Stealing Your Heart

Gu Xian was standing by the door with a plastic bag of food in one hand and a bottle of white wine in the other.

Zong Yanxi eyed him curiously. “What are you-?”

“Drink with me?” Gu Xian brushed past her as he entered.

Zong Yanxi shut the door and followed him. Something seems wrong with him.

“Gu Xian, did something happen?” she asked.

He placed the items that he had brought on the table.

Right then, Zong Yanxi’s phone chimed from where she had tossed it on the couch. It was another message from Zhuang Jiawen.

Gu Xian glanced over curiously, questioning, “Who are you talking to?”

She walked over to pick up her phone and read the message.

Uncle Guan is in room 908. You can ask him yourself.

She replied to him with: …

He sent her another text: You’re well aware that someone has been helping you from the shadows.

“Who is it?” Gu Xian craned his neck over to look.

She instinctively hid her phone behind her back, not wanting him to see the contents of the message.

“So now you’re keeping a secret from me? What is it you’re hiding?” Gu Xian huffed unhappily. He plopped down on the couch and continued, “And here I thought you could comfort me since I’m in a foul mood. Instead, you’ve only exacerbated things.”

Zong Yanxi sat down and tilted her head at him. “Why are you in a foul mood?”

He opened up the containers of food before uncorking the bottle of wine. Only then did he answer, “I think I might have bumped into that person today.”

“Who?” She had absolutely no idea who he was talking about.

That person!” he

still puzzled about who he

she offered, “I’ll

he relented, “That

her eyes widened.

“We

asked, careful to keep her tone

“Outside the hotel.”

She gasped softly.

in this hotel. He’s so

Xian,” she spoke up cautiously. After some thought, she continued, “If your appearance leads to trouble between him and his family, would you still want to

had never thought

to know who he was.

in a terrible dilemma here. I’m pretty hung up on him, but it’s probably more accurate to say I kinda hate him.

Yanxi could not exactly sympathize with him. She could not completely understand what he

a glass for each of them. Then, she lifted her glass

try consoling me?” He raised an eyebrow at

don’t know how,” she confessed honestly. “I grew up in a blissful, happy family. I can’t

me?”

you do” gesture. “I’m just saying the truth. I

with you?” He jumped to his feet in

a bad enough mood as it was.

Yanxi hurriedly grabbed his arm. Sighing lightly, she stated, “Okay, I got. I was wrong. I’ll

down at

whatever you want

get

Yanxi was speechless. “Fine… Seeing as you’re so

“You think that

him into an embrace. She murmured, “Of course. Any child without

I’m supposed to hate

it feel like whatever I’ve said today was the wrong thing

wine.” She tugged him to sit back down