CH 20

At that time, Tang Ziyou already had a small reputation. They met in a starlight ceremony. They saw each other from a distance, but he just glanced at him without thinking much.

Then they met again later in the hospital.

He and his grandma went to see Tang Ziyou’s grandfather. His grandma said to him, “You met Grandpa Tang when you were a kid. Did you forget? And his little grandson, you liked him very much at that time.”

Gu Jiuci really couldn’t remember well. He had been accustomed to being sought after since he was a child. There were countless flowers applause and friends wherever he went. He tried to search in his mind, but the impression was still vague, so he did not speak. He opened the door and walked in with his grandma.

It happened that Tang Ziyou was about to open the door. The two met by chance and looked at each other. Tang Ziyou took the lead in, showing him a gentle smile.

He smiled very nicely. Seeing this, Gu Jiuci gave him a smile and said to his heart, it was him.

He didn’t stay in the hospital for a long time. After Grandma Gu and Tang Ziyou’s grandfather finished talking, she left with him.

After returning home, Grandma Gu cried.

Gu Jiuci was puzzled and asked her, “Why are you crying, Grandma?”

Grandma Gu wiped her tears and said to him, “A good person does not pay for his life. Your Grandpa Tang hasn’t been here for a few years.”

She looked at Gu Jiuci and said, “In two days, you will accompany me to see him again. Your brother is busy. It just happens that you have time, we can help more.”

Gu Jiuci nodded, “Okay.”

Since then, he would visit Tang Ziyou’s grandfather from time to time.

The more he visited, the more he had contact with Tang Ziyou. The two people got familiar with each other again.

Then, grandma proposed an engagement.

Gu Jiuci was unwilling. He knew very well that he had pity and concern for Tang Ziyou, but he had no love.

“I don’t like him. There is no love between us. This is not appropriate.”

“Xiao You likes you.”

“But I don’t like him. Love is not just wishful thinking. To get married, can I marry him if he likes me?”

“Xiao Jiu, the Tang family is kind to our family. When you were young, I also told Xiao You’s grandfather that if the two families have suitable children and there are suitable opportunities, let the two children be together. Now Xiao You likes you and his grandfather is like this again, so how can I refuse?”

“So it doesn’t matter if I agree or disagree, doesn’t it? For the rest of my life, my feelings don’t matter, right?” Gu Jiuci asked.

“Of course not, but feelings can be cultivated. If you and Xiao You are together, you can have a relationship for a long time. Isn’t it also good?”

“This is just one of the possibilities. What if we don’t have a long-term relationship, but look at each other and get tired then what should we do?”

“Can’t you try to cultivate relationships with him first?” Grandma Gu persuaded.

Gu Jiuci held his arms with a firm attitude, “I disagree. Love is the basis of marriage. A marriage without love is gambling. This is not fair to me and it is not fair to him. I don’t like gambling, even more, I don’t want to bet on my once-in-a-lifetime marriage.”

Grandma Gu looked at him. For a long time, she calmly said, “So, do you want your brother and Xiao You to get engaged?”

Gu Jiuci was surprised, “Does our family have to have someone to be engaged to him?”

“That’s right.” Grandma Gu said solemnly, “If you disagree, then I can only go and talk to your brother.”

Gu Jiuci was silent for a moment.

He grew up with Gu Jiuxing since he was a child. He knew how much responsibility Gu Jiuxing bear. Even if he didn’t want to take over Gu’s company, Gu Jiuxing just smiled and said to him, “It’s okay. There’s me. Go, do something you like.”

He had always been calm and gentle. He seemed to have no desires. If grandma told him about this, then he would definitely accept it calmly, and perhaps even said, “It’s good. Anyway, I happen to be single too.”

However, Gu Jiuci couldn’t bear it. His brother had already paid too much for this family. He shouldn’t even have no love.

Gu Jiuci went to find Tang Ziyou and talked to him about the engagement. He said very clearly, “I don’t like you. Even if we are engaged, I may not like you. I don’t think we need to be. Isn’t it good to be a friend if you want to get engaged?”

Tang Ziyou looked frankly, “But, I like you.”

“If you like me, do you have to marry me?”

“I want to reassure my grandfather.” Tang Ziyou bowed his head.

Gu Jiuci thought for a while, “Then can we pretend to be engaged first, so that your grandpa can feel at ease? When your grandpa is gone, we will terminate this relationship.”

He emphasized, “But this matter, I have to tell my grandma clearly and let her know that we don’t really agree to be together.”

Tang Ziyou was not very willing. He asked him, “Can’t you give me a chance? We try to be together, maybe we are also suitable?”

“Then what if we are not suitable?”

“If we are really not suitable, then it will not be too late to break up.”

Gu Jiuci didn’t understand, “Do you have to confirm the relationship first? Even if we don’t have an engagement relationship, we can get in touch slowly, right? Maybe after the contact, you find that we are not suitable, or we are very suitable, it’s not too late to get engaged at that time?”

Tang Ziyou shook his head. He understood very well that Gu Jiuci didn’t like him. He was a star. He had a lot of things every day. He couldn’t be in front of him all the time, so he needed this relationship and a layer to maintain their emotional relationship.

Only in this way could he get closer to Gu Jiuci and Gu Jiuci might like him.

He had too many friends and too many admirers. If he was just his friend or one of his admirers, Gu Jiuci would not necessarily face him, and if he was his fiancé, then he would be the only one in this relationship with Gu Jiuci.

“I want to get engaged.” Tang Zi said softly. “If you still don’t like me in the future, you can break the engagement with me, but for now, I still hope that we can get engaged.”

He was very persistent. Gu Jiuci listened to his gentle but firm words. However, there was nothing he could do.

Once Tang Ziyou was determined, then he had no right to refute. His grandma would unconditionally turn to Tang Ziyou. This matter was considered a certainty.

“I see.” Gu Jiuci said.

He stood up and looked at Tang Ziyou, “But I don’t guarantee that I will fall in love with you. If I never love you, this is normal. I hope you can understand.”

Tang Ziyou nodded, “I understand.”

Gu Jiuci didn’t believe him. If he understood, he should know that they had no feelings and shouldn’t insist on getting engaged.

His understanding was nothing more than a beautiful yearning for the future.

Same as his grandma, nothing more.

Gu Jiuci promised to be engaged to Tang Ziyou, but he didn’t expect anything. He promised verbally. Not long after, he received the news that his grandma hoped that he could go back and exchanged rings with Tang Ziyou in front of Grandpa Tang Ziyou, to give the older man a promise.

Gu Jiuci couldn’t refuse, so he asked the crew to leave overnight and returned by plane.

He exchanged rings with Tang Ziyou. The ring was designed by Tang Ziyou himself. It was simple and unique, but Gu Jiuci had no intention of admiring it.

Wearing a ring, he talked quietly with Tang Ziyou’s grandfather for half an hour.

Tang Ziyou’s grandfather entrusted Tang Ziyou to him and held his hand, hoping that he could take good care of his Xiao You on his behalf.

Gu Jiuci felt very illusory. He obviously didn’t love Tang Ziyou and obviously should have nothing to do with Tang Ziyou, but now, he accepted an old man’s deathbed entrustment.

He had no way to tell Tang Ziyou’s grandfather that he didn’t love him. He only treated him as a normal friend. He didn’t agree with his love and didn’t want to be engaged to him.

The inherent kindness and respect for the life of the older man made him accept this trust. He said, “I will take care of him.”

That night, Gu Jiuci looked at the night sky. The things that were clearly visible when he raised his head made him feel vague.

Without warning, he just took on another person’s life when he was not ready.

However, he obviously didn’t love him, so why did he bear such a heavy promise?

With such a promise on his back, he would not be able to separate from Tang Ziyou in this life.

At that moment, Gu Jiuci felt that he and Tang Ziyou were like two stars in the sky. They seemed to be very close, but in reality, they were far away.

They should have met for a short time and drifted away, but because of a marriage contract and a promise, they became inseparable and the two couldn’t be separated in this life.

In the second half of his life, he was bound by one person in such a hurry.

It was incredible, but it was actually real.

Gu Jiuci took off the ring from his hand and put it in the drawer.

After a long time, he thought of something again. He turned out the dice necklace he bought a long time ago, stuffed the ring in, and put it on again.

He was no longer single. There was another person behind him.

The author has something to say:

Yesterday I said to wait for two more chapters for me, but many people didn’t listen [alas], so I’m ready today, and some people won’t listen, but I still have to say, wait for another chapter. Many of you have questions, such as “Since you didn’t want it before, wouldn’t it be right for Xiao You to leave? Why don’t you want to?” and so on, the next chapter will have the answer. In fact, the end of this chapter can be regarded as one of the reasons for answering this question, because Xiao Jiu accepted the entrustment of Grandpa Xiao You and gave him a promise, so he has the responsibility.

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There, there. I guess Brother Jiuxing really didn’t think anything and just accepted it. Not because he had no desires, more like he had confidence that he could love Xiao You and be loved by him in the future.

Either way I approve it wwwww (~‾▿‾)~

See you when I see you!