Chapter 13 Mrs. Gu-Wen Ruyan

Ji Nuan and I had known each other before I met Gu Tingchen, so she had known my feelings for him long ago.

She also knew that all my passwords were from the day when I met Gu Tingchen.

December 27th of 2009. 20091227.

"Sheng er, your face is pale."

"Really? Maybe it's too cold."

After chatting with Ji Nuan for a while in the teahouse, I left. As I was about to go back home to stay alone, I received a call from a stranger.

I answered the call and asked, ""who’s this?"

"This is Wen Ruyan the Mrs. Gu."

I sneered, "you haven’t married him yet."

Wen Ruyan paused, and then said stubbornly, "I know, but I just want to tell you that I am Mrs. Gu, the wife of Gu Tongchen. Shi Sheng, I have waited for him for three years, and have tolerated you for three years. Now we are just correcting the mistake. Finally, I can have my wish come true and become Mrs. Gu, the one everybody admires."

However, becoming Mrs. Gu was no reason that she could receive respect.

Unless she had self-respect and was willing to stop showing off.

I said without any interest: "Oh."

As I said, Wen Ruyan sobbed: "in fact, I have never blamed you. If you had not become Mrs. Gu, other ladies from a rich family would have. They might not be as kind as you. If I had met them, my life in the past three years would have been much worse. So, thank you."

I asked calmly, "really?"

I was never kind, but just didn’t want to intrigue against her.

"Yes. I know I have done wrong things to you, but I had no other ways, because I have wanted to become Mrs. Gu for too long."

After a while, Wen Ruyan's laughter came over the phone. "I'm Mrs. Gu."

I coldly reminded her, "you haven’t married yet, and his father has not agreed yet."

One mustn’t be too sure about some things.

Especially when that thing is related to the man she is in love with.

Wen Ruyan smiled, "that’s just a matter of time."

She was provoking me again, and I didn't want to talk to her.

I hung up, and added Wen Ruyan's number into the blacklist. I seemed to have seen that familiar back again. So, I blinked, and saw that the street in front of me was empty. Recently, I often had illusions.

I shook my head and went to the seaside, where my wedding had been held. Just as I got to the beach, I received a phone call from Gu Tingchen. He asked unhappily, "why do you keep hiding from me recently?"

Recently, Gu Tingchen has been calling me to ask me to meet. I had refused and even said some harsh words, but he kept pestering.

I stared at the surging waves and asked: "don't you know why?"

"I know. I promise that I won't see Wen Ruyan again before the wedding, and will devote the next two months to the romance with you. When Sheng, I just want to make up by compensating you."

Perhaps he realized recently that he had really bullied me. But essentially, he was just taking pity on me by compensation.

I said with self-mockery, "Gu Tingchen, do you think that’s what I want?"

"Shi Sheng, you want to have a romance, and you even tried to get it from me at the price of divorce and your family’s assets. I have easily gotten what I want, but you haven’t. I have gotten the assets of your family, but I won’t feel at ease without paying any price for it. If you don't agree to have a romance with me, I'll give the assets back to you! I disdain charity from a woman."

I had forgotten that Gu Tingchen was a persevering man. If he decided on something, he would definitely have it done. Now, he had decided to have a romance with me.

If I refused, he would give the assets of Shi family back to me.

But apart from him, I didn’t know who else I could give the assets to.

Despite our scores, he was the most suitable man for handling the assets of Shi family.

I didn’t know what to say, and kept thinking about some things. The sea breeze blew on my body, making my body numb from coldness. Gu Tingchen was not in a hurry, and patiently waited for my answer.

There was only silence between us.

After a long time, I said, "I have two conditions."

"Yes?"

"First, I don't want to see Wen Ruyan again, and you can't see her in the two months as well. Unless I ask about her, you can’t mention her in front of me. Second, I refuse to have sex."

My cancer had turned worse, and sex would easily result in blood slides.

Besides, I didn’t want him to know that I had cancer.

Gu Tingchen smiled over the phone: "why weren’t you so domineering before?"

"Is that a yes?" I asked.

"Yes, I accept the conditions." After a moment of silence, Gu Tingchen said, "I'll arrange affairs in the company first to make time for us, and in the next two months, I belong only to you."

I belong only to you…

That was charming.

After he hung up, I remained stiff.

Never had I expected that he would really say yes.

Never had I expected that he would accompany me through my last period of time.

I rubbed my moist eyes, and cheated myself: it must be the sea breeze, otherwise how would there be tears?

Yeah, it must be the sea breeze.

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Until late at night, Gu Tingchen did not call me again. I did not care much, but just felt a bit disappointed. Most of the time, I waited by the French window, wishing that he could appear by the gate downstairs like that night.

For me, he was just like cool breeze in the mountains, and like the clear moon in the star sky. No matter what unhappiness we had gone through, I just wanted to see him smiling downstairs at this moment.

Gu Tingchen did regret it, but I knew that he would never break his words even though he regretted making the promise. He regretted, so he had been wasting time. Since we agreed upon the romance, I waited for him at home for three days, during which time he did not make a single explanation, nor send me a text message.

Just as I had run out of hope, he called me.

Instead of answering, I went to the bathroom for a bath.

After taking a bath and drying my hair, I got a glass of red wine and found a book to read by the French window. The room was warm as usual, but it suddenly start raining outside. I looked out of the window, and felt a daze.

Gu Tingchen was standing by the gate, wearing a dark blue coat which covered his knees. In his strong hand, there was a big black umbrella. The other hand was casually inside a pocket.

I didn’t know since when he had been standing downstairs.

In the daytime, he could see the things in my room from downstairs. Seeing that I saw him, he smiled gently. Then he reached out from the pocket and showed me the phone in his hand, signaling me to answer the call.

After hesitating for a moment, I found my cell phone and answered, "what’s up?"