"Then shouldn’t I all the more marry him? Having someone devoted to pursuing me, what reason do I have not to marry?"
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"Then I should be even more thankful to him." Gu Yao interrupted Gu Li directly.
"If I hadn’t come back this time, I might never have known that Shangguan Yu is such a person. Perhaps after one, three, even five or ten years, I’d still be wasting time on him like a fool."
In truth, Gu Yao regretted it deeply, regretting coming back.
She would rather never come to terms with who Shangguan Yu really is, rather be tormented by longing every day, rather imprison herself in this feeling for a lifetime without ever managing to escape.
What’s five or ten years? At least every time she thought of him, her heart would still be sweet, and his goodness in her heart would never be tarnished.
"Since you won’t heed advice, then don’t blame me." Gu Li said and suddenly stepped forward, pulling Gu Yao into the room, then quickly shut the door, locking her inside.
Gu Yao looked at the locked door, quiet without a fuss.
"Yaoyao, just stay put in the room for a couple of days. Once Ais leaves the Capital City, I’ll let you out." Gu Li’s somewhat guilty voice sounded from outside.
Seeing Gu Yao didn’t respond, Gu Li worried and stood at the door for a while before leaving.
However, the next morning when Gu Li came to personally deliver breakfast to Gu Yao, he discovered she wasn’t in the room at all.
Gu Li searched around in the room, finally confirming that Gu Yao had escaped through the window.
And it seemed she left shortly after he departed the previous night.
"This girl, truly is..." Gu Li was exasperated.
With things not working with Gu Yao, he had no choice but to target Ais.
Gu Li took out his phone and called Shangguan Yu, wanting Shangguan Yu to go capture Ais immediately, but Shangguan Yu refused, saying he’d do it at the wedding tomorrow.
Yet Gu Li was unwilling, as doing so with so many people at the wedding would be damaging to Gu Yao’s reputation.
Shangguan Yu’s words "Only this way will Yaoyao completely lose hope in me" left Gu Li no choice but to comply.
The elders of the Gu Family were uneasy but agreed this was the only way forward.
After Gu Yao escaped from the Gu Family through the window last night, she went to stay at the hotel where the wedding was to be held.
She lay quietly in bed for an entire day, feeling dazed throughout, but never once regretted it.
But as night fell, she began to panic, afraid and discouraged.
Ais had come knocking on her door repeatedly, which she ignored.
This time, Ais entered directly with a room key, without her consent.
Gu Yao immediately sat up in bed.
"You’ve been locking yourself inside all day, not eating. Are you trying to scare me to death?"
"...I have no appetite."
"Is it because you’re too nervous?" Ais sat down beside the bed.
"Not really." Gu Yao irritably scratched her head.
"It’s fine, I’m here." Ais reached out, tucking the hair covering Gu Yao’s face behind her ear.
Gu Yao instinctively moved a bit away.
"Eat something first then. After that, have a good night’s sleep. If you’re not feeling well, you won’t look pretty tomorrow."
"Leave it there, I’ll eat it later."
"Okay." Ais placed the things he was holding on the bedside table.