Chapter 704 - Chapter 704: Chapter 705: Gu Qichen, Let's Just Be Friends

Chapter 704: Chapter 705: Gu Qichen, Let’s Just Be Friends

A bitter smile also curled up at the corners of Xia Yangyang’s mouth.

Gu Qichen didn’t want to explain, maybe he simply couldn’t.

But she really couldn’t be with someone who had so many intimate women around him.

She almost got engaged to Xi Zijun.

If she hadn’t suddenly found out about Xia Ye’s identity back then.

Gu Qichen would have been Xi Zijun’s husband by now.

Gu Qichen could be engaged to Xi Zijun, it was impossible that he had no feelings at all.

Over the years, Xi Zijun has been widely recognized as Mrs. Xi.

And that little actress.

All rumors claimed that she had been with Gu Qichen for three years and had a child with him.

Even her hospitalization records and diagnostic proofs were dug up by the media.

There were also photos of Gu Qichen accompanying her to the hospital at the time.

All this made it hard for people not to believe it.

So many women have already shown up in Gu Qichen’s life.

She was just one of them.

Considering how much Gu Qichen cares about Xia Ye, Xia Yangyang even began to doubt that he chose her just because he wanted to give Xia Ye a home.

Of course, Xia Yangyang could also feel that Gu Qichen still had lingering feelings for her.

But now their relationship was full of wounds and holes.

Even if they were forced to be together, those unresolved issues would be like buried thorny seeds.

They would take root and sprout in their day-by-day life, and eventually, those thorns would pierce them beyond recognition.

Xia Yangyang couldn’t bear to experience loss again.

Probably, Gu Qichen felt the same too.

It was better to maintain a distance.

In this way, there would be no grounds to care. If they remained friends, at least they wouldn’t be so harsh on each other.

Love is selfish.

And it carries a sharp blade.

Xia Yangyang didn’t want to hurt Gu Qichen again, nor did she want to experience profound heartache again.

Xia Yangyang lowered her head, “Gu Qichen, let’s just be friends.”

Gu Qichen only felt something sinking in his heart.

Why didn’t she even consider it?

Why didn’t she leave them any room?

Could it be that over these four years, Gu Zhaohan had become irreplaceable?

Did she not care about the father-son relationship between Xia Ye and herself?

Yes, they are engaged in the United States.

Gu Zhaohan is in charge of Xia Ye’s medical condition.

Perhaps over the past four years, Xia Yangyang has developed an irreplaceable reliance and trust on him.

Back then, they were classmates.

Four years ago, when they were playing Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, they looked at each other as if they saw the light.

Gu Qichen knew that Xia Yangyang always admired and respected Gu Zhaohan.

Such a foundation of feelings would inevitably develop into love in a foreign country, where they had nobody else.

Thinking this, Gu Qichen felt incredibly painful.

“Yangyang, I have something to do. I have to leave for a few days. You don’t have to rush to answer me. I hope you can think it over, think about Xia Ye, think about our past together. When I come back in a few days, let’s talk properly.”

Gu Qichen left in a rush.

Gu Qichen was afraid that if he stayed, Xia Yangyang would reject him completely.

He was afraid that Xia Yangyang would bring up Gu Zhaohan.

But now, he didn’t care about any of that.

He just wanted to keep Xia Yangyang by his side for now and strategize slowly.

Gu Qichen left.

Sitting in his car, his fingers clutching the steering wheel, he started to drive faster and faster.

He had to endure anything, swallow his pride as a man — for now!

Gu Zhaohan was his own protegé.

He was best at psychological warfare.

He knew Xia Yangyang’s weakness, as well as his own.

To take Xia Yangyang away from him completely is not an easy task.

This is something he had to plan carefully for the long term.