The way she looked at Yan Lui was as if she was looking at a devil.
Yan Lui looked at her sarcastically, saying that she liked him before.
But she only saw the tip of the iceberg of his true face, so she was so scared.
What qualifications did he have to like a ridiculous woman?
Looking down, Yan Lui's face suddenly turned cold when he saw Gu Nian lying on the cold and dusty floor.
"You just let her lie down like this?" Yan Lui looked at Mu Qishan displeased.
As he spoke, he already leaned over and hugged Gu Nian.
Mu Qishan was really afraid of him now and quickly explained: "She just fainted and you came in. I...I didn't have time to help her."
Yan Lui held Gu Nian in his arms, so he didn't free his hands to deal with her.
However, his eyes still fell on Mu Qishan's face with a sinister look.
It was as if it had turned into a knife and was being cut on her face.
Mu Qishan's face suddenly turned pale and she trembled.
Yan Lui didn't bother to argue with her and warned: "You know what to do next."
Mu Qishan nodded.
"Don't mess it up." Yan Lui warned.
"Don't worry, I won't mess it up for my own sake." Mu Qishan said solemnly.
Yan Lui hugged Gu Nian and left through the back door of the cafe, leaving Gu Nian's bag with Mu Qishan.
Mu Qishan took Gu Nian's phone. Although she was already taking over Gu Nian's identity, from this moment on, she had to be Gu Nian.
But, she still didn't have the courage to call Chu Zhaoyang.
She had seen Gu Nian getting along with Chu Zhaoyang, but not much.
Moreover, after all, she was an outsider. She didn't want to show her how she got along with Chu Zhaoyang in private.
Mu Qishan was afraid that talking to Chu Zhaoyang directly would reveal her secret.
Thinking for a while, she took Gu Nian's phone and opened the address book to find Chu Zhaoyang's phone number.
Fortunately, Gu Nian didn't give Chu Zhaoyang any nickname, just "Chu Zhaoyang" in a very plain way.
Then, she sent a text message to Chu Zhaoyang: I'm going to stay at my mother's house tonight. I'll go back and discuss it with my mother about Mu Qishan.
Mu Qishan anxiously waited for Chu Zhaoyang's reply.
Less than a minute later, she received a reply from Chu Zhaoyang: "Okay, I will pick you up tomorrow morning."
Mu Qishan breathed a sigh of relief.
At least, she still had one night to think about it.
***
Mu Qishan left the cafe, took a taxi and returned to Mu Lanshu's place.
Arrived at the door of her house, she rummaged through Gu Nian's bag.
At first she was just trying her luck, but she didn't expect to find a bunch of keys.
She found the key to the house, unlocked it and entered.
Mu Lanshu was washing dishes at home. She was alone at home. She only cooked one dish and drank a bowl of porridge.
A bowl, a plate, and a pair of chopsticks were not worth using the dishwasher.
Mu Lanshu was also worried about the water and electricity supply, so she washed it herself.
Hearing the sound of the door opening, she turned around to look.
Seeing that "Gu Nian" came back suddenly, she was surprised and said, "Why did you come back suddenly and didn't tell me?"
As she spoke, she wiped her hands, walked over, looked behind Gu Nian, and asked, "Zhaoyang is not with you?"
Mu Qishan forced herself to calm down, and when she saw that Mu Lanshu didn't see the flaw, she smiled and said: "He is working overtime tonight, it might be very late, so I will come back and take a look, and take a night's sleep here."
Mu Lanshu teased: "Even if he work overtime, Zhaoyang could let you sleep at home?"
Mu Qishan thought, Gu Nian should be blushing at this time.
She was good at seducing people in Yucheng, and her face was very good at pretending to be a pretty girl, and her face turned red whenever she blushed.
So, she blushed at the right moment and said, "How could he be so stingy in just one night?"
Mu Lanshu was also happy when her daughter came back and hurriedly took out the fruits and washed them.
Mu Qishan did not dare to stay with Mu Lanshu for too long, for fear that her identity would be revealed by calling her "aunt" accidentally.
She was also afraid that Mu Lanshu was too familiar with Gu Nian and would notice something was wrong.
She briefly talked to Mu Lanshu in the living room, ate some fruit, then yawned and said,
"Mom, I've been working overtime every day these days. I'm very tired. I'll go the bed first."
Upon hearing this, Mu Lanshu immediately said: "Then go to sleep."
"Well, then you should go to bed early." Mu Qishan said, getting up from the sofa.
Mu Lanshu looked at her side face and felt something was different in a daze.
But if she took a closer look, she could see that it was indeed the right thing to consider.
She didn't know where the feeling of something wrong just now came from.
She couldn't finger it.
Looking at Mu Qishan again, she couldn't see anything wrong.
Unconsciously, her eyes fell on Mu Qishan's face without blinking.
Mu Qishan felt guilty and asked with a stiff smile: "Mom, what's wrong?"
Mu Lanshu paused, feeling that she probably felt this way because she didn't see her often anymore.
After Gu Nian moved to Lanyuan, she and Chu Zhaoyang came back often, sometimes on weekends, sometimes on weekdays, coming directly after work.
The frequency of about once or twice a week was always different than when she lived at home every day.
Gu Nian moved in with Chu Zhaoyang when she came back from the Spring Festival.
And when she came back after some time, Mu Qishan followed her.
Mu Qishan lives at home, so she didn't realize how much space there was.
But Mu Qishan also moved away, and Mu Lanshu immediately felt that her home was empty.
She really didn't get used to it for a while.
Probably, it's because she missed her too much that she felt strange.
Mu Lanshu shook off the strange feeling and said with a smile: "It's nothing. I just haven't seen you for a few days, so I wanted to take a good look."
Mu Qishan hid her guilt, and when she saw that Mu Lanshu's eyes were no longer strange, she said, "Then I'll go to bed first, and you can rest early."
"Okay." Mu Lanshu nodded with a smile and watched Mu Qishan walk to the bedroom.
Her eyes could not help but fall on Mu Qishan's back until Mu Qishan returned to the bedroom, the door was closed, and she could no longer be seen.
The strangeness in her heart still lingered.
Mu Lanshu frowned and shook her head, not knowing what was wrong with her.
Obviously, that was her daughter.
What could possibly be wrong?
She went back to the bedroom and laid on the bed, but she still couldn't fall asleep, staring at the ceiling.
She doidn't know why, but she felt very flustered.
***
Mu Qishan couldn't sleep at first and was very anxious.
She wondered if facing Chu Zhaoyang tomorrow will arouse his suspicion.
However, she hid it from Mu Lanshu today.
Mu Lanshu was Gu Nian's mother. She had watched Gu Nian grew up without any doubts.
Gu Nian and Chu Zhaoyang haven't been together for long, so it shouldn't be obvious.
Thinking like this, Mu Qishan gained confidence.
Slowly, she relaxed and fell asleep.
In her dream, she dreamed that she had completely become Gu Nian.
Although she gave up everything about herself, she got everything she wanted.
Chu Zhaoyang has always doted on her as if she were Gu Nian, devoted to her, and everyone envied her.
She thought about it and never came back.
She married into a wealthy family smoothly and gave birth to children for Chu Zhaoyang. From then on, she was prosperous and wealthy, and had no worries about food and clothing.
***
When Chu Zhaoyang came out of the company, it was almost 12 o'clock.
He wanted to call Gu Nian, but it was too late and he was afraid of disturbing her.
Thinking about it, he might as well drive home directly.
It's just that the home was empty without Gu Nian.
Nanny Yu had gone home a long time ago, and no one left a light for him at home.
After entering the door, the familiar sound of TV disappeared.
After changing his shoes, Curry lazily waggled his tail and nuzzled over.
It seemed that he knew who has the final say in the family, and now Curry had no enthusiasm for him.
Chu Zhaoyang glanced at it, touched its head, and then returned to the bedroom.
No matter how late he worked overtime before, there was always someone waiting for him at home.
Even if she couldn't bear it, she fell asleep. When he came back, she will wake up and give him bath water so that he coule eliminate the fatigue of the day.
This was how he lived without Gu Nian before. He could make do with anything, he didn't have to pay too much attention to it.
He came back late, took a shower and went to bed.
But now being cared for properly by Gu Nian seemed to have been spoiled, and now he was alone and was not used to it everywhere.
The house was freezing, so he quickly took a shower.