Dong Xin Yan carefully pondered over her words, occasionally stealing a glance at Gu Ningyi to observe his expression.
It must be admitted, he is indeed a scion of a noble family, exuding elegance in every gesture. Even while eating a simple breakfast, he makes it feel like dining in some golden, medieval hall.
Dong Xin Yan couldn’t help but look at him a couple more times.
Gu Ningyi seemed to sense her gaze; his dark eyes flicked lightly towards her, lazily meeting her eyes. Dong Xin Yan was startled, quickly lowering her gaze, and instinctively picked up her glass of milk to drink, as if to cover up something.
Gu Ningyi only glanced at her before shifting his gaze away, allowing Dong Xin Yan to secretly sigh in relief.
The two ate in silence, the only sounds being the slight clinks of knife and fork against the plates.
After mentally rehearsing for a while, Dong Xin Yan took a deep breath, slightly clenched her hands, moved her red lips, and then softly spoke, "Mr. Gu...."
As she spoke, she slightly lifted her eyes to look at Gu Ningyi.
Gu Ningyi didn’t expect her to speak, his movements paused for a brief moment, then he responded lightly, "Hmm?"
Although Dong Xin Yan couldn’t discern any emotion in his response, the fact that he stayed to have breakfast and now responded gave her a bit of courage.
Dong Xin Yan swallowed a bit and spoke again, "About yesterday, I’m... I’m sorry, it was my fault. I shouldn’t have... lied."
After Dong Xin Yan said these words, Gu Ningyi’s dark eyes narrowed slightly, then he slowly lifted his gaze, the depths of his eyes unreadable, staring steadily at her with a slow, mocking light in his eyes.
Considering Dong Xin Yan’s typical attitude of avoiding him, she actually prepared breakfast for him.
It turns out, her intentions were never pure.
Indeed, it’s always been this way, hasn’t it?
Every time she acted weak, every attempt to please him, every act of flattery, it was always with the same purpose.
After finishing her words, seeing Gu Ningyi’s expression still reasonably calm, Dong Xin Yan lightly pursed her lips and continued cautiously, "I, I promise you, I won’t lie to you anymore, and I won’t go to see Ziyang anymore, so... can you, not press charges against Zi...?"
The knife and fork in Gu Ningyi’s hand clattered down with a crisp sound, startling Dong Xin Yan, her eyes widened, and her speech came to an abrupt halt.
Gu Ningyi’s face instantly turned dark, his gaze intensely shadowed, the hand on the table suddenly clenched tight, his entire aura becoming extremely fierce.
Dong Xin Yan always knows how to ignite the flames of his anger in an instant.
In the past, when Dong Xin Yan provoked him, he always had thousands of ways to retaliate, but now, he was so furious that every part of his being felt like it would explode; yet he couldn’t utter a single harsh word. Read complete version only at novel✶fire.net
He actually worried she might cry again.
Gu Ningyi glared at her, his hands clenching tighter, the veins on the back of his hands prominently visible, and finally, he coldly curled his lips, pronouncing only a few words, "Dong Xin Yan, you’re something else!"
With that, he abruptly stood up, kicked over the chair in front of him, and then strode towards the door.
Dong Xin Yan, already frightened by his expression, froze in her chair after witnessing him violently kick over the chair, and it wasn’t until long after he left that her racing heartbeat began to calm down.
Previously, when she angered him and apologized, he would generally calm down. So why this time, after she apologized, did he get even angrier?