Chapter 78: Chapter 78 Are You Getting Bolder?
Seeing her tentative manner, Gu Annan’s cold brows raised as he stood. “Go downstairs and cook!”
Without waiting for a response, she was met with a baffling command. Lu Wanwan felt that dealing with a person as unpredictable as he was stretched her intelligence thin.
“What are you talking about, Gu Annan? I’m asking you if we should buy a gift for her?” This time, she threw out a clear-cut question.
Not knowing what he was avoiding, could it be he was planning to buy the gift himself? Silently?
Considering this possibility, she felt an urgent need to get a clear answer.
Seeing that intimidation didn’t work on her, Gu Annan’s brows furrowed, irritated by this relentless woman.
His voice deepened, “I told you to cook. Did you not hear me, or do you not understand?”
“I’m asking you if you’re buying a gift or not, yes or no!” Lu Wanwan lifted her chin, unabashedly meeting his intimidating gaze—as if just short of adding, “Be a man and give it to me straight.”
After all, she had been frustrated all afternoon, watching Lu Kexin ready to gloat with the gift she had bought herself right in front of her.
Now, with a sudden twist, it turned out Gu Annan had no idea about it all along.
Her mood soared with elation, and she didn’t know where she found the courage to challenge her wealthy backer.
“Is this how you speak to your backer?” Gu Annan’s eyes narrowed with a dangerous glint, and he took several steps closer. “Got bolder, have we?”
Facing the overpowering aura that drew near, the courage of the newborn calf within Lu Wanwan dissipated by half under his gaze.
She stepped back, with no retreat, her head bumping against the balcony door.
“Gu Annan, I… was worried you were too busy and had forgotten. A fiancée’s birthday is a big deal, right?” Lu Wanwan instantly put on a smile, her eyes blinking.
Her mind must have been flooded for her to become so spineless in a flash.
Gu Annan’s lips curved slightly, his magnetic voice captivating. “What exactly are you trying to say?”
Lu Wanwan looked upward, seeing his stunningly beautiful face with an aura that remained cold and commanding, gazing down on her.
His amused smile held a perplexing charm, enigmatic and devoid of any anger.
Gu Annan was a man of immense emotional restraint, plainly speaking, a deep thinker who never revealed his true thoughts. Unless he was erupting, it was hard to tell his good mood from his bad, they often looked too similar.
But whether she had stepped on a landmine that infuriated him, she, Lu Wanwan, prided herself on having mastered that about seventy to eighty percent from their past skirmishes.
Only, she hadn’t anticipated that the experience she had failed to capitalize on back then would come in handy now, four years later.
“I just wanted to ask if you could pretend not to know?” After speaking, Lu Wanwan was a bit nervous, especially hearing his steady breathing up close, her heartbeat speeding up.
Gu Annan looked at that hopeful, probing face, her eyes bright and brimming as they fixated on him.
His throat tightened slightly, and he moistened his lips. His cool voice seemed to deepen even more, “When did I ever know about it? Didn’t you know I hate these matters?”
“Good, that’s your word! Then I’ll go cook right now!” Lu Wanwan, trying to contain her excitement, eagerly agreed and promptly rolled up her sleeves to leave the room.
Let Lu Kexin celebrate her birthday with ghosts!
Gu Annan watched as she happily left the room, completely ignoring his presence.
His lips were tightly pursed, a dissatisfaction suppressed along with his heartbeat, as his eyes lingered on her departing figure.