CHAPTER 382: CHAPTER 231: STILL DARE TO LEAVE? NEED A LESSON! _2

Yes!

Very handsome!

Handsome to the point of breaking the attractiveness scale!

Gu Qingchen loosened her tie, then stood up, turning his back to her, and lit a cigarette.

The lingering smoke continuously rose from his fingers, as if what shrouded his fingers was not a wisp of smoke, but an indissoluble layer of sorrow.

In his silhouette in the train car, there was a sense of lonely isolation from the world.

Outside the window, there was still a glimmer of slanting sun.

The blood-red setting sun, the speeding train, the silent man, the swirling cigarette smoke.

Bei Ran sat in the bunk, her arms around her knees, silently watching the slanting sun outside the window.

Familiar scenery was receding scene by scene.

As the train approached the next station, a high-pitched, clear, and long whistle sounded.

Outside the window, the last trace of sunset had also been replaced by the dusk.

Gu Qingchen walked towards the outside of the carriage, he didn’t call Bei Ran, thinking she would understand!

If she didn’t want to be carried out by him!

Bei Ran just looked outside the window at the city; it was already the neighboring city of City A, with thousands of lights rising, shimmering like stars and diamonds, dazzlingly bright.

Yet, her mood was like the curling smoke, with a few shades of stark whiteness and a few shades of haze.

Gu Qingchen saw her sitting still in the bunk, just watching the city lights outside the window.

He turned back, then picked her up.

"Qingchen..." Bei Ran spoke unsteadily from his shoulder, "Put me down!"

Since this station was only the third stop from leaving City A, not many people got off.

Most of the passengers were heading to City X.

When Gu Qingchen carried Bei Ran out of the station, many people watched them.

Yet, Gu Qingchen acted as if he heard nothing.

Taxis were already lined up waiting outside the station.

Gu Qingchen hailed a cab, heading directly towards City A.

In the car, Bei Ran knew he wasn’t going to let her out, and she turned her gaze towards the car window.

Gu Qingchen then rolled down the window and lit another cigarette.

The taxi driver, seeing they were a handsome man and beautiful woman combo, and seemingly having had a quarrel, focused solely on driving without daring to utter another word.

From dusk to dawn, they finally reached the lakeside villa.

After Bei Ran and Gu Qingchen returned, Mrs. Wu was still waiting for them.

Although the little babies no longer needed her care, Gu Qingchen still paid her to look after the lakeside villa.

"Mr. Gu, Miss Bei, you’re back!" Mrs. Wu greeted them, "Hungry, right? I’ll go make some beef noodles for you!"

Gu Qingchen looked at Mrs. Wu: "Take good care of her!"

He didn’t eat, then under the starlit sky, left the lakeside villa.

"Mr. Gu, won’t you eat something?" Mrs. Wu watched his lonely silhouette.

"No!" Gu Qingchen said, "I have things to do."

When the door closed behind him, Mrs. Wu walked up to Bei Ran: "Miss Bei, let me cook some dumplings for you! Didn’t you always say that my dumplings taste very similar to your mother’s?"

Bei Ran gazed at Mrs. Wu, "Thank you, Mrs. Wu, but I really can’t eat anything!"

"Miss Bei, I am also a mother, my children are even more numerous than yours, I have three children, two sons and a daughter, living and studying in the countryside. I send them living expenses and tuition every month. You see, I can’t always see my children either, but rest assured, children have a heart-to-heart connection with their mother, they still love you." Mrs. Wu comforted, "I know Big Fish and Little Fish aren’t here, you are anxious and you are sad, but you must take care of yourself, only then can you have more chances to see your children!"

"Fine, I’ll go take a shower in my room, I’ll come down to eat later." Bei Ran said, "Mrs. Wu, once you’re done cooking, just leave it on the table and go rest early!"

"Okay!" Mrs. Wu immediately went to the kitchen.

Bei Ran went to the bathroom on the second floor, where she had used her mouth to undo the tie that Gu Qingchen had bound her with on the train. She took down this tie, then placed it in a box for clothes meant to be sent to the dry cleaners.

In the evening, after eating the dumplings made by Mrs. Wu, she especially missed her mother and turned on her phone to see her mother’s photo.

But the overwhelming messages and phone calls instantly crashed her phone!

Bei Ran waited for several minutes, then managed to reboot her phone.

She reviewed the messages one by one, and looked at her missed calls one by one.