Gu Yuan’s words made it very clear that Quan Jin could go in with her.

But in Quan Jin’s understanding, it meant: she deliberately made up an excuse to leave and wouldn’t easily forgive him...

Seeing him kneeling there motionless, Gu Yuan swallowed back the words she was about to say. If he wants to kneel, let him kneel, it’s his own doing if he kneels until daylight!

Gu Yuan turned around and went inside without a backward glance.

...

Suisui had been sobbing and fussing the whole time, and it wasn’t until Gu Yuan returned that her cries gradually subsided. Once in Gu Yuan’s arms, she quieted down completely, and except for her puffy eyes, her tears had dried up.

"Where did Mommy go?" After crying for a while, Suisui’s voice was a bit hoarse.

Gu Yuan wiped the sweat from Suisui’s forehead with a tissue. Her baby hair at the front was completely damp with sweat: "Mommy just went out for a bit, why did you cry like this?"

As soon as she spoke, Suisui pouted a few times.

The emotions she had managed to gather threatened to make her cry again.

Gu Yuan was bemused: "Still fussing? If you cry again, you’ll have to comfort yourself, Mommy won’t cheer you up."

"Mommy~"

Suisui obediently rested her head against Gu Yuan’s chest, pouting a few times but not really crying.

Mama brought over some warm milk: "Miss Gu, the milk is warmed up."

Gu Yuan freed up one hand, holding Suisui with one hand and the milk with the other. After Suisui finished drinking, she handed the cup back to Mama: "I’ll take Suisui upstairs to rest, you should also get some rest early."

"Miss Gu."

Mama took back the empty cup and didn’t rush off. She asked inadvertently: "Did the person outside the gate leave?"

Mama had thought that Gu went out to personally bring that person in.

But Miss Gu had come back alone.

Gu Yuan made a sound, "Mm, he left."

She didn’t actually know if he left.

Just assumed he did.

She didn’t want to see him either, a blockhead who insisted on her spelling things out before he understood, where did that shameless persistence from before go?!

...

The next day.

Sheng Yi arrived at the Gu Mansion early in the morning. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

When she arrived, Quan Jin still hadn’t left.

Last night, he knelt for a whole hour, his knees completely numb. In the middle of the night, he slept in his car until dawn.

His car window wasn’t down. He checked the time, it was a few minutes past seven in the morning.

As he prepared to drive away, he noticed a red Mercedes driving into the Gu Mansion.

The driver was a woman.

Quan Jin rolled down the car window. He didn’t know the woman, but she seemed a little familiar. After thinking carefully, he remembered seeing her on a poster; she was a big celebrity.

Is she a friend of Gu Yuan?

Quan Jin sat quietly in his car for a long time.

He hadn’t eaten the previous night, and by midnight he was starving. Now, in the morning, he was so hungry that his stomach was cramping, making his face pale, but he paid no mind to it.

Around eleven, another car came by.

The driver was young. Through the car window, Quan Jin could see he was wearing a plaid three-piece suit, looking very businesslike and handsome, with mature charm akin to his uncle.

Quan Jin watched as the gatekeeper let that car in.

He felt bitter watching car after car enter the Gu Mansion, while he couldn’t.

Quan Jin got out of his car and shut the door.

He started walking towards the gatekeeper, but after a few steps, felt dizzy, his vision blurring for a few seconds. Was it due to low blood supply to the brain from almost fainting from hunger?

Once his vision cleared, just as he took two steps forward, he suddenly collapsed to the ground.

...

Inside the Gu Mansion.

At this time, Dao An hadn’t arrived yet.

In the kitchen, Gu Yuan was already busy at the stove, wearing an apron.

A lot of seafood had been prepared, including little lobsters and black abalone, which Sheng Yi loved. Among the sashimi, there were fresh sweet peony shrimp and lobster. Sheng Yi’s favorite beef shin was already tenderized, its aroma tempting her to drool...

Gu Yuan was cutting scallions into shreds, white and green distinct and separate.

Sheng Yi, though clamoring to help, mostly got in the way. She could only clap from the side: "Yuanyuan, your knife skills are amazing, you’re cutting those scallions as if with a machine, my gosh, I’m in for a treat today!"

Gu Yuan looked up, seeing Sheng Yi standing there, stopped her knife, and asked: "Where’s Suisui?"

Sheng Yi suddenly remembered: "Oh right! I almost forgot my task was to watch Suisui!"

Gu Yuan gave a wry smile: "She’s probably in the east vegetable garden now, go check, don’t let Suisui mess up my vegetables and watermelon."