Gu Yanjing closed the door, walked into the office, and asked, "Sister?"
Shen Wenyan replied, "In Yue City, we were neighbors and grew up together."
Gu Yanjing nodded and glanced at the lunch box on his desk.
The lunch box wasn’t from Fenglin Villa; he didn’t recognize it, but his intuition told him it contained food made by Qiao Yuxian.
Qiao Yuxian used to bring him meals at the Sixth Hospital, all of which he ate.
Mr. Gu suddenly felt a bit annoyed.
He was never willing to let her cook, yet this person constantly enjoyed her meals.
Gu Yanjing walked to the table, looking at Qiao Yuxian.
Qiao Yuxian lowered her gaze, and when she saw him approaching, she instinctively pressed the prescription under her arm on the table.
Gu Yanjing looked at her bowed head for a while, then cupped her chin to lift her head.
Shen Wenyan watched from the side, slightly furrowing his brow and pinching his fingers.
Even with her head lifted, Qiao Yuxian avoided looking at him, pulling his hand down and clutching it tightly.
Gu Yanjing watched her for a moment, touched the top of her head, and asked, "Feeling unwell?"
"No," Qiao Yuxian replied. "I’m here to see Brother Wenyan, and Aunt as well."
Upon hearing "Brother Wenyan," Gu Yanjing’s eyes narrowed slightly.
Qiao Yuxian, with her gaze lowered, neither saw nor noticed it. She asked, "What’s wrong with Aunt? Why did you suddenly come over?"
"Nothing," Gu Yanjing replied. "I wanted to ask if she could come home for the New Year."
"Oh." Qiao Yuxian nodded.
Shen Wenyan stood on the side observing them, feeling his heart sink a bit, though his face didn’t show it, goosebumps rose on his skin.
The girl said she got married.
The person she married is Gu Yanjing!
No wonder she’d been hiding it!
Now, Shen Wenyan was not just sad but more worried.
As a psychologist, he couldn’t understand Gu Yanjing. Such people are terrifying, and this girl was drawn to him.
Gu Yanjing looked at her awkward demeanor and asked, "Going back?"
Qiao Yuxian paused for a moment and said, "You go ahead, I still need to go to Chengjian Hospital to swap with Le Chu and accompany the bedside."
Gu Yanjing didn’t say anything.
Qiao Yuxian also remained silent.
They both fell into silence.
Seeing the stalemate between the two and the low pressure in the air, Shen Wenyan spoke, "Mr. Gu, if Aunt is willing, given her current condition, it’s perfectly fine to take her home for the New Year. Just avoid contact with people who might upset her."
Gu Yanjing looked at Qiao Yuxian for a while, then turned his head to Shen Wenyan.
Shen Wenyan couldn’t read Gu Yanjing, yet Gu Yanjing saw right through him.
Or perhaps it was an innate vigilance against rivals in love.
He could sense Shen Wenyan’s restraint, but subtle expressions still betrayed him.
"Hmm," Gu Yanjing responded.
Then looked at Qiao Yuxian again and glanced at the paper face down on the table.
Qiao Yuxian sensed his gaze and pressed down her arm on the paper with a bit more force.
Gu Yanjing asked again, "Really not going with me?"
Qiao Yuxian shook her head, "I still have things to discuss with Brother Wenyan, you go ahead."
Gu Yanjing said nothing further, touched her face, glanced at Shen Wenyan, and turned to leave directly.
The door opened and closed again, leaving the office in silence.
After a while, Shen Wenyan finally spoke, "Did you argue?"
Qiao Yuxian looked up at him, sighed, and said, "Does it look like an argument? More like I’m the one upset."
Shen Wenyan sat back down and said, "But you’re not actually upset."
Qiao Yuxian forced a smile.
Shen Wenyan picked up his pen, opened and closed it, "Is the insomnia because of him?"
Qiao Yuxian lowered her gaze and didn’t respond.
After a moment of silence, Shen Wenyan spoke again, "Yu Xian, avoiding won’t solve anything."
"But I’m a bit afraid of facing him," Qiao Yuxian said, anxiously pinching her fingers, "I’m afraid of conflicts we might have, I’m scared he’ll stand against me. I don’t know how to resolve a situation ."
Shen Wenyan sensed her unease.
"Knowing clearly in your mind is one thing, but truly facing it is another," when Qiao Yuxian discussed Gu Linhai with Liu Zhou, she had imagined a day could come when she and Gu Yanjing would confront each other, but now as it possibly approaches, she feels a bit panicked.
Not knowing how to resolve or how to confront it.
Or rather, she doesn’t want to resolve or confront it, so she chose to avoid.
After all, if it’s truly as the external world says. Gu Linhai takes on a father’s role.
Then Gu Yanjing would definitely not choose her.
Just like no matter what, she would always stand by her grandparents.
"Yu Xian. Gu Yanjing is too important to you," Shen Wenyan said.
Qiao Yuxian looked at him, somewhat bewildered.
"You’re not someone who hesitates or fantasizes about unknown matters," Shen Wenyan gripped his pen tightly, yet his voice remained gentle, "He’s too important to you, you’re subconsciously afraid of losing him."
Qiao Yuxian’s eyes trembled a bit.
"You could also say, you’re afraid of troubling him, disturbing his choice, afraid he’ll make a regrettable decision." Shen Wenyan didn’t know what happened, but he had a rough guess, "So you parted from him, giving him enough space to make a choice."
Qiao Yuxian fell silent.
Shen Wenyan watched her.
He didn’t know why Gu Yanjing held such significance to her. Follow current novᴇls on NoveIꜰire.net
Nor did he know what happened in such a short time that Gu Yanjing had taken such an indispensable place in her heart.
Before, her grandparents were most important.
Now that place seemed to be gradually filled by Gu Yanjing.
"Yu Xian, you like him, you must learn to face this issue," Shen Wenyan said, "It might happen again in the future."
Qiao Yuxian pouted, "Why is everything so annoying."