Confession brings leniency; resistance will be met with strictness.
After spilling every detail of her meeting with Gu Xijue to the man beside her, Gu Xiaonuan finally sighed in relief.
Li Lu wanted to exempt herself from Si Yuchen's indiscriminate punishment, but before she could speak, a single icy stare from Si Yuchen immediately deflated her.
What was this supposed to mean! She had slogged her heart out only to end up being an accomplice.
Feeling exhausted, Gu Xiaonuan remained silent after accounting for her whereabouts.
The more she said, the more mistakes she could make; saying nothing could mean no mistakes. Gu Xiaonuan had no idea how Si Yuchen found out from whom and where that she had gone to meet Gu Xijue in the suburbs.
However, their meeting today had Li Lu present; the three of them having lunch together was nothing out of the ordinary.
If Si Yuchen could read something else into their meeting, that would be him making a mountain out of a molehill.
