Gu Luo"an's eyes widened in disbelief at the scene before him.
Gu Huaizhi had actually kissed Shen Mian-yin right in front of him!
Gu Luo-an's eyes were red, and he went crazy, grabbing Gu Huaizhi's shoulders and trying to pull him away.
How dare he!
But Gu Huaizhi had anticipated this. Just as Gu Luo'an's hand landed on his shoulder, Gu Huaizhi had already let go of Shen Mianyin.
He smoothly shielded Shen Mianyin behind him.
The next second, Gu Luo'an's fist swung out.
Gu Huaizhi was quick-witted and caught Gu Luo'an's fist with his hand, then kicked Gu Luo'an away.
Gu Huaizhi looked at Gu Luo'an coldly, "Gu Luo'an, there won't be a next time."
Gu Luo'an shuddered, realizing what he had done.
"If you come here again to go crazy, to look for someone at my place," Gu Huaizhi said coldly, "then get out of the Gu family."
"Why!" Gu Luo'an's eyes were red as if he were about to cry. "Third Uncle, she's my fiancée!"
"She's not," Gu Huaizhi concluded coldly.
Gu Luo'an climbed up from the ground, looking disheveled. "Shen Mianyin, my third uncle isn't serious about you. You'll never have anything with him."
Gu Huaizhi scoffed, "I'm not like you."
Gu Luo'an laughed and shook his head. "Shen Mianyin, have you ever thought about how everyone in the family knows you're my fiancée? What could you possibly have with my third uncle?"
"Does he dare bring you to meet the Gu family?" Gu Luo'an sneered. "The elders of the Gu family will never agree to it. A person who was once my fiancée, getting involved with my third uncle?"
"No family would ever accept something like that," Gu Luoan said.
Shen Mianyin's grip on Gu Huaizhi's hand trembled slightly.
Originally, she did have an uncontrollable liking for Gu Huaizhi.
Shen Mianyin knew that Gu Luo'an wasn't just making empty threats.
Given her previous relationship with Gu Luo'an, the elders of the Gu family would definitely not accept her being with Gu Huaizhi.
Gu Huaizhi glanced at Shen Mianyin, and when his gaze returned to Gu Luo-an, it was even colder.
"Mianyin," Gu Luo'an called out, "Come back, and I can forget about what happened between you and my third uncle."
Shen Mianyin laughed bitterly, "Gu Luo'an, what exactly are you trying to achieve?"
"You've never truly cared about me. Now, again and again, you refuse to let go because when I didn't cherish you before, I was wholeheartedly devoted to you. But now that I don't like you anymore, you feel that I couldn't possibly, and couldn't, not like you." Shen Mianyin let go of Gu Huaizhi and stepped forward. "This is nothing more than your possessiveness at play."
Just then, the elevator door opened again.
It was the property management with security.
"Mr. Gu," the property manager called out, "We sincerely apologize. This was an oversight on our part. We’ve already added many more surveillance cameras, ensuring there are no blind spots. We will make sure nothing like this happens again."
Gu Huaizhi coldly stared at Gu Luo'an. "Gu Luo'an, this is the last time."
Gu Luo'an was surrounded by the security guards.
He gritted his teeth, casting one last glance at Shen Mianyin before leaving.
After closing the door, Gu Huaizhi turned to face Shen Mianyin, but she quickly turned away and returned to the kitchen, continuing to busy herself but not speaking to him.
Gu Huaizhi walked silently back into the kitchen. "This is the only way to stop him from harassing you, because he doesn't dare provoke me."
"I know, thank you," Shen Mianyin replied.
"Besides, Gu Huaizhi only used his thumb to block, he didn't mean to take advantage of me."
But Gu Luo'an's words were like a bucket of cold water, dousing her feelings for Gu Huaizhi.
Knowing there was no future, knowing she would get hurt again, why should she get involved?
Now that she hadn’t fallen too deep, it was best to pull herself out in time.
"Don't take what Gu Luo-an said to heart," Gu Huaizhi said again.
Shen Mianyin suddenly smiled, "Of course I won't take it to heart."
"You were just bluffing him a moment ago. We're not together anyway, so there's no need to worry about the opposition from the Gu family elders," Shen Mianyin smiled as she lowered her head to cut the cucumber.
"Before we've confirmed our relationship, I can't take advantage of you," Gu Huaizhi said softly. "Shen Mianyin, I never treat someone this well for no reason."
"You wanted to ask me before, didn't you? Why am I so good to you," Gu Huaizhi said.
Shen Mianyin paused her slicing of the cucumber, her whole body stiff, unable to react.
"You told Gu Luo'an before that you liked me, and I took you seriously," Gu Huaizhi said.
Shen Mianyin's hand slipped, dropping the knife onto the cutting board.
"I explained to you before, I did that just to keep Gu Luo'an from bothering me, I..." Shen Mianyin didn't dare look at Gu Huaizhi, her heart racing wildly.
“But I took it seriously,” Gu Huaizhi stood in front of Shen Mianyin, invisibly trapping her between himself and the counter.
Shen Mianyin's heart beat faster and faster. She felt a surge of joy for a few seconds, but it was immediately extinguished by Gu Luo'an's previous words.
"Gu Huaizhi... I..." Shen Mianyin gritted her teeth and lied, "I only see you as a friend."
"Is it because of what Gu Luo'an said?" Gu Huaizhi asked softly. "I'm not that useless Gu Luo'an. I won't let the Gu family elders object to us being together."
Shen Mianyin shook her head and said, "Gu Huaizhi, I..."
Her eyes filled with a strong sense of sourness, and her chest ached as well.
Shen Mianyin took a deep breath. "I don't plan to start another relationship. I don't plan to get involved in any more feelings."
"We're different," Shen Mianyin said. "Gu Luo-an wasn't exaggerating. The fact that I was once Gu Luo'an's fiancée is undeniable. No family would allow an uncle to be with his nephew's former fiancée."
"Moreover, it's not just the Gu family, everyone in the circle knows about my previous relationship with Gu Luo''an," Shen Mianyin took a deep breath. "If we were together, the Gu family would be humiliated."
Therefore, the elders of the Gu family would not agree.
"Or maybe..." Shen Mianyin looked up at him, "You're just interested in me for a moment, wanting to satisfy your own desires. Or maybe you just want to keep me hidden, and don't want the Gu family to know?"
"Or perhaps, after you get tired of me, you'll pretend nothing happened and throw me away?" After being so kind to her, letting her know that there was such a good man, she would then be pushed to the bottom.
"Do you think that's what I’m like?" Gu Huaizhi's voice deepened.
It seemed he was angry that she would think of him that way.
"You're not," Shen Mianyin's words softened the coldness on Gu Huaizhi's face, but then she continued, "But I can't handle it."
Gu Huaizhi didn't know how broken she had been in the past.
She's someone who has died once, a death so miserable.
She didn't have a single relative, no one who loved her.
She was alone, decaying on that cold hospital bed.
"I'm not a little girl anymore, I don't have those unrealistic fantasies." Since she knew it was impossible, why start?
"Let's not talk about anything else," Gu Huaizhi said in a deep voice, "Shen Mianyin, do you like me?"
"I..." Shen Mianyin mustered all her courage and said with difficulty, "I see you as a friend."
Gu Huaizhi narrowed his eyes and said in a low voice, "Look up at me and tell me you don't like me, that you see me as a friend."
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