Encouraged by her words, a sliver of confidence finally erged in Quan Jin’s heart. Just as he was about to step forward, Gu Yuan eyed him: "Stay there."
He imdiately stood still, not daring to move.
"Never mind, I’ll ask and you answer." After stamring for a while without saying a complete sentence, Gu Yuan thought, she had to get up early and work hard tomorrow, needing to get to bed soon.
He obediently nodded: "You ask."
Not only was his tone obedient, his deanor was unbearably so too.
In just a few days of not seeing each other, his changes were as dramatic as ever.
In order to save ti, Gu Yuan asked directly: "Did you follow the night I left Yanjing?"
He obediently nodded: "Yes."
"Where have you been staying lately?"
"The sa place as before."
"Did you eat before you ca tonight?"
"... Yes."
"Tell the truth." Gu Yuan’s voice carried a hint of coldness.
Having just lied, and fearing angering Gu Yuan, he answered truthfully: "No, I haven’t."
As his words fell, an icy chill crept over Gu Yuan’s face.
Self-tornt to repay debts?
She didn’t bring up his visits from the previous nights, thinking if he knew she was aware he had co and didn’t co out to see him, he would surely think she hated him.
And yet, this person was indulging in self-torture.
She turned to leave.
Seeing her walk away, Quan Jin panicked, quickly stepping forward to grasp her wrist. Gu Yuan looked down at her hand and then at him, he imdiately let go wisely.
However, fearing she would walk away, he gathered the courage to lightly grasp her... sleeve... just a little.
He really only held on a little, afraid that holding on more would make him disliked.
Gu Yuan saw him pinching the sleeve of her short-sleeve shirt with an expression of disbelief.
"Is there sothing else?" The coldness in her eyes and brow had not yet subsided.
Quan Jin had yet to realize why Gu Yuan was angry; at this mont he thought Gu Yuan harbored deep resentnt toward him, leaving him with so much to say but not knowing where to start, hence his earlier stamring foolishness.
He wanted to say ’I have a lot to tell you, could you give so ti’, but what ca out was the impatient sentence: "Would you give another chance?"
Gu Yuan raised her brow seemingly puzzled: "Give you another chance? Another chance to hurt ?"
"No, that’s not what I ant..."
"Quan Jin, go ho and rest. If you keep waiting outside, all I can do is call the police."
He persisted: "You can call Chi Yu like just now."
Gu Yuan flicked his hand away: "You’re not Chi Yu."
He said: "I am."
"You’re not." Gu Yuan looked at him.
Her gaze even colder than before.
He really wasn’t Chi Yu.
Seeing Gu Yuan about to go inside, Quan Jin shouted:
"Gu Yuan!"
There was a faint noise behind her, amplified many tis over in the stillness of the night. Gu Yuan turned to see a scene she hadn’t expected.
Quan Jin had knelt down to her!
He was on both knees, not just one knee.
If a young man kneels on one knee before a young woman, it’s usually a proposal.
But on both knees, it’s usually asking for forgiveness.
Quan Jin was the latter.
He was the man seeking forgiveness.
His jawline was tightly set, his back no longer straight, but slightly hunched, hands hanging at his sides, his gaze intensely fixed on Gu Yuan who stood several ters away.
Seeing this, Gu Yuan could no longer maintain the calm she had monts ago.
She didn’t expect Quan Jin to go this far, actually kneeling down.
In that instant, a storm of emotions churned within her, slowly settling down again.
Her feet inched in his direction, each step steady and deliberate. But after just two steps, the phone in her pocket vibrated.
She stopped and took out her phone; it was her mom calling from the residence’s landline.
She answered, hearing Suisui’s cries and her mom’s voice on the other end: "Hello? Miss Gu! The little princess woke up crying, looking for you, and nothing can calm her down."
Gu Yuan pressed her lips together before saying: "Okay, I’ll be back soon."
Her mom’s voice was slightly urgent.
Suisui’s cries were unrelenting, sobbing for her mom, and Gu Yuan’s heart nearly broke.
Since returning from Yanjing, Suisui’s nightti sleep had been troubled, whereas she used to sleep soundly through the night, she now sotis woke crying for her mom. This trip to Yanjing seed to have cast a shadow, being the first ti she left Suisui in a place unfamiliar to her.
Hanging up the phone, Gu Yuan glanced at Quan Jin, who was still kneeling.
She said: "Suisui’s crying for ."
She only ntioned Suisui crying for her, without telling him to go ho first.
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