Chapter 78: Past Events - Actually, Bai Zixuan was quite pitiful too.
Nestled in Xiao Yan's arms, Gu Mingxia softly spoke of something he had always cared about: Fu Heng had indeed pursued her, and quite aggressively at that.
Fu Heng, who always seemed gentle and refined, was so domineering towards her that Gu Mingxia was somewhat at a loss.
"If you don't want to talk about the past, then you don't have to!"
Xiao Yan unconsciously tightened his grip on Gu Mingxia's shoulder. He himself hadn't been completely honest with her, so in his heart, he felt he had no right to demand that Gu Mingxia be completely honest with him.
Some things are better left unknown! If Xiao Yan hadn't seen Fu Heng forcibly kiss Gu Mingxia today, he wouldn't have been upset. But having seen it... it would become a thorn in his heart. Although it wouldn't affect his feelings for Xiaxia, he would still feel somewhat uneasy!
"How can you do that? You're angry!"
As Gu Mingxia spoke, she kept tapping her small hands on Xiao Yan's chest, as if his chest were an iPad. Xiao Yan awkwardly reached out and grasped Gu Mingxia's small hand.
"Who said I'm angry?"
Although Xiao Yan was a little annoyed, he wasn't angry yet, because he knew Gu Mingxia's personality well enough. She hated people who were two-timing, so how could he have done such a thing?
"If you're not angry, why has your phone been off all afternoon?"
Gu Mingxia pouted and glared at Xiao Yan reproachfully. Seeing her looking like a little woman in love, Xiao Yan lowered his head and kissed her red lips.
"I worked so hard last night that I forgot to charge my charger!"
"rogue!"
Hearing Xiao Yan's ambiguous words, Gu Mingxia playfully punched his chest. Xiao Yan looked at her apple-red cheeks and smiled. If he could see his Xiaxia with such a happy and shy expression every day, what else could he possibly complain about?
His Xiaxia had never cooked before, and she made so many dishes for him on her first try. What more could he ask for? His Xiaxia would never get entangled with any man other than him again.
"What's there to be afraid of in being a hooligan? As long as you like me, I'm not afraid to be a hooligan."
As Xiao Yan spoke, he touched Gu Mingxia's waist, and Gu Mingxia giggled because she was ticklish.
"No...it tickles!"
"Really? How about this then?"
Xiao Yan lowered his head and kissed Gu Mingxia's earlobe, speaking in an ambiguous and sexy tone. A shiver ran through Gu Mingxia's body, and she pushed Xiao Yan away.
"No... I'm on my period today."
Since her period had started, she naturally had to be well taken care of, and Xiao Yan hugged her in his arms with a bit of annoyance.
"Don't do these things if you're not feeling well. You know, getting them wet with cold water is bad for your health!"
Xiao Yan lazily picked her up and placed her on the sofa in the living room. He then went to the bathroom to get a hot towel to wipe her face and hands, and went to the kitchen to make a cup of brown sugar ginger tea, which he placed on the coffee table.
"Xiaxia, you're with me to be happy, not to have me cook and prepare meals for you! I'll do those things, not you!"
How could he bear to let his Xiaxia suffer even the slightest harm? She was his queen, his darling, and he was willing to do anything for his queen!
"If you ever go to the kitchen again, look at your arms, hands, and face. Aren't you afraid it will break my heart?"
"It's alright, it doesn't hurt anymore. It's not as serious as you said!"
Gu Mingxia stroked the small blisters on her arm and spoke in a calm tone.
"From now on, you only need to be responsible for the most difficult task: looking beautiful! Leave the simple things like earning money and cooking to me, okay?"
Xiao Yan held her close, his forehead pressed against hers, whispering softly. Meeting his deep, loving eyes, Gu Mingxia smiled sweetly and nodded.
"Xiao Yan, about Fu Heng... I think I'd better make things clear to you, otherwise you'll be furious when you see what he's done!"
Gu Mingxia found a comfortable spot on the sofa, rested her head on Xiao Yan's lap, held his large hand, and idly counted his fingers as she spoke in a nonchalant tone.
"I'll listen if you're willing to tell me!"
Actually, Xiao Yan didn't want to hear about the past. But he didn't want to spoil Gu Mingxia's mood, so he gently smoothed her messy curly hair with one hand, speaking in a relaxed tone and looking at her with loving eyes.
"Seven years ago, after I disappeared, I was heartbroken, so I audited classes at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. That's where I met Fu Heng and Bai Zixuan." Gu Mingxia glanced at Xiao Yan as she spoke of his disappearance. Now that he was back safe and sound, nothing in the world could make her happier!
"Back then, Fu Heng was surrounded by beautiful women. I never thought that anything romantic would happen between us, but sometimes the things you least want to happen are the things that fate will make happen. Once, when the school had a power outage, I was in a hurry to leave and missed a step on the stairs, and Fu Heng caught me. From then on, I don't know what got into Fu Heng, he started pursuing me like crazy."
Thinking of the crazy things Fu Heng did that year, a smile appeared on her face. That was her past, a memory of her youth. Xiao Yan knew she shouldn't be angry, but she still felt a deep unhappiness.
So that's when she met Bai Zixuan! If she had come back without thinking back then, she wouldn't have ended up marrying Bai Zixuan.
"Bai Zixuan was pursuing you back then, wasn't he?"
Xiao Yan's words were laced with sarcasm, and Gu Mingxia reached out and pinched his cheek, a teasing smile on her face.
"What's wrong? Are you jealous?"
He could overlook Fu Heng's past, but... he was very jealous of Bai Zixuan, who had a seven-year marriage with Gu Mingxia. When Gu Mingxia asked him this, Xiao Yan awkwardly turned his head away, avoiding looking at her expression.
Gu Mingxia smiled, turned over on the sofa, and kept her head resting on Xiao Yan's lap.
“Indeed, Bai Zixuan started pursuing me around that time! Compared to Bai Zixuan’s quiet approach, Fu Heng’s actions were much more forceful. Every day, he would drive to my apartment with flowers to wait for me. If I didn’t get in his car, he would follow behind the bus I was on. No matter what I did, he would always appear in front of me.”
"So he can still go to the women's restroom?"
Xiao Yan looked at Gu Mingxia very seriously, and Gu Mingxia burst out laughing when she heard him say that.
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Gu Mingxia slapped Xiao Yan, then grabbed his hand and continued, "To be honest, I didn't really like Fu Heng back then because he was always surrounded by all sorts of beautiful women. You know, I hate men like that. I told him directly, and who knew that the next day, not a single woman appeared by his side. Just then, Gu Huaikun called and asked me to go back for a blind date, to marry a wealthy Arab man he had chosen. I was very unwilling, thinking that rather than marrying a stranger, I might as well agree to marry Fu Heng, and the Fu family definitely met Gu Huaikun's criteria for a son-in-law! But just as I agreed to be his girlfriend, the Fu Group encountered a crisis, and he flew back to Xiangcheng overnight."
At this point, Gu Mingxia felt a little guilty. She felt that she had delayed Fu Heng for so many years. Xiao Yan frowned. He had always thought that Gu Mingxia meant that she was Bai Zixuan's girlfriend, not Fu Heng.
"Then... how did you end up marrying Bai Zixuan?"
Mentioning this, Gu Mingxia smiled bitterly. She sat up straight, her eyes fixed on the cup of brown sugar ginger tea on the table. How long ago was it that Bai Zixuan had also taken care of everything for her in such a meticulous way?
"After Fu Heng returned to China, he called me every day at first, but later it became less frequent, only once every few days. He told me that the Fu Group was facing a major crisis and that he was busy with official business, so he might not have time to call me. For the next month, Fu Heng didn't call me once. We all come from large families, so we naturally know that when a family group gets busy, it's really busy day and night. So I didn't take it to heart and continued to eat, attend classes, and go to the library to read as usual."
At this point, Gu Mingxia paused, letting out a soft sigh. If it weren't for that accident, her life would likely be completely different now. Fu Heng…
"Once, I went to the library to read a book online. I came back too late and fell into the lake next to the school. It was winter, and I was afraid of the cold and was not a good swimmer. By sheer coincidence, Bai Zixuan also came out of the library and passed by. He jumped into the lake and saved me, but after saving me, he suffered frostbite and had to go to the hospital!"
"What, after you rescued the damsel in distress, you've already offered yourself to her?"
Xiao Yan was very jealous, and his tone unconsciously became somewhat sarcastic. Gu Mingxia knew his feelings, so she didn't take his current attitude to heart and just smiled faintly.
"After I got ashore, Bai Zixuan got a leg cramp from the icy water and stayed in the cold lake for a long time. I called the police and they pulled him out of the lake, but he also had frostbite in many places. Because I felt guilty, I took care of him in the hospital for a long time. A few days before he was discharged, he proposed to me and said he wanted to take care of me for the rest of his life."
"Hmph, aren't you afraid that he's after the Gu family behind you!"
"Can't you just let me finish? It's rude to keep interrupting people!" Gu Mingxia glared at him unhappily, and Xiao Yan could only obediently shut up, but still snorted heavily at her.
"What are you humming about? Do you think you're a pig?!" Gu Mingxia was very unhappy. She wanted to be honest with him, and he got jealous! She wasn't even angry that he had been missing for seven years, and he still had the nerve to act like he was right! Sure enough, you can't spoil a man; if you spoil him too much, he'll turn into a jerk!
"While I was thinking about how to refuse him, Bai Zixuan's attending physician contacted me. He...she told me that Bai Zixuan's condition was caused by spending too much time in the lake..."
As Gu Mingxia finished speaking, she became a little embarrassed and beckoned to Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan leaned closer without hesitation, and Gu Mingxia whispered something in his ear before nodding earnestly at him.
"You married him just because of this?"
"What else can I do? Can I refuse? After all, I'm the one who caused his trouble... Sigh, actually Bai Zixuan is quite pitiful. If it weren't for me, he would definitely be living a better life now!"
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