"Let’s not talk about that. Go heat up a glass of milk for me," Mo Yan interrupted her, speaking indifferently. She didn’t want to listen to Mo Ran’s pontificating.
"Okay." Mo Ran stood up and went to the kitchen to heat up the milk.
Mo Yan, out of boredom, reached for a magazine on the sofa when the corner of her eye caught sight of Mo Ran’s black leather bag. The zipper wasn’t fully closed, revealing some of the contents inside.
The most noticeable item was a bottle of birth control pills in a plastic container.
Mo Ran brought the warmed milk to her. After taking a sip, Mo Yan looked at her and asked, "Ranran, I want you to tell me the truth. What exactly is the nature of your relationship with Gu Yixuan?"
Mo Ran hadn’t expected her to ask this and was taken aback for a moment.
"It’s just like that," she replied vaguely.
Mo Yan became a bit anxious, "Exactly how is ’like that’? Do you like him, does he like you, or is it mutual?"
"Sis, why are you asking this?"
"You don’t need to know why, just answer me. Ranran, I can tell you don’t like him, do you?" Mo Ran never brought up Gu Yixuan when they were together, which didn’t at all seem like she was in love.
Guessed correctly about her inner feelings, a flicker of unease crossed Mo Ran’s eyes.
Mo Yan became even more certain of her speculation, "You really don’t like him? If you don’t like him, then why are you with him?!"
Could it be that Mo Ran, like her, also wanted to marry into a wealthy family?
"Sis, he... has an interest in me... so..." Mo Ran’s eyes darted around, finding these words very difficult to say.
"He threatened you, didn’t he?"
"... Yeah." Mo Ran nodded, admitting for the first time in front of someone else that Gu Yixuan had coerced her. Suddenly she felt somewhat wronged—she had endured so much, but who knew of her heartache?
"Is it because of me?" Mo Yan was no fool and guessed it in an instant.
"Are you enduring all this and agreeing to be his woman to save me?" she asked again.
Mo Ran quickly shook her head, "Sis, this has nothing to do with you. Even without you, he would have used other methods to make me submit. It has nothing to do with you."
"Ranran, I know you. If it weren’t for me, no matter what he did, you wouldn’t have agreed to him. So, you’re enduring all this for me, aren’t you?" ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ N0v3l.Fiɾe.net
"Sis... I did it voluntarily..."
Mo Yan felt a surge of emotion in her heart; Mo Ran indeed was the best to her.
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