Night Raid #122: Consider whether you're qualified.
Gu Mingxia's words were very firm. No matter what Fu Heng did, she was only moved, but absolutely not in love! Because a person can only love one person in their heart, and absolutely cannot love two people at the same time!
There are many manipulative women in this era, but she doesn't want to become one of them! If she can't love Fu Heng, she will never give him any hope, not even a false impression!
Reaching out, she brushed away the stray hairs that were obscuring Fu Heng's eyes. Gu Mingxia's eyes were clear and bright. All of this was because he loved her, but she didn't love him! However, those few carefree days in Switzerland were brought to her by Fu Heng. Gu Mingxia believed that she had a clear conscience about the past half of her life. If she really had to find the person she felt most guilty towards, it would obviously be Fu Heng.
In a moment of impulse, she dragged him into being her lifeline, unaware that she was wasting Fu Heng's precious youth! How many seven-year periods does a person have in a lifetime? Yet, because of her words, he has remained without a single scandal with any woman for so many years!
She wasn't unmoved, but gratitude and emotion weren't love. She believed that even someone as proud as Fu Heng wouldn't accept her choosing to be with him because of gratitude. Gu Mingxia reached out and grasped Fu Heng's long, slender, fair hand, a helpless smile on her face.
"Fu Heng, do you know? I'm so grateful you saved my life, but I can't accept your feelings for me! Seven years ago, I let you down. If you hadn't returned to China then, maybe we'd be married now, maybe even with a child in kindergarten! But fate is so cruel. You returned, and I... was forced to marry Bai Zixuan. I thought you'd find a more suitable woman after you found out I'd wronged you, but I didn't know you'd been waiting for me all these years. Fu Heng, I'm sorry! But I can't hide it from you. All these years, my heart has only belonged to Xiao Yan. After he disappeared, I thought I could forget him, but after meeting Xiao Yan again after the divorce, I realized that feelings can't be faked. The person I... have always loved is only Xiao Yan!"
After saying these words that had been bottled up inside, Gu Mingxia felt much better. Looking at Fu Heng's pale and bloodless face, she felt guilty, but if they couldn't be together, why give him a zero percent chance? Wouldn't that make her even more shameful?
Holding Fu Heng's hand tightly, Gu Mingxia frowned slightly, her eyes filled with a resolute expression. She spoke softly yet with increasing determination.
“Fuheng, I know I’m selfish, but please forgive me. I just don’t want to deceive your feelings. I made a mistake seven years ago, and I can’t make the same mistake again.”
Gu Mingxia's eyes were clear and bright, like the brightest star in the world. She let out a long sigh.
"As a friend, no matter what happens to you in the future, as long as it's within my power, I, Gu Mingxia, will do everything I can to help you. But in matters of the heart, I'm destined to let you down! If your arm really does leave any lasting effects, don't worry, I, Gu Mingxia, keep my word and will take care of you for the rest of my life. With me, Gu Mingxia, here, I will never abandon you!"
This was Gu Mingxia's vow. She lowered her head and gently kissed Fu Heng's face, then smiled brightly.
"Fu Heng, this kiss will let us say goodbye to all our past emotional entanglements. We will be best friends but never husband and wife! I love Xiao Yan, I'm sorry!"
After saying that, she put down Fu Heng's hand, turned around and went to Xiao Yan's bedside. She held Xiao Yan's scarred hand tightly, but when she turned around, she did not see Fu Heng's empty hand in the air, looking desperately as if he wanted to grab something but could not.
That's life. You can control money, power, and even people, but you can never control people's feelings. Even Fu Heng, who has countless riches, cannot make the person he loves love him back. He can only watch helplessly as she smiles at another man!
While unconscious, Fu Heng seemed to have lost something of utmost importance, but he didn't know what it was. He only felt the warmth in his hands suddenly disappear. He tried to hold on tightly, but in the end, he only grasped at empty air!
Gu Mingxia held Xiao Yan's hand tightly, as if he would disappear if she let go. Xiao Yan, who was unconscious, was extremely pale, and there was messy stubble on his chin. Gu Mingxia pressed her face against Xiao Yan's face and did not leave for a long time.
Her heart suddenly calmed down. As long as Xiao Yan was there, Gu Mingxia felt that there was nothing in this world that was difficult to do. With him, life was always happy, even if he just lay there quietly without saying a word.
"Little Swallow, you've grown a beard! You know what? I've never seen you with a beard before. You look a little unfamiliar to me, yet so endearing. You've lost your usual aloofness and gained a more down-to-earth look!"
Reaching out to touch the slightly prickly stubble on Xiao Yan's face, Gu Mingxia smiled happily. This was the man who belonged only to her. Whether in happiness or pain, in poverty or wealth, she only wanted to spend it with this man!
"Little Swallow, do you know, just being with you like this makes me so happy! We'll be happy like this for the rest of our lives, forever! Gu Mingxia belongs to Little Swallow, and Little Swallow belongs to Gu Mingxia too! So, without my permission, you absolutely cannot get into trouble. After you've had enough sleep, you must wake up. With you... Xiaxia can be happy!"
With you, Xiaxia can be happy!
These seemingly ordinary words sounded so cruel to Fu Heng, who had just woken up. He realized that the sensations he felt while unconscious were real, that he had truly lost the most important thing in his life, and that Gu Mingxia had indeed been talking to him in his dazed state.
Fu Heng, I have always only loved Xiao Yan! With you, Xia Xia can be happy!
These two sentences kept echoing in Fu Heng's mind, and he felt his heart aching terribly! Although he had never forced Gu Mingxia to accept him, and knew that she only had Xiao Yan in her heart, hearing her say such words in person, Fu Heng still overestimated his ability to bear it. This kind of pain was truly... worse than death!
Closing his eyes, Fu Heng forced himself not to think about it, not to open his eyes to see Gu Mingxia and Xiao Yan's loving scene together. In this love, he was destined to be an observer. In the world of three people, he was destined to be the superfluous one, and he didn't even have the chance to ask for a fair competition!
His heart sank little by little. Fu Heng gritted his teeth and told himself that it was okay. He would get used to this heartache after a while. Once he got used to it and became numb to it, he would no longer feel this pain!
As long as Mingxia is happy, what does his suffering matter? Tears streamed down Fu Heng's face. This time, he didn't hide them, because he knew Gu Mingxia wouldn't turn back. So he would just cry silently and mourn for the love that ended seven years ago!
After he finished crying, he had to step back into the role of a friend. Only by standing in the position of a friend could he interact with Gu Mingxia, and only then could they avoid awkwardness when they met! He was willing to be Mingxia's protector, protecting the relationship and life she wanted!
Downstairs at the hospital, Fu Honghai sat in his car, laughing heartily, while Fu Ya patted him on the shoulder and gave him a thumbs-up with boundless admiration.
"Third Uncle, as they say, old ginger is spicier! Your move is brilliant! As long as Third Brother keeps saying how wonderful his arm is, Gu Mingxia will have to keep taking care of him! If the two of them don't develop feelings for each other while taking care of each other day and night, it would be a shame if Third Brother didn't suffer from his gunshot wound!"
Fu Ya's face lit up with excitement at the thought, naturally ignoring whether Fu Heng was willing to cooperate with them in telling such a lie. Fu Honghai, smug and triumphant, raised his head, his ferocious face softening considerably.
"Of course! Although your third uncle is unmarried, he was quite the ladies' man back in the day. When it comes to dealing with women... you kids are still too green!"
"Of course, but Third Uncle, have you ever thought about finding us a Third Aunt? And then having a child together? Wouldn't that be a perfect life!"
As Fu Ya spoke with a chuckle, Fu Honghai reached out and slapped him on the head, roaring with a ferocious expression.
"Are you kidding me? How old am I? Still not married and having kids? You're just making fun of your third uncle!"
"Third Uncle, how could I dare to laugh at you! Look at Xie Xian, he's over eighty, and he still found a young girl as his girlfriend! You're not even sixty yet, why can't you marry a beautiful young woman to be our Third Aunt?"
"Stop talking nonsense! If I wanted to marry her, I would have done it long ago. Why would I wait until I'm too old to marry her now? Keep a close eye on her, I bet that old bastard won't give up easily!"
Fu Honghai slapped Fu Ya on the head again. Fu Ya frowned, his face full of pain. This third uncle was not as easy to talk to as the fifth uncle. He had also said that he would let the fifth uncle marry the fifth aunt, but the fifth uncle just smiled and did not make a move! Sure enough, the quality of the educated and the uneducated is different!
"Is it possible that Cai Feng was just reprimanded and sent away by you, Third Uncle? He won't come back again, will he?"
"Of course you can! Look at that!"
Fu Honghai pointed to a doctor in a white coat, looking flustered and looking around nervously, and showed him to Fu Ya. His ferocious face looked even more terrifying because of his anger.
"Yes, that's really strange! A normal doctor wouldn't have such a fearful expression!"
“Cai Feng seems to have grown tired of living well! He actually dared to touch someone the Fu family wants to protect. He doesn’t even know his own strength! Fifth son, call your fifth uncle and have him take some men to destroy Cai Feng’s three underground stores in the East District! Tell him that if he misses the master-disciple relationship, he should get out of the Fu family as soon as possible!”
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