The woman on the sofa curled up her body, leaning her head against the sofa, her head occasionally nodding down. Every time he came back, she would immediately awaken, rubbing her eyes and sweetly saying to him, "Good night."
Those two words seemed to echo in his ears again. Gu Ningyi's eyes flickered, and his long legs involuntarily took two steps toward the sofa. However, in an instant, all the scenes before him dissipated like fleeting clouds.
Gu Ningyi abruptly stopped his steps, staring blankly at the empty sofa. After a while, he curled his lips, turned around, and headed toward the second floor.
In the dead of night, the enormous villa was eerily silent. Gu Ningyi's footsteps, one by one, slowly approached.
Hiding under the covers, Dong Xin Yan listened to those footsteps, her heartbeat gradually quickening. He was back...
