Gu Xichen actually smiled.
Seeing him smile, Jingsheng’s tensed heartstrings relaxed, her voice soft and tender, "Don’t marry her, Gu Xichen, I’m begging you."
Her eyes immediately sparkled, "Really? You mean what you say?"
"I was only considering it. Don’t you understand what that means?"
Jingsheng hopped down from the sofa and sat beside his bed, closing the distance between them, "Then, do you want to marry me?"
Gu Xichen looked at her face, "I’m afraid you’ll regret being with me because I can’t guarantee your happiness for the rest of your life."
"My happiness comes from whether I want to be happy or not, it doesn’t depend on you. Besides, my life now is a thousand times better than before. I’m 24, not a child. I know what decision I’m making. I won’t regret any of my decisions. Stop beating around the bush and tell me clearly now, do you want to marry me?"
"Why are you in such a hurry?!"
"Because I’m scared!"
"Scared that someone like Jin Miaomiao will appear again, wanting to marry you!"
Seeing her so eager, Gu Xichen calmly asked, "Really won’t regret it?"
"Then let’s get married."
He knew well that he wasn’t someone who could live alone for a lifetime.
Life passes quickly if you think it’s fast, but it also goes by slowly when you consider it.
He works so hard every day; he too wants a wife by his side, his own children.
Just like Gu Lili, because of his incomplete family since childhood, he yearns for the warmth of a family.
Gu Xichen is actually very clear, a marriage isn’t necessarily with someone you love, but at the very least, it cannot be with someone you dislike or despise.
Not everyone can marry or be married off to the person they love, not everyone can follow their love into marriage, but one has to at least find someone pleasing to the eye.
Compared to Jin Miaomiao, Jingsheng is indeed more familiar to him.
Jingsheng has been by his side for so long, to Jingsheng, he’s quite fond of her, and used to her presence.
Choosing her as his wife is also very appropriate.
He hadn’t thought about this before, but Jin Miaomiao’s incident brought marriage back to the table. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ novel[f]ire.net
He’s 26 now, it’s time for him to enter into the stage of marriage.
When Jingsheng heard these long-awaited words, she still couldn’t believe her own ears.
Her eyes suddenly reddened, "Then you can’t go back on your word, you can’t take back what you just said, otherwise, I’ll die for you to see."
"Is it necessary to be so dramatic? You’re even bringing death into this, I won’t go back on my word."
"So now I can sleep on the bed, right?"
Gu Xichen patted the spot beside him on the bed, "You sleep here."
Jingsheng climbed excitedly onto the bed, "I have to tell Master this news."
Jin Miaomiao received a call from Gu Xichen in the morning; he clearly stated that after consideration, he did not agree to the arranged marriage. Jin Miaomiao thought she had a good chance, but he rejected her.
So, she contacted Ye Yan.
Ye Yan, on the other hand, didn’t hesitate; after all, he was really planning to sacrifice his own marriage for his ambitions.
He wasn’t like Gu Xichen; he could be more ruthless, especially towards himself.
In Ye Yan’s view, marriages in wealthy families are often a merger of interests from both sides.
Such a good opportunity, he wouldn’t miss it.
And so, within a short half-month.
Gu Xichen and Ye Yan, these two good friends, both got married.
The difference was, Gu Xichen and Jingsheng just hosted a few banquet tables, inviting only close relatives and friends to attend.