Chapter 703: Chapter 704: To the Point of Using His Son as A Bargaining Chip
Gu Qichen was utterly shocked when he heard this.
He had never expected it to be .
He couldn’t investigate the events of the past because Gu Mingzhu had confessed herself.
But unexpectedly, everything had been intricately designed by Liu Ruyan.
So it turned out that all of this was merely a misunderstanding.
What was ridiculous was that they had been separated and suffered for four years just because of this misunderstanding.
Shock, anger, and fury transformed into silence in this instance.
Gu Qichen even felt some urge to laugh.
Finally, he coldly ground out a few words from between his teeth, “I actually want to quarter that vicious woman alive, eight years in prison is too light for her.”
Xia Yangyang bowed her head.
She had never thought about the day when she would tell Gu Qichen the truth.
Gu Qichen grabbed Xia Yangyang’s hand.
He enveloped her entire hand in his palm, “Yangyang, fate has separated us for such a long time, do you have the heart to continue torturing me? I know that you still love me, I can feel it. We shouldn’t continue inflicting pain on each other. After all, that woman has finally faced her punishment, there’s nothing stopping us now, right?”
Gu Qichen always refused to believe that Xia Yangyang did not have any feelings for him.
If she really didn’t, they wouldn’t have reacted so sharply to each other, causing mutual harm every time they met.
If she really didn’t, she wouldn’t have given birth to Xia Ye.
If she really didn’t, she wouldn’t have declared her love for him that night, after succumbing to her feelings.
Gu Qichen had a hunch; Xia Yangyang wouldn’t be so ruthless.
Xia Yangyang finally spoke, “Gu Qichen, four years have passed. Do you think we can go back to the past?”
“We can, I can,” Gu Qichen responded coolly.
“But I can’t,” Xia Yangyang finally raised her head, gazing calmly into Gu Qichen’s eyes.
A light seemed to extinguish in Gu Qichen’s pupils.
Xia Yangyang said calmly, “Yes, there is no longer hatred between us, but there are four insurmountable years. And over those four years, other people appeared in our lives. Gu Qichen, ask yourself, can you just cast them aside, abandon them at your command? If our reconciliation comes at their expense, how are we any different from heartless villains?”
Xia Yangyang was waiting for Gu Qichen’s explanation.
What about those who have shared his life over these years? What should they do?
There must be someone he treated sincerely.
They couldn’t just disregard everyone else and be together without a care in the world.
But Gu Qichen wasn’t thinking about any of this.
He didn’t understand what Xia Yangyang meant.
Was Xia Yangyang rejecting him?
She was talking about not being heartless, about the four years and the people that had appeared during that time.
Was she referring to Gu Zhaohan?
Gu Zhaohan, at this moment, was like a knife wedged into Gu Qichen’s chest.
Gu Qichen didn’t even want to bring him up.
He proposed reconciliation while deliberately ignoring this point.
Deep down, Gu Qichen had hoped his place in Xia Yangyang’s heart would be enough for her to give up that relationship.
Saying he didn’t care would be a lie.
However, he could choose not to mind it.
Comparatively, he wanted her future more than the past.
But Gu Qichen felt as if he had overestimated his position in Xia Yangyang’s heart.
Gu Qichen sighed, “I’m not forcing you to make a decision now, but I hope you’ll think it over. After all, Xia Ye needs a complete family.”
Gu Qichen laughed inwardly. He had actually stooped to using Xia Ye as a bargaining chip to reconcile.
It was truly pitiful.