Contract Marriage: Love Has Finally Arrived

Chapter 178: Chapter 178: Did You Steal a Man?

“I won’t marry.”

The elderly lady paused, and then after a moment began gravely, “Do you still remember your cousin?”

Qin Sijue looked up, clearly understanding her reference to his cousin.

“If you push too hard, the one who may get hurt is Qiangwei.”

As soon as the words left the elderly Mrs. Qin’s mouth, Qin Sijue remained silent for a long time without speaking.

A moment later, he turned around again, “I will do everything in my power to protect her fully.”

He would never be like his cousin, watching helplessly as the person he loved disappeared from this world.

As he spoke, Qin Sijue turned around and had just taken a step when his phone rang.

He took out his phone and saw the familiar number displayed.

To this day, he had not saved Gu Qiangwei’s name, but that string of digits was deeply etched in his mind.

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Seated on the sofa, Gu Qiangwei had thought for a long time and finally couldn’t resist calling Qin Sijue.

But when she heard his deep voice on the other end, she suddenly didn’t know what to say.

“Gu Qiangwei?”

After a few seconds of silence and hearing no voice from the other end, Qin Sijue frowned slightly and couldn’t help calling her name again.

Gu Qiangwei cleared her throat, “Um… have you eaten?”

She couldn’t find a topic.

“I have.”

“Oh,” she responded mutely.

The phone once again fell into silence.

“When did you wake up?” he asked.

A single question made Gu Qiangwei’s face flush and her voice seem unnatural.

“This afternoon…”

“Didn’t go back, missed me?” he asked confidently, a perfect slight curve lifting at the corner of his lips.

Gu Qiangwei was startled, and it took her half a second to catch the arrogant tone of his voice!

“Not at all!”

“Then what is it?”

Gu Qiangwei fell silent, thinking of his parents’ passing.

“I… I want to say sorry…”

Qin Sijue frowned slightly and casually retorted, “Did you steal a man?”

“…”

Gu Qiangwei was momentarily stunned.

“Otherwise, why would you say sorry all of a sudden?” he spoke again, his tone ambiguously teasing.

“Qin Sijue! Can you not speak normally!?”

“Alright, why apologize?”

Gu Qiangwei regained her composure and pursed her lips, “I heard from Uncle Qin that your parents…”

At her words, Qin Sijue’s expression darkened, and the slight curve at his mouth also fell.

“It’s okay.”

It took a long while before he softly spit out those two words.

But Gu Qiangwei’s heart still felt unsettled.

Dealing with a father like Gu Zhendong was already heartache enough, let alone knowing how he must have felt when she said those words.

“I’m really sorry, I didn’t know…”

“I said it’s okay.”

The phone fell into silence again, and after a while, Qin Sijue spoke up again, “Have you eaten?”

“I got up very late, I’ve just had lunch not long ago.”

“Then that’s perfect, I’ll join you when I get back.”

The Gu Qiangwei on the phone was taken aback, “Didn’t you just say you’ve eaten?”

“Not the same without you, it’s not savory!”

“…”

“Oh, then I’ll wait for you to come back—”

She hadn’t finished her sentence when suddenly she heard footsteps at the door.

She turned her head and saw a dozen armed men in black entering, a sight that truly made her tremble.

“Who are you people!? What do you want!?”

Hearing the commotion, Uncle Qin also came out.

However, the group of men in black paid no heed to his words and headed straight for Gu Qiangwei on the sofa.