Free Web NovelChapter 1077: Chapter 51: This Young Master Hasn’t Slept in Two Days—I’m Exhausted!
Gu Yan came and left, it was less than half an hour.
Nie Xiaoxing stayed inside, sitting on the windowsill of the room, staring blankly out the window.
Today is cloudy, everything outside seems to have a thin layer of gray fog, indistinct.
Knock knock——
The sound of knocking on the door came.
Nie Xiaoxing didn’t look back and said, "The door isn’t locked, come in."
Two or three seconds later, the door was turned open from outside.
Lu Zhiquan drank too much last night and again slept on the coffee table throughout the night. At this moment, his whole demeanor seemed a bit shabby and lazy.
He looked at Nie Xiaoxing sitting on the windowsill.
Lu Zhiquan felt a heaviness in his heart, stood at the door for a while, then walked in.
Nie Xiaoxing had her back mostly turned towards Lu Zhiquan.
Lu Zhiquan walked up behind her.
His eyes followed hers outside the window, then dropped as he looked at Nie Xiaoxing, "I’m sorry."
Nie Xiaoxing’s gaze flickered slightly, her face devoid of much expression, "Lu Zhiquan, would you use me to lure out Yan Shu?"
Lu Zhiquan trembled all over and revealed some agony under Nie Xiaoxing’s gaze.
Nie Xiaoxing withdrew her gaze from the window and lifted her eyes to look at Lu Zhiquan.
She clearly saw the hesitation and distress on his face and in his eyes.
Nie Xiaoxing pursed her lips, "Looks like that’s a tough question. In that case, let me ask another one. Do you think we can catch Yan Shu?"
Lu Zhiquan trembled again as he looked at Nie Xiaoxing.
Nie Xiaoxing quietly stared at Lu Zhiquan for a long time, nodded slightly, said nothing, and redirected her gaze out the window.
Lu Zhiquan furrowed his brow tightly, his voice deep, "Xiao Xing, I’m still saying the same thing. Even if I risk my life, I will protect you and won’t let anything happen to you!"
"Mm."
Nie Xiaoxing’s voice was light.
Lu Zhiquan clenched his fists, walked to the other side of the windowsill, sat down, and looked at Nie Xiaoxing with furrowed brows, "It’s clear that Gu Yan is very worried about you."
Nie Xiaoxing glanced at him.
Lu Zhiquan gave a bitter smile, "You said you liked a man who doesn’t love you, but it seems that is not the case."
Nie Xiaoxing’s ears quickly turned a shade of red, her long lashes lowered, "Oh, him, like a child."
A child?
Lu Zhiquan was stunned as he watched Nie Xiaoxing.
Nie Xiaoxing raised her head to take a look at Lu Zhiquan, turned her gaze away, "He fusses over the smallest things, sometimes it really annoys me to no end."
Lu Zhiquan’s face turned a shade whiter.
Perhaps he somewhat understood.
Nie Xiaoxing considered Gu Yan child-like, not just because of... love!
Because of love.
So in Nie Xiaoxing’s eyes, Gu Yan was a child who needed her acceptance, tolerance, care, and fondness... and she relished it.
"I’m afraid he’ll fuss with me, yet I’m afraid he won’t fuss with me."
Nie Xiaoxing tilted her head against the wall, "I’m afraid he’ll fuss so much that he’ll get hurt, afraid he’ll not fuss with me and go find someone else to fuss with. I really don’t have any way to deal with him."
Lu Zhiquan tightened his grip, "If he liked you enough, loved you, he wouldn’t let you worry like this."
Nie Xiaoxing glanced at Lu Zhiquan and smiled lightly, "That’s not his problem. It’s mine. I’m too insecure. When he didn’t like me, I was insecure. Now that he likes me, I’m still insecure. So I’ve realized, this isn’t about him. It’s my own deep-seated lack of confidence. I don’t acknowledge myself. I don’t feel that there’s anything about me worth liking. I’m full of thorns, wounds, and fears... In my state, I’m not worthy of him."
"You’re amazing! To me, you have nothing but virtues!"
Lu Zhiquan said hoarsely.
Nie Xiaoxing smiled, "In my eyes, Gu Yan has many faults. Sometimes he makes me so angry, I even think he’s flawed from head to toe! It’s impossible to find someone in this world more flawed than him. He’s a collection of all the faults!"
Lu Zhiquan, "..."
"Yet sometimes, when he’s stubborn and clings to me, coaxing me, solemnly claiming I’m his wife, and warning me not to get too close to my trainees, he stands tall in my heart. He’s willing to lower himself to make me happy, seemingly lowering himself, but in my heart, he is grand and powerful enough to put me at ease."
"You see him as nonchalant, skipping work, indulging in partying, and speaking aimlessly. But actually, he’s earnest, diligent, self-disciplined, loyal..."
At this point, Nie Xiaoxing’s voice suddenly choked.
Lu Zhiquan’s eyes tightened as he watched her.
Nie Xiaoxing closed her eyes, tucking them into her knees, "What to do, I can’t continue speaking. I miss him so much. Really, I miss him."
Lu Zhiquan’s knuckles almost cracked from how tightly he was gripping them.
"He’s surely heartbroken this time, utterly disappointed in me."
"Why let him leave like that?" Lu Zhiquan stiffly pursed his lips.
Gu Yan left, looking as cold and menacing as a demonic judge, as if he would blow up the earth the moment he stepped out of this apartment!
Nie Xiaoxing clutched her legs tighter and didn’t speak anymore.
Lu Zhiquan looked at her, "Do you want to find him?"
Nie Xiaoxing shook her head.
"If he gives up because of this... what are you going to do?" Lu Zhiquan asked.
Nie Xiaoxing’s spine stiffened.
After a long pause, she finally spoke hoarsely, "If everything goes well, I will go back to win him back, at any cost. If... like this, then it’s the best result."
Lu Zhiquan’s heart trembled.
His pupils slightly widened, staring at Nie Xiaoxing.
So this... this is her real plan!
If the future wasn’t uncertain, she would never have let Gu Yan just leave like that today!
She would certainly have found a way to ease his anger, to comfort him.
But she didn’t!
Only because she’s afraid she won’t be able to go back...
Lu Zhiquan tightly clenched his quivering heart, suddenly overwhelmed by dense heartache, looking at Nie Xiaoxing with compassion, "You’re so foolish."
Nie Xiaoxing’s lips moved a few times, but she ultimately did not say a single word.
...
Not even noon yet.
Lu Zhiquan was called to the police station, probably to discuss plans regarding catching Yan Shu.
Nie Xiaoxing calmed her emotions.
Now that Gu Yan knew her whereabouts, she had no reason to keep her phone off.
So she took out her phone, turned it on, and called Fu Ruyi to let her know she was safe.
On the call, Fu Ruyi told Nie Xiaoxing that Gu Yan went to the apartment looking for her the morning she left.
Listening.
Nie Xiaoxing’s barely calmed heart inevitably surged again.
After ending the call with Fu Ruyi, Nie Xiaoxing held her phone in one hand and clutched her chest with the other, took several deep breaths through parted lips, then got up and left the bedroom, intending to go to the kitchen to make a bowl of instant noodles.
She made the instant noodles and served them into a bowl.
Nie Xiaoxing carried the bowl towards the living room.
But before she reached the living room, the doorbell rang again.
Nie Xiaoxing’s face tensed, her fingers tightened around the bowl, furrowing her brows as she stared in the direction of the door.
The doorbell rang two or three times and then stopped.
However, Nie Xiaoxing’s phone suddenly rang.
The phone ringtone abruptly sounded, startling Nie Xiaoxing, who quickly walked to the coffee table, her eyes rapidly scanning the phone screen.
When she saw the name flashing on her phone screen.
Nie Xiaoxing’s eyes widened in disbelief!
At this moment.
The phone stopped ringing.
Knocks sounded on the door.
Nie Xiaoxing, "..."
"Open the door!"
A familiar, impatient low voice suddenly came from outside.
Nie Xiaoxing: (⊙﹏⊙)
...
Nie Xiaoxing opened the door, looking at the person who had gone away and returned, can she say that her heart now was fluttering like a startled deer?
Gu Yan casually walked in with his hands in his pockets, as if nothing was amiss.
When Gu Yan walked past Nie Xiaoxing, her face reddened to the point of blushing, her head lowered gently, and she quietly closed the door.
"What did you make?"
Gu Yan glanced back at Nie Xiaoxing, seeing her flushed little face, squinting slightly and snorted softly.
Nie Xiaoxing looked at the instant noodles on the living room coffee table, didn’t answer, but asked, "Why, why did you come back again?"
Gu Yan glared at her, walked a few steps to the coffee table, picked up the bowl of instant noodles, and devoured it in large mouthfuls.
Nie Xiaoxing, "..." At least leave me some! I haven’t eaten anything since morning!
Gu Yan drank the soup until clean, then placed the bowl on the coffee table, folded his hands across his chest, and leaned back onto the sofa, closing his eyes.
EXOme?!
Nie Xiaoxing stared wordlessly at Gu Yan, slowly walked over, her gaze pained as she glanced at the noodle bowl, then looked at Gu Yan, softly asking, "What are you doing?"
Gu Yan suddenly opened his eyes, his sharp gaze locked onto Nie Xiaoxing.
Nie Xiaoxing was startled, flinching and looking at him with a twitching face.
Only then did Gu Yan lazily snort, "This young master hasn’t slept for two days, I’m exhausted!"
"..."
