Chapter 32

The night and the autumn wind pushed open the window.

Gu Yuling wiped her wet long hair and stood by the window thoughtfully. She looked at the empty street downstairs, it was already late at night.

The coldness made her shiver, she raised her hand to close the window, and when she glanced back at herself in the mirror, she felt that this face was extremely unfamiliar, and the deep tiredness in her eyes made her suffocate.

She was stunned for a moment, and the hand that wiped her hair unconsciously dropped.

Gu Yuling touched her cheek with one hand, and her eyes were locked on this face. Her haggardness almost made her facial features lose their spirits. When she was alone, she often looked at herself.

Why so saddened? There was a voice in my heart screaming.

Gu Yuling hooked her lips, and she unconsciously showed a bitter smile. Before she knew it, she became less and less like herself.

She opened the drawer, which was filled with memories of the first twenty years of her life, but it was full of sadness.

When she has nothing to do, she loves to look at her design drawings one by one. Only in this matter can she find a trace of solace, so that she will not sink into the pain of the previous life.

It turns out that time can really heal everything, Gu Yuling thought, brushing his long fingers over an old photo.

The woman in the photo has bright eyes and white teeth, and the corners of her mouth show her agile aura. Gu Yuling believes that no matter who sees it, she can't help but raise the corners of her lips with her. Gu Dong was just for this smile back then. He made a promise that he couldn't keep at all.

This is her mother.

When she left her mother, Gu Yuling was still young, she got into Gu Dong's car in a daze, but she didn't know that this was a farewell, and she didn't know that she jumped into the fire pit.

She has no one to protect her since then, and her life has plunged into darkness.

Her eyes were red, and pea-sized tears fell on the photo. She hurriedly wiped them away, but she couldn't help shrugging her shoulders, lying on the table and crying.

"Boom thump-"

The knock on the door was very inappropriate, and Gu Yuling hurriedly wiped the tears from his face, but did not notice that his nose was still slightly red.

"How did you come?"

Sheng Jingxun leaned slantingly at the door, his black eyes narrowed, the smell of alcohol squeezed into the apartment first, Gu Yuling frowned and covered his mouth and nose.

It was late at night, but Sheng Jingxun was so drunk that Gu Yuling couldn't help but worry.

Is it for the photo thing? She couldn't help but guess.

"Come in first," she turned sideways to let him in, Sheng Jingxun smiled and fell straight down.

By the time Gu Yuling finally dragged the man into the room, five or six minutes had passed. She sat on the ground panting and patted her chest with her hands. This man was too heavy, right?

Sheng Jingxun, who was drunk, was quieter than she imagined. Hearing his even breathing, Gu Yuling couldn't help but scrutinize the man's face.

In the past, getting along with Sheng Jingxun was under pressure, and it was hard to get a chance to stare at him quietly, but Gu Yuling's heart was still beating suddenly.

She held out her hand while scolding herself for being unpromising in her heart.

The warm fingers stroked the man's sharp chin, the bridge of the nose, and the full lower lip, and finally stopped above the eyelashes, not daring to go down.

Gu Yuling swallowed silently, unaware that his cheeks continued to heat up.

She retracted her hand embarrassingly and muttered, "You came to me drunk, and if any pictures are taken, I'll see how you explain it!"

With a vicious tone, he couldn't stop worrying in his heart.

She deeply knew that the gap between her and Sheng Jingxun's identities was too great. Even if she had the guts of a bear and a leopard, she never thought of marrying Sheng Jingxun.

Approaching him is only to make Gu Ranjia jealous and to break her beautiful fantasy of marrying into a wealthy family.

But why do things seem so out of control?

Gu Yuling's eyes fell on Sheng Jingxun's face, but she jumped up in fright when his eyes suddenly opened, and her voice was full of tears, "Are you drunk?"

The man blinked, a smile on his lips, and the next second, he simply sat cross-legged on the ground, "Don't worry, I'm not that bad at drinking."

"Then you just now!" Gu Yuling stared, dissatisfied, "Did you want me to pull you in on purpose!"

She really didn't understand the brain circuit of this man.

How can I get you close to me if I don't do this? Sheng Jingxun thought silently, with a very awkward smile on his face, noncommittal to Gu Yuling's words.

"Okay," Gu Yuling finally got discouraged when she saw him stubbornly holding her neck and confronted for a long time. She waved her hand, her hair was still dripping with water, "I don't care about you, I still want to blow my hair."

"I'll help you!" Sheng Jingxun was in high spirits, he got up with his hands and feet and volunteered to follow Gu Yuling into the bathroom.

Looking at the man in the mirror who was seriously blowing her hair, Gu Yuling began to be thankful that there was still some water vapor in the bathroom, so that her red face would not look so awkward.

Even though the smell of alcohol was overwhelming, Sheng Jingxun's face still didn't change much, and it looked the same as usual.

Gu Yuling's nerves were tense, and he dared not speak for a while.

"It's the weekend in two days, do you have time?" Sheng Jingxun didn't notice her hesitating to speak, but he threw a mindless question.

Although he didn't understand why he came here in the middle of the night, Gu Yuling somehow felt that this scene was very warm.

She pondered for a moment, "Boss, you can work overtime, but you need to pay extra."

Sheng Jingxun stopped laughing, "Who said you need to work overtime? I want you to come home with me. My parents want to see you."

Hearing that she didn't need to work overtime, Gu Yuling breathed a sigh of relief, but in the next second, her face froze, and she turned and bumped into Sheng Jingxun's chest.

"What?" Gu Yuling's voice echoed throughout the apartment.

A few minutes later, Gu Yuling tossed her half-dry hair and walked around the small living room, impatiently, "Why don't you explain to them, we are obviously just friends!"

She roared, her footsteps getting faster and faster, in comparison, Sheng Jingxun seemed much calmer.

He sat on the edge of the bed, holding a cup of sober tea, sipping from time to time, facing Gu Yuling's anxiety, he could only respond with a long silence.

In fact, it's not that serious, Sheng Jingxun thought.

"Just a friend?" He murmured and repeated Gu Yuling's words, and before she refuted, he patted the edge of the bed lightly.

The silence speaks.

After realizing what he meant, Gu Yuling's face suddenly turned red, and she put her hands on her hips down, her expression a little unnatural, "But that was an accident!"

At first she thought it was nothing, but when Sheng Jingxun kept reminding her, Gu Yuling admitted that a strange emotion rose in her heart.

The feeling of restraint that suffocated her came again, Gu Yuling frowned slightly, her ears buzzing with anger, she couldn't say a word for a while.