Chapter 22

Jiang Lili was so blunt that it turned Su Kexin's face pale, and she could not say much more. She just said, "Don't pull my leg, editor. I'll head there right now."

As she took the documents to Gu Yihan's office door, Su Kexin took quite a few deep breaths before she finally lifted her hand.

Knock knock knock.

Just knocking on the door seemed to sap her of all her strengths.

"Come in."

Gu Yihan's familiar voice spoke from within the office, and Su Kexin pushed the door open, walking in.

Although Gu Yihan's office was not as extravagant as Gu Chi's, it was still intricately decorated. He sat behind his desk, flipping through none other than the most recent issue with Gu Chi's interview.

"Editor-in-chief Gu." Su Kexin spoke, trying to make her voice sound steady. "About the interview with the Chiyao president, Editor Jiang asked me to come make a simple report to you."

Gu Yihan did not even raise his head. He just replied with a simple "mm-hmm", so Su Kexin just had to press on with the report.

After she completed the report, Gu Yihan remained still, and Su Kexin was already at her limits.

"Um…" She tried to suppress the weak tremor in her voice. "Editor-in-chief, if there's nothing else, I'll take my leave now."

With that, she quickly turned around to leave.

Just as she put her hand on the doorknob, though, Gu Yihan's voice suddenly said behind her—

"Su Kexin, how have you been these past two years?"

Su Kexin felt as though all her energy had been drained in an instant. Her lips trembled slightly, but she could not say a word.

"Su Kexin."

Soon, Gu Yihan's voice rang out again behind her, but this time, he was much closer.

Su Kexin turned around and immediately met Gu Yihan's narrow phoenix eyes, filled with gentleness and affection. They looked exactly the same as they did two years ago.

"Kexin." Gu Yihan spoke again, approaching Su Kexin a step at a time. "Ever since I returned to the country, I've been thinking about how to contact you. But to think we're so fated to meet that we ended up working at the same magazine."

Gu Yihan's voice was deep and melodious, as though harboring a hypnotic power. At the same time, he walked even closer to Su Kexin, so close that his thin lips almost brushed against her forehead.

"No!"

Su Kexin suddenly woke from her trance and shoved Gu Yihan away, stumbling a few steps backward.

Gu Yihan did not expect Su Kexin to push him away, and it made him freeze. When his gaze fell upon the ring on Su Kexin's finger, though, he suddenly understood.

"You're married now?" Gu Yihan said, stunned.

Su Kexin did not have the courage to look him in the eye at all. She just turned her head away and nodded.

Something strange flashed through Gu Yihan's eyes, and he suddenly approached Su Kexin again, grabbing her by the wrist.

"What are you doing?" Su Kexin was shocked and tried to break free, but she could not fight his grip.

Gu Yihan stared at the ring on Su Kexin's finger before suddenly curving his lips into a sarcastic smile.

"Su Kexin, after all that trouble, the man you finally settled on can only afford to buy you a simple melee diamond ring?" Gu Yihan said abruptly. His tone was completely devoid of the earlier gentleness and affection, filled with nothing but jest.

The sudden change in his attitude took her by surprise, but before she could react, Gu Yihan suddenly let go of her and casually leaned against the back of a nearby couch.

When he saw her stunned expression, the contemptuous curve of his lips grew even further, and he raised his chin, saying with a sneer, "What's the matter, Su Kexin? I was just putting on an act for you. You didn't really think I still had feelings for you, right?"