No wonder Lu Zhengqian didn't punish He Zhong; it turns out he didn't believe him.
Gan Tang looked at Mo Huaixing's serious analysis and corrected him with a smile: "I smashed it for you."
The man before her was indeed shy, not daring to even lift his eyelids. Gan Tang leaned down and cupped his face, her gaze intense: "Mo Huaixing, what if I were one of the variables?"
"you?"
Their eyes met, like a galaxy.
“Yes! He wouldn’t dare, but what if he loses everything and his life?” Gan Tang put her hands behind her back, stood on tiptoe, and proudly stated her plan.
“I deliberately made him think that I was going to kill him. Then, I didn’t need to do anything, just meet with Aunt Chu, Sister-in-law Chu, and Jiahe’s uncle. Once the stock he held dropped, he would think that I was the one who did it.”
“I was worried he wouldn’t dare, so I went to see Officer Fang again. He’s the same officer who took our statements in Hongcheng. With such a large jurisdiction as the Nanjiang branch, He Zhong must have some shady business dealings. After his stocks crashed, he must have been overthinking things and thinking that Officer Fang was introduced to me by Uncle Chu to deal with him.”
"Therefore, he will definitely make a move against me. In such a short time, he can't think of any good ideas, so he will only resort to his usual low-down methods."
"You know what happened next!"
She was like a soft, leaping little white rabbit, dancing gracefully on the beach, basking in all the moonlight.
Yes, in this world he had studied for twenty years, she was the only uncontrollable variable. She drove him mad, terrified him, and left him bewildered.
She could have run towards the brightest sun in the world, but instead she turned back and gave him the most radiant smile.
"You're dumbfounded!" Gan Tang said with a smile, reminding the stunned man.
Mo Huaixing looked up tremblingly, "Why did you do this?"
For you, you fool.
"I need a legitimate reason for Lu Zhengqian to promote me to a high position in the Green Dragon Gang." Gan Tang looked at the wound on his waist, and the love in her eyes could no longer be hidden. She looked down, and her white sneakers met the hard black leather shoes.
“Mo Huaixing, I know you didn’t agree to my request last time because you were worried about my safety. Now I’m using all of this to prove to you that I’m not a burden to you. I can help you, no, I can help us.”
If one day she can go home, she hopes she can hold his hand.
Mo Huaixing felt a tightness in his chest, a dull ache in his heart: "Are you stupid? You could have helped me if you had married him. Why did you have to break off the engagement? Why did you have to join the Green Dragon Gang?"
To put oneself in such a dangerous situation.
"That's different."
"What's different?"
“You said it yourself. If I married Chu Jiahe, Lu Zhengqian would never let me get involved in the Green Dragon Gang’s business. My identity makes things much easier for me than for you. As long as I have enough leverage, you’ll never have to risk your life to set things up again. There’s another very important reason…”
A smile spread across Gan Tang's eyes. That realization, from doubt to fear to avoidance, and then to joy and trepidation, could finally be spoken aloud now.
"Mo Huaixing, I like you."
The waves seemed to echo, carrying with them the woman's surging love.
Gan Tang placed her hands on Mo Huaixing's broad shoulders, lowered her head, and kissed the lips of her memory by the moonlight.
"I am married!"
She could almost feel the warmth of his lips, but the words he uttered instantly sank her heart, which had been held high, into the icy depths of the sea, leaving her breathless.
Gan Tang took two steps back, bewildered, still unwilling to believe her ears.
"What did you say?"
Mo Huaixing stood up, his shadow falling directly on hers: "I love my wife and our children very much."
"Child...child?" Her once rosy cheeks burned like fire as Gan Tang questioned, "Then why did you hide my photos? Why?"
Her voice was almost hysterical.
Mo Huaixing remained standing ramrod straight, motionless, only his brow twitching slightly. "You forgot, we're acting!"
"Does it have to be this realistic?" Gan Tang blinked her sore eyes. She didn't think of herself as someone who was deluding herself.
"I'm sorry!" Mo Huaixing timidly looked away. "Mr. Fu wants me to like you, and I need his trust. I didn't expect it to cause you to misunderstand."
It turned out that she had only been deluding herself. Gan Tang turned to the side and tilted her head back, trying her best to hold back her tears.
Mo Huaixing pressed down the hand he was about to raise and said, "I'm not worth this."
How could it not be worth it? Without you, I would have long been a lost soul on the high seas, unable to find my way home even in dreams.
However, she believed that what they had was love, not whether it was worth it or not.
Now, she doesn't even dare to express her gratitude.
"It's not all for you, I want to go home too." Gan Tang twisted her shirt helplessly. "Haha, let's go back, it's so cold."
After saying that, she sprinted towards the car at top speed.
The four wheels slowly turned, and this awkward confession should have ended there. But Mo Huaixing, oblivious to the situation, insisted on explaining, "You're just grateful that I saved you; you don't really like me."
Gan Tang's face turned deathly pale, but she quickly regained her composure and smiled dismissively, "Really? Haha, I think so too."
"When I was in school, I always liked to confess my feelings to people, but don't take it seriously."
"We're all brothers, just kidding."
Inside the car, all she could hear was her chattering, but she herself didn't know what she was saying.
Gan Tang, whose driving skills were already poor, had her mind going blank for a while. At an intersection without traffic lights, a large truck turning left came across and blocked her way.
"Watch out!" Mo Huaixing placed his hand on hers and turned the steering wheel. The car veered off course, turned right onto another road, and crashed into the stone steps of the green belt.
As the sports car came to a sudden stop, the girl driving it crashed unexpectedly into the chest she had craved countless times. His heartbeat was so strong, yet it would never belong to her.
Why?
Why did it turn out like this?
"The driver's skills are terrible, I'm calling someone to drive."
Gan Tang could no longer hold back. She pulled out the car keys, got out, and closed the door. Mo Huaixing tried to get out but found the car door was already locked.
"Hey, Jin Hu..." Gan Tang leaned against the back of the car while making a phone call, trying her best to suppress the strangeness in her voice, and reminded him, "Take a taxi over."
Not long after, a taxi stopped by the roadside. Gan Tang handed the keys to Jin Hu and got into the taxi.
Jin Hu watched the taxi drive away, scratched his head, and got in. What he saw was an even stranger Mo Huaixing, whose eyes were red as if they were dripping blood.
"Brother Mo, what's wrong?"
"Follow me!" Mo Huaixing clutched the wound on his waist and managed to utter two words with difficulty.
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