Gu Nianxi didn't know how she got home, or how far she had walked. She was like a ghost wandering on the streets. She touched the door of her home with only her memory of the city and her own intuition.
Dragging her numb body to the bedside, Gu Nianxi found a sense of belonging the moment she lay on the bed.
She closed her eyes, and her mind was filled with images of He Jianchen's car driving past her. The woman was sitting in her exclusive seat, touching her fiancé's face.
Why did He Jianchen lie to her? She had never stopped him from being friends with other girls, so why did he lie to her?
If she had just rushed to the front of his car, how would he explain it to her?
Gu Nianxi, Gu Nianxi, you are so useless, you don't even have the courage to connect to his phone.
The cell phone in her bag kept ringing, but Gu Nianxi didn't dare to look at it.
She was afraid.
She was afraid that He Jianchen would make up more lies to round out the lie just now, and she was even more afraid that she would not disguise herself well enough and let him find out that she had seen him.
Does she really understand He Jianchen? How much does she know about his past and her own?
When a person is sad, the body also behaves strangely. Gu Nianxi clutches her painful stomach and clenches her teeth. She buries her head in the quilt like an ostrich, her tears flowing uncontrollably.
"Today...is such an unlucky day."
Gu Nianxi murmured to herself, her whole body buried in sadness.
In the dark room, a beam of light shone through the window. This beam of light should have come from the car lights passing by the door, and it happened to shine on the bag she threw on the table.
Gu Nianxi couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Fortunately, she didn't throw away this expensive suit.
Fortunately, nothing worse happened.
Gu Nianxi was comforting herself when she suddenly heard the phone ringing.
She got up from the bed, walked slowly to the desk, took out her mobile phone from her bag, and He Jianchen's profile picture flashed on the screen.
"Hello."
Gu Nianxi answered the phone, but there was no sound on the other side. She looked out the window and suddenly noticed a car parked downstairs.
"Go downstairs."
Here he comes.
What is he here for?
The tip of Gu Nianxi's nose felt sour, and tears fell down, "I fell asleep."
Lying is a contagious bad habit. When people find out that the other party has deceived them with lies, they will want to lie to the other party in return.
Gu Nianxi hid behind the curtains and stopped looking downstairs.
At this moment, she couldn't face him, she couldn't pretend that nothing happened.
"Nian Nian, I miss you."
"..."
His words sounded so gentle. In the past, she would have been so moved that she would have rushed to him and given him a big hug.
But at this moment, Gu Nianxi actually sounded a little sad.
"Um."
Gu Nianxi's mood surprised He Jianchen. She looked at her phone and then looked up at the second floor.
"Nian Nian, I want to see you. How about you come downstairs."
"I--"
"I'm going to New York on a business trip in a few days, and I want to see you right now."
New York……
Gu Nianxi quickened her pace and ran downstairs in a panic.
When she rushed out of the house, Gu Nianxi saw He Jianchen leaning on the front of the car and smoking.
He is smoking.
He doesn't smoke.
When He Jianchen saw her, he quickly threw the cigarette on the ground and stamped it out. He looked at Gu Nianxi standing in front of the house, stepped forward and held her in his arms.
Gu Nianxi, who was held tightly in his arms, was stunned at a loss. She smelled the smell of alcohol on his body, and her mind suddenly recalled what happened before.
"Have you been drinking?"
"Niannian... come home with me, please."
"It's too late, let's not go today."
"I'm going to New York tomorrow and I want to stay with you tonight."
Gu Nianxi felt that he was a little depressed at the moment, and her heart suddenly clenched together.
Isn't he with that woman? Why did he come to find her?
"I'm a little tired. I don't feel well today."
He Jianchen let go of Gu Nianxi, and she took a step back. Her distance made He Jianchen a little stunned.
"What's wrong with you? I'll take you to the hospital." He raised his hand to touch her forehead, but she pushed him away.
"No, I've already taken the medicine." Gu Nianxi put her hands behind her back and smiled at him, "It's late. You have to go on a business trip tomorrow, so go back early."
"Nian Nian." He Jianchen noticed something was wrong with her and looked her up and down, "What's wrong?"
Gu Nianxi laughed and pretended to be careless, "No, I just don't want you to go on a business trip, but you still have to go."
He Jianchen held her face in his hands, his eyes filled with distress, "Okay, don't pretend to be strong anymore. I will protect you from now on and won't let you get hurt. Gu Nianxi, can you trust me?"
His eyes were firm and sincere, and Gu Nianxi almost believed it. She lowered her head, the wound hidden in her heart getting bigger and bigger.
"Jian Chen, would you lie to me?"
"..."
"Why are you so nervous? I asked casually, how could you lie to me? He Jianchen is the best person to me in the world."
This sentence was not so much said to him as to herself. Gu Nianxi smiled silly and asked him, "What time will the flight be tomorrow?"
"I'll tell you when you come back with me."
"Forget it, still——"
Gu Nianxi's words were blocked by He Jianchen. He kissed her on the lips, his movements were very gentle, as if he did not dare to hurt her and was cautious.
She didn't resist, nor did she respond too enthusiastically. After He Jianchen finished kissing her, he realized that she was crying.
"Nian Nian...I'm sorry, I'm—" He Jianchen was a little at a loss. He just said he wouldn't hurt her, so why did he make her cry, "I'm not good, it's my fault, please don't cry, okay?"
Gu Nianxi cried because she clearly felt his love, but she was hiding his lies. She lowered her head sadly and asked again unwillingly.
She wanted to give him another chance.
"Do you have anything to say to me?"
He Jianchen was silent for a while and replied, "I want to take you home."
"..."
Gu Nianxi was speechless. She looked at him with a layer of sadness in her eyes, but in just a second, she smiled and curled her eyebrows again.
"I really don't want to go home with you today because I have work to deal with. Let's call you tomorrow." Gu Nianxi turned and walked towards the door, then suddenly turned around and said, "Drink and find a driver."
"I...didn't drink." He Jianchen said nervously.
"Really? Did you spill the alcohol in the hospital? I thought you secretly ran out to drink." Gu Nianxi said with a smile, "But I guess you don't dare."
After Gu Nianxi finished speaking, he turned around and went home. He Jianchen froze on the spot, smelled the clothes on his body, and his expression changed instantly.
He sat in the car in a daze, wondering what Gu Nianxi had just said. He looked at the second floor and saw that she had not turned on the lights, and he became increasingly uneasy.
Gu Nianxi, what's wrong with you?
Why are you so cold today?
Gu Nianxi returned to the room. She didn't turn on the lamp until He Jianchen's car drove away. She sat tiredly by the bed, her mind blank.
She was in a daze for a long time, then suddenly thought of something, she held the chair and took down the suitcase on the top of the cupboard.
If she and he had been friends before, there must be something worth remembering.
The suitcase had not been touched for a long time. It was full of miscellaneous items she had put there. Gu Nianxi opened the suitcase and rummaged through it casually.
Which are their memories?
"Nian Nian."
Hearing the knock on the door, Gu Nianxi dropped her things and opened the door. Father Gu stood in front of the door holding a teapot.
"Dad, you haven't slept yet."
"Is the person outside just now Dr. He?" Gu's father asked concernedly.
"Well, he... just came over to see me after get off work."
"Okay, Dr. He is really kind to you, you have to cherish it."
Gu Nianxi has always been a very well-behaved child. She has always told her parents frankly and openly about her thoughts since she was a child. Her parents have been very relaxed in her education since she was a child. They will never force her to do anything unhappy or interfere with her.
They are Gu Nianxi's strongest backers for her choices and decisions.
She wanted to tell Father Gu about what happened today, but after thinking about it, she was still afraid that he would worry. Father Gu was completely satisfied with He Jianchen, and she didn't want this to make him unhappy.
"Well, I will cherish it." In the end, she chose to bear it all alone.
She can just bear this kind of sadness, there is no reason for her to let her father worry anymore.
Father Gu glanced at the suitcase on the ground, "Are you looking for something?"
Gu Nianxi saw the anxiety on her father's face. She looked back at the suitcase and smiled, "It's nothing. I'll clean up the things in the suitcase and throw away the unnecessary ones."
Father Gu's face became more relaxed, "Okay, go to bed early. Dad will warm up the milk for you. Drink it before going to bed."
"Thank you, Dad." Gu Nianxi smiled and watched her father enter the bedroom, and the smile gradually disappeared from her face.
Why did Dad look so ugly just now?
Gu Nianxi walked to the suitcase, knelt down and rummaged through the contents.
Is it her imagination? Or is there something in the suitcase that her father doesn't want her to see?
There was nothing special in the box, only a few books and some small items, and a few small jewelry boxes, which should be sundries from her time studying abroad.
Maybe she was too worried.
Gu Nianxi was about to close the suitcase when she was suddenly attracted by a small white box in the corner. This box was different from other jewelry boxes. It was about the same size as a ring box, with the letter "s" written on it with a gold marker.
She held the box in her palm and slowly opened it. Inside was a beautiful square diamond earring.
But why is there only one earring here?
Gu Nianxi took it out of the box and looked at it carefully, only to realize that it was not an earring, but a man's shirt cufflink.
Gu Nianxi had a dream. In the dream, she was standing in a corridor and saw the retreating figure of a man in front of her. He was wearing a black striped suit and his slim and tall figure was walking further and further away. She followed him for a few steps, but stopped.
pace.
"I haven't had time to ask you what your name is..."
She murmured to herself, and suddenly found something stepping on her feet. She lowered her head, bent over to pick up something shiny on the ground, and found that it was a shirt cufflink. She raised her eyes and looked ahead, and the person had disappeared from sight.
middle.
She held the cufflinks tightly in her hands, a sweet smile appeared at the corner of her mouth, and the faint joy of secret love welled up in her heart.
The scene in the dream switches to another scene.
In a dark room full of beauty, she was entangled with a man, both of them sweating profusely, and the man's heavy breathing could be heard in her ears.
"Keep my cufflinks away, I'll have them back one day."
The man's broad palms held her slender waist, and when he filled her up, she felt a sense of satisfaction and heartbreak.
When she felt helpless, she missed him.
Early the next morning, Gu Nianxi was awakened by the ringing of the phone.
"Hello."
"The lazy boy hasn't gotten up yet?"
He Jianchen's warm voice reached his ears, as if nothing had happened.
Gu Nianxi rubbed her eyes and looked at the time, "It's six o'clock in the morning..."
"Then I'll hang up and you can sleep a little longer."
"It's okay." Gu Nianxi quickly stopped him.
Two chuckles from He Jianchen came from the opposite side, "Do you miss me?"
Gu Nianxi turned over, and her cheek was suddenly hit by something on the pillow, and she screamed.
"What's wrong?" He Jianchen asked anxiously.
"It's okay, I was pricked by something." Gu Nianxi held up the cufflinks and frowned. She actually fell asleep holding the cufflinks.
"Don't forget to check again tomorrow. Please take a leave. I'm fine today. Can you come to the hospital to pick me up?"
Gu Nianxi was silent for a while before replying to him, "Okay."
He Jianchen heard her answer and smiled happily, "See you after get off work."
After hanging up the phone, Gu Nianxi sighed deeply. She had been thinking about her and He Jianchen for a long time last night. Apart from that incident, he had no problems. He had no reason to date other women and then come to her house to take her with him.
go home.
He Jianchen is not that kind of person.
Gu Nianxi advised herself not to make random guesses, and believed that he must have some reason.
So she wanted to have a showdown with him at night.