After Lu Wanwan went upstairs, the servants all quieted down again.
Auntie Li’s expression also shifted from indifferent to sorrowful.
"Auntie Li, what’s really going on with the young master?" the servant who had just spoken asked softly, "Is it really because of those reports that they’re going to treat the Young Madam like this, forcing her away?"
"Are those reports true? I don’t think the Young Madam is the type of woman to get entangled with other n. Similar things happened before, and the young master believed her."
"I think it doesn’t matter if the Young Madam is that kind of person." Another older servant sighed sympathetically, "Last ti it was young master Bai, we all know his character, and he has ties to the Gu Family. But this ti... I’m afraid the Young Madam has been ruined. Think about the young master’s status, his temperant; he can’t possibly accept such a thing. It’s better to cut it short than to prolong the pain. Otherwise, seeing the Young Madam every day would just feel like salt being rubbed in the wound over and over again."
Auntie Li finally couldn’t bear to listen anymore, "I told you all to stop talking, whether she’s here or not, just stop. Enough is enough, let the young master handle it himself, we should not get involved."
With Auntie Li’s words, the servants stopped ntioning it.
Auntie Li looked in the direction of the upstairs. The young master has always been proud and picky, but how could he treat the Young Madam like this?
*
When Lu Wanwan pushed open the study door, she still felt upset because of what the servants said.
Especially thinking that without Gu Annan’s permission, how could the servants at the Gu Mansion dare to be so bold?
Does he really not trust her to this extent?
Or is it that trust doesn’t matter anymore and that he just minds, whether or not she and Xiao Ye have done anything they shouldn’t have?
Gu Annan stood by the window in the study, wearing dress pants and a shirt, just like before.
With broad shoulders and long legs, his proportions were perfectly slender, especially with the sunlight streaming over him by the window, exuding an unattainable aura of nobility like a deity.
Upon hearing the sound behind him, he didn’t imdiately turn around.
He spoke with a tone so cold it was devoid of any feeling, "Don’t know how to knock?"
Lu Wanwan stood frozen in place.
Knock...
For who knows how long, she never knocked when entering his study.
It was his habit; he always said she could co in directly, not needing to waste ti knocking if she wanted to see him.
She had gotten used to pushing the door open and seeing him, long forgetting the need to knock when seeking him.
Now, he suddenly used such a cold voice to remind her.
Seeing the silence behind him, Gu Annan slowly placed his hands in his pockets and turned around.
He stood with his back to the window, backlit, his cold and handso features hidden in the shadows, creating an inexplicable sense of distance, unreachable.
The chill emanating from him seed to drive away the warmth of the sunlight, making Lu Wanwan instinctively feel a shiver that chilled her to the core.
"Forget it." Gu Annan glanced at her, walked away from the window, and averted his gaze.
His brows knitted slightly, the feeling of a heart being cut by a knife caused his mind to throb incessantly.
If he didn’t settle this quickly, he truly feared he wouldn’t be able to bear it.
"Co here." Two cold words from him as he picked up a docunt from the desk, his eyes only on the docunt.
Even though she had anticipated it, standing here, she still couldn’t believe it, "Gu Annan, what do you an by this? I really don’t understand. I..."
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