With red eyes and dull eyes, Qin Zixin sat blankly on a wooden bench on the street.
Suddenly, an expensive but low-key black car suddenly stopped in front of her.
Qin Zixin, who was immersed in his thoughts, did not notice the existence of the car until a tall and elegant figure stepped out of the car and called out gently, "Zixin?"
Qin Zixin came back to her senses and looked blankly at the person coming.
Seeing Qin Zixin's pale face and clear eyes filled with tears, Gu Yuchen was obviously in disbelief. He carefully helped her up and frowned nervously, "What's wrong with you?"
Gu Yuchen's voice brought Qin Zixin back to reality...
She immediately shook her head and wiped away the remaining tears on her cheeks, "I'm fine."
"Oh my god, your body is so cold... How long have you been blowing here?" Gu Yuchen said as he took off his suit jacket and covered Qin Zixin's body.
"I'm fine..."
Qin Zixin said that he was about to take off his suit jacket and return it to Gu Yuchen, but his hand was held down by Gu Yuchen. "Put it on, your body is very cold."
"Then...thank you."
Gu Yuchen raised his eyes and looked around, frowned and asked, "Are you alone?"
Qin Zixin nodded lightly.
The wrinkles between Gu Yuchen's eyebrows deepened, "Where is Mr. Ji?"
Qin Zixin shook his head silently.
Gu Yuchen had already seen something abnormal in Qin Zixin's increasingly pale expression. He did not continue to ask this question, but just helped Qin Zixin walk to his car. "It's windy here, come and sit in my car."
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Gu Yuchen adjusted the temperature in the carriage to the most suitable temperature, and then stared at Qin Zixin's bloodless face.
"Can you tell me what happened?"
Qin Zixin lowered his head, "I'm fine."
"You don't look like you're fine...Did you have a fight with Mr. Ji?"
"Um."
"It's normal for couples to have disputes, but how could Mr. Ji leave you alone on the roadside?" As he said that, Gu Yuchen took out his mobile phone.
Qin Zixin quickly stopped Gu Yuchen's movement, "What are you doing?"
"I'll call Ji Lingtian." Gu Yuchen and Ji Lingtian exchanged business cards because of a new project in New York, so they knew each other's mobile phone numbers.
Facing Qin Zixin's request, Gu Yuchen slowly put down his mobile phone, his frown showing his concern for Qin Zixin.
Qin Zixin breathed a sigh of relief and said slowly, "I want to find a place to stay alone for a while... Can you take me to a nearby hotel?"
"My apartment in New York is nearby... If you don't mind, you can come and sit at my place."
"good."
Gu Yuchen then carefully fastened Qin Zixin's seat belt.
Qin Zixin leaned on the back of the chair, her eyes gradually losing their luster.
Gu Yuchen started the engine, but his peripheral vision fell on the beautiful and gloomy face next to him. With his heart tightening, he quickly stepped on the accelerator and sped away.
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Gu Yuchen's apartment in New York is on the top floor of a commercial building.
A large floor-to-ceiling window overlooks the entire New York, which seems to be the best place for meditation.
At this moment, Qin Zixin stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, looking at the brightly lit but sleeping New York City, and her heart gradually calmed down.
"Drink some water."
Gu Yuchen stood behind her at some point and handed her a glass of water.
Qin Zixin turned around and took the water, "Thank you."
The suitable temperature of the warm water instantly warmed Qin Zixin's cold palms. She smiled faintly at Gu Yuchen, "We haven't seen each other for a long time... I didn't expect that when we met, you would see me in such a miserable state."
Gu Yuchen, who had changed into home clothes, leaned on the sofa with her chest in her arms, and looked deeply at Qin Zixin with her dark eyes, "You haven't changed at all." The years did not seem to leave a single trace on her face, and she was still very young.
The way she looked a few years ago was incredibly beautiful.
"You have changed... you are more mature and handsome than before, and you have made extraordinary achievements."
Gu Yuchen smiled softly and asked, "Have you been in New York all these years?"
Qin Zixin shook his head, "I also live in New York, but I spend most of my time in City T."
Gu Yuchen hesitated for a few seconds, and finally asked, "How have you been... these years?"
Qin Zixin pursed her lips and shook her head before replying with a smile, "Not very good."
"When I heard from Ruoying that you hadn't contacted her for more than ten years, I knew that you must have been having a bad time these years."
Qin Zixin took a deep breath to suppress the sourness in her heart, "I miss her very much."
"She misses you too, and has been looking for you..." Gu Yuchen stared at Qin Zixin's slightly pale face for a moment, "Me too." He added, full of suppressed longing.
What Gu Yuchen added made Qin Zixin suddenly raise his eyes.
Gu Yuchen looked at Qin Zixin with his deep, dark eyes that suppressed emotions, and slowly escaped, "I saw him behaving intimately with Ren Qingle, the eldest lady of the 'Nengtai' Group tonight... Is he treating you badly?"
"No."
"That……"
Qin Zixin walked to the sofa opposite Gu Yuchen and sat down. "The relationship between him and me is not what you think... In fact, he and I have broken up a long time ago."
"But aren't you already married..."
Qin Zixin had already closed her eyes and replied tiredly, "Imperial minister, I don't want to talk about what happened between me and him tonight... I'm a little tired, can I stay with you for a while?"
"I have a guest room here. You can rest in the guest room."
"I just want to stay close for a while." She didn't want to go home. People at home would be worried when they saw her now.
"Okay, I'll give you that blanket..."
"Um."
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When Gu Yuchen came out of the room with a blanket, Qin Zixin had already fallen asleep leaning on the sofa with a pillow in her arms.
Gu Yuchen gently covered her with the blanket, and saw that even when she was sleeping, her eyebrows were wrinkled, and she was not stable at all.
He sat on the sofa opposite her, lit a cigarette, and looked at her silently.
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The next day.
Ji Lingtian wakes up according to his biological clock.
He stood up and went into the bathroom, only to find that the big bed was empty.
In the past, she would get up earlier than him, but this morning the quilt on the bed showed no trace of sleeping on it, which made him frown slightly.
After walking into the bathroom and briefly washing up, he went to his daughter's room wearing a nightgown.
Knock, knock——
She reached out and knocked on the door several times. Qianqian, who was wearing hellokitty's cute pajamas, opened the door with sleepy eyes.
"Daddy..."
Qian Qian called out obediently.
"Uh...is your mommy in your room?" It seems that such questions are rarely asked, and even Ji Lingtian is a little uncomfortable asking them.
"No, didn't mommy sleep with you?"
"Um."
Qin Ziqian inherited his father's IQ and asked sensitively, "Mommy didn't sleep with you last night?"
"No, your mommy got up early, and I have something to do with your mommy."
"oh."
"You go on sleeping, I'll go look for you in the garden."
"Um."
After watching his daughter go into the room to catch up on her sleep, Ji Lingtian returned to the room with a cold face.
Glancing at the empty bed again, he immediately found his mobile phone, put one hand on his hips and dialed her number with the other.
beep--
Toot, toot—
The phone kept ringing with calls, but no one answered.
After dialing for the last time but still no one answered, Ji Lingtian threw the phone aside irritably.
Recalling her emotions last night and the fact that she hadn't come back yet, Ji Lingtian couldn't help but plucked his hair, then put on his clothes and walked out of the room with the car keys.
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When leaving the room and preparing to come down, Ji Lingtian met Qu Ranran who was going to the garden to accompany Guan's mother.
Seeing Ji Lingtian who was walking in a hurry, Qu Ranran asked with concern, "Brother-in-law, where are you going so early?"
"Uh, I...I want to talk about something."
"You came back very late last night with your sister, right?"
"Um."
"No wonder my sister didn't come to see me last night. We agreed to chat."
"I'll go out for a while."
"Okay...I'm going to wake up my sister, she's such a big slacker..."
Ji Lingtian's steps suddenly stopped as he was about to step out. He turned to Qu Ranran and said, "Don't call her. She went to bed very late. Let her sleep a little longer!"
"Go to bed very late?" Qu Ranran's eyes flashed with ambiguity as he repeated this sentence.
"Don't think too much."
After leaving these words behind, Ji Lingtian walked hastily and left.
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Seeing Ji Lingtian's car, the servant quickly opened the door for Ji Lingtian.
Ji Lingtian was about to drive out of the villa gate when a black car suddenly stopped outside the villa gate.
Ji Lingtian stopped the car and looked at the people getting out of the opposite car through the windshield.
It's Qin Zixin.
After she got out of the car, Gu Yuchen, who was in the driver's seat, also got out.
Gu Yuchen said something unknown to Qin Zixin. Qin Zixin looked at him with a smile for several seconds, then turned and walked towards the villa.