However, Gu Ningyi waited for several minutes, and Dong Xin Yan was still leaning against the back of the chair, gazing out the car window, with no movement, only her shoulders seemed to be shaking slightly.
Gu Ningyi watched for a while before suddenly realizing something was wrong. His eyes narrowed slightly, and he suddenly reached out towards Dong Xin Yan, then grabbed her shoulder, turning her body around.
On that pale little face, at some point, it was already covered with tear stains. Her big, clear eyes were glistening, with tears swirling in her eye sockets. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ novel·fıre·net
Gu Ningyi was instantly stunned by Dong Xin Yan’s tear-filled big eyes.
Dong Xin Yan... cried?
Since he knew her, he had never seen Dong Xin Yan cry. He always thought she was like a man, only bleeding but never shedding tears. But now she... cried?
Dong Xin Yan didn’t expect Gu Ningyi to suddenly turn her body around. She didn’t have time to retract her tears, and so unpreparedly, she exposed her weak side to him.
For a moment, Dong Xin Yan was stiff and at a loss.
After all, from childhood to adulthood, no matter what Gu Ningyi did to her, no matter how overboard, she had never shown weakness in front of him, nor had she shed tears.
Of course, it wasn’t that she wasn’t wronged or upset, but no matter how wronged or upset, she wouldn’t let Gu Ningyi see, because tears are precious only in front of those who cherish and love you.
But today, perhaps because she thought of Ziyang last night, or maybe the illness made her vulnerable, she was simply unable to hold on or disguise anymore. The grievance and sadness surged to her heart, and the tears just came out.
Dong Xin Yan raised her hand to wipe away the tears, but the more she wiped, the less clean they became. Tears fell rapidly, so she simply stopped wiping and let them flow.
Tear after tear overflowed from the corner of her eyes, slowly sliding down her cheek, then heavily fell on the back of Gu Ningyi’s hand.
Gu Ningyi, as if touched by something hot, quickly withdrew his hand.
Dong Xin Yan ignored him, turned her face back, and looked out the window again.
Gu Ningyi could no longer see Dong Xin Yan’s tear-streaked face, but her weeping appearance was etched in his mind, and he couldn’t shake it off.
The back of his hand, hit by Dong Xin Yan’s tears, inexplicably felt pain. That pain seeped into his skin, flowed through his blood, to his heart, and then his heart inexplicably started to ache as well.
A sharp, gripping pain.
Gu Ningyi had always particularly disliked those delicate women who would cry at the drop of a hat, so he especially hated seeing women cry, only feeling very irritated and annoyed.
This was the first time... he saw a woman crying and didn’t feel irritated or annoyed, but rather... heartache?
Gu Ningyi incredulously let out a low laugh, and this woman was actually Dong Xin Yan?
Clearly, he wasn’t the one with a high fever, so why did he feel like he was confused as well?
He unconsciously looked at Dong Xin Yan again. Because Dong Xin Yan was turning her back to him, he couldn’t see her facial expression, but watching her occasionally raise her hand to wipe her tears, her shoulders gently shaking, his heart truly felt like countless tiny, dense needles were piercing his heart.
Unexpectedly uncomfortable.
He looked at her, clutching his heart, with a deep and dark gaze gradually sinking.