When Gu Yu Sheng opened the car door and got into the car, Xiao w.a.n.g turned around and gave him a strange look.
Mr Gu had clearly gone right up to the front door of the mansion, so why did he merely stand at the entrance for a while and then leave just like that?
There were many things that puzzled Xiao w.a.n.g that he wanted to ask about. However, he didn’t dare to and simply waited until Gu Yu Sheng was seated properly before starting the car again. Only after he drove out of the mansion’s gates, did he finally speak, “Mr Gu, will we be returning to the company?”
Gu Yu Sheng was preoccupied with his own thoughts, and didn’t answer Xiao w.a.n.g.
Xiao w.a.n.g didn’t try to ask again and directly started heading towards the company.
After they had travelled for almost two kilometres, as usual, Gu Yu Sheng found a cigarette, and started smoking again.
As Xiao w.a.n.g paid attention to the road in front, he secretly observed Gu Yu Sheng.
He couldn’t shake off the feeling that the Mr Gu right now was a bit different from his usual self. However, he was unable to pinpoint what exactly the difference was.
Just as they were about to arrive at the company, Gu Yu Sheng suddenly said, “Drive back home.”
Ever since Miss Liang had moved into Mr Gu’s house, besides the two months Miss Liang was away for filming, he had almost never returned home, why did he suddenly want to go home now?
“Huh?” Momentarily losing his composure, Xiao w.a.n.g let out a sound of surprise. A second later, Xiao w.a.n.g realised he had forgotten himself and hastily corrected, “Yes, Mr Gu.”
He then drew back the foot that was originally going to brake, and started driving towards Gu Yu Sheng’s house.
After the car stopped at the courtyard of Gu Yu Sheng’s villa, Gu Yu Sheng got out of the car and entered the house. It wasn’t until Xiao w.a.n.g had already reversed out and left that he suddenly had a thought. When Mr Gu was smoking in the car just before, the reason he felt that Mr Gu was different from usual today was because he looked almost as if, he was at a loss…… At a loss? Yes, precisely, ‘at a loss,’ like the ‘at a loss’ when you can’t think something through.
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Qin Zhi Ai didn’t stay at the Gu Family Mansion for dinner. When it was six-thirty, she drove back to Gu Yu Sheng’s Villa.
Although it wasn’t yet the time people got off work, it was still nearing closing time. The roads were a bit congested. A drive that would normally take forty minutes ended up taking Qin Zhi Ai one and a half hours before she finally returned home.
After Qin Zhi Ai parked the car in the garage, she rode the elevator directly up to the second floor.
Qin Zhi Ai changed her shoes to slippers at the elevator doors, and carrying her bag, she headed towards the bedroom.
Just after she had pushed open the door, before she had even taken a step inside, a heavy and acrid smoke smell a.s.saulted her head on.
Qin Zhi Qi lightly knitted her brows, and after seeming to realise something, she raised her head, and peered in the room.
Gu Yu Sheng was sitting crossed-legged on the sofa, smoking. The ashtray in front of him was heaped with cigarette b.u.t.ts of all sizes.
The window was open. The summer evening breeze blew against the net curtain, causing it to flutter continuously, occasionally brus.h.i.+ng his shoulder.
Qin Zhi Ai stood at the door, and after a good moment of shock, she slowly recovered her senses.
Gu Yu Sheng…… Why was he at home?
While she was hesitating whether to go in or to leave, Gu Yu Sheng appeared to have detected movement, and slanted his head slightly, catching hold of her silhouette out of the corner of his eye.
