Qin Sheng's eyes were watery. She was once so happy to be pampered by Gong Mochen… She had truly loved him. But now, she was in so much pain.
The pain she was in now was so different to how happy she was back then...
She blinked her eyes to clear the tears and got out of the car.
She didn't need Nie Feng to lead the way. She was more familiar with this place than anywhere else. She wouldn't take a wrong turn even if she closed her eyes.
However, Gong Mochen wasn't in the living room, nor was he in the study room. She ran up to the second floor and pushed Gong Mochen's bedroom door open. This was once the place where she'd slept. She had only stayed in her own bedroom for a few days.
Everything in the room made her freeze. Even the earrings that she had casually placed on the dressing table were still in their original positions.
On the bedside table was a familiar photo. The two people in the photo, who were smiling sweetly, made her mood darken even more.
She didn't know how he'd managed to keep everything in the room the same as it was before she'd left!
After a moment, she gathered herself and turned around to walk out of the room. Clearly, Gong Mochen wasn't in this room either.
She returned to the first floor and walked along the corridor to the place where she could hear water flowing. It was the hot spring.
The door of the hot spring room was open. The man was lying quietly in the hot spring, just like what she had seen in the past.
"Gong Mochen! Come out!"
Looking at his leisurely manner, she was furious. She didn't have time to waste. After 72 hours, it would be useless for her to take any contraceptive pill!
She quickly walked over, slipped, and stumbled towards the hot spring!
"Ah!"
Her ears were filled with the sound of splashing water.
It didn't hurt as expected, and a pair of strong hands grasped her.
She grabbed the man's neck. "Tell Nie Feng to inform the people of the Drug Administration to revoke the ban on me buying medicine!"
Gong Mochen completely ignored her action of grabbing his neck.
"Do you still remember this hot spring? I remember you were once scared by the water plants inside it. Actually, you didn't see the water plants back then, but a kind of poisonous black-bellied snake. This kind of water snake is very rare, its entire body is black, and it lives in the depths of the hot spring.
"It wasn't easy to get the snake. It was all thanks to Ye Wei that I managed to get the only black-bellied snake that has ever been caught.
"Do you know why I needed that highly poisonous snake and why I spent so much effort to plant water plants to cover it up?"
Qin Sheng didn't wait for the man to finish speaking before she opened her mouth to speak.
"Because you were poisoned. You needed to use snake venom to suppress the poison in your body, so you got Ye Wei to get that snake. Later on, your poison continued to worsen, and you even wanted Ha Siqi to take me away, so that Li Ang couldn't have me."
Gong Mochen's eyes narrowed on the little woman in front of him. "Yes. You know everything? How much do you know?"
"Not all of it, but I think I know most of it. On the day of your engagement, Li Ang wanted to give you the antidote, but there was an accident. The person wearing the silver mask appeared and snatched your antidote.
"In order to take me away, Li Ang let Nie Feng and that person fight for the antidote. In the end, Nie Feng secured it, but the explosion happened at your engagement. Everyone said that I was unwilling to be dumped and wanted to kill you and Qin Zixian."
Qin Sheng spoke slowly. Li Ang didn't hide anything from her. He told her everything that she wanted to know.
Gong Mochen's eyes were locked on Qin Sheng's face. He didn't dare to look away from her. However, her little face was so cold that he couldn't see any of her emotions.
"When you bumped into me and Ye Wei, she was only acting for me.
"Because I knew that you wouldn't give up on me. At that time, I really didn't know how much longer I could live. I could only make you give up and let you go!"
He finally said the words that he had wanted to say to her for four years.
However, the girl's reaction was beyond his expectations.
Qin Sheng looked at the man in front of her coldly. "Are you asking me to praise you for what you did? To be happy that you shouldered everything on your own and gave me peace?
"Or you want me to throw myself into your arms with tears of gratitude and thank you for arranging such a good future for me? And then, just like in the past, unconditionally accept all that you've done?
"Gong Mochen, I'm not Qin Sheng anymore. I'm not that silly girl who chased after you and cried out to marry you!
"It doesn't matter if you wanted to protect me, or if I gave myself to Li Ang so that he would give you the antidote.
"You know very well what's important between us! Do you want to tell me?"
If there was only a simple thing between them, then it wouldn't be a big deal at all. As long as he loved her and she loved him, all the misunderstandings could be explained clearly. But that wasn't the case...
She knew very well that the things between them couldn't be explained simply... It was deeper than that. It wasn't just a simple misunderstanding!
Gong Mochen lowered his gaze and hugged the girl even tighter. "Qin Sheng, I'll tell you what you want to know. If I agree to talk about it, do you really want to hear it?"
Qin Sheng's heart froze. He really wanted to talk about it? Did she hear him correctly?
Her lips formed into a straight line. The feelings in her heart made her feel so uncomfortable.
"I have a right to know these things! You have to tell me. It's my life, and only mine. It isn't your life! Since that's the case, inform the FDA to revoke the ban on me buying birth control. My life is no longer yours to control!"
Gong Mochen brows narrowed. "Do you really not want to give birth to my child? If you have the child, she would also be your child. Do you have the heart to abort her?
"Qin Sheng, back then, you asked me if I would still raise you if you were a burden to me. I said that I would. But what about you now?"
"Back then, you happily pushed me away and let me marry Ha Siqi. You thought you'd chosen the best path for me. Why can't I make the best choice for my child and me now?
"How can I let her be born into a family where her parents are enemies? Let her suffer the pain that I have suffered since I was young. I don't want my child to grow up like me. If she doesn't have a father, then she doesn't have a mother. I don't think she will be happy like this!" Qin Sheng's eyes were red raw. This was her life... No one had the right to choose for her.
Even if she grew up under Gong Mochen's love, her heart was still lonely. How much did she want to have a father and mother to love her?
She didn't want to bring a child into such a world. There was no way she would put a child through all that pain.