"Xiao Qiao, I'm serious. Believe me, this time I definitely won't treat you as anyone else's substitute, nor will I try to change you. I'll treat you well and make up for what I owe you."
Su Qiao rolled her eyes. "What about Yu Aiwei? Haven't you two already gotten engaged?"
Gu Hualei shook his head. "There's been no love between her and me for a long time. When she abandoned me and chose another man, it became impossible for us to continue."
Su Qiao felt that the man was just muddying the waters and evading the issue. "You want to break up with her?"
Gu Hualei looked uncomfortable for a moment, his face full of hesitation as he looked at Su Qiao. "Xiao Qiao, I'm not with her because of feelings anymore. It's because our families are joining forces through marriage. It's a matter of mutual interests."
Heh, so this man planned to have the best of both worlds?
Su Qiao was so angry that she laughed.
"So?"
"How do you plan to be with me? A secret affair? You want me to be your mistress, the other woman?"
Gu Hualei's expression turned somewhat unpleasant, but he barely managed to maintain a gentle appearance. "Don't put it so harshly. There are genuine feelings between us."
"Marriage is merely a formality. A Marriage Certificate is just a useless piece of paper. It can't actually guarantee anything, much less give us a happy life. How could it compare to our feelings?"
Su Qiao was utterly disgusted by his "classic scumbag lines."
"Heh, I think there really is something wrong with your brain."
"Was the lesson I taught you back then not enough? Or did I not teach you a lesson the night before last, so you've forgotten what happened two years