Can We Say No to Divorce?-Chapter 641 - 395 I am not praising

"I’m not just flattering; your hair really is that beautiful." Gu Yucheng kissed her hair, coveting its scent, not knowing how to cherish it when he was younger. His feelings had already slipped through his fingers. By the time he looked back and understood, thankfully, it wasn’t too late.

Ji Su had already lost her patience. She opened her eyes: "Alright, Gu Yucheng, stop it..."

Before she could finish her sentence, she saw in the glass’s reflection a hairpin atop her head, a hairpin that looked like a butterfly ready to take flight, encrusted with dreamy crystals.

In that moment, it was as if she had returned to the past...

Which girl’s life doesn’t harbor a dream? That dream, ethereal and enchanting, might be dancing amidst flowers, soaring freely in the blue sky, or gliding joyfully through water, or perhaps it’s a crystal clip in her hair.

She would not forget, when he spent his first month’s salary on a very beautiful Butterfly Crystal Clip for her, and she, facing him, had hair so short it could not possibly hold the clip.

"Did you just go out to buy this?" Ji Su asked him in a low voice!

Reflected in the glass, the figure of a woman with long, lustrous black hair, adorned with a Butterfly Crystal Clip, already possessing pure beauty, now exuded an even more lovable charm.

"Yes!" At this moment, Gu Yucheng leaned close to her shoulder, looking at the shadows of the two in the glass, feeling a sense of happiness spreading endlessly.

Ji Su also praised, "It’s beautiful!"

"As long as you like it!" Gu Yucheng, much encouraged, was very happy.

Ji Su indifferently said: "Take it off, I don’t need it anymore!"

That sentence completely shattered the good mood Gu Yucheng had just been in. He had just fantasized that this Butterfly Crystal Clip could unlock Ji Su’s sealed heart, but now it seemed, was it still not possible?

The atmosphere, which had been quite good a moment ago, suddenly became somewhat cold.

Seeing that Gu Yucheng made no move, Ji Su reached up to her head to take it off herself.

"Susu, listen to me..." Gu Yucheng grasped her small hand, "We once loved each other so much. The gift I bought you with my first salary was this crystal hairpin, and you, without hesitation, cut off your most cherished long hair to buy a tie clip for me. We cared about each other so much, treating the other as our one and only..."

Ji Su felt a pang in her nose, she knew, she would never forget these things, but time had changed, it was all in the past!

Ji Su said somewhat sadly, "You also said, that was the past. Once, we were so in love, always thinking of each other, with the other person being the only one in our hearts. But Yucheng, after all this time, don’t you understand? No matter how beautiful the past was, it was just a fleeting dream, an illusion like flowers seen in a fog, leaving behind nothing but lingering attachments. It’s only the present, the clear present, that lets both you and me understand, those years of being so in love are not coming back."

"Why can’t they come back?" Hearing her sorrowful tone, Gu Yucheng sincerely said, "They will come back, they must come back. The past witnessed our beautiful youth, and now, though we both have stepped into middle age, our feelings are like wine, growing stronger with time. Wearing the crystal hairpin I bought for you, let’s find back those fond memories, start the mode of loving each other now, and together welcome the arrival of this new life, okay?"

"No..." Ji Su shook her head, "Yucheng, don’t you understand? There’s no future for us, let the beauty of the past be beautiful. What needs to be let go, must be let go!"

"I can’t let go!" Gu Yucheng interrupted her, "Susu, I can’t let go, you know? Do you see this?"

As he spoke, he took out from his pocket the tie that had been lost long ago. Seeing the tie, Ji Su’s emotions became even more uncontrollable.

Was this tie also a symbol of their now shattered present?

Gu Yucheng held the tie in his hand, "Susu, you surely haven’t forgotten this, right? You bought a tie clip for me, but I used it to bandage a wounded little girl. I’m sorry, Susu, I should have torn a piece of cloth from my clothes to bandage her wound, I shouldn’t have used the tie..."

Ji Su shook her head, "Enough... stop talking..."

At the time, she didn’t think much of it; he was also acting out of kindness. Who wouldn’t be moved by the sight of a little girl bleeding? He would be moved, and so would she; she had never blamed him for rescuing the little girl!

Gu Yucheng watched as her tears fell, "Susu, now that we’ve started talking, let’s finish it, okay?"

Ji Su didn’t want to bring up these heartrending past events. Shaking her head, she struggled to control her tears, yet for some reason, she couldn’t hold them back. Perhaps it was her pregnancy that made her so sensitive!

Of course, Gu Yucheng wouldn’t stop talking because of her shaking head. He reached out his finger to wipe away her tears, each hot drop seemed to scorch his heart!

For Ji Su, her heart was already wounded, her emotions gone, and her love difficult to reignite!

Gu Yucheng gazed at her, "I didn’t know at the time that Lu Xiao was the little girl I had saved. Her feelings towards me are complex, maybe gratitude, or maybe she longs for the brotherly affection. She knows I saved her, a child couldn’t possibly have romantic love, or perhaps she herself isn’t clear about her own feelings for me..."

"And you?" Ji Su sniffled, "Gu Yucheng, can you honestly say that you haven’t had feelings for her?"

Indeed, Gu Yucheng put his hand on his heart, pushed down hard, and then slowly said, "Susu, I won’t deny that I have been moved by her warmth and brightness..."

"That’s enough!" Ji Su yelled uncontrollably, "Gu Yucheng, since you’ve had feelings, go pursue your new life. Why are you still clinging to me? I don’t need you anymore, I will never need you again. You go your sunny way, and I’ll cross my own bridge. Let’s stick to our own paths, without interfering with each other’s lives. Let’s just wish each other well from now on..."

"Susu, can you let me finish speaking?" Gu Yucheng held her shoulders with both hands, "Don’t be so agitated, just listen to me, okay?"

"There’s nothing left between us to talk about!" Ji Su turned her head away, refusing to look at him, "Gu Yucheng, let’s end it! No, it’s already ended. Don’t entangle with each other anymore..."

"Susu..." Gu Yucheng grasped her small chin, looking at her pure and beautiful little face, now covered with tears, and she no longer wished to glance at him.

Of course, when Ji Su heard him admit his love for someone else, what else was there for her to hold onto? She had thought about letting go a long time ago, and this moment only strengthened her resolve.

"Susu, I won’t deny that Lu Xiao’s warmth and brightness moved me, but it was because I saw in her what you were like ten years ago!" Gu Yucheng blurted out, "I’ve also struggled, wandered, felt helpless, tired, weary, and annoyed, but I couldn’t let go of the affection between us. When I didn’t know what else to do, the warm and bright Lu Xiao entered my life, and in that moment, I felt as if I saw you from ten years ago..."

To put it frankly, Lu Xiao was a substitute for Ji Su. In his struggle and uncertainty, Gu Yucheng seemed to see a glimmer of hope, but such hope didn’t bring him an exit, rather, it led to deeper struggle and disorientation.

In matters of the heart, he was like a person trapped in a marsh, the more he struggled, the deeper he sank, without any redemption, only to drown in the mire.

Ji Su looked at him in disbelief, "You mean to say, because she resembled the younger me, that’s why you chose to be with her? Gu Yucheng, have you ever really understood what love is? You’ve hurt me and also hurt Lu Xiao. She saw you as her savior, she admired you, she loved you, and you just considered her a stand-in, and what’s more, she has already left A City to go abroad, so anything you say is just your own side of the story. Gu Yucheng, I don’t know why, as you’ve aged and matured, your emotions remain so juvenile. Ji Su can’t go back to being the Ji Su of ten years ago, and you, are you still the Gu Yucheng from ten years ago?"

Gu Yucheng became somewhat panicked, "Susu, I am willing to have an open and honest talk with you, you can freely criticize my wrongdoings. The love between two people that has reached today’s state didn’t freeze overnight. As a man, I should bear the main responsibility. I should have properly managed our relationship, it shouldn’t have led to this desperate situation. But even now, I clearly understand that the one I love is only you, it has always been just you. I want to live well with you, I miss our past happiness, but I also look forward to a future with you and our children. I will fulfill a father’s responsibilities and also be a good husband. Susu, please, give me a chance, okay?"

After he finished saying everything in one breath, Ji Su remained unmoved, her brows furrowed, "I feel a bit unwell..."

"What’s wrong?" Gu Yucheng immediately became anxious, reaching out to touch her lower abdomen, "Is it the baby? Or your heart?"

"I don’t know what’s uncomfortable, I just feel extremely stuffy, as if I can’t breathe properly..." said Ji Su.

Gu Yucheng lifted her up, "Let’s go to the hospital..."

He quickly got Ji Su into the car and then headed to the hospital, straight to the office of the specialist Doctor Hu. After explaining Ji Su’s condition, the doctor examined her and said, "Try to keep her in a relaxed mood, don’t put any pressure on her, especially since her heart condition is already very serious. On top of that, carrying a child, the larger the baby grows, the greater the strain on her body will be." 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

"Okay, I got it," Gu Yucheng nodded.