Gu Ningyi didn’t know when he came to her bedside, his dark eyes slightly lowered, staring at her intently, his tall figure almost blocking all the light, enveloping her completely in shadow.
Dong Xin Yan’s heart tightened, sleepiness vanished in an instant, her eyes widened abruptly, and her first reaction was to quickly clamp her lips shut, fearing she might accidentally cry out.
But... wasn’t Gu Ningyi sleeping? Why is he here? Is he deliberately trying to scare her?
Dong Xin Yan stared blankly at him for a few seconds, just about to sit up, when Gu Ningyi started searching, sitting on the edge of the bed, then he raised his hand, reaching towards her face.
In the moment Dong Xin Yan was dazed, his hand gently landed on her face, fingers slowly caressing along the contour of her cheek.
His movements were extremely gentle, as if treating some treasure, causing one’s heart to involuntarily tremble.
A low voice slowly seeped out from his thin lips, Gu Ningyi looked at her, there was even a sense of recollection, this question carried deep longing.
If on that night, he was unable to determine if that familiar feeling was real or an illusion, after these days, he could now be absolutely certain.
This feeling was not wrong.
The same as back then, exactly the same, equally familiar, equally making him restless, equally... infatuated.
She was not some caregiver auntie.
She was clearly the girl who took care of him back then, the one who accompanied him, the girl who first made him fall in love. That girl was Yalin.
But now this girl doesn’t look like Yalin, instead she seems like... Dong Xin Yan.
Even if she doesn’t speak, even if she always keeps a distance from him, even if she’s always very quiet, he still feels... she is Dong Xin Yan.
So, is she really... the girl who took care of him back then?
However, even if he was very certain in his heart, he didn’t dare to easily open his mouth to question, to confirm, because after experiencing too much disappointment, too much wishful thinking, he was very afraid of despairing once more.
When Gu Ningyi spoke, Dong Xin Yan’s whole body instantly stiffened.
These days, she always thought Gu Ningyi hadn’t found anything, hadn’t suspected anything, so he does suspect after all?
So now he’s touching her face to confirm who she is?
Would he recognize her?
No, it can’t be, she mustn’t let him recognize her.
With great difficulty, she endured through three months, waited for him to release Ziyang, waited for him to tell her to leave, by no means does she want to have any further entanglement with him.
Gu Ningyi hadn’t noticed Dong Xin Yan had awakened, he was just very focused and earnestly caressing her face, outlining her contours, his thin lips parted slightly, voice growing even lower, "Who exactly are you?"
Is it Zhou Yalin, or Dong Xin Yan?
Dong Xin Yan’s heart went cold, her body couldn’t help but tremble.
Her dark eyes spun around, trying to think of a way, yet the more anxious she became, the more blank her mind was, she could only think that he should still be in the suspicion phase, she mustn’t let him recognize her by touching her face.
She didn’t even dare to directly push his hand away, so she could only pretend to turn over, her body turning inwards, avoiding his touch.
Gu Ningyi’s hand suddenly fell into the void, then as if he felt something, slightly stiffly, he froze in mid-air.