Reborn to Outshine My Ex and His White Moonlight novel Chapter 248

Chapter 248: Chapter 248: Only Her

After hearing Gong Chen’s response, Li Huan gasped.

He crushed the wet towel in his hand, angrily saying, "If you just want a woman, you could find any willing partner! She..."

"She agreed," Gong Chen spoke indifferently.

Li Huan choked, recalling the matter of Liu He’s hospitalization.

Without much thought, he knew how Lin Zhiyi had agreed.

"Are you crazy? It must be her?"

"It must be her."

"Gong Chen! Don’t be like this! I know you’re actually just worried that if you tell Lin Zhiyi the truth, she would seek mutual destruction with Old Mr. Gong, right?"

"..."

Gong Chen silently smoked, offering no response.

"Do you know..."

Li Huan almost blurted out Lin Zhiyi’s condition.

But then he remembered his friend’s warning,

"In cases like hers, unless she speaks out on her own accord, revealing it for her is like handing her a knife. What you need to do is give her breathing space, to let her make her own choices."

Space?

Choices?

Li Huan looked around the room, then back at Gong Chen, changing the subject, "What about Sang Ran?"

Gong Chen’s face remained calm, "I will handle them."

"..."

Li Huan sighed deeply, turned around, and left.

...

Lin Zhiyi followed memories of her past life back to her room, opened the wardrobe, which was full of women’s clothes.

She couldn’t help but smile wryly, randomly picking a set of clothes and heading to shower.

After bathing, she lay in bed, her heart long devoid of any ripples.

Even when she heard the door open behind her, she just clenched the quilt tighter and did not turn around.

But when a warm body approached, Lin Zhiyi couldn’t help but stiffen.

The man’s arms encircled her waist, pulling her tightly against him, his head resting gently on her shoulder, his eyes deepening as he gazed at her.

"Have you slept?" Gong Chen’s voice was hoarse.

Lin Zhiyi could hear the desire in his voice. She did not struggle, instead saying coldly, "I’ve just returned from the hospital, and it is not suitable to do that now. If you must, you could find other ways."

Gong Chen’s gaze on her darkened, "You seem to know a lot."

Lin Zhiyi remained silent, quietly waiting for him to vent.

Since she had agreed to stay, it was bound to happen sooner or later.

Suddenly, the silence in the room was broken by the ring of a phone.

Lin Zhiyi glanced at the time on the bedside table, it was very late, and she could guess who it was without thinking.

The ringing continued.

Annoyed and restless, she suggested, "You should answer it, perhaps Miss Sang has some urgent matter."

In fact, before she had finished speaking, Gong Chen had already gotten up to take his cell phone.

The warmth from the bed suddenly withdrew, and she involuntarily curled up.

Behind her, Gong Chen’s voice was very low, as if afraid to startle the person on the other side of the call.

"Uh-huh, what is it? I understand."

After hanging up, Gong Chen looked back at Lin Zhiyi, who was turned away from him.

Lin Zhiyi calmly said, "Go back, Miss Sang will be worried about you."

"You’re so generous?" Gong Chen’s face showed anger as he looked at her gloomily.

"It shows my professional conduct; those who lurk in the shadows should keep a low profile," Lin Zhiyi adjusted her quilt and said faintly, "Uncle, be careful on your way."

"How considerate!"

Putting down the words, the door was slammed shut.

Lin Zhiyi’s body shook, wrapping the quilt even tighter around herself.

It was okay, at least he had agreed to marry her, and he was good to her. _{fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm}

The next early morning.

As the future Third Madam, Sang Ran accompanied Gong Chen to pay respect to Old Mr. Gong.

Old Mr. Gong joyfully gave Sang Ran numerous gifts.

He also invited them to stay for breakfast.

"Xiao Ran, you’ve suffered during the engagement, but don’t worry, I’ll make sure justice is served," he said.

Sang Ran looked at Gong Chen, who was expressionless beside her, and smiled, "Uncle, it’s really okay, and the wedding is coming up soon. I don’t want to cause unrest at home, so please don’t worry too much."

Old Mr. Gong tapped his bowl of yam and pumpkin porridge with a spoon, his lips curling into an almost imperceptible smirk.

He glanced at Gong Chen out of the corner of his eye before saying seriously, "It isn’t you causing unrest at home, it’s certain people harboring ill intentions. Such petty matters, I can still handle."

Though he seemed to be speaking on behalf of Sang Ran, he was actually addressing Gong Chen.

Sang Ran looked troubled and didn’t know what to say, simply eating her breakfast in silence.

After breakfast, she needed to return home for her medication, so she excused herself first.

At that moment, Old Mr. Gong spoke with a profound tone, "Last night was a big celebration for you, so why did you come back so late?"

Gong Chen set down his utensils and slowly picked up a hot towel handed to him by a servant to wipe his hands.

"Catching a thief."

Hearing this, Old Mr. Gong paused, "What do you mean?"

Gong Chen looked up, his gaze deep, "Dad is right, I should stand up for Xiao Ran, so the thief had to be caught."

After setting down the towel, he looked toward the entrance.

Chen Jin was escorting a man in, and pushed him down in front of Old Mr. Gong.

Old Mr. Gong, having experienced many ups and downs, clenched his fist tightly even though he didn’t react much to seeing the man’s face, which bore a slight resemblance to the butler.

Gong Chen looked down at him from above and introduced him, "The man who delivered fruits at the engagement party, he entered the mansion through the back door around six in the morning yesterday."

The butler quickly explained out of his wits, "He was just delivering fruits; due to the freshness of the ingredients, he specifically chose such an early time."

"Did I ask you?" Gong Chen said coldly.

"Did the butler make a mistake?" Old Mr. Gong snorted coldly.

"No mistake, but the real mistake was his greed. You all focused on the custom-made bracelet but forgot about a set of skincare products worth five figures inside the gift box."