Chapter 276: An Own Misunderstanding

Chapter 276

Gu Ying's face changed color, "I—"

"What's the matter, cat got your tongue?" Zhao Changdu let out a cold laugh, his expression so chillingly cold that it made one's scalp tingle.

What is going on...could it be that he found out about the affair between her and Jiang Yin?

At the thought that this might be possible, Gu Ying's petite face grew even paler.

"Prince, please let me explain..."

"Go ahead." Zhao Changdu gave a self-deprecating tilt of his eyelashes, concealing the predatory chill in his eyes.

Gu Ying's heart thumped rapidly. She awkwardly licked the corner of her lips, only now realizing that she wore not a stitch.

Her face flushed red. She bit her lip, struggled out of his scorching hot palm, and hurriedly gathered her clothes about herself. Her gaze darted about evasively. "...Changdu, let me get dressed first. We can talk about this afterwards."

Inscrutable pleasure or anger showed on Zhao Changdu's face, yet he did not continue his questioning. Instead, he clenched his fist tightly as he watched her appealing, flushed and tender skin, making no move to look away.

Gu Ying was left with no choice. With this hulking piece of meat blocking her way, the oppressive pressure made it difficult to breathe.

She still hadn't put her clothes on...Her small hand pushed against his firm waist and abdomen, but he did not budge as his gloomy gaze roamed over her. That sinister, gloomy look made Gu Ying inexplicably afraid. Yôur favorite stories at novelhall.com

There were no walls in this world that were airtight. Some things simply could not be kept hidden. Sooner or later the prince would find out.

Moreover, Jiang Yin was currently in Yueyang City.

The prince and he were both in the Yueyang government offices. If Jiang Yin wanted to expose her past, it would only take a sentence or two.

She lost her train of thought. Her heart ached so much she could barely breathe. She took a deep breath and slipped out from between the prince and the bathtub.

Seeing that he made no move to look away, she had no choice but to turn her back towards him and hurriedly tidy up her clothes.

It only took a fleeting moment to put her clothes on.

But in that time, she had already summoned her courage and forced herself to calm down.

The many memories from her past life coalesced into a single phrase.

Gu Ying frowned in puzzlement. "Prince, what do you mean by that?"

Zhao Changdu paced over to stand in front of her, an overpowering aura emanating from him.

Gu Ying retreated step by step. Raising her tear-reddened eyes, she looked at him in bewilderment.

Zhao Changdu's gaze was sinister and fierce. He reached out and pulled her slender waist towards him with one arm, forcefully imprisoning her soft and pliant body against his own. The aura surrounding his entire body was ice-cold and dangerous.

Gu Ying panickedly lifted her chin, her small hands clinging onto his sturdy arms. She looked up fearfully into the fathomless depths of his eyes, afraid that his immense anger would make him tear her apart.

"Prince?"

Feeling his broad, hot chest press towards her, and seeing that taut, sharp profile of his, Gu Ying's heart pounded faster and faster. "Prince, I truly didn't mean to...this isn't my fault..."

Barely restraining the flames of fury within him, Zhao Changdu used two fingers to pinch her chin, forcing her to look straight at him. He ground his teeth. "Since you did not mean to, then why did you buy abortion pills? Gu Ying, how can your heart be so cruel to even lay hands on your own child? I am the child's father. Were you not even going to tell me about this?"

Gu Ying blinked blankly for a few times, her cheeks involuntarily puffing out from the man's actions. "What nonsense are you talking about!"

Zhao Changdu's brows were tightly knitted together, his eyes full of anguish as his eyes turned red. Like a wild beast on the verge of losing control, he asked, "Do you still want to argue about this?"

Gu Ying suddenly laughed. Now she understood! The prince had not come to find her because of Jiang Yin's matter, but because of the abortion pill incident!

Perhaps the prince's subordinates had informed him about it. But they did not know that the pills were not meant for her to consume, leading the prince to misunderstand. She had not expected the prince would disregard all else the moment he learned about this matter, only caring about seeking her out. She was quite moved by this depth of feeling.

Gu Ying realized what the crux of the matter was. She flung herself into the man's embrace.

This sudden action instead made Zhao Changdu freeze up momentarily. There was bitterness in his voice as he painfully suppressed his anguish. "Gu Ying, don't think that by trying to curry favor with me, I would..."

Gu Ying mumbled, "Who said I wanted to get rid of our child?"

Zhao Changdu's fingers gradually tightened their hold, embracing her body. But the look in his eyes remained one of puzzlement and profound darkness.

Gu Ying could feel that the aggressive aura around the man had yet to fade away. She extricated herself from his embrace and grabbed his large hand, placing it on her slightly protruding abdomen. "Changdu, feel it. Our child is still there. I wasn't planning to use those pills myself."

Zhao Changdu's motions paused and his brows furrowed even more tightly together. "Then who were they for?"

Gu Ying pursed her lips. "They were for Ning Si."