The man before her stood still and his black eyes looked her up and down. As if he looked around her, or perhaps he didn't, his eyebrows scrunched back up together.
Once again, a familiar coldness appeared behind those eyes, and the words that came out of his mouth were back to being harsh and uncaring. "How long do you plan on standing here like an embarrassment?"
That single sentence smashed the daydream that had risen in Xu Weilai's head earlier. She bit down on her lip and lowered her head.
Even if he had stood up for her before, there were countless reasons he would have done that, none of which could possibly be the one she'd come up with in her head…
Why was she getting ahead of herself again?
It was about time for dinner, so Grandpa Gu had asked Mrs. Lin to retrieve Xu Weilai. When she walked over, she first saw Xu Weilai, fully drenched, and then she noticed an upset-looking Master Gu Yu. She was dumbstruck!
