cried out in despair over the phone: "Tingchen, I miss you."

As soon as she finished speaking, Gu Tingchen stood up and left the room.

I turned my head and stared out at the snow through the window.

I thought to myself: the snow is supposed to be thick enough today, isn't it?