novelraw Chapter 515: V393: Feng Chengjin was just wearing a simple shirt and suit, standing in the snow..._2
Chapter 515: V393: Feng Chengjin was just wearing a simple shirt and suit, standing in the snow..._2
He raised his hand and knocked on the door, "Zixuan, are you up? It’s me."There was no answer, not even a sound...
Unsure if she was asleep.
Feng Chengjin didn’t knock again, gently tried the door handle, found it indeed locked, and quietly stood at the door.
He stood like this for a full four hours.
During these four hours, he didn’t knock on Gu Zixuan’s bedroom door again, just waited there.
Midway, he heard the sound of the toilet flushing and footsteps inside Gu Zixuan’s bedroom.
He knocked once more.
Soon, he noticed the footsteps inside the bedroom stopped, paused for a moment, and then the same silence prevailed, even quieter than before.
He then understood Gu Zixuan’s mood at that moment.
He smiled self-deprecatingly and didn’t continue to pressure her. Since Gu Zixuan didn’t open the door, he simply said, "I’m outside, come out when you want."
Then he leaned against the wall, saying nothing more.
It was 12 o’clock.
Time to have lunch.
He glanced at Gu Zixuan, who hadn’t come out yet, hesitated, and left while Qiu Yuan was cooking.
In the kitchen.
Qiu Yuan, feeling conflicted, was pondering whether to invite Feng Chengjin for lunch.
After all, given the current state of both families...
Even though Gu Qingfeng was wrong at first, but over the past four years, everything the Gu Family went through... Feng Chengjin didn’t retaliate in the most direct way, rather using the cruelty of a slow bleeding with soft tactics...
It’s impossible for Qiu Yuan to completely disregard what Feng Chengjin had done, she couldn’t.
But while she was deliberating, upon stepping outside again, she realized Feng Chengjin had left.
In that moment, gazing at the empty doorway, understanding Feng Chengjin’s feelings caused Qiu Yuan’s heart to tremble...
...
The afternoon passed, followed by the evening.
After dinner, Feng Chengjin came again.
It seemed he was trying to avoid the Gu Family’s dinner time, as he arrived relatively late, around 19:30.
Opening the door to see Feng Chengjin, Qiu Yuan’s heart trembled again for a moment.
Meeting with polite smiles, this time Feng Chengjin smiled at Qiu Yuan.
But this kind of smile lacked any joy; perhaps maintaining this polite distance was somewhat bittersweet for Feng Chengjin.
"Qiu... Aunt, has Zixuan come out?"
"She came out, ate twice, and went back in." Actually, her daughter spoke up during lunch, proactively discussing many things, asking her to accompany her to the hospital tomorrow, and even explaining plenty. That calmly composed Gu Zixuan was something neither Qiu Yuan nor Gu Qingfeng had seen before.
Even Gu Zixi was stunned and bewildered.
Finally, even the family’s Timi seemed to sense the faintly aloof detachment of the daughter, hesitant to approach.
In that instant, both Qiu Yuan and Gu Qingfeng were at a loss whether cultivating their daughter to have such high intelligence and emotional intelligence was right or wrong...
But at this moment, Qiu Yuan couldn’t express this.
Upon hearing this, Feng Chengjin breathed a sigh of relief, smiled subtly, and muttered as if to himself, "It’s fine."
He changed into slippers and continued inside.
Reaching Gu Zixuan’s door, it seemed everything continued from the morning.
He knocked on the door, saying, "Zixuan, I’m here."
Hearing no response from inside, he smiled bitterly and repeated, "I’m outside waiting for you, come out when you want." He said no more and turned to sit on the sofa in the living room, waiting.
In the living room, Gu Qingfeng was watching TV at the lowest volume.
Seeing Feng Chengjin sit down, his brows furrowed slightly.
But Gu Qingfeng wouldn’t say anything to Feng Chengjin, so the silence continued between them in this way.
Zero communication, zero conversation.
When it was eleven at night...
Finally, Gu Qingfeng glanced at the clock on the wall, furrowed his brows deeply, contemplating about Feng Chengjin who had gone to the bathroom.
He pursed his cold lips, wondering if he should let Feng Chengjin stay downstairs for the night.
Actually, considering the reputation of staying in the villa wasn’t good, Gu Qingfeng bought a four-bedroom, two-living-room house.
But with only four bedrooms and a study in a 200-square-meter home for four family members, it’s just not enough space for more guests.
Thus, Gu Qingfeng bought a two-story house where only special relatives and friends would stay downstairs.
And if... Feng Chengjin really wanted to spend time alone with Gu Zixuan, their family of three could stay downstairs and leave this unit to Feng Chengjin and Gu Zixuan to resolve their matters at night.
However, it’s practically impossible for Gu Qingfeng, given his current relationship with Feng Chengjin, to make such an offer — as difficult as climbing to the sky.
So eventually, when he finally made up his mind, he noticed Feng Chengjin hadn’t come out yet.
He couldn’t help but turn around the hallway of the entrance to take a look.
Ending up staring at the wide-open, empty bathroom...
Upon asking Qiu Yuan, she glanced at Gu Qingfeng and shook her head slightly, "He slipped away quietly earlier."
In that moment, Gu Qingfeng’s expression was difficult to describe...
His heart trembled...
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Afterwards, life seemed to enter a fixed pattern.
Feng Chengjin would come in the morning, leaving before lunch.
He’d arrive at night and leave before the Gu Family rested.
Perhaps he had obligations at noon because as the end of the year approached, all major companies needed to submit financial reports and hold annual review meetings. For Feng Yi, who manages a U.S.-listed company, Feng Chengjin presumably had an extra step to conduct teleconferences with U.S. shareholders.
Imagining how much work a big company needs to complete year-end isn’t difficult. Not to mention any unresolved matters.
Every evening when he arrived, traces of fatigue were visible on his face, evidently shown.
Moreover... nobody knew what Feng Chengjin’s engagements were with the Feng Family every night. To the extent that one morning when he arrived, Qiu Yuan could distinctly see the bloodshot eyes and exhaustion.
It was only a little past seven, and the drive from the Feng Family took at least 40 minutes.
Arguing wouldn’t happen at six in the morning; if they argue, it would be at night. With this appearance... afraid he hadn’t slept all night.
Qiu Yuan felt a complicated heart tremor.
Yet, Feng Chengjin would just smile and ask if Zixuan had eaten today, nothing more.
But even so, Feng Chengjin didn’t miss a single morning or evening visit.
Furthermore, on the third day when he entered and discovered Qiu Zhai visiting, seeing Qiu Zhai discussing with Gu Qingfeng, he smiled while watching from the doorway, then quietly left, closing the door behind him.
Qiu Yuan thought Feng Chengjin had returned home.
But when she was tending to the flowers on the balcony, she spotted the tall figure quietly standing in the snow by the black Bentley not far down.
With the year-end approaching, the weather in Rong City was getting colder. Whereas a light wool coat would suffice for winters in previous years, this year definitely required a down jacket.
But Feng Chengjin only wore a thin shirt and suit, leaning against the car.
Such a state stunned and silenced Qiu Yuan, even making Qiu Zhai standing on the balcony to bid farewell noticeably pause upon witnessing the snow settling on Feng Chengjin’s shoulders.
Even the cigarette butt falling into the flowerpot went unnoticed.
He asked, "Has he been like this these days?"
Qiu Yuan nodded, "Always has been."
Upon hearing this, Qiu Zhai moved his mouth silently before finally sighing, "Ah, the Feng Family’s status is towering, while our family isn’t even considered third-rate. What kind of person couldn’t he find? I’m just a city-level director, lowering his stance for our little niece as a distant relative, is it worth it?"