Chapter 25: Paranoid

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The two of them did not enjoy the meal. Ever since Gu Cheng asked that question, awkwardness suddenly filled the dining table.
After the meal, Gu Cheng continued driving Fang Qing back home, but his attitude was clearly not as enthusiastic as before. He did not say another word.
After returning home, Gu Cheng deliberately waited for Fang Qing to enter the hall before he called Cheng Zheng over and told him something. “Go and investigate Fang Qing’s childhood experiences for me.”
Cheng Zheng was very puzzled, but he probably wanted the young master to know more about his fiancée, so he replied, “Okay.”
After Gu Cheng returned to the hall, Xiao Yun pretended to be concerned and handed him a cup of tea. “Gu Cheng, why did you come back so late today?”
Although Gu Cheng and Xiao Yun had always had a bad relationship, they still had to show enough affection for each other on the surface. “I ate outside before returning home.”
His tone was very flat, making it impossible to detect any emotion.
At this moment, Xiao Yun asked despite knowing the answer, “Did you eat together with Qing?”
Gu Cheng softly replied with a ‘yes’.
Xiao Yun continued to ask, “That Gu Cheng seems to like Fang Qing very much. If Gu Cheng is really interesting, I think we should start preparing for the wedding now.”
Xiao Yun was not a fool. Naturally, she knew who would be in charge of the Gu family in the future. Instead of continuing to bet on that Idiot Zhao Mei, it would be better to build a good relationship with Fang Qing earlier. For the sake of Gu Cheng and Gu Lun, her future days would not be so miserable.
Gu Cheng glanced at Xiao Yun. “I won’t marry her. I have no feelings for her.”
After saying that, Xiao Yun even wondered if she had heard wrongly. Ever since Gu Cheng went to pick up Fang Qing at night, their relationship had become visibly better. Otherwise, Xiao Yun would not have done such a thing so easily.
Gu Cheng saw Xiao Yun’s confusion, but he did not plan to explain to her. She simply said, “I’m going upstairs.”
After Gu Cheng went upstairs, Xiao Yun only shook her head and sighed. “Young people nowadays are really getting more and more confused.”
After Fang Qing returned to her room, she washed up and went to bed as usual. However, she could not fall asleep no matter how much she tossed and turned tonight. Gu Cheng’s strange behavior during dinner continued to appear in her mind.
In her hazy consciousness, Fang Qing arrived at a place in the void. She walked aimlessly until a golden shadow appeared in front of her.
The shadow gradually expanded and eventually turned into a raging fire. Fang Qing wanted to run away, but she couldn’t move her feet. A little girl appeared under the raging fire, crying, “I want to go out… sob… quickly save me.”
Suddenly, a small wooden beam with fire fell down and hit the back of the little girl’s neck. At some point, a boy who looked a few years older than her appeared in front of the little girl. He held his clothes and tried his best to cover the two of them. The little boy looked back from time to time and comforted her, “It’s okay, don’t be afraid.”
At this moment, the raging fire surged toward Fang Qing outside the arena. Fang Qing woke up from her shock.
Her chest was trembling violently. Fang Qing was panting heavily on the bed. When she was still in shock, she slowly took a glass of water from the bedside table and drank it.
Why did she have such a strange and terrifying dream? Fang Qing wiped her sweat with a tissue as she pondered over this question.
In the end, Fang Qing concluded that she had been too busy with work recently and was under a lot of pressure. After she hinted to herself, she felt a little more relaxed and went back to sleep on the pillow.
Similarly, Gu Cheng did not sleep well tonight. He kept thinking about Fang Qing’s answer during dinner. Judging from her tone and attitude, it did not seem like she was faking it. Could it be that he had really made a mistake?
Gu Cheng recalled a difficult night many years ago. The face in his memory became clearer in his mind. He did not know why Gu Cheng still felt guilty toward the little girl in his memory.
His attitude towards Fang Qing for so many days, after knowing that she was not the person he thought she was, seemed to have caused Gu Cheng’s feelings towards her to become impure.
Sometimes, Gu Cheng also thought that if he could not find that girl in his life, would he be able to live like this for the rest of his life? Every time Gu Cheng thought about it, the answer was yes. He seemed to have reached a level that was close to paranoia.
However, this paranoia also became Gu Cheng’s courage and motivation for moving forward for so many years. In the face of the ups and downs of the business sea and the countless schemes around him, with the support of this paranoia, Gu Cheng accepted every single one of them and gave back a perfect result.
Gu Cheng did not think that he was wrong.