Chapter 282: Chapter 282: You Are My Day and Night
"Sigh! Your dad is always so clear-headed when dealing with others, but when it comes to indulging your mom, he has no bottom line," Gu Jiaojiao remarked with a sigh.
"Yeah, my dad was just too lenient with my mom. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have reached the point of divorce."
Su Shuochi added bluntly, "It’s for the best that your parents divorced. With your sister’s habit of stirring up trouble, she’s bound to cause a huge disaster one day."
Sheng Shiwu looked at the man beside him, who was radiating an icy aura, and thought, ’Isn’t that exactly why Dad decided to divorce her? Because Mom was about to cause a huge disaster.’
This man... even when no one provoked him, his gaze was cold enough to freeze someone solid, sharp enough to startle and break them.
’If Mom really helps Yueyue set a trap for Jiaojiao and provokes him, wouldn’t he kill our whole family?’
Gu Jiaojiao glanced in the rearview mirror at the melancholic young man in the back seat and was startled to realize he was trembling all over.
"Are you having trouble accepting that your parents are divorced? Has this been very hard on you?"
"No, it’s a good thing my parents divorced. Just like Su said, my mom’s endless spoiling of Yueyue will eventually lead to a huge disaster."
Sheng Shiwu said this so quickly that Gu Jiaojiao was too surprised to know what to say.
’Judging by Sheng Shiwu’s reaction, he must have pushed for Mr. Sheng and Mrs. Sheng’s divorce too!’
’Otherwise, a man like Mr. Sheng, who was so hopelessly devoted to his wife, would never have chosen to divorce her so decisively.’
’But if they didn’t divorce, then just as Su Shuochi said, with a troublemaker like Sheng Yueyue, the Sheng Family would face something far worse than just Sheng Shiwen’s broken leg!’
"Shiwu, Sheng Shiwen’s broken leg was just one incident. Besides, with your father watching your mother, she won’t cause any huge disasters."
"Su is right. My dad has to work and can’t watch my mom all the time. She could cause trouble for Yueyue’s sake at any moment!"
Sheng Shiwu said this with a calm expression, but inwardly, he was wracked with guilt and falling apart.
’They hadn’t told her, so Jiaojiao didn’t know that Yueyue wanted to persuade her mom and second brother to plot against her.’
’Whether they succeeded or not, the moment Su Shuochi found out his mom helped Yueyue frame his wife, their entire family would face a terrible end.’
Gu Jiaojiao really didn’t know about Sheng Yueyue’s vicious thoughts, so she didn’t understand what Sheng Shiwu was afraid of.
She kindly changed the subject. "The younger Madame Dong is so devoted to your dad. I get the feeling she likes your dad even more than your mom does."
Sheng Shiwu said awkwardly, "I don’t think so. My mom actually loves my dad a lot too."
"Their relationship is like what you read in books: my mom got him but didn’t know how to cherish him, while the younger Madame Dong can’t have him and is forever restless."
"My mom really does love my dad; she just favors Yueyue a little more!"
"Haha, you have a pretty thorough understanding of love, Shiwu. It’s true your mom loves your dad, but your dad loves her more."
"That’s what made her take him for granted, what books call being spoiled by affection. Everything has its limits; if you don’t handle it well, it all comes crashing down."
"In most people’s eyes, love is a noble thing. That one simple word, ’love’..."
"...is enough to have caused countless lovelorn men and women, from ancient times to the present, immense pain, even driving them to despair and to view life and death lightly."
"But once a person finds love, it’s endlessly sweet, as if the entire world exists for the joy of that love."
"And so, everything in the universe—the sun, moon, and stars, the mountains and rivers—they all become vessels for vows, repositories for love."
"Lovers use them in their vows to declare to the world that their love will be as eternal as the sun and moon, the mountains and rivers, the universe and the stars."
"Such ’cheesy’ vows, even after a thousand years, still allow us to feel the fiery passion and unwavering devotion within them."
"It’s just that for such absolute vows, whispered beside a pillow, we can no longer be sure whether they came from a man or a woman."
"How much of that deep affection was real is impossible to know, just like how two people deeply in love, like your parents, can still get a divorce!"
Sheng Shiwu: ... He didn’t understand any of this, nor did he want to. Love was too painful!
Su Shuochi didn’t say anything either, but his gaze was fixed fervently on his wife as she drove.
’He so badly wanted to recite vows of love to her.’
’He didn’t know if it was because his legs hadn’t healed yet or if it was just his personality, but he just couldn’t say the words out loud.’
’Ever since falling in love with her, he had silently recited vows of eternal love to her several times a day!’
’When a person is in despair, don’t they rely on such ethereal vows for spiritual support?’
After Sheng Shiwu got out of the car, Su Shuochi looked at Gu Jiaojiao with deep affection and said hesitantly.
"Jiaojiao, in this vast, fleeting world, there are three things I love: the sun, the moon, and you. The sun for the morning, the moon for the night, and you, forever and always."
Gu Jiaojiao... ’What on earth is he talking about? Is this a confession?’
’Aren’t confessions supposed to be instantly understandable?’
’Besides, they had already confessed their feelings to each other. This frustratingly reserved man.’
By now, Gu Jiaojiao had parked the car. She was about to help him out, but after a moment’s thought, she looked at him seriously and spoke.
"Su Shuochi, I’m truly in love with you now. You don’t have to make me any promises."
"You don’t need to feel too much pressure about loving me."
"I trust you, and I always will. Even if you don’t say it, I believe that you love me very much."
"Even if, after having loved me, you one day go back on your word, I’ll know you must have your reasons."
Gu Jiaojiao blinked, her expression earnest. Her pupils were dark and bright, like the night sky.
Looking at his precious wife so close to him, Su Shuochi couldn’t stop himself from kissing her. He was afraid that delaying even a second would be a disservice to her love.
The man’s advance was so sudden that Gu Jiaojiao, who was standing halfway out of the car, was pulled back inside.
She braced her hands on the car seat and responded to his kiss with equal fervor. A sweet taste flowed between their lips.
’So this is love. It really can be this sweet.’
"Jiaojiao, is Chi too heavy? Can’t you manage him? I heard your car arrive in the yard a while ago."
Mr. Su’s voice interrupted the sweet moment between the two. His footsteps drew closer, and Gu Jiaojiao had already pulled away from Su Shuochi, pretending to adjust his wheelchair.
At the same time, she was annoyed with herself. ’I spoil him too much!’
Su Shuochi paid no mind to his wife’s glare, still smiling foolishly in a sweet daze.
As Mr. Su approached, he pushed himself up with both hands and hopped into his wheelchair. "Dad, I’m out of the car. You can go inside first."
"It’s already dark. Jiaojiao, you two take your time." Mr. Su truly hadn’t seen a thing.
Gu Jiaojiao glanced up at the Zhou family’s balcony. Ever since Zhou Mei got married, there were no longer any prying eyes there.
During dinner, Mrs. Su vividly described how she and Mr. Su had seen Li Dahua while they were out selling cold skin noodles from their stall.
"Jiaojiao, you should have seen that Li Dahua. In just two short months, she’s aged so much! Ask your dad, doesn’t she look even older than me now?"
"Dad, is what Mom said true?" Su Qinchun asked curiously before Gu Jiaojiao could even speak.
