Chapter 778: Chapter 778

"What did she promise you?" Gu Li looked at him, really afraid that Gu Sheng would be provoked and do something irrevocable.

"Promise me what? Ha..." Gu Sheng sneered, looking at the bedridden Gu Yao, his eyes filled with a complex mix of love and hate, but more than anything, there was a pain that cut to the bone.

"Asheng, you know how deeply Yaoyao is attached to Shangguan Yu. Give her some time, she can let go gradually. Don’t push her too hard. When she wakes up, I will definitely persuade her to return to the United Kingdom with you."

"Persuade her? Give her time?" Gu Sheng’s tone was full of sarcasm, a layer of darkness clouded his eyes, with a heart full of despair left with nowhere to go. Google seaʀᴄh novel·fıre·net

I don’t have that much time to give her to let go slowly. I just want her to be with me for two years, that’s all. I just want to spend two years without Shangguan Yu, without anyone else, that’s all. I just... I just want to hear her call me ’second brother’ for two more years, that’s all...

"Persuading her to give up Shangguan Yu is actually the same as persuading me to give her up..."

"I know, I understand everything."

Gu Sheng didn’t say anything more, just kept looking at Gu Yao, as if expecting her to wake up, yet fearing her awakening.

He’s afraid that when she wakes, she’ll bring up Shangguan Yu again, he’s afraid she’ll say she doesn’t want to leave with him again, he’s afraid he won’t be able to control himself and scare her, he’s afraid that the difficult-to-repair relationship between them will shatter once more.

"Second brother, second brother..."

Gu Yao woke up from her coma calling out to Gu Sheng. Gu Sheng, who had been by her side, felt a momentary joy upon hearing her call, but was soon filled with sorrow.

Because he knew very well that Gu Yao wasn’t thinking of him; she remembered him saying he would kill Shangguan Yu. The first person she sought upon waking was to confirm he hadn’t gone to Shangguan Yu.

Just as Gu Sheng anticipated, the moment Gu Yao saw him, she noticeably breathed a sigh of relief.

And her relieved expression pierced Gu Sheng’s heart, leaving it bleeding.

Yaoyao, you tell me, between you and me, who is truly the cruelest?

"Yaoyao, are you alright? Is there anything uncomfortable? Does your head hurt?" Gu Li was really afraid Gu Yao might recall something.

Gu Yao didn’t respond to Gu Li’s words. She just looked with red eyes at Gu Sheng, who was also looking at her, her heart full of guilt.

The two of them just looked at each other, not saying a word.

As Gu Yao looked at him, tears started flowing: "...Second brother."

Gu Yao’s cry-laden call of ’second brother’ made Gu Sheng both heartbroken and frantic. Her scared yet regretful gaze softened his heart for a moment, but quickly vanished.

Gu Sheng simply withdrew his gaze, looking elsewhere, no longer at her.

He wasn’t afraid that he would truly soften and let go; he just couldn’t bear to see Gu Yao .

Seeing Gu Sheng avert his gaze and ignore her, Gu Yao’s heart was filled with both grievance and regret.

"Yaoyao." Gu Li squatted by the bed, reaching out to touch Gu Yao’s head.

"Big brother..." Gu Yao looked at Gu Li, seeking his help.

"You haven’t eaten much since yesterday, have you? Are you hungry? Big brother will have someone buy you something to eat. Is there anything you’d like?"

"I want to eat the meal cooked by second brother." Gu Yao said as she looked at Gu Sheng again.

Hearing this, Gu Li also looked at Gu Sheng sitting there, but didn’t expect Gu Sheng to turn his head away directly this time.

Gu Sheng’s hands slowly clenched into fists, his eyes heating up, something slowly blurring his vision.

"Then let’s go home first, and let your second brother cook for you at home, okay?"