Chapter 554: The Bottom Line
The TV reported the compatibility of Gu Xingzhi and Shi Yan.
They stood in front of the camera in couple clothes, Shi Yan smiled gently, and Gu Xingzhi was the cold-faced president, how to look at it.
Shi Yan can answer the reporter's deliberately difficult questions with ease, and her words are extremely emotionally intelligent.
Fang Ling'er secretly thought to herself, if she was Shi Yan now, would she be able to answer so well?
There was a villain in his heart who shook his head silently, no, she couldn't do it that well.
But she couldn't accept it, Shi Yan and Gu Xingzhi got married in two weeks, so what was she?
Next cousin?
No, in the eyes of the outside world, she has long been shattered into a ball of powder and is not in this world.
Fang Ling'er turned off the TV and closed her eyes.
She couldn't accept Gu Xingzhi marrying another woman, even if Gu Xingzhi didn't love that woman, she couldn't accept it.
The engagement between Gu Xingzhi and Shi Yan had already happened, and they had no choice but to do so. And Gu Xingzhi told her that it was just an engagement, not a marriage, even if the outside world gave the wedding date, she still believed it.
She believed it, so it hurt even more.
What to do? What should she do?
Fang Ling'er lay on the sofa, closed her eyes unconsciously, and didn't wake up until she heard the sound of the door being opened.
Gu Xingzhi was still wearing the bright blue suit, and there was a crackling sound on the floor of his leather shoes.
Fang Ling'er was in a trance for a moment, and then suddenly remembered.
Yes, he just came back from a press conference, how could he have time to change clothes.
Gu Xingzhi's handsome face was a little tired, and when he walked in front of Fang Ling'er, Fang Ling'er stood up and pulled out a smile: "You're back." β
She didn't immediately ask Gu Xingzhi about marrying Shi Yan, she wanted to wait for him to come and talk to her and listen to his explanation.
But Gu Xingzhi just nodded tiredly and didn't say anything.
The maid was talking about eating, and after Gu Xingzhi refused in a low voice, he went upstairs directly.
Fang Ling'er looked at his back farther and farther away, and she didn't know what to do.
"Madame, it's time to eat." The servant cautiously shouted again, and Fang Ling'er came to her senses from her own thoughts.
She smiled, "I'm not going to eat yet." With that, she went upstairs as well.
After Gu Xing went upstairs, he went to the cloakroom to find a bathrobe and went to the bathroom, and when he saw Fang Ling'er coming in, his eyes were a little evasive.
Fang Ling'er exhaled slowly, revealing her signature smile: "Okay, don't you have anything to say to me?" β
What she said was very casual and indifferent.
Gu Xingzhi looked at her for a while, his eyes fluctuated slightly, and then there was a deathly silence.
Shake oneβs head.
Gu Xingzhi has already taken off his outer suit, and the muscles are faintly exposed under the white shirt inside, he has a perfect figure, eight-pack abs are about to come out, and his long legs look very eye-catching.
Fang Ling'er looked at it and suddenly felt empty, the kind of emptiness in her heart.
She suddenly felt that Gu Xingzhi was actually not hers, nor should it be hers, thinking that someone like him should be with someone who is worthy of him.
The death-like uneasiness and inferiority complex began to haunt again, Fang Ling'er paused for a while and was very relaxed: "Okay, then you go take a bath." β
She didn't ask after all, and Gu Xingzhi didn't take the initiative to tell her.
After Gu Xingzhi entered the bathroom, Fang Ling'er could hear the sound of water dripping on the ground inside, and the sound of brushing was like the sound of heavy rain.
Fang Ling'er lay down on the bed, clutching the soft sheet tightly and tightly.
The voice of the reporter's report is like a spell, constantly floating in his head.
Gu Xingzhi and Shi Yan will get married in two weeks, and they will have a century wedding, because it is the marriage of the Gu family and the Shi family, not only Cloud City, but the entire empire is an eye-catching day.
She couldn't imagine what she would do when that day came.
Fang Linger is a person who dares to love and hate, she boasts that she can afford to take it and put it down, so she naturally has to do it.
Half an hour later, Gu Xingzhi came out of the bathroom, he was wearing a white bathrobe, showing some pectoral muscles on his chest, he was very white, even if he had pectoral muscles, he couldn't see half a point of roughness.
The short hair on his head was dripping with water, sliding down his sideburns, and he wiped it with a towel, and the tiredness on his face was a little less.
Fang Ling'er sat up from the bed, showed her white teeth, patted the seat next to her, and motioned for Gu Xingzhi to sit on the bed.
At this time, the hesitation and melancholy on her face had been swept away, and she wanted to believe him once, believing that she would get the answer she wanted.
So she plucked up her courage.
"Okay, you and Shi Yan are getting married, aren't they?" She looked at him, sat cross-legged on the bed, and asked in a not-so-serious tone.
Gu Xingzhi opened his mouth slightly, as if he didn't expect her to ask so directly, or he didn't expect her to know so quickly.
Fang Ling'er's starry eyes blinked, with a smile on the corner of her mouth, and her right hand, which was clutching the sheets, exposed her nervous emotions.
Seeing that Gu Xingzhi didn't answer, she asked again, "Do you really want to marry her?" β
She thought of a child who hadn't grown up, and asked uninterestingly.
Gu Xingzhi's eyes flashed and flashed, a trace of guilt flashed in her deep black eyes, Fang Ling'er didn't miss it, at that moment, she heard the sound of her heart thumping and smashing on the ground.
The smile on the corner of his mouth couldn't be maintained, and his pretended casual eyes also looked away.
"I'm sorry." Gu Xingzhi said this sentence after a long time, and there was endless guilt in his voice.
He took Fang Ling'er into his arms and said in a low and seductive voice in her ear: "Please don't leave me and forgive me for my selfishness." β
Fang Ling'er didn't break free, nor did she raise her hand to hug him back, she just sat so sluggishly, the sweat in her palms soaked the thin sheets, she let go, and pinched the flesh in her palms with her not-so-long nails to keep herself awake.
In the past, as long as Gu Xingzhi spoke like this, Fang Ling'er would be fascinated, but now she couldn't do it.
She couldn't help it...... She couldn't do it......
"Do you like Shi Yan?" It took a long time for her to hold back this sentence.
After finishing speaking, Fang Ling'er felt that she was very lacking in virtue and had made a big mistake, why was she still thinking about who he liked more at this time?
But she just couldn't help but be cheap.
"No, I just ...... Love you. Gu Xingzhi hugged her tightly and said almost reverently.
Love only her?
said it so lightly, but Fang Ling'er sank again, she actually wanted to just grab this little bit of warmth, and then survive.
The pain in her palms made her sober, and she didn't make a fool of saying anything to give up the bottom line.
"You...... Do you have to marry Shi Yan? β
So far, she didn't know why Gu Xingzhi had a relationship with Shi Yan, it seemed that it was like this all of a sudden, but she never asked.
This is all the trust she gave Gu Xingzhi, but she found that that sense of trust was getting less and less, and less made her panic.
"Give me a moment, okay?"
"Well, how long will it take you? Tell me, how long will it take you?" She choked up suddenly and withdrew from Gu Xingzhi's arms.
Gu Xingzhi's eyes dodged, Fang Ling'er raised her hand to grab him, clutched tightly, pinched with her fingernails, wanting to make him look directly at herself and tell her the answer.
"A week, okay?"
Fang Ling'er smiled, there were tears in her eyes, when did Gu Xingzhi become like this.
Fang Ling'er stepped back a little, still sitting on the bed, although she was laughing, it was ugly than crying.
"Do I have another week?"
Gu Xingzhi shook his head: "No, you give me another week, and I'll take care of these things." β
"In a week, can you not marry Shi Yan and make the news that I'm still alive public?" Fang Ling'er still had some hope.
But Gu Xingzhi's silence shattered all the illusions in her heart.
Probably heartbreak is what it feels like, Fang Ling'er even faintly heard the sound of glass breaking, did she turn out to be a glass heart?
"Boom!" A thunderclap rang out.
The sound of someone running up quickly, there was a knock on the bedroom door, and the person knocking on the door knocked very quickly, as if he had encountered something urgent.
"Come in." Fang Ling'er spoke.
The door was immediately pushed open, and the housekeeper came in to break the awkward atmosphere, looking at the two people with an awkward atmosphere, he didn't care so much, his eyes turned around the room, and after confirming that the glass was not broken, the housekeeper breathed a sigh of relief.
"What's wrong?"
This butler is professionally trained, and it makes people a little unconvinced to look so anxious.
The housekeeper looked at Fang Ling'er, who was full of doubts, lowered his head and returned to his indifferent appearance, and said respectfully: "There was a sudden thunderstorm outside just now, and I heard the sound of glass breaking, and I was worried that the young master's room was damaged, so I looked at it and came to check." β
Fang Ling'er nodded, it turned out that it wasn't her heart, and she wasn't a glass heart.
It's just that the glass is really broken.
She thought it was a little funny: "It's okay, you can go down." β
The housekeeper said yes and left, Fang Ling'er looked at Gu Xingzhi, there was no desire to ask any more, and Gu Xingzhi had no intention of answering.
Sleeping on the bed by herself, Fang Ling'er covered the quilt and turned her back to Gu Xingzhi.
Thunder and lightning outside, heavy rain, Fang Ling'er couldn't sleep listening to it, remembering that not long ago, when she was kidnapped by Zhao Ling'er and abused by her, it was really painful at that time.
At this time, I still feel a little cold in the back of my head, but I can't help the heartache at this time.
Fang Ling'er closed her eyes and forced herself to sleep, she didn't fail to see Gu Xingzhi's exhaustion and helplessness, and she wasn't unable to be empathetic.
But there's a bottom line to it all.
She has a bottom line.
The silk quilt was very soft and warm, but Fang Ling'er's hands and feet were cold, she heard the sound of Gu Xingzhi also lying down and falling asleep on the bed, and felt that he was leaning towards her.
Fang Ling'er moved awkwardly to the side, but let Gu Xingzhi touch her, such a warm body, she didn't want to leave when she touched it.
"Don't be afraid." Gu Xingzhi thought that she remembered that night, so his hands and feet were cold, and he took her into his arms and comforted her softly.
With the softest voice, the softest movements, and the gentlest voice, he hugged her, his arms were so solid and powerful, Fang Ling'er felt that he would hold him for a lifetime.
But no.