Chapter 722. I'm Still Me, What About You? (1)
When Qi Lei said that, Gu Lingsha’s expression turned slightly rigid. The smile on her face froze too. However, moments after she suddenly laughed and turned to look at Qi Lei, she smirked with pursed lips. “What’s wrong? Don’t you welcome me at Qi Kai? I remember that you were quite eagerly inviting me to join Qi Kai.”
Qi Lei’s expression remained solemn as he suddenly sighed and lamented, “Shasha, it’s been six years. Many things should be in the past now. Even those that shouldn’t be are now. I hope that you can forget some of the past grudges. No matter why you returned this time, I hope that you can still be the innocent and happy girl from before like the first time we met. Continue to maintain that innocence.”
“So?” Gu Lingsha’s hands that hid beneath her sleeves had already tightened as she watched the plum blossom petals that flew before her, and her line of sight slowly stopped on Qi Lei’s face. “You’re right. It’s been six years. Time has passed too quickly. In the blink of an eye, it’s going to be six years. Six years is a lot of time to change many things. Do you think I’ve been living happily these past six years, Lei?”
Qi Lei turned to look at her. After a long while, he could see the sadness and fatigue that she had endured between her brows.
Of course, she could not have lived happily, but then again, who could?
“I suddenly find that you’re a little strange. You’re no longer the person I was once familiar with. You were innocent back then. I remember you telling me that you’d always protect me, but it seems like your protection has never come into play, so I never treated it seriously. Back then, when I nodded and agreed to Mu Yuchen’s proposal, you told me that if I really wanted happiness, you’d do your best to give it to me, but when the wedding date came closer, I never saw you anymore. Instead, it was Ah Feng and Lingtian that I saw…”
As Gu Lingsha said this, her eyes suddenly became slightly misty. There was a feeling she could not describe. She was upset, miserable, and felt a little depressed. “I don’t want to hear you explain yourself either. I just want to ask you, even if I had chosen to leave with you and not Qi Feng, could you have really given me happiness?”
Qi Lei froze at that question. He reached out to rub the railing beside him as if there was something dirty on that railing. After a long pause, he smiled bitterly and suddenly turned to look at her. “I’m still me. What about you? Shasha, are you still you? Happiness… was something I never had, so how could I have given it to you? You need to fight for that yourself, and not rely on someone else to give it to you. Back then, even if you were willing to leave with me, I probably wouldn’t have really taken you away with me. You never liked me. In fact, I knew that you were already…
“I knew that you were already pregnant then, so no matter what, I couldn’t have taken you away.” Qi Lei sighed, and when he reached the end, his tone became even calmer.