You Owe Me, My Love novel Chapter 177

Gu Mingchen narrowed his eyes as he saw that her eyes were filled with a clear, contemptuous, and self-deprecating hatred.

“Do you hate me?” Gu Mingchen deduced.

Bai Rong didn’t deny it.

“Perhaps my hatred was out of love. Whatever I can’t get keeps stirring my feelings up. The song Red Rose is quite a nice one.” Bai Rong said as she brushed his hand off and walked outside.

Gu Mingchen frowned in confusion as he watched her go, wondering why she was suddenly acting that way as she was fine on the train yesterday.

He felt uncomfortable at her cold, harsh and distant attitude, but there was something that he had to take care of.

Gu Mingchen called Su Wanning, who was surprised to see him call her as he never did. “Mingchen?”

“Su Wanning, it is unlikely that I will marry you, so carrying the identity of being my fiancée would only restrict your freedom.” Gu Mingchen said directly.

Su Wanning got nervous, “What do you mean by that?”

“Just because I’ve turned a blind eye to the things that you’ve done doesn’t mean I don’t see them. If word got out that you’ve kept boy toys and even messed around with gigolos, it would be bad for the Su Family, especially since your father is the Deputy Commander as well as a candidate for the commander-in-chief.” Gu Mingchen reminded her.

Su Wanning clenched her fists tightly, “You’re threatening me?”

“I’m informing you that we’ve been engaged for three years and we would’ve gotten married if we were able to love each other. It would be best if you could propose to cancel the engagement. That’s all, I’ve got to go now.” Gu Mingchen was about to hang up.

“Gu Mingchen, do you know what you’ve done wrong?” Su Wanning said sternly.

“I will take responsibility for my actions.” Gu Mingchen said decisively.

“You’re always acting so self-righteous and headstrong. Do you think Zhou Hailan is the one you love? She isn’t! You love another woman!” Su Wanning shouted irrationally.

Gu Mingchen went silent and just continued to listen.

“You must be wondering who you love, right? Whenever I see you missing Zhou Hailan, I feel relieved knowing that there is another woman out there who was hurt worse than me. She had even nearly died for you! Seeing how stupid you look makes me feel so good!” Su Wanning said viciously.

Gu Mingchen frowned, “What exactly are you talking about? Be specific.”

“I won’t tell you. I’ll just have you continue to miss Zhou Hailan and hurt the woman you love the most. Do you know how miserable that woman must’ve been to kill herself for you? I think she will never forgive you, and neither will I.” Su Wanning hung up.

Gu Mingchen recalled the scars on Bai Rong’s wrist and quickly ran towards her room.

Bai Rong was packing her luggage when she heard knocking on the door. She opened the door after seeing that it was Gu Mingchen through the peephole.

He grabbed her hand and his eyes narrowed as he looked at the scars on her wrist.

He was now certain that she was the woman that Su Wanning said he loved.

A look of regret flashed by in Gu Mingchen’s eyes, “I’m sorry I forgot about you.”

Bai Rong was angry as she didn’t like being handled forcefully like that and had wanted to brush his hand off when he grabbed her, but froze in place when she heard his apology.

Her heart was in turmoil as she felt a sudden surge of emotions after hearing the apology that she had longed for.

But it was useless now as the fact that he had forgotten her still remains.

Bai Rong composed herself, “Let go of me, you’re hurting me.”

Gu Mingchen loosened his grip a little without letting go as he stared intensely at her, “We didn’t actually break up, did we? We just cut off all communications because I lost my memories, right?”

Bai Rong knew that there was no way of hiding it from him as he was very smart and sharp.

Besides, she was tired of playing this little game of hide-and-seek with him.

“Yes.” Her reply was short and simple, yet straight to the point.

Gu Mingchen gripped her hand tighter as he connected all the dots, “So the reason my parents didn’t want me to know about the past was that they were against us being together. They were the ones who kidnapped you and forced me to marry Su Wanning? Was your pinky finger also cut off by them?”

“Yes.” Bai Rong said as she stared straight at him.

“But we didn’t break up because of their objections, as we were still together investigating the Tangqian Village massacre. I was with you before I was involved in an accident?” Gu Mingchen asked.

He was bringing up all the cruel and painful memories one after another and she could recall the sounds of explosions when he went out on his mission.

To her, the Gu Mingchen whom she loved had died in the explosion.

Had it not been for his loss of memory, she wouldn’t have known that Zhou Hailan was the one he held dear in his heart and that he was just taking responsibility for her.

Her tears fell uncontrollably as she hoped that she too had died in the explosion with him so that she wouldn’t have to face the cruel reality afterward. At the very least, she wouldn’t feel so lonely as she would’ve died carrying her faith in him.

Gu Mingchen felt his chest tighten as he saw her crying and wiped her tears with his fingers as he promised, “I will be responsible for you.”

Responsibility?

Responsibility?!

Responsibility.

Bai Rong stopped crying and the look in her eyes slowly grew firm as she stared at Gu Mingchen.

She hated hearing the word ‘responsibility’.

He had gotten close to her and won her heart over just to take responsibility.

She didn’t want to receive only responsibility in return for her complete love for him.

“No need. Ever since I woke up from the hospital and decided to go overseas, I had decided not to love you ever again. The Bai Rong who loved you had died in her past naivety and stupidity. I have been reborn now. If you wish to be responsble for me, then let me go and stay far away from my life, Chief. Let’s not see each other ever again.” Bai Rong said coldly.

Gu Mingchen frowned in confusion, “Is this really the outcome that you want?”

“Yes, it is.” Bai Rong said clearly, “We should keep moving forward and stop seeing each other as well as missing each other.”

Gu Mingchen felt like his heart was stabbed by a sharp knife as he watched a smile gradually spread across her face. It hurt so badly that he was suffocated and unable to speak.