Chapter 156 - The Fruit of Love (2) (1/2)

After Xu Weilai took her pill, she placed her water glass back on the bedside table. Without even sparing a glance at Gu Yu, she laid back on the bed, covered herself with the blanket, and closed her eyes.

She was tired and sleepy. Although Gu Yu hadn’t been as cruel towards her that night compared to the way he had been before, there was still no joy in relations without love.

Just as she was drifting off to sleep, she felt Gu Yu climb out of bed. The sound of his footsteps disappeared into the changing room, and he walked out a few minutes later, apparently after a change of clothes. What followed was the slam of the bedroom door.

He had left.

This was the first time in a long while that he had left in the middle of the night. Had she angered him again?

In the past, whenever he was mad at her, she would always wonder what she had done wrong. How could she improve? What mistake had she committed? She’d reflect on herself and make the necessary corrections in order not to anger him again. All because she didn’t want to see his icy expression.

Back then, she hadn’t been afraid of him at all. She simply didn’t want to see the person she loved being unhappy.

Because she had fallen for Gu Yu first, it was inevitable that she ended up being the one putting in more effort. Gu Yu had never confessed his feelings to her, and although he had been very generous with showing her affection, she lacked that sense of security and constantly felt ill at ease.

Gu Yu was a man of few words, and she had never been able to read his thoughts. She couldn’t tell what he had been thinking. Later on, she became spoiled and coquettish, in part because he had given in to her so much, and in part because… she really wanted to find out just how much he loved her.

How silly she had been.

Because she desired some form of proof of his feelings towards her, she had tested him again, and again, and again.