Chapter 634 - Meeting at The Hotel (1/2)

Chapter 634: Meeting at The Hotel

After watching Nan Zhi leave on the boat, Gu Sheng did not immediately turn around, but continued to look at the surface of the water in a daze.

Ling’er stared at Gu Sheng for as long as he was staring at the water.

She had never seen him so attached and reluctant.

It was like his soul was pulled away and all that was left was an empty sh.e.l.l.

Ling’er stared at his gentle and elegant back, and felt a bitterness in her heart. She did not urge him back until it was completely dark.

The cold light from the moon landed on him and she saw his loneliness.

Perhaps, his emotions could only be brought out by Sister Nan!

Ever since she had saved him a year ago, she had never seen him smile.

Ling’er tilted her head and wondered how he would look like when he smiled…

Gu Sheng turned around and looked at Ling’er, who was squatting not far away with her hands on her cheeks and looking at him. He lowered his eyes slightly. “Let’s go back!”

Ling’er hummed in reply.

She got up from the ground in a hurry, and perhaps she had squatted for too long, her calves felt numb. Before she could stand firm, she fell face down onto the ground, her face covered with mud.

She patted herself hurriedly and muttered to herself, “No wonder Brother Ah Sheng doesn’t like me. I’m always embarra.s.sing myself in front of him.”

Gu Sheng picked up a stick and handed it to Ling’er, saying with a clear voice, “Get up!”

Ling’er grabbed the stick and used it to stand up.

They walked one after another into the mountains.

Gu Sheng did not look back, but he could feel Ling’er’s gaze on him. He took back the stick, threw it on the ground and quickened his pace, walking a few steps forward.

Ling’er also accelerated her pace.

Gu Sheng stopped, turned and looked at Ling’er. Ling’er saw his lips moving and she opened her mouth first. “Brother Ah Sheng, you are going to say, ‘Miss Ling’er, don’t always look at me, don’t like me anymore’, aren’t you?”

Gu Sheng was speechless.

Ling’er smiled and took a step forward. When Gu Sheng saw this, he backed away and increased the distance between them.

Ling’er’s heart was a little bitter but there was still a smile on her small face. “Master said that liking a person means that one would always want to look at that person. And besides, Brother Ah Sheng likes Sister Nan, so when she left, you kept looking in the direction she left.”

Ling’er cupped her face with her hands and blinked her bright eyes. “Liking you is my business, just like how you like Sister Nan and Sister Nan doesn’t like you, but you still continue to like her.”

Gu Sheng was choked by Ling’er’s words.

What she said made sense. Liking a person was not something one could control. Even he could not control himself, so how could he expect Ling’er to?

However…

“To her, I wish for nothing more than her happiness.”

Ling’er tilted her head and thought for a while before understanding the meaning in his words. She laughed playfully. “Brother Ah Sheng, what you mean is that I’m asking something from you with me liking you?”

Gu Sheng looked at the mischievous girl and it was rare that he felt angry. He turned around and strode towards the mountains without saying anything.

…

Nan Zhi arrived at the Capital early in the morning. The Qiao family had sent a chauffeur to pick her up at the airport but she did not return to the castle and went straight to the Royal Hospital.

An Feng was dozing off by the bedside and opened her eyes when she heard sounds. Looking at the travel-worn Nan Zhi, she said softly, “The weather changed the past few days and he caught a cold because he did not put on more clothes in school.”

“Let me look after him. Mom, you go back and rest.”

Nan Zhi went to wash her hands and face in the bathroom and touched Xiaojie’s forehead which was still hot.