Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
It seemed that he wanted to see her feel hurt. He placed more force on her when he saw her curling up from the pain. This was exactly like when they had first met. He wanted to torture her to death.
That night, Gu Yusheng tested different methods to torture Qin Zhi’ai. She almost died from it.
He used the excuse of being tired from the sex for not taking a shower and fell asleep on the bed.
When he had sex with her, the perfume on him transferred onto her and sheets, even making the room smell like the perfume.
Qin Zhi’ai was exhausted and felt weak, but she wasn’t sleepy because of the smell of the perfume. She laid there for a long time before she felt a little better. She quietly flipped the blankets off and got out of bed. Her legs were sore, causing her to almost fall on the floor. She held onto the bed and stood for a long time before she could walk again. She saw the shirt he had tossed on the floor when he had wildly stripped his clothes.
The shirt was still as white as when he had worn it in the morning, although there were a few spots of light red lip prints on it.
Qin Zhi’ai couldn’t sleep at all that night. She took the opportunity to walk to the garden before Gu Yusheng woke up and stayed there until Xiaowang picked Gu Yusheng up, then she went back to the master bedroom.
That day, the housekeeper had the day off. Liang Doukou didn’t have work. Qin Zhi’ai hadn’t slept the night before, so she decided to stay home by herself the whole day.
She caught up on sleep in the morning and made some noodles for herself for lunch. After she had lunch, she went back to the master bedroom, rolled out her luggage, and started to pack.
Liang Doukou had let Qin Zhi’ai wear some of her clothes and shoes so she would look more like Liang Doukou when she had started to act as a body double for Liang Doukou. She hadn’t brought a lot of stuff to Gu Yusheng’s house, so it wasn’t a lot of work to pack. Two pairs of jeans, three tops, a pair of white shoes, a few letters from Mr. S, and the necklace from Qin Jiayan was all she had. The rest was her underwear and bras.
It was extremely easy to pack, only taking her ten minutes to pack. Qin Zhi’ai didn’t feel good. After she packed her clothes, her chest was so tight that she couldn’t breathe.
I’m going to leave soon. Gu Yusheng hasn’t treated me well. I should not be sad, Qin Zhi’ai thought to herself. When she put the last thing, her pair of shoes, into the luggage and zipped it. Her eyes started to get red.
She knew she wouldn’t be able to connect with him once she left.
Qin Zhi’ai tried hard to curl up her mouth and suppress her tears. She hid the luggage in the corner of the closet and went to wash her hands in the bathroom. When she came out from the bathroom, she checked the time on her phone. She saw the reminder on the phone that she only had five days left.
Time flew. It seemed like it was yesterday when she had asked when Liang Doukou would be back. There were only five days left from this moment.
Qin Zhi’ai put her cell phone down and walked around the house. She didn’t know what she should do, and she wasn’t in the mood to do anything. She decided to go back to the master bedroom. She turned on the TV and browsed through channels.
Gu Yusheng called her on the landline that evening. He didn’t ask who he was speaking with, only left a message coldly. “I’m busy tonight and will not come home.” He hung up after he left the message.
It was just like that day at the beginning of the month. He became busy and started to go out for business dinners frequently. The only intimacy they’d ever had disappeared. They started to have distance between them.