Gu Qingchen’s hand mischievously reached around Bei Ran’s waist and grabbed her buttocks, his tall frame pressing against her, leaving her immobilized.
Bei Ran suddenly realized that freedom came at a price.
She wasn’t unfamiliar with this feeling; they were once husband and wife, and such interactions were common between spouses.
Bei Ran was startled and pushed him with force: "The last time in the hotel, I told you, if you don’t want it, then it’s no more! I owe you nothing, Gu Qingchen, I don’t owe you anything!"
"So, our contract is over, and we have no further ties, is that right?" Gu Qingchen was furious now, and she couldn’t possibly push away his body!
Bei Ran nodded: "Yes!"
"Bei Ran, you will regret the words you’ve spoken!" Gu Qingchen’s icy voice swept by her ear.
The quarrel between Bei Ran and Gu Qingchen woke up the sleeping Little Fish.
She stumbled to the door, only to see a tall figure bullying Bei Ran.
She immediately ran over, usually quite timid, but now seeing someone bully Bei Ran, she charged forward, reaching out to pull Gu Qingchen’s leg, crying out: "You bad man, I won’t let you bully Mommy..."
Without needing Bei Ran to confirm it with her own mouth, in that moment, Gu Qingchen also heard Little Fish calling Bei Ran mommy, and he stared blankly at the little girl.
She used to adorably call him Uncle Knight, had comforted other children who were seeing the doctor like a little leader, and even shook hands with him like an adult!
But now, she said, he was a bad man!
Because, he bullied her mommy!
Gu Qingchen had to admit, he was very fond of this little girl, but the affection he gave was only seen as that of a bad man!
In that instant, he felt heart-wrenchingly painful.
It was just a child’s words, but it felt as if his heart was being torn open alive.
Always, it was he who dissected others’ hearts, when had anyone ever dissected his this way?
Gu Qingchen released Bei Ran, who was pressed against the wall, and she quickly fixed her nightgown, then reached out to hug Little Fish in her arms.
"Little Fish, be good, don’t cry, mommy is fine..." Bei Ran consoled her daughter.
Little Fish then peeked out from her mother’s embrace, looking at Gu Qingchen who had turned around, he too was gazing at the child.
Little Fish looked round and had not yet grown into Bei Ran’s enchanting beauty, so it wasn’t easy to recognize her as Bei Ran’s daughter.
"Uncle Knight..." Little Fish started screaming with excitement: "It’s Uncle Knight..."
Gu Qingchen felt a mix of emotions, did she still remember him as Uncle Knight?
But soon, Little Fish hung her little head down, "Uncle Knight, why did you bully mommy?"
Gu Qingchen had never felt this embarrassed before, he was a pride of heaven, even without the title of the Gu Family’s Crown Prince, he was a renowned surgeon.
But at this moment, to be seen as bullying someone’s mommy by a five-year-old child, how could he bear it?
Uncle Knight? Bei Ran weighed these four words in her heart.
She clearly understood her daughter’s thoughts.
Little Fish really hoped that Gu Qingchen was her father. In her eyes, Gu Qingchen was like a towering and unyielding mountain.
Little Fish greatly admired her father; in her little heart, Gu Qingchen was like an inexhaustible sea, deep and vast.
Even the usually rational Bei Ran wished for the same.
Through four years of marriage, she too wanted him to be the father of their children.
Only, reality had proven otherwise!
The cruelty of reality forced her to sever such feelings.
No matter how impulsive Gu Qingchen had been just now, or how he treated her, she still didn’t want his grand image to collapse in the eyes of her child.
Bei Ran kissed Little Fish and said: "Uncle Knight didn’t bully mommy, Little Fish, don’t think like that..."
"But I heard mommy groaning in pain..." Little Fish’s eyes, as beautiful as Bei Ran’s, widened.
Bei Ran’s face turned red; Gu Qingchen always hurt her when he was angry.
But now, what explanation could she give to her child?
Bei Ran pulled up the sleeve on her arm to show Little Fish: "Mommy got hurt, you know. Uncle Knight is a Great Doctor, he was treating mommy’s injury, mommy was crying out in pain... Little Fish, when you fall down while walking or running, don’t you also groan and say it hurts?"