novelraw Chapter 581 - 255. [Dew of Summer]_2
Chapter 581 - 255. [Dew of Summer]_2
The servant quickly responded, "On the second floor, third room on the left."Gu Shaozhi’s expression was calm as he took long strides upstairs.
Just as if the previous conversation had never happened, the oppressive footsteps faded, and the temperature in the living room returned to normal.
The man carried a kind of inherent intimidation, which the servant feared, hence she answered whatever he asked.
Now that the oppressive feeling was gone, the servant began to worry whether the two would argue because of her words.
She pretended to tidy the coffee table in the living room, carefully listening for any noise upstairs. After several minutes, it remained silent, and she finally let out a sigh of relief.
...
Pea likes to sleep on her pillow, and this difficult sleeping position actually makes it hard for her to breathe.
Her cheeks were pressed red, and soft snoring sounds emerged from her nasal cavity.
No room in this villa was unfamiliar to Gu Shaozhi. The room where Pea was sleeping used to be an ordinary guest room.
When he opened the door and walked in, his actions were gentle, not waking the soundly sleeping Pea.
In her dreams, Pea’s little mouth moved as if she were saying something, and Gu Shaozhi’s tall, slender figure stood by the bed, his gaze softening as he looked at the small figure.
For a long time.
He leaned over, gently picked up Pea, and adjusted her to a more comfortable sleeping position. Once she lay on her back, her snoring stopped.
It was his first time doing something like this, and his movements were awkward, even clumsy.
Pea always kicks off the blanket, so Wanxia adjusted the air conditioner’s temperature and wind speed to suit the child. For an adult, it wasn’t hot, but it wasn’t exactly cool either.
This was the simplest of tasks, yet after completing it, a thin layer of sweat appeared on Gu Shaozhi’s forehead, though he didn’t notice.
Because, as she slept, Pea unconsciously hugged him and murmured "daddy" in a soft, small voice. Had it not been for Pea grabbing his shirt collar, making it impossible for him to stand straight momentarily, he wouldn’t have heard it.
His heartbeat seemed to skip a beat.
After a long while, the corners of his lips curled into a gentle arc. After carefully loosening Pea’s chubby little hand, his shirt collar bore a few shallow wrinkles.
On the bed, besides the pillow Pea was hugging, there was another one next to it.
This room was meant for two people.
Wanxia wasn’t staying in her own room, and he knew why.
Before the wedding, he did something that became one of the few "regrets" in his life, leaving her unwilling to be intimate with him for nearly a month.
It happened the night Mr. Ji was discharged, inside this villa, in the room she’d grown up in. The beast he had restrained for a month was unleashed, and the next morning, she had to be carried downstairs.
She didn’t just reject him as a person; she resisted anything related to him.
...
An hour later, Wanxia finished her shower and blow-dried her hair in the next room.
She’d given Gu Shaozhi plenty of time because she didn’t want to run into him when returning to her room. Fortunately, he wasn’t too outrageous and knew when to leave.
The smell of tobacco in the air had been cleared by the ventilation system.
The room hadn’t changed at all.
As Wanxia lifted the thin blanket to lie on the bed, Pea unconsciously rolled into her arms, a gentle smile spreading on Wanxia’s clean face.
She leaned against the headboard, gently stroking Pea’s cheek with her thumb, murmuring softly, "Stay with Auntie for a few more days, and then Auntie will call Daddy to take you home, okay?"
If my sister-in-law hadn’t brought Pea over that day, Gu Shaozhi wouldn’t have seen her, and wouldn’t have known she had lied to him back then.
Four years ago, to escape the marriage, Wanxia negotiated with Gu Shaozhi like this:
"I’m pregnant. If you don’t agree to a divorce, I’ll abort the child. I know Mr. Gu, you have power and influence, and there’s probably no hospital that would dare perform the surgery without your consent. But unless you’re home watching me 24/7, I’ll always find a way. A fall will do, it’s simple. I can do it just by going downstairs."
That day, the two were locked in a standoff in the bedroom, neither saying a word.
From dusk till dawn.
After completing the formalities at the civil affairs bureau, Gu Shaozhi held onto Wanxia’s wrist at the entrance. His eyes still showed the fatigue of a sleepless night, yet his sharply defined features remained as indifferent as ever, "Go to the hospital for a check-up."