Chapter 350 I Didn’t Marry You Voluntarily

Lan Jing was startled and quickly sat up, begging, "I beg you, don't tell Xiao Gu about this!"

"When you were doing it, didn't you ever think that he would find out one day?"

Lan Jinghao gritted her teeth secretly, "What else can I do? You two are so affectionate with each other, I don't know how I should stand beside you."

"At this time, the one who called the caregiver reached out to me to help. I couldn't think of any other way except to hold her tightly."

"She knows you and Xiao Gu, so of course I'll ask her what kind of people you are."

Gu Mian smiled faintly, "Gu Xing sees me as a thorn in her side. If I am not doing well, she will feel good. So if she can say anything good about me, it must be to belittle me."

"Think carefully now, did she belittle me and praise you, and encourage you to snatch Ting Shen away?"

Lan Jing recalled it carefully, and her unnatural expression had already given Gu Mian the answer.

"Miss Lan, I don't mean to belittle you. If you were a man, would you abandon the MS Group and elope with you back to Lanjia Village to live a hard life?"

"So you haven't thought about the fact that Gu Xing's instigation is untenable?"

Lan Jing pursed her lips tightly and said, "Gu Xing told me that it was my destiny to meet Xiao Gu, and I should hold on to it."

"She also said that when you first married Xiao Gu, you were not as good as me. Xiao Gu did not marry you voluntarily at that time, and she even hated you very much after marriage. So I have a greater advantage than you, after all, I have done a favor to Xiao Gu."

"She said that as long as I find a way to stay with Xiao Gu, I will be able to replace you and become the mistress of the MS Group sooner or later. She will always help me secretly and told me not to worry."

"So you believed it?" Gu Mian laughed. "She helped you for a reason, right? What did she want?"

"She said that when I become a rich lady, I will have endless money to spend, and she is short of money, so I just need to give her some money then."

"She's not short of money, she just wants to make me suffer."

"You already knew all this." Lan Jing was curious, "Then why didn't you expose me earlier?"

"Everyone has their own misconceptions." Gu Mian said truthfully, "What's more, you are alone in the capital and Gu Xing is trying to deceive you. It's normal for you to believe her lies."

"I didn't expose you because I wanted to give you time to think it over. It's a pity that you are still so stubborn that you even hurt yourself."

"You hit the wall just to make Ting Shen feel guilty. How can I continue to tolerate your nonsense?"

"Gu Mian, don't tell Xiao Gu about this!" Lan Jinghao said anxiously, "I don't want him to know that what happened in the hotel was staged by me!"

"Ms. Lan, I've said before that I'm very grateful to you." Gu Mian looked at her, "But my gratitude is not without limits. My gratitude to you doesn't mean you can do whatever you want."

"I know I was wrong!" Lan Jinghao grabbed her hand and cried, "I will never do that again."

"I can not tell him these things, and maintain your beautiful image of being pure and kind in his heart." Gu Mian said calmly, "But you must promise me not to be stubborn anymore."

"Instead of putting all your thoughts on a man who doesn't love you and doesn't belong to you, it's better to love yourself. Maybe after you let go, you will find the sea and sky are vast, because the world outside is really big."

Lan Jinghao nodded vigorously, "I promise you! As long as you don't tell Xiao Gu about this, I will agree to anything you ask!"

Gu Mian gently pushed her hand away, "Then let's make a deal. Since Ting Shen doesn't love you, then you can't threaten him by committing suicide. Don't do such stupid things again in the future."

"Take good care of yourself here and think carefully about your future path. Call me when you have made up your mind."

"good."

Gu Mian stood up, walked out of the ward, and looked at the bodyguard and the maid standing at the door. "Take good care of her. If there is anything unusual, call me immediately."

"yes."

......

Gu Mian went straight back to MS Group to continue working.

In the evening, the secretary knocked on the door and reported, "Madam, Gu has woken up and is begging to see you."

Gu Mian curled his lips, "It's faster than I thought, let her come up."

"yes."

Gu Xing was quickly taken to the CEO's office. As soon as she entered, she asked anxiously, "Sister, today is the day the Ye family sent me baby photos, but I waited all day and didn't receive any. The maid who was responsible for sending me the photos also blocked me on WeChat. What's going on?"

Gu Mian flipped through the documents in his hand and replied calmly, "What's going on? Don't you know what's going on?"

"I..." Gu Xing frowned, "Sister, what do you mean by that?"

Gu Mian looked up at her, "Lan Jing, didn't you contact me to tell you that I already knew everything?"

"How is Lan Jing?"

"Gu Xing, I always like frank people, but obviously, you are not one." Gu Mian leaned back in his chair and looked at her coldly. "Last time at the door of the club, I warned you that I hate people who say one thing but do another, but you didn't listen and continued to make trouble for me. Of course, you have to pay the price."

"I said before that I would ask the Ye family to send you photos and videos of the child, but now I have cancelled it."

"Sister, you can't do this to me..." Gu Xing's brain was working rapidly, "I... I was just possessed for a moment..."

"Do you really think that your acting skills are perfect, or do you think I'm stupid enough to believe your lies?" Gu Mian sneered, "This is just a small warning. Remember my words, next time, you have to spit out all the money given by the Ye family and Ye Huaizhi..."

"By then, you will really have nothing, do you understand?"

Gu Xing bit his lip unwillingly, but could only nod, "I understand, sister."

"Take care of yourself."

......

Gu Mian finished the work at hand and went home on time.

As soon as I walked into the house, I heard Nian Nian's voice, "Little brother's hands are so soft..."

Gu Mian walked into the living room and saw a dignified and elegant woman holding Ye Huaizhi's son in her arms.

Gu Mian had never met her, but it was not difficult to guess her identity.

Ye Huaizhi's wife - Tang Yuanyuan.

Gu Mian walked forward and greeted politely, "Cousin's wife."

"Mianmian."

The two smiled at each other. Tang Yuanyuan handed the child to the nanny beside her and stood up and said, "I'm sorry to bother you. I hope you don't mind."

"How could that be?"

"I know you have everything you need, so I prepared some gifts for you. I hope you don't mind."

Gu Mian saw the pile of gift bags on the ground and nodded, "I'm sorry to have let my cousin's wife spend money. Please come this way."

She naturally knew that one would not visit someone for no reason, so she took Tang Yuanyuan to the tea room to talk alone.

After the two of them sat down, Gu Mian said while brewing Kung Fu tea, "I've wanted to visit my cousin's wife for a long time, but I never found the time. I didn't expect her to come first."

"I came here for the same reason." Tang Yuanyuan looked at her. "I've heard from Huaizhi that my cousin is very beautiful. I originally thought that his taste was not very good, otherwise he wouldn't be able to eat someone like Gu Xing."

"But now it seems that he was right. My cousin is more beautiful than I thought."

"My dear cousin, you are such a beautiful lady with a dignified and elegant temperament."

Tang Yuanyuan has a very good temperament, and one can tell at first glance that she was carefully nurtured in a wealthy family since childhood.

Her facial features are not stunning, but she is definitely a beauty, and a beauty with a good bone structure.

Apart from being younger, Gu Xing is not as good-looking and charming as her.

Ye Huaizhi has a common problem among men. No matter how good the food at home is, he will still go out to try the salty shit outside.

"My cousin is not only beautiful, but also sweet-talking. No wonder Grandpa likes you so much." Tang Yuanyuan said with a smile, "To be honest, I originally thought you would be difficult to get along with, but I didn't expect you to be so easy-going."

"I'm always easygoing with my family."

"Yes, we are a family. We are from the same roots, so why are we so anxious to hurt each other?" Tang Yuanyuan sighed, "If your cousin has done anything wrong, I apologize to you on his behalf."

Gu Mian placed the brewed tea in front of her and said, "I wonder if this is what my cousin's wife really said, or if you two are just playing the good cop and the bad cop?"

Tang Yuanyuan smiled, "You are right to have such doubts. As the old saying goes, there are only two kinds of people sleeping in the same bed. You must be thinking that since I married Ye Huaizhi and can still live with him until now, I must be the same kind of person as him, right?"

"I didn't say that." Gu Mian said truthfully, "There are too many complications in a marriage between wealthy families. It's not like an ordinary couple who can just get a divorce if they can't get along."

"So many wealthy couples whose relationships break down would rather go their separate ways than divorce, because their marriages are tied to the interests of the two families. So just because you can stay together doesn't mean you share the same values."

"Mianmian, you see things very clearly."

"So you and my cousin, do you play your own games?"

Tang Yuanyuan shook her head. "Huaizhi and I are in a family marriage. There is no romance like in novels where marriage comes first and love comes later, because we did not fall in love with each other. But we did not play with each other, because we both have a sense of responsibility."

"Really?" Gu Mian questioned, "Are you sure he has a sense of responsibility?"

"I know what you want to say is something to wake you up. It was an accident, and this accident happened because of you."

"Because of me?"

"Yes." Tang Yuanyuan took a sip of the fragrant hot tea and said, "At first, everyone in the Ye family thought that Yin Luoxue was the daughter of the Ye family, and Ye Huaizhi was no exception."

"After Gu Xing arrived in London, Ye Huaizhi received a call from Yin Luoxue, asking him to entertain Gu Xing well. Everyone in the Ye family valued this lost and recovered daughter of the Ye family, and Ye Huaizhi was no exception, so Gu Xing had the opportunity to come into contact with Ye Huaizhi and climb into his bed."

"Of course, Ye Huaizhi was wrong in this matter. He saw that Gu Xing was seducing him, but he did not refuse because he thought that being with Gu Xing would bring him closer to Yin Luoxue. However, he did not expect that man proposes, God disposes, and Yin Luoxue is a fake daughter."

"After waking up to find out that she was pregnant, he confessed to me and discussed with me whether to keep the child and let the mother go. I thought about it all night and realized that divorce was impossible. Neither the Ye family nor the Tang family would agree."

"Since I can't get a divorce, I have to minimize the harm to myself and maximize the benefits. Agreeing to him is my best choice."

"I won't hide it from my cousin. It's indeed my fault that we haven't had children after many years of marriage. In the second year after marriage, I didn't get pregnant, so I went to the hospital for a check-up. It was my physical condition that caused infertility, so I owe Ye Huaizhi for this matter."

"He cheated on me with another woman, so we're even now."

"To be honest with you, for so many years, I always felt that I owed him. After learning that he had cheated on me, I actually felt a sense of relief. Perhaps it's because I never fell in love with him, so I can't say I was sad or disappointed."

Gu Mian drank his tea, not knowing what to say.

Tang Yuanyuan smiled calmly, "Mianmian, I know what you want to say. Not everyone can have a love that lasts until death."

"I've known since I was a child that I was a tool cultivated by the Tang family. Marriage is the price I have to pay for the luxury I've been living since I was a child. It's my luck to marry a marriage partner I like. If not, it's my fate."

"I'm not afraid to tell you that Ye Huaizhi is handsome and has a good figure. He is already a good man. Some wealthy families often marry their daughters to widowed or divorced middle-aged men in order to climb up the social ladder. I am lucky to marry Ye Huaizhi."

"Now that I have become a mother without any pain, what does it matter if he is not my biological child? I will take good care of him and educate him. If he can be filial to me in the future, it will be my blessing. If not, I will have nothing to regret. After all, I have become a mother and made up for the regret of not having children."

"Not to mention that because of this child, I have shares in the Ye family and have achieved financial freedom, which is the dream of many people. In the days to come, when I am happy, I will be a good wife and mother. When I am unhappy, I will go on vacation and shopping all over the world to find happiness. No one can restrict me. I only live for myself."

Gu Mian nodded, "My cousin's wife is indeed very sober. A woman's eyes really can't just be on men."

"My cousin is overjoyed. She's just more open-minded." Tang Yuanyuan said with a smile, "And I think my cousin is also a very clear-headed person. No wonder we get along so well."

"I'm not as open-minded as my cousin's wife."

"That's because you are luckier than me." Tang Yuanyuan looked at her with a bit of disappointment in her eyes, "You have found love, and it is a love that lasts until death. This is something I can only dream of but cannot get."

Gu Mian poured her some tea and said, "I'm sorry to have embarrassed my cousin's wife."

"I've said so much, but I haven't told you why I came here today." Tang Yuanyuan paused and said, "Actually, I came here today to ask for your help."

"Cousin, please speak."

"The Ye family doesn't have the tradition of having the elders name the child, so Grandpa means that we should name the baby ourselves. So I would like to ask you to help me choose a name for the child."

Gu Mian was curious, "Why did you ask me to get up?"

"I know the origins of you and the Gu family. Even though you accepted the Ye family, you still insisted on using the last name Gu. This shows how much you value the Gu family that raised you. And this child is also the blood of the Gu family."

"You are the child's aunt in name only, but I know that the real bond between you is actually the Gu family. He is a relative of the grandmother who raised you, so you will treat him well unconditionally. It is most appropriate for you to name him for your grandmother."

Thinking of his grandmother, Gu Mian's eyes became moist, "Thank you, cousin."

"Don't be so quick to thank me. I have my own selfish motives." Tang Yuanyuan said with a smile, "He is my son now. With you and I loving him together, naturally no one dares to look down on us mother and son."

"My cousin's wife is joking. Since we are a family, we should help each other." Gu Mian said, "I hope my cousin can understand this. Even if we can't help each other, we shouldn't hurt our family members."

"Your cousin is a man who insists on his own ideas and is very stubborn. I am just his unloved wife and cannot persuade him."

Gu Mian nodded. "Naming is a big deal. I'll think about it carefully."

"Okay, I'll wait for you to name the child and register him."

"Um."

......

After dinner, Li Tingshen carried Nian Nian to the garden for a walk, and Gu Mian followed behind.

Nian Nian is in the period of language explosion, and her little mouth talks all day long.

"You bad guy, do you remember Nian Nian? When will you remember Nian Nian? Can we build the Lego garden tonight?"

Li Tingshen responded to every one of her questions patiently and gently.

Gu Mian followed behind, looking at their backs, and couldn't help but smile.

Li Tingshen seemed to sense something, he suddenly stopped and turned around.

Their eyes met, and they smiled at each other, with smiles in their eyes.

The next second, Li Tingshen reached out his hand to her.