The shattered debris of the cup on the carpet has been cleaned up, restoring tidiness.

Gu Yuan poured another cup of warm water for Sheng Yi and handed it to her, "Yiyi."

Sheng Yi took the cup, lowered her head, and sipped a bit, intending to moisten her parched lips, but accidentally choked herself. She coughed violently twice, her eyes turning red, damn, even drinking a little bit made her choke, Sheng Yi, what are you doing!

Gu Yuan gently patted Sheng Yi’s back, "Did it get stuck in your throat?"

"Yes." Sheng Yi’s coughing made the corners of her eyes red.

Actually, she didn’t know if it was because of choking or something else...

"Yuanyuan, I want to ask you something."

"Ask away."

Facing things so close yet unknown to her, Sheng Yi didn’t want to be a coward anymore; she needed to be braver, didn’t she? Looking back, her reaction to relationships was indeed too slow. In the drama, she played numerous love roles, from ordinary to intense, earning the title of a love expert.

Yet outside the drama, she was an idiot, timid and cautious, downright disastrous.

"Yuanyuan, do you know what I want to ask? Will you tell me?"

"I know what you want to ask, and I will tell you." As she said this, Gu Yuan’s eyes glanced at Chi Yu with a profound gaze.

He stood by the floor-to-ceiling window, pretending to look at his phone, but occasionally stealing glances at them. Just then, his eyes met Gu Yuan’s profound gaze, Chi Yu: "..."

His back felt icy cold.

Tonight, he might have to kneel on a durian, keyboard, or washboard...

Gu Yuan sat down next to Sheng Yi, "You want to know if Dao An going abroad has anything to do with you, right?"

Sheng Yi nodded several times in succession, showing her eagerness.

Gu Yuan said, "The answer might disappoint you, but Dao An going abroad truly has nothing to do with you."

"That’s good..." Hearing this, Sheng Yi also breathed a sigh of relief. At least Dao An going abroad had nothing to do with her, even though she had imagined before hearing the answer whether Chi Yu’s words could be true.

But now, while Sheng Yi felt relieved, she also felt empty inside.

"Yiyi, I know what you want to know, and I know what you’re thinking now." Gu Yuan’s gentle voice came as she took the cup from Sheng Yi’s hand, placed it back on the coffee table, and held Sheng Yi’s hand saying, "There are some things you might want to boldly think about more deeply."

Sheng Yi was momentarily stunned, suddenly staring at Gu Yuan in surprise.

Why did Yuanyuan say to think deeply?

But how to think deeply... Could it be thinking that Dao An also...

No way!!!

As this thought emerged in her mind, Sheng Yi immediately denied it.

Absolutely impossible.

In this brief minute, Gu Yuan had already weighed the situation in her heart; she decided to reveal Dao An’s feelings for Sheng Yi because from Sheng Yi’s reactions just now, she saw that Sheng Yi might also have feelings for Dao An... So she decided to disclose it.

"Just now, I told you that Dao An didn’t go to M Country because of you but to take over Gu Family’s overseas business. This isn’t a lie, but Dao An didn’t need to go. The reason he made such a determined choice to go to M Country was also to avoid certain things."

Sheng Yi was very surprised, "What things?"

Gu Yuan looked into Sheng Yi’s eyes and answered seriously, "Avoiding his feelings for you."

Dao An’s feelings for her?

Wait, wait——!!

If she didn’t hear wrong, Yuanyuan just said... that the thing Dao An was avoiding was his feelings for her?

This is absolutely impossible!

Without thinking deeply, Sheng Yi had already dismissed this matter.

She withdrew her hand from Gu Yuan’s hold, stating firmly, "That’s impossible, Yuanyuan, don’t joke like this."

"Yiyi."

"Hmm?"

Sheng Yi looked at Gu Yuan.

But in Yuanyuan’s eyes, there was no sign of joking.

For some reason, Sheng Yi’s heart kept pounding irregularly, quickly, reflecting her turbulent mood at the moment.

"Yiyi, you’ve always believed every word I said, but this time, you choose to selectively deceive yourself and not believe me?" Gu Yuan’s voice was gentle, not aggressive, and if Sheng Yi really didn’t want to face it, it meant that Sheng Yi had a physiological rejection of this matter.

In that case, Gu Yuan would definitely stop and say no more.

Sheng Yi fell silent.

She didn’t speak anymore, replaying in her mind the words Gu Yuan had just said.

— His feelings for you.

— Yiyi, you’ve always believed every word I said.