The gray-blue of his eyes, under the blood-red afterglow of the evening, shimmered like glaze, their luster flowing.
He wanted to say something, but in the end, he said nothing. He simply said, "Get some rest early, tomorrow morning, we still need to get up early to go to Hot Spring Villa."
"Yeah, you too." Jian Anning probably guessed what he wanted to say, but if he didn’t mention it, she wasn’t going to ask.
After all, her time here, the time by Yu Zexiao’s side—if nothing unexpected happened—was definitely not going to exceed one month.
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Just as she was walking toward the hotel, something unexpected occurred!
Next to the flower bed at the hotel’s main entrance, there was a person crouched down, a man!
Yes, it was Yu Zexiao!
After a failed "matchmaking," he immediately called Jian Anning without a second word, only to find her phone turned off.
Having no other choice, he could only return to the hotel. Whether sitting awake or standing, his mind was flooded with the images Nie Anni had painted when leaving, of "falling in love with that man, getting married, having children."
He had never considered these things before. He had always been a golden boy with a privileged background, more beautiful than a woman, and became a star with countless fans afterward.
Furthermore, protected by Yu Jingxi and Yin Maohui, even if he knew of the demons and monsters in the entertainment industry, those evil spirits couldn’t get close to him. For twenty-eight years, he was used to being pampered, coaxed, and accustomed to looking down on others, but then, he met Jian Anning!
At first, he really didn’t take her seriously, but since he tasted her flavor, he gradually fell. To this point, he couldn’t clearly define his feelings for her. The only thing that was clear was that he didn’t want to lose her!
Since matchmaking and the silent treatment couldn’t change her mind, and he couldn’t stand seeing her with that bastard Situ Xuan, there seemed to be no other choice but to keep a closer eye on her himself.
From noon until now, he had been sitting all alone by the flower bed at the hotel entrance. Even when his mother came back, he didn’t go up. Being a star, he couldn’t blatantly stand at the entrance waiting for her. He could only shrink behind the flower bed, peering out whenever he heard the sound of a car, to see if it was her returning.
It was still September, and though it was no longer the height of summer, the sun was still scorching. Yu Zexiao was there alone from the highest point of the sun, waiting until the sunset. When he was alone, his mind was a mess, his thoughts scattered, one moment he thought of how Jian Anning always made him angry, even speaking up for Situ Xuan, and he felt so angry he wanted to hit someone. But then he thought, if he let things continue this way, and if Jian Anning really ran off with Situ Xuan, what would he do?
It could be said that he had never been so tormented by a person, a matter, in his life.
Not until the sun slanted west did he see Situ Xuan’s car return. He immediately wanted to dash over, but after a slight hesitation, he still hid behind the bushes, wanting to see if these two would display any intimate actions when he wasn’t around.
He craned his neck and watched for a long time but couldn’t make out anything until Jian Anning got out of the car.
Jian Anning didn’t expect that, just as she arrived at the hotel entrance, a man would leap out!