You Owe Me, My Love novel Chapter 276

Chapter 276 I Know That You Still Love Me

In truth, Bai Rong understood that the best way for a mentally ill patient to have a speedy recovery was to seal off all the patient’s painful memories.

She had spent three years researching this and proved to be a very talented scholar. Through continuous effort and case practices, she became one of the top ten experts in this field.

Perhaps, mentally ill patients became the way they were because they were cursed to constantly relive those painful memories.

The families of mentally ill patients hoped that their loved ones would forget their pain and lead a normal life.

However, the patients were often reluctant to emerge from the darkness.

Gu Mingchen quickened his pace just then and his low groans reached her ears. Realizing that he was reaching his climax, she quickly wiped her tears away.

Gu Mingchen kissed her forehead and then her eyes. When he tasted her salty tears, he leaned back a little to look at her worriedly, finding that her eyes were slightly red.

“Why are you crying? Did I hurt you?” Gu Mingchen was alarmed.

Bai Rong shook her head. “No, it felt really good.”

“Why are you crying if it felt good?” Gu Mingchen did not believe her. “Let me take a look.”

He lowered his head to examine her lady parts. Embarrassed, Bai Rong evaded him and hugged her knees to her chest. “Why would I lie to you? Can’t you feel that I enjoyed it?”

Basking in the afterglow of their lovemaking, Gu Mingchen sat beside her with flushed cheeks. He cupped her face and used his thumb to caress the spot beneath her eye. “Then, why did you cry?”

Bai Rong did not want to tell him the reason because there was no future between them.

She lowered her eyes and said softly, “It just felt too good.”

Perceiving the shyness on her face, he finally believed her. The corners of his lips lifted slightly. “Was the sex not good last time?”

“That’s not what I meant.” Bai Rong kept her head lowered.

Gu Mingchen scooped Bai Rong into his arms, to which the latter instinctively wrapped her arms around his neck.

“Take a bath first, then tell me what is it you need from me,” Gu Mingchen said in an assertive tone as he placed her in the bathtub.

The moment she offered herself to him just now, she was already prepared to tell him what happened.

Gu Mingchen turned on the warm water for her.

She gazed at him before parting her lips to speak. “I have a friend, Liu Yan. I’m pretty sure you know about her.”

“I do. You care about her very much.”

“She’s been abducted by Shen Yiyan. I want to rescue her and escort her out of the country,” Bai Rong explained.

Gu Mingchen looked at Bai Rong in surprise. “Why did Shen Yiyan abduct her? Is there something going on between them?”

“I think they were classmates in elementary school and junior high. Shen Yiyan’s father was still the governor at that time, not the commander-in-chief. As for Liu Yan, her father was probably either the deputy director or director at the hospital already.

“So, it’s quite normal that they’d attend the same school. Later on, when Shen Yiyan’s father was promoted to commander-in-chief, they didn’t keep in touch anymore.

“Until three years ago when Shen Yiyan hosted a singles event. Both Liu Yan and I attended. You did too,” Bai Rong recounted past events.

“I attended too?” Gu Mingchen was astounded.

With a section of his memory gone, he felt like he had missed out on too many good parts of his life.

“Due to some unexpected events, Liu Yan and Shen Yiyan got involved with each other. I don’t know what Shen Yiyan was thinking, but he wanted Liu Yan to be one of his playthings. When she turned him down, he got some people to kidnap her. If I’m not wrong, Liu Yan is carrying his child,” Bai Rong elaborated.

“Wait, did you just say that Liu Yan is carrying Shen Yiyan’s child?”

“I’m not sure. Su Xuyan was the one who told me.” All of a sudden, a bad feeling nagged at Bai Rong and she became anxious. “Could Su Xuyan be using me to set you up again?”

Gu Mingchen’s eyes darkened a little. “Rong, I promise to rescue Liu Yan within a month. I’ll be very, very careful. It wasn’t your fault that I was set up previously. I was too careless, so don’t blame yourself anymore.”

How can I not blame myself?

It was because he trusted me that he didn’t thoroughly investigate it.

I know he’s saying this to free me from guilt.

But I know myself better than anyone.

When I get worked up or care too much about something, nothing and no one can get through to me.

“Rescue Liu Yan within three months.”

Liu Yan was pregnant, so she believed that Shen Yiyan wouldn’t hurt her.

Three months was cutting it close as aborting the child beyond this time frame would be harmful to the mother’s body.

“Mm,” Gu Mingchen replied, then began showering.

Bai Rong followed suit, having said what needed to be said.

With the lack of conversation, something in the atmosphere shifted subtly as the sound of running water pelted down.

She peeked at Gu Mingchen and vice versa.

After he was done, he wrapped a towel around his waist and crouched in front of Bai Rong, saying gently, “When are you going to marry me?”

“Huh?” Bai Rong never expected that he would ask her this question so abruptly. Her heart thumped violently in her chest, as if it was going to jump out of her throat any moment.

Gu Mingchen smiled faintly. “We divorced shortly after marriage and now we’re about to get married again.” He chuckled.

Looking at his smile, Bai Rong’s eyes dimmed.

The brighter his smile was, the gloomier she felt.

However, some things had to be said no matter how cruel they were.

After all, she couldn’t stay with him for long. Without the shot from Su Xuyan, she would die even faster; so fast that she wouldn’t be able to settle many things.

“You’re overthinking, Chief. It’s just a business transaction between us.”

Gu Mingchen’s smile faded and he studied the determination in her eyes. His face darkened, but he did not speak.

Bai Rong, too, felt that her choice of words was too hurtful. She turned her face away and stood up, then took the towel from the rack and wrapped it around her body, all the while having her back toward him.

Gu Mingchen hugged her from behind and pressed his chest against her back.

“I don’t know why you keep pushing me away or saying hurtful words to ruin our relationship, but I know that you still love me. So, I’ll wait for you to lower the walls around your heart and tell me everything.

“Bai Rong, it doesn’t matter if you’re old, ugly or crazy, I’ll always love you. Even if one day you become a burden to me, I’ll be willing to carry you and spend the rest of our lives together because you’re not a burden to me, but a life companion,” Gu Mingchen declared his love for her.

Bai Rong’s tears escaped her eyes and rolled down her cheeks uncontrollably.

This was the most beautiful thing she had ever heard. Even though she was crying, his words had touched the depths of her soul.

I’m probably crying because the Bai Rong who’s hiding in the deepest place of my heart heard what he said, right?

She was sad. She was utterly moved but still wasn’t ready to come out because she knew that if she did, she would have to face death.

And she just couldn’t accept it.

Bai Rong wiped away her tears coolly and turned to look at Gu Mingchen. “I’m leaving.”

“Don’t go,” Gu Mingchen pleaded.

The love and affection shining in his eyes was like a vortex threatening to suck her in and made her lose herself completely if she stared too long.