Qin Zhi Ai didn’t know how long she blanked out for while holding the envelope. By the time she snapped out of it, it was already pitch-black outside.
She carelessly tossed the envelope into a drawer of the dressing table and turned around to go downstairs.
When Qin Zhi Ai entered the dining room, to her surprise, Gu Yu Sheng was sitting at the dining table eating dinner. He heard movement, and raised his eyes to look at her. There was not a slightest change in his expression, as if she didn’t even exist in his eyes. He then lowered his head and continued drinking his bowl of soup with one hand, the other hand scrolling down his cell phone screen to read the news.
“Miss, what would you like to eat?” The housekeeper drew a chair opposite to Gu Yu Sheng. “Would you like to have noodles like Mr Gu or rice?”
For the three months since she started living in Gu Yu Sheng’s villa, excluding that time they ate a meal together at the Gu Family mansion, Qin Zhi Ai and Gu Yu Sheng had never sat together on the same dinner table. With sluggish steps, she made her way to the dining table and sat down. She then quietly answered the housekeeper, “Rice.”
“Yes, Miss.” The housekeeper replied and swiftly carried out a bowl of rice for Qin Zhi Ai.
“Thank you,” Qin Zhi Ai said in a very quiet voice. She then picked up her chopsticks, lowered her head a little and started scooping the rice into her mouth.
The dining room was peaceful. Besides the occasional quiet clinking sound of chopsticks making contact with dishes, there was no other sound of activity.
When Qin Zhi Ai had arrived, there already hadn’t been much soup left in Gu Yu Sheng bowl. After he stared at the screen of his phone for a moment, he tilted his head back and finished off the rest in one mouthful. Next, he put down the bowl, stood up and left.
Perhaps because she had eaten too much at noon, or perhaps because Gu Yu Sheng was present, Qin Zhi Ai didn’t have much appet.i.te. She sat alone in the big dining table, forcing herself to finish off half a bowl of rice before putting down her chopsticks.
She did not hurry to get up and sat on the dining chair for a while. It was only after the housekeeper came in that she asked in a lowered voice, “What……is he doing right now?”
Originally, she had wanted to ask, ‘Has he left yet?’ However, when the words were on the verge of leaving her lips, she realised it wasn’t appropriate, and changed her question.
“Mr Gu? He’s watching TV in the living room.”
After hearing the housekeeper’s reply, Qin Zhi Ai responded with an “Oh” with a straight face, and didn’t say anything else. Nonetheless, her heart had become a little perturbed.
She continued sitting on the dining chair for some time before she managed to force the undulations of her heart under control and then left the dining room.
Gu Yu Sheng was sitting right in the middle of the sofa with his legs crossed, currently watching the latest Olympic Games which was airing everywhere these days.
The TV was currently broadcasting a soccer match. The volume was really low and from time to time she could hear the sound of the spectator’s cheers.
Possibly because Gu Yu Sheng was deeply engrossed in watching the match, he didn’t seem to notice that Qin Zhi Ai had come out from the dining room.
Qin Zhi Ai stood a short distance away, staring at him for a while and discovered that he wasn’t showing any signs of leaving. She then crooked her head to look at the grandfather clock on the side.
It’s already nine thirty. If it’s this late and he still hasn’t left, don’t tell me that…… he’s planning to sleep in this house tonight?
The room that she was currently using was his bedroom…… So, if he was sleeping at home, then tonight, she would have to sleep in the same room and same bed as him?
