No one likes being seen in such a way, as if they were someone else’s substitute.
"You—" Yanan’s voice was hoarse and dark as he slowly said, "Who is Xiaosheng that you mentioned before?"
Gu Nuan suddenly came back to her senses, "What did you say?"
When had she ever mentioned Xiaosheng? She didn’t even know herself. Her heart suddenly began to race.
"When she was about to cut me with a knife, you called out," Yanan said.
Gu Nuan forced a smile, "Really? You must have heard wrong, Doctor Ou. Xiaosheng? I don’t know what you are talking about at all."
"I thought I heard wrong at first, but it wasn’t just today, it was last night. A strange woman suddenly entered my office. She, too, must have entered unintentionally, saw my face for the first time, and then screamed out loud, calling Xiaosheng," Yanan’s eyes did not miss a single detail on her face, "Undoubtedly, just like you, when she saw my face, she thought of someone because I look very similar to someone you know, someone named Xiaosheng."
Gu Nuan had not expected this at all.
Who saw him? It couldn’t be Mrs. Gu, could it? Gu Nuan’s heart raced even faster, almost leaping out of her chest. She wished she could fly to Mrs. Gu’s side immediately to see if her mother was alright.
"You said a woman?" Gu Nuan tentatively asked.
"Yes, she was looking for her daughter, a high school student who came to see me for treatment."
With this explanation, Gu Nuan understood, it was Mrs. Qiu and Mrs. Qiu’s daughter. Just recently, her mother had mentioned that Mrs. Qiu and Jiali had transferred to this area.
"How? It seems you must know that woman." Yanan caught the fleeting expression on her face and stated with certainty.
Hearing his tone, as if he were an unquestioned Sherlock Holmes, Gu Nuan laughed as if joking, "Doctor Ou, you could certainly be a great detective."
Yanan was not pleased by her comment, which seemed like an acknowledgment, not at all. Because it only confirmed that when she looked at him, she did not see him, not ever.
"You—are you planning to avoid me again?" Yanan’s voice suddenly asked this.
Gu Nuan realized that unconsciously, her gaze had shifted from his face, instinctively avoiding that face so similar to Gu Sheng’s.
At the same time, he had a reason for asking her to sit in front of him.
Suddenly, he reached out his hand and grasped her chin, forcing her eyes to meet his face again.
"Look, at, me." He enunciated each word, as if to imprint them.
Indeed, Gu Nuan felt almost uncontrollable inside, encountering such mixed feelings as she looked at his face from such a close distance. Read full story at 𝗻𝗼𝘷𝗲𝗹•𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮•𝕟𝕖𝕥
"I am not the person you imagine me to be, do you understand that? If you don’t, then keep looking until you do."
Gu Nuan took a deep breath, "Doctor Ou, you’re really overthinking this. I would not mistake you for him, I won’t."
"Then why does your gaze need to avoid, not look directly at me?"
She instantly raised her head, her bright eyes shooting straight to his face.
After a while, he somewhat smilingly arched his eyebrows and emitted a soft chuckle, saying, "That’s more like it."
Both of their phones rang at that moment.
The call to Yanan was from the hospital security office, hoping he could come to the office as the police had arrived and wanted to take a statement.