Gu Qianying never expected that Su Cheng (Murong Feng) would say such things to her.
And that he would say them so earnestly.
Gu Qianying was momentarily speechless.
She looked at Su Cheng, and Su Cheng looked back at her.
"I have a son."
Gu Qianying did not want Su Cheng to make a decision on a whim.
"I know. I like Xiao Yihao very much, and Xiao Yihao likes me very much too."
Su Cheng did not evade the question.
He didn't think it was a problem that Gu Qianying had a child.
On the contrary, he liked Xiao Yihao very much.
"I saved you out of kindness, you... don't misunderstand."
As she spoke, Gu Qianying put down the empty bowl in her hand and stood up, turning her back to Su Cheng.
She felt that Su Cheng might not have clearly distinguished between the definitions of love and gratitude.
She did not want Su Cheng to eventually discover that he was not in love with her, but merely needed her.
"I know, I am very clear, I am not confused."
"Qianying, as I said earlier, my feelings for you are serious. I am definitely not saying these words to repay your gratitude. I have thought about this relationship for a long time. When I was still Su Cheng in the Su family, I knew I had no right to say anything to you."
"But now, I want to restore my own identity. I want to face you with my truest self. I know you don't believe me now, but I can promise you that after things here are settled, I will take you back to Beiling Country and marry you, making you my Imperial Consort, okay?"
Su Cheng got off the bed. He wanted to hug Gu Qianying from behind, but he was afraid it would be too sudden and dared not act on the thought.
He just stood in front of Gu Qianying, looking at her very seriously.
"But... I don't want to be anyone's Imperial Consort, and I won't go back to Beiling Country with you, Su Cheng. I am not anyone's accessory. So... I won't agree to what you've said."
"Moreover, even if you have fallen in love with me, my feelings for you... I can't even figure them out myself."
"Whether I am indifferent to you or have developed feelings for you, I haven't discovered it. I need to think this through carefully."
"You are very weak now. Please rest well. I'll leave first."
Gu Qianying refused Su Cheng.
Yes, she rejected him.
For her, her son Xiao Yihao, her friend Meng Qinghua, and her sworn brother Ouyang Qinglin were all important in her life.
And her close friends, Nangong Li, Du Chun, and her brother Duan Xifeng.
These people were all very important to her, and she would never abandon them to follow Su Cheng back to Beiling Country.
Nor would she put herself in the role of a bad mother who disregarded her son's feelings.
Her son was the person closest to her.
Even if she found someone she loved in the future.
She would still respect her son's wishes.
If her son did not agree, she would not seek someone to spend her life with.
Besides, there was a most important reason that made her instantly clear-headed at this moment.
A figure often appeared in her mind, and a face would appear from time to time.
The familiar figure, the familiar face, all told her that the person in her mind was called Nangong Mo.
Her son's father, her missing husband.
That's right!
She had a husband, so how could she accept someone else's affection?
Although she never knew where her husband Nangong Mo was.
But she knew very clearly that she loved her husband, otherwise... when facing Su Cheng's feelings, she suddenly thought of the person in her dreams.
Nangong Mo, this name was so familiar, and so profound.
His face, his figure, had appeared in her mind many times.
After Gu Qianying refused Su Cheng, she turned and went back.
She felt she couldn't stay any longer, what if...
She would be very sorry to the person in her mind.
Watching Gu Qianying's retreating back, Su Cheng sat on the chair in disappointment.
When he was hiding his identity in the Su family, he knew he had no right to express his feelings to anyone.
And this time, he finally had the courage to express his feelings, but the one he loved rejected him.
Why was this happening?
Was he not good enough?
Or did he not have the qualifications?
Su Cheng stood there in a daze, unable to understand why.
"Pfft..."
Su Cheng spat out a mouthful of blood, his vision went black, and he fell to the ground.
At this moment, he still felt that the reason Gu Qianying did not accept him was because he was not qualified to ask others to love him.
Nor was he qualified to ask others to accept him.
He was very pathetic.
As the candlelight weakened, he vaguely saw a dark shadow.
Then a cold voice appeared in his ear.
"It is because you are not qualified, and because you are not strong enough, that you lose the right to be loved, and are rejected by others."
"To get Gu Qianying, the only thing you need to do is to become powerful. Come, my little host."
"Let me enter your body, let me become your parasitic soul, let me become you, and let you become me, to become the most powerful person in the world. Come, I said, my little host, hahaha..."
A gust of wind blew in.
The dark shadow flashed and entered Su Cheng's body.
"Ah..."
It hurt, it hurt so much.
It felt like thousands of ants were biting him inside, the pain made Su Cheng open his eyes.
His consciousness was gradually recovering.
He suddenly opened his eyes.
His deep blue eyes flickered with a cold light.
He stood up from the ground, and a chill emanated from Su Cheng's body.
He was different from his previous appearance.
"You are right. Only if I am powerful enough will she like me!"
A butler from the Su family walked in with pastries to deliver food.
Although Su Cheng had recovered his true identity, Old Master Su had not announced Su Cheng's true identity to the public.
Therefore, everyone in the Su mansion still believed that Su Cheng was still Su Cheng.
"Young Master Su, please have something to eat. Master told this servant to tell you to eat something to replenish your strength."
The butler placed a plate of small pastries on the table. No one spoke behind him.
The butler found it strange. He turned around and looked at the bed.
However... Su Cheng was standing behind the butler, looking at the butler who was delivering pastries with a sinister gaze.
Meeting Su Cheng's icy eyes, the butler's back felt cold, and he retreated repeatedly.
"I said, I'm hungry, didn't you hear me?"
"Young Master has pastries, you eat the pastries."
"No... I don't want to eat pastries, they taste awful."
Su Cheng's eyes were cold.
The butler broke out in a sweat. "Then... then what does Young Master want to eat?"
"I want to eat... your flesh!"
Su Cheng's thin lips curved.
The butler was so scared that he knelt on the ground, kowtowing and begging for mercy.
Su Cheng ignored him, walked over, grabbed him, and bit fiercely into the butler's neck.
Blood spread.
The butler's body went limp and he fell.
That night, many people died in the Su family.
And all these dead people were... butlers and a few female servants.