She was held in his embrace, fragile like a newborn baby, but the numerous scars added a shocking layer of pain to her baby-soft skin.
"I would let anyone see, just not you!" Bei Ran retorted angrily at him.
Gu Qingchen stabilized her by the shoulders with one hand, allowing her to be fully exposed to his gaze, within his embrace. "Are you still angry about Ji Su? Bei Ran, I've said before, the past between her and me had never involved the feelings you imagined. Why won't you believe me? Why are you being so stubborn about this?"
"Look at you now, you're injured, and yet you still don't want me!" Gu Qingchen looked at her with heartache, "Bei Ran, it pains me to see you hurt because of me. It's just that men and women view feelings differently. I cared about your attitude towards Tang Baijin because you really loved him before you met me! But I didn't! I never loved Ji Su, not from the start to the end! To me, she's just Gu Yucheng's wife, that's all!"
