novelraw Chapter 137: Pity from Others Only Adds to the Sorrow
Chapter 137: Pity from Others Only Adds to the Sorrow
Gu Lingqian only felt a slight tingling in his temples."Grandpa has arrived; everyone be on alert."
Having said that, he turned and left.
Not too far away, Xia Yinian quietly discarded the remaining pebbles in her hand, planning to slip away.
Unexpectedly, when she turned around, she saw someone watching her.
He stood under the tree, the sunshine casting a long, attractive shadow beneath him.
But now, Gu Yin’an’s probing gaze made Xia Yinian’s scalp tingle abruptly.
Could it be that her action of flicking pebbles at Gu Ziqi just now had been witnessed by Young Master Nan?
The incident with Gu Ziqi was certainly her doing.
She used to enjoy hitting wild birds with pebbles as a child and had long since mastered the skill.
The reason she got out of the car first was to prevent, in case she had messed with Gu Ziqi, the woman turning around to bite her without having the chance to retort.
Seeing Gu Ziqi topple face-first and even bruise her nose felt incredibly satisfying for her!
Who told her to attack and hit her face with things from the car, ambushing her!
But now, because of Gu Yin’an’s attention moments ago, Xia Yinian felt a chill run down her spine, a bit... uneasy.
"Nian Nian," Gu Lingqian stepped forward with a greeting, "just now..."
"It wasn’t me!" Xia Yinian looked up at him with a guilty stare, but quickly managed to compose her guilty expression.
"You Gu Family young masters and ladies, always blaming others when something happens, but it definitely wasn’t me."
Anyway, the pebbles had been thrown; no one had any evidence.
Except, perhaps, Young Master Nan...
However, when Xia Yinian turned back for a cautious glance, the shadow beneath the tree had already disappeared.
It seemed he had no intention of coming over to accuse her...
"What’s with that look? So jumpy, are the Gu Family’s people really that threatening to you?"
Yet, Gu Lingqian’s words didn’t carry much of a reprimanding tone.
This girl had been hit by Ziqi before and nearly suffered a loss; her wariness towards them was understandable.
His gaze fell on her face, and he couldn’t help but frown: "What happened to your face?"
Xia Yinian muttered and pouted, her eyes glancing at Gu Ziqi, who was venting her anger on the maids. She wanted to say something but ended up holding back.
After all, she had already gotten her payback and couldn’t be bothered to say more.
"It’s nothing, I fell asleep in the car and accidentally bumped my face against the car door."
Gu Lingqian knew that it wasn’t as simple as she had said, but this girl was always reluctant to trust him.
In her heart, probably none with the surname Gu were good people.
"You’ll ride back with me," he said, then turned and walked away: "Come with me."
Xia Yinian followed behind him, aware that he had seen through the matter of her face.
Riding back with him, did that mean he was also worried she might get bullied by those ladies of the Gu Family?
She didn’t know why, but suddenly felt a sourness in her heart.
Without anyone’s help, she could stubbornly persevere on her own, but it was a different story when someone showed pity... it made her heartache.
How sentimental!
Gu Lingqian led her to the stables, where someone immediately brought a horse over.
Gu Lingqian said: "Get to know it first, I’ll take you for training later."
Xia Yinian was dumbfounded: "Get to know it... myself?"
She instinctively panicked when it came to large creatures.
And most importantly, she didn’t know how to ride a horse at all!
Gu Lingqian furrowed his brows: "What? You don’t know how?"