Chapter Three: Client, Surrender Your Heart First

"You gave me your umbrella and ran two kilometers through the rain. Later I woke and saw you eating instant noodles outside the clinic, telling the nurse you weren't hungry." Xu Zhi remembered. She had lost her mother's bracelet that day, but she had never regretted it. "I chose you because you're the only person I know who saved me before knowing my surname was Gu." The world did not hear him. That made the words feel more truthful than any broadcast. Her heart softened, but she held her ground. "Gratitude isn't love. You can't use one umbrella from seven years ago to decide where I stand today." "That's why the new agreement leaves the choice to you."