Chapter 967: I Said... I Like You “But at that time, I thought I owed you my life.”

“So, it’s my duty to take care of you and treat you well. You lied to me, and now you want me to fulfill my promise? Shen Rou, don’t you think your request is too much?”

“I went overboard?” Shen Rou felt as if her heart was being stabbed when she met his cold and distant gaze.

She couldn’t help but tear up. “Gong Zeli, you’re the one who went overboard! I’d have preferred you never treated me well than be like this. Do you know how awful I feel?

“I really can’t accept that you’re suddenly so cold to me like a stranger.”

She was used to being treated nicely.

The day she lost it was torturous and painful.

Even if she didn’t love Gong Zeli.

She couldn’t stand how cold he was to her.

Gong Zeli pursed his lips. He couldn’t bear to see her cry.

He had taken care of Shen Rou for so many years.

It was impossible to have no feelings for her at all.

How could he not be moved by her tears?

Even if she lied to him.

All these years of feelings couldn’t be gone just like that.

But he knew very well that he couldn’t forgive her now.

He couldn’t get over it.

He didn’t want to give her any hope.

“You’ll get used to it.” Gong Zeli looked away and pushed her away. “No one can live alone in this world. Moreover, I’m not that important to you.”

“No, it’s not like that, Zeli...” Shen Rou reached out to grab him.

She wanted to tell him that it wasn’t what he said.

She’d always thought that he wasn’t that important to her.

But after losing contact with him for a few days, she realized that he had already occupied a very important place in her heart.

It was way more important than she thought.

Her mind was filled with him.

It was him when she opened her eyes.

She frantically called him and sent him messages, hoping to get his response.

She was really afraid that he would ignore her and treat her like a stranger.

She also found something scary and surprising.

She hadn’t thought about Mo Yesi for the past few days.

The man she’d been obsessed with and liked for over 20 years had actually disappeared from her world for a few days.

This would never have happened in the past.

She didn’t dare to think about what this meant.

She only had one thought now, and that was to keep Gong Zeli.

She didn’t want him to leave her world.

“Zeli, you’re very important to me. I can’t live without you.” Shen Rou grabbed his arm and begged him to stay. “Please, don’t leave me, alright? I’ve done something wrong, I can change it. I take back what I said just now. I know you still like me, right? Zeli, I suddenly realized something these few days. I-I realized that I seem to... like you.”

Gong Zeli stiffened and looked down at her in shock.

He was in disbelief. “What did you say?!”

Shen Rou looked up at him with teary eyes. “I said... I think I’ve fallen for you. Zeli, didn’t you say you’d marry me? Can we be together?”