Chapter 435: Chapter 434 Engagement (4)
When Gu Ningyi walked into the office, Zhou Yalin was sitting on the sofa waiting for him. As soon as she saw him come in, she slowly stood up, her beautiful eyes looking at him. She hadn’t said anything yet, but tears welled up in her eyes, her face looking pitiful and fragile.
Secretary Lin, who was following behind Gu Ningyi, said with an embarrassed expression, "I’m sorry, Mr. Gu, I couldn’t stop Miss Zhou."
Gu Ningyi glanced at Zhou Yalin coldly, his lips curling into a chilly smile, then waved Secretary Lin out of the room.
Secretary Lin finally breathed a sigh of relief, nodded, and quickly exited.
After Secretary Lin left, Gu Ningyi retrieved his gaze, as if ignoring Zhou Yalin entirely, and walked straight to his desk. Zhou Yalin watched his indifferent manner, feeling as if her heart was being viciously gnawed by something, unbearable.
The last time, she had been forced by Gu Ningyi to take the initiative to annul the engagement, and she indeed harbored immense resentment towards him. But no matter how much resentment she held, it couldn’t outweigh her love for him.
She never thought of giving him up, so at that time, when he asked her to annul the engagement, she obediently found an excuse to do so, not daring to complain to Mrs. Gu, just to let his anger subside, hoping for a chance to win back his heart.
After all, Aunt Gu was on her side, and Dong Xin Yan... Dong Xin Yan’s heart was all for Cheng Ziyang, which gave her a sense of unjustified confidence.
But no matter how she calculated, she never expected him to get engaged to Yuan Shi.
When she saw this news in the morning, her mind went completely blank. Looking at the big red words in the newspaper, she couldn’t believe her eyes at all.
She had always known Yuan Shi liked Gu Ningyi, but Gu Ningyi never even glanced at her. It had always been one-sided on her part, so she didn’t care much about her. She even deliberately mentioned sweet little things between her and Gu Ningyi in front of Yuan Shi, enjoying the envious and jealous looks from her.
Unexpectedly, Yuan Shi suddenly appeared, catching her off guard.
While Yuan Shi might not be Dong Xin Yan, she was no less infatuated, and her family background wasn’t any less impressive. If it were her, Aunt Gu would likely accept the marriage proposal with ninety-nine percent confidence!
No, it should be said with one hundred percent confidence, because... Mrs. Gu was still annoyed at her because of the annulment.
Thinking of this, she couldn’t sit still and grabbed her phone to call Gu Ningyi. He didn’t answer at all, so she had to rush to the company.
Now with Gu Ningyi’s cold demeanor, her heart tightened even more.
Her large eyes looked at Gu Ningyi pitiably, taking a few steps forward, her voice low and filled with a trace of resentment, but more of sadness, "Ning Yi, how could you get engaged to Yuan Shi? Didn’t you always say you didn’t like her?"
Gu Ningyi took off his coat and hung it up, turned around, and sat in the swivel chair. He leaned back against the chair, lazily lifted his eyelids, his dark eyes glancing indifferently at her, his lips curled up in a half-smile, "Zhou Yalin, in what capacity are you asking me this question now? What, do you still think you’re my fiancée?"
His words were like a cold bucket of water poured over her without mercy, leaving Zhou Yalin standing there in embarrassment, her face turning pale and flushed alternately.
She clenched her hand tightly, forcing out a faint smile, "Ning Yi, don’t be like this. I agreed to annul the engagement last time, but in my heart..."