Free Web NovelChapter 1066: Chapter 43: If You Act Like This, I’ll Think You Like Me
Fu Ruyi’s eyes turned crimson, and upon hearing Nie Xiaoxing’s words, they quickly filled with tears.
Nie Xiaoxing pressed her lips forcefully and reached out to hold a hand each of Fu Ruyi and Nie Fangsheng.
Nie Fangsheng paused for a moment, his unfocused eyes slowly turning toward Nie Xiaoxing.
"If it weren’t for Mr. Lei and Mr. Xiao arriving in time, your father and I might..."
Fu Ruyi looked at Nie Fangsheng with red eyes and said to Nie Xiaoxing in a choked voice.
Nie Xiaoxing felt as if her heart was weighed down by a heavy stone, making her breathing feel labored.
She closed her eyes lightly and looked at Gu Yan, the vulnerability and gratitude in her eyes at that moment making Gu Yan’s heart ache.
Nie Xiaoxing knew.
The reason Lei Yicheng and Xiao Nanqing arrived in time to save Fu Ruyi and Nie Fangsheng was entirely because Gu Yan had made arrangements beforehand.
It was solely because of Gu Yan that Lei Yicheng and Xiao Nanqing helped them like this.
A piercing pain spread around Nie Xiaoxing’s eyes.
Speaking of.
Aside from not liking her, Gu Yan was just a bit mouthy.
He truly hadn’t done anything to wrong her.
He didn’t owe her anything, yet silently helped her so much.
Compared to what she could give him, he had risked his life to protect her.
And her?
Other than an insignificant body, she hadn’t done anything for him.
Instead, she often laid hands on him.
For the sake of her cheap, trivial pride, she deliberately treated him coldly, contradicted him, and never showed him kindness.
Why would he be so good to her?
Why would she resent him for not liking her, for calling her ugly?
She hadn’t done anything for him!
She did nothing, yet gained so much from him. What right did she have to feel dissatisfied, to resent and blame?
The sudden surge of heartache made Nie Xiaoxing unknowingly bend over slightly.
Gu Yan saw Nie Xiaoxing’s discomforted frown and bent body, assuming she was upset for not being at Fu Ruyi and Nie Fangsheng’s side during their urgent moments, and amidst his heartache, he lightly sighed in his heart.
...
Yan Shu’s people already knew Nie Xiaoxing’s address, so Nie Xiaoxing’s family obviously couldn’t continue living here.
Gu Yan’s intention was for Nie Xiaoxing’s family to move in with Yuan Xihuo at the villa.
Nie Xiaoxing would live with him.
Of course, he did not say this last part, but that’s what he intended.
Yet upon hearing this, Nie Xiaoxing refused immediately without a second thought.
And her attitude was firm.
No matter what Gu Yan said, she wouldn’t budge.
Gu Yan felt annoyed but still didn’t force Nie Xiaoxing; instead, he had Fu Ruyi and Nie Fangsheng moved into his other well-furnished, over four-hundred-square-meter apartment in the city that night.
Everyone was clear in their hearts that after this night, Yan Shu’s people would not make further moves.
Thus, after settling Fu Ruyi and Nie Fangsheng in the apartment, Lei Yicheng and Xiao Nanqing left with their people.
Nie Xiaoxing escorted Gu Yan downstairs.
Standing by the car, Gu Yan’s expression was heavy, his starry eyes cold as he looked at Nie Xiaoxing, "Why don’t you agree to move into my mother’s place?"
Nie Xiaoxing stared into his eyes, "I’ve already said earlier, it’s inconvenient. If it were only my mom, perhaps, but my dad moving in too would inevitably invite gossip."
"Gossip? I dare anyone to say anything!" Gu Yan scoffed.
Nie Xiaoxing pressed her lips, "They wouldn’t dare say it in front of you, but behind your back, there’s nothing they wouldn’t dare say. The voice of the masses is insidious."
"Excuses!" Gu Yan furrowed his brow.
"...It’s late, you should go back and rest." Nie Xiaoxing paused for a moment, looking at Gu Yan, and said softly.
Gu Yan suddenly reached out, grabbing her hand, his starry eyes sternly fixed on her, "Starting today, you’ll live with me!"
Nie Xiaoxing was taken aback, then shook her head, "No way."
"Why not again?!"
Having just gone through extreme fear and worry, Gu Yan’s emotions were particularly irritable at the moment.
Especially since Nie Xiaoxing opposed everything he said, refusing to cooperate!
"Nie Xiaoxing, why can’t you be a little obedient?"
Nie Xiaoxing felt a bitter sting in her heart, and looking up at Gu Yan’s frustrated but handsome face, she took a couple of steps toward him, reaching out to hug him.
Gu Yan looked down at her, his eyes full of mixed emotions.
Nie Xiaoxing rested her face against his chest, gently closed her eyes, and slowly said, "Thank you, Gu Yan."
Obedient.
Gu Yan eventually sighed, reaching out to touch her hair, "Little Xing’er, why don’t you stay with me? Whenever you’re not in front of me, I worry."
Nie Xiaoxing’s eyes suddenly became moist, she turned her face completely towards his chest, hiding her eyes in his embrace, and spoke in a hoarse voice, "Gu Yan, don’t be like this, it puts pressure on me."
Gu Yan’s back shivered, his heart twisted sharply, staring at the top of her head, "...Pressure?"
Nie Xiaoxing kept her eyes closed, but she could clearly feel the moisture spinning in her eye sockets, "With this, I would think that you like me."
Gu Yan’s breathing was deep and he stared at her intensely, without a word.
"...Did you forget what our relationship is? We agreed back then. You protect my family, and I give you everything you want. I think, in our type of relationship, emotions shouldn’t be involved. What do you say?"
Nie Xiaoxing’s voice was extremely low, but each and every word was crystal clear to Gu Yan.
Gu Yan only felt all the blood in his veins rapidly freeze.
The left side of his chest was particularly frozen by layers of ice.
He didn’t even know how his voice came out of his throat, "So, in your heart, this is our relationship."
Nie Xiaoxing felt pain throughout her entire body.
Headache, eye pain, nose pain, throat pain, shoulders, arms, chest, abdomen, legs, everything hurt...
Yet.
Nie Xiaoxing forcefully endured all the pain, withdrew from his embrace, took two steps back to distance herself from him, and raised her clear and calm eyes to look at him, "My parents went through a big scare tonight, I need to go back and comfort them. You should go back too, and be safe on the road. Let me know when you arrive."
Gu Yan looked incredulously at Nie Xiaoxing’s calmly normal face, full of pain and anger, cold laughter constantly spilling from his thin lips, he gritted out, "Nie Xiaoxing, do you think this is really cool? I’m telling you, you’re just pretending! I can’t stand you pretending in front of me, I’m telling you, it’s boring as hell!"
Nie Xiaoxing’s pupils uncontrollably turned red bit by bit.
She only looked at Gu Yan silently, without speaking.
Seeing this, Gu Yan laughed out of anger, pointing at her, "Do you think you’re the only woman in this world, Nie Xiaoxing? Don’t you think I, Gu Yan, can’t find a woman better looking and with a better figure than you? Without exaggerating, there are plenty better than you on the street, I..."
"I know. I don’t have a figure, I don’t have a pretty face, I don’t have gentleness. So you don’t like me. I know all that."
Nie Xiaoxing’s voice carried a trace of barely noticeable hoarseness, her eyes fixed on Gu Yan’s shocked to slowly stiff and angry face, "Gu Yan, I’m clear about my position, even if you really find someone else, I have no right to say anything. That’s your right. I respect it."
"You respect?"
Gu Yan’s face suddenly contorted and ripped with fury, he took a big step forward, grabbed Nie Xiaoxing’s collar, even lifting her slightly, staring at her with bloodshot eyes filled with hatred, "Nie Xiaoxing, how could I not realize before that you’re so cheap?!"
Isn’t it cheap?!
He wants her to be his Mrs. Gu, his wife, yet she insists on being a sneaky lover!
Lover?
Haha.
She should look in the mirror at her own figure.
Not a bit of the capital to be someone’s lover!
Dare to boast shamelessly! (Author’s note: Interviewing you, Mr. Gu, if Little Xing’er is so not up to par in your eyes, why insist on having her as your wife, isn’t it self-degrading? Mr. Gu rolls his eyes: This is my style, you don’t understand so don’t talk nonsense! Author humbly asks: Mr. Gu, please instruct me. Mr. Gu crosses his legs: Are you stupid? If I always praise her, she goes off to flirt and play around, wouldn’t that annoy me? If I keep saying she’s ugly, she’ll eventually think she’s really ugly, and feeling so ugly, she’d feel embarrassed to go out and cause a stir that involves me? I’m preparing for future trouble, average people don’t have my wisdom! Author: -_-|||)
Nie Xiaoxing looked at Gu Yan, she really wanted to tell him her feelings.
But she couldn’t!
Previously, it was a matter of pride!
Now... circumstances no longer allow it.
Nie Xiaoxing took a deep breath silently, then slowly pulled up the corners of her mouth at Gu Yan.
Raising a hand slowly, she clasped Gu Yan’s big hand gripping her collar, looking at him with a smile, "It’s not too late to realize it now."
Gu Yan furiously glared at her curved lips, wishing to tear them apart, "Nie Xiaoxing, you’ve succeeded, you’ve successfully angered me."
The harsh words fell, Gu Yan jerked Nie Xiaoxing’s collar, aggressively shoving her into the car.
