Gu Xinfei couldn't believe her eyes as she stared at Song Zhen.
His gaze was calm and restrained.
His presence was so commanding that every word he uttered had a convincing power.
"My father..."
Gu Xinfei clutched her chest, endless panic spreading throughout her body!
If Gu Yibo had known all along, what did all her years of so-called compromise amount to?
Was she putting on a show for others to watch?
Was she a mere clown?
Song Zhen met her frantic gaze and suddenly changed the subject, "Xinfei, the attic in the northern courtyard of the Gu Mansion, did you ever stay there as a child?"
Gu Xinfei remained immersed in her own emotions.
She seemed not to hear him.
Panicking, she knocked over the tall glasses on the table and turned to run out of the dining room!
She had to escape!
It was too terrifying!
Anywhere with Song Zhen was simply too terrifying!
She couldn't believe it!
She couldn't believe that despite being Gu Yibo's daughter, if Gu Yibo saw through her all along, how could he, who doted on Gu Xinzhou, have always restrained himself from lashing out at her?
She wouldn't believe a single word!
Song Zhen must be manipulating her! He must be!
He wanted to brainwash her, to make her drop her hostility towards Gu Xinzhou!
Song Zhen didn't get the answer he wanted.
He waved his hand.
His men immediately followed to secretly protect Gu Xinfei.
He still sat at the luxurious dining table, looking at the uncut foie gras, already without any appetite.
He closed his eyes.
In his mind, he kept seeing those naïve little white hands, offering him half their food, soothingly coaxing him, "You must eat, for the basis of pursuing dreams is having a healthy body.
If you can't even take care of your own body, how are you going to achieve your dreams?"
Opening his eyes again,
he recalled all the interactions between Gu Xinfei and Gu Xinzhou.
Gu Xinzhou had never changed.
But Gu Xinfei had become so evidently different.
Or perhaps, as everyone says: Some people don't turn bad in an instant; they were always bad, just well-hidden in the past, or perhaps you didn't realize it in time.
Time ticked away by the second.
Until a subordinate reported back, "Boss, Miss Gu has returned to the Gu Mansion."
Song Zhen acknowledged with a "Hmm."
Opening his eyes, Song Zhen's eyes were clear!
Regardless of whether the person in the attic was Gu Xinfei or not, he would never let a woman with ill-intentions enter the Song Family!
Even if he had pursued her so desperately in the past, as long as her character was questionable, Song Zhen would definitely not touch her again!
He was very picky.
And he saw things clearly in black and white.
Not seeing through her before was his incompetence, and he admitted it!
Now that he had seen through, if he still dove headfirst into obsessing over a woman with a questionable character, it wouldn't be true love, but self-degradation!
He suddenly stood up!
Song Zhen left with a stern face.
Gu Mansion.
Gu Xinfei returned home disheveled, only to see Gu Yibo and Gu Xinzhou sitting cozily in the living room, playing chess.
All three were stunned.
Gu Xinzhou stood up, confusion in her beautiful eyes, "Sister, why have you come back so soon?"
Song Zhen invited her to dinner, and the family driver said he had taken her to the most expensive restaurant in City B.
Logically, she shouldn't have come back so quickly, should she?
Gu Xinfei glanced at her, then at Gu Yibo, and without saying anything, quickly went upstairs!
"Zhouzhou," Gu Yibo said gently, "Sit, let's finish this game of chess with dad."
Gu Xinzhou's heart panicked!
She said to Gu Yibo, "I'm worried about my sister, I want to go and check on her."