Gu Jingnian was the unattainable love of my life.
I was foolish enough to think that loving someone meant giving him the very best, even if he didn’t love me at all.
So I followed Gu Jingnian around like a lovesick puppy, always at his beck and call, ready to do anything for him.
He couldn’t afford tuition, so I begged my father to sponsor him and send him to the best university.
People looked down on him for dressing so poorly. My heart ached for him, so I showered him with luxury goods and designer labels.
Later, dressed in the designer clothes I’d bought him, he pursued the university’s gold-digging belle. To show off, he spent money like water and went around campus claiming he was the eldest young master of the Gu family.
Whenever he ran out of money, he treated me like an ATM and manipulated me. “Your family has so much money, you can’t possibly spend it all. I’m only helping you spend it because I think you’re a decent person. If you begrudge me a few million, then don’t follow me around anymore.”
I thought that if I kept giving him money, Gu Jingnian would eventually love me.
After graduation, I poured money into his startup. Once it succeeded, he turned around and married the belle, then mocked me, claiming everything he had was earned through his own hard work.
Utterly devastated, I stormed into his wedding and smashed the place up. Enraged, he plunged a knife into my chest. “Gu Qingge, only when you’re dead can my poor, shabby past stay a secret forever.”
When I opened my eyes again, Gu Jingnian was frowning at me. “You can’t come up with a hundred thousand? It’s Ruoyan’s birthday today. Do you have to make me look bad?”
I looked around the private dining room packed with people and rolled my eyes at Gu Jingnian. “I’ll pay, sure. Get down on your knees. You’re pretty good-looking, so I’ll call it a tip, poor student.”
