Gu Yijin put on a friendly fake smile. "I need to talk to you. Could you let me in?"
Shen Qingling seemed to have no intention of letting him in. "Say it here."
Gu Yijin added, "I'm worried Mom might overhear and worry."
Sure enough, Shen Qingling let him in after that.
The moment Shen Qingling turned around, the smile vanished from Gu Yijin's lips.
He cared that much about Wen Sulan?
Why?
Gu Yijin still couldn't understand it. Wen Sulan had never raised him, and she had spent all those years raising someone else's child. Could Shen Qingling really let all of that go?
That woman held such a low status in the family and couldn't help him with anything. Other than fussing over him every day and giving him some spending money, what else could she do?
Instead of currying favor with Gu Chenwang, Shen Qingling gave all his good looks to Wen Sulan. What an idiot.
After entering, Gu Yijin looked around Shen Qingling's room.
Shen Qingling's room was simple, predominantly white and gray. The decorations in it had all been carefully selected by Wen Sulan, and it was clear she had put a great deal of thought into them.
There were very few things that truly belonged to Shen Qingling himself. Only a group photo sat on the desk.
Gu Yijin walked over and glanced at it.
It was actually a group photo from the orphanage...
Even though there were many people in the picture, Gu Yijin recognized Shen Qingling at a glance.
The child Shen Qingling had been was just as impossibly good-looking as he was now.
In the photo, he wore a bright, sunny smile, utterly unlike the person he was now.
Gu Yijin was lost in thought for a moment.
"What did you