1347 I Only Want You 45 (1/2)

While drinking, he told him, ”Beicheng, Mo Li's pregnant.

”It isn't my child.

”Do you think, if I had cherished her earlier, things wouldn't have ended up like this?

”I regret it so badly.

”Beicheng, there's no point in living anymore.”

”…”

Gu Beicheng remarked as he watched him, ”It's not like you to be putting yourself through such torment. In this world, not everybody gets to be with the one they love.”

”Oh right… I forgot. You didn't get to be with your godsister either. But why can't I be one of those who can be with the person they love? It's all my fault… I'm a jerk…”

”Just treat your current wife well and live well with her. Isn't that good too?”

Ye Xiaotian looked at him. ”Beicheng, you haven't experienced the feeling of getting something and then losing it. It's worse than never getting a shot with the person you love.”

Gu Beicheng was indifferent. ”No matter whether you lost someone you had or that you never got to be with the person at all, isn't the result the same? Xiaotian, don't think that someone who left you will still turn back for you. Even if you're dead, nothing will change in Mo Li's life. At the most, when she has nothing to do, she might think of having spent an unhappy time with a man like you. So you should take things easy. It's only when you lead a good life that, when the two of you meet again one day, you'll be able to give each other your blessing. That'll be the best ending.”

Ye Xiaotian looked at him blankly. He had to admit, Gu Beicheng's words had gone straight to his heart.

On this night, Ye Xiaotian did not go home but stayed at the Gu residence after drinking too much.

After settling him down, Gu Beicheng went upstairs again.

”He's gone?”

”No, he drank too much. He's staying over at the guest room.” Gu Beicheng placed his son, who had finished eating, in the baby cot. Covering him with a blanket, he was satisfied that it would warm him enough as the heat in the room was enough.

He took off his coat, opened the covers, and lay down on the bed. ”Xiaotian said that Mo Li's pregnant and that his mother's passed away. He's very upset.”

”From how I see it, he deserves it,” Lin Mingxi couldn't help but say. ”Back then, he divorced me and got back together with Mo Li. I was thinking back then that at least this pair of lovers had a good ending. To think that such a big reversal would take place. Mo Li must be living a good life now with a man that treats her so well.”

”Don't say that, he regrets it very much too.” Gu Beicheng went on slowly, ”But if it were me, things wouldn't have ended up like this. Sometimes, our character really determines our fate. It makes sense in a way. If, in principle, it was Mother's fault, I wouldn't let her have her way.”

After hearing his words, Lin Mingxi said with a smile as she rested her head on his shoulder, ”I feel that this is the happiest time of my life. I have my husband, child, and family. Although we've been through tough times, I think that life hasn't let me down. Beicheng, thank you for letting me be your wife.”

Gu Beicheng held onto her hand. ”Thank you for letting me stay by your side as well.”

The couple exchanged looks and broke into smiles.

——

It had been quite a long time, and An Xiaoning had still yet to open the investigation for the second case. Seeing how there was still no progress after quite some time, Pan Zhenghui called her to try to find out when she would begin investigating the case.

An Xiaoning simply replied, ”Why are you anxious about this? It's a case that happened so long ago, would it matter if it takes a bit more time?”

”I can wait, but the main point is that the victim's family can't. Xiaoning, you won't be able to imagine what kind of life the family of the victim, Jiang Guoguo, is living now.”

”I know. I've read the case file already. But no matter how much of a rush they are in, it still has to wait until I'm ready to start investigating it formally. I haven't even fully understood where to begin with it.”

”I get this, I do, so I just want to ask you about when you will be able to start investigating it.”