After Rong Xuan finished writing the last stroke, she took her hand back and quietly waited for Gu Ye’s reaction.

Gu Ye didn’t react at first.

Done? He only froze for a while but she’s already done? How could it be that fast? Was she fooling him?

Gu Ye curled his lips. With a bit of cynicism in his tone which sounded particularly pleasant in the narrow space of the car, he said, “Little Bride, are you done writing?”

Rong Xuan was still a little uncomfortable hearing the title ‘little bride’. She was half a beat slower in nodding. Gu Ye looked at Rong Xuan. The veil in front of her face swayed along with her little movements. He didn’t know why but it felt like she’s staring blankly.

He touched his lips. There’s a roguish expression on his face and he said using his usual careless tone, “But I didn’t make it out clearly. Say, what should I do?”

Gu Ye changed to a more comfortable position but he did not retract his hand and was still holding it out in a grand manner.

Rong Xuan sighed slightly. The male protagonist’s temperament when he was seventeen years old was really arrogant and unrestrained. She had no choice but to write ‘I, don’t, know’ on his hand again.

The palm of his hand still felt itchy and a little numb, however, Gu Ye tried his best to ignore the sensation and focused his attention on the words Rong Xuan was writing.

This time he finally understood. She said she didn’t know either.

Interesting.

At this time, the driver in front couldn’t help but urge, “Young Master Gu, which way are we going?”

Gu Ye leaned comfortably on the back seat and said nonchalantly, “You can drive wherever.”

Both the driver and Rong Xuan were surprised. The driver asked with a bewildered expression, “Drive wherever?” How did it become a random drive? Where exactly were they going?

Gu Ye hummed lightly.

Rong Xuan really didn’t expect Gu Ye to be so willful. She thought he would at least call and ask where her home was so that he could send her back. But the truth was he really didn’t care. It didn’t matter to him whether she didn’t know where her home was or where they were going.

The driver glanced at the back seat and found that Gu Ye had no intention of speaking anymore and could only circle around the city. Anyway, he wasn’t the one paying the gas so he didn’t feel distressed.

This was Rong Xuan’s first time riding in a car of this class and it felt quite novel. It would be perfect if the person sitting next to her wasn’t the male protagonist.

She wasn’t in a hurry to return to the Rong family’s house for the time being. She looked at the scenery outside the window and felt very peaceful. The night view of the city was very beautiful. It was brightly lit and the neon lights were flashing. The present world was peaceful.

There was soft music slowly playing in the car and Rong Xuan completely regarded it as a joyride. It’s not too early now so the traffic volume on the road was not heavy and they hadn’t encountered much traffic congestion.

Sitting in a car driving around the city was also a first experience.

In the end, it was Mother Gu who saw that Gu Ye still hadn’t returned home after a long time and made a worried phone call to ask about the situation. Only then did she find out that the driver had been taking detour around the city because he didn’t know the address.

Mother Gu felt helpless and amused at the same time. “You, why didn’t you call home and ask? Do you dislike making phone calls this much?”

Gu Ye glanced sideways at Rong Xuan and said slowly, “No.” After saying that, Gu Ye paused for a moment before curling his lips up and deliberately said, “Isn’t this so I can get to know my little bride more?”

Gu Ye didn’t actually pay much attention to Rong Xuan at the engagement party. It wasn’t until this moment that he took a proper look at her. Doing so, the most apparent thought in his heart was ‘white’, her skin was so white that it seemed to be glowing.

The snowy skin and red dress had a strong impact on his vision. It’s just that he didn’t know what she looks like.

Mother Gu on the other end of the phone was stunned for a second when she heard this reply. She naturally knew that there was an element of a joke in her son’s words. He probably just wanted to spend more time outside. She let out a laugh and said cooperatively, “That’s good to know, but it’s getting late. You and Xiao Xuan still have school tomorrow so don’t make it too late.”

Mother Gu gave Rong Xuan’s home address and hung up the phone after telling Gu Ye to go home early.

After knowing the address, the driver sent Rong Xuan to the entrance of the Rong family’s house in a short while.

As Rong Xuan opened the car door and was about to get out, a lazy voice came from behind her, “Aren’t you going to say goodbye?”

Rong Xuan’s movements slowed down for a moment.

He knew she couldn’t speak, so why did he still make such a rude request?

How was she going to say goodbye to him? Rong Xuan bit her lip, and as soon as she turned around, she saw that Gu Ye had raised his hand in front of her.

The corners of his lips were hooked up. “Come on, Little Bride.”

Rong Xuan was actually unwilling to have too much involvement with the male protagonist. According to the plot line, they would dissolve their engagement in a few months.

Until the eve of the dissolution of their engagement, the male protagonist did not have any feelings for the female supporting character. As long as the male protagonist had a little interest in her, even if there’s a stepmother and half-sister who constantly makes trouble, the engagement wouldn’t be broken so easily.

Rong Xuan only regarded her relationship with Gu Ye as a bit better than that of strangers. She raised her hand and scrawled the word ‘goodbye’ on Gu Ye’s palm. The whole process took no more than three seconds. These words were probably the most scrawled that Rong Xuan has ever written. They were written in continuous strokes throughout. If these words were written on paper, even she would not be able to recognize them.

She wrote quickly and perfunctorily, her fingertips just lightly touched his palm. After finishing, Rong Xuan waved her hand and got out of the car without looking back.

Gu Ye clicked his tongue, realizing for the first time that he wasn’t RMB^[1]renminbi – Chinese Yuan. It turned out that there were still people in this world who could be so perfunctory to him that they couldn’t wait to get far away.

It’s not because Gu Ye was narcissistic that he thinks he’s RMB. Everyone he met liked him very much. At least that’s the case on the surface, what they thought on the inside was unknown.

If he wanted to do anything, he didn’t need to personally notify anyone. With Old J’s help, he could call out dozens of brothers within three minutes. Of course, some were plastic brothers, but there were quite a few who were close to him. In addition to Ning Zichen and the others who often play with right now, he also had a few childhood friends abroad. However, if anything happens to him, as long as he made a phone call, no matter if it’s the early hours of the morning on their side or what time of the day it was, they would take the nearest flight and rush back.

Today was the first time he had been treated so perfunctorily.

Gu Ye glanced at his palm where there seemed to be warmth left by Rong Xuan. He slowly withdrew his hand and said to the driver in front, “Let’s go.”

———

In the Rong family’s villa.

Rong Yi’s face was full of urgency. “Mom, it’s been so long, why isn’t she here yet? Is she clinging to Gu Ye on purpose and not wanting to come back?”

Ji Ning took a sip of rose tea and said calmly, “What are you anxious for?”

Rong Yi stomped her foot hard. “How can I not feel anxious? My heart feels like it’s being lit with fire whenever I think of that b*tch being with the person I like.” Rong Yi sat down next to Ji Ning, agonizing, “Mom, I’m so jealous of her.”

Ji Ning put down the cup on the coffee table with a thud, a few drops of liquid splashed out. Her tone was a little harsh, “What is there to be jealous of? Her mother died a long time ago and she’s a mute who can’t speak. You’re jealous of her? You’re really regressing!”

Rong Yi didn’t know that her words touched Ji Ning’s sore spot. Ji Ning seemed a little angry now. Rong Yi was actually a bit afraid of her mother sometimes, so after Ji Ning’s tone became more serious, she didn’t dare to speak up for a while.

However, she was really jealous of Rong Xuan. They obviously both had the same father but Rong Xuan was much prettier than her. Ji Ning was good-looking, and as Ji Ning’s daughter, she wasn’t bad, but she just didn’t have the same kind of fairy like aura that Rong Xuan has. Though it has become less obvious in recent years as Rong Xuan’s face was always full of hostility and her eyes full of resentment that deepens every year, but even so, Rong Xuan’s good looks still makes her jealous.

Not to mention that Rong Xuan was now Gu Ye’s fiancée.

She only dared to dream of being friends with Gu Ye, but Rong Xuan directly became Gu Ye’s fiancée! How could she be reconciled?

Ji Ning said slowly, “There’s still so much time before the wedding. No one knows how long this engagement will last.”

After saying that, the door to the study room upstairs was opened from the inside. Ji Ning and Rong Yi immediately stopped talking.

Rong Yao walked out in his pajamas.

He asked as he descended the stairs, “She’s not back yet?”

Ji Ning smiled softly. “Not yet. The two children just got engaged today so they probably want to stay with each other longer.”

Rong Yao hummed.

At this time, the sound of a car happened to come from outside the door.

Rong Yi was the first to react. She hurriedly stood up and said, “It must be sister. I’ll go take a look.”

Rong Yi was already moving very fast, but when she hurried over, she still only saw the car’s tail lights! How come she walked so fast but still couldn’t even say a few words to Gu Ye?!

Once Rong Xuan entered the house, Rong Yao saw the veil obstructing her face. She had been wearing it since the engagement party.

“You can take off the veil since your home.”

Rong Xuan hesitated for a moment when the housekeeper came over. She took it off and handed it to the other person.

Seeing Rong Xuan’s exposed face, Rong Yao asked with a frown, “How did your face got hurt?”

Rong Yi saw that Rong Xuan’s face was bruised and there was obvious gloating in her eyes.

It would be great if Rong Xuan was directly disfigured! Seeing her face like this, Rong Yi was really happy.

Naturally, Rong Xuan was unable to give Rong Yao any response.

Rong Yao was silent for a moment before saying, “Rong Xuan, come with me to the study.”

Rong Xuan was originally wondering for the reason, but she didn’t expect that when they arrived at the study, Rong Yao would directly take out a card from the drawer.

“You’re now half the daughter-in-law of the Gu family. Although our family is not as good as the wealthy Gu family, we’re not short of money either. Dating also requires money, so every month I will put 100,000 into this card. If it’s not enough, you can tell me.”

In her previous life, because there were too many children in the family, Rong Xuan was sent away from a young age. The family that adopted her was just an ordinary working family. This was the first time she had this much money. While Rong Xuan was still a bit dumbfounded, Rong Yao had already pushed the card in front of her. “Keep it.”

After talking about money, Rong Yao glanced at Rong Xuan’s face and said, “A girl’s face is very important. Go to the hospital tomorrow to check the injury on your face.”

Rong Xuan knew that the injury on her face only looked serious and wouldn’t have any impact once the bruises healed, but since Rong Yao said so, she nodded anyway.

After these two things were said, the study fell into silence.

At this time, Rong Yao’s cell phone rang and he waved his hand towards Rong Xuan. “Go back first.”

So Rong Xuan turned around and left with the bank card.

When she opened the door of the study, Rong Xuan found out that Rong Yi was eavesdropping outside.

Rong Yi was full of condescension. “What did Dad tell you?”

Rong Xuan ignored Rong Yi.

Rong Yi followed behind her and said sarcastically, “Did Dad scold you? That’s right, how old are you that you would still make yourself look like this. It’s really ridiculous.”

Rong Xuan continued to go walk forward when Rong Yi said, “Did you went stupid today? You’ve already walked past your room, where do you want to go now?”

Hearing this, Rong Xuan turned around and opened the door to her room. Then with a bang, she left Rong Yi outside.

Rong Yi stomped her foot with hatred. She originally wanted to ask Rong Xuan for Gu Ye’s WeChat ID, however, she was unable to open her mouth for a while.

But when she thought about it, Rong Xuan probably didn’t know Gu Ye’s WeChat account and phone number yet. After Gu Ye sent the person home just now, didn’t he immediately ask the driver to drive away?

Thinking about it this way, she finally felt a lot more comfortable.

Robbin: Starting from here will be advanced chapters and I’ll be unlocking a chapter every Tuesday and Friday. Thanks for reading.