Free Web NovelChapter 1032: Chapter 11: The First Time He Called Her Name
She doesn’t want to, even she herself feels that she is pitiful and pathetic!
When Nie Xiaoxing arrived at the villa, Gu Yan was already lounging on the sofa, playing the role of Mr. Gu.
Yuan Xihuo and Fu Ruyi were not in the living room, Nie Fangsheng sat on the sofa in a daze, staring blankly at the TV.
Gu Yan glanced at Nie Xiaoxing, his handsome face suddenly turned dark, and he coldly stared at her with narrowed eyes.
Nie Xiaoxing acted as if he didn’t exist, took the bag from her shoulder and placed it on the sofa, then turned to go to the bathroom.
The bathroom was quite a distance from the living room.
She had to pass through the living room and then walk down a not-so-short corridor.
In the bathroom, Nie Xiaoxing washed her face and used her hands to wipe the water from her face in front of the mirror.
But as she wiped, Nie Xiaoxing suddenly stopped, her fingers tightened around the tissue, staring fixedly at herself in the mirror.
She hadn’t looked at herself like this in a long time.
Looking now, she felt like she was almost unable to recognize herself.
That face, already so thin and haggard, had only a thin layer of skin against the facial bones, seemingly without any flesh.
So thin that she had completely changed!
As she looked, suddenly a skull appeared in the mirror.
Nie Xiaoxing’s eyes narrowed sharply, her entire being shocked and frightened as she stared at the skull in the mirror.
"You two are practically cut from the same mold!"
A malicious male voice laughed lowly from behind Nie Xiaoxing.
Nie Xiaoxing abruptly closed her eyes.
Just a moment ago, she thought her own face had turned into... a skull!
Gu Yan emerged from behind Nie Xiaoxing, leaning against the washstand, legs casually crossed, holding onto that skull, he raised an eyebrow, clicked his tongue, and stared at Nie Xiaoxing’s pale little face saying, "The first time I saw this thing, it looked really familiar, like I’ve seen it somewhere. Today, seeing you, I finally remembered where I’ve seen it."
Nie Xiaoxing turned her head to stare at him, her large eyes tinged with a bit of red, yet exceptionally clear, said with a voice cold as ice, "What’s the use of saying these things to me here? If you don’t want to marry me, you can go and tell Aunt Yuan. If you don’t want to defy Aunt Yuan and want to be a dutiful son..."
Nie Xiaoxing sneered, "You want to be this dutiful son, yet you don’t want to marry, so you come to bully me, using extreme measures to attack me, slander me, force me to go to Aunt Yuan and say I don’t want to marry. You like this... what kind of man are you even!"
Gu Yan watched as Nie Xiaoxing’s starry eyes became shaded.
Nie Xiaoxing sneered, glaring coldly at Gu Yan, "Originally, I planned to grant your wish tonight. But guess what, I changed my mind."
Nie Xiaoxing looked at Gu Yan’s suddenly changed face, feeling half bitter, half pleased, saying, "Gu Yan, for this outcome you truly should give yourself a good thank you!"
After speaking.
Nie Xiaoxing resolutely turned around and walked out of the bathroom.
Leaving Gu Yan in the bathroom, nearly crushing the skull he held in his hand!
...
At dinner.
Nie Xiaoxing ate as usual, Gu Yan held his chopsticks, poking the rice in his bowl one jab at a time, not caring if Yuan Xihuo and the others were there, his eyes fixed relentlessly on Nie Xiaoxing.
Yuan Xihuo couldn’t bear to watch any longer, frowned at Gu Yan, "Gu Yan, is the food not tasty or do the dishes not suit your taste?"
Gu Yan pursed his lips, glanced askance at Yuan Xihuo, picked up his rice bowl, stuffed two large bites into his mouth, and continued to glare at Nie Xiaoxing, chewing forcefully.
It seemed as if he wasn’t chewing rice, but Nie Xiaoxing herself!
Yuan Xihuo furrowed his brows even tighter, worriedly looked at Nie Xiaoxing.
Nie Xiaoxing’s expression remained calm, so quiet she seemed non-existent.
Yuan Xihuo’s heart felt increasingly empathetic, inevitably casting more stern glances at Gu Yan.
Gu Yan, "..." Depressed!
People say having a wife makes you forget your mother, but in this case, it’s like having a daughter-in-law makes you forget your son!
...
Past ten o’clock at night.
Nie Xiaoxing noticed that Fu Ruyi never mentioned going back, lightly furrowed her brow, glanced at Fu Ruyi and said, "I have work early tomorrow."
"Morning shift?" Yuan Xihuo glanced at the clock on the wall, "It’s almost half-past ten. Xiao Xing, you should hurry upstairs and rest."
Nie Xiaoxing, "..." perplexed, looked at Fu Ruyi.
Fu Ruyi smirked, "I’ve already agreed with your Aunt Yuan to stay the night, keep her company."
Hearing this, Nie Xiaoxing’s heart paused, she stared deeply at Fu Ruyi, then grabbing her bag, she stood up from the sofa.
Gu Yan noticed, his starry eyes lazily squinted.
Fu Ruyi and Yuan Xihuo froze for a moment, watching Nie Xiaoxing.
"Aunt Yuan, the place I work is quite a distance from the villa, I’m afraid I won’t make it in time. The apartment is closer, I also don’t have to get up so early tomorrow. So I won’t be staying at the villa. Aunt Yuan, I’m leaving."
Nie Xiaoxing finished speaking, bowed deeply to Yuan Xihuo, swiftly turned and walked towards the entrance, changed her shoes and left, not giving Yuan Xihuo any time to react.
At this moment, Gu Yan’s phone also rang at just the right time.
Gu Yan took out his phone, glanced at it, and answered, "Boss Rong."
...
Nie Xiaoxing had been walking in the villa for almost a quarter of an hour when suddenly a car horn honked from behind.
Nie Xiaoxing was slightly startled, then stepped aside and watched the car.
Although she had seen this car only once, she recognized it as Mr. Gu’s beloved car!
She had thought he would speed past her without stopping, but unexpectedly, as he approached her, he slowly stopped in front of her.
Nie Xiaoxing’s eyes fluctuated slightly, but her face showed no extra expression as she stared at the proud face inside the car.
"Get in." Gu Yan patted the steering wheel and said.
Nie Xiaoxing squinted her eyes, said nothing, and turned to continue walking forward.
"...How can you be so ungrateful, woman." Gu Yan gritted his teeth, driving parallel to Nie Xiaoxing, "Ugly..."
Just as Gu Yan said this, Nie Xiaoxing suddenly stopped and shot a sharp glare at Gu Yan.
Gu Yan paused, not sure what got into him, but he didn’t continue to provoke Nie Xiaoxing. Instead, he slightly pursed his lips and said, "Nie Xiaoxing, enough already."
Nie Xiaoxing quietly looked at Gu Yan.
This was the first time he called her by her name.
But she wished he had never called it!
Nie Xiaoxing lowered her gaze and began to walk forward again.
Gu Yan’s eye twitched, and he had no choice but to slowly drive alongside her, "Nie Xiaoxing, do you know how long it takes to walk out from here? Do you know you might wait all night and not get a cab? Do you know that even in this upscale villa area, you might encounter robbers?"
Nie Xiaoxing acted as if she hadn’t heard and continued walking on her own.
"...Nie Xiaoxing, stop being stubborn. Even if you’re Mother King Kong, you’re still a female. What if you encounter danger?" Gu Yan said, sounding like a nice guy.
Nie Xiaoxing gave a cold smirk.
Mother King Kong?
Ugly freak?
Offering money for her to get plastic surgery?
Saying her face was beyond repair from surgery?
Nie Xiaoxing gently closed her eyes.
Suddenly, it felt like liking him before was really because she was blind!
A man with such poor taste is indeed rare in the world!
Gu Yan had no idea that in Nie Xiaoxing’s mind, he had gloriously transformed from a secret crush to a tasteless jerk.
Yeah.
Most of the time, when a person’s feelings for another change, the other person is completely unaware.
And the sad part is exactly this!
Nie Xiaoxing lowered her eyes, a mocking curve at the corner of her lips.
Maybe, what she liked was only the quiet, lonely boy from childhood who would give her a strawberry hairpin, not the current man... who criticized her for looking just like a skeleton and found her repulsive everywhere!
"Nie Xiaoxing, I’m really not scaring you. It’s very hard to get a cab around here."
Gu Yan watched Nie Xiaoxing’s unresponsive face, squinting his eyes darkly, and said, "You wouldn’t risk an entire night waiting outside the villa just to spite me, would you?"
Spite?
Nie Xiaoxing stopped walking and turned her head to look at Gu Yan.
When Gu Yan saw her stop, he immediately pulled over, an evil smile on his lips, "Have you figured it out? Willing to get in the car now?"
Nie Xiaoxing raised an eyebrow, "Besides the lousy reason of not getting a cab, give me a reason why I must get in the car."
This woman!
Acting like a free chauffeur and even need to give her a reason? Ha!
Gu Yan’s eyes narrowed, tightening, "Can’t it be because I’m a gentleman, acting out of kindness?"
"Are you trying to make me die of laughter?"
When Nie Xiaoxing said this, it was with that particularly calm, particularly detached face and tone, directed at Gu Yan.
Gu Yan immediately choked hard, holding back, gripping the steering wheel tightly, staring hard at Nie Xiaoxing.
But it was then that Nie Xiaoxing raised her chin slightly, walked to the back seat, opened the car door, and sat inside.
A free ride, might as well take it!
Gu Yan, "...."
