Chapter 20 The request of chairman Gu

Chu Xing had been reluctant to leave, but I had kept urging him. He sent me home in silence, and I stood still at the door stubbornly. Seeing me like this, he sighed: "are you really kicking me away?"

By this moment, there were few people around me, and the only one that I could tell anything to was still in jail.

To be honest, I didn't want him to leave.

But he had been receiving frequent calls recently.

I knew clearly that he had a lot of affairs to deal with, and I don't want to occupy his time any longer.

Besides, I didn't want him to see my death.

So, I nodded to him, "well, I need some time to be alone."

"You have been alone for nine years. Isn’t that enough?"

I was stunned, this year coincided with the ninth anniversary of my parents' death.

I had been living a busy and dreamy life in the nine years, but had never done anything for myself.

The only decision I had made was the most wrong decision in my life.

If I could start over, I would not have chosen to marry Gu Tingchen.

I frowned and firmly said, "thank you for taking care of me all this time, brother."

Seeing my determined expression, Chu Xing agreed to leave later.

He sent me into the room, and removed my makeup for me. Although not practiced, he was patient. With the makeup off, the light scar was exposed. Chu Xing was even sadder to see this, and asked with trembling voice: "how did you get this scar?"

I still remember that day when Gu Tingchen pushed me to the ground in order to protect Wen Ruyan. I told him word by word that I felt hurt, too, but he did not care about me.

After that, he had never asked about the scar.

I smiled and said, "I fell by accident."

"How is it possible to get such a scar from falling?"

Chuxing figured that things were not simple, but didn’t continue to ask seeing that I didn’t want to talk about it. I blinked and asked him with concern: "you canceled the cooperation with Gu family. Will that result in huge damage to Chu family?"

Since I had been doing business, Chu Xing knew that it was no use lying to me. So, he said frankly: "yes. But Gu family will also be implicated. For me, the canceling is not a bad thing."

I lowered my sight and said, "brother Chu Xing, thank you."

"Sheng er, you are the only daughter of Shi family. You were born to be noble, and to master the greatest power of Wu city. Now that you have given up all things, you naturally should be guarded by me. You will be as honored as you used to be after you are gone from this world. I will let this city as well as Gu Tingchen know, that there are people who treasure the ones he doesn’t treasure."

There are people who treasure me! Chu Xing made me a warm dinner before leaving. When he returned to S City, he called to tell me that he was safe, and ordered me: "call me if you need help. It’s only a two-hour flight from S City to Wu city. No matter when, no matter where, I will appear in front of you within two hours. Sheng er, don't carry everything on your own."

I answered with gratitude, "I should thank mom for giving me a brother."

"Silly girl, you are everything to me."

I said with a smile, "my sister-in-law will be jealous if she hears you."

"No, she won’t. She loves you as much as I do."

"Hmm. I gotta go."

After hanging up, I took a bath and went to bed. In the morning, I got a call from Miss Yu. She was my piano teacher when I was young, and we had been in touch with each other. I would go to her to practice my piano as soon as I had time. Over the years, my piano skills had been excellent, so Miss Yu often asked me to come to the university of Wu city to help her with a lesson when she had something else to do.

Thinking that since I had nothing to do, I said yes. I got up and changed my clothes and makeup. I didn't want to look so cold, so I wore a bright winter dress, a pair of flat-soled shoes, and a light makeup, as light as just able to cover up the scars on my face.

They were all students in the university, but my garage was full of sports cars. I didn't want to show off, so I took a taxi there. As soon as I arrived, I received a call that I didn't want to answer temporarily. However, the caller was an elder and had never treated me badly, so I stood at the gate and answered: "what’s up, dad?"

It had not snowed recently, and the sun was shining, I look up at the blue sky and fair clouds, and heard chairman Gu asking helplessly: "what is the relationship between you and Chu Xing?"

I pretended to be silly and asked, "what's the matter?"

"He cancelled all the contracts with our family last night, and even paid a large amount of liquidated damages. What our family needs is not the liquidated damages, Sheng er, but those contracts."

"Dad, there are some things I can't control. I can't stop Chu Xing from helping me to take it out. If there is anything in the future, just ask Gu Tingchen directly or find a way to solve it. Up to now, everything outside has nothing to do with me, and I can't stop it as well. Don't bother me with these things. "

My tone was tough, and chairman Gu fell into a moment of silence.

After a long time, he asked, "Sheng er, you know that I've always opposed Wen Ruyan marrying Tingchen, but Tingchen thinks he always owes her. "

After pausing, he said, "Tingchen doesn't love her. He just thinks he owes her. It happens that he stubbornly thinks what he has owed her from beginning to end is a wedding. Sheng er, he has not understood his feelings for you. He grew up in my arrangements and has never deviated from track. Nor has he resisted. Maybe he didn't feel the need to resist until he met Wen Ruyan. That was the first time he had opposed me. He might have thought that he would win by getting divorced."

"Dad, Gu Tingchen is an adult. He has his own thinking regarding what he does. It’s his own business to decide who he loves. We have considered carefully before divorce, and neither of us owes the other."

Chairman Gu sighed and requested after a long time. "can you go back together again?"

"It is no longer possible between him and me."

"Sheng er, I can persuade him if you want."

I said quickly, "I don't want."

I had known him for three years, I know exactly what kind of person he was. In the eyes of chairman Gu, the interests of the family are the most important. Now that Wen Ruyan had threatened the interests, he would certainly expel her.

But presently, he couldn't control his son, thus, he couldn't prevent Wen Ruyan from marrying Gu Tingchen. So he thought of me. He hoped I could marry Gu Tingchen again, so that Chu family would not only cooperate with Gu family, but even reach further cooperation because of my existence.

In the eyes of the chairman Gu, I was invaluable, but Wen Ruyan was worthless.

I should be glad that I was the daughter of Shi family, so he had cherished me for many years.

I didn't want to engage in the conflicts between them, nor did I have the time to waste. I went to the first floor after hanging up, and the students were happy to see me.

"Miss Shi, you haven't come for months."

"Have you been with your boyfriend lately that you forgot about us?"

"What music are you teaching us today?"

"Miss Shi, you still look beautiful today."

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They asked me a lot of questions, and I couldn't answer all of them. So I could only smile at them. In fact, I was about the same age as they were. If my life track had been normal, I would be sitting in the classroom and waiting for the teacher to have class, and would also have to cram for exams.

"Miss Shi, why don't you say anything?"

A young big boy asked me.

I joked with a smile, "you have said them all and left nothing for me."

"Oh, do you have a boyfriend, Miss Shi?"

A bunch of innocent questions.

I smiled and said, "all right, time for class."

"what music are you teaching us today?"

"The street where the wind resides."