Mr. CEO Wants to Renew Our Contract-Chapter 940: With You Always (85)
She slowly said, "There are many marriages that didn’t come together because of love, yet they are still quite warm. There are so many people in the world, how many can truly marry the perfect man they envision? Some marry for love but lead a life lacking in material comfort; some marry for material wealth but never find their own love; some marry for love and have a good material life, yet their husbands fall for the charm of other women. There are all kinds of situations. As I see it, Xichen, except for not loving you, treats you very well otherwise. He gives you nothing but the best, neither abuses you nor subjects you to passive aggression, and he doesn’t have any bad habits himself. Didn’t you know what kind of life you were going to lead when you decided to marry him? Didn’t you then think that it didn’t matter if there was no love now, because after living together long enough, love could develop?"
"I can only say that at the time my thinking was naive, thinking that as long as I was with him, I’d be happy." Jingsheng turned his face to the side, "Now that we’ve been together for a long time, although he treats me well, I still want to pursue love. I don’t want to continue living such a dull life."
"I think you’ve completely forgotten your life in the assassin organization!" Gu Lili pointed out sharply, "Have you forgotten what kind of life you led before? Forced to endure brutal training, forced to take orders to kill, living a life every day without dignity or freedom. Jingsheng, I’m telling you, don’t think that just because you married Xichen you’re no longer my subordinate. I’m still your Master. I cleaned up the situation with the assassin organization for you. Do you think just mentioning your former Boss would let you go? Since you’ve been with me, I’ve sent you to protect Xichen, and because you’ve stayed by his side for so long, you’ve smoothly married him. When you think about it, you haven’t really made any contribution to me. Now, after living a comfortable life for a while, you start chasing love?"
These words made Jingsheng’s face turn red and white, "It’s not that you lack self-awareness, you know very well that Xichen has different feelings for you. You shouldn’t be involved with him even though he’s your mentor’s son, especially since you have a man and he has a wife. You shouldn’t have any more involvement with him."
"In the years I wasn’t conscious, I didn’t have any involvement with him, did I? And what came of it? Did you make him fall in love with you?" Gu Lili continued, "Unless he tells me personally that he doesn’t want anything to do with me anymore, I won’t give up this family member for this matter. As for me, I can do without you, Jingsheng, but I can’t do without him, Gu Xichen."
"Haven’t you always just kept him as a backup? Otherwise, why didn’t you remarry Long Yubei?"
"If you want to think of it that way, then I have nothing to say. I don’t need any kind of backup, including him. In my eyes, he’s not my backup; he’s just family and a friend." Gu Lili had nothing further to add, "I’ve said everything I need to say. Whether or not you two get divorced is a decision you both make together, by discussing it yourselves."
Gu Lili took out an amulet and handed it to Gu Xichen, "I came to bring you this, a particularly precious talisman, something money can’t buy. Wearing it long-term is very good for your health."
Gu Xichen took it, with the aroma of sandalwood wafting over, "Thank you, I really like it."
"Why thank me? I’m heading back now."
