Chapter 150 I liked it before, and I will like it more in the future

She stood there gently but firmly, her white dress gleaming like pearls in the sunlight. She calmly greeted the gazes of Gu Zhiyan, Jian Yao, and the servants around her.

But when his eyes fell on the intertwined fingers of Jian Yao and Gu Zhiyan, his eyes felt a little painful.

Gu Zhiyan held Jian Yao's hand with a little force, and the smile on his face faded slightly.

Jian Yao withdrew her gaze from the fingertips of the girl opposite her, who was tightly grasping the hem of her skirt. She gently tugged at Gu Zhiyan's hand, raised her head and looked at him soothingly, "Go ahead. I'll wait for you here."

She didn't know what Mingzhu was going to say, but it was most likely a girl's thoughts.

True love should not be made public in public.

Gu Zhiyan frowned slightly, lowered his eyes to look at Jian Yao for two seconds, sighed imperceptibly, and raised his wrist to check the time.

"Three minutes. I'll be back in three minutes."

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In the pavilion beside the pond in the old house, Gu Zhiyan and Mingzhu stood opposite each other.

He looked at the girl in front of him calmly. To be frank, he didn't think there was anything to talk about with her.

Mingzhu did not speak directly, but instead glanced at Jian Yao from a distance across the lake.

The view here is wide, and I can see her standing on the path just now from a distance, seemingly studying the flowers in the roadside flowerbed.

She smiled sadly, her eyes unable to conceal the loneliness, and when she spoke, there was an lingering bitterness in her tone.

"Brother Gu, is she the one you said you liked?"

When she graduated from high school, she confessed her love to Brother Gu.

At that time, he rejected her very decisively, saying that he already had someone he liked.

She always thought that was an excuse.

They grew up together, and there has never been any other girl around him, so how could he fall in love with someone else?

She thought that was an excuse that Brother Gu used to reject her casual fabrication.

But despite this, she still went abroad in anger and stayed away for several years.

Although she has been abroad these years, she has always kept people paying attention to what is happening in the country.

There had never been any suspicious person of the opposite sex around him, which seemed to confirm her initial guess.

So, when her parents urged her to get married, she returned home full of confidence, thinking that even if Brother Gu didn't love her, she would still be a perfect marriage partner.

The two of them have been connected since childhood, and they will eventually be together.

Unexpectedly, she just went back to Suzhou with her mother, and when she came back she heard that he was engaged.

Gu Zhiyan followed her line of sight and looked towards Jian Yao, the love and tenderness in his eyes almost overflowing from his eyes.

"Yes, I like her."

"I liked it before, and I will like it even more in the future."

Mingzhu raised her head slightly to look at the sky, fearing that her tears would not be able to hold back and fall.

She felt a little stupid.

Although the answer was clearly expected, I had to confirm it with him in person before I would give up.

She took a deep breath and slowly forced out a stiff smile, "I understand."

Mingzhu adjusted her mood and took the lead to walk towards Jian Yao.

Jian Yao was still standing by the roadside, her eyes fixed on the carefully tended flowers in the old house, but her mind had already flown to the other side of the lake.

I wonder what Mingzhu wants to say to him?

Would he blame me for suggesting that he and Mingzhu talk alone? Would he think that I didn't value him? Would he push him to someone else?

Jian Yao unconsciously picked off a pink petal and twisted it gently. The petals broke and the fresh juice dyed her fingertips a light pink, but she didn't notice it at all.

Mingzhu stood beside Jian Yao in her silver-strap high heels, took out a gold-plated invitation from her bag, and handed it to Jian Yao with both hands.

"Sister-in-law, there will be a welcoming party for me the day after tomorrow. I hope you and Brother Gu can come and attend."

Jian Yao's thoughts were brought back to reality by Mingzhu's voice.

She turned her gaze from Mingzhu's red eyes to the invitation in front of her and took it with both hands. "Thank you, we will attend."

Mingzhu looked at her deeply and smiled with relief, "Then sister-in-law, you must arrive on time. It just so happens that I have a gift that I want to return to its original owner. Just consider it as my advance wedding gift to you and Brother Gu."

Gu Zhiyan stood aside and waited for Mingzhu to leave before stepping forward and taking Jian Yao's hand, "Let's go."

The two left the old house and drove all the way back to Yaoguang.

In the Yaoguang underground parking lot, the car had already stopped steadily, but Gu Zhiyan was hesitant to open the door.

Jian Yao placed her slender white fingers on the car door and looked sideways at Gu Zhiyan in confusion.

His seat belt had been unbuckled and he was leaning lazily on the back of the driver's seat with a resentful look in his eyes.

"Mrs. Gu, don't you have anything to ask me?"

Jian Yao withdrew her hand from the car door and glanced at the eye-catching gold-plated invitation.

In fact, girls' sixth sense is very accurate.

For example, the first time she saw Liu Yiyi, she knew her target was Lu Chengze.

For example, she had a strange feeling when she saw Mingzhu's name for the first time, and seeing it today also confirmed her guess.

However, everyone has their own past, she has her own, and Gu Zhiyan may also have one.

She admitted that she was a little bothered and jealous.

But if she likes Gu Zhiyan, she has to accept that he has his own past.

He is very outstanding, so it is normal for him to be liked by others. Mingzhu is also very outstanding, so it is normal if he had a good impression of Mingzhu before.

Her hands at her sides were clenched into fists, her carefully manicured nails digging deeply into the palms of her hands. The tingling sensation traveled through her limbs into her mind, greatly relieving the bitterness in her heart.

She seemed to have used up all her strength before she let out a breath of stale air. "I don't have anything to ask."

The smile on Gu Zhiyan's lips paused slightly, his body almost froze in an instant, and the light in his eyes gradually dimmed.

However, the next second.

Jian Yao bit her lip, raised her eyes and looked at Gu Zhiyan, her voice was barely audible, "But, Gu Zhiyan."

“I feel so bad!”

She can control herself from exploring another girl's secrets, but she cannot control herself from caring about them.

It was the first time she had experienced this feeling.

Even when I saw Lu Chengze and Liu Yiyi together before, I didn’t feel this sad.

It's like being immersed in acid water, with no strength to struggle and no idea how to struggle.

This feeling of being out of control made her feel panicky and unfamiliar.

Her eyes almost immediately turned red.

Gu Zhiyan looked at her red eyes, and he no longer had the energy to think about her generosity just now. He leaned over helplessly and stroked her cheek with his warm palm. "Don't be afraid. If you feel uncomfortable somewhere, just tell me slowly."

The familiar voice and comfort made Jian Yao's grievances burst out in an instant.

She sobbed and hugged Gu Zhiyan's neck tightly, tears rolling down her cheeks like beads from a broken string.

Each one was as hot as magma, burning Gu Zhiyan so much that his heart ached.

He hugged Jian Yao's waist tightly and stroked her back with his palm to calm her excited emotions.