As straightforward as a sharp blade.
Gu Shaozhi’s handso face remained calm, as if her words had brushed past him harmlessly.
His dark eyes lingered on the woman’s rosy cheeks. After half a minute, his thin lips curled into a self-mocking smile.
Gu Shaozhi knew Wanxia’s personality well; she would say she wouldn’t drink, unless he gripped her jaw to forcibly pour the hangover tea down her throat—otherwise, she wouldn’t compromise.
She responds to toughness, not gentleness. To put it bluntly, she’s just asking for trouble.
...
After the pattering sound of the water stopped, Wanxia could hear many sounds in the quiet space.
The man blow-drying his hair in the bathroom, the sound of the door opening, slippers tapping the floor, the sound of the lights being switched off, the rustling of the covers as he got into bed.
And then, the man’s damp chest pressed against her back, his strong arm wrapping around her waist, pulling her into his embrace, accompanied by his breath and heartbeat.
Even though her mind was foggy, Wanxia’s nerves were frighteningly alert.
Her body clearly exhausted to the extre, desperately wanting to close her eyes and drift into sleep, yet she couldn’t sleep, feeling utterly restless.
She didn’t know how much ti had passed before she heard the man’s deep voice resonate in her ears.
"Wanwan, do you trust ?"
It was like after the storm, everything around was silent, raindrops from the eaves falling onto the bluestone slab, bridging across the passing years, into her inner ear, along with his warm breath brushing past her neck.
Wanxia chuckled softly, "What... do you want to trust you about?"
Four years ago, when she accepted that marriage and uncontrollably fell in love with him, she had given him her purest trust.
She gave herself to him completely, yet that was how it ended.
But trust cannot withstand depletion.
Whether four years ago or four years later, nothing had changed.
Her friends all t misfortunes, so dead, so in comas, living a chaotic ss, while... the instigator still lived in brightness and glamour, enjoying flowers and applause.
Gu Shaozhi tightened his arm, pulling her closer, his voice low and hoarse, "Those evidences are useless. I knew it long ago, but if you didn’t try, you wouldn’t give up."
Law is law, public opinion is public opinion.
Without direct and certain evidence, the judge wouldn’t easily convict soone.
He actually already told her, only at that ti Wanxia didn’t think deeply.
She laughed softly, the sound especially desolate in the quiet night, with a mocking tone that she did not bother to hide, "So, what does this have to do with whether I trust you?"
Gu Shaozhi, I once trusted you.
But that was just once.
After Wanxia asked this, the man behind her did not speak for a long ti, long enough that she thought he had fallen asleep.
Perhaps he was just playing around with her.
The night outside was rich and heavy, and the light inside the bedroom was dim too.
In a daze, Wanxia heard him say, "Wanwan, trust , wait a little longer, I will give back everything your friend suffered to her."
’Her’ who?
Who else could it be.
————
Indeed, Wanxia had fallen ill again.
This ti she didn’t have a fever, but the symptoms of a cold and headache persisted for several days.
Her booked flight was canceled, and there was nowhere to go. Since Gu Shaozhi said he wouldn’t let her leave, he certainly managed to keep her from flying out of this city.
Mu Jinhuan and Nan Wan called her, and she told them she was fine.
And Pea, children often have poor mory when it cos to learning, but in so respects, they rember better than adults.
Pea and Wanxia had spent days together for several months; although their feelings weren’t deep, separation still brought longing.
His little mouth chirped on and on, asking this and that, sotis tumbling off the sofa, his clear and dynamic laughter very healing.
Only at such tis, Wanxia would smile happily.
...
As before, Wanxia spent the whole day sleeping and would only get up in the afternoon for a al.
Before Gu Shaozhi ca ho, she occasionally chatted with the servant, but once Gu arrived in the living room, there was no sound from her in the villa.
No matter what Gu Shaozhi said, Wanxia would not respond a single word.
Because she knew how to wear down his patience; if he couldn’t endure it, he naturally wouldn’t trap her anymore.
Sotis, after eating, she would go to the hospital to see Xu Qiubai, but wouldn’t go inside, because she felt she had no right to.
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