Chapter 147: Love Is Too Scary
Shen Ying had an excited expression. “Qiao Xi, you’re not allowed to leave. You haven’t given up Mrs. Gu’s position yet, so you’re not allowed to leave! Do you think you can really get Brother Gu Zheng’s heart? Look at you, you’ve been suppressed by us for so long. Has Brother Gu Zheng come to look for you? He doesn’t love you at all!”
Qiao Xi’s footsteps paused slightly, but it was only for a second before she took another step forward.
Shen Ying sneered. “Qiao Xi, not only am I asking you to apologize today, but I also want you to get the hell out of the Gu family!”
Suddenly, there was a loud bang behind Qiao Xi.
Qiao Xi subconsciously turned around and saw Shen Ying lying on the floor with blood flowing from her forehead. Her clothes were quickly drenched by the blood, and she stared at Qiao Xi with a pleading gaze. “Miss Qiao, can you let me off… I was wrong. I shouldn’t have fought with you for Brother Gu Zheng. I shouldn’t have argued with you. You said I was a mistress, so I’m a mistress. Please let me live, okay?”
The servants heard the noise and quickly broke in.
“Miss Shen, are you alright?” The servants helped Shen Ying up in a panic. She was Madam Gu’s distinguished guest. If she was injured in the Gu family, wouldn’t they be implicated as well?
Madam Wang rushed in as well. “Shen Ying, are you okay?! Qiao Xi, you damned woman! Are you so jealous of Shen Ying that you hurt her? How can there be such a vicious woman like you in the world?!”
Shen Ying’s face was covered in blood, and her lips were extremely pale. “Aunt, I’m fine. Don’t blame Miss Qiao. It’s all my fault. It’s all my fault…”
One of the servants, who was afraid of implicating herself, quickly berated, “Miss Qiao, Madam asked you to come over to apologize to Miss Shen, not to hurt her. Now that Miss Shen has been injured because of you, just wait. She’ll definitely punish you!”
Qiao Xi looked at the wound on Shen Ying’s forehead. Qiao Xi knew that this woman was framing her, but she did not even show any mercy to herself. Her wound was bleeding heavily.
Was it really worth it to torture herself like this for a man?
Before she could continue thinking about it, Madam Wang was already crying. “Capture that b*tch Qiao Xi and bring her to the Gu family for punishment! I want to take revenge for our Shen Ying!”
Qiao Xi saw the proud glow in Shen Ying’s eyes, then looked at the furious Madam Wang. She had to say that Shen Ying’s actions and the way Madam Wang was standing by her side and unconditionally believing her were truly vexing.
She knew that whether she had hurt Shen Ying today or not, they would try their best to pin the blame on her. Even if she explained that she was not the one who did it, these people would never listen. They only believed what they wanted to believe.
Hence, Qiao Xi simply did not explain herself as she did not want to waste her breath on them.
Most importantly, she did not know why Shen Ying would do such a thing to hurt her own body. Both Qiao Rou and Shen Ying were willing to risk their lives to get the man they liked. They did not hesitate to hurt their bodies to frame others. Could such actions be called love?
If this behavior represented love, then wasn’t love too scary?
Qiao Xi was escorted to a dark room by the servants. When Madam Wang saw the wound on Shen Ying’s forehead, she was about to faint from heartache. She naturally did not see the proud smile on Shen Ying’s face.
In the dark room, Qiao Xi nonchalantly sized up her surroundings. A small dark room naturally could not trap her. In the dark room where she could not even see her own hands, she took out her phone and got past the blocked network signal in the dark room.
She held her phone and hesitated to contact Gu Zheng… Actually, it was fine if she did not look for Gu Zheng since she could get out of here herself. She was thinking about why she would think of Gu Zheng the moment she encountered a problem. This was a very bad habit.
Thinking about this, Qiao Xi tapped open her third brother’s profile picture. She processed a few documents that had yet to be done. She needed to work to calm her mind. She must have been too free recently and had been hanging around Gu Zheng, so she would think of him no matter what happened.
…
The news that Qiao Xi had pushed Shen Ying to the floor spread throughout the Gu family.
Song Shiyu’s breathing trembled. “President Gu, Madam has been locked in the dark room. Madam Gu wants to punish her!”
Gu Zheng abruptly raised his hand to signal for the video conference to stop. He quickly walked out. “Qiao Xi is still in the dark room?”
“Yes, after I received the news, I got someone to bring Madam out of the dark room. President Gu, you…”
“I’ll go get her myself.”
Gu Zheng did not know what was going on. When he heard that Qiao Xi was locked in the dark room, he felt as if his heart was being squeezed by a large hand and he could not breathe.
Chapter 148: What Is Love
Song Shiyu was stunned. “But your eyes…”
President Gu would go blind in such a dark environment. Needless to say, the dark room was dark…
“It’s okay.”
Gu Zheng closed his eyes. “She’ll be afraid if she’s alone there.”
Song Shiyu did not try to persuade him anymore. He thought that President Gu had already fallen for Madam and was willing to go to the dark room for Madam’s sake.
In the dark room, Qiao Xi was leisurely talking to her third brother while silently counting the time it would take for Shen Ying’s poison to take effect. Right at this moment, a ray of light came from the door of the dark room. At the same time, a man’s deep voice sounded. “Qiao Xi.”
It was Gu Zheng.
Qiao Xi was shocked. Was she hallucinating? She could actually hear Gu Zheng’s voice? Didn’t he go for a meeting? It was supposed to last for a few hours.
However, a clear voice came from the other end. “Qiao Xi, are you inside?”
After not getting an answer for a long time, the person outside lost his patience and pushed the door open. Qiao Xi was stunned for a long time as she looked at the figure who sneaked into the dark room. She was suddenly a little confused.
If she remembered correctly, Gu Zheng would lose his sight in the dark. Why did he come in, then?
Gu Zheng did not receive Qiao Xi’s reply for a long time and frowned. Could it be that she was no longer here? Had she been taken away by Madam Gu to be punished?
Gu Zheng’s breathing instantly quickened. “Qiao Xi!”
When she noticed that there was something wrong with his voice, Qiao Xi no longer stared blankly. She stood up and walked toward him. “Don’t worry, I’m here…”
Before she could finish, she was suddenly hugged. The man’s hot breath was on her neck. Gu Zheng smelled the familiar scent on her body and his rapidly beating heart slowly calmed down.
Feeling that the man’s large hands were tightly wrapped around her waist, Qiao Xi wiggled her body as she was unused to this but did not struggle to break free. Helpless, she could only maintain this strange posture and ask, “Why are you here? Did you come here just to get me?”
Gu Zheng originally wanted to say, ‘Why are you so stupid to be locked in this dark room by that old woman?’ However, when he heard Qiao Xi’s words, he very rationally swallowed what he wanted to say.
At this moment, he did not want to say anything else. As long as he had confirmed that she was safe, his heart would calm down. Qiao Xi was a little embarrassed. She could sense that Gu Zheng was worried about her, but entering the dark room was part of her plan to harm Shen Ying and the others… It was just that she did not expect Gu Zheng to be so worried about her.
For a moment, she did not know what to say. Qiao Xi stuttered, “Aren’t you supposed to be in a meeting? Don’t tell me that you ran over halfway through the meeting? You don’t have to worry. I’ll be fine. Madam Gu won’t dare to lock me up for too long. It’ll only last for a few hours. She’ll definitely let me out before you come back.”
Gu Zheng was even angrier when he heard her words. “What if my meeting ended very late? Qiao Xi, you’re my wife now. If you’re in danger, as your legal husband, it’s my duty to protect you.”
Qiao Xi opened her mouth and wanted to say that it was not like that. They were just a married couple on the surface, so there was no need for them to be as loving as a real married couple. There was no need for them to support each other.
However, the current situation was too special. Qiao Xi felt that if she said anything, it would definitely anger Gu Zheng, so she swallowed these words.
She curled her fingers. For some reason, when she heard Gu Zheng’s voice and knew that he had left his meeting to look for her, she felt happy.
Qiao Xi suddenly thought of Shen Ying’s method of framing her. “Gu Zheng, for the sake of getting you, Shen Ying didn’t hesitate to hurt herself to get me out of the picture. Is this love?”
Gu Zheng scoffed and said, “No.”
“Then what is love?”
Gu Zheng slowly closed his eyes and felt the warmth from Qiao Xi’s body. His chaotic emotions gradually calmed down. “I don’t know what love is either, but Qiao Xi, remember that love isn’t something that can be obtained by hurting yourself. If I love you, I’ll protect myself better and not let myself be hurt. It’s because I know that your heart will ache if I’m hurt.
“At the same time, if you love me, then you have to protect yourself. My heart will ache even more if you’re hurt. Trying to hurt yourself to get love is not called love but selfishness.”
Gu Zheng stroked Qiao Xi’s hair and said in a low voice, “Qiao Xi, Shen Ying’s actions are not because she loves me. And I don’t love her either.”
Qiao Xi’s heart trembled.