The Mighty Mage
Chapter 177: Gu Aihan

Chapter 177: Chapter 177: Gu Aihan

Once those thoughts appeared in Gu Jin’s mind, she didn’t hold much resentment against Long Yifan’s fiance. However, a part of her heart was upset.

Gu Jin suppressed the upsetness and used her vines to kill the driver.

The driver was instantly frightened,

"No! No! Please don’t kill..." He couldn’t finish his words since his soul left his body the next second.

Gu Jin threw the driver’s body in her space and tried to look for any possible evidence. Maybe the plan was too detailed because there was neither any house nor any surveillance camera present in the surroundings.

If she had died, no one would know what had happened. So Gu Jin didn’t feel any guilt. She picked up the driver’s phone and checked the messages and call log.

Long Yifan’s fiance only used calls to communicate and there were almost no messages left for the driver.

After hesitating for a long time, Gu Jin tossed the phone into her space.

She then hailed a cab, went to an orphanage and a hospital to donate some money, and returned to the Long Mansion.

She skipped the dinner and went to her room.

For the first time, Gu Jin was doubting herself.

Mistress? Could she truly be called a mistress?

Well, she indeed had impure thoughts about someone else’s fiance...

Gu Jin thought for a long time that evening.

Though she loved Long Yifan, she couldn’t be someone’s mistress, her self-esteem and dignity would never allow her to.

The next few days were a blur and after figuring out some of the things, Gu Jin finally decided to give up on Long Yifan.

Even if she can’t give up on him, she can just hide away, and focus on her career, maybe she will eventually forget about him, right?

Gu Jin didn’t know whether she was right or not, but all she could feel was pain. Unbearable pain.

So on a quiet day, Gu Jin walked in an isolated forest and sat on the side of the road.

She looked up in the sky and said softly,

"You will cover for me, right?"

No response. Gu Jin lowered her head and soon rain started to pour.

Someone once said rain is the best way to hide your pain. No one would know, whether it is salty water or smoky water.

(Author: Rainwater tastes a bit smoky during winter months and salty water is tears.)

After that day, Gu Jin changed.

The butler didn’t know whether he was overreacting or his intuition was truly accurate.

She didn’t mention Long Yifan. She didn’t talk about his childhood. She didn’t care about anything else other than cultivation and curing Jasmine.

Gu Jin became colder. The girl who sometimes used to show her sharp edges subconsciously became a bit more mature and stopped smiling.

Sometimes, the head butler deliberately scolded her, but Gu Jin kept a blank face.

The head butler’s heart ached.

Long Yifan too sensed that something was amiss with Gu Jin.

The girl suddenly stopped contacting and even when he called her personal phone number, she wouldn’t pick it up.

Butler reported any reports regarding Jasmine. Of course, Gu Jin was the one who requested this.

Long Yifan panicked. He panicked so much that he wanted to visit Fujio City, however, the head butler stopped him and promised to investigate as to why Gu Jin changed.

Within 5 days, the head butler gave the report to Long Yifan.

Gu Jin was attacked and the person who attacked her was Long Yifan’s fiance...

Long Yifan’s heart sank and after much insistence, he was finally able to talk with Gu Jin.

"Hello." Gu Jin greeted coldly.

Long Yifan suppressed the anger in his heart and asked,

"Why didn’t you tell me that she attacked you?"

Gu Jin froze before regaining her senses and said,

"Will Young Master Long take a stand for me?"

Long Yifan was about to agree but Gu Jin’s next line made him silent,

"But wouldn’t Young Master Long have to give our relationship a name then? What would you name me? Stranger? Friend? Benefactor? Doctor? or...mistress?"

Long Yifan couldn’t answer Gu Jin at all.

In his heart he knew that he didn’t think of Gu Jinn as a stranger or friend, but more like...his first crush.

However when he heard the word mistress, his face turned black and he shouted,

"What nonsense! What do you mean by a mistress? Did she call you that?"

Here the ’she’ was Long Yifan’s fiance and Gu Jin understood it.

Gu Jin chuckled,

"What if she did or what if she didn’t?"

"If she did then..." Long Yifan was about to say that he would punish his fiance when Gu Jin stopped him coldly,

"Long Yifan." Gu Jin called out in a calm voice.

Long Yifan froze. This was the first time when Gu Jin called him by his full name. She was truly angered.

"Either you choose her or choose me. I will give you 2 minutes to consider. If you want more time ask for it during the 2 minutes.

Otherwise don’t give me hope. If before the 2 minutes is up, you take my name, I will take it as you have chosen me, then, you will have to break your engagement.

If even after 2 minutes you don’t say anything I will consider it that you have chosen her, then I will cut off all ties with you after your sister is cured completely."

The last sentence was to assure that even if his answer was no, she wouldn’t harm his sister.

Only Gu Jin how fearful she was.

This type of fear, she had experienced when she lost her parents, when she was almost harmed by Young Master Sang, and now.

For some reason, she wished that he would take her name...

The seconds ticked by and soon 2 minutes were over.

Gu Jin bit her lips. Long Yifan’s silence was his answer.

The sadness which she was suppressing for a long time, seemed to have reached its peak.

Her heart throbbed and her body suddenly felt heavy.

Gu Jin felt her vision turning a bit blurry. Yet she said softly,

"I understood. Take care."

Click.

Gu Jin dropped her knees and covered her mouth.

Her eyes even though having no tears, looked as if they saw through many things.

Click.

Long Yifan stared at the phone in a daze and his eyes dropped the tears he was holding back for a long time.

These 2 minutes were like a century to him.

He recalled all his memories in these 2 minutes...

...............

In a cold room, a figure was lying on the bed groaning in pain.

She was a woman in her mid-twenties. Her beauty was enough to make anyone mesmerized, however her beautiful face was distorted with pain.

The woman’s hands were held two small figures.

One small boy and a girl.

"Ahhh..." The woman shouted.

"Mother!" The small boy shouted worriedly. He could feel that today might be his last day to see his mother alive.

"Mother!" The girl’s eyes were filled with tears.

The woman gritted her teeth and opened her eyes to look at her children. With difficulty, she smiled softly and said,

"Fan’er, Jas, you mus...must remember! You...you need to marry people...from the Gu family of...capital! This is the price...I agree with your...your freedom.

It is... it’s my...my last wish! Fan...Fan’er I know...you don’t...don’t like Gu Aihan...but...but promise mother...you will...never...never break off your...engagement!

Even...even if it means...death!"

Small Long Yifan shook his head and declined,

"No! Mother you can’t leave us! Please! I swear to fulfill all of your wishes. Just stay with me, okay?"

"Fan’er...I don’t have much time...left. Quickly...promise me...promise me...that you will...never...break off...the enga..gment!"

The girl squeezed little Long Yifan’s hand and whispered,

"Fan’er, this is the last wish of Mother, please don’t decline. I know that is it selfish of me to ask you this but please accept it!"

Little Long Yifan could only reluctantly agree.

"Okay, mother. But please don’t speak anymore, please sleep, it will preserve your energy and you will be able to hold on till the doctor arrives."

Looking at her naive son, the woman could force a smile, then as if she remembered something, she said,

"Fan’er...you can’t...you can’t divorce...your wife! You...you have to marry...the Fourth daughter of Gu...family! Promise me!"

"Promise." Little Yifan said.

"Good. I...can be assured now..." The woman said.

Then she motioned the little girl to come near her and whispered something in her ears and finally with a happy sleep, she closed her eyes forever.

"Mother!"

"Mother!"

The small figures cried. But no one bothered about them.

It is said that as long as children have their mother, they could act spoiled and no one will blame them.

But once the mother dies, those children become a thorn in the eyes of many.