Chapter 417: Chapter 416: I Hope She is Unhappy (4)
The most tormenting kind of longing is the one that is hopeless.
It’s like quenching thirst by looking at plums, always thinking there’s hope, but it just shatters again and again, causing oneself pain repeatedly.
If Dong Xin Yan does not love Yi, she should not torment him like this.
Sever all ties completely and return to being two parallel lines.
This accusation from Yuan Shen seemed a bit too much for her. She never thought of shaking Gu Ningyi’s heart, and besides, Gu Ningyi wouldn’t be shaken by her. There was simply no relationship between them.
Yet at this moment, for some reason, she felt powerless to refute him.
Perhaps it’s truly because she has wronged someone and felt too guilty.
"I’m sorry."
Dong Xin Yan spoke again in a low voice, lowering her head even further, "Please tell Gu Ningyi that I’m sorry, I won’t come looking for him anymore, and I won’t wrong him again. I’m really sorry."
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The dream was so beautiful, so beautiful that one wanted to remain immersed in it and never wake up.
But he, in the end, woke up.
The period of drowsiness was quite long. When Gu Ningyi opened his eyes, his mind was muddled, and his gaze was unfocused. He stared at the ceiling blankly for a long time before his consciousness slowly returned.
Reflexively, his dark eyes swept toward the bedside, but there, it was empty, she was not there...
Gu Ningyi just looked at it like that, and a glimmer of water appeared in his eyes, he blinked and smiled.
Really... was it just a dream?
No, that’s not right. If it were just a dream, why would he be lying on the bed? And... he touched his forehead, where a towel was placed, and looked at the bedside table, where there was a basin of water and some medicine.
Was Dong Xin Yan taking care of him last night? Were those blurry memories real? Then where was she? Was she still here?
A surge of emotion quickly rose in his heart, and he abruptly sat up, throwing back the covers to get out of bed, when suddenly a voice came from the doorway, "Mr. Gu, you shouldn’t move around right now."
Gu Ningyi’s movements came to an abrupt halt.
He raised his eyes almost rigidly and slowly. A woman stood at the door, but... she was not the woman he yearned for.
The woman wore a white dress and a nurse’s cap, clearly identifying her as a nurse.
The woman quickly walked in, supporting Gu Ningyi back onto the bed, and softly said, "Mr. Gu, you are still very weak. The doctor recommends you stay in bed and rest."
Gu Ningyi leaned back against the headboard, dazed for a while, speaking in an extremely dry voice, "Last night, was it you taking care of me?"
The nurse shook her head, "No, I only arrived this morning. It should have been Young Master Yuan taking care of you yesterday."
Yuan Shen?
Yes, Yuan Shen said he would come last night.
But when he collapsed, Yuan Shen hadn’t arrived yet, so... did Dong Xin Yan just leave him lying there, or... did she help him inside?
"Where is Yuan Shen?"
Gu Ningyi didn’t even know what the point of pursuing this answer was, but he just desperately wanted to know.
"Young Master Yuan just went to wash up in the guest room. He’ll be over in a moment."
Before the nurse’s words fell, footsteps were already heard. Yuan Shen’s tall and slender figure appeared at the doorway, backlit, and then he stepped in, one step at a time.
Gu Ningyi looked at him, pursed his lips but still spoke, "What time did you arrive last night?"
Yuan Shen stopped by the bed, his dark eyes looking down at Gu Ningyi’s still pale face, and he sighed deeply inside, "Isn’t your real question whether I saw Dong Xin Yan when I arrived?"