Chapter 222: Dead Inside

Chapter 222: Dead Inside

Chapter 222 Heart of Dead Ashes

Gu Dongxing knew what she was asking about.

"For no reason, I just don’t like her."

Actually, at first, everyone chose him to be the groom and Ye Qing to be the bride, but Ye Rushui, to become the bride, threatened Ye Qing, saying if she became the bride, she would tell Mom to not give her food. Ye Qing, for the sake of food, reluctantly gave up her position as the bride.

Ye Qing is Ye Rushui’s half-sister from the same father, only younger than her by less than a year. Ye Rushui’s mother got involved with Ye Qing’s father and became pregnant, and when Ye Qing’s mother found out she died in childbed in the village, struggling to give birth to the child before passing away.

Gu Dongxing’s mom was also the one being bullied, so he felt a sense of sympathy for Ye Qing.

Despite his young age, he refused to play such childish games of house, but because Ye Qing wanted to be the bride, he reluctantly agreed to join in the immature game.

His own purpose was just to make Ye Qing happy. Since Ye Qing was threatened by Ye Rushui and could not become the bride, he gave up the role of the groom to Zhou Erhuo.

Moreover, he only lived in that courtyard for a little more than a year before his father divorced his mother. Afterward, his father was transferred to the G Military Region, and later, he was sent to be with his mother.

Ye Rushui shook her head: "But we are childhood sweethearts!"

Gu Dongxing glanced at Jiang Mengyu to see her reaction to Ye Rushui’s claim of "childhood sweethearts."

Seeing Jiang Mengyu’s expressionless face, he felt a bit tense and quickly explained: "I only lived with you in the same courtyard for a year, we can hardly be considered childhood sweethearts."

Everyone suddenly understood.

Qin Xiufang couldn’t help but scoff: "Merely a year of acquaintance, and you’re claiming to be childhood sweethearts?"

Zhang Qiaoqiao added: "Exactly, all of us children from military families have lived in various places. If we were to consider every child from places we’ve lived as childhood sweethearts, there would be too many to count."

Turns out, Zhang Qiaoqiao was also a military child, no wonder she was so bold. Jiang Mengyu had seen her getting along with the villagers who came from the countryside and thought she was from the countryside too.

But from her mention of having lived in several places, it seems that her father must change locations often, probably having had experiences playing with rural children since she was young.

Even Wen Meiling, who had always been advocating for Ye Rushui to pursue Gu Dongxing, was somewhat taken aback.

She only knew that Ye Rushui was from the North and that she was Gu Dongxing’s childhood sweetheart, but didn’t expect that her declaration of being childhood sweethearts was merely having lived in the same courtyard for a year.

Jiang Mengyu also didn’t expect that this Ye Rushui, who had claimed to be Gu Dongxing’s girlfriend upon meeting him, had such a basis for being childhood sweethearts.

She laughed with a "pfft" sound: "I didn’t expect that, Mr. Ye, your friendship as childhood sweethearts with my Brother Gu was so fleeting. Just like that idiom—fleeting as an ephemeral flower."

Everyone felt it was amusing upon hearing this.

To be considered childhood sweethearts, it must be between two people who have grown up together, innocent and naive.

But now Jiang Mengyu has referred to the relationship between Gu Dongxing and Ye Rushui as a fleeting childhood sweetheart, how could that count as childhood sweethearts?

Seeing Jiang Mengyu laugh, Gu Dongxing finally relaxed, and couldn’t help wanting to ruffle her hair, but considering the crowd, he gently patted her head instead: "You little rascal."

Jiang Mengyu tilted her head and made a face at Gu Dongxing, who couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

The crowd looked at Gu Dongxing’s smile with a bit of horror; when had they ever seen Gu Dongxing laugh heartily?

Now, if anyone were to say that Gu Dongxing and Jiang Mengyu were not an engaged couple, they would be anxious to object.

Meanwhile, Ye Rushui, seeing this scene, felt as if her heart had turned to dead ashes.

Suddenly, she let out a loud cry and ran out sobbing.

The Ye Rushui who Jiang Mengyu couldn’t chase away before was now driven away by a single laugh from Gu Dongxing.