Chapter 608: Chapter 608: Because He Is Here
Because Ling Tianyou’s things had already been sent to Gu Ningyue’s room in advance, he naturally followed her back to her bedroom.
"The water is ready, do you want to take a bath?" Gu Ningyue looked at Ling Tianyou and said, "It could help you relax."
Ling Tianyou didn’t refuse, getting up and walking into the bathroom silently without saying anything extra.
Gu Ningyue sat on the edge of the bed, staring at the WeChat message from her master on her phone, lost in thought.
After this message, her master never responded to her messages again.
Forget it, I’m so tired! It’s better to tackle problems as they come.
Some things are pointless to worry about, after all, man proposes but God disposes.
Moreover, Gu Ningyue felt she didn’t have the ability to figure it all out.
Often, she believed that strength was the best standard for speaking.
Everything else was just a matter of luck!
Like herself, from her rebirth until now, although it seemed tough, there were also fortunate times.
But after all, luck isn’t something that comes just because you wish for it. More often, it relies on the strength accumulated in the past. Otherwise, what would be the point of being reborn? Wouldn’t she just suffer and die in humiliation like the old Gu Ningyue?
Listening to the music coming from the bathroom, Gu Ningyue leaned back onto the bed. Forget it, she thought, not wanting to ponder further. Let tomorrow solve tomorrow’s problems, why worry so much!
After lying there for about half an hour, the music in the bathroom abruptly stopped.
A few minutes later, Ling Tianyou came out wearing a bathrobe.
His hair, only towel-dried, was in a half-dry state, making it look more neatly styled.
"Finished?" Gu Ningyue asked Ling Tianyou with feigned ignorance.
Ling Tianyou nodded, "You go ahead!"
Gu Ningyue responded and then turned to walk into the bathroom herself.
Before entering, she took the phone from the bed with her.
The bathtub had been refilled with water, and Gu Ningyue couldn’t help but admire Ling Tianyou’s thoughtfulness even at times like this. She slipped off her nightdress and lay down into it.
The warm water enveloped her entire body, somehow making her recall the day she died.
This feeling was something she hadn’t experienced in a long time, apart from soon after her rebirth. It had been quite a while since she revisited the events that occurred as she died.
The difference now was that she wasn’t afraid like she used to be.
Right after her rebirth, she was actually quite scared of such water and always opted for a shower.
Perhaps only that way could give her a sense of security.
But maybe due to being an assassin for so long in a previous life, the fear didn’t have much impact on her.
And later, after spending so much time with Ling Tianyou, she didn’t know why, but she became even less afraid.
Especially after Ling Tianyou told her that he liked her; in her eyes, he became different, and the fear vanished without a trace from her heart.
It was a feeling she had never thought deeply about before, but today, for some reason, it suddenly came to mind.
Perhaps her feelings for Ling Tianyou had always been deeper than she imagined!
And the meaning Ling Tianyou held for her was the same.
Thinking of this, Gu Ningyue closed her eyes and took a deep breath, hoping she could support Ling Tianyou through this difficult time!
She hadn’t done much for Ling Tianyou yet, at least in her own memory, she hadn’t done anything significant.
The scenes of the past flashed vividly before her eyes, and Gu Ningyue knew these events truly happened. Yet, somehow, they still seemed more like a dream.
What had she really gone through? Why did it feel like these things were pulling her toward a conclusion, or perhaps leading her to another demise?
Gu Ningyue closed her eyes, frowning ever so slightly at the scenes in her mind.
After a while, Gu Ningyue stood up from the warm bathtub, got dressed, and walked to the mirror to start drying her hair.
Her hair was very thick, cascading over her shoulders like seaweed.
And just a bit toward the back of her shoulder was an ugly scar!
This was a mark left from past abuse by Li Yulan, Gu Wanwan, and Gu Heng. Besides this, her entire back was crisscrossed with scars.
Gu Ningyue couldn’t see them all, but by reaching around, she could feel those scars.
It wasn’t hard to imagine how much Gu Ningyue had suffered, how many grievances she swallowed since her biological mother left. Even if she survived the banquet or exposed the evildoings of those three, life wouldn’t have been easy afterward.
Reflecting on that day’s events, Gu Ningyue couldn’t help but admire Gu Zheng’s acting skills.
This abuse, these grievances, he clearly knew all about, yet he seemed to turn a blind eye. But his angry demeanor at that time even misled the newly reborn Gu Ningyue into believing Gu Zheng was entirely unaware.
Luckily, after she and Ling Tianyou left, the truth was exposed under the light of reality.
Even as an outsider, the real Gu Ningyue must have known this too!
She no longer had any hopes for Gu Zheng, so she never once complained to him.
Such a foolish girl, even if Gu Zheng couldn’t act on her behalf, someone with Gu Weiwei’s temperament would find a way to leverage Gu Zheng’s weaknesses to make him act justly.
At least, on the surface.
Gu Zheng always liked to show off his integrity, so he certainly wouldn’t publically expose his dislike for his daughter, Gu Ningyue.
This way, Gu Ningyue would at least suffer less, or at least be schemed against a bit less, preventing such a miserable death, allowing her to inhabit this body!
While drying her hair, Gu Ningyue thought in her heart, "If those people knew this body now had a different soul, I wonder how they’d react?"
She wasn’t particularly interested in Li Yulan’s and Gu Zheng’s reactions; she was curious about her master’s reaction.
Would it be joy, or something else?
As she pondered, Gu Ningyue’s hand drying her hair suddenly slowed.
Wait a minute... why did she end up in this body?
Her accident happened far from the Gu Family, why did she become Gu Ningyue?
Was there something on her at the time that drew her to Gu Ningyue, or was there another reason?
Damn, after seeing Mr. Chen so many times, why didn’t she ask and get some clarity?
Looks like after things settle down, she’ll have to ask Mr. Chen again.
After all, this concerned her very life.
