Chapter 111
As Fang Lan's roar ended, the living room turned quiet, with only the sound of breathing coming and going. Pei Yin was so heartbroken that she couldn't speak. On one side was her family, and on the other was her lover. She couldn't let go of either of them, but at this moment she couldn't leave Gu Cunxi alone. Even if her parents didn't agree, she believed that as long as time was long enough, they would accept her choice one day. But Gu Cunxi had waited for her for four years, and she couldn't let her wait again!
After thinking this through, Pei Yin turned to face Fang Lan and was about to speak, but was stopped by Gu Cunxi who gave her a look to signal her not to speak.
"Do you have any medicine at home?" Gu Cunxi pulled his hand back and looked at Pei Yin. He smiled at her gently and said, "Can you buy me some medicine to reduce the swelling and an ice pack?"
"Let's go together!" Pei Yin's eyes flashed with a trace of heartache, frowning and pulling Gu Cunxi out, but the person behind him didn't move at all. Pei Yin was stunned and turned back to look at her, feeling a little uneasy.
Gu Cunxi shook his head, pushed Pei Yin's hand away and said, "Go buy it for me! I'll wait for you here, okay?"
"!!" Pei Yin understood Gu Cunxi's true intention. She wanted to get her out of the way and face her parents. Thinking of Fang Lan beating and scolding Gu Cunxi despite her attempts to stop her, Pei Yin bit her lip and shook her head, saying, "Come with me!"
Xiao Ping, who was standing nearby, also understood Gu Cunxi's intention. He walked up to Pei Yin, patted her shoulder, and gave her a soothing look, "Pei Yin, go buy it for Cunxi!" Xiao Ping turned his head and glanced at Fang Lan, then whispered in Pei Yin's ear, "Don't worry, I'm watching your mother and won't let anything happen to her!"
No matter what Xiao Ping said, Pei Yin was determined to take Gu Cunxi away with her. She couldn't leave her here alone!
"Pei Pei! Be obedient! You go alone, I'll wait for you here. I didn't feel it just now, but now it really hurts. Help me buy it back, okay?" Gu Cunxi raised his hand to wipe Pei Yin's tearful eyes, his eyebrows and eyes as gentle as water.
Fang Lan sat at a distance and watched the two people coming and going at the door, looking inseparable. She rolled her eyes in anger and gritted her teeth to resist the urge to rush over. When she saw Gu Cunxi leave without taking her daughter, the anger in her heart also subsided a little.
The atmosphere in the living room gradually solidified. Pei Yin's worries were somewhat relieved by Gu Cunxi's comfort, but she still couldn't move her legs, leaving her here alone...
"Go! Don't worry! Be careful on the road and don't be anxious!" Gu Cunxi gave a few instructions, opened the door for Pei Yin, and stood at the door waiting for her to leave.
"Then... I'll be back soon!" Pei Yin looked at his father standing next to him with a worried look.
Xiao Ping naturally understood what his daughter was worried about. Because Fang Lan was present, he didn't say anything. He just gave Pei Yin a look, indicating that she shouldn't worry!
The three of them stood at the door for a long time before Pei Yin walked out of the house. She walked hurriedly and her left foot was aching slightly. She didn't care about these things. She was worried about Gu Cunxi, but she couldn't disobey her, so she could only go and come back quickly!
After Pei Yin left, the room fell silent. Gu Cunxi picked up the documents on the shoe cabinet and walked over to Fang Lan. Xiao Ping followed behind him and sat down next to his wife. He had promised his daughter that he would protect Gu Cunxi's safety, and all he had to do was make sure Fang Lan didn't do anything...
None of the three spoke. Fang Lan didn't even want to look at Gu Cunxi and turned her head away. Xiao Ping looked embarrassed and sat quietly aside waiting for the person in front of him to speak.
In the middle of the living room, Gu Cunxi held the documents, hesitated for a moment, bent his knees slightly, and knelt down in front of the two people.
"!!" Xiao Ping was shocked when he saw this. He couldn't bear it and wanted to stand up to help, but was pulled back by Fang Lan. She looked at Gu Cunxi and said sternly: "If you do this, I won't be soft-hearted. I can't let my daughter find a woman to live with!"
"You misunderstood... I did this not to soften your heart, but because I wanted to apologize to you two elders! What happened today scared you! I'm sorry!" Gu Cunxi lowered his head, put his hands between his legs, his hair was wet and stuck to his forehead, his cheeks were red, and his forehead was slightly swollen. He looked extremely embarrassed.
"If you know you're wrong, stay away from my daughter!" Fang Lan glanced at him and said in a cold tone.
Gu Cunxi shook his head in denial: "This kneeling is just an apology for causing you innocent people to be frightened, not an apology for falling in love with Pei Yin! I'm not wrong to love her!"
"You!" Fang Lan tried to stand up but Xiao Ping stopped her: "Calm down, it's not too late to listen to her finish her words!" Xiao Ping held her tightly, looked at the person kneeling in front of him, sighed and said: "Girl, speak up! Things have come to this point, just say whatever you want to say all at once!"
The pain on her cheeks felt like someone was pulling at her skin. Gu Cunxi knelt beside her, unsure how to speak or even where to begin. This situation was far more difficult than any negotiation she had ever encountered in her previous work...
Gu Cunxi frowned and said, "I know it's hard for you to accept because I'm a woman like her, but it's not easy to meet someone who truly loves you in your life. I don't want to put conditions on my feelings and dictate what kind of person I should love. I love her! And I'm determined that she is my only choice, and I believe Pei Yin feels the same way! My desire for her happiness is no less than anyone else's!"
"So, you interfered with my daughter's marriage, turned her life upside down, and asked her to divorce for you?" Fang Lan snorted coldly, with disdain for Gu Cunxi's words.
"!!" Xiao Ping was stunned for a moment, looking at Fang Lan and then at Gu Cunxi, a little bit unconvinced that this seemingly well-behaved and beautiful girl in front of him would do something like interfering in other people's marriages...
Faced with Fang Lan's questioning, Gu Cunxi was speechless and unable to refute. She did interfere with Pei Pei's marriage...
"What? Miss Gu is speechless? You think you have a pretty face and can seduce others as you please. You can do such immoral things, and you still keep talking about love to me? How can a person who has no moral bottom line have the qualifications to talk about love?" Fang Lan asked one sentence at a time.
"I admit what I did! You can scold me, you can hit me, I will never say anything back, but you can't deny everything about me because of this. Everything has two sides. To this day, I have never regretted it. Although it is not glorious, I would still make the same choice if I had to choose again! As long as she is happy, I can give in to principles and I can also abandon morality!"
Fang Lan sneered, "You mean her marriage with Chen Feng is unhappy?"
"If she was really happy, nothing would have happened today, and I wouldn't be kneeling here to ask for your understanding and approval!" Gu Cunxi's eyes reddened as he thought of every little detail of this journey, and tears fell down his cheeks, burning with pain.
Fang Lan was unmoved by Gu Cunxi's tears. She thought she was deliberately acting out, pretending to be miserable. She rolled her eyes and said, "Before you showed up, I thought she was quite happy. Chen Feng was rich and powerful, and he contributed financially and physically to our family. If you hadn't seduced her and made her lose her mind, why would she have been so desperate for a divorce, leaving behind a good family and choosing you, a woman? What can you do? If she follows you, she will only be pointed at and looked down upon!!"
Gu Cunxi felt a chill in his heart when he heard this. He felt for Pei Yin. She had clearly been hurt and oppressed by Chen Feng, but Fang Lan, as a mother, didn't care. She defined her daughter's happiness based on the money he gave her...
The more she thought about it, the more angry she became. Her tone towards Fang Lan became sharper. She said sternly, "Pei Yin is your daughter. You should know best what kind of person she is. She is filial and kind. She would rather suffer herself than suffer you. Chen Feng gave you a lot of money, but just because they are husband and wife, can you ignore this favor? You only saw the money Chen Feng gave you. Did you see Pei Yin's tolerance behind the scenes? She wanted a divorce, but you stood on Chen Feng's side without saying anything. Did you ever ask her if she was living a good life or was happy? When you took Chen Feng's money, did you ever think that this money was earned by your daughter's compromise and tolerance? Do you know what kind of life she forced herself to live in order to meet your demands?"
Gu Cunxi spoke out everything she had been holding back, her words tinged with accusation. She felt sorry for Pei Yin, and the more she spoke, the more she choked up, tears streaming down her face. She wasn't one to cry easily, but ever since she met Pei Yin, her tear glands would always lose control for her...
As soon as the words fell, there was a moment of silence in the living room. Xiao Ping did not expect Gu Cunxi to speak so bluntly and sharply, completely different from the previous one.
"You...are you questioning me now?" Fang Lan was so angry that her whole body was shaking and her face was red. Xiao Ping sat aside and helped her calm down. Thinking about Gu Cunxi's words...the balance in her heart gradually tilted.
"I don't dare, and I have no right to question you. I just want to say something for Pei Yin... If I don't say it, I think she will hide her grievances in her heart for the rest of her life. She can't bear you worrying and sad because of her, so she didn't say anything, but made you mistakenly think that she was really happy. If Chen Feng was really someone she could entrust her life to, why would she go to such extremes and insist on getting a divorce!"
Fang Lan was stunned and speechless. Thinking of what happened four years ago, her heart suddenly sank.
There was another silence in the living room. The three of them were thinking about something. Gu Cunxi looked at the folder in his hand, took out the documents inside, and placed them in front of the two of them.
The table was covered with white papers, contracts, and property deeds. Fang Lan was dazzled by the sight. She glanced at them, raised her eyebrows, and asked, "What do you mean by this?"
"These are all my assets: funds, real estate, stocks, and shares in Nansheng Group!" Gu Cunxi unfolded all the documents on the table, handed them over, and said, "These are the guarantees I can give her. I have the ability to give her happiness and withstand all risks. I can only give her more than Chen Feng, not less! The most important thing is... I love her! Except for her gender, and except for my inability to give her a wedding that can be accepted and blessed by the general public, I can give Pei Yin everything else, without reservation!"
Fang Lan looked at the property deed in front of her and was stunned for a moment. If she was not mistaken, the building area on the property deed was over 600 square meters. She looked at the kneeling woman in front of her, a trace of disbelief and surprise flashed in her eyes. She paused and said, "Are you trying to use this to buy my consent to your relationship with my daughter?"
"If I can use these to buy your consent, I am willing to do so, but this is not my intention. You are Pei Yin's mother, and I respect you very much. I don't want to see you as someone who can be bought with money. The reason I brought these is to say that I have enough ability to give her everything she wants. I have the ability and capital to make her happy!"
Fang Lan, who had been furious at first, softened her expression after seeing this. She admitted that she was vain and that the woman before her, aside from not being a man, was indeed far superior to the men she had her eye on...
Gu Cunxi looked at Fang Lan who seemed to be thinking deeply and added, "If you don't believe me and think these are just empty promises, then I am willing to transfer all the properties under my name to Pei Yin, and I am willing to give her all my bank deposits. Money is something outside of one's body, but it is more valuable to me than anything else!"
Fang Lan was moved, but she warned herself mentally not to be defeated by this woman's sweet talk... She thought for a moment and said, "Even if you are capable and well-off, you are still a woman after all... My Xiao family can't afford to lose this person!!"
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Gu Cunxi was speechless. If Fang Lan had other dissatisfactions with her, she could try to fight for it, but she could not change her gender. This sentence made her speechless and she lowered her head dejectedly.
Perhaps it was because she had been kneeling for too long, or perhaps the floor was too hard, her knees began to ache slightly... She decided to say something else. Although her gender could not be changed, she could try to make Fang Lan accept this fact. Gu Cunxi rubbed her stiff and painful legs and said, "I know you can't accept this at the moment, but please give me a fair chance. Don't deny everything about me just because I'm a woman!"
Gu Cunxi's words were sincere, and Xiao Ping, sitting beside her, was gradually moved. Although he didn't quite understand such feelings, after all these things, especially after the life-and-death incident, the face and money that he used to care about no longer mattered. As long as his daughter was happy, that was all that mattered. If Pei Yin was really determined, he would be willing to support her. It must be said that he actually had a good impression of Gu Cunxi. She was beautiful, well-spoken, and had a unique temperament that made it clear that she was not an ordinary person. Thinking back carefully, the way they stood together holding hands just now was quite pleasing to the eye...
Xiao Ping didn't reveal his true thoughts. Although his daughter liked him, he couldn't help but feel a little worried. He wondered if there was a big difference between them. He didn't quite understand the documents covering half the table, but he could still get a general idea. He had also heard a little about the Nansheng Group. Given Gu Cunxi's conditions, she had too many choices for both men and women...
But his daughter was just an ordinary person. What if, after he agreed, the feelings faded over time and he got tired of her? Without the constraints of the red book, relying solely on moral sense to be faithful to one person was a risky thing. He also didn't want his daughter to be hurt again in her relationship...
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