Chapter 691
Chapter 368 - 348: Agreement (Second Update)
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Zhou Gu shook his head.
He did not want to give up.
If he could give up, he would not be in this situation now, and Su Rong could not come to him.
In his lifetime, he could be faraway from everyone else, except for Su Rong. He did not want her to be far from him or completely out of his life.
Her future, if it is beneficial for her, he would not stand in her way, but he alone should decide his own future.
He stood up, walked over to Su Rong, squatted down in front of her, looked up at her, his voice was light, but his face showed stubbornness, "Even if everyone thinks, I shouldn’t let down my family background, my grandfather, Grand Tutor Qin, the Crown Prince, and the training they gave me, I should go down the path of success, a smooth life, becoming a king or a prime minister, leaving my name in history. Even you think, I should live such a life that has been planned for me, for myself, for the Duke Residence, for the stability of Daliang, for the people of Daliang. I used to think this was not bad, less detours, a smooth life, something that many people dream of. But then who made me meet you? I met you..."
Zhou Gu hesitated for a moment, a deep color flashed in his eyes, his voice was faintly hoarse, "I met you, and I couldn’t help thinking about you, thinking about your thoughts. Among the thousands of things and colors in this world, I could only see you. You abandoned me, I initially didn’t feel much, but gradually, my heart scratched and burned as if in flames, the suffering was extreme, the emptiness in my heart came too late to be realized, can’t get rid of, can’t let go, unless I dig out this heart. I have tried it, during this period. I can’t let go. Day and night, I think of you more and more. Compared with a life that has been well-planned for, compared with the bland and tasteless life without you, I want to be with you, even if everything is unknown, even if, as you said, surrounded by swords and close to death, I am willing to accept it."
Su Rong moved her mouth, seeming to want to say something.
Zhou Gu reached out to stop her, he whispered, "Let me speak! You want to say the time is too short, right? But I know clearly that it has nothing to do with the length of time. I can’t let go of you, it’s just that I can’t. I can’t help it. You all think I am giving up a great future, but who knows that I am not giving myself a new life? The path my grandfather chose for me, I can’t say I like it that much. Leaving my name in history is nothing but a name documented in the historical materials, there will be praise, there will be admiration. But they are them, as far as I am concerned, if I put it on myself, it may be bland and tasteless for me, no matter how grand it seems in the eyes of others."
Su Rong pursed her lips.
Zhou Gu looked up at her, a seriousness in his eyes, "Su Rong, give me a chance, okay? You didn’t give me a chance to refuse when you broke off our engagement. I accepted it and retired. But now I can’t let go of you, I’m not asking you to break off your engagement with Ye Guixue to choose me. I just want you, don’t stop me from going to Nanchu. If one day, you fall in love with Ye Guixue, I will stay far away from you and never see you again in this life. Even if I can’t do it then, I must do it. I swear. Trust me."
Su Rong looked at Zhou Gu in silence.
Zhou Gu also stopped talking, just looking at her.
The room was quiet.
After a long time, Su Rong grabbed Zhou Gu’s arm and said, "Get up."
Zhou Gu had been squatting for a long time, his legs were somewhat numb. When Su Rong pulled him up, he barely steadied himself by holding onto the table.
Su Rong let go of him and said to him, "I agree."
She looked at Zhou Gu, "You’re right, I didn’t give you a chance to refuse when I broke off our engagement. That’s not right. It’s unfair to you. Besides, it’s also my responsibility to make you fall in love with me."
Zhou Gu wanted to give a smile, but the corner of his mouth couldn’t quite form a curve. He whispered, "Don’t blame yourself, it’s not your responsibility. It’s because I’m narrow-minded and keep pestering you."
Su Rong chuckled, "It takes two hands to clap. Don’t throw all the blame on yourself."
She instructed Zhou Gu, "My tea is cold. Can’t drink it anymore."
Zhou Gu immediately said, "Why don’t you drink this tea anymore? I’ll have someone make some date tea for you. You look a bit pale. Have you not been resting well these past few days?"
Su Rong nodded, "Then make date tea!"
Zhou Gu immediately gave an order to the outside.
Ziye, who had been waiting outside all along, responded to the order and quickly went to make the tea. Not necessarily afterward, he arrived with a pot of date tea. He cast a glance at Su Rong and Zhou Gu stealthily, seeing that the two weren’t arguing, he sighed a sigh of relief and hurriedly withdrew again.
Su Rong took the mug of date tea and sipped it. The warmth made her stomach felt comfortable, she asked Zhou Gu, "When will you start your journey? You lied to me earlier, saying you were going to Nanping."
"I didn’t lie. I am going to Nanping, first to Nanping, then to Jibei, and finally to Nanchu," Zhou Gu said in a low voice. "Anyway, you said it will take some time for you to set off. I’m not in a hurry to go to Nanchu. I’ll take care of the Marquis of Nanping in Nanping and the Pingxi General Zhang Ping in Jibei first. By stabilizing the internal threats within Daliang, you can rely on Daliang for support when you are in Nanchu. Otherwise, with Daliang’s unsettled internal affairs, they will not be able to intervene in Nanchu to give you much support."
Su Rong nodded. Indeed, if Daliang was in turmoil from within, the Crown Prince wouldn’t be able to spare any attention to help her.
Zhou Gu continued to answer her, "My grandfather will take me to the palace to inform the emperor about my journey. If everything goes as expected, I will set off in two or three days."
Su Rong raised an eyebrow, "Does the old Duke know about your big idea?"
Zhou Gu shook his head, "No."
Su Rong glanced at him.
Zhou Gu immediately said, "But my grandmother and my mother know."
Su Rong did not comment on the fact that the Grand Princess Sheng An and the Duchess doted on their children without limit, because the Duchess also dotes on her in the same way. "The old Duke will be furious if he knows about your plan."
Zhou Gu said softly, "It won’t be that bad, my grandmother and mother will be there, my grandmother is very powerful."
Su Rong tsked, put down the tea cup, "I’m leaving."
Zhou Gu stretched out his hand to stop her, "The sun is still up, won’t you stay a little longer? I have some documents about Nanchu here, do you want to see them?"
"The documents you borrowed from the Crown Prince, I’ve already seen them when I was with him." Su Rong looked at the sky, indeed it was still early.
Zhou Gu had been wanting to ask her about this, "How did you meet the Crown Prince? The woman the Crown Prince asked me to find, was it you?"
"If he asked you to find a woman in Jiangning County, it should be me." Su Rong said, "I am his lifesaver."
Zhou Gu came to realization, no wonder later the Crown Prince sent a message telling him not to look for her anymore, he must have found her by then.
Su Rong briefly explained how she saved the Crown Prince, and how the Crown Prince’s people found her through Mrs. Zhao.
Zhou Gu nodded, his voice low, "I see."
Suddenly some things became clear to him. No wonder when he first returned to Capital City from Jiangning County, the conversation he had with the Crown Prince seemed a little off. The Crown Prince must have been hoping that he would not be in love with Su Rong and would break off their engagement, right? However, he didn’t expect that Su Rong would break off the engagement with him and soon after get engaged to Ye Guixue.
— End of Chapter 691 —