You Owe Me, My Love
Chapter 309

Chapter 309 You Are My One And Only

"If you die ahead of me, I will never do the same! I'll live a wonderful life and move on from you!Perhaps I'll start a new life with another man!” Bai Rong tried to provoke him.

“As long as you're living the life you seek, it's fine. Please drop by my grave and pay tribute at leastonce a year. I need to know you're living a great life without me,” Gu Mingchen requested in agentle tone.

Her heart wrenched because of the man’s unrequited love and selfless character. He couldn't bebothered by the unjust he had gone through and asked for nothing in return for his love.

She didn’t want him dead. To be precise, she couldn't bear to leave him just yet.

Perhaps the afterlife was never a thing. As soon as he was dead, there would be nothing left.

No one would remember him. Instead, others might make fun of him whenever they mentionedhim.

She lowered her head and tried her best to suppress the urge to cry. Her hands balled into fistswhile she started shivering due to the emotions she felt.

He cradled the shivering woman in his arms. “Why are you making a fuss out of a theoretical topic?I'll always be here for you, okay? In the future, we'll start a family and be the happiest great, great,great grandparents on this planet.”

She closed her eyes and held him firmly in between her arms. They stood right there with oneanother in their arms for five consecutive minutes.

Shortly, she stopped herself from crying and moved away from him when she calmed herself down.She wiped her tears dry and decided to stop trying her luck in the future.

After she figured out the sort of affection he had for her, she decided to stop asking him to do herthe favor of living without her. As she couldn't change his mind, she could only do what she feltright.

"Gu Mingchen, do you prefer having the old me by your side?” Bai Rong asked.

Gu Mingchen chuckled. The helpless man asked rhetorically, “What do you mean? I have neverconsidered you a different person.”

She directed another question at him. “Does that mean Bai Rong is the person you're in love with?”“Rong, I'm not sure if we're defining things the same way, but I want you to know I have neverconsidered you a different person. You have always behaved and carried yourself the way you usedto. In fact, the way you think, the way you speak, and the way you act have always been the same! Ifthere's something about you that's different, you no longer have to rely on pills to fall asleep. Inshort, you have always been you. You're the one and only woman I love.” Gu Mingchen confessedhis affection for her.

"Aren“t you afraid the old me will get angry if she’s aware of the things you have just said?”

He guffawed and queried, “We're talking about the same person, aren't we? You have morphed intoyour better self after the series of incidents. Are you going to get jealous of yourself?”

Similarly, she burst into laughter with tears and snots on her face.

Instead of considering herself as Bai Rong, she had always considered herself the alter ego of thewoman. However, Gu Mingchen asserted she had always been the same Bai Rong. She startedfeeling as though it was the truth—she was a better version of herself.

"I guess the way you talk is the reason behind the girls lining up to court you, huh?” Bai Rong dead-panned her reply in a sarcastic manner, yet she felt the complete opposite deep down.

“I'm not sure about the ones you're talking about, and I have no intention to get to the bottom of iteither. You're the one who deserves my time because you're the only one I care about.”

She was thrilled; her joy was written all over her face. “Arent we supposed to get going already?”He nodded and held her hand, making their way into the woods to gather the gigantic leaves theyneeded.

On average, the gigantic leaves were about five feet tall and a foot wide.

After gathering about fifty of those, they brought them back to the beach.

She found something odd and stuttered, “C-Can you please turn around?”

Although he wasn't sure what happened, he turned around and had his back facing her.

Bai Rong squatted down and saw something red streaming down her leg. A sanitary pad showed upin front of her when she needed it the most.

Flushing, she took it over and placed it in her underwear.

Her underwear was drenched in blood. Immediately, she weaved herself a make-shift one becauseshe needed to wash the contaminated one.

When she was in the middle of weaving her underwear, Gu Mingchen had returned with themushroom washed. He placed it in the chicken soup and continued simmering the pot of soup.

He proceeded to make a huge flag to acquire the fishermen's attention. Thirty leaves were woveninto a flag with a huge surface area.

All of a sudden, they felt a strong breeze. Bai Rong looked up and saw greyish clouds closing it in anintimidating manner. Soon, they were shrouded by dark clouds and found themselves in a gloomyenvironment.

"Gu Mingchen, do you think it's going to rain soon?” Bai Rong asked.

Looking at the sky, he frowned and announced, “Judging by the strong breeze, I think there will be aheavy downpour within two hours. Shall we take shelter in the shack in the forest?”

“Should we be concerned about the tide?”

“The tide is influenced by gravity. Vigorous waves are associated with heavy downpours, but theywon't affect the sea level. Since the trees seem to be fine, I don't think there's any serious floodbefore.”

"If that's the case, I don't feel like making a trip into the woods. Let's take shelter here and place thewooden plank on top of us to ward off the rain. Since the bamboos you have used to make therooftop are longer than the ordinary ones, we only have to cover the eaves using the gigantic leaveswe brought back with us. As for the fire, let's move them to the bottom of the shack and cover it upusing the parasol.”

Bai Rong had no intention to leave her comfort zone. She would feel unease if she were to spendher time in a place built by another stranger.

“Alright. Let's move the wooden planks back.”

Holding Bai Rong's hands, Gu Mingchen reached for the torch and brought her back to their shack.She started the fire the moment she reached the bottom of their house.

After the wooden planks were tied together using the ropes, Gu Mingchen climbed all the way up toplace the ropes over the eaves.

Bai Rong helped him to lift the plank of woods with all her might. After he started lifting the wood,she climbed up the ladder and helped him to position the wood in the perfect position

It took them half an hour to ensure the roof was completely sealed.

Once they were done, they could feel a stronger breeze.

“Let's go bring our food back and place it at the bottom of the shack for the time being,” Bai Rongsuggested.

“Mmm.” Once they brought their food back, they placed it on top of the leaves.

Bai Rong also brought the pot of soup back to the shack and placed it on the ground.

The two remaining wooden planks were of relatively the same size. Those were about four to fivefeet in length.

Gu Mingchen placed those together and blocked the entrance, leaving a gap of about twenty inchesfor them to move in and out of the place.

Just to be safe, he adjusted and folded the leaves that were about twenty feet in terms of lengthand width into leaves of fifteen feet in width without adjusting the length

He placed the bunch of leaves in between the planks of wood and brought a few stones to stabilizethe whole structure.

Once he was done, he moved their logs to the side of the shack and sand covered those up usingthe remaining leaves and stones.

There were a few withered branches left at the corner of the wall, far away from the fire due to theconcern of accidental arson.

Upon a simple glimpse, Bai Rong noticed the entire island was shrouded by dark clouds.

She had never been through such rigorous weather before. Intimidated, she felt a chill runningdown her spine.

“Rong, I want you to stay inside, okay?” Gu Mingchen insisted.

"What about you?” Bai Rong asked concernedly.

“I have something to do!”

She grasped his hand and queried, “What is it? I'll tag along!”

“Listen to me, okay? I can't possibly take you along with me because I'll be distracted.”