Chapter 3 Staking a Claim
Xie Yiheng's gaze on my face was too strong to ignore.
Even Gu Chaonan noticed something was off.
He frowned, his voice turning cold.
"You know A Yu?"
Hearing my name, Xie Yiheng's lashes trembled.
His bloodless thin lips looked even paler.
I spoke first.
"We were high school classmates. We met a few times."
Xie Yiheng recovered quickly.
He propped himself up with one hand and gave me a polite smile.
"Wen Yu, long time no see."
Gu Chaonan's expression eased a little, but he took my hand.
He deliberately showed off the diamond ring.
Like staking a claim, or like a warning.
He picked up where I left off.
"Not as handsome as me. Stop looking at him."
I couldn't help laughing.
"Shameless. Who brags about themselves like that?"
The tense atmosphere gradually faded.
I didn't look at Xie Yiheng again.
As if we were just strangers who had crossed paths a few times.
Gu Chaonan only had some scrapes. Nothing serious.
After I finished his discharge paperwork and turned around, Xie Yiheng was right behind me.
His right hand was in a cast. He looked a bit battered.