I Quit Being The Villain

Seeing that the dining room was silent, Gu Lin internally sneered.

'Come on, someone speak, I must free my son from this woman!'

Unexpectedly before Shu Han could even open his mouth a feminine voice resounded through the dining room.

"I disagree! We have already decided on the engagement a year ago."

Shu Ling smacked away Gu Xia's fingers and stood up from her chair and looked toward Gu Lin.

If you looked closely you could see a little white liquid dripping down her white thigh which was barely noticeable.

'I must not let the Gu family cancel the engagement! Gu Xia is the key for me to use to free myself from this heroine's destiny!'

'No matter what! I must not let them cancel!'

Gu Lin's ears perked up when she heard the Shu family's eldest daughter speak before anybody else.

Which of course deeply troubled her and confused her.

After all...

She's heard about her son's pursuit and his dog licking history...

So, she knows that Shu Ling has always rejected her son's advances.

'What the hell? Doesn't she hate my son? Was she a tsundere this entire time? Impossible!'

Gu Lin slightly bit her lip with annoyance plastered on her confused face.

She was curious about the sudden change of heart so she needed to ask with a skeptical tone.

"Shu Ling, from what I heard and saw, you have always rejected my son's advances and always wanted to cancel the engagement so why aren't you agreeing now?"

Gu Xia showed a bright smile when he heard his mothers words.

As of right now he wanted to run over and hug her tightly!

'My mother is the best! Looks like I won't need to do anything after all!'

Opposite from Gu Xia's happiness, Shu Ling was clenching her hands.

The sudden pressure from Gu Lin's questions really put pressure on Shu Lin, who was unprepared.

A little sweat formed on her forehead and her heartbeat began to accelerate.

'What do I say!? She's already seen the video evidence Gu Xia gave her... Wait! I have a good idea! This has to work!'

Clearing her throat Shu Ling put on a fake tender expression as she turned her head toward Gu Xia and smiled 'gently.'

"Mother-in-law... To be honest... I've actually loved Gu Xia this entire time. I was just too embarrassed to accept his advances and to be honest I am a little bit of a tsundere."

She covered her cheeks trying to show off how embarrassing it was for her to say that.

*SPRT!!!*

Gu Xia who was drinking a glass of water suddenly spit out the liquid as he couldn't hold back his laughter when he fully heard Shu Ling's words.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"

His laugh echoed throughout the villa.

"Shit! I can't breathe! That's the funniest joke I've heard in a long time!"

After a few minutes of purely laughing Gu Xia noticed his father was glaring at him with daggers in his eyes as if he wanted to kill him.

Seeing that he foolishly let himself laugh he knew he messed up.

So, wanting to fix himself, Gu Xia stood up and apologized to everyone present.

Even though he genuinely didn't care.

"My apologies, I stepped out of line. Although I must say this is news to me that Shu Ling felt this way about me..."

"For years I've tried everything to gain her affection... But I was only met with her eyes that showed only disgust. So after a long time I've decided that it was best for me to give up..."

Turning his head slightly to face Shu Ling, Gu Xia narrowed his eyes that showed a hint of disgust then spoke in a cold voice that sent shivers down everyone present.

"I hope the eldest daughter of the Shu family isn't playing with my feelings..."

Shu Ling, who felt her body slightly shake, was suddenly scared.

This was the first time she had seen Gu Xia show disgust towards her.

Which damaged her pride.

'W-Why does he hate me so much!?'

'I know I treated him harshly but... He is just a second generation young master who plays and drinks all day!'

'Also, he doesn't love me! He just sees me as a piece of meat!'

Knowing that she had to explain herself, Shu Ling was nervous.

Feeling that she was being intently stared at she noticed that her parents were showing an enraged glare toward her that obviously was expressing displeasure.

With a fake cough she turned back to face Gu Xia and slightly bowed her head in which she had to bite her lip and clench her hands to do so.

"Gu Xia, I'm sorry that I rejected your advances. I just loved the way you always approached me! So... Didn't want you to stop."

As Shu Ling explained her reasoning behind trashing Gu Xia, Gu Lin was grinding her white teeth with fury burning in her eyes.

Just like Gu Xia she could obviously tell Shu Ling was just putting on an act.

After all she was a woman as well!

She knew how to act like this as well and because of this same act she's gotten to marry Gu Luo and enter the Gu family.

'T-This bitch!'

'I must cancel this engagement and save my son from this thot!'

Out of the corner of his right eye, Gu Xia noticed his mother's face darkening and even he couldn't help but feel worried.

'What the fuck... I've never seen my mother have that type of expression, shit that even sent a shiver down my spine.'

Clearing his head, Gu Xia went back to focusing on Shu Ling who was beside him.

Seeing that she was staring at him, he sighed.

"Shu Ling... It's too late to tell me all this now, my heart is beyond repair. My love for you has disappeared like the sun resting in the west."

Gu Xia slightly cringed to his own words as he spoke.

[I feel like I'm going to throw up saying these words... Well, now to do the final blow! Then I'll be free.]

Shu Ling who heard Gu Xia's inner voice forced out a tensed smile knowing all his words were faked.

Out of nowhere, Gu Xia stepped forward and was inches away from Shu Ling's face which had question marks circling around her head as she unconsciously stepped back.

Without letting her step back again, Gu Xia grabbed onto her smooth white hands with his own and looked her in the eyes.

"I dreamed of spending my life with you, it hurt so much that all my effort that I spent years chasing you was only thrown into my face as a mere joke. I'm sorry Shu Ling. I don't love you anymore, I want to cancel the engagement."

[Even if my family has to pay a price, the Shu family will lose a lot of contracts and business partners now that my Gu family isn't their backer anymore.]

[They'll probably become a 3rd rate family. With this, I can easily cut off Lin Fan's opportunity of controlling the Shu family and raising them to a 1st rate family with his beauty pill!]

[Once I'm done with the Shu family, I'll have to head to the underground dragon nightclub to make sure Lin Fan doesn't meet with the underground empress Yan Xiu.]

Shu Ling who heard Gu Xia's inner voice was now more desperate than ever.

She needed him to escape her destiny of being a heroine!

So, she had no choice but to do that...

Tugging on Gu Xia's black shirt she leaned in and whispered in his ear.