Mr. CEO Wants to Renew Our Contract-Chapter 1039: With You Always (184)
There was a slight flush on his face after indulgence, but it was unclear whether it was from the heating or something else.
Seeing Jingsheng again, Gu Xichen looked indifferent, "Why are you here?"
"Was the company announcement sent by you?"
"Otherwise, who else would dare impersonate me?"
Jingsheng had long anticipated this moment, "Which noble family’s lady is it? Why no name?"
"It’s inconvenient to disclose for now, to protect her."
"Are you going to drag another woman you don’t love into marriage?"
"Drag?" He raised an eyebrow, "Forgive me for being blunt, but I don’t like that word. I didn’t drag you into marriage either, both parties were willing, so why drag? Besides, I truly like my current wife."
"Truly like?" Jingsheng didn’t believe it for a second, "Weren’t you most in love with Gu Lili?"
"I’ve long given up on Lili, and she hopes I can be happy too."
"So you never truly loved Gu Lili."
Gu Xichen didn’t agree, "Before I gave her up, I did truly love her. But the moment I decided I had to give her up, I knew I couldn’t make things difficult for myself; a lonely life doesn’t suit me. I felt an instant connection with my current wife, like acquaintances meeting for the first time but feeling late to meet; it naturally evolved from friends to spouses."
"I’ve been by your side for so long, and you’ve never truly liked me. Somehow, you’re telling me you’ve remarried."
"Jingsheng, you’re really wonderful, but I truly cannot love you. I don’t know why, I can’t force it."
Jingsheng lowered her eyes, her expression revealing nothing, "Can I meet her?"
"She’s resting."
"Love can only be encountered, not sought." Jingsheng looked at him, "Xichen, you’ve moved too fast."
Gu Xichen didn’t want to say anything more, "Jingsheng, I hope you find someone you love and who loves you too. I wish you happiness." 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺
Jingsheng looked at him, her eyes a blank expanse.
"I also wish you happiness, Xichen." When Jingsheng said this, there was bitterness swallowed down her throat. When they weren’t divorced, although there was no love, life was indeed peaceful and smooth.
Carrying the title of the Gu Group’s boss’s wife, she could do whatever she wanted. Now without that title, she obtained what she thought was freedom.
Yet this freedom suddenly seemed dispensable to her.
She always wanted a home, which was her imagined safe harbor.
But when she truly had it, it felt inadequate. Without the nourishment of love, would it still be a home over time?
Looking back, one realizes that a home is actually a stable and secure place. Whether it is nurtured by love isn’t the main thing; what matters is stability. In life, perfection is rare; things rarely go exactly as you wish. The best is often what you once had.
***
The convening of a new round of Six Realms talks silently signified the restructuring of new rules.
On this day, everyone who should have come, came.
Gu Lili had already discussed with her brother, and this time she mostly came to listen, with Jun Yu speaking mainly.
"The content of this meeting is about us formulating new rules. Peace in the Six Realms is our common aspiration. To achieve this goal requires sustained and unremitting efforts from all sides. The first topic we need to discuss is this: peace. To achieve peace, we need to establish a contract and carry it out resolutely, no matter whether a leader changes or not in the various realms. It must be strictly enforced in the future without alteration, and I hope everyone takes it extremely seriously."
