Zhong Qing was expressionlessly pulled by Gu Zihan to the balcony outside the hotel, she looked at his back, and then watched him hold her hand, this was the first time that the two had physical contact after knowing each other for so many years.

The picture of Gu Zihan rescuing Zhong Nian from the pond was still clearly imprinted in Zhong Qing's mind, she took a deep breath and told herself over and over again to calm down.

Absolute! You must not show half of your former self in front of Gu Zihan.

"What do you know?" An indifferent voice came, and the corners of Zhong Qing's mouth barely hooked up a smile.

"I know a lot." Zhong Qing said slowly: "When you and Zhong Nian called last night, I learned that my dear sister and the person I like have long been together. ”

"Zihan, why are you hiding it from me?"

Gu Zihan looked at Zhong Qing condescendingly, this gentle and lovely woman in his memory would have such a stubborn appearance, which really impressed him.

"Xiao Nian is different from you, we really love each other."

"Truly in love?" Zhong Qing sneered: "You said that you really love her, so she can bear you to get engaged to me, and you can also say in front of her that you are willing to marry me?" ”

"You ...... It makes me sick. ”

"What did you say!" Gu Zihan said angrily: "Zhong Qing, you have liked me wishfully all these years, and I have never given you any response, including this engagement, you and I know very well, this is just a political marriage between the old man and them, and I have no feelings for you." ”

"As for Xiao Nian, since she entered your house when she was a child, you have bullied her in every possible way, although you have shown a kind and innocent appearance in front of others, but in fact, in your heart, you have never regarded her as a family member!"

The more Zhong Qing listened, the more sad she became, her heart seemed to have been slashed with a knife, and blood flowed out, and with every breath she breathed, it hurt so much that it was heartbreaking.

"Zihan, we have known each other since childhood, is it in your eyes...... Am I that kind of person? Zhong Qing didn't want to believe that the man in front of him who spoke for Zhong Nian was Gu Zihan, whom he had liked for many years. Maybe love will blind a person's eyes, but Zhong Qing never imagined that Gu Zihan would say such a thing.

Gu Zihan looked at Zhong Qing's eyes with undisguised disgust, and he said: "Xiao Nian has nowhere to complain, he can only talk to me, Zhong Qing, but now you still have to embarrass her in front of so many people, what are your intentions!" ”

"What am I thinking? I don't dare to admit that the person who is with her is you! Zhong Qing took a deep breath, she didn't have the slightest timidity in Gu Zihan's eyes: "I gave you the opportunity to admit it, but you didn't dare to tell the truth because she was an illegitimate daughter, right?" I knew that Aunt Wei would not let you marry her, so she agreed to get engaged to me. ”

Gu Zihan frowned tightly, unable to say a word of rebuttal.

"You ......"

"If you waste one more minute with me here, my dear sister will be forced to question me in the box for another minute, Gu Zihan, aren't you worried?"

Gu Zihan squinted at Zhong Qing, a warning sign of danger flashed in her eyes, Zhong Qing didn't flinch, even though every cell in her body trembled with excitement.

Finally, Gu Zihan left the balcony without looking back, his back was so resolute, just like he just said, Zhong Qing liked his feelings, and it was just her wishful thinking from beginning to end.

Looking at Gu Zihan's back as he left in a hurry, Zhong Qing's tears couldn't help but fall. She is also a child who grew up in the palm of her father's hand, even if her mother left when she was a child, and her father brought her stepmother back, Zhong Qing always thought that they were still a happy family.

No matter how realistic and cruel the world is, she still thinks that home will be her haven, but now it seems that even her most respected father will become strange when the company's interests are shaken, who can she trust?

Perhaps the most heart-wrenching thing for Zhong Qing was not knowing Zhong Nian's true face, but Gu Zihan's attitude of ignoring and even disgusting her. She has never done anything wrong, and if she allows things to develop today and gets engaged to Gu Zihan, the nightmare future may still be staged.

"Why...... Why ...... "Why didn't God let her die like that, and let her face all this again." The overwhelming sense of helplessness invaded, Zhong Qing didn't have any pleasure of revenge, she just felt that she was pathetic like this.

If you want to protect yourself in front of the bad guys, you have to be a worse person than the bad guys, but after being this bad guy, Zhong Qing realized that it felt so painful.

Zhong Qing squatted down weakly, she held her head, biting her lower lip to prevent herself from crying.

"My eldest lady, why did you make such a mess of yourself."

Suddenly hearing a man's voice, Zhong Qing hurriedly wiped the tears on her face, and handed a clean handkerchief to her, but she didn't accept the kindness.

Standing up in a panic, Zhong Qing trembled, and saw Gu Xiu leaning against the door frame at a glance.

"What are you doing here?" Zhong Qing avoided his gaze and said.

"I just happened to be passing by." Gu Xiu lit a cigarette, tilted his head to look at Zhong Qing, and always smiled at the corner of his mouth: "Yo, crying like this, what's the matter, do you like Gu Zihan so much?" ”

Zhong Qing wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and said, "What's the matter with you!" ”

"Originally, it wasn't my business, but I'm a person who naturally has a strong sense of justice, and I like to meddle in things." Gu Xiu grabbed Zhong Qing's wrist and instantly pushed her between himself and the wall.

Before Zhong Qing could react, Gu Xiu's cold fingers swept across her cheeks.

"Otherwise, we will cooperate...... How about frustrating Gu Zihan's sharpness? Gu Xiu's breath hit Zhong Qing's ear, the fingers that crossed her cheek gently picked her chin, Zhong Qing was annoyed and angry, and used all her strength to push away the man in front of her.

"Smack!" Immediately after, Zhong Qing gave Gu Xiu a slap.

Zhong Qing used all his strength, Gu Xiu's face turned to the side, Zhong Qing breathed heavily, the face that was touched by Gu Xiu was hot, uncomfortable to death!

This second young master of the Gu family is really a bastard than rumored! Before his rebirth, Zhong Qing had no impression of Gu Xiu, only that he was the one who suddenly returned to the Gu family to recognize his relatives in the past two years, and he was younger than Gu Zihan and older than Gu Zimo, so people outside called him "Second Young Master".

Although I have heard Gu Ziyu mention it, saying that this Gu Xiu is a second ancestor who only spends money and loses, he only knows how to spend all day looking for women, and his personality is prodigal and has no rules. I didn't expect that as soon as we met today, Gu Xiu would be so excessive.

"Miss Zhong, her temper is very different from what is rumored." Gu Xiu said with a smile.

Zhong Qing said coldly: "Really? Second Young Master Gu is the same as rumored. ”

"No, actually, I still have a lot of things they don't know, if Miss Zhong wants to know...... I'm here to help. ”

Zhong Qing didn't understand what Gu Xiu said, but when she saw Gu Xiu's meaningful smile, her anger instantly rushed up, this Gu Xiu was really even more than she had heard!

Zhong Qing felt that it would be a waste of time to say a word to Gu Xiu again, so she simply turned around and left, and she didn't stop until she reached the turn and found a handkerchief falling out of her pocket.

This handkerchief was handed to him by Gu Xiu just now, and he didn't take it, how could it fall out of his pocket? Zhong Qing suddenly remembered that Gu Xiu had leaned so close to him before...... It turned out that he wanted to put a handkerchief in his pocket.

Zhong Qing really couldn't laugh or cry.

After stabilizing her mentality, Zhong Qing reopened the door of the box, although she didn't know what she was about to face, but it was even more ridiculous to escape at this time.

The atmosphere in the box was very solemn, Zhong Nian stood behind Gu Zihan, and the two held hands tightly. As soon as Zhong Qing entered the door, Gu Ziyu came over.

"Xiaoqing, why don't we go out first." Gu Ziyu also felt sorry for Zhong Qing, she also saw Zhong Qing's feelings for her eldest brother over the years, but she didn't expect that her eldest brother would say that she was dating Zhong Nian just now, didn't she treat Zhong Qing as a fool!

"It's fine." Zhong Qing gave Gu Ziyu a reassuring look, and then walked back to his position slowly. Wei Mengjun was also full of guilt when he watched Zhong Qing come back, after all, Zhong Qing was innocent in this matter.

"Xiaoqing, you already know about them?" Zhong Jingtian asked.

"I only found out last night." Zhong Qing turned her head to look at Zhong Nian, only to see that her face was pale, and Chu Shuzhi next to her also had a very bad expression, presumably the mother and daughter didn't expect that things would be exposed so quickly.

Gu Guosheng thought about it and finally spoke: "Xiaoqing, this matter is the fault of our family, don't worry, as long as you say a word today, our Gu family only recognizes you as a daughter-in-law!" ”

Zhong Qing looked at Zhong Nian's panicked expression and smiled.

"Uncle, I said that marriage is something you want me to do, and I won't want a marriage that comes reluctantly." Zhong Qing said: "Besides, Zhong Nian is also my sister, and I am also very happy to see her happy." It's just that now everyone outside knows that our two families are going to get married, and if what happens today is big, I'm afraid that my uncle and father's faces will be dull. ”

Zhong Qing picked up the teacup in front of her and took a sip, the already cold tea was slightly bitter, but it was not bitter in her heart.

"So I propose that the protagonists of the engagement be replaced by Gu Zihan and Zhong Nian today, the two of them really love each other, I think the elders can't bear to beat the mandarin ducks, right?"

At the same time that Zhong Qing said this, it happened that Gu Xiu pushed the door in, and every word Zhong Qing said did not fall into his ears, and he couldn't help but look at this woman a few more times.

Zhong Qing did this, as if she had given herself a slap in the face, putting herself in the criticism of the four major families. Gu Xiu put his hands around his chest, unable to figure out why Zhong Qing did this.

Zhong Qing can say such things, like a fool who has been betrayed and continues to pay, not only does he not have half a grudge against Gu Zihan and Zhong Nian, but he even generously proposes to let them get engaged? Judging from Zhong Qing's previous expression, she doesn't look like such a stupid person.

Gu Xiu touched his chin and looked Zhong Qing up and down with his eyes.

After a pause, Zhong Qing spoke again:

"What if I give my sister what I don't want?"