472 The Secret About the Past 90 (1/2)

Gu Dongcheng recalled their features carefully and said, ”I wouldn't have realized it earlier, but now that I think about it, they really do look a little similar.”

”Hubby, I really don't want An Xiaoning to come back. Could you lend me a hand?” Xu Youran asked, gazing at him.

”How am I supposed to help you? Are you thinking of getting me to hire someone to kill her? Let's not forget that she's well trained in martial arts and always armed with weapons. She even brings her bodyguards along everywhere she goes, how would we get the chance to kill her? You've already seen for yourself how sharp and vigilant she was when we tried to drug her last night. Besides, she's of utmost importance to the Gu family. I've already tried to help you get rid of her last night. But since she's easily alarmed, we'd better not try anything funny with her,” Gu Dongcheng refuted.

”But…”

”That's enough, no more buts. So what if she really turns out to be a member of the Xu family?”

”I'm just scared that she'll take revenge on me.”

”If we don't touch her now, she won't come looking for trouble. Actually, I think she's not that bad of a person. It would've been best if she'd chosen to stand on my side. But clearly, she's much closer to Beicheng.”

”Yes…”

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Song Yan lay on the hospital bed without uttering a single word.

Upon sight of Ling Ciye entering, the manager, Huahua, took the initiative to leave the ward.

”The procedures for the discharge from the hospital have been settled. Go home and recuperate for a while.”

”There's no need for that. I've already delayed filming for so many times. I must report back to the unit to resume filming for the variety program as soon as possible.” Song Yan sat up and got dressed immediately.

”You just suffered a miscarriage. Your health is of utmost importance.”

”You must be very happy now that An Xiaoning was proven to be right, aren't you? After all, you wouldn't have wanted to reconcile with me if it weren't for the baby, let alone marry me. Now that our baby is really gone, aren't you finally free? Are you planning to break up with me soon?” Song Yan scorned while staring at him.

Ling Ciye knew that she was just babbling about callously because she was upset, though she was indeed stating facts.

”I'm not happy.”

”How would I know if you are or not? I can't read your mind anyway. Maybe you're just saying it on the surface. Are you thinking of breaking up with me?” Song Yan asked straightforwardly.

Ling Ciye did not wish to pop the question directly, in fear of upsetting her further and rubbing salt into her wound since she had just suffered a miscarriage. To his surprise, she actually forced him to answer her.

”I'm talking to you, why aren't you answering me? Are you really going to break up with me?”

”Can we talk about this another time?”

”No. I want an answer right now. I want nothing but the truth, so don't lie to me,” Song Yan insisted, keeping her eyes fixed on him.

He avoided eye contact with her and said calmly, ”I wanted to take responsibility because you were pregnant. I haven't relaxed one bit since the moment you told me that you were pregnant. Ever since the day we got back together, I've been mentally exhausted and sick of all of our petty arguments. There are so many existing issues between us that can never be resolved. Since the baby is gone, I don't see a point in continuing our relationship. Why don't we just end things amicably?”

He then took a card out of his wallet and handed it to her, ”There's 30 million dollars in here. Take it as compensation from me to you.”

Staring at the bank card, Song Yan asked, ”Is there no way we can salvage this?”

”No.”

”Okay then, I accept your compensation,” said Song Yan as she reached out to take the card.

After a moment of silence, Ling Ciye said, ”I hope you'll understand what you really want one day.”