Chapter 23

Su Kexin's eyes widened as she looked at Gu Yihan disbelievingly.

Her expression made Gu Yihan feel an inexplicable sense of frustration.

It had already come to this, so why was this woman still acting dumb?

He straightened up his body and walked up to Su Kexin again, pinching her chin and looking at her with intense disgust and contempt in his eyes. "Su Kexin, did you think that I, Gu Yihan, would continue to have feelings for a woman who could sell her body for money?"

Su Kexin turned completely pale, as though she had been struck by lightning.

"You… You know what happened two years ago?" Su Kexin's lips trembled as she forced out the words.

"Ha." When he saw that her first reaction was not to deny it, Gu Yihan's heart ached for no reason.

'Damn it, Gu Yihan, were you actually hoping for something? You had all the proof two years ago, so what are you hoping for?!'

With that thought, he pinched Su Kexin's chin even more forcefully, and his voice turned even colder. "Yes, I know about it. And I knew two years ago. Su Kexin, I should thank you. It was because I knew that the woman I loved and spoiled for three years is such a dirty whore that I finally made up my mind to study in America."

The last traces of blood drained from Su Kexin's face.

It had been two whole years… More than once, she had wondered why he suddenly left the country to study two years ago, when she was at her most fragile and needed him the most.

Now, she knew.

To think it was actually also because of that incident.

At the same time, however, she was confused. Two years ago, Gu Yihan had clearly left the country before that incident blew up. Did that mean he knew about it before it became such a fiasco?

How could that be…?

Still, now was not the time to worry about that. Su Kexin's face was pale as he pinched her, but she still struggled to say, "Gu Yihan, that incident two years ago was a misunderstanding. Actually, I—"

"A misunderstanding?" Her words utterly infuriated Gu Yihan, and his tone sharpened abruptly. His hand pinched Su Kexin even harder now, making her face scrunch up in pain. "As if it'd be a misunderstanding. The way I see it, you thought I was a broke kid back then, but now I suddenly made it big and became an editor-in-chief. That's why you're regretting it now, and you came here to tell me it was a misunderstanding. Am I right?"

When he said that, Gu Yihan’s eyes turned blood red, and he yanked Su Kexin’s face toward him. “I’m warning you, Su Kexin, the Gu Yihan you see today isn’t so easy to fool!”

When Su Kexin saw the resentment and hatred on the face she once so well, all she felt was shock and pain.

She wanted to explain, but her words died in her throat.

What was there to explain, really?

If Gu Yihan really trusted her, why would he leave without even asking her a thing back then?

It just meant that, from the bottom of his heart, he had long since believed that she was a golddigger who would sell herself for money.

Besides, so what if he did believe her explanation?

She was already married now, and she was no longer the Su Kexin she used to be. There was no turning back now…

When she thought of that, Su Kexin forced back the heat in her eyes and took a deep breath before abruptly raising her head.

“Gu Yihan,” she said softly, her voice steady and completely emotionless. “You’re right, what happened back then was exactly as you thought it was. But there’s one thing you got wrong, and that’s the fact that I want nothing to do with you right now. It doesn’t matter if you’re the editor-in-chief or the president. That has nothing to do with me, Su Kexin.”

The moment she said, Su Kexin suddenly felt Gu Yihan place even more force on his hand gripping her chin.

The next second, however, he suddenly tossed her aside again.

Su Kexin stumbled and had to lean against the wall to recover her footing. When she looked up, she saw Gu Yihan looking at her coldly, with a contempt and disgust in his eyes that hurt her deeply.