C140 I Need an Explanation

When they arrived home, all the servants gathered around. Gu Zhengchu was still not completely exhausted. He used his last bit of strength to support Tao Ning as she got off the plane. Tao Ning did not slap his hand away but was expressionless.

Compared to Tao Ning causing a ruckus with him, she cried and shouted at him. Gu Zhengchu did not want to see Tao Ning like this. Tao Ning's personality would only get angry at the people she cared about. Now, she did not even get angry at him. He did not know what to do.

She even deliberately avoided getting angry in the future. To her, neither. She calmly accepted all of this. She accepted the servants to help her bathe. accepted dinner for her, accepted helping her change her clothes. Gu Zhengchu witnessed everything, and a feeling of fear suddenly welled up in his heart.

He was not as worried as before, worried that something would happen to her. As long as Tao Ning was in the Gu family, she would be very safe. No one would be able to hurt her a little. But now, Tao Ning's reaction was like a person without a soul. A doll that could only move.

Especially when he was clearly in a bad mood and even gave the servants a smile, he did not know what to say. Finally, when Tao Ning was about to close the door, Gu Zhengchu mustered his courage and walked in to stop her.

Tao Ning did not even raise her head to look at him and turned around to enter the room. If it was an ordinary Tao Ning, even if she used the greatest strength, she would still close the door and would not let Gu Zhengchu in. Using such an action to tell Gu Zhengchu that she was angry.

There was no signal at all. Gu Zhengchu could only say what he thought. However, his sleepiness had already come. "Tao Ning, I was actually drugged that day, not like what you saw." Gu Zhengchu only had time to finish saying this before he closed his eyes and fell asleep.

It turned out that during special forces training, there was this kind of intense training. At that time, Gu Zhengchu did not have any feelings and just wanted to continue fighting. However, these few days, he still had to endure the high intensity training.

He did not want to see any news about Tao Ning. If it was bad news, he did not dare to accept it. However, there were so many people because of the prize money. They reported a lot of wrong information. Gu Zhengchu could only confirm it over and over again, and he was disappointed over and over again.

He was also afraid that he would not be able to hear her news. This feeling of unknown life and death... Gu Zhengchu seemed to have only experienced it when his parents were in trouble. He was brought to the scene by the housekeeper of the house. He wanted to see his parents. But he was afraid that if he faced them directly, he would collapse.

Now that Tao Ning had returned, his taut string had completely relaxed. He only had time to grab one of Tao Ning's hands before he fell asleep. Only then did Tao Ning want to shake him off. She pretended to be very tired from disrespecting him just now. Now that he was asleep, she did not want to pretend anymore.

The current Gu Zhengchu was holding Tao Ning's wrist. Tao Ning used all her strength to not open his hand. Tao Ning wanted to bite him. She opened her mouth and put his hand to her mouth, but in the end, she did not bite.

Gu Zhengchu soon fell asleep. He muttered Tao Ning's name. When Tao Ning heard it, her heart was filled with mixed feelings.

She was obviously hugging someone else in public, but she did not care that it was Gu Zhengchu who she felt. Why did it turn out to be him sleeping soundly instead? She actually had the mentality of committing a crime. It was as if she was the one who had done the wrong thing.

"Gu Zhengchu, can you hear me when I call you?" Tao Ning could not help but ask. Gu Zhengchu was already sleeping soundly, as if he had heard someone calling him. He thought it was a dream and continued sleeping.

After Tao Ning said this, she did not say anything else. She just silently said what she had just said in her heart.

She did not care what reason he had. In front of so many people, she hugged Xue Bingya. She really could not accept it. That was true. She had never been accepted by him. He wasn't his fiancée, he was just doing what he liked to do. It wasn't wrong.

It was her fault for being too greedy, she didn't understand love, this thing could never be repeated. No one had ever succeeded, but she was still delusional. She thought she was the special one, and Gu Zhengchu might change for her.

As long as tonight passed, she would have nothing to do with Gu Zhengchu anymore. As long as she left, she would bring Tao Dayu to another place to settle down. Or perhaps... As long as she left for a period of time, Gu Zhengchu would forget about her completely. Maybe it was just a vacation.

Tao Ning leaned on her pillow and did not feel sleepy at all. The moonlight shone on Gu Zhengchu's face. His expression would occasionally become very painful. The mumbling in his mouth would become louder, "Tao Ning, don't leave. Tao Ning, stay behind." Tao Ning clearly heard this and the pain in her heart was deepening.

Did Gu Zhengchu even like to lie to himself when he fell asleep? He clearly did not love her, but he still gave her the illusion that he loved her very much. Even if she wanted to leave, he still wanted to lie to her. If it really was love, why couldn't he do it again and again? Why couldn't he make himself clean?

To put it bluntly, it wasn't enough love, even worse, never love. Gu Zhengchu was just lying to himself. Tao Ning comforted herself like this. The feeling of heartache just now was a little less. She was sure that she wanted to leave Huating.

Gu Zhengchu slept until dawn, but he still did not wake up. The maids were already outside the door, so Tao Ning did not know when she had already fallen asleep. When she woke up, her mind still didn't have any memories of the past.

She saw Gu Zhengchu beside her, and subconsciously pushed Gu Zhengchu away. Gu Zhengchu had not woken up yet, and seemed to be sleeping very well. Tao Ning pinched his nose again, but he still did not react. He maintained the posture from yesterday and held Tao Ning's wrist, unwilling to let go.

Tao Ning reached out and touched his forehead. It seemed that there was a low fever. Seeing his green stubble, Tao Ning completely remembered what happened a few days ago. But now she was more concerned about why Gu Zhengchu had not woken up yet. From last night until now, it had been at least ten hours.

His fever was still somewhat low, and he wasn't willing to let go of her. Tao Ning called a maid over and only told herself in her heart, As long as Gu Zhengchu recovered, she would leave. She could not let him die when she left.

It was just a low fever. Could it burn to death? Even Tao Ning herself could not convince this idea. But after seeing Gu Zhengchu in such a sorry state, she did not want to tell herself. She was looking for an excuse to stay.

She didn't want to admit it, nor did she dare to admit it. After such a thing had passed, she subconsciously wanted to hear an explanation from Gu Zhengchu. Last night, she seemed calm, but in fact, every moment was the last bit of tears.

If Gu Zhengchu said another word, she would probably cry. Fortunately, Gu Zhengchu did not. He fell asleep. But the explanation she wanted to hear had been from yesterday to today. Not only from yesterday, but from the moment she saw them hugging.

She waited for Gu Zhengchu to explain for a full six days. Gu Zhengchu hadn't appeared. She did not want to admit that she had been reading the news every day for the past three days. In fact, she wanted to see Gu Zhengchu, even if it was just a photo.

Every time Gu Zhengchu appeared on the news, she would not change the channel. She would sit in front of the television and wait for the next channel to continue broadcasting the search notice.