"Besides, even if you don’t settle down, second brother, I still have to get married eventually. When I do get married, there will be someone else to take care of me. If you always take care of me , wouldn’t my future other half die of jealousy?" Gu Yao was just joking, but today she was in an especially good mood, so she couldn’t help talking more.
Get married? She would wait until she forgot about Shangguan Yu before thinking about that.
But she believed that even if she truly let go of Shangguan Yu one day, there wouldn’t be a second person in this world whom she could fall in love with at first sight.
Seeing Gu Sheng’s smile slowly freeze and eventually disappear when he heard her mention marriage, Gu Yao somewhat regretted bringing up this topic.
In fact, bringing up this topic was not entirely accidental for her.
Whether before or now, she could feel that Gu Sheng’s possessiveness over her was very strong, and it exceeded the usual brotherly protection over a sister, which she always found rather odd.
Even though her relationship with Gu Sheng had improved, she still found herself curious at times.
And after what happened with Cheng Xia at the KTV not long ago, she sometimes wondered if her second brother would jump out of the window if she really got married one day, considering he wouldn’t even allow others to touch her.
After all, when she was pursuing Shangguan Yu, Gu Sheng always looked like he had an impulse to strangle her whenever he saw her going to find Shangguan Yu.
So that’s why she brought up this topic, not entirely accidentally, but not intentionally either.
Gu Sheng tightened his grip on the handle of the watering can, looking at Gu Yao with eyes that flickered and were complex and unreadable.
Was she mistaken? Gu Yao thought she saw a deep sense of reluctance and despair in Gu Sheng’s eyes.
The reluctance she could understand since if she really got married, she would leave the Gu Family and leave her second brother.
But what was with the despair?
She must have been mistaken.
Gu Sheng silently stared at Gu Yao without uttering a word.
Gu Yao clearly saw his lips move several times, as though he had something to say, yet for some reason, he hesitated and kept silent.
This had been a good atmosphere, but now it was suddenly rather distressing.
Gu Yao wanted to find another topic to break the current atmosphere, but she also wanted to know how the newly changed Gu Sheng would respond to her.
Finally, Gu Sheng spoke.
His voice was so gentle and calm, yet it carried a touch of helplessness and fear, making it sound more like a plea than a discussion.
"...Yaoyao, can you promise second brother something?"
"Can you promise second brother not to like anyone, not to fall in love, or get married in the next two years, and let’s just focus on studying, okay?"
"Why... these two years?" Gu Yao instinctively asked.
Truth be told, she didn’t expect that answer from Gu Sheng.
Was it that her second brother couldn’t accept her liking someone else for the moment and wanted to use these two years to slowly distance her a bit, allowing her to try getting closer to someone else?
"...You’re still young, and you still need someone to take care of you. How can someone who needs care become a good wife? Wait a couple more years until you’ve matured a bit before getting married, okay?" His tone grew increasingly low, almost choking up. Thɪs chapter is updated by Nove1Fire.net
It was helplessness and vulnerability coming from deep within his heart.
He absolutely couldn’t bear to watch her marry someone else, anyone else.
He would go crazy, he would want to kill.
For her to get married, unless he was dead.
Yes, unless he was dead.
Wait two more years until he was dead, until he couldn’t see or hear; then she could marry Shangguan Yu if she liked, he wouldn’t care.
Because he wouldn’t be able to stop it.