"Shut up!" Gu Yunting suddenly spoke, his voice so cold it seemed to freeze, making Hua Rong's heart tremble again. She had followed Gu Yunting for so many years, and this was the first time he had spoken to her so harshly.
"Miss Yan, right? Could you come here for a moment? I want to apologize. I've been thinking, and it was wrong of me to hit you just now," Ye Wan said with a smile, looking at Yan Jiayi.
Yan Jiayi seemed disbelieving. She glanced at Gu Yunting, then happily walked towards Ye Wan and sat beside her, reaching out to take Ye Wan's hand... Ye Wan picked up the cake that a waiter had just delivered and slammed it hard onto Yan Jiayi's face.
The crowd, "..."
Yan Jiayi hadn't expected Ye Wan to actually make a move on her after saying she wanted to apologize. She stood there stunned, unable to react.
"Anyone can say 'let it go,' but not you, the perpetrator! And you... do you really want evidence? You can't possibly not know that the public areas of the Gu residence are covered by surveillance everywhere! Everything you did will be clearly captured. Even if your words can't be heard, lip-reading is something some people can do. Do you still want to confront me?" Ye Wan said expressionlessly, then turned to leave.
She couldn't stand to be here for another second. Being with such a strange person made her feel like she would suffocate.
Hua Rong's expression was almost impossible to maintain, but she couldn't admit anything. Not until the very last moment. She didn't believe Gu Yunting would truly do something like that over such a trivial matter.
Seeing this, Jin Lan exchanged a look with Gu Yunting and Jiang Jingxiu, then stood up and followed Ye Wan out. He was worried about Ye Wan going back alone.
On the way back, Jin Lan kept comforting Ye Wan. Ye Wan remained silent, lost in her own thoughts. She could have a child, but she needed to protect her child's safety.
...
When Ye Wan returned to the Gu residence, there was a small dog in the living room. This dog looked very much like Xiao Jinbao. If one didn't look closely, they would be almost identical.
"Ye Wan, look, the Young Master knew you liked puppies, so he bought you another one. Doesn't it look exactly like Xiao Jinbao?" Sun Ma said with a smile, carefully observing Ye Wan's expression.
"Sun Ma, please send it away. I won't keep dogs anymore." Ye Wan only glanced at the little puppy that looked like Xiao Jinbao before quickly looking away and leaving.
Ye Wan actually knew that Xiao Jinbao's death was all her fault. That woman named Yan knew that Xiao Jinbao was her dog and deliberately killed it.
If she hadn't adopted it and found it a good home, Xiao Jinbao wouldn't have died.
Ye Wan took a simple bath in her room. Because she was upset, she couldn't focus on reading, so she found a Lego set to build. Sun Ma called her for dinner, but she didn't go.
All day until evening, Ye Wan hadn't eaten anything. When Gu Yunting returned and heard from Sun Ma that Ye Wan hadn't eaten, he frowned, ordered dinner to be prepared, and strode upstairs.
Ye Wan was close to finishing her Lego flower tree. She heard footsteps and continued with her work without looking up.
Gu Yunting stopped in front of her coffee table, staring at the top of her head. Ye Wan fitted the last door piece and placed the last few leaves.
She looked at the finished flower tree and stretched her slightly sore neck. Gu Yunting sat down, reached out, and pulled her onto his lap, pinching her chin to face him. "Didn't I buy you a puppy? Are you still angry?"