Chapter 439: Elopement (3)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“You brat, I knew you would never visit unless you needed something. No wonder you came here to stop me.” With their relationship, Fan Beiran spoke very casually and threw a salt and pepper peanut into his mouth. “On the account that you still know how to be filial to me, I’ll help you ask my mother when I get back.”
Gu Yuan climbed up the ladder and said, “Why don’t you help me ask Auntie again? The jewelry on the list was bought from that bank.”
Fan Beiran readily made a “no problem” gesture.
When Gu Yunrong, who wasn’t far away, saw the two of them, she bit her lower lip. She was about to speed up when she felt her right arm tighten. Chu You, who was behind her, finally caught up to her and grabbed her slender arm. “Rong’cr!” Chu You looked at her affectionately, passionately, and attentively. “Let me explain. This is my mother’s opinion alone. I won’t marry anyone else.”
“You know that you’re the only one in my heart.”
His explanation was anxious and sincere. He grabbed Gu Yunrong’s right arm tightly with one hand and restrained her like an iron clamp.
“Let go of me!” Gu Yunrong said in a low voice, trying to break free from Chu You. He couldn’t help but glance in the direction of Gu Yuan and Fan Beiran, and happened to meet Gu Yuan’s deep phoenix eyes.
Gu Yuan only glanced at Gu Yunrong and Chu You indifferently before retracting his gaze. He pointed in a direction at Fan Beiran and gestured for them to talk somewhere else.
Gu Yunrong’s face was burning. She thought to herself: Gu Yuan knows I’m here, right…
Gu Yuan was in charge of the imperial guard and walked beside the Eldest Prince all day long. Of course, he couldn’t hide what happened in the morning court from him. He must also know that Kang Wang was going to marry the princess of the State of Yue.
Gu Yuan must be watching her make a fool of herself.
For a moment, Gu Yunrong was so embarrassed that she wished she could dig a hole and hide in it. Her face and ears were burning.
Gu Yunrong flew into a rage out of humiliation and bit her lower lip so hard that it almost bled. She hardened her heart and gritted her teeth with red eyes. “Your Highness, let go.”
“We’re… over.”
This sentence was extremely difficult for her to say.
Even at this moment, Gu Yunrong still believed in Kang Wang’s feelings for her.
However, he was too different from her after all. He had his ambitions. In the eyes of the Empress Dowager and others, she was just an existence that hindered Kang Wang’s future.
Even if Kang Wang could reject the princess once, could he reject her twice, thrice… could he foresee countless times in the future?
“…” Chu You looked as if he had been stabbed. He looked at Gu Yunrong in disbelief. Instead of letting go, he grabbed her right arm even more tightly.
His eyes turned bloodshot as he declared domineeringly, “I won’t let go of you!”
His next sentence became gentle again. “Rong’er, didn’t you say that you’ll take my hand and grow old together with me?”
“We’ve been through so much together… We’ve only gotten to where we are today. How can you give up on me so easily?”
Chu You’s words also stung Gu Yunrong. His eyes were filled with tears, and his eyelashes trembled.
She was also reluctant. To her, making such a decision was like cutting off a piece of flesh from her heart.
“Rong’er…” Chu You looked at her moving appearance, and his heart ached.
He wanted to pull her into his arms and express his feelings for her, but Gu Yunrong ruthlessly pushed him away.
“The Empress Dowager is doing this for your own good,” Gu Yunrong said in a hoarse voice. She forced herself not to cry.
Gu Yunrong took off the nine-dragon emerald jade bracelet on her left wrist and decisively stuffed it into Chu You’s hand.
“I’ll return this to you…”
This was their token of love.
Gu Yunrong’s actions of wanting to cut ties with him immediately angered Chu You.
Chu You’s eyes were bloodshot like a spider web, and his heart hurt as if thousands of arrows had pierced it. He threw the jade bracelet in his hand heavily without looking at it, with a hint of venting emotions.
The bracelet flew across the sky like a meteor and flew in Gu Yuan’s direction.
Fan Beiran and Gu Yuan were walking forward when they suddenly heard an air-piercing sound behind them. They subconsciously turned around and saw that a jade bracelet was about to hit Gu Yuan’s head, but it was half a foot away…
“Gu…”
Fan Beiran’s expression changed. He wanted to push Gu Yuan, but just as his hand touched Gu Yuan’s shoulder, he saw the rapidly flying jade bracelet stop in midair, shining brightly under the sun..