Chapter 119: Chapter 119: You’re Out of Your League!
“Who is she?” the moment Qin Guozhong sat down, his sharp eyes swept towards Elder Qin with a questioning tone!
Elder Qin hesitated, frowning deeply as he looked at Gu Qiangwei and then at the old man on the sofa.
“Are you going to say again that she’s just a friend from abroad?” Elder Qin hadn’t even opened his mouth when Nangong Feifei’s sarcastic voice rang out.
Her proud and arrogant demeanor seemed as if she was awaiting the start of a spectacle.
Glancing at Nangong Feifei, Elder Qin was at a loss for words.
And Qin Guozhong, sitting on the sofa, his expression grew noticeably darker.
His daunting gaze then swept towards Gu Qiangwei, who was still standing at the entrance.
Upon meeting his piercing eyes, Gu Qiangwei felt as if her body had been pricked and rolled over, yet her fair face remained as composed as ever, showing no sign of discomfort despite Qin Guozhong’s sharp scrutiny.
“What exactly is your relationship with my grandson?” echoed the resonant voice in the empty living room, filled with authority.
Gu Qiangwei lifted her head to meet Qin Guozhong’s gaze.
What relationship? It seemed that even she herself was unsure.
To call it a friendship would not be accurate, to label it a romance even less so.
She and Qin Sijue were nothing more than a makeshift husband and wife, bound together temporarily out of mutual need.
Never had she thought that, once their agreement was set aside, there would be absolutely nothing between her and Qin Sijue.
Her heart suddenly ‘thumped’, feeling somewhat empty and forlorn, as if something intangible was vanishing bit by bit from there.
Facing Qin Guozhong’s sharp gaze, her tone was so calm that it carried not a trace of emotion.
It seemed as though this agreement would end prematurely without waiting for his return.
Yet why did her heart suddenly throb with a dull ache.
“Nothing at all? It’s clear you’ve seduced my fiancé! And even stayed here!” Listening to her ‘evasion’, an aggrieved Nangong Feifei stood to the side.
She vaguely remembered how tender Qin Sijue had been towards her that day, a tenderness she had never before witnessed.
If she hadn’t seen it with her own eyes, she would have found it difficult to believe that Qin Sijue could stoop so low for any woman.
“Since you’re nothing, then take your things and leave immediately!” Qin Guozhong spoke, his disdainful gaze leaving no room for sentiment.
Witnessing the scene before him, Elder Qin wanted to speak up but found himself silenced.
He knew the old master’s temperament well: once a decision was made, no one could change it.
Perhaps this obstinacy stemmed from his decades of service in the military region, where a promise once given was as unchangeable as a team of horses!
Gu Qiangwei paused for a few seconds, her thick lashes drooping; finally, she walked slowly towards the staircase on the second floor.
Watching her ascending back, Nangong Feifei’s lips curled into a smug, shallow smile of triumph.
Her belongings had always been few—she had arrived with nothing more than a suitcase and a handbag.
Descending the stairs, passing through the living room, the voice of Qin Guozhong rose once more.
“Remember your place, my grandson is far beyond your reach; you shall not see him again! If you persist in this folly, the next time you will not leave so easily,” his words were laced with an unmistakable threat.
Gu Qiangwei’s body and mind flinched; she had heard the warning loud and clear.
But reaching the entrance, Qin Sijue’s low, alluring, and domineering voice from the night before suddenly echoed in her ears: wait for me to return, don’t you dare leave…
The hand dragging the suitcase tightened inexplicably.