Forgotten Love - Chapter 29

Gu Huaian’s footsteps were steady.

I lay on his back.

Swaying gently, the drunkenness hit me.

He seemed to think I had fallen asleep.

When he placed me on the sofa, even his breathing became lighter.

“This girl, how can she drink without any sense of measure!”

“When she wakes up, I definitely need to have a good talk with her.”

I heard my dad’s lowered voice.

He was clearly a bit angry.

Fortunately, Gu Huaian didn’t mention the incident with the thug to him.

Otherwise, he would definitely have pulled me up from the sofa for a lecture.

I decided to keep my eyes closed and continue pretending to sleep.

Gu Huaian exchanged a few polite words, sounding a bit uneasy.

When he was about to leave, it was as if he summoned all his courage.

His voice trembled as he said to my dad:

“Uncle Shen, can you help me?”

“My dad’s car accident was definitely not an accident-it was done by those people from the Ji Family!”

“I can’t find any evidence, and no one is willing to help me.”

“Uncle Shen, I’m begging you, I…”

“Huaian, thank you for bringing Qingruan home tonight.”

Dad suddenly spoke, interrupting Gu Huaian’s repeated pleas.

He sighed helplessly, his tone tinged with apology:

“There’s one million in this card. Take it for now.”

“If you want to move somewhere else with your mother, Uncle can help arrange it for you.”

There were gang forces backing the Ji Family. They killed Uncle Gu.

It’s possible they might target Gu Huaian and his mother as well.

I could understand why my dad didn’t want to get involved in this mess.

But when I thought of how helpless Gu Huaian must feel at this moment,

my heart ached, tightening with pain.

Gu Huaian was silent for a long time.

When he finally spoke again, his voice was as calm as dead water:

“No need, Uncle Shen. Thank you.”

He didn’t take the card.

Nor was he willing to accept my dad’s offer.

A few days later, the Gu Family villa was auctioned off.

I searched everywhere for Gu Huaian.

But it was as if he was deliberately avoiding me.

He blocked me on WeChat and by phone.

Just when I thought that perhaps Gu Huaian and I would never cross paths again in this life,

one ordinary night, I accidentally ran into Gu Huaian at a restaurant.

And he looked even more miserable than I had imagined.