100 Days Of Escaping My Wedding
Chapter 269: Willingly

Chapter 269: Chapter 269: Willingly

Gong Xiaoqiao felt that even dramas were not this melodramatic.

For the sake of revenge, she had wronged true love for so many years, and now it was natural to make amends.

She thought, this was obviously also part of his revenge!

Yet knowing this, she still couldn’t avoid the heartache.

The only thing she could do was to use her acting skills to protect herself, pretending not to care at all.

If Gu Hangshen had known all along that she was Huo Yandong’s daughter, then did that mean she had been living in lies and pretension since she was three years old?

Were all those so-called affections, indulgences, and promises fake?

What was her life up to this point?

To willfully live within the happiness and sorrow he controlled, in a world full of lies, like an illusion, a joke...

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They sat at the dining table eating, while Gong Xiaoqiao sat on the living room sofa waiting for takeout.

Three people, an eerie combination.

"Sean, try this. I’ve just learned to make it, made it especially for you!"

"Hmm."

"Xiaoqiao, do you want to come over and eat with us?" Gong Hannian deliberately asked.

"Sure!" Gong Xiaoqiao actually responded and walked over.

Gong Hannian’s complexion turned green.

At that moment, the doorbell rang; it was probably her takeout delivery.

Lucky you! Gong Xiaoqiao turned to open the door, and standing outside was... Qin Yao.

"Have you eaten?" Qin Yao asked.

"I’m waiting for takeout."

"Want to go out to eat together?"

"Wouldn’t a phone call have sufficed? Why come in person?"

"I thought, if I came in person, at least I would get to see you if you refused."

She admitted she detested the instigator who unveiled everything, yet Qin Yao was a victim too.

She could imagine how the scholarly and gentle man spent those four years in America, acting the part while secretly infiltrating such dangerous places.

After returning, how he faced Gu Hangshen’s threats and his own hatred and vengeful acts...

Such a clear and transparent man was innocently dragged into these grudges with no escape...

Seeing his anxious and cautious expression, Xiaoqiao let out a sigh in her heart, "Wait, I’ll get my bag."

In contrast to the icy interior of the house, Qin Yao’s expression in that instant bloomed like spring.

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She and Qin Yao went to a small stall next to University A for barbecue.

She had applied makeup to disguise herself, and wore sunglasses; now that it was evening, she shouldn’t be recognizable.

However, Qin Yao still shone like a beacon in the dark, attracting many girls who gathered in groups, taking photos of him with their phones, not trying to be discreet in the slightest, even with the flash turned on. But Qin Yao acted as if he did not see them, focusing on asking her preferences, choosing dishes, securing a spot, and getting drinks for her.

Girls nearby murmured, "That woman is so strange! Who wears sunglasses at night!"

"Exactly, she must be too sorry-looking to stand next to a handsome guy, feeling so inferior that she has to cover up!"

"Hey! But the guy is so gentle with her!"

"I’m so jealous!"

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Gong Xiaoqiao couldn’t help but laugh; it seemed no matter how many years passed, she would always be the one in the background when with him.

It was as if they had returned to those days.

Seeing the smile at the corner of her mouth, Qin Yao stared at her, somewhat enraptured.

"Even if it costs me this moment to die, I would willingly do so!" he said as he arranged a stray lock of hair behind her ear.

Gong Xiaoqiao looked up, smiling absent-mindedly, "Why talk of death when all is well..."