When did this man become such a scoundrel?
Or maybe he has always had this attribute, but she has only been with him for a short time, so she doesn't know.
Su Rong originally felt that it was unreasonable to come to break off the engagement, but now that Zhou Gu said this, she became angry and said angrily: "You say you press your head, you press your head? If you say you rob, you rob? Do you think it's wrong? After entering the Protector's Palace, can you really do whatever you want to me? I don't believe it anymore!"
"Then you can give it a try." Seeing that she was angry, Zhou Gu looked better. His voice was neither soft nor serious. He was threatening her and the old Lord Protector. "After leaving the Lord Protector's Mansion, it's gone. But I still care. As long as I am here, you will never have anything to do with me. Unless you kill me, you are still dreaming."
Su Rong choked, "You are unreasonable!"
Zhou Gu sneered, "You want me to reason with you? Then tell me first, when you were in Jiangning County, you kept talking about your fiancé, making several calculations for one thing, and testing several times a day. I took them all. I didn’t say anything to you. If it weren’t for you and me to have an engagement, would you think I was a good-natured person and allow you to test and make many calculations? Now you just break off the engagement if you say it? Don’t even think about it.”
Su Rong suddenly choked with guilt, paused, and then softened her voice and said, "Can I make it up to you?"
Zhou Gu even sneered, "How can you compensate me? Unless it's yourself, I won't take it."
Su Rong blushed. How dare he say this in front of the old Lord Protector. She stared at him and gave up for a moment, "When I was at my house, I asked you to hug me, but you didn't even hug me. Why don't you regret your marriage now? Don't you dislike me? "
Zhou Gu choked, the tips of his ears turned red, and he retorted very forcefully, "In your home, with countless pairs of eyes staring at you, do I dare to mess around?"
Su Rong stayed.
Seeing that the two men were talking more and more outrageously, the old Protector coughed violently.
No matter how thick-skinned Su Rong was, she couldn't sit still anymore. She lowered her head and put her hand on her forehead. She regretted in her heart that she shouldn't have come to the door like this, shouldn't have thought things too simply, she should have asked Fengling to call Zhou Gu out in advance and discuss it with him in private. But she felt that the engagement was between her mother and the old Protector. To cancel it, she had to go to the old Protector, and she couldn't find him.
Zhou Gu was not afraid of his grandfather's jokes today. He went from rejecting to accepting to having identified Su Rong. No one knew this process better than him. Now it was impossible for her to just break off the engagement when she came to her door.
Su Rong took a deep breath and said embarrassedly to the old Protector: "Grandpa Zhou, I...can I talk to Zhou Gu in private?"
The old Protector stood up neatly and said with a kind smile: "Of course, little girl, you guys have a good talk. Grandpa can't control his grandson anymore. But I still say the same thing. If you finish talking, you still want to withdraw. , Grandpa will make the decision for you. You don’t have to worry about the rest. If you want to have nothing to do with him anymore, Grandpa will protect you and will never let him bully you."
What else could Su Rong say? He nodded and said hello.
The old Protector gave up the study room and strolled out by himself.
After the door closed, Su Rong looked at Zhou Gu, thinking about where to start, show him affection and reason, and make him agree to break off the engagement.
Before she could think about it, Zhou Gu suddenly stood up, stretched out his hand, and pulled Su Rong up. Su Rong was caught off guard and pulled into his arms. She was startled, and just as she was about to take action, Zhou Gu's voice sounded above her head. , stiffly, "Don't you blame me for not hugging you that night? Now I hug you."
Su Rong: "..."
She was just extremely annoyed, just saying it! Who asked him to hug him now?
She stretched out her hand to push him, but Zhou Gu refused to let go. He hugged her and never let go. He held a soft ball in his arms for a moment. He had never hugged anyone before, and naturally he had never experienced the feeling of hugging someone. His breathing became lighter all of a sudden. ,"do not move."
How could Su Rong not move? She reached out and clasped his arm, opened it forcefully, pushed him, withdrew from his arms, and stared at him angrily.
Zhou Gu's expression remained unchanged and he curled his fingertips, "Now you know, I like you."
This was in reply to her words about not even hugging her and not liking her.
Su Rong was speechless for a moment, turned her face away, and reluctantly
After calming down, he immediately said to him: "But I don't like you."
Zhou Gu's face instantly turned cold again.
Su Rong's mind gradually stabilized as she spoke her words. Although she knew she shouldn't, she naturally couldn't let the decision she made long ago go to waste because of him.
This is the Protector's Mansion. Now she only sees the old Protector, Princess Sheng'an, the Duke's wife, and everyone who watched her enter the Protector's Mansion today, and Everyone in the Protector's Mansion.
She couldn't go back on her words and make a ruthless decision. She couldn't just give up halfway. The path she had set would not tolerate temporary regrets. If so, she might as well not come to Beijing. Then, if she can hide this face for a longer time, she will also plan in a different way, instead of now. If she goes back on her word and agrees not to break off the engagement today, then all the plans she has made these days will be ruined, and the future of the Protector's Palace will be ruined. , and Zhou Gu's life, the unknown future, was too heavy. She didn't dare to say what she could do, and she didn't dare to entrust Zhou Gu's future to others. She couldn't afford it.
No matter what the old Lord Protector thought in his heart, his words just now showed that he was extremely kind and righteous to her.
She secretly took a breath, turned her head and met Zhou Gu's gaze, "Sit down and let's talk slowly."
Zhou Gu refused to sit down and stared at her coldly, "You tell me."
Su Rong didn't force it. She sat down on her own, knowing that talking was useless. Although Zhou Gu seemed to be ruthless, as long as he was given a sufficient reason, his pride would not allow him to get entangled. .
Su Rong then said calmly: "I came to break off the engagement because I really felt that you and I were not suitable for each other. Since you also told me that I had several plans for you and several tests a day, you should know clearly. What am I testing, and what are my calculations? As a person like me, I am not very fond of the high gated compound of the Protector's Mansion. As for you, I actually don't think we can live together for the rest of our lives. So, when you left Beijing that day, asked When it comes to my marriage, I said there was no rush. At that time, I had the intention to break off the engagement with you."
She didn't wait for Zhou Gu to speak, and continued speaking in a very fast tone, "Zhou Gu, I don't like you. You and I have only been together for a month. You shouldn't be able to treat me like you don't marry me if you don't want me." , you don’t need to refute what I said. If just one month can make a person refuse to marry another person who is not his lover, it is too unbelievable. Nine out of ten people in the world will not do this. Besides, , you are a proud person, and when you get along with me, you are always reserved and reserved. But I am a heartless person, never soft-hearted, not easy to be emotional, and not easy to empathize with others, so, Between you and me, it’s really not like you just said in front of Grandpa Gu that you would run away from home and rob me just because you broke off the engagement. The Protector’s Palace gave birth to you and raised you, and you have been the Protector all your life. People in the government, because a woman broke off the engagement, left the Duke Protector's house, let alone being looked down upon and talked about. Even if you think about it carefully, can you allow the four books and five classics that you have learned since childhood to be human and moral principles? Have you been eaten by a dog? What is filial piety first, and what is benevolence, justice, propriety, wisdom, and trust? Don't tell me. When you were taught by Qin Taifu in the East Palace, you didn't listen every day. Then you can't afford to care. Grandpa and Master Qin have high hopes for you."
Zhou Gu Leng had a sullen face and said nothing. He just looked at her and listened to her heart-wrenching words.
When Su Rong was ruthless, she didn't even care about herself, so she knew how to stab people's hearts. Seeing that Zhou Gu didn't refute, she just looked very cold. She continued: "After you leave, , I met another person, that person has a very good appearance and a good temperament, I am very moved..."
Zhou Gu's breath suddenly changed and he shouted angrily, "Su Rong!"
Su Rong smiled at him, stood up, and faced him without any fear, "Zhou Gu, we are not from the same place. When I took you to the third floor, you should have understood that I am a person who has never been able to do anything since I was a child. Ji, but you can’t succeed, you come from a famous family, you stand upright, what you learn in your belly, what you pretend in your heart, and what you think in your head are all contrary to me.”
"You probably didn't expect me, a daughter of a small family, to dare to withdraw from the marriage of Young Master Zhou of your Duke Protector's Palace. Most of you are unwilling to do so." Su Rong's tone softened, "Maybe there are two reasons. I like you very much, but this love is really nothing. If you think about it carefully and calm down for a few days, you will understand that if you are not willing to accept it, you can't eat it, and you can't like it twice. There are many things you have to do, and there is no need to worry about a marriage. Son
, destroy yourself, you have a better self, and I, to you, is just a wrong move made by your elders, just come back and come to terms with it. "
She took out her jade pendant and put it together with the marriage certificate on the table, "The Duke Protector's Office only needs to tell the outside world that the engagement between you and me is cancelled. From now on, men and women will marry each other, and it has nothing to do with each other. You don't need to say anything, everyone will think that, This marriage is a good one, but I’m not good enough for you, so naturally I can’t afford it.”
She hesitated for a moment, then made up her mind. She took out the peach wood hairpin he had given her on the day she got her haircut, and slowly put it down, "I will have someone return the gift you brought to the Protector's Palace, and the clothes I gave you." The cloth is worth the congratulatory gifts Jiang Sheng sent. After all, it is because of you and I that we got those congratulatory gifts from him as apology. As for the rest, there is no need to worry about Ding Kemao. The Duke Protector's family has a big business and there is no shortage of money. , and I also have money, I am not short of it, I don’t have to worry about making up for it.”
