His footsteps unconsciously softened and slowed, landing silently, as he step by step walked to the bedside, slightly lowering his gaze, his eyes falling on Dong Xin Yan’s face. ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ NovєlFіre.net
By the faint light coming in from outside, he saw Dong Xin Yan’s pale face, and her red and swollen eyes, even her nose was red. It was easy to imagine how long she had been crying.
Now, it seemed she was still crying...
Even though she had her eyes closed while sleeping, her body occasionally twitched, tears slowly seeping from the corners of her eyes, wetting a large patch of the pillow.
A dull, uncontrollable pain surged in his heart, like a needle pricking.
Gu Ningyi took a deep breath, slowly squatted down, and his dark eyes fixedly looked at Dong Xin Yan, his long fingers fell to the corner of her eye, gently wiping away her tears.
What was happening now, he really could not understand.
Dong Xin Yan was clearly a woman he hated. The start of this transaction was merely to humiliate her. Later, he felt a strange sense of familiarity with her, and he wanted to figure out exactly what was going on. Everything had a reason, but why did everything suddenly go out of control?
He couldn’t understand, and subconsciously, he seemed to be resisting this feeling, no, he was extremely resisting it.
He hated all things out of control, including his own emotions.
Gu Ningyi suddenly wanted to withdraw his hand, but Dong Xin Yan shivered again unconsciously, her body slowly curling up and more tears flowed from the corners of her eyes.
Gu Ningyi’s movements just froze.
A woman who clearly never cries, how come once she starts crying, it just doesn’t stop...
His hand paused in mid-air for quite a while, but finally fell, carefully wiping away Dong Xin Yan’s tears, then his hand moved to her shoulder, slowly patting it gently, again and again.
As if he was comforting Dong Xin Yan.
He had no experience in comforting anyone, so his movements at this moment were very awkward and very uneasy, even his voice, when he spoke, was extremely low, and his tone was stiff, "Don’t cry."
He comforted her for a long while, not knowing if Dong Xin Yan truly heard his words; her trembling body slowly calmed, her tears gradually subsided, even her breathing became more stable.
Gu Ningyi simply leaned against the bed, patting her shoulder with increasingly lighter strokes.
Time ticked away, and Dong Xin Yan’s breathing completely steadied; she wasn’t shedding tears anymore. After confirming that she was truly asleep, Gu Ningyi lifted his hand, not withdrawing it, instead it fell unconsciously to Dong Xin Yan’s cheek.
He really never thought that one day, seeing a woman cry, not only would he not feel annoyed, but he would silently comfort her. And this woman happened to be Dong Xin Yan.
And the most unbelievable thing was, he actually... didn’t dislike it much.
Gu Ningyi gently stroked Dong Xin Yan’s cheek, inwardly despising himself again; it seemed he had really gone mad.
Perhaps because she had cried for so long the previous day, Dong Xin Yan slept especially deeply this time, so when she woke up, she felt a bit groggy.
She opened her eyes, dazed for a moment before her consciousness gradually returned. Then, she lifted her eyes and was instantly stunned.
Gu Ningyi was leaning against the bedside cabinet, his eyes slightly closed, seemingly asleep, and his hand was stretched over, lightly covering and holding hers.