Chapter 426: Chapter 425: Will You Marry Me? (1)
"Gu Ningyi...."
She pronounced each word deliberately, with every word heavily emphasized, as if using all her strength, yet her voice was filled entirely with resentment and hatred.
"Gu Ningyi.... it’s you again."
Why is he always haunting her like a ghost, why does he always have to appear before her, why can’t he just leave her alone?
Her grip on his collar grew tighter, the veins on her fair hand popping as she tried to glare at him, but sorrow surged within her.
If it weren’t for him, she and Ziyang wouldn’t be like this; if it weren’t for him, they would have married without issues; if it weren’t for him, she wouldn’t be forced to separate from Ziyang now.
They loved each other so dearly, why then did it end like this?
She doesn’t want it, she doesn’t want it...
Harsh words couldn’t be spoken; as soon as she opened her mouth, she could only choke up. The mist rose before her eyes, almost blocking all her vision and burying her rationality. She couldn’t think of anything; she only knew she was in immense pain, extreme, intense pain, the kind of pain that feels like dying.
Isn’t Gu Ningyi very capable? Isn’t he supposed to be able to do anything? She’s begging him now, would he agree? Would it work if she begged him?
All resentment, all hatred, at this moment, transformed into helplessness, into pleading.
Her hands, desperately clutching onto Gu Ningyi as if he was the last straw to save her life, lost in rational pleading, "I beg you... Gu Ningyi, I’m begging you, give Ziyang back to me, please, give Ziyang back to me."
She no longer knew what she was saying or doing, just clinging onto the last hope, pleading, begging, crying out with each word.
A thousand words couldn’t surpass her current plea.
She had said so many harsh words to him, yet Gu Ningyi never imagined that the power of all those harsh words combined wouldn’t compare to her one sentence now.
She begged him...
No matter how he bullied her, humiliated her in the past, she never pleaded with him, not even once, and now when she finally does, it’s to... beg him to give Cheng Ziyang back to her.
Ha.
Gu Ningyi truly wanted to laugh, yet the curve of his lips carried deep sorrow.
Her hands clutched his clothes so tightly, as if he was her savior, but... did she know that every action, every word from her was like pushing him step by step towards the abyss of hell?
"I beg you, Gu Ningyi, I beg you, give Ziyang back to me, give him back to me, please...."
Her voice gradually turned hoarse, unable to even form words between sobs, yet she forced each word out from her throat.
Gu Ningyi knew that at this moment, the best thing he should do is to stand up, to leave, as he once said himself, her matters were no longer his concern, and also as Yuan Shen said, not to meddle in her business again.
So, go, Gu Ningyi, let go, leave, it’s as simple as that, go, go....
But why was such a simple action so difficult?
His rationality urged him to leave quickly, yet his heart refused to follow suit.
He even heard his own voice, extremely hoarse, yet so gentle, so determined, replying to her, word by word, "Alright, I’ll give him back to you, I’ll give Cheng Ziyang... back to you."
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Yuan Shi finished the last patient’s consultation, closed the medical records, and stood up to take off her doctor’s coat, preparing to end her shift, but then she heard a knock on the door.