Chapter 148: What Is Love
Song Shiyu was stunned. “But your eyes…”
President Gu would go blind in such a dark environment. Needless to say, the dark room was dark…
“It’s okay.”
Gu Zheng closed his eyes. “She’ll be afraid if she’s alone there.”
Song Shiyu did not try to persuade him anymore. He thought that President Gu had already fallen for Madam and was willing to go to the dark room for Madam’s sake.
In the dark room, Qiao Xi was leisurely talking to her third brother while silently counting the time it would take for Shen Ying’s poison to take effect. Right at this moment, a ray of light came from the door of the dark room. At the same time, a man’s deep voice sounded. “Qiao Xi.”
It was Gu Zheng.
Qiao Xi was shocked. Was she hallucinating? She could actually hear Gu Zheng’s voice? Didn’t he go for a meeting? It was supposed to last for a few hours.
However, a clear voice came from the other end. “Qiao Xi, are you inside?”
After not getting an answer for a long time, the person outside lost his patience and pushed the door open. Qiao Xi was stunned for a long time as she looked at the figure who sneaked into the dark room. She was suddenly a little confused.
If she remembered correctly, Gu Zheng would lose his sight in the dark. Why did he come in, then?
Gu Zheng did not receive Qiao Xi’s reply for a long time and frowned. Could it be that she was no longer here? Had she been taken away by Madam Gu to be punished?
Gu Zheng’s breathing instantly quickened. “Qiao Xi!”
When she noticed that there was something wrong with his voice, Qiao Xi no longer stared blankly. She stood up and walked toward him. “Don’t worry, I’m here…”
Before she could finish, she was suddenly hugged. The man’s hot breath was on her neck. Gu Zheng smelled the familiar scent on her body and his rapidly beating heart slowly calmed down.
Feeling that the man’s large hands were tightly wrapped around her waist, Qiao Xi wiggled her body as she was unused to this but did not struggle to break free. Helpless, she could only maintain this strange posture and ask, “Why are you here? Did you come here just to get me?”
Gu Zheng originally wanted to say, ‘Why are you so stupid to be locked in this dark room by that old woman?’ However, when he heard Qiao Xi’s words, he very rationally swallowed what he wanted to say.
At this moment, he did not want to say anything else. As long as he had confirmed that she was safe, his heart would calm down. Qiao Xi was a little embarrassed. She could sense that Gu Zheng was worried about her, but entering the dark room was part of her plan to harm Shen Ying and the others… It was just that she did not expect Gu Zheng to be so worried about her.
For a moment, she did not know what to say. Qiao Xi stuttered, “Aren’t you supposed to be in a meeting? Don’t tell me that you ran over halfway through the meeting? You don’t have to worry. I’ll be fine. Madam Gu won’t dare to lock me up for too long. It’ll only last for a few hours. She’ll definitely let me out before you come back.”
Gu Zheng was even angrier when he heard her words. “What if my meeting ended very late? Qiao Xi, you’re my wife now. If you’re in danger, as your legal husband, it’s my duty to protect you.”
Qiao Xi opened her mouth and wanted to say that it was not like that. They were just a married couple on the surface, so there was no need for them to be as loving as a real married couple. There was no need for them to support each other.
However, the current situation was too special. Qiao Xi felt that if she said anything, it would definitely anger Gu Zheng, so she swallowed these words.
She curled her fingers. For some reason, when she heard Gu Zheng’s voice and knew that he had left his meeting to look for her, she felt happy.
Qiao Xi suddenly thought of Shen Ying’s method of framing her. “Gu Zheng, for the sake of getting you, Shen Ying didn’t hesitate to hurt herself to get me out of the picture. Is this love?”
Gu Zheng scoffed and said, “No.”
“Then what is love?”
Gu Zheng slowly closed his eyes and felt the warmth from Qiao Xi’s body. His chaotic emotions gradually calmed down. “I don’t know what love is either, but Qiao Xi, remember that love isn’t something that can be obtained by hurting yourself. If I love you, I’ll protect myself better and not let myself be hurt. It’s because I know that your heart will ache if I’m hurt.
“At the same time, if you love me, then you have to protect yourself. My heart will ache even more if you’re hurt. Trying to hurt yourself to get love is not called love but selfishness.”
Gu Zheng stroked Qiao Xi’s hair and said in a low voice, “Qiao Xi, Shen Ying’s actions are not because she loves me. And I don’t love her either.”
Qiao Xi’s heart trembled.
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