Chapter 582: Chapter 582: What Do You Think?
That night, Gu Ningyue finally had a good night’s sleep lying in bed.
No chaotic nightmares, no entanglements of past and present lives, only the peace of dust settling.
The next day at dawn, Gu Ningyue had already changed into her clothes, ready to go out for morning exercise.
As soon as she went downstairs, she found Ling Tianyou also dressed in sportswear about to go out, "Morning! Are you going out for a morning exercise too?"
Ling Tianyou nodded, looking at the neat and tidy Gu Ningyue, he said, "Together?"
"Sure!"
Aunt Zhang, seeing the two of them smiling knowingly at each other, felt as if she saw what they would look like after getting married.
Exercising together, dining together, and having a chubby little baby, they’d probably be the happiest couple in City A!
Gu Ningyue didn’t know what Aunt Zhang was thinking, she just instructed her, ’Call me when Qianqian wakes up,’ and then left the villa with Ling Tianyou.
Although it was already autumn, the morning wind didn’t have any chill, instead, it felt extremely refreshing.
Gu Ningyue tied her hair into a ponytail at the back of her head, her face was pure yet charming, appearing even more alluring in the morning light.
"Did you also get up for morning exercise every day before?" After running a distance, Ling Tianyou suddenly asked lazily.
Ling Tianyou was quite curious about Gu Ningyue’s past life, a world completely unknown to him.
Gu Ningyue replied while running, "Whenever I didn’t have a task, I’d go out for a morning exercise. After all, without good physical strength, I’d be at a great disadvantage during missions."
Ling Tianyou nodded, "What did you like to do when you didn’t have tasks?"
"What to do?" Gu Ningyue thought for a while, "Nothing much, just did whatever came into my mind."
The things from those times now seem somewhat blurry to Gu Ningyue when recalled.
"Really dull!" Gu Ningyue continued, "I don’t even know how I got through those days, haha!"
Looking at Gu Ningyue’s candid expression, Ling Tianyou figured she had probably let go by now.
"Duller than mine?" Ling Tianyou joked with Gu Ningyue, "Apart from matters at the company, I basically stayed home every day."
Gu Ningyue glanced at Ling Tianyou’s handsome face, "Don’t you have many social gatherings? There must be lots of interesting things happening!"
Ling Tianyou grasped the underlying meaning of Gu Ningyue’s words quickly, "Just some sycophants! Even if occasionally some interesting things happen, they’re just trivial matters! Besides, those irrelevant socializing aren’t needed anymore."
When he first took over the Ling Family enterprise, he had just graduated, needing to explore many things.
That time was probably the most difficult for him!
However, it passed quickly, so Ling Tianyou didn’t feel troubled for long.
Gu Ningyue nodded, "Exactly. Nowadays, who isn’t afraid upon hearing your name? Don’t even think about setting traps for you, merely saying a word that displeases you would cost them several sleepless nights!"
Upon hearing this, Ling Tianyou teased, "Not necessarily! Didn’t you throw yourself at me as soon as you saw me, trying to use me as a weapon?"
Gu Ningyue gradually sped up her pace, her breath still steady, "No choice! I woke up poisoned by Ye Mingchen and Gu Wanwan. With so much debt, without a backer, how could I survive?"
At that time, she was the target of everyone’s attacks, mere wealth was useless.
You couldn’t just throw money to get rid of these insatiable people.
Especially with Gu Zheng treating her poorly, with Li Yulan and his son and daughter after her life, if they discovered ’Gu Ningyue’ was alive, wouldn’t they try everything to make her die again?
Ling Tianyou, following Gu Ningyue’s steps, was slightly out of breath, "How could you survive? Isn’t making money as a master on the X website easy for you?"
I heard from G, Night Ripper of the X website, commands a starting price of over a million.
The lowest was a recent comeback order, 400,000.
At that time, G even teased, saying Night Ripper must be short on money to take on such a cheap order?
In hindsight, was it all for the evidence back then by Gu Ningyue?
Gu Ningyue glanced at Ling Tianyou, "Money can’t buy my safety, having a reliable master is much more important than earning money."
Ling Tianyou looked at Gu Ningyue, "You still think so now?"
Gu Ningyue smiled, "What do you think?"
Saying this, Gu Ningyue sped up more, almost in a blink, she distanced herself from Ling Tianyou.
"Ning Yue..."
Ling Tianyou shook his head, trying to catch up, but realized the gap between him and Gu Ningyue in this regard was significant.
It wasn’t until Aunt Zhang’s call that Ling Tianyou finally saw Gu Ningyue’s stationary figure.
"Hmm, we’ll go back now. Alright... I got it..."
After hanging up, Gu Ningyue turned to look at the already panting Ling Tianyou, face slightly flushed, and couldn’t help but chuckle.
It seems that even the most handsome men don’t look great at times like this! Thinking of this, Gu Ningyue’s smile grew even broader.
After a while, Ling Tianyou finally reached Gu Ningyue’s side, "How did you run so fast?"
Gu Ningyue raised an eyebrow, smiling, "Shouldn’t survival skills be well practiced? You’re so weak!"
Before she made it to the assassin list, her master focused on enhancing this particular skill.
After all, no matter how good the future, one needs a life to enjoy it first!
Ling Tianyou: "..."
It was the first time in a long while someone called him weak, yet he couldn’t refute.
"Qianqian’s awake and looking for me, let’s go back!" Gu Ningyue said to Ling Tianyou.
Ling Tianyou was slightly taken aback, "Run back?"
Gu Ningyue responded affirmatively, "Or else?"
Saying this, Gu Ningyue was already running the way back, only this time at a slower pace.
Ling Tianyou realized, Gu Ningyue was subtly telling him that she could stand on her own now, without relying on anyone.
That’s not a bad thing; being overly dependent on one person doesn’t usually end well.
Even though he liked Gu Ningyue, he didn’t hope for her to stake everything on him.
He knew he was quite rational, but... years of business experience already extinguished his former sentimental fantasies.
