"Is Gu Sheng really that terrifying?" Tears uncontrollably welled up, sliding down her pale face and falling into the bowl of porridge in her hand.
Gu Yao couldn’t help but recall the words Gu Li had spoken to her a few hours ago.
She expected these words to have no effect on the defensive Shangguan Yu at this moment, but unexpectedly, Shangguan Yu remained silent.
Shangguan Yu’s silence gave Gu Yao a glimmer of hope.
"Shangguan Yu, I believe that I, Gu Yao, cannot misjudge someone, and even more so cannot love the wrong person. I also believe you are not a coward. You are a hero protecting your country, a hero to the whole nation; how could you not be a hero for just me? You’re not afraid of death, how could you be afraid of Gu Sheng."
Saying this, Gu Yao reached out and touched Shangguan Yu’s face. Her slightly cool fingertips lightly touched the corner of his eye, where tears had flowed for her just twenty minutes ago.
"What exactly are you considering? Can you tell me, don’t let me remain ignorant like a fool."
"..." Shangguan Yu lowered his eyes, biting his lip without uttering a word. Tears welled up again but he forced them back.
His heart felt as if pierced by an iron wire, pulled mercilessly, causing bouts of pain.
"Did we know each other before? Two years ago?"
"..." Shangguan Yu’s body stiffened, almost raising his eyes to look at Gu Yao, but fortunately, he controlled himself just in time, revealing no hint of unease.
An already chaotic mind was now more panicked.
Had Yaoyao remembered something?
"Can you look at me and dare to point to your heart while saying this?"
Shangguan Yu’s lack of decisiveness made Gu Yao even more suspicious, but then Shangguan Yu looked at her with a cold, yet slightly impatient expression: "Miss Gu, I dare to point to my heart and tell you clearly that I truly have no feelings for you. I ask Miss Gu not to be so presumptuous and not to cling to me anymore. I, Shangguan Yu, can be anyone’s hero, but I will never be your hero."
The door to the ward was kicked open from the outside, causing a commotion, and a murderous Gu Sheng appeared at the threshold.
A pair of grim eyes coldly locked onto Shangguan Yu’s merciless yet anguished gaze.
This scene in the ward nearly made Gu Sheng lose control.
Two guards at the door pointed their guns at Gu Sheng but were held back by Shangguan Qingmu.
Gu Sheng walked in, his eyes full of murderous intent fixed on Shangguan Yu, suppressing the impulse to tear him apart.
He stepped forward and pulled Gu Yao, who was sitting dazed by the bedside, rendered soul-less by Shangguan Yu’s words.
Gu Yao was like a puppet, letting Gu Sheng lead her out of the ward.
The bowl of porridge in her hand slipped from her grasp as she stood, scattering all around.
Shangguan Yu merely watched as Gu Yao was taken away, without reacting at all.
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He felt as if freed, at the moment Gu Yao disappeared from the ward, all his tense nerves relaxed.
Yet tears unknowingly streamed down his face.
Madam Shangguan rushed in, approaching the bedside to inquire about Shangguan Yu’s condition.
"Yuyu, are you okay?"
"Yuyu..." Seeing Shangguan Yu saying nothing, just staring at the doorway and constantly crying, Madam Shangguan started crying as well from heartache.