The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law-Chapter 1034 - 1029: Why Do You Like Me?

It’s an old acquaintance.

"Jin Ziyuan?" Searcy said, surprised.

Jin Ziyuan glanced at Searcy, then shifted his gaze to Gu Youyou, and asked in a low voice, "Are you alright?"

Gu Youyou seemed a bit embarrassed. She looked at Madam You who was slightly frowning and responded quietly, "I’m fine."

Jin Ziyuan sighed with relief and said to Madam You, "I need to talk to her alone."

Madam You glanced at Searcy and said, "Alright then."

Searcy tactfully followed Madam You and left, understanding the need to bow one’s head under someone else’s roof.

Only the two of them remained in the courtyard, which was very quiet.

Jin Ziyuan said, "I never thought I would see you again, especially not under these circumstances." frёeωebɳovel.com

Gu Youyou gave a bitter smile. "Yet you came."

"Hmm?" Jin Ziyuan furrowed his brows.

Gu Youyou said, "You Jiang said he captured me to lure you out, so I said you came eventually."

"I had to come when they used you as bait."

Ever since he had confessed his love for her, Jin Ziyuan felt there was no need to hide it anymore.

Looking into Jin Ziyuan’s eyes, filled with an intense affection that could not be dissolved, Gu Youyou felt a sense of guilt.

She couldn’t give him anything, nor could she embarrass Jin Zijin.

She was a respectable woman.

"I’m married now. You probably know about the grand wedding."

"Yeah, I know," he said.

After a moment, he asked again, "Is Jin Zijin treating you well? If not, I’m always here..."

"No, he treats me very well." Gu Youyou moved a few steps to the side, fearing he would say something that might embarrass her.

"You don’t need to be nervous," Jin Ziyuan said with a bitter smile, observing her small movements.

"So, does that mean I stand no chance at all? What do you like about him? Can you tell me?"

Gu Youyou hoped that she could leave with Jin Ziyuan’s help. Moreover, she truly wanted to clarify things to avoid holding him back.

She thought for a moment and countered, "Why do you like me?"

Why did he like her?

Jin Ziyuan suddenly fell silent.

Recalling their moments together, he thought it was perhaps because, in that lonely mountain, her sudden intrusion had brought a glimmer of light into his dark world. Since then, that light had propelled him forward in life.

He said, "It was you who led me out of that ancient tomb; it was you who made me see the sunlight for the first time in over a decade. The moment I walked out of the tomb, I felt like I was reborn. I think we are alike. In the darkness, it’s people like us who can huddle together for warmth, licking each other’s wounds..."

"You are wrong," Gu Youyou’s soft voice interrupted him.

She said, "Neither of us likes the darkness, yet we are forced to live in it. We yearn for the sunlight, and to you, I am not sunlight but rather darkness and cold. You are not the sunlight I seek either. Together, we can only make each other colder, not warmer. We are alike, I’ve never denied that. I’ve helped you many times precisely because we are alike. When you suffer, I feel a sense of empathy, a pang of sorrow for you."

Jin Ziyuan’s expression gradually darkened, realizing that she had repeatedly saved him behind Jin Zijin’s back, thinking this way.

Thinking of Jin Zijin, Gu Youyou suddenly revealed a hint of a smile on her porcelain-like face and continued with a smile, "Jin Zijin is different. He feels warm like the sun to me. I spent ten years in that tomb-like dark room, and it was he who brought me out and showed me the sunlight. In the cold and solitude, what he gave me was the warmth I longed for.