“And you still want me to help that bastard Gu Changxi find a matching heart for Bai Qi?” Luo Chen couldn’t hold back. “Do you even realize that Gu Changxi wants your life?”
Gu Changran smiled. “Consider it repaying the kindness of my brother, taking me out of the orphanage and raising me all these years.”
Luo Chen sighed. His sister was far too kind.
He only raised you because he had a motive!!!
But seeing the determined look in Gu Changran’s eyes, Luo Chen was at a loss for words. He said, “And if they still can’t find a matching heart… are you planning to give him yours to repay that ‘kindness’?”
“Of course not.” Gu Changran smiled and shook her head.
If her brother still cared most about Bai Qi, then yes, she would give her heart to Bai Qi—not because of any adopted-family debt, but because of her love for Gu Changxi.
But before that, there was still something she needed to do.
Gu Changran had never considered herself a good person. So, of course, she wouldn’t give up her heart for free.
More than three years passed, bit by bit.
In the blink of an eye, Gu Changran was now a sophomore in college.
The quiet and elegant girl was sitting in the library reading when her phone buzzed in her pocket.
She opened it. It was a text message.
The message said that Bai Qi’s health had been declining rapidly lately, and Gu Changxi was already preparing for surgery.
Yet in the past three years, neither the Gu family nor the Luo family had found any heart with a compatibility higher than the 69% match that Mu Liuyin had once picked out from the documents given by Yu Chen.
Gu Changran slowly closed her eyes. After all this time, through Gu Changxi’s unwavering commitment to finding a heart for Bai Qi, she had come to understand just how important Bai Qi was to him.
But a 69% match… that hardly gave the surgery a decent chance of success. Was this truly the only option left?
Gu Changran stood and left the library. Luo Chen had just pulled up and was waiting at the entrance.
“Brother,” she said, opening the car door and getting in.
Luo Chen greeted her with a smile and then said, “There’s a business banquet tonight. Want to come?”
Gu Changran was slightly stunned. “Is my brother going too?”
Luo Chen winced. The moment she said “brother,” he knew she meant Gu Changxi. She never called him that—just “Ge,” one syllable.
He replied with some irritation, “Yeah, he’s going.”
Gu Changran smiled. “I was just making small talk. Don’t be mad.”
Luo Chen: “Who’s mad!”
Gu Changran chuckled. “No one’s mad.”
At the banquet, she and Luo Chen walked in together. Many business associates came over to toast him. Gu Changran gave Luo Chen a polite smile and then quietly found a corner to sit in.
About ten minutes later, Gu Changxi entered her field of vision.
As always, he was young and handsome. Nearly thirty-five years old and still unmarried, with not a single rumor about romantic entanglements.
Sometimes, Gu Changran couldn’t help but wonder—had Gu Changxi stayed single all these years because he was waiting for Bai Qi to grow up?
A stimulant pill, long prepared, slipped from her palm into a glass of red wine. Gu Changran picked up the wine and headed toward Mu Liuyin.
But before she could reach him, a stunningly beautiful woman had already approached her brother with a toast and whisked him away.
Gu Changran clenched the wine glass in her hand.
Her face darkened as she followed them. The woman had helped Mu Liuyin upstairs and was about to open a room.
Just as the door opened, Gu Changran rushed forward, expression icy, and yanked her brother out of the woman’s arms. She caught a whiff of alcohol—he was drunk.
She already knew how obedient Mu Liuyin became when drunk. No wonder that woman had managed to lure him away.
“Well, well,” the woman smirked. Even though she’d been interrupted, she showed no guilt or anger—just a flirtatious laugh. “Little girl, you want to sleep with Chairman Gu too?”
Gu Changran’s eyes were cold as ice as she stared the woman down and spat out a single word: “Scram.”
The woman’s face changed. “The youngest Miss Luo has a temper. Do you even know who I am?”
“Why would I care who you are?” Gu Changran sneered, eyes brimming with hostility. “You think you’re good enough to touch my brother? You’re not even close.”
The woman flinched under the weight of her glare. Though unwilling to give up, she understood there was no way she was sleeping with Gu Changxi tonight. Her family background might be strong, but messing with both the Gu family and the equally powerful Luo family? That was too risky. She shot Gu Changran a furious glare and left.
Gu Changran helped the drunken Mu Liuyin into the room, locked the door, and only then noticed the unusual flush on his cheeks.
Meanwhile, the woman who had left cursed her bad luck. That drug wouldn’t wear off unless it was released through… physical means. Looked like Gu Changran would be the one to benefit now. And judging from that murderous glare earlier, it was clear she had fallen for Gu Changxi.
The woman smiled again. Everyone in their circle knew that Gu family members rarely lived past thirty-five. Gu Changxi might have looks and charm, but he didn’t have much time left. That’s why she and her friends had made a bet to sleep with him.
Who would’ve thought Gu Changran liked Gu Changxi? Falling for someone practically on his deathbed—it was laughable.
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