Chapter 390 What Did She Do Wrong
Before entering the office.
Gu Zhou has removed the plaster.
He pressed the doorknob, pushed the door open, and faced An Lianhe who was sitting on the sofa.
He looked distracted: "Mom, why are you here so early?"
An Lianhe's face was solemn as she asked, "Why else do you think Mom would come here?"
"Why?" He walked to the back of the desk, but did not sit down. He just leaned against the wide edge of the table, facing An Lianhe.
See him playing dumb.
An Lianhe was extremely angry.
"Why did you say that at the dinner last night? You knew we were trying to arrange a marriage between you and Yingying."
"This matter." Gu Zhou pretended to be suddenly enlightened: "If you want to facilitate it, it's your business. I don't want to."
An Lianhe was angry: "Didn't you agree before? Why are you suddenly going back on your word?"
Her well-maintained face suddenly turned serious, as if she had grasped the key point: "Did Wang Yuanling tell you something?"
Gu Zhou pursed his lips, his smile cold: "What does this have to do with her?"
An Lianhe didn't believe it: "You refused to marry Yingying, wasn't it because of Wang Yuanling?"
A sharp look flashed across Gu Zhou's eyes: "Have you ever spoken to her in this tone?"
An Lianhe frowned when asked: "What? Of course not."
"I refused because I don't like it," Gu Zhou said word by word, with unquestionable force: "It has nothing to do with her. Don't wrongly accuse a good person."
An Lianhe: "You are protecting her like this now, how can you make me believe that this matter has nothing to do with her?"
The laxity on Gu Zhou's face faded like the tide, and his brows and eyes were filled with sharpness: "Can't I say a fair word for her who is innocent? But, from what you said, you can also see that I have a good impression of her?"
An Lianhe was nailed to the spot by his last blunt words. The blood instantly drained from her well-maintained face, leaving only a stiffness mixed with shock and anger.
"A Zhou, didn't your father tell you that the Wang family is a dangerous place, and you shouldn't get too involved with them! I thought she was a good girl at first, but now it seems she isn't. What kind of magic potion did she give you?"
Gu Zhou seemed to have heard an extremely ridiculous joke and taunted, "I don't understand, what did she do wrong to make you and Dad so opposed? Just because she is a member of the Wang family? This reason is too far-fetched."
An Lianhe frowned, "Didn't I tell you that your father almost broke up with your uncle because of the Wang family?"
Gu Zhou's dark eyes narrowed instantly, and a sharp look flashed through his narrowed eyes: "But you didn't tell me what happened between my uncle, my father, and the Wang family."
An Lianhe choked and remained silent for a few seconds. "Mom told you, I don't know the details, but I only know that the reason your uncle and your dad quarreled was because of the Wang family! Anyway, if you don't like Yingying, your dad and I will find another suitable family for you, but this Wang family is not an option."
Gu Zhou said coldly, "So you don't know what happened back then. Even if the Wang family was wrong, it was the fault of the other members of the Wang family. What does it have to do with her? Sorry, I can't accept such a vague reason. I like her and I will pursue her. I don't need you two to worry about my marriage."
"A Zhou!" An Lianhe was furious. "You've never been so disobedient before, but now you're going against Mom and Dad because of Wang Yuanling. How can you expect Mom and Dad to accept her? She's from the Wang family..."
"Enough." Gu Zhou interrupted in a deep voice. The voice was not loud, but it was like an ice-hardened blade, instantly cutting off the disparagement that An Lianhe was about to say.
"She did nothing wrong. She doesn't need you to judge her, let alone use any biased words to describe her. I believe that the current development of the Gu Group has not yet reached the point where they would sell me out to form a 'strong alliance'."
An Lianhe was furious: "Sell you?! Do you think that by finding a suitable marriage partner for you, your parents are selling you out?!"
Gu Zhou said coldly: "Is there any difference? You knew I didn't want to, but you still insisted on forcing me to marry a woman I didn't want to marry."
After he finished speaking, he added coldly: "In short, if it wasn't her, I wouldn't marry her."
The resoluteness in his words made An Lianhe even more angry. "How long have you known her? Do you understand her? Do you know what kind of person she is? How dare you say that you will marry no one but her? You've really been blinded by her!"
Gu Zhou's voice was deep and gloomy. "In your eyes, my liking for her is such an irrational thing? Or, in your heart, am I just a useless person with no judgment and no ability to distinguish right from wrong?"
His self-deprecating words hit An Lianhe's soft spot.
This is the most promising child she has ever given birth to in the entire family.
He was second, and no child dared to be first.
An Lianhe fell into a brief silence. After a moment, her tone softened a little: "Azhou, the Wang family really doesn't get along with ours. Mom and Dad are doing this for your own good. How could we harm you? Think about your brother. He's already very opposed to the marriage. If he knew you wouldn't agree to it either, then his relationship with Rui'er would be even more hopeless. It was you who suggested choosing Rui'er to marry him. By doing this now, aren't you just slapping yourself in the face? Do you want to see your brother continue to entangle with that married woman?!"
Gu Zhou's lips suddenly straightened, and his body, which was leaning on the edge of the table, stood up instantly. His tall figure cast a cold and hard shadow in the spacious office.
An Lianhe watched his reaction.
She saw that the sharpness in Gu Zhou's eyes was replaced by something deeper and more complicated - there was the shock of having his soft spot poked, the guilt towards his brother, and the anger of being threatened by her.
"You are the eldest brother, you have to set a good example for your younger brothers."
"Role model?" Gu Zhou's voice deepened, and every word seemed to be soaked in ice water, carrying a biting chill.
"I'm not a role model. He has brains and thoughts. He has his own choices and doesn't need to follow mine. I admit that I was the one who chose Rui'er, but that was based on what I thought was the best solution for him, Rui'er, and both families. But I misjudged the depth and persistence of his feelings for that woman. That was my mistake. But his entanglement with a married woman is a matter of principle. But between her and me, did I make a big mistake, or did she? We have no issues of principle, so why can't we be together?"
An Lianhe hadn't expected him to find a breakthrough point and then pull out his trump card: "Azhou, your father will definitely not agree to this! You know your father's temper. Do you expect him to personally go to Wang Yuanling to discuss this matter?"
The threat in An Lianhe's words.
Gu Zhou's expression suddenly turned cold and he suppressed his anger: "I said, she is innocent."
An Lianhe: "Your father wouldn't think so. You know how much he rejects the Wang family. I don't know how far you and her have developed now, but I believe that if your father intervenes, there will be no result between you two."
Gu Zhou's eyes grew colder as he spoke each word with pause, "I never thought that one day I would be threatened like this by my parents. Since you insist on doing this, I have nothing to say. I will still have it, so please feel free to do as you please."
After saying this, he didn't stop, but stretched out his long legs and strode towards the door. His straight back showed a sense of desperation and loneliness.
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