734: Chapter 734 Pillow Talk Between Husband and Wife 2nd Update (3)_1 734: Chapter 734 Pillow Talk Between Husband and Wife 2nd Update (3)_1 …?
Jian Ran hung up the phone after her shower and was about to go see Gu Mochen and Tang Bao when she saw Gu Mochen’s tall figure standing in front of her, getting ready to open the door.
Jian Ran’s beautiful eyes widened in surprise.
It felt as though there was some kind of telepathy between her and Gu Mochen—they always seemed to be doing the same thing.
“Um, I was just thinking of looking for you.
Where’s Tang Baobao?”
“I’ve turned out the lights already and left a night lamp on.
She’s sleeping soundly.”
Upon hearing this, Jian Ran nodded.
With Gu Mochen around, she sometimes felt redundant.
“Well, I’ve just finished bathing.
Do you want to go take a shower now?”
Jian Ran stretched out her hand to casually wipe her hair strands with a towel, but Gu Mochen scooped her up by the waist and carried her toward the large bed.
Jian Ran: “…”
“Gu Mochen, what are you doing?”
Although the soundproofing was very good, Jian Ran was still worried about disturbing the little girl next door.
Gu Mochen narrowed his slender eyes slightly upon hearing the woman’s somewhat flustered words, a faint, deep glimmer flashing through his gaze.
“After charming the Princess to sleep, of course it’s time to charm the Empress!”
Jian Ran: “…”
Jian Ran was placed directly on the large bed by Gu Mochen.
Just as she tried to get up, she was tightly embraced by the man who wrapped his strong arms around her delicate waist, making it impossible for her to move.
“Mrs.
Gu, I’m not sure what story you’d like to hear first?”
Listening to Gu Mochen’s beguiling words close to her ear, Jian Ran’s ears quickly turned red.
She was not a child, but was being cajoled by Gu Mochen like this.
“Well, it doesn’t matter…
whatever Mr.
Gu wants to talk about, he can…”
Jian Ran found a comfortable spot in Gu Mochen’s embrace, allowing the man to hold her affectionately while her eyes gazed at the man above her.
“Okay!”
Gu Mochen held Jian Ran in his arms again, his large hand stroking her long hair, tenderly drying it for her.
“Let’s talk about Dong Qin and my father’s relationship.”
Jian Ran: “…”
Every family has their own difficult past to face, especially a wealthy one like the Gu Family.
However, Jian Ran had not expected Gu Mochen to be willing to talk to her about the matters of the Gu Family.
It was, after all, a painful history she did not want him to relive—she did not want to see him unhappy.
Gu Mochen felt the woman’s small hand covering his lips and, looking into the eyes of the woman in his arms, said softly, “It’s okay.
I want to share with Mrs.
Gu!”
“Alright!”
Jian Ran, allowing the man to embrace her, listened as Gu Mochen recounted the events of the past.
“I think you might have heard that my mother died from an illness…”
“Mm.”
Jian Ran murmured softly in acknowledgment, waiting for the man to continue.
The room was bathed in a warm yellow light, casting a cozy glow over the two of them.
Jian Ran quietly chose to be a listener.
Gu Mochen, quietly watching Jian Ran’s sweet expression, said softly, “She did indeed die from an illness, but it was depression.”
Jian Ran: “…”
Depression…
a psychological illness, definitely a tricky issue.
At this, Jian Ran pressed her lips together and asked softly, “And then what happened?”
“After that, my mother chose suicide to end her miserable life.”
The words ‘depression’ and ‘suicide’ weighed heavily on Jian Ran’s heart, her eyes vaguely looking at the man before her, unable to shake off her astonishment.
She hadn’t expected…
that Gu Mochen’s mother had died from depression.
What kind of mental pressure must she have been under to choose such an end?
Jian Ran clenched her fists.
Gu Mochen was supposed to talk about Dong Qin…
but somehow, the conversation had shifted to his mother.
As expected, in the next moment, Gu Mochen explained in detail.
“You should know that my mother and father were in an arranged marriage.
The Gu Family company was my mother’s dowry.
Once she married Gu Wei, the company was renamed after the Gu Family.
Um…
after the marriage, their relationship was neither warm nor cold for a time; to be precise, it was just a husband and wife relationship, but…
after I turned eight, my father was exposed for having an affair, with solid evidence to boot.”
At these words, Jian Ran’s pupils darkened, and a sense of anxiety gripped her heart.
If she was not wrong…
it must have been because of Dong Qin.
“Mm…”
“My mother was a very strong woman, seemingly gentle, a lady of high society… the perfect wife and mother, and not one to show temper easily.
But…
she took things seriously, black was black, white was white.”
Jian Ran: “…”
So…
her husband had an affair, and she fell into depression and died?
Hearing Gu Mochen say this, Jian Ran couldn’t help asking, “Then…
why didn’t your mother choose divorce?”
As Gu Mochen’s wife, the word ‘mother’ naturally rolled off her tongue.
The use of this term caused Gu Mochen’s lips to curve slightly, a warm light flickering in his eyes.
“She did want to divorce…
but the pressure from the older generations in the family…
Gu Wei’s success with the Gu Family…
for a woman…
with children, divorce is extremely difficult.”
Jian Ran instantly understood.
So that was the story…
“Gu Mochen, and then what happened?”
Jian Ran extended her hand to gently embrace the man’s chest, then asked.
“My parents’ marriage was in name only, it could have been there or not…
that’s why, initially, my view on marriage was the same…
I merely needed someone to fill the role of a wife…
nothing more.”
Jian Ran seemed to begin to understand this man, Gu Mochen.