Chapter 57 "I'm leaving, please don't look for me." He was once again...
On June 22nd, after the graduation ceremony, Jiang Chuyu successfully received her graduation certificate and degree certificate.
After leaving school and returning to her apartment, she slept soundly, but was still somewhat dazed when she woke up.
She doesn't have to attend classes, so she has a lot of free time, but she doesn't dare to be idle all the time.
To avoid any unforeseen complications, Jiang Chuyu obtained her visa and passport within a month of receiving the offer from ESMOD.
During this period, Jiang Shan called several times to ask if she needed help finding a job, but Jiang Chuyu declined each time, saying she wanted to "rest for a while first."
She was originally scheduled to enroll in September, leaving her with less than a month to make a decision.
That day, after Jiang Chuyu recovered, while packing her luggage in the apartment, Jiang Shan called her again and mentioned the engagement.
"Let's go to the Qin family tomorrow."
Jiang Chuyu asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
Jiang Shan: "Grandpa Qin's health hasn't been very good lately. He wants to see Gu Zeming get married as soon as possible. Your marriage with Gu Zeming can't be delayed any longer. Go over tomorrow to talk about your plans."
Jiang Chuyu was getting a little annoyed.
In the eyes of her relatives, her marriage was always just a business transaction. Although she had long since gotten used to it, she still felt a little sad inside.
She stayed by Jiang Shan's side for several years, trying her best to play the role of a daughter, hoping to gain a little love. In the end, however, her mother was in a hurry to marry her off.
Some things, if you don't have them in the first place, you won't have them in the end; you can't force them.
She's come to terms with it.
Jiang Chuyu sighed softly and said to Jiang Shan, "Didn't our senior go on a business trip this month? Is he back?"
Jiang Shan said meaningfully, "It's precisely because he's away on a business trip that we need to go and talk to him."
Jiang Chuyu paused for a moment, a vague sense of foreboding creeping over her.
What exactly did the Qin family want to talk to Gu Zeming about behind his back?
Jiang Shan said, "Don't think too much about it. Mom will come to pick you up tomorrow."
Jiang Chuyu thought that since she was leaving anyway, she might as well take the opportunity tomorrow to have a good talk with them, so she agreed.
After hanging up the phone, Jiang Chuyu packed the things Gu Zeming had given her into a box.
During the two years they were together, he gave her many gifts, including a valuable gemstone necklace, cute dolls, and small ornaments that seemed useless but were very much to her liking.
She wanted to leave lightly, not taking the memories of him with her, otherwise she would miss them.
Jiang Chuyu packed the box and then called Yang Xiuling.
Yang Xiuling said, "I've taken care of everything for you. As long as you can get abroad smoothly, even if they want to bring you back, it won't be that easy."
Jiang Chuyu thanked her.
Yang Xiuling laughed: "Remember to treat me to a meal next time we meet. Also, spend the next few days getting along well with your senior and don't arouse his suspicion, otherwise I'm afraid he might really tie you up."
Jiang Chuyu said, "He won't."
Actually, she wasn't sure herself.
This month, Gu Zeming went to Shanghai on a business trip. He heard that Qin Jiyuan put him in charge of a very difficult and extremely important project, and if he succeeds, he will be promoted to general manager of Qin's Group next year.
But the Tang family probably won't let him have an easy time.
Jiang Chuyu was worried about him, but at the same time, she planned to secretly go abroad while he was away on a business trip.
The next day, Jiang Shan drove to pick her up.
Upon arriving at the Qin family home, Tang Xin invited them to have tea, and everything seemed normal.
After several rounds of tea, Old Master Qin suddenly changed the subject: "Before the engagement, there's something we'd like to know."
Jiang Chuyu was still pondering how to bring up the topic of dissolving the marriage alliance, but upon hearing this, she forced a smile and said, "Grandpa, please speak."
Old Master Qin put down his teacup, his face serious, and said, "We found out... you seem to have taken a large amount of psychotropic drugs before. We don't know the specifics. However, you and Zeming are about to get engaged, and we hope you will have a comprehensive physical examination before the engagement. This is for your future. I don't want my future great-grandchild to be born with any problems."
Jiang Chuyu was taken aback at first, then frowned.
They actually investigated her secretly without her permission?
Jiang Chuyu felt somewhat unwell.
Jiang Shan, standing to the side, looked incredulous: "How is this possible? Our Chu Yu is usually the best-behaved person, and she's very healthy. How could she have a mental illness? You must have made a mistake!"
Old Master Qin glanced at Jiang Shan indifferently, "It seems that Mrs. Jiang has indeed neglected her daughter. She didn't even know that her daughter had been sick and taken medicine."
Jiang Shan turned to look at Jiang Chuyu: "What exactly happened?"
Jiang Chuyu didn't answer. She took a deep breath, straightened her back, and looked at Grandpa Qin, saying, "Grandpa Qin, I would like to ask, what right do you have to pry into my privacy without my permission?"
Grandpa Qin's expression remained unchanged: "You are Zeming's future wife. As his grandfather, it's only right that I inquire about your health on Zeming's behalf."
Shouldn't it be?
Jiang Chuyu sneered inwardly.
This condescending, dissecting attitude disgusted her. She felt like a commodity being sold in front of all of them, subject to scrutiny for even the slightest flaw.
Jiang Chuyu felt both angry and aggrieved.
Looking into Old Master Qin's cold eyes, she said clearly, word by word, "Who told you that I would definitely marry Gu Zeming in the future?"
She paused, then, under Jiang Shan's horrified gaze, declared firmly, "I'm here today to dissolve this arranged marriage."
"You—!" Jiang Shan raised her hand, seemingly wanting to hit her.
This time, Jiang Chuyu did not back down. She stared at Jiang Shan's hand, her heart sinking little by little, to the bottom of the cold sea. Finally, she smiled with relief.
"Mom, are you going to hit me?"
Although Jiang Shan's slap didn't land, Jiang Chuyu's heart had already begun to ache.
She fought back tears, her voice hoarse, and said, "In your heart, is the marriage alliance with the Qin family more important than my dignity and feelings?"
"In these past few years, have you... ever truly loved me even a little bit?"
"Actually, compared to me, this wild girl you brought back from the countryside, you would prefer Zou Letong to be your daughter, and you would like her more, right? After all, she is the one you raised."
With her hidden thoughts laid bare, Jiang Shan trembled with anger and pointed at her, yelling, "What nonsense are you spouting?"
"I'm not making this up."
“Back in high school, I heard you ask Zou Letong how she could lose to a wild girl like me.”
"If I hadn't gotten first place in the grade that time, were you planning to send me back to my adoptive parents and leave me to fend for myself?"
Jiang Shan was taken aback by the question and opened her mouth.
She seemed unable to understand why her usually well-behaved and obedient daughter had suddenly become so hysterical.
The words of rebuke suddenly stuck in his throat, and he couldn't utter a single one.
But this silence made Jiang Chuyu more desperate than any answer.
With a look of utter despair, she said, "To tell you the truth, I've been suffering from severe bipolar disorder for the past few years and need medication to live a normal life. I'm not your obedient daughter, nor do I want to be a big entrepreneur. I don't want to marry anyone, nor will I have children."
After saying that, she turned her head away from Jiang Shan and calmly said to Old Master Qin, "From today onwards, I have no further connection with the Jiang family, and I am no longer your future granddaughter-in-law. Please do not focus too much energy on me."
Having said that, it's tantamount to completely breaking off relations.
Jiang Chuyu had no reason to stay any longer. She straightened her back, ignoring the chaos behind her and Jiang Shan's calls, and quickly left the suffocating mansion.
Back in the apartment, Jiang Chuyu tiptoed and danced happily in the living room. When she got tired, she threw herself onto the large bed that still carried Gu Zeming's cool scent and covered her head with the blanket.
She really wanted to burst out laughing.
After years of waiting, I finally got her to have my way.
Fortunately, Gu Zeming wasn't here today; otherwise, she definitely wouldn't have softened and said those things.
Jiang Chuyu rolled around on the bed a few times, clutching her blanket, her consciousness gradually fading until she drifted off to sleep.
In the middle of the night, half asleep, Jiang Chuyu felt an itch on her face, as if something was gently stroking her cheek, cool and refreshing, which gave her the creeps.
She shifted uneasily, struggling to open her heavy eyelids.
In the darkness, she could vaguely see a blurry figure sitting by her bed.
Jiang Chuyu was startled, and her sleepiness vanished instantly. Just as she was about to focus and see clearly, the dark figure suddenly leaned down, and a familiar, cold aura enveloped her.
His warm, wet lips kissed her.
"Mmm..." Jiang Chuyu struggled subconsciously, but was held even tighter in the other person's arms.
As their breaths mingled, Jiang Chuyu fully regained consciousness and recognized the person who had come.
"Weren't you on a business trip in Shanghai? Why did you suddenly come back?"
“Gu Zeming…”
"Hmm..."
Gu Zeming kissed her again and again, giving her no chance to speak.
Jiang Chuyu felt guilty, afraid that he would discover something, so she stopped struggling and instead reached out her arms to wrap around his neck, awkwardly but proactively opening her lips.
Her response was like a fuse that had been lit.
Gu Zeming's movements became more urgent, as if he wanted to prove something, with a kind of madness that wanted to devour her whole, completely different from his usual aloof and self-possessed demeanor.
In the darkness, with sight deprived, the senses become exceptionally acute.
His cool fingertips, burning lips and tongue, heavy breathing, and the force that almost crushed her all terrified her.
Jiang Chuyu was somewhat overwhelmed, yet she was also completely absorbed in it.
In this almost domineering intimacy, she temporarily forgot all the unpleasantness of the day and immersed herself in the subversive pleasure he gave her.
Throughout the entire process, Gu Zeming remained silent, only staring intently at her expression, his Adam's apple bobbing, occasionally letting out a muffled groan.
Jiang Chuyu couldn't stand his gaze any longer, so she pushed him down and then mustered up her courage to sit on him.
"Don't look at me." Her forehead was damp with sweat, and her whole body was trembling.
Gu Zeming looked up at her and asked in a hoarse voice, "Why?"
Because I'll be reluctant to part with it.
Jiang Chuyu raised her hand to cover his eyes, and then touched his face.
In the darkness of night, when she could see nothing at all, she still wanted to remember his face.
I don't know how much time passed.
The clouds dispersed and the rain stopped.
Jiang Chuyu slumped in Gu Zeming's arms, feeling as if her body had fallen apart. Gu Zeming gently stroked her hair, his movements languid and affectionate.
"Why did you come back early?" Jiang Chuyu buried her face in his chest and asked in a muffled voice.
Gu Zeming didn't answer. His hand, which was stroking her hair, paused for a moment. Then, his deep voice sounded above her, devoid of any emotion: "I heard that you want to break off our engagement?"
Jiang Chuyu's body stiffened slightly.
She knew it; he had indeed returned because of this matter.
She lifted her head from his embrace.
In the darkness, she couldn't see Gu Zeming's expression, so she could only rely on her senses. After a moment of gathering her emotions, she immediately adopted a heavy nasal tone and feigned grievance, pretending to cry: "Gu Zeming, since you're not here, all the demons and monsters have come to bully me. You have no idea how awful your family is. They actually investigated me behind my back and even said I have a mental illness. I couldn't stand it, so I said those things..."
As she spoke, she secretly observed his reaction.
Although she couldn't see his expression clearly, she knew that Gu Zeming was someone who responded to gentleness but not force, and he especially couldn't stand seeing her suffer.
Sure enough, Gu Zeming tightened his grip on her arm.
He lowered his head and kissed her cheek. In the darkness, his voice carried a hint of heartache: "You don't like them?"
"Mmm..." Jiang Chuyu nodded vigorously.
Gu Zeming said, "I don't like them either. Why don't I resign, and we leave Beijing and go south together..."
Jiang Chuyu interrupted him: "That won't do. I'm still waiting for you to inherit the family business, make a lot of money, and buy me a mansion. I can't stand being poor. Besides, those are all your things. Why are you just handing them over to someone else? Are you doing charity?"
Perhaps it was the playful tone of her voice, but Gu Zeming's expression finally softened. After a while, he suddenly said, "I'm sorry, I didn't protect you well. I'll handle this, don't worry."
Jiang Chuyu poked his heart with her index finger: "I believe you."
She snuggled back into Ze Ming's arms, wrapping her arms around his waist.
Gu Zeming seemed to enjoy her dependence and hugged her even tighter. Neither of them spoke again, quietly embracing each other, feeling each other's body temperature and heartbeat.
Surrounded by his reassuring presence, Jiang Chuyu cast aside all her distracting thoughts and fell into a deep sleep once more.
She woke up in Gu Zeming's arms the next morning.
He was probably tired from the long drive last night and the two of them having been up all night.
Jiang Chuyu observed his face in the morning light.
When he's asleep, that aloofness and detachment diminishes considerably; his long eyelashes fall down, making him appear unexpectedly quiet and harmless.
But Jiang Chuyu knew that this was just a facade.
This man has a strong desire for control, is extremely obsessive, and is the type who can quietly go crazy. He usually behaves very well, but once his bottom line is crossed, the consequences are unimaginable.
Seemingly sensing her gaze, Gu Zeming's eyelashes fluttered, and he opened his eyes.
Those deep eyes were still a little hazy when they first woke up, but they quickly regained their clarity and focused on her face.
"Good morning." His voice was deep and husky as he naturally pulled her closer to him.
"morning."
Jiang Chuyu smiled slightly at him, as if all the gloom of yesterday had dissipated.
Just then, Gu Zeming's phone rang.
Jiang Chuyu urged him, "Answer the phone."
Gu Zeming hesitated for a moment, then picked up his phone from the bedside table and answered the call.
It was a call from the company, urging him to hurry back to attend an important meeting.
Gu Zeming frowned, glanced at Jiang Chuyu in his arms, and hesitated.
“Go ahead,” Jiang Chuyu said understandingly, nudging him. “Work is important, I’m fine.”
“You’re all alone…” Gu Zeming was still worried about her.
"I'm really okay now." Jiang Chuyu sat up, her tone light. "I'll try my best to wait until the day you said you'd talk about, and then we'll face everything together, okay?"
She behaved unusually well-behaved and sensible, completely appearing to depend on him, trust him, and be willing to share everything with him.
Gu Zeming gazed at her for a few seconds, then finally nodded, leaned down and placed a light kiss on her lips: "Wait for me to come back."
"Okay." Jiang Chuyu replied with a smile, watching him get up, put on his clothes, straighten his tie, and then pick up his coat and leave the bedroom.
She sat quietly on the bed, and when she heard the living room door close, she was certain that Gu Zeming had really left.
She was suddenly left alone in the room, so quiet that she could almost hear her own heartbeat.
Jiang Chuyu threw off the covers and got out of bed. She washed up and changed her clothes at a leisurely pace. Then, she took out paper and a pen.
Sitting at her desk, she paused for a moment, countless images flashing through her mind.
The hateful expressions of her adoptive parents, Jiang Shan's indifference, and Gu Zeming's warm embrace.
She should have died at the age of fifteen, but thanks to Gu Zeming's kindness, she has been able to live until now.
Her life was a joke, but it doesn't matter, she has money, education, and a future now.
Her own future.
Jiang Chuyu had a lot to say, but in the end, she could only write a few words.
I'm leaving. Please don't look for me.
After writing, Jiang Chuyu carefully folded the note, then put it into the box, closed the lid, and placed the box in a conspicuous place.
After doing all this, Jiang Chuyu calmly began packing her luggage.
She carried very little, only essential documents, some cash, a few changes of clothes, and a laptop.
She didn't want to attract anyone's attention, especially Gu Zeming, so she acted quickly and decisively.
Yang Xiuling booked her the next flight to France.
Jiang Chuyu dragged her simple suitcase, took one last look around the city full of memories, and then turned and left without hesitation.
Three days later, when Gu Zeming finished his official business and rushed back to Beijing from Shanghai, Jiang Chuyu had already landed in France.
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