"Let go." He could have just said that, but what was the point of keeping his hand on her waist the whole time?
"No." Gong Chengjue not only didn't let go, but even tightened his grip on her slightly.
Su Ziqing tilted her head back slightly, widening the distance between them. "Gong Chengjue, you..." She tried to push him away, but heard him groan softly.
"What's wrong?" she asked, immediately becoming anxious.
Seeing her like this, Gong Chengjue smiled.
She still cares about him, after all.
"What are you laughing at?" Su Ziqing felt she had been tricked and was somewhat embarrassed and angry.
"I laugh at how cute you are, and I laugh at how you say one thing but mean another." Gong Chengjue stopped laughing and looked seriously into her eyes. "Let's not be stubborn anymore, okay?"
"Who's arguing with you?" She was just trying to draw a line between them, didn't he understand?
As she spoke, she pushed him again, and Gong Chengjue immediately begged for mercy, "Don't push me, don't push me, it still hurts."
Thinking of his previous serious injuries, Su Ziqing became anxious. "What happened? Your injuries haven't fully healed yet?"
It's been a month already.
Gong Chengjue enjoyed the moment she was tense, "It's not completely healed yet."
"Then why aren't you resting at home to recover..." She didn't finish her sentence. Given the state of the Gong family, how could he possibly recover at home?
"Don't stand, sit down." She tried to break free from his embrace, but he held her tightly. "Give me a hug."
Su Ziqing: "..."
In the end, however, she was still held tightly in his arms.
It feels like it's been such a long, long time since we've been this close.
"Gong Chengjue," she called his name softly.
It seems that calling someone by their full name better expresses how I feel right now.
"Mmm," he responded softly.
"Go do what you're supposed to do." Can't you stop being so sentimental? You're not only getting nowhere, you're also dragging others down with you.
The following sentence doesn't need to be said.
Gong Chengjue gently released her, no longer stubbornly standing. Instead, he sat in her leather chair, leaning back lightly, his hands clasped together, and looked at her earnestly. "I'm doing what I need to do now." (He was pursuing his wife.)
Su Ziqing frowned slightly, then glared at him irritably, "Trying to seduce me? This is what you're supposed to do."
"I know what you were planning when you said those things to me in the capital." Gong Chengjue said, as if to say, "I understand, but I'm still quite heartbroken."
Where does he get the confidence that what she said wasn't what she really meant?
Su Ziqing felt completely under her thumb at this moment.
"So you see, I don't dare to stop even when I'm injured. But the Gong family's problems can't be solved in a short time. If I don't solve them, are we just going to stay separated like this?" He felt that this would be too unfair to him!
Su Ziqing chuckled softly. Why didn't he think that way before?!
She lowered her eyelids slightly. "There are rumors that you're getting engaged to Miss Zhou."
Although it was all an act, she was actually quite jealous after a month or so without any communication.
But despite her sour feelings, she didn't intend to ask.
God knows what he's planning.
“I will not get engaged.” Gong Chengjue looked at her seriously. “I can swear to that.”
"If oaths were effective, even lightning wouldn't be able to strike us." She said calmly, raising her eyes slightly.
Gong Chengjue: "..." He felt that he had probably really courted death. If he could go back to three months ago, would he still bring up breaking up?
"Ziqing, please forgive me?" He looked at her with pitiful eyes.
Su Ziqing looked away, stretched, then turned her back to him and walked towards the French windows, a slight smile playing on her lips—she tried her best to suppress it.
Hmph, it's not that easy.
"You don't need to say anything more. I've already said it: I understand you, but I don't intend to forgive you." If you can break up with someone under the pretext of doing what's best for them, then can you also use the same pretext to get a divorce in the future?
What will happen in the future...?
I hate people who say they're doing it for your own good and then make decisions without asking the person in question.
Su Ziqing turned around, her faint smile gone, replaced by a serious expression. "Aren't you afraid of bringing danger to me? I'm afraid too."
Gong Chengjue: "..." Even though he knew she was saying it on purpose and that she was just pretending to be serious, he still became worried.
"Are you really... scared?" He was troubled. He wanted to keep her by his side, but he also knew it was impossible.
He's busy, and so is she.
"I'm very scared." She nodded honestly.
Gong Chengjue stood up and walked towards her. "It's alright, I'll stay with you."
Su Ziqing: "..." He forcibly hugged her again, but she was too lazy to struggle.
"How about this: to the outside world, our relationship remains the same as you wish, but in private, we can keep in touch?" Is his request too much?
Su Ziqing snorted, "Mr. Gong Chengjue, you've got a good plan."
"You won't agree?"
"No way!"
"Then I can only spread the word that you are the wife I want, and I will deal with anyone who dares to pursue you." Gong Chengjue said seriously, "That way, you won't have a choice."
Hearing this, Su Ziqing laughed, "You think that will work? If others don't pursue me, I can pursue others."
Gong Chengjue: "..." This is indeed a problem.
He frowned and looked serious, wondering what to do.
Su Ziqing was too lazy to tease him anymore. "Go ahead and get busy. I have things to take care of."
This dismissal left Gong Chengjue feeling deeply hurt. He had come to her company under the guise of official business, yet she treated him so coldly.
"Ziqing." He felt that this progress was too slow. When would the real one appear?
Su Ziqing walked back to her office chair and sat down. "I'm serious. You have things to do, and so do I. Want to pursue me? Get yourself back to being single first, Mr. Gong."
Seeing her lower her head, pretending to be busy, but with a slight upturn at the corners of her mouth, Gong Chengjue understood.
Gong Chengjue walked to her side and took her hand.
Something hard was pressing against her hand, like a ring.
She looked at her hand.
It was the ring she 'express-mailed' back.
Previously, when she was thinking about getting married, Gong Chengjue left this ring with her again. Then, a few days ago, she had the Gong family's bodyguard take it back to him.
Unexpectedly, this item has come full circle and returned to her hands.
Gong Chengjue looked at her earnestly, "Don't give it back. It belongs to you for the rest of your life."
Su Ziqing looked at the ring lying in her palm. It could be said that the reason why she and he were so entangled was because of this ring.
Without the ring, the parking lot would have been just one side.
Gong Chengjue smiled, "This ring is very important. Don't lose it, or I'll have to make a fake one."
"If it's important, don't just give it away randomly." As she said this, she tried to put it back to him, but he covered it with his hand. "It's yours."
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