A few simple sentences.
Gu Zichen hung up the phone.
Qiao Xiguan knew it couldn't be as simple as Gu Zichen had said.
"I need to step out because of some business, I'll ask Wa Da to stay with you here."
"Will there be any danger?"
"No," Gu Zichen said.
"Oh." Qiao Xiguan watched him.
Gu Zichen then left.
He left as if it were nothing at all.
Without any sweet talk or extra explanation, he just left.
Afterward, Qiao Xiguan didn't see this man for at least a month.
She didn't know where he'd gone, and sometimes even feared for his life.
The Gu Family estate at night.
After dinner, Ye Mei was watching TV in the living room with Gu Ziyan.
Gui Yuan had to work overtime for some issue, said he'd come over to pick her up later, and if it got really late, she should sleep over at the Gu Family's.
