Gu Annan carried Lu Wanwan upstairs, and every step felt like a heavy hammer striking her heart.
Her face still had an abnormal flush, and the internal heat had not subsided.
The cool bath she had taken at the hotel had only temporarily relieved her, not resolving the issue entirely.
Now being held by him, more beads of sweat formed on her body.
"Put me down, I can walk by myself." Somehow, her voice sounded hoarse.
Gu Annan did not even glance at her, nor did he plan to put her down.
He responded with a voice so chillingly mocking, "Haven’t you seen what you look like? This is what you call being able to walk on your own?"
Her heart ached as if it had been stabbed by an ice pick.
In the past, when he spoke similar words, wanting to hold her, it never made her heart feel as if it had suddenly sunk to the bottom of the sea.
"I can walk on my own!"
A cold grunt came from above, yet there was no further conversation.
At the door, Gu Annan kicked open the just-turned doorknob.
The room’s light instantly turned on, and he turned around carrying her to the bathroom.
Lu Wanwan felt a chill in her heart, not knowing what he was about to do, but she shivered instinctively, "Gu Annan, what are you doing? Put me down!"
Before she could finish speaking, he threw her into the bathtub.
Then came the cold water spraying down from the showerhead, drenching her completely.
Her bathrobe was completely soaked, her entire body from head to toe was a mess, she was nearly suffocating.
Lu Wanwan’s eyes widened as she stared at the man with an expressionless face and chilling gaze, silently holding the shower, uncaring about how soaked he was.
Gu Annan looked down, his eyes fixed on the woman in the bathtub, still flushed, and felt the thorn in his heart drive deeper.
He could no longer bring himself to believe, but what he saw was enough to kindle his rage.
Furthermore, he saw Lu Wanwan, frail and clad in a bathrobe, covered in a faint blush. Regardless of the reason, if he had not found her, the consequences would have been unimaginable...
The idea of what might have happened next and the presence of Bai Lingyun in the room made his eyes turn crimson.
"Don’t method? Would you rather a more direct approach?" Gu Annan clenched his teeth, clutching her drenched bathrobe and pulling her closer, "Lu Wanwan, is it that each time something happens, you plan to find a man to solve it? Whoever is nearby, just like last time, right?"
This alluded to the day they accidentally reunited.
She didn’t even know who he was; just because he was a man, she could cling to him desperately.
"What are you talking about?" Lu Wanwan’s eyes, clear in their distinction, now trembled with her body, the shock or perhaps the cold water making her voice hoarse.
"You know what I’m talking about," he hissed mockingly, throwing the showerhead away.
It crashed into the bathtub, water splashing everywhere.
"If I weren’t here, unaware of this. What were you planning to do?" he squinted coldly, nearly pressing against her forehead and spoke deliberately, "Would you use your old method, settle it with money, or do you have any new tricks?"
Finally understanding, Lu Wanwan’s eyes widened as she stared at him, suddenly infuriated, she pushed him forcefully.
The man who usually could not be easily shaken was pushed away by her push.
Under the force of inertia, she also fell backwards, her back hitting hard.