Gu Xiaonuan had to stabilize Zhu Yawen for the time being in order to delay time and wait for her rescuers.
She wondered if Li Lu, with his rudimentary sensibilities, could detect the lies of Tan Chengcheng. If Professor Chu showed up before Li Lu now, even the dim-witted Li Lu would sense that something was off. But Gu Xiaonuan feared that the bad luck from yesterday would continue into today.
What Gu Xiaonuan feared was not the rest, but Zhu Yawen's desperation.
"You don't want to marry me?"
Zhu Yawen, recalling Gu Xiaonuan's previous disdain for him, concluded that her unwillingness to marry him was within reason.
This woman had always held herself out of reach, yet her social status was lowly, buried in the dust.
This time, Tan Chengcheng had cooperated with him because Gu Xiaonuan had affected the relationship between Tan Chengcheng and her fiancé.
