Meanwhile, Lu Jiaoyue had returned to her room.
She gently closed the door and lay down on her bed, but her expression remained conflicted.
The room was quiet, save for Lu Jiaoyue's slightly hurried breathing.
The cheerfulness and composure she had worked so hard to show in front of Lu Xiaoxiao vanished the moment she was alone.
Now, only one thought filled Lu Jiaoyue's mind: Why did Mr. Gu treat my sister like that?
That thought lodged in her heart like a tiny thorn, bringing a constant, unsettling sting.
She hugged her knees and buried her face in her arms, unable to stop replaying the fragments of her sister's thoughts she had heard earlier in her room-That psycho Gu Sipei forcibly "invited" me over for "tea," threats, not interfere with you two dating...
Each word struck like a heavy stone against the image of Gu Sipei as a "good person" she had only recently begun to form.
How could that be?
With her, Mr. Gu had always been gentle, patient, and even accommodating.
He listened earnestly to her rambling, helped her out of awkward situations with Qin Zixuan, and indulged requests that might have been ill-timed-like when she suddenly asked for a dessert recipe during her last visit to the Gu Residence. When she apologized, he had also accepted the inexpensive cuff links she had made herself and worn them as though he treasured them.
That was precisely why she had always believed that, despite his somewhat aloof appearance, Mr. Gu was reasonable and gracious at heart.
Just like my sister once said, he really does... treat me pretty well, doesn't he?
But why... why would he treat the sister I care about most so forcefully... even threatening her, when I wasn't there to see it?
*Forcibly inviting her over...