You Owe Me, My Love novel Chapter 217

If Zhou Hailan came back before he knew Bai Rong, he probably would let her stay and take care of her.

But he had Bai Rong in his life now.

If he let her stay, Bai Rong definitely would be angry and upset.

He could not bring himself to ignore Bai Rong’s feelings because he cared about her.

“Hailan, this place is not suitable for you,” Gu Mingchen said as he tried to change her mind.

“Why? When I was locked up, every single day, you’re the only thing I thought about. Now that I’m back, I want to spend the rest of my life with you, to replace the eight years we’ve lost. But you want to chase me away now?” As Zhou Hailan talked, her emotion became unstable again.

“Gu Mingchen.” Calling his son’s full name, Gu Tianhang reprimanded, “In order to protect you during the mission, she was half-burnt, caught, and tortured by the enemies. You know how cruel and inhuman the enemies were. By the time she was rescued, her body was covered with injuries, and she’s even mentally disturbed. Her condition was so awful that she had to be restrained during her treatment. Besides, due to her burn, she went through skin grafting procedures, suffering intense postoperative pain multiple times. These were not something ordinary people could bear. Apart from that, you’ve known her a long time, and both of you were even a couple. Zhou Hailan didn’t do anything wrong. If you abandon her now, you’d be a fickle, ungrateful man. And who the hell is that Bai Rong? She’s nothing but a b*tch who’s been divorced, and she even seduced you when she was still a married woman. What a shameless slut. Even if she’s married to you, she won’t be loyal to you, and I don’t want to lose my dignity, having such a promiscuous daughter-in-law. If you marry her, your political prospects would all be gone. Stop obsessing over Bai Rong, Mingchen. Start thinking straight and do the right thing.”

“Chen, you’ve fallen in love with someone else?” Zhou Hailan asked breathlessly.

“We’re already married. I’m sorry. I’ll let someone send you back.” Gu Mingchen turned and instructed the orderly.

Gu Tianhang disagreed, “She’s not going anywhere. She will stay here today because I allow her to do so.”

However, Gu Mingchen paid no heed and strode out of the place solemnly and determinedly.

He could take care of Zhou Hailan forever to help her recover. However, he knew that his heart had changed.

All my mind now is on Bai Rong.

Every word she says and every expression she wears tug at my heartstrings.

With such thoughts, he called Lieutenant Song and asked, “Where did she ask you to bring her?”

Lieutenant Song looked in the rear-view mirror and saw that Bai Rong was asleep. “Shuiyue International.”

“Bring her to the Blue Sky Apartment instead. I’ll be there soon.” After hanging up the call, he dialed the director up. “Where are you now?”

“Chief, I’ve departed, on the way to the military base,” the director reported respectfully.

“On your way here, you’ll pass by a paddock, so you should go to the East door of the paddock and wait for me there. I’ll arrive there in half an hour.” With that, he hopped into his car and sped away.

Meanwhile, Zhou Hailan looked in the direction where Gu Mingchen had left. “Chen doesn’t want me anymore?”

“Don’t worry. As long as I’m here, he won’t be with that wicked woman,” Gu Tianhang reassured.

In response, she glanced at Gu Tianhang dolefully.

“From now on you will live here,” Gu Tianhang said in a serious manner.

Upon hearing that, Song Xiyu knitted her brows and looked towards her husband, and then at Zhou Hailan.

Eventually, arrangements were made and Zhou Hailan rested in Gu Mingchen’s room.

“Are we putting too much pressure on Mingchen?” Song Xiyu asked Gu Tianhang worriedly.

Gu Tianhang pondered for a while and voiced out his analysis, “He can’t marry that b*tch, Bai Rong, no matter what. She used to be Xiong Daini’s daughter-in-law, and Xiong Daini is Su Zheng’s sister-in-law. I don’t want to lose my dignity in front of them. Moreover, she knew that we were the ones who kidnapped her, and she even had the audacity to threaten us. How could such a person be my son’s wife?”

Speaking of Bai Rong made him exasperated, so he paused to take a deep breath before continuing, “On the other hand, Zhou Hailan has made meritorious contributions and had been Mingchen’s comrade-in-arms before the incident. If Mingchen marries her despite her disfigurement, his reputation would boost dramatically and stand a chance to be elected as the next commander-in-chief.”

“I don’t like Bai Rong either, but there’s something off with Zhou Hailan as well. So, she is not the daughter-in-law I like.” Song Xiyu let out a sigh. “It’s a pity that Wanning can’t be my daughter-in-law. In fact, she is my favorite one.”

“What can we do? Your son doesn’t have feelings for Su Wanning. He didn’t want to marry her and even severed his finger to threaten us not to force him into marrying her. In the end, it’s the Su family who called off the engagement, not us. Anyway, it’s important to know that love never lasts long enough to sustain a marriage; it’s the benefits that the couple gets from one another that sustains it. Mm, we shall see,” Gu Tianhang said solemnly.

Hearing his words. Song Xiyu guessed that her husband had other plans in mind.

At the same time, she was deeply disheartened by what he had said. Love never lasts long? Is he saying about us? So, there’s no more love between us, and all that’s left is benefits? Yet, I was the one who had traded my youth to bear him a child.

She lowered her head and glanced away. “I’ll stay here to take care of Zhou Hailan. After all, it’s not right for the male orderlies to take care of her. You can’t remain here as well.”

“Since she’s going to live long-term here, she needs to have a female orderly anyway. So, let me settle that later and we can go back now. You still have matters to attend to in the company. It’s a waste of talent for you to stay and take care of a person,” Gu Tianhang said.

“Should I thank you for your high praise for me? Or I should thank myself for having the skills and background that make me exceptional enough to be the wife of the Deputy Commander?” Smiling sarcastically, she turned around and walked away without bothering to see his reaction.

He frowned, baffled by her behavior. “I have no idea why you’re acting like this again.”

Song Xiyu stopped in her tracks and looked at him dejectedly. “It’s not that you don’t know. It’s because you don’t want to understand why I’m behaving like this. Gu Tianhang, you get what you give.”

“I’m telling you about Mingchen, and you’re telling me about reciprocity. What are you trying to say? You want to quarrel with me?” he said, utterly infuriated.

I don’t even want to argue with him anymore. He’s been imperious all his life. Even if it’s his fault, he’ll always blame the fault on others. What a stubborn, domineering dictator.

Heaving a sigh, she cast her eyes down and continued her steps. “I’ll head back first.”

Bai Rong woke up and felt a hand on her waist. As she turned her head to look, she found Gu Mingchen sleeping next to her.

Looking at the intravenous line in the back of her hand, her mind went blank for a moment.

Why is he sleeping here? Why am I on intravenous infusion? Is this his place? Blue Sky Apartment?

As soon as she moved, Gu Mingchen woke up from his nap. He looked at the vial hanging on the drip stand and found that she still had half of the vial to finish. “Don’t move around. You’re still on intravenous fluid.”