Stars In His Eyes-Chapter 1698: His Whole World Is Only You 31

During dinner, Ding Long spoke with Ding Jinshi, but Ding Jinshi kept giving perfunctory answers to her. Even when he deliberately tried to provoke her, Ding Jinshi acted as if she didn’t hear, burying her head in her meal without responding. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Ding Long frowned slightly, looking at the woman in front of him who appeared to be eating seriously but hadn’t actually eaten much. He wondered to himself, what’s wrong with Ding Jinshi today?

After the meal, Ding Long collected the dishes. When he came back from the kitchen, he had a glass of juice in hand. He saw Ding Jinshi sitting on the sofa, seemingly drying her hair with a towel but actually dazing off. He approached her with the juice, "Looks like you didn’t eat much at dinner. Do you have something on your mind, affecting your appetite?"

Ding Jinshi took the juice and drank a couple of sips, then shook her head.

Even though Ding Jinshi didn’t say anything, Ding Long knew asking was pointless.

"Sit up straight." Ding Long said, then sat down next to Ding Jinshi, taking the towel from her hand to help her dry her hair.

This isn’t the first time Ding Long has done this. Ding Jinshi has quite a few quirks; she’s notably lazy, yet when it comes to cleaning, she’s very diligent, often washing her hair even late at night. Since her hair is long and thick, she frequently falls asleep on the sofa while drying it. Eventually, Ding Long had to help her by finishing drying her hair.

While Ding Long was drying her hair, Ding Jinshi was leaning on him. With Ding Long’s motions, her head was rhythmically swaying with her hair. If it weren’t for the slightly dazed expression, she looked rather adorable.

"Ding Jinshi, do you really think Ding Long truly loves you because he gave you such a grand engagement and wants to marry you? You’re too naive! Do you really think it was I, Gu En, who spread the news last year about your impending engagement to Ding Long? You two are truly amusing. It was just a mutual encounter at a restaurant, and the next day, everyone knew about your engagement to Ding Long. Zhou Chenyue and the others thought I, Gu En, did it! You really lack foresight. If I, Gu En, had such abilities, would I have risked my life to break you up with Lan Li initially? Ding Jinshi, whether you believe it or not, I’m telling you, that matter was arranged by Ding Long himself, and the reason, I think you should be able to figure out, right?"

"Most likely, he was afraid my brother Lan Li would take you back. But don’t think Ding Long loves you so much. From my perspective, Ding Long at most just uses you. Ding Long is opportunistic; after leaving the military, his connections haven’t fully opened up. His Ding Family can’t help him much in business, but your father has extensive connections. Didn’t you know? Ding Long’s company has gotten this far thanks to considerable help from your father. I think your father also got quite a bit of money from Ding Long, right? One wants money, the other wants benefit, marrying you is the best outcome for Ding Long, isn’t it? So, Ding Jinshi, you are just a tool to solidify cooperation between your father and Ding Long, a pawn being played around by two men. Do you still think Ding Long loves you that much? A man feigning deep affection is truly frightening, especially a shrewd man like Ding Long."

These were the words Gu En said to her at the restaurant. After leaving, Ding Jinshi replayed them over and over in her mind — a tool, a pawn?

Ding Jinshi glanced at the man seriously helping her dry her hair. In such small matters, he’s never shown a hint of impatience towards her. On his face, there was no sign of perfunctory. In his eyes, is she really a tool and a pawn, Ding Jinshi wondered?