Qin Zhi Ai’s body instinctively froze, and after a short while, she finally moved her lower lip, wanting to call out to greet him. However, immediately after, she remembered that he was eager to cut his relations.h.i.+p with her completely, and may not appreciate her greeting him. Consequently, she lowered her eyes slightly, hiding the gloominess inside her eyes, and dispelled the idea of greeting him.
Qin Zhi Ai stood at the doorway in silence, not entering the room.
Gu Yu Sheng also had no intention of speaking.
The entire room was disastrously silent.
Gradually, Qin Zhi Ai started to feel that she wouldn’t be able to hold out any longer. She was so nervous her palms were soaked in sweat.
She secretly gritted her teeth, and after pondering for a while, she finally thought up a way to excuse herself. She raised her eyes, wanting to speak out to Gu Yu Sheng. However, Gu Yu Sheng, who had been silent the same length of time as her, suddenly beckoned her over with his hand, “Come over.”
This was probably the first time, in the three months and more since she had moved into his house, that he had tranquilly and even-temperedly talked to her on his own accord…… Overwhelmed, Qin Zhi Ai glanced at Gu Yu Sheng, and then withdrew her gaze and lowered her eyelids. She stood in the doorway unmoving for a few seconds before taking a step and slowly entering the room.
The closer she neared Gu Yu Sheng, the thicker the smoke smell grew, and the more unease Qin Zhi Ai felt.
In the end, she couldn’t summon the courage to get too close to him and halted her steps when she was around over a metre away.
As Gu Yu Sheng bit his cigarette, he swept a glance at Qin Zhi Ai, and then after a short pause, he ruffled through his bag, pulled out an envelope and held it out to her.
Not quite understanding, Qin Zhi Ai first shot a glance at Gu Yu Sheng and seeing that he had no intention of explaining, she extended her hand and took the envelope. She lowered her head, made a small opening in the envelope, and saw that there was a thick wad of bills inside.
What was he giving her money for?
While Qin Zhi Ai was still staring at the inside of the envelope in a daze, the housekeeper came up the stairs and knocked on the door, shattering the silence in the room. “Mr Gu, Miss, dinner is ready.”
“En.” Gu Yu Sheng responded, indicating to the housekeeper to go down first. He then raised his head slightly, looked at the girl who was still staring blankly at the envelope and after a brief mind blank, he stubbed out the cigarette b.u.t.t in the ashtray, stood up, and indifferently gave her a one sentence explanation. “That money is your doctor’s fee.”
And, not caring whether she had heard clearly or not, he sidestepped around her, left the room and went downstairs.
‘That money is your doctor’s fee’…… Those several words swirled around Qin Zhi Ai’s head twice before she suddenly remembered the words that he had said on the phone on the day following the car accident, ‘Ask her how much the doctor’s fee was yesterday. I will have my secretary send over the money to her, lest I owe her and she seizes the opportunity to entrap me forever.’
So, the first time he had voluntarily spoken to her in a normal tone of voice was only for the sake of getting rid of the barely existing connection between them.
But, did he also know? That night, she didn’t save him as Liang Dou Kou. She had saved him under the ident.i.ty of the person who he had stood up twice in the past, the person who had, even after he had cleanly forgotten her, still refused to give up and continued thinking about him for eight years, Qin Zhi Ai.
