Chapter 688 Wen Qingyi Sobers Up

Upon hearing her voice, the butler immediately spotted Wen Qingyi, who had already regained consciousness. He went straight to the living room next door to find Gong Lian: "Mr. Gong, Miss Wen has woken up and keeps calling your name. Would you like to go and see her?"

"I'll go take a look."

Gong Lian put down the documents in his hand and went directly to the second bedroom where Wen Qingyi was.

As soon as Gong Lian entered, Wen Qingyi's gaze was fixed on him: "Lian, I knew you wouldn't abandon me..."

Seeing that they wanted to talk, the butler tactfully shooed everyone else in the room away.

The room was now empty except for the two of them; even the butler tactfully left the room.

"Wen Qingyi, you're still as confident as ever." Gong Lian chuckled, but the smile didn't reach his eyes. "I saved you because you were dumped at my doorstep by Bo Jinyan's men. I saved you out of humanitarianism."

It's not because he still likes her.

His feelings for her had already turned to ashes the moment she confessed her love for Bo Jinyan at their engagement ceremony.

It can never be reunited.

Wen Qingyi's upper eyelashes fluttered incessantly, and she asked, somewhat puzzled, "What do you mean? Does that mean you still have feelings for me after you saved me?"

Or did she misunderstand?

He didn't save her because he liked her at all.

"I still have feelings for you?" This was the funniest thing Gong Lian had ever heard. "Wen Qingyi, what are you thinking? From the moment I handed you over to Bo Jinyan, my feelings for you were completely over."

"Otherwise, do you think I would hand you over to Bo Jinyan?"

Wen Qingyi shook her head, unwilling to believe it: "Impossible, I don't believe it, A-Lian, you're just still angry with me, right? You can't have forgotten me. You've liked me for so many years, how could it just end like that?"

If Gong Lian were a cold-hearted person who could love and hate at will, he couldn't have liked her from the beginning of her career and continued to like her for so many years.

Unwavering in affection, deeply devoted.

She's always thought that way, doesn't she?

"I have liked you for many years, but no matter how much I like you, no matter how deep my feelings are, there will be a day when you exhaust them all." Gong Lian stated calmly, "Wen Qingyi, you have always had Bo Jinyan in your heart, so why did you still get engaged to me?"

"At first I didn't understand, but as you did one outrageous thing after another, I did. You just want to use me. You're staying by my side so you can get close to Bo Jinyan and then find a chance to go back to him completely, right?"

However, he had previously harbored illusions about her, believing that he could win her over with his feelings.

But she just doesn't love him, and no matter how much he does for her, she will never change her mind.

In the end, the only person he could move was himself.

Wen Qingyi didn't expect him to think that way: "That's not how it is, A-Lian. All those outrageous things I did happened when I was not in a conscious state. They were not my true thoughts or intentions. You can't sentence me to death based on what I did when I was not in a conscious state."

"What you're doing isn't fair to me!"

"So you're with me while you're still harboring feelings for Bo Jinyan, is that fair to me?" Gong Lian couldn't help but retort, "So don't talk to me about fairness or unfairness, there's no such thing as fairness in relationships."

He no longer likes Wen Qingyi, and the way he looks at her no longer has the tenderness and affection of the past; instead, it is filled with more clarity and rationality.

Wen Qingyi was almost speechless after being rebuked by him. After a moment, she finally spoke: "Fine, even so, I now know that I was wrong. Can't you give me a chance to turn back?"

He loves her so much, how could he give up so easily?

There must be a chance to turn back, there definitely will be...

Even though she tried so hard to comfort herself, all she could hear was: "Haven't I given you enough chances to come back? I've given you chance after chance before, but what have you given me in return? You confessed your love to Bo Jinyan at our engagement ceremony!"

"That was our engagement ceremony! It represented our marriage vows! I even thought about marrying you someday..."

As he spoke, Gong Lian gave a cold laugh, his voice filled with self-mockery: "Looking back now, I was so wrong, that's why I haven't loved you since our engagement ceremony."

He had long since lost all affection for her, and the deep love he once felt for her was gone.

This is why he was willing to hand Wen Qingyi over to Bo Jinyan.

It's because I don't love them anymore.

"Ah Lian, I beg you, please don't do this to me." Wen Qingyi was truly terrified now: "We're already engaged. You can't get engaged to me and then dump me. I really love you..."

Do you like him?

Gong Lian didn't believe her pretense: "Your affection for me might be enough normally, but once Bo Jinyan appears in your heart, your affection for me will seem inadequate, and I will no longer exist in your eyes."

How many losses did he suffer before he learned his lesson?

How much time and money did he spend on Wen Qingyi? He even promoted her to leading roles, set up a film and television company for her, and poured countless resources into her alone.

So how did she treat him? She lay in his bed every day, sleeping beside him, but her heart was set on another man.

In particular, that man was his mortal enemy.

He became even more intolerant of it.

"Ah Lian, you have to give me time! As long as you're willing to give me time, I'll definitely fall in love with you!" Wen Qingyi's voice was urgent, desperately wanting him to believe her: "We haven't been together long enough. How long have I known Brother Ah Yan?"

"How long have we known each other? How long have we been together? Some things can't be rushed. They need to be done step by step, naturally. You can't rush things, don't you know that?"

If you want her to fall in love with you, she has to be moved too; all affection is inseparable from companionship.

If they spend enough time together, won't their feelings naturally develop?

Why rush things?

Gong Lian had completely lost trust in her: "You asked me to give you time, but I'm afraid that if I give you time, all I'll get in return is your daily deception and your ever-deepening feelings for Bo Jinyan!"

"I've already suffered this loss once, do you want me to suffer it a second time?"

The first time he stumbled was because he lacked experience, but if he stumbled twice in the same place, it wouldn't just be a lack of experience, but rather a sign of foolishness.

He didn't want to be that fool.