Chapter 57: The Sun
Under a bare poplar tree, the atmosphere between the girl and the man once again became tense, like swords drawn and bows ready to fire.
Not far away, Mu Rufeng was still standing outside the stairway entrance, watching them with a subtle expression.
This Mr. Gu...
Did not seem nearly as terrible as Mu Yi had described.
And what he said actually made sense.
Mu Rufeng clearly remembered Mu Yi never told him that she often failed to eat her three meals on time, had an extremely irregular daily schedule, and spent many days just eating bread and takeout food.
She only said that writing novels gave her freedom and made her happy.
If this continued, then just as Mr. Gu had said, this child’s body would collapse first!
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“Gu Zhiren, what exactly did you say to my dad?”
Mu Yi slightly raised her eyes and seriously stared at Gu Zhiren. She had a feeling that his sudden decision to talk with her father definitely involved something harmful to her.
“So fierce? Just now, in front of Uncle Mu, you were acting all obedient and gentle.”
Gu Zhiren shrugged with a wronged expression and lightly spread out his hands.
“That’s my dad. How can you be compared to him?”
Mu Yi argued confidently.
Hearing this, Gu Zhiren frowned and seriously thought for a moment before speaking in a lazy yet gentle tone.
“Nothing much. I only told Uncle Mu some truths. As for the things I shouldn’t say, I didn’t say a single word.”
“So what exactly did you say?”
Looking at Gu Zhiren’s calm expression, Mu Yi pressed her lips together, tilted her head, and continued asking.
Gu Zhiren casually glanced at Mu Yi. Seeing her turn her face away, he also looked elsewhere, a knowing smile appearing on his handsome face.
But the smile only stayed for a brief moment.
“You really care about what Uncle Mu thinks of you?”
Gu Zhiren turned back and calmly asked her.
“Huh? You’re so weird. Don’t tell me you don’t care what your parents think about you?”
As if she had met some strange person, Mu Yi tilted her head with disbelief written all over her face.
“Mmm...”
Gu Zhiren thought for a moment and nodded as if agreeing.
Then a slightly proud smile curved at the corner of his lips as he tilted his head.
“I only told him what kind of future problems your laziness could bring you. That’s all.”
The moment she heard this, Mu Yi instantly became alert. After thinking for a moment, she quickly understood.
“Hah, don’t celebrate too early. He’s my dad. What makes you think he’ll believe just a few words from you? Even if he nodded back then—”
She proudly lifted her full chest and slightly raised her pretty face.
“That was just a fake move! Understand?”
Seeing Gu Zhiren raise his eyebrow with a half-smiling expression, Mu Yi suddenly lost some confidence for no reason. She quietly took a breath and forced herself to lift her chin.
What do I do? He looks way too confident. Don’t tell me Dad was really convinced by him?
Dad, please stand your ground!
“Seeing how much you care about Uncle Mu’s opinion of you, I’m getting curious.”
Gu Zhiren slightly nodded with a smile and glanced toward Mu Rufeng in the distance, who seemed to be deep in thought with his head lowered.
“Curious?”
Following Gu Zhiren’s gaze toward her father, countless guesses filled Mu Yi’s mind, and her breathing unconsciously became faster.
“I’m curious what expression Uncle Mu would make if he found out that the obedient child in his eyes was secretly doing some shameful things behind his back.”
At that point, Gu Zhiren turned back and smiled.
A smile filled with bad intentions.
“There isn’t!” Mu Yi argued desperately without caring whether her father might hear her. “I-I didn’t do anything bad at all! Don’t... don’t talk nonsense!”
“Whether you’ve done anything bad or not...” Gu Zhiren slightly pouted, his eyes full of confidence with a faint trace of gentleness hidden inside. “You know the answer better than anyone.”
Hearing that, Mu Yi blinked guiltily and bit her lip.
Even though she no longer needed to take part in Shen Muxue’s plan, she had always felt a bit guilty toward Little Chubby.
It felt like betraying a friend.
But the only person who should know about that matter was herself.
Could it be…
Had Gu Zhiren secretly investigated her? Damn it, she never should have vented her emotions to him back then!
Mu Yi could not refute him.
That matter truly could not be exposed openly, and she did not want Little Chubby to find out.
“Fine. Your goal is obviously just to make me obediently keep writing novels, right? I promise you. Just don’t tell anyone about that matter, okay?”
Her pretty brows tightened, and her voice gradually softened, sounding clear and weak like the soft cry of a little kitten.
“......”
Gu Zhiren narrowed his eyes slightly and instinctively felt that something was strange.
The “bad thing” he meant was simply that she secretly wrote extremely explicit erotic stories, and dozens of them at that.
But the “matter” Mu Yi was talking about clearly seemed to be something completely different.
It felt like the two of them were not even talking on the same wavelength, yet somehow she had suddenly changed her attitude because of it.
That alone showed that whatever she was referring to must be very serious.
“Speaking of which...”
Gu Zhiren glanced at the full curves right in front of him, lowered his gaze slightly, and moved his lips.
“Mu Yi, are you still wearing fake breasts in front of your own father?”
In the end, Gu Zhiren still did not expose the misunderstanding directly.
“Ah... n-no! This is... Wait, why are you even asking that!?”
Mu Yi instantly covered her chest with both arms and stepped backward several times, her face full of caution.
“Uh... do I really have to seriously answer that question?”
As if suddenly thinking of something, she pressed her rosy lips together and quickly changed her words.
“...No need. I was just thinking your shoulders might get tired, so I asked.”
Gu Zhiren became even more curious.
What exactly was it that could make her this nervous?
It almost felt like no matter what kind of request he made now, she would agree to it.
After staying silent for a while, he lowered his eyes and glanced at Mu Yi’s left foot.
It was still completely hidden under her pant leg, but even so, Gu Zhiren could imagine what it looked like beneath the fabric.
“Your foot still hasn’t healed, right? You’re limping when you walk.”
“Mmm...”
Facing Gu Zhiren’s sudden concern, Mu Yi only felt uncomfortable all over.
She did not care about his concern at all.
But this time, she really had been completely cornered by him. Was she really going to be unable to hold her head high forever because of this?
Mu Yi refused to accept that.
“I brought your phone and bag back for you. They’re still in the car. As for the car accident, you don’t need to worry too much. The police won’t suddenly come looking for you.”
Gu Zhiren did not know exactly what Mu Yi was afraid of. He only vaguely felt that she did not want any contact with the police.
And not just the police.
She also seemed to be avoiding hospitals.
During the accident, he had indeed held her tightly, trying his best to stop her from getting hurt. But the journey had still been rough and bumpy. No matter what, she should really get checked by a doctor.
“Oh, right. You should also get a medical checkup, just in case there are aftereffects from the accident.”
Hearing this, Mu Yi’s long eyelashes trembled slightly as she quietly looked at the man standing before her.
For a brief moment, he felt like the sun itself—
Giving off a warm but not burning light.
A warmth that seemed to cleanse people and heal their hearts.
That kind of feeling...
Almost made people forget how to think.
She even felt a little dazed.