Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Zhuang Nainai was stunned once more.
She simply stood and watched as the butler called two bodyguards, who, grabbing Gu Xingshan roughly on each side, carried her out. With Gu Xingshan’s rants fading into the distance, the room was soon left with just Si Zhengting and her.
She looked toward Si Zhengting.
He was still cold and indifferent.
But she sensed that the Si Zhengting now was no longer the same man that had carried her into the car.
The coldness of before had been calming, like a refreshing breeze in summer.
But the coldness now was a piercing, bone-chilling, wintry cold.
Subconsciously shuddering, she bit her lips, a careful expression forming on her face.
Si Zhengting lifted his head and, seeing the state she was in, felt his chest tightening.
There was some truth in Gu Xingshan’s words.
There was always some sort of motive in Zhuang Nainai’s careful currying of favor with him.
He recalled how she had been proud and haughty in her high school days.
It had been during the latter half of the second year of high school when they had gone hiking.
She had brought a whole bunch of cooked food from home and had been ridiculed by Su Yanbin and Zuo Yiyi for the baggage she had brought along.
She stood tall. “When we get to the halfway mark, don’t come crying to me that you’re hungry!”
Su Yanbin had laughed loudly. “But won’t you get tired from lugging all of this up the mountain?”
Zhuang Nainai had smiled immediately and had thrown the heavy items to Si Zhengting without much care. “I’m not going to be tired!”
His face had darkened at that point. “Why am I carrying the things that you’re bringing along?”
Zhuang Nainai, feeling righteous, said, “Because I’m your girlfriend, and boyfriends always help to carry the bags of their girlfriends!”
She had enthusiastically jumped her way to face him. Patting him on the shoulder, she had given a sigh. “My dear boyfriend, it’s been hard on you!”
She had never forgotten to enslave him when he had been her boyfriend.
Despite putting up a cold front, he had always loved it when she said, “Because you’re my boyfriend!”
But what about now?
He was her husband… but she feared him.
Si Zhengting suddenly felt a wave of self-pity.
He turned around and headed toward the study room.
Zhuang Nainai watched as he left. She wanted to go after him but ended up simply standing and watching him enter the study room.
All of a sudden, her heart began to hurt.
She felt that she was never able to guess his thoughts.
Every single time she thought she was getting closer to him and they would be happy together, something bad would always happen.
Zhuang Nainai hung her head and went upstairs into the bedroom. Sitting quietly on the bed, she was at a loss for what to do.
Flustered, she scratched her head and felt a wave of helplessness wash over her body.
In this period of time, Si Zhengting had been his usual self, cold and proud, but she had also felt that he had been trying to ease the tension in their relationship.
They both wanted to grow closer, but why did it feel like they were getting further away from each other instead?
Zhuang Nainai willed herself to analyze the situation, but her brain simply felt stuck in a rut.
Wrestling with her own thoughts, she unknowingly fell asleep on the bed.
The sky had already darkened by the time she woke up.
He tummy rumbled as she felt the hunger pangs.
Feeling for her cell phone to check the time, she realized with surprise that it was already 10 in the evening.
She walked out of the bedroom and went down into the living room. Upon seeing her, the butler stood up. “Madam, the food is still warm in the pot. I’ll get someone to bring it over for you.”