Tyrannical Tycoon Haunts Me Relentlessly-Chapter 440: You Are Destined to Be Mine 20

"Of course, if it were another woman who married me, I wouldn’t cheat either. I would be a good husband."

Gu Lingqian lowered his eyes, and when he raised them again, the seriousness had vanished from his gaze, leaving only a teasing smile.

"What do you think? Isn’t that very affectionate?"

Xia Yinian couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. She really had been frightened by his seriousness just now.

"Indeed very affectionate," she nodded, actually still not quite in control of her own awareness.

Just now, her awareness was in a semi-dissociative state, even as she competed with Gu Ziqi in their covert battles, her mind wasn’t clear.

Her face was a bit pale, the same as when she entered, until now.

No matter who she spoke to, or even in mutual sarcasm, it didn’t change her mood.

At this moment, her heart was still so... fearful.

Gu Lingqian held her hand, indeed, it was cold as ice.

"If you still want to strive to live on, you must overcome the fear in your heart, and be strong."

His voice was not loud, it could even be described as gentle, but it firmly imprinted onto Xia Yinian’s heart.

After a while, she took a deep breath and nodded: "Okay."

...

The dinner that evening, Xia Yinian didn’t eat much, but she managed to finish it, more or less.

After nightfall, as expected, a bonfire party started in the backyard.

A bit far from the main house, but standing on the upstairs balcony, she could still see the towering flames.

It seemed very lively.

"Want to go?" When Gu Lingqian came to find Xia Yinian, he saw her standing on the balcony, staring blankly at the firelight in the backyard.

Xia Yinian turned to look at him, hesitated, and then shook her head.

"If you want to go, just go. Don’t be afraid. Uncle usually wouldn’t attend such events."

However, Uncle had said "okay" today, to give full face to Yu Wanqing.

As for whether he would really go, no one knew.

Nian Nian was just an eighteen-year-old little girl, at an age full of vivacity and restlessness.

It’s natural to be playful, and he could tell she wanted to go.

"I won’t go," Xia Yinian pouted and went back to her room: "Anyway, Gu Ziqi and her crowd won’t show me any kindness. Why bother asking for trouble?"

Although, the bonfire party did seem like a lot of fun, but, it also mattered who you were with.

With Gu Ziqi and them... forget it, they would happily tear her to pieces.

Moreover, Gu Beicheng had agreed to go with Yu Wanqing, he was probably really going, and she didn’t want to bump into him downstairs.

Just that tonight, for some reason, her mood was hard to settle, even her favorite medical books were not as engaging as usual. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

It seemed Gu Lingqian had noticed her "discomfort at home," he said with a smile: "I’ll go handle some matters, you read your book."

"Where are you going?" Xia Yinian looked at him with a hint of complaint.

Couldn’t he see that she was bored right now? Everyone else was playing downstairs, and she was quietly by herself here, really bored.

And he actually left her on her own, to deal with some matters.

Gu Lingqian only smiled, not minding her, and went out.

Xia Yinian had no choice but to reluctantly gather her thoughts and picked up the book, continuing to read.

There were still a few days before next Monday, memorize memorize memorize, she had to memorize quickly.

Time passed without her knowing how much, Gu Lingqian came back, and grabbed Xia Yinian’s hand.

"Come on, I’ll take you to see something, hurry up, otherwise, there will be nothing left."