Chapter 276 You Must Not Make a Vow
"Gu Dongxing, don’t say you have only fraternal feelings towards Ye Qing. You once said that you participated in those childlike house-playing games and even played the groom, all for the sake of Ye Qing. Can you dare say that deep down you never entertained the thought of Ye Qing as your bride?"
"Alright, even if you have no such thoughts yourself, can you guarantee that Ye Qing has no such thoughts towards you?"
Gu Dongxing was taken aback. He truly hadn’t entertained such thoughts towards Ye Qing, but how could he guarantee that Ye Qing had no such thoughts about him? Did Ye Qing truly have no such thoughts towards him?
Mengyu continued, "Times change, and you have forgotten all that and have developed new feelings for me. But upon seeing Ye Qing again, your old feelings for her rekindled. That’s why you tried so hard to help her and even went so far as to bring down Sun Family just to facilitate her divorce from Sun Erliang!"
"Gu Dongxing, if you only wanted to repay Old Sir Ye’s kindness—if you only saw her as a sister—you could have simply found her a doctor to treat her illness.
Yet, you brought her back with you, kept her by your side, and even made preparations to take care of her for a lifetime.
She’s not a child that needs you to raise her, and she doesn’t need to be by your side. Fraternal affection just means helping a sister out when she’s in trouble. Have you ever seen a brother who needs to take care of his sister for her whole life?
So, your actions are sending a signal—you are telling everyone that what’s between you two is far from mere fraternal affection!
You’re still deceiving yourself, telling me that you have a fraternal relationship, expecting me to accept her, and to build a family together with her in the future?"
"Gu Dongxing, how thick-faced must you be to dare hope that I’d accept you taking another woman to marry me, allowing you to enjoy the blessings of both?"
Gu Dongxing had anticipated that bringing Ye Qing, his childhood betrothed, back would evoke some reaction from Mengyu. But he didn’t expect her reaction to be this intense!
Moreover, her analysis made his heart race—had he truly regarded Ye Qing as his own woman deep down in his heart?
But no, he had never had such thoughts about her.
No, even when he was young, he never entertained the idea of marrying her. As for playing wedding games, he simply saw her being purposely ostracized by Ye Rushui and got the impulse to lend her a hand—that’s all.
To say that he has any ulterior motives towards Ye Qing—honestly, he doesn’t.
However, it’s true that seeing Ye Qing’s pitiful state did arouse his protective instincts towards women.
But then again, not every man harbors such heroic complexes towards protecting women, do they?
Why does his heroic complex cause such a strong reaction in his little one?
He truly wants to take care of Ye Qing, and indeed, that’s all he wishes for.
However, Mengyu’s analysis has also sunk in. He hasn’t thought it over—would Ye Qing think it over?
Her father entrusted her to him; he and his mother have been indebted to Old Sir Ye, and he could not refuse. But she could have completely rejected it.
Yet, it seems that she has never refused from the beginning to end.
He couldn’t help but entertain a certain thought about her.
But this thought was immediately squashed by him: with her body now in such a broken state, how could she dare to stay at Ye Family?
Following him was merely the instinct of humans to seek benefit and avoid harm.
He raised his hand: "I, Gu Dongxing, solemnly swear that in this life, I will love only Jiang Mengyu. If I break this oath—"
"You must not make a vow!" Mengyu sharply interrupted. At the same time, her hand had already struck Gu Dongxing’s Dumb Acupoint.
Gu Dongxing looked at Mengyu with wide eyes, seemingly unable to understand when Mengyu had learned the acupoint hitting skill.