I always felt there was a barrier between Ye Jinghong and me. I had wanted to ask her several times, but she always wore that neither-warm-nor-cold expression.
She had clearly been protecting me all along, yet at that moment, she truly felt so unfamiliar.
Was she really the Ye Jinghong I knew?
The answer should have been yes. Otherwise, why would she care so much about my safety and keep protecting me in secret?
"Your lover?" Monkey whispered. I shot it a glare. "No one will think you're mute if you keep your mouth shut."
But Ye Jinghong happened to hear Monkey's words. She glanced at me, and her gaze turned even colder. "What, is it embarrassing to admit that I'm your woman? Or is Xu Qiuyan the only one in your heart?"
The moment Monkey asked that, I knew things were about to go wrong. Sure enough, my denial immediately set Ye Jinghong off.
I gave a bitter smile. "No, I just..."
"Enough. Don't say any more. It's pointless. If she hadn't asked me to come, I wouldn't have bothered with your mess."
Ye Jinghong's words confused me. "She? Who is she?"
"What does that have to do with you? Stop talking to me. Seeing you annoys me." With that, Ye Jinghong walked ahead.
She seemed genuinely angry.
She gave me a strange feeling. I was certain she was Ye Jinghong, yet she felt completely unfamiliar.
And she disdained communicating with me, so even if I wanted to get information out of her, it was difficult.
"You said you've been here for a long time, right? And you've been investigating Zeng Dajiang all this time. You should know him well. Can you tell me about him?" I stopped dwelling on my emotional troubles. Though I had always been passive