Chapter 153 - Chapter 153: Let’s Be Good Alone
Chapter 153: Let’s Be Good Alone
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
When Lu Zhiyuan arrived, he glanced at the takeout on the table. Gu Ci remained motionless. She sat by the window, listening to a violin rendition of a calming tune. Upon seeing him, Gu Ci turned off the music.
“Let’s go home!” Lu Zhiyuan said. “Forgetting us is like reliving a lifetime, don’t walk down the old path again.”
“Is it your intention or his?”
“It doesn’t matter!” Lu Zhiyuan replied.
“Lu Zhiyuan, you’re not curious at all about why there’s a Ziyu?”
Lu Zhiyuan gazed calmly at her, “I don’t care about what the future holds. 1 only care about the present. You and I are strangers, and you and him have also reached a break.”
Gu Ci seemed like an empty puppet, the pain making it hard to breathe. Everything she had struggled so hard to uphold seemed like a joke.
Suddenly, she burst into laughter, her eyes slightly red.
“Third Master, don’t regret it!”
Lu Zhiyuan saw the sadness in Gu Ci’s eyes, and he also caught a glimpse of the fleeting madness. Clenching his fists, he said, “Gu Ci, forgive yourself. A forcibly twisted melon is not sweet.”
She walked up to him, looking into his eyes. “Lu Zhiyuan, did you ever like me?”
Lu Zhiyuan averted his gaze, but Gu Ci grabbed his wrist. She was stubborn, almost frantic. “Look into my eyes and tell me!”
“Never!” Lu Zhiyuan said in a hoarse voice, looking down at her as Gu Ci wished.
Gu Ci let go of his hand and took a step back. Since she was young, she valued her self-esteem more than life itself. In two lifetimes, she had only lowered her head for Lu Zhiyuan.
The two fell silent, moonlight after the rain stretched between them like a shallow ditch.
“Gu Ci, goodnight!” Lu Zhiyuan said.
He turned and left the room. Gu Ci watched his departing figure, a storm gathering in her eyes. Is a twisted melon truly not sweet?
If you don’t take a bite after twisting it, how would you know if it’s sweet or not!
Gu Ci couldn’t sleep.
Like the Third Master, she suffered from insomnia, though milder. When she had something on her mind, nightmares came easily. The dreams were all about heartbreak from her past life. Those memories tormented her body and soul at night.
After her rebirth, her thoughts were all about reuniting her family. She changed her own fate and changed Lu Zhiyuan’s fate too. Even Landlord’s Second Young Master had died, and Gu Chuyun posed no more threat. She had thought everything would fall into place, even if Lu Zhiyuan had two souls within him. She stubbornly treated him as a single person, in her eyes, he was clearly just one person. She obstinately wanted things to be as she wished.
Never did she expect that Lu Zhiyuan would reject her, wanting no connection with her, even when he knew that Ziyu was his son. The family reunion she had desired shattered.
All her beliefs were shattered by Lu Zhiyuan.
Early the next day, Gu Ci stopped Lu Zhiyuan on his way to training. In the morning light, Lu Zhiyuan wore a black sportswear set. Youthful and energetic, bathed in the morning glow, he embodied the best appearance of a young man.
Gu Ci imprinted this scene in her mind.
Lu Zhiyuan had always been her light, yet she was merely a speck of dust, leaving no trace as the wind blew past.
“Lu Zhiyuan, last night 1 met with the Third Master,” Gu Ci’s voice remained calm. “He said forcibly twisted melons are not sweet. He never liked me, and he doesn’t want any connection with me.”
Lu Zhiyuan’s expression was a mix of anger and restraint.
Gu Ci asked, “And you?”
“What?”
Gu Ci chuckled softly, “Do you also hope that 1 stay away from you and become strangers again?”
Lu Zhiyuan felt anxious and irritated. Why was he left to deal with the aftermath of what the Third Master had done? Gu Ci looked tired, unable to hide the dark circles under her eyes. The Third Master’s words must have hurt her deeply.
If it didn’t hurt, why would she look so worn out?
The person she liked was indeed the Third Master, not him.
“Yes!” Lu Zhiyuan’s jealousy drove him almost to madness. “Gu Ci, let’s each find our own peace!”
“Fine!” Gu Ci said with reddened eyes. “As you wish!”
After returning to city A, Gu Ci took Ziyu to look at houses. Ziyu had recovered well after the stitches were removed. As long as he didn’t engage in vigorous activities, he was fine.
She had her eye on three communities, all near University A. It was a five-minute walk to school from each of them. However, the school district houses were too small. Ziyu wanted a spacious study room, and she wanted a laboratory for herself as well.
Among the villa areas, there were no properties listed for sale. After looking for a while, Gu Ci didn’t find any suitable houses. Ziyu watched Gu Ci, who was deeply engrossed in house hunting, and he felt quite anxious.
When Jiang Junlin learned that she was looking for a house, he took her to see the only villa community near the school, Blue Field Villas. Gu Ci said, “I asked the agent, there are no properties listed here.”
“Good properties don’t need to be listed,” Jiang Junlin took her and Ziyu to see a villa. It was situated by an artificial lake, with a floor area of 500 square meters. It was a two-story small Western-style building with a garden of 200 square meters.
Going out from the villa’s side gate, it took an eight-minute walk to reach the school. Not too far, not too close, just the right distance.
The house had a modern design with warm tones. It was newly decorated and had never been lived in. Jiang Junlin said, “1 have a client who’s going abroad. The property is vacant, and I thought since you and Ziyu will be studying at University A for a few years, 1 bought this house from him. The house is mortgaged with our bank, but the paperwork isn’t done yet. If you like it, we can transfer the ownership directly to you.”
Gu Ci quite liked this small villa. The warm color scheme and the decoration style suited her taste. “Does Ziyu like it?”
“As long as big sister likes it.”
Gu Ci nodded. “Alright, let’s move then!”
Ziyu and Jiang Junlin were both taken aback.
Jiang Junlin was surprised. He had thought Gu Ci was looking for a house near the school for occasional use. He hadn’t expected her to move out of Global.
“Did you break up?”
Gu Ci shook her head. “We never dated, so we can’t break up.”
Although Gu Ci and Jiang Junlin hadn’t spent much time together, he was adept at reading people. Gu Ci was a bit stubborn. Once she made up her mind, she wouldn’t turn back until she hit a wall. A heart that was truly hurt like that was hard to heal.
Jiang Junlin went to make the arrangements, and Gu Ci asked Ziyu, “If I divorce your father, who do you choose?”
“Mom!” Ziyu firmly chose Gu Ci, though he felt anxious inside. He often felt that his father was too domineering, always trying to compete for the top spot in Gu Ci’s heart.
But if Mom’s heart was truly hurt and she didn’t want to be with Dad anymore, Ziyu felt really uneasy. He wanted to be the number one in Mom’s heart, but that didn’t mean his parents had to divorce.
Gu Ci touched Ziyu’s face with a somewhat sad expression. “Ziyu, Mom wants to give you a complete family, but Mom can’t do it anymore. Mom is too hurt.” “It’s okay!” Ziyu hugged her waist and patted her gently. “Ziyu is the pillar of Mom’s world. As long as Ziyu is here, Mom will have a home.”
Gu Ci was someone who took action. She purchased the house in full, and the transfer could be done at any time. The paperwork was completed in just a day. Gu Ci found a moving company, and with the help of a dozen people, they moved out within two hours. In the same amount of time, their new home was also well arranged..