Page 415 of Assistant to My Contracted Husband

"Han Siming, so... perhaps I never truly loved you to begin with, maybe it was just youthful recklessness... or maybe it was because you and Qin Mu confessed at the same time... and subconsciously, I used you to reject him."

"So, I’m not someone who likes to speak in absolutes... but in this life, there will never be a possibility for us. Please...let me go free."

Upon finishing, an obscure light flickered in Jian Ran’s beautiful eyes.

One could hear the man on the other end of the phone suppressing his anguish.

Such a Han Siming aroused pity.

It’s just that she couldn’t give him the slightest hint of hope.

Unable to wait for the man’s response, Jian Ran pursed her lips, fearing that her harsh words had taken effect.

Just as Jian Ran was about to hang up, the man’s low and hoarse voice slowly came through from the other end of the phone.

"Ranran... no matter what you say, in this life, the next life, and the life after that, I will never let you go."

Jian Ran: "..."

Hearing the man’s relentless words, Jian Ran stretched out her hand and hung up the phone.

She turned pale...

Gu Mochen sat with his eyes slightly narrowed; inscrutable, wild and untamed, he gazed at the woman beside him with added depth to his look.

...

After hanging up the call, Jian Ran awkwardly looked at Gu Mochen beside her and spoke frankly:

"That was Han Siming’s call."

"Hmm..."

The man’s monosyllabic grunt was low, making it even harder to grasp his mood.

Jian Ran pursed her lips again and added, "Just now... I said those things to make him give up, don’t take it to heart."

"Okay."

Jian Ran: "..."

The more inscrutable the man behaved, the more Jian Ran’s scalp tingled with unease.

Jian Ran didn’t continue to gauge the man’s expression and turned to send a text message to Qin Mu, informing him that Tang Bao would be staying at the Qin Family for three days, and also reminding him to administer insulin to Tang Bao every day.

Qin Mu quickly replied to her text message.

Understood, be careful of wolves, miss me, over!

Jian Ran: "..."

Jian Ran saw the cute emoticon at the end of Qin Mu’s text message and couldn’t help but smile at the corner of her mouth.

Gu Mochen caught the smile on the woman’s lips in the corner of his eyes and narrowed them slightly.

Hmm, if he hadn’t brought Jian Ran out, he really wouldn’t have felt at ease.

...

The hotel where Gu Mochen and Jian Ran stayed was a top-tier five-star establishment in Italy, and one of the best in Europe as well.

Its perfect European architecture, the fountain in the square of the front hall with its crystal clear water droplets, and the dazzling flowers made it feel particularly full of spring.

Arriving at the hotel entrance, Gu Mochen’s deep, magnetic voice rose within the car.

"Jian Ran, next week my secretary will arrange your itinerary, I have a meeting in the afternoon."

Gu Mochen had canceled all of Jian Ran’s burdensome schedules as much as possible, so she was relatively at ease.

"Okay."

Jian Ran nodded, then without letting her gaze linger on Gu Mochen for too long, she promptly got out of the car.

Moving gracefully, a flash of annoyance crossed Gu Mochen’s eyes.

The girl was so stingy she didn’t even say goodbye to him.

...

Watching Jian Ran get out of the car, the secretary Zhou behind Gu Mochen tried to smile through his trepidation.

"Don’t worry, Mr. Gu, I will take good care of the madam."

The word ’madam’ replaced ’Miss Jian’, an appellation that softened Gu Mochen’s earlier annoyance into a wicked smile at the corner of his mouth.