Assistant to My Contracted Husband
Chapter 197 - 197 197 Good Morning Mrs

197: Chapter 197 Good Morning Mrs.

Gu, Update 1 (4)_1 197: Chapter 197 Good Morning Mrs.

Gu, Update 1 (4)_1 Four years ago, I barely cared about money, but two years ago, I was almost driven to death by it.

“Gu Mochen, I think, I owe you a thank you.”

I used to address him respectfully as Mr.

Gu, but now when I speak to Gu Mochen, I hesitate between calling him Mr.

Gu and using his name.

Sometimes, it’s ironic.

In front of others, putting on airs, I tend to call him Mr.

Gu.

When I’m caught off guard, occasionally revealing my true feelings, I tend to call him Gu Mochen directly.

Upon hearing this, Gu Mochen stretched out his hand to gently stroke Jian Ran’s hair, a deep meaning flashing through his dark eyes as he softly said, “No need, Mrs.

Gu never needs to thank Mr.

Gu.”

Jian Ran was stunned by his overbearing words, and then an unusual emotion rolled in her heart.

That sentence…

For some reason, it felt like a warm current that reached straight to the bottom of my heart.

It warmed me incredibly.

It seemed only something a family member would do.

Some of Gu Mochen’s actions were becoming more and more incomprehensible to me.

Not knowing how to respond to Gu Mochen, Jian Ran chose to remain silent, her beautiful eyes twinkling as she waited for him to continue speaking.

Gu Mochen, seeing Jian Ran’s somewhat helpless appearance, continued to speak.

His deep voice rose in the tranquil night, like music from heaven.

“Then, Jian Ran, where did the one million go two years ago?

As far as I know, the legal fees for Jian Anguo’s second trial were only hundreds of thousands.”

Jian Ran: “…”

Hearing Gu Mochen say this, Jian Ran’s face went a shade paler.

Being in the man’s arms, Gu Mochen couldn’t fully see the expression on Jian Ran’s face, but he could distinctly feel the stiffness of the woman in his embrace.

Even, she began to tremble uncontrollably.

It seemed like she was fearful, anxious about something.

“Um…

college tuition, just the basic cost of living day to day,” she said.

Jian Ran pulled a smile at the corners of her mouth and continued, “You know, I was once a young lady.

I was not used to living frugally at the beginning, plus there were tuition fees…

and some issues at home, all needing money.”

At this point, Jian Ran dared not lift her eyes to see his expression.

She didn’t know why Gu Mochen suddenly asked about the events of two years ago and the whereabouts of that million.

Of that one million, four hundred thousand was spent on Tang Bao’s medical treatment.

Tang Bao’s condition was like a bottomless pit— a wealthy man’s disease.

Altogether, it had cost at least more than six hundred thousand.

Now, the monthly cost for Tang Bao’s injections was over five thousand yuan.

Gu Mochen narrowed his eyes at what he heard.

It seemed that Jian Ran still didn’t want to tell him the truth.

The Jian Family had fallen apart four years ago, and Jian Ran had lived two years in destitution, so how could she suddenly change her ways two years ago?

Moreover, Jian Ran was simply not that kind of person.

Noticing Jian Ran’s heartfelt resistance, Gu Mochen pursed his lips slightly, not saying much more.

“Hmm.”

Often, that one hum made Jian Ran’s heart beat thunderously.

Some things, it seemed, could no longer be hidden.

Like…

the existence of Tang Bao.

The atmosphere suddenly turned ice-cold, and Jian Ran felt his hand on her shoulder, pulling her entirely into his embrace, her hand clenching once more.

“By the way, Jian Ran, when you were nineteen and took a year off school, it was because…”