Qiao Hua broke out in a cold sweat.
She had been so happy that she had forgotten to keep up the act.
A skilled actress, Qiao Hua slipped into character at once. She put on a blank expression and asked in confusion, "What are you talking about?"
Gu Wenze's sharp eyes studied her expression. She looked just as she had a few days ago, numb and hollow.
Yet whenever he thought of the genuine smile on her lips just now, he couldn't shake a strange feeling.
"You were smiling just now," Gu Wenze said suddenly.
Qiao Hua tugged at the corners of her mouth. "You're letting me out. Am I not even allowed to be happy?"
If that were all, Gu Wenze wouldn't have found it strange. But he had only promised her freedom yesterday, and today she seemed like a different person.
He couldn't help growing suspicious.
Qiao Hua looked calm, but her palms were already sweating. Worried that Gu Wenze might see through her, she gave a bitter, self-mocking laugh. "Gu Wenze, if you don't want to let me out, just say so. I can go back to the basement right now. You don't need to come up with so many excuses."
She turned to leave. Gu Wenze's heart clenched, and he grabbed her wrist, forcing her to stop.
Qiao Hua turned her head aside rather than look at him. Her chest rose and fell slightly, and her body trembled.
An inexplicable tightness gripped Gu Wenze's chest. He pressed his lips into a thin line. "Maybe I saw wrong."
When Qiao Hua still refused to look at him, Gu Wenze caught her chin and forced her to turn her head. "I've never gone back on my word."
Only then did Qiao Hua look him in the eye, her