Chapter 168: Chapter 168: Never Meet Again
If she hadn’t always rejected Xue Xianglan like this before, she wouldn’t know how to slip away today.
She couldn’t explain why she changed her place of residence, unbeknownst to Xue Xianglan, and even moved to such a high-end place.
She wasn’t trying to hide it from Xue Xianglan, she just didn’t know how to say it.
She slightly lowered her head, standing under the bus stop sign, when a familiar car suddenly drove by, Gu Yan happened to look up, and the people inside flashed before her eyes.
Tang Yuxiu, and Nie Rong.
Gu Yan’s body stiffened, they...
After work, Tang Yuxiu didn’t go back but went on a date with Nie Rong.
Date...
This word suddenly popped up in Gu Yan’s mind.
No wonder he didn’t call her in the afternoon, besides the morning quarrel, the main issue was this relationship, right?
Gu Yan felt a pang of bitterness in her heart.
In the end, she was nothing, wasn’t she?
He could so easily go out and date other women, completely forgetting about her.
She was just a mistress who couldn’t see the light, what right did she have to be angry with him?
She slightly lowered her head, closed her eyes briefly, and swallowed the bitterness that surged in her heart.
Since the moment she understood her own feelings, she knew that as long as she was entangled with Tang Yuxiu, there would continuously be pain.
That’s why she wanted to leave him.
The Bugatti drove past, initially, Tang Yuxiu didn’t look sideways while staring ahead, but suddenly felt something different, his eyes moved to the rearview mirror and captured Gu Yan’s figure by the roadside in one glance.
She stood there with her head slightly down, the dim streetlamp light cast on her, and there was no one else beside her, only her, appearing lonely.
His heart suddenly twisted, there was a turn ahead, he turned and suddenly hit the brakes.
Nie Rong was startled, "What happened?"
Tang Yuxiu took a deep breath, exhaled, and said, "Sorry Miss Nie, I have other things to attend to, I don’t have time to send you back, please take a cab yourself."
Nie Rong’s face slightly changed, barely maintaining her pleasant expression.
She took a few deep breaths secretly, reminding herself to be patient, not to rush, and not to ruin her image in front of him.
She forced a smile, "It’s okay, if you have something to handle, go ahead, I can go back by myself."
Tang Yuxiu responded coldly, "Apologies."
Nie Rong got off the car, Tang Yuxiu only watched through the car window, seeing her standing by the roadside, a taxi passed by, she got in and left, only then did he start the engine, turned the steering wheel, and drove around the corner.
Looking toward the place where Gu Yan stood before, the bus arrived, and she got on the bus.
There weren’t many people on the bus at night, Gu Yan went straight to the last row and sat by the window.
The bus passed in front of Tang Yuxiu’s car, Gu Yan, feeling down, didn’t notice.
Tang Yuxiu turned the steering wheel, slowly following behind the bus, keeping a distance.
The bus stopped and started again, people got on and off, Gu Yan stayed on the bus the entire time.
Tang Yuxiu also kept following behind the bus.
This wasn’t the first time he did such a foolish thing, but he couldn’t restrain himself from doing it!
She was still out this late, alone, he was truly worried.
In the suburban stretch, it’s a long distance before there was another streetlamp, no one got on or off the bus here since there was only the driver and Gu Yan left on the bus.
Gu Yan kept leaning against the window in a daze, even the driver had to remind her when it was her stop.
The driver, seeing her a lone girl, couldn’t help but voice his concern, "There aren’t many people on this stretch, young lady, try not to come back this late next time."
Gu Yan smiled at the driver, "Thank you, sir, I’ll definitely come back early next time."
She got off the bus, still waved at the driver.
Even when feeling down, she could still feel a bit of the purest care between people.
A slight warmth touched Gu Yan’s heart.
She slowly walked towards the apartment alone, although there weren’t many people around here, because of the wealth, the streetlamps weren’t far apart, lighting up the entire road.
With the illumination, Gu Yan felt less afraid.
She never noticed that Tang Yuxiu, driving behind her at a far distance, was slowly following her all the way to the villa.
Out of an inexplicable concern, he wondered if she’d be scared walking alone on the road, if anything might happen to her.
Gu Yan opened the villa door, inside was deeply dark, her heart also felt empty.
At this moment, Tang Yuxiu must still be with Nie Rong.
Gu Yan closed the door, switched on the light, changed her shoes, and went straight upstairs.
Tang Yuxiu’s car parked not far away, seeing the villa lights turn on, knowing she got home safely, he felt relieved.
But he didn’t drive away immediately, he kept staying there, seemingly waiting for something, worried about something.
When it comes to things about Gu Yan, he always felt unlike himself.
Tang Yuxiu leaned back against the chair, covering his eyes with one hand, what was happening to him?
Gu Yan returned to the master bedroom, and after showering, lay on the bed.
She sent a message to Xue Xianglan, letting her know she was home safely, and chatted idly for a bit, then advised her to rest early.
Gu Yan checked the time, it was nine o’clock, and Tang Yuxiu still hadn’t returned.
She tossed her phone onto the bedside table, irritably pulling the quilt over her head. Why did she have to care about when Tang Yuxiu came back and who he went out with?
Even if she liked him, he didn’t like her; she had no right to interfere in his private life or whatever he did.
Gu Yan, stop overthinking. After all, it’s just you tormenting yourself, and others don’t feel a thing. What’s the point?
Gu Yan rolled over a few times in bed, closed her eyes, and tried to sleep, sleep!
She didn’t turn off the lights because of last night’s incident; the darkness had cast a shadow over her heart, especially when she was alone.
Tang Yuxiu had been sitting in the car, watching the light in the bedroom on the second floor that hadn’t gone out, slightly frowning. Was she still awake or asleep but just didn’t turn off the lights?
He instinctively thought maybe she stayed in the dark for too long last night and was afraid to sleep with the lights off.
He sat in the car for a while longer, glanced at his wristwatch, it was ten o’clock, she should be asleep by now, only then did he slowly drive back to the villa.
He really didn’t know why he was being so cautious!
Gu Yan was not in a deep sleep at all; in the solitude of night, the slightest noise would startle her awake.
It was the sound of a car turning off, followed by the sound of a car door closing and then the door downstairs opening.
There were footsteps coming up the stairs, getting clearer and clearer.
Gu Yan thought, Tang Yuxiu is finally back.
He and Nie Rong went on a date that lasted this long before returning!
Then, she told herself that this had nothing to do with her, and besides, she should count herself lucky that Tang Yuxiu didn’t stay out overnight.
She kept her side-lying position unmoved, eyes closed, breathing steadily.
Tang Yuxiu pushed open the master bedroom door and looked at Gu Yan curled up in bed, feeling a inexplicable softness in his heart.
After taking a shower, he didn’t go straight to bed but instead went to the study.
After he left, Gu Yan opened her eyes, everything was calm, but she remained motionless, closing her eyes again after a while.
This time, knowing he was just next door seemed to bring her peace, and she quickly fell into a deep sleep.
And Tang Yuxiu, however, dealt with work in the study all night, and when he was truly exhausted in the early morning, he dozed off in the study for a few hours.
The next day, Gu Yan got up early, noticing no sign of Tang Yuxiu on the other half of the bed.
She wondered if he hadn’t returned after going to the study yesterday or had already left.
She made the bed, went into the bathroom to wash up, and got dressed before going downstairs.
No matter where Tang Yuxiu was, it was none of her business.
Their relationship was already strained, and she didn’t know what might happen if they ran into each other.
She didn’t want to accidentally provoke him again.
Leaving the villa alone, she planned to walk to the bus stop, but saw Tang Yuxiu’s car outside the door.
He was still home, meaning he didn’t return to the bedroom last night.
Gu Yan couldn’t help but chuckle to herself, he really despised her to the point of not even wanting to sleep in his own bedroom.
She turned her gaze away and forcefully shut the door, leaving the villa.
After she left, Tang Yuxiu came out of the study, returning to the master bedroom to freshen up and change clothes.
The bedroom without Gu Yan felt terribly empty.
He drove off, and within five minutes, saw Gu Yan by the roadside. He slowed down, following behind her.
He watched as she boarded the bus, then followed behind the bus.
Gu Yan was unaware of everything.
Upon arriving at the company, in the music group’s office.
Wang Qi quickly came over to greet her.
"Good morning, Gu Yan."
"Good morning." She put down her backpack.
Wang Qi leaned against her desk and said, "I heard Yao Xue and Qin Juan from the modeling team got fired."
"Who are they?"
"You don’t know them? They’re the ones who’ve always been targeting you." Wang Qi was surprised and then explained.
Gu Yan suddenly realized, "It’s them! Why were they suddenly fired?"
"I’m not sure, it was the manager’s order this morning. I heard from others that the general manager summoned them yesterday, and then someone saw You Shuyang taking them out on the first floor. They didn’t look quite right, and they never came back. Today, there was a dismissal order."
Gu Yan listened and noted the mention of the general manager.
Tang Yuxiu met them and then they were fired today?
"Does the general manager handle the hire and fire of the entertainment group members?" she asked.
"He never used to, but don’t know what happened yesterday. You know, when they were called up by the general manager yesterday, they were so arrogant and conceited, they didn’t care about anyone. Now look, it seems they got special attention to be personally fired."
Wang Qi thought of their demeanor yesterday, and comparing it to today, couldn’t help but find it amusing.
"What could have happened to get the general manager personally involved?" Gu Yan was puzzled. Tang Yuxiu didn’t seem like someone who meddled in trifles.
Nor did he do anything unnecessary.
"Who knows, maybe they did something shady that happened to be discovered by the general manager. The general manager might have secretly dealt with it to prevent sullying the group’s reputation."
Wang Qi’s words reached Lin Fei’s ears without missing a beat, and suddenly thinking of something, she lowered her head in a panic.