Watching her put on his coat again and straighten the front, Huangfu Jue finally stepped out of the bedroom and saw Will, to whom he whispered an order.
Will busied himself with taking out his phone to make a call, but noticing the piercing look from Huangfu Jue, he realized the problem and hurriedly ducked into the study before speaking in a hushed tone.
"Get the car ready, the gentleman will be down soon..." He paused, then added, "Don’t talk if it’s not necessary!"
All the way, Huangfu Jue didn’t say a word.
The atmosphere in the car was oppressively tense, so much that not only the driver but also Will dared not breathe too loudly.
Knowing he was angry, Gan Yuan also remained silent, wrapping herself in his coat and huddling in a corner of the seat. She turned her face to watch the street lights flashing by the window, her dark eyes filled with a bittersweet sense of helplessness.
The car drove into the new neighborhood she had moved into and stopped outside the building entrance.
Gan Yuan wasn’t surprised; if he already knew where she worked, knowing her address was not at all strange.
Will opened the car door, Huangfu Jue carried Gan Tang out of the car, and Gan Yuan hurried after them, helping him with the building door, pressing the elevator button...
All the way to the little one’s bedroom, once she had straightened the bedding, Huangfu Jue carefully settled the little one in and attentively adjusted his pillow, tucking in the comforter’s corners.
After everything was done, he turned to leave the bedroom. Gan Yuan followed, gently closing the bedroom door, then she took off the suit jacket from herself and handed it to him.
"Thank you, goodbye."
"You haven’t danced with me yet."
She frowned, "You’re already an adult man, stop being so childish!"
"I’ve already said it, I don’t like you, I don’t love you, why should I go back with you?"
The man forced three words out through clenched teeth.
Her face hung down, her long eyelashes casting faint shadows on her face, making it hard for him to see her expression.
Not? He didn’t believe it!
Huangfu Jue raised his hand to pinch her chin, lifting her face to meet his gaze.
"How do you explain what happened six years ago?"
"It was just a one-night stand, I’ve always been a very open-minded woman."
"So open that you haven’t been with any man for three consecutive years?"
"That’s because..." She pursed her lips, "I didn’t want to affect Xiaotang."
"Fair point!" the man gritted his teeth, "If you don’t like me, why did you give birth to our child?"
A twinge of heartache flashed through her, but Gan Yuan’s lips curled up in a mocking smile.
"Because I have a problem with my womb, aborting the pregnancy could have killed me, I had no choice."
"That’s nonsense!" the man pressed closer, "If that’s the case, why did you name him Gan Tang? The lush Gan Tang tree shouldn’t be cultivated or cut down, for Shao Bo once stayed beneath it. The lush Gan Tang tree shouldn’t be cultivated or destroyed, for Shao Bo once rested there. The lush Gan Tang tree shouldn’t be pruned or ruined, for Shao Bo once lingered there..."
He recited the poem line by line with a low and heavy tone.
The lush Gan Tang tree, it must not be tended or cut down, because Shao Bo had once lived beneath it.
The lush Gan Tang tree, it must not be tended or destroyed, because Shao Bo had once rested beneath it.
The lush Gan Tang tree, it must not be pruned or ruined, because Shao Bo had once lingered beneath it.
The entire poem was full of allusions to a person through the object.
On the surface, it seemed to be about the Gan Tang, but in reality, it was about the person who had once been under the Gan Tang tree.
"You think I don’t understand the significance of Gan Tang?" staring into her eyes, the man asked in a low voice.