Chapter 67 - Being Subservient On the Line (1) (1/2)

Chapter 67: Being Subservient On the Line (1)

When Xu Weilai called, Gu Yu had been in the middle of a meeting. The cell phone had suddenly started vibrating on the table, and he ignored it until he caught a glimpse of the caller ID on the screen. He picked up the phone.

He stared stonily at the name on the screen, and several emotions flickered across his eyes before disappearing just as quickly.

He raised his hand, gestured to pause the meeting, and rose from his seat. Once he was outside the boardroom, he swiped his finger across the screen and put the phone to his ear.

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When Xu Weilai heard Gu Yu’s voice over the phone, all the mental preparation she had done went out the window. She instinctively shrank back and fought the urge to retreat into a sh.e.l.l.

Mere moments before, as she had leaned back on the couch and watched the sky gradually darken, all she could think of was how hurtful Gu Yu had been to her, and how loving he had been towards Su Ziqian. Each memory flashed through her mind like a movie, tearing into her heart.

No one knew what she was going through.

Throughout time, humans have clung onto hope in order to keep going. Without taking into account all the other external motivations involved in her decision, the fact that she had married Gu Yu indicated that she possessed some level of hope.

Gu Yu was her first love. He had been the first man to touch her heart, and would probably remain the only one. Perhaps it was because that kind of love only came around once in a lifetime, that she had been so reluctant to let it go! She wasn’t one to go down without a fight, and she had wanted to give it her all, one last time.

However, she knew now that there had to be a fine line between hope and empty dreams.

She had thought that what she was holding onto was hope. She now realized that it was nothing but fantasy.

She had been silent for a long time, and Gu Yu seemed to grow impatient. When he spoke again, his tone was substantially rougher. “Speak up!”

Xu Weilai reeled her mind back in and bit her bottom lip. Without allowing herself to second-guess her decision, she hurriedly said, “There’s a family gathering this weekend. Grandpa hopes that we’ll attend it together.”