Chapter 97: Ensnaring 28
Ling Xiao was stunned.
He never expected Gu Rong to say these words.
But now I seem to understand it.
Either don't have it, or hold on to it tightly.
Why is he so obsessed with grades? Probably because grades are the easiest thing for Gu Rong to hold on to through his own efforts.
Compared to those illusory things, this is the reality.
As for love, perhaps Gu Rong never asked for it.
It's just that Ling Xiao insisted on breaking into Gu Rong's world, forcing him to open a door.
But the door is open, and you embrace the possibility of loss from the very beginning, so that when you really lose something in the end, you will have already made mental preparations for a long time.
This is Gu Rong's layered protection mechanism, and it also prevents him from exposing his inner paranoia.
So compared to restraint, Gu Rong is actually much more restrained than Ling Xiao.
If Ling Xiao hadn't been so perceptive and always able to catch the slightest change in him, perhaps in the end, Gu Rong would not have said these words at all.
He would just quietly wait for the end of this relationship, knowing that he could lose it at any time.
But now Gu Rong had analyzed everything and was coming at Ling Xiao head-on, as if she was cornered and deliberately trying to scare Ling Xiao. But in reality, a gap had already been opened, revealing her softest and most real inner self. She looked fierce on the outside but weak on the inside, and there was no threat at all. What's more,—
"If I say..."
Ling Xiao quickly recovered from his initial daze and lowered his voice, "If I said I was happy to accept it, would you not believe it?"
This time it was Gu Rong's turn to show a puzzled expression, with two words written all over his face: disbelief.
How could anyone be willing to accept such a deformed relationship?
Ling Xiao couldn't help but sigh.
He looked at Gu Rong for a long while and said, "Okay, I understand."
Gu Rong was puzzled: Know what?
Before he could ask, Ling Xiao pressed down on him, kissed him, and then said, "Starting tomorrow, I will move in and live with you, okay, baby."
What?
Gu Rong didn't know how things had developed to this point.
But the next day, Ling Xiao really moved his things in and forced himself into this small room that was obviously only big enough for one person. Regardless of his wishes, they replaced the bed that was only one and a half meters wide and squeezed a large bed that had to be placed against the wall into the bedroom, which was not big to begin with.
Finally, when the workers installed the bed and left, they both left by the wardrobe on the side near the door. Looking at the looks in their eyes, I guess they both looked a little puzzled.
The bedroom was fuller and the bed was bigger, but it seemed like 01 was running out of room to sleep.
Gu Rong stood at the bedroom door holding 01, watching Ling Xiao come in and sit on the newly replaced big bed. She reached out and patted it, asking him to sit over and feel it.
"Baby, what's that look in your eyes?"
Ling Xiao smiled and said, "Don't worry, school is about to start. I won't do anything to you during this last semester."
"Personal tutoring and review, and even discussion of wrong questions in the evening, wouldn't you like that?"
Gu Rong was about to speak.
Ling Xiao: "That's how we talk about relationships, and whether or not we break up in the end is always discussed this way."
Okay, shut up.
Gu Rong had nothing to say.
When he went to bed at night, he put 01 next to his and Ling Xiao's pillows. Ling Xiao didn't say anything that night.
The next day, with the remaining time of their winter vacation, she and he set out from here, went to Ling Xiao's house, gave Ling Sizhe extra lessons, and then came back together. At first, Ling Sizhe thought it was interesting and wanted to come back together, but he almost got beaten up by Ling Xiao.
Fortunately, the tutoring came to an end a few days before school started, so Ling Xiao didn't go home and just asked Ling Sizhe to transfer the New Year's money for the tuition.
Thanks to this tutoring session, Gu Rong earned a lot of money and was even able to quit his job at Yun Shuihe. After all, it was his last semester and he didn't want to waste his time elsewhere.
Ling Xiao agreed with this very much and held him tightly in his arms when he slept at night. Gu Rong finally realized something was wrong, but he didn't react why.
Until I woke up the next day, the moment I opened my eyes on the pillow, I met 01's resentful gaze.
Well.
Habits are indeed terrible things.
But before he opened his mouth to say this, Ling Xiao told him something first -
He said, "I found your mother."
"Do you want to meet her?"
Gu Zelan.
She left Gu Rong when he was a child and never showed up again since then. Many times, Gu Rong thought that his biological mother had disappeared and could not be found. So when Ling Xiao mentioned her, Gu Rong was confused for a moment and did not even react to what Ling Xiao meant.
After reacting, there was a continuous silence.
He asked, “How did you find it?”
Ling Xiao said, "Actually, your mother's whereabouts aren't difficult to trace. It's just that she went too far away at the time, probably because she was afraid that Chen Fangzhao would find her."
"But after so many years, she has already lived in the neighboring province for a long time."
It turns out it’s so close.
Gu Rong thought about it and decided to meet.
I don’t know how Ling Xiao communicated with others, but he asked someone to bring Gu Zelan back from the neighboring province.
After more than ten years of separation, we met again. It only took a few hours to get here from the neighboring province, so fast that it even made people feel dazed.
So when Gu Rong saw Gu Zelan in the box, it was not long after Ling Xiao had just told him about this matter.
Gu Zelan was no longer the same as he remembered.
Perhaps, in Gu Rong's memory, Gu Zelan's face had long been blurred and could not be seen clearly.
They are clearly mother and son with a blood relationship, but when they meet again, they seem like strangers.
Gu Zelan looked even more hesitant and embarrassed than him.
When he pushed the door open, she immediately stood up, her eyes filled with scrutiny and uneasiness, as if she wanted to say something but didn't know how to start.
Maybe he would wonder, is this really his son?
After all, I haven't seen him for more than ten years. Maybe he is impersonating me from somewhere.
Thinking of this, Gu Rong even felt like laughing for some reason.
He walked over and sat down opposite Gu Zelan. Tea and desserts were already placed on the table. Gu Rong took a look and refilled Gu Zelan's cup of tea.
Gu Zelan hesitated for a while, then slowly sat down, but his expression was still a little dazed.
"Fluffy..."
This is Gu Rong's nickname, and it is also what Gu Zelan called him when he was a child.
Gu Rong interrupted: "Have you been well all these years?"
Gu Zelan paused and said, "Not bad."
"Are you remarried?"
In fact, Ling Xiao should have investigated everything clearly, but Gu Rong didn't ask. He wanted to ask Gu Zelan in person.
Gu Zelan opened her mouth and said after a while: "Remarried."
"I found a beta who runs a breakfast shop."
Gu Rong said "oh".
"So I have new siblings?"
Gu Zelan pursed her lips, and after a long while, she hummed, "Six years ago, I gave birth to...your brother, who is also a beta."
"No wonder."
Gu Rong whispered.
No wonder she didn’t come to see him, it turns out she has a new family and life.
How could I possibly find time to look for him when I was so tied up in my new family and life?
However, Gu Rong still said: "Chen Fangzhao is in, he won't threaten you anymore."
"I...I knew it before I came here."
After Gu Zelan finished speaking, she covered her face: "I'm sorry... Rongrong, I'm sorry for you, I'm sorry..."
For a moment, the only sound in the room was Gu Zelan's crying.
Gu Rong's face was expressionless. After Gu Zelan's voice lowered a little, he whispered, "Why did you choose to remarry?"
"Is it because I have a 100% pheromone match with Chen Fangzhao?"
Gu Zelan let go of his hand, an expression of obvious surprise on his face.
"Because pheromones make us a perfect match, I think someone like Chen Fangzhao is also..."
"No, Fluffy."
Gu Zelan couldn't help but say, "Although the facts prove that Chen Fangzhao is a scumbag, how could I be with Chen Fangzhao in the beginning just because we had a 100% pheromone match? In the beginning, I took you with me and suddenly lost your father. It was really painful. You can't imagine that feeling. It was like I didn't know how to go on. Then Chen Fangzhao appeared - I have to say, when he first appeared, he was really gentle and considerate, and he had the image of a good lover. I thought he would treat us well..."
In Gu Zelan's words, the original Chen Fangzhao and the later Chen Fangzhao were like two different people.
"As much as I hate to admit it, it was because of Chen Fangzhao that I was able to get over the pain of losing your father. Otherwise, why would I have married him?"
Thinking of the past, Gu Zelan's face was also full of complexities: "I just didn't know that he was so good at pretending. Not even a month after the marriage, his true colors were revealed."
"It's also my fault that I needed someone to take care of us back then. Now that I think about it, Chen Fangzhao's disguise wasn't that clever. If I hadn't been so weak and just wanted to find someone else to rely on and get rid of the pain of losing your father, I wouldn't have fallen for his trick so easily..."
Gu Rong looked at Gu Zelan and thought that his mother, even after more than ten years, still looked so weak.
But maybe they are very similar in some ways, otherwise how could Gu Zelan, who looks so weak, be so cruel as to leave him.
"Then why do you want to remarry?"
Gu Rong interrupted Gu Zelan and said something even sharper: "Hasn't the suffering you endured at Chen Fangzhao's hands been enough to teach you a lesson? Why are you still able to remarry?"
"Isn't it good for you to be alone? Aren't you afraid of starting another relationship, another marriage, and meeting someone like Chen Fangzhao?"
"Nothing lasts forever, especially love. How can you be sure that the person you meet now can stay with you forever?"
"A 100% pheromone match would result in this, let alone with a beta—"
Gu Zelan showed a shocked and surprised expression on the opposite side.
"Rongrong, why are you..."
She seemed to have finally discovered what was wrong with her son.
Gu Zelan stood up and wanted to walk to Gu Rong and touch Gu Rong's cheek.
But Gu Rong turned his head away.
After a while, Gu Zelan was heard saying beside Gu Rong: "...I'm not sure, but maybe I just need to make myself feel better right now."
"I'm not a good mother, I'm sorry, Rongrong..."
"But don't lose trust in this world because of me. It's not worth it."
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