Dong Xin Yan originally thought that Gu Ningyi had returned, but when she looked over, it was instead the beautiful and elegant lady, Zhou Yalin.
The words "Ning Yi" on Zhou Yalin’s lips vanished the moment she saw Dong Xin Yan.
Their eyes met, and both of them were momentarily stunned.
Soon, the anxiety and worry on Zhou Yalin’s face faded, replaced by shock and disbelief. She quickly surveyed Dong Xin Yan.
She was bleary-eyed, with disheveled hair, dressed in loose loungewear, lazily sitting on the bed.
It was obvious that she was sleeping here, even... living here! But, this was clearly Gu Ningyi’s hospital room!
Her beautiful eyes widened, losing her usual elegance, as she exclaimed sharply, "Dong Xin Yan, why are you here?"
Upon seeing Zhou Yalin, a flash of panic and guilt quickly crossed Dong Xin Yan’s eyes. Even though she was simply here to take care of Gu Ningyi without any romantic intentions, strangely enough, her heart was pounding, filled with endless unease.
Dong Xin Yan nervously got off the bed, unconsciously clenching her hands, her voice slightly trembling as she spoke, "Miss Zhou, please don’t misunderstand, I... there’s nothing between Mr. Gu and me. I’m just here to take care of him because he injured his eyes."
Zhou Yalin listened, then sneered, "You say there’s nothing between you and Ning Yi, then what does his injury have to do with you? Why do you have to take care of him?"
Ever since she discovered that investigation report in Gu Ningyi’s office last time, she knew something had happened between them. Sure enough, after some inquiries, she learned many things from Yuan Shi. She found out about the ambiguous relationship between Gu Ningyi and Dong Xin Yan in recent times, that Gu Ningyi took her to the Nahai Blue Bay villa, that he sternly reprimanded Tang Qian for her on set, and even at the company’s year-end party, the female companion he attended with was Dong Xin Yan.
Every single thing made her terrified and furious.
After guarding for so many years, she never expected Dong Xin Yan to cling back to Gu Ningyi like sticky candy, haunting persistently. As Zhou Yalin thought of this, her expression became increasingly unpleasant, and her gaze towards Dong Xin Yan turned sharp.
"That’s because I and...," Dong Xin Yan was about to explain but then recalled that if she mentioned it was because of Yuan Shen’s ’threat’ that she agreed to take care of Gu Ningyi, Zhou Yalin would surely ask what the threat was. By then, not only would she fail to clarify, but the misunderstanding would deepen.
Dong Xin Yan swallowed her remaining words, explaining somewhat feebly, "I have my reasons." Follow current ɴᴏᴠᴇʟs on novel·fire·net
"Reasons? What reasons?"
Dong Xin Yan lowered her eyelids, her voice low, "I’m sorry, I can’t tell you the reason, but Miss Zhou, I’m really just a simple caretaker..."
In Zhou Yalin’s ears, Yuan Shi’s words echoed as she glanced at Dong Xin Yan’s current disheveled state, feeling it was extremely ironic and glaringly obtrusive.
Her overwhelming anger surged to a peak in an instant.
"Ha, recently you’ve been involved with Ning Yi ambiguously, and now you’re alone with him in a room. You call this simple?"
Stepping quickly in her high heels, Zhou Yalin stormed forward, grabbing Dong Xin Yan’s loungewear, her pretty face dark with anger, "Dong Xin Yan, do you take me for a fool?"