Chapter 216: Repeat the Mistake
Chapter 216: Repeat the Mistake
Xiaoqian tied up her hair and turned on the desk lamp. It was already dark.
She looked at herself in the mirror wearily, and took out her powder to cover the slight redness on her face. The owner of the dance hall had just found her and scolded her and slapped her in the face.
"Are you crazy? If you keep doing this, you'll be finished if the gun incident is discovered!" Before she could finish her words, she was slapped to the ground. The man leaned over and patted her face.
"Ah, I've told you that your face is very precious, but luckily, I didn't use all my strength."
"Use your charming face to trick the guy from the Gu family into telling you the location of the munitions hidden here."
Xiao Qian watched the man leave and sat quietly for dozens of seconds before standing up. There was no escape. She thought she could escape from this man by living in the place Gu Yao prepared for her, but she didn't expect him to chase her here.
She washed her face first, then saw that it was time for Gu Yao to come over, so she hurriedly sat down in front of the dressing table to put on her makeup.
This two-story western-style building, the black-and-white TV on the table, the record player next to it, the set of wooden cabinets and the retro clock were all prepared by Gu Yao for her. She lived in a gorgeous cage, obediently becoming a puppet at the mercy of others.
She waited until the clock passed nine, but Gu Yao still didn't show up. She looked at herself in the mirror and thought that this face was hateful.
"......"
She waited day after day, looking at the clock, as if she could not feel the passage of time. It was a week later when she saw him again.
He didn't look very good. He threw his coat away after coming in, looking very depressed.
"What's wrong?" Xiao Qian hadn't had time to put on makeup yet, and her face without makeup looked unusually childish. "You came so early today."
"Nothing...what are you doing?"
Xiaoqian went over to pick up his coat and helped hang it on the hanger. The two bars and four stars on the shoulders of the military uniform felt cold to the touch.
"...It's okay. I haven't cleaned myself up yet, and you're here."
She turned around, her unpainted face looked very childish, and she came to him obediently. He stretched out his hand and pulled her to sit next to him.
"It's good this way, I don't have to put on makeup all the time."
Gu Yao said this. She looked up, thinking she had heard it wrong. He looked at her with a deeper look than usual. His fingertips fell on her cheek and he gently lifted her head.
"look at me."
She couldn't help but blink, moved closer, and said in an ambiguous tone: "I'm watching you"
His eyes were not looking at her, but looking through her at another person.
Really alike, these two eyes are exactly the same.
She smiled, and pulled away just before his kiss landed, sitting back in her original position, smiling sweetly: "Can you give me an answer to what I said last time?"
Last time she asked when their relationship would be recognized, Gu Yao always avoided answering.
She just wants a title, the legitimate Mrs. Gu, so that she can stand on the same starting line with them.
"...Do you really have to spoil the fun?" Gu Yao's tone also turned cold.
She shook her head. “Is this a difficult question?”
"......I won't marry you." Gu Yao might have thought of marrying her at some point, but it was just a thought. "But I will support you."
“.......Ha, haha......” She laughed, which was a little strange in this atmosphere. She stood up but there was no smile on her face. “Then we are done.”
"......" Gu Yao grabbed her hand, "What did you say?"
He had no intention of ending the fight, and the strength in his hands was not important. Even if he wanted to end it, it was his choice.
"I've already said that if we don't get married, I won't continue to play with you. ....I'm leaving!"
".....Where are you going? Go back to the dance hall? To find another rich husband?" Gu Yao sneered, his eyes cold, "You still want to go back?"
Those who have followed him have been automatically branded with an invisible stigma, and others are afraid to have anything to do with her.
"Then tell me, why can't you marry me?! Didn't you promise me?"
She slid down to her knees on the sofa, tightly grasping the other person's clothes. She could say anything when they were in a fake relationship. She didn't want to believe that she had trusted the wrong person.
"..."
Gu Yao lit a cigarette and looked at the other person coldly, all the warmth gone: "Don't dream of the impossible."
No matter how much he likes this face, he can't leave the position of pillow next to her.
"Then I want to go...I want to go home..."
She struggled to get up, but was pressed down on the sofa by the man. Her face was pinched and facing him. The man hit her hard, and soon red marks appeared on her cheeks.
"I told you, it's impossible... or do you think I really won't peel off your face?"
Seeing her eyes wide open and showing fear, he let her go after she stopped moving. He sat aside with a gloomy face and said nothing.
The meetings in the past few days had already made him anxious. Now there was no news from the people he had sent to Xu Tianying's team. He could only worry here.
He wanted to do what he did four years ago again. This time, he wanted to make sure it didn't fail. Four years ago, he was delayed because his subordinates were injured, so Xu Tianying rescued him.
Ji Yuan was not dead yet, and he was still weighing on his head like a mountain. Even his generals were now being promoted over him. He really couldn't swallow this.
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