Mr. CEO Wants to Renew Our Contract-Chapter 997: With You Always (142)
Gu Xichen watched the live broadcast with reddened eyes. It was at this moment that he decided to let go of Gu Lili completely in terms of love.
He had always felt that he couldn’t let her go. Love can’t just be let go like that. But at this time, a voice told him, she had already done everything she could for him, so why should he add more burden of love on her?
That shouldn’t be.
He didn’t want her to worry about him anymore.
He wanted to remain forever family to her, caring for and protecting her just as she cared for him, being her support.
Gu Lili had a very special place in his life, deeply engraved in his heart, and at any time, there was always an important spot reserved for her in his heart.
"What did you say?" Ah Wun was startled.
"I said I’ve decided not to love her romantically anymore, but with familial affection instead."
Ah Wun smiled gently, "Have you completely figured it out?"
"Yes, Ah Wun, help me get my phone, I want to text her."
"Okay, just a moment."
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After the press conference ended, Gu Lili saw an unread message from Gu Xichen.
She opened it, and it read: [Lili, I think I shouldn’t add more burden to you, so I’ve decided to give up on love and stay with you as family, never leaving you. We will always be a family. I will always love you, just not that kind of love between a man and a woman. I will strive to start my new life, strive for happiness, to reassure you. Do you know what I regret at this moment? It’s not not being with you, but not often living with you while my mom was alive. I missed the chance to grow up with you and the chance to accompany my mom. It wasn’t until she passed that I realized how much she loved me, loved me enough to leave you by my side even when she was gone.]
After reading such a long message, Gu Lili’s tears fell instantly.
She got in the car and replied with a message: [I want you to be well, to be happy, to be joyful.]
After sending the message, she leaned back in the seat and fell asleep. Tang Qingli drove her back.
She hadn’t slept well the whole night, but now she slept.
What was rare is, she dreamed.
She dreamed of her childhood.
Back then, the house on Xiliang Mountain hadn’t been rebuilt into apartments.
She lived here with her master year-round.
Her master was skillful with both hands and could farm and make clothes. She rarely bought clothes; they were all handmade by her master.
Though she had never been to school, she had a backpack.
It was made of cloth by her master, hanging crosswise over her body, making her look like a little student.
Although the family had little money, they had enough to eat and stay warm.
When she caught a cold or fever, the master would hold her on their lap, complaining she never learned to wear more clothes, while feeling pain for her discomfort, gently coaxing her.
Worried that a naive girl growing up on the mountain would be deceived or wronged.
The master even went as far as to convince Mr. Gu to forcibly marry his own son to her.
Due to the failure of the marriage, she remained melancholy for years, and passed away in her middle age.
Even though her birth mother from the Heavenly World hated her along with her brother because of their father, even though her birth mother from the Human World abandoned her for a son,
she never lacked maternal love.
What she didn’t receive from her birth mother, she got entirely from her master.
Gu Xichen was the master’s only son. The way she treated him was nothing less than trying to be twice as good to her son due to her inability to show filial piety to the master.
