From the first moment you looked at me...
At first, Gu Yao, overwhelmed by happiness and sweetness, didn’t notice anything about this sentence. But after a while, she felt something was off.
Shangguan Yu said that two years ago, he came for her on the night of her birthday. Does that mean he had seen her before her birthday?
So, did they actually know each other before?
Gu Yao, who had always had doubts about this, wanted to ask him immediately but felt that since she and Shangguan Yu had finally gotten together, it might not be appropriate to ask now.
She decided it wouldn’t hurt to wait a few days before asking.
"By the way, how are your injuries?" Gu Yao remembered his injuries.
"Don’t worry, I’m fine. Healing well."
"That’s good. There’s something I haven’t asked you, how do you know Ais?"
In fact, what Gu Yao wanted to ask was: both my elder brother and second brother said that Ais approached me with intentions, is it true?
It’s not that she didn’t trust them; it’s just that she thought they all had reasons to deceive her, and she was also angry with them at the time. Moreover, she really didn’t want to doubt Ais.
Talking about this, Shangguan Yu’s expression turned serious.
He stopped, looked at Gu Yao, held her shoulders, and said seriously, "Yaoyao, I’m being serious with you. Ais is really not a good person. He did approach you with intentions. Initially, he approached Gu Sheng but was quickly seen through, so he shifted his focus to you. From the day you met him to the night a few days ago when I caught him and you suddenly appeared, it was all part of his plan. The injuries I have were also caused by his manipulations, forcing a soldier under me named Sun Hao to deliberately make a mistake during exercises. He did this to make you return to the country."
Listening to Shangguan Yu, Gu Yao recalled all the coincidences from when she met Ais to knowing him, and she slowly furrowed her brows.
"... Is everything you said true?"
Gu Yao still didn’t want to believe Ais could be that kind of person.
He was such a good person...
Shangguan Yu knew Gu Yao’s character. From childhood to adulthood, she virtually had no friends. Before, with Gu Sheng around, she might not have needed friendship, but in the past two years, forced by Gu Sheng, she needed everything.
Ais appeared when she needed him most, creating false images that were exactly what she longed for and desired deep inside.
"It’s all true, so you don’t need to feel any guilt about leaving him at the wedding scene, and you certainly shouldn’t feel sorry for him since it was all his setup."
Gu Yao’s mood plummeted from cloud nine to rock bottom in an instant.
The guilt in her heart was immediately replaced by disappointment, sadness, and betrayal.
She finally realized who the familiar figure on Ais’s side was.
It was Shangguan Yu’s.
"Don’t be upset, it’s not worth it."
"I’m not, I just feel quite foolish..." Gu Yao smiled a little.
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"I’m afraid he might hurt you."
"You seem to know my second brother very well."
Shangguan Yu covered his unease and awkwardness with a smile and said, "Your second brother is famous in the Capital City for his bad temper, who doesn’t know that?"