Chapter 410: Huo Sicheng, You By no means Liked Me, Did You?

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Gu Qingcheng was left speechless by Lu Chi’s query.

Her gaze remained mounted on Lu Chi’s proper hand because it prolonged towards her, her coronary heart awash with advanced feelings.

After a second, she softly requested, “I need to ask you, did you…

“To you, what?”

Gu Qingcheng bit her lip. “Properly… that…”

“What about that?” Lu Chi’s forehead furrowed in confusion at Gu Qingcheng’s hesitant expression. “Simply say what you need to say. It’s in contrast to you to stutter.” With an advanced look, Gu Qingcheng took a deep breath. “Why are you reaching out to me?” she inquired.

“For my telephone. Give me the telephone you used to name me.” Lu Chi glanced first at his hand, then at Gu Qingcheng. “Why else do you suppose I’d attain out to you?”

Gu Qingcheng, greatly surprised, sighed in aid. “I assumed you had one more reason. Why did you are taking my telephone? It’s clearly the store proprietor’s quantity. Why not simply test it as a substitute of asking me for it?”

“I’ll delete our name information,” Lu Chi stated, heading towards the small store. “Don’t simply sit there. Come on.”

Standing, Gu Qingcheng adopted Lu Chi with a rattan chair in tow. “Why delete them?”

“To keep away from being blamed.”

“Why would you be blamed?” she pressed.

“You contacted me however not Huo Sicheng…” Lu Chi hinted at one thing. “Huo Sicheng would certainly search for you after your disappearance from Jiang Metropolis. It’d be problematic if he discovered our name information.”

Gu Qingcheng’s expression hardened. “He gained’t come on the lookout for me,” she acknowledged quietly.

“Nothing is definite.” Lu Chi nonchalantly added, “Males can leap to conclusions, particularly with you vanishing. I don’t need Huo Sicheng to misconceive.”

“Humph.” Gu Qingcheng realized Lu Chi’s intentions, reminding him, “You’re already seen as Huo Sicheng’s rival on the Gu residence.”

“Huo Sicheng is not any idiot. He is aware of that rivalry is a facade.” Lu Chi reached the store. “Being a scapegoat isn’t splendid. I consider you perceive.”

Stopping in her tracks, Gu Qingcheng watched Lu Chi’s retreating determine with combined emotions.

“Have you learnt about Ruth?” she requested him, implying whether or not he was conscious of her previous ordeal.

“I do know nothing,” Lu Chi responded calmly, then shifted the subject. “How lengthy do you suppose you’ll be able to keep away from Huo Sicheng with out him noticing?”

Gu Qingcheng regarded Lu Chi, doubting Ruth had divulged her previous as a scapegoat, therefore her overthinking.

Listening to Lu Chi speculate on her capacity to keep away from Huo Sicheng, her expression turned chilly, but her coronary heart ached.

“I’m not hiding from Huo Sicheng. Apart from, he’s not in Jiang Metropolis. I’ve no want to cover,” she stated, biting her lip.

“He’s overseas?” Lu Chi inquired casually. “No marvel you didn’t name him however reached out to me as a substitute. Even in the event you did, he couldn’t return promptly.” Gu Qingcheng was shocked. Lu Chi’s phrases felt like a knife to her coronary heart.

Sure, contacting Huo Sicheng could be futile, as he couldn’t return in time, particularly whereas abroad with Miss Li, who was pregnant together with his baby. Disturbing his peace with Miss Li was the very last thing she needed, not eager to intrude of their relationship, given his indifference in the direction of her.

Sensing Gu Qingcheng’s misery, Lu Chi turned to her.

At a look, he noticed her despondent state.

With a sigh, he requested the shopkeeper for the telephone, erased their information, and confronted Gu Qingcheng.

“Keep at my protected home for now. Huo Sicheng gained’t discover you there,” he suggested. “Whenever you’re prepared, you need to have a critical speak with Huo Sicheng.” Gu Qingcheng nodded at Lu Chi.

As Lu Chi drove, he glanced at Gu Qingcheng, who stared blankly out the window. “I hope Huo Sicheng doesn’t seek for you too lengthy.”

“Huo Sicheng gained’t search for me,” Gu Qingcheng replied coldly, her gaze mounted on the evening outdoors.

Lu Chi’s lips twitched, wanting to talk however in the end selecting silence as he drove on.

Jiang Metropolis’s neon lights sparkled underneath the evening sky, casting a surreal glow.

In distinction, the tranquil Wanmei Villa stood underneath a fantastically serene evening sky.

Inside the villa, Huo Xuan held an unopened reward from his mom, his expression sullen.

“Did my dad and mom depart in a rush?” he requested the butler.

“Sure, Younger Grasp,” the butler responded cautiously.

As Huo Xuan was about to talk, he observed a tall determine in a wheelchair coming into the lounge.

“Daddy…” Shocked, he put down the reward and ran over joyfully. “Daddy, you’re again.”

Huo Sicheng, together with his quick black hair and piercing phoenix eyes, sat in his wheelchair with an emperor-like aura, but his demeanor softened as Huo Xuan hugged him.

“I’m again,” he stated softly.

Huo Xuan regarded round. “The place’s Mother? Why isn’t she again? The butler talked about you each left collectively.”

Huo Sicheng’s expression stiffened on the point out of Gu Qingcheng.

“Mommy didn’t return?”

The place may Gu Qingcheng have gone? Regardless of making certain Gu Tianhao was nonetheless hospitalized and nothing amiss had occurred, her absence puzzled him.

Might she have visited Qi Shaoze once more? The thought pained him deeply.

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“She didn’t come again,” Huo Xuan confirmed, noticing her father’s discomfort.

“Did you combat with Mother once more?”

Huo Sicheng’s coronary heart ached as he admitted, “Sure, we fought. It’s my fault this time.”

Huo Xuan, acquainted with such situations, regarded disapprovingly at his father..

“What did you do that time to upset Mommy?”