Indulging Mrs. Lu

Chapter 497 - 495: I’m Late

"Ding Ling Ling~"

The doorbell rang, interrupting Gu Chen’s flashback.

He frowned, walked over displeased, and looked through the peephole but saw no one. His brow furrowed tighter, ready to turn away.

Then the doorbell sounded again.

Somehow, while the bell still chimed, he had already opened the door. When he saw the scene outside, he blinked slowly, turned woodenly, and walked back into the house.

He must have seen things, to think there was a woman standing outside the door.

Gu Chen walked a few steps towards the floor-to-ceiling windows when the sound of the door closing and the rolling of a suitcase’s wheels resounded behind him.

He stopped, slowly turned his head, and saw the woman who had been outside just now had walked into the house. He finally realized it wasn’t a hallucination.

Gu Li, holding the keys in one hand and gripping the suitcase handle with the other, looked at him nervously, "Um... I got stuck in traffic on my way, I... I’m late."

Upon hearing this, Gu Chen stared at her unblinkingly for quite a while before he looked away and said indifferently, "Hmm, it’s good that you came."

After speaking, he took a step forward, stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, and continued looking outside. On the surface, he seemed calm, but only he knew how tumultuous his heart was.

Incapable of thought, his mind echoed back and forth with the phrase: "I’m late."

Gu Chen was extremely grateful that he had used that somewhat threatening method to compel her to come today. It might have been low, but didn’t he succeed in the end?

Even he wasn’t sure, if she ran away again this time, whether he would have the energy to chase after her.

Gu Li, her hand tightening around the telescopic handle of her suitcase, clenched her teeth and said, "Have you eaten? Let me put away my luggage, and then I’ll cook for you~"

Cook?

Gu Chen glanced at the kitchen. That kitchen was just for show. He could count on one hand the number of times he had cooked, and the few meals he could recount were when she had vowed to make a delicious meal, which ended in failure~

He watched her pull the suitcase to the room next to the master bedroom. Soon after, he saw her come out, roll up her sleeves, and walk towards the kitchen.

In fact, Gu Li was already hungry.

After being threatened by Gu Chen to move back, she hadn’t eaten anything and had no appetite. Just the thought of having to live again with this man made her unable to stay calm.

She took the afternoon off to go back to her dorm to pack her belongings, only to realize after an afternoon that she had not much to pack, and pitifully few clothes.

As she left the dorm with her suitcase, there was a moment when she considered running away, just like before.

Yet, for some reason, she recalled the hurt look in Gu Chen’s eyes that she saw in his office today, and found herself here as if driven by a force beyond her.

Strangely enough, the thing that she originally lacked the courage to do, at that moment Gu Li didn’t feel afraid at all.

She entered the community, passed through the small paths with familiarity, and arrived at the entrance of Gu Chen’s home.

At that moment, she actually felt a sense of peace.

"There’s only noodles in the fridge."

In the silent house, where one could hear the other’s breathing, Gu Chen’s pleasant voice suddenly sounded.

Gu Li hesitated briefly, then nodded, "Then I’ll cook noodles."

Gu Chen turned his face away, looking once more at the night view outside the window.

After about twenty minutes, the lifeless house was filled with wafts of fragrance.

Gu Chen subconsciously swallowed, but then he heard Gu Li calling him.

"Director Gu, it’s ready to eat."