Sheng Shi sat in the car, watching her retreating figure, yet there was a certain sag to his demeanor, and his heart brimmed with frustration. He had realized last night that the puppet-like Gu Lanshan had returned, and his happiness of the past two days was but a fleeting bloom, soon to disappear; he was thinking to himself that he must strive to hold onto it.
But what was happening to him?
When he heard his mother say those words, a feeling he couldn't control began to surface in the depths of his heart.
That despicable Sheng Shi had suddenly come back to life, holding a cheque and saying such things, shattering the harmony he had wanted to maintain.
In just an instant, she reverted back to that Gu Lanshan. She had just told him, "Drive carefully on the road," words that sounded so much like the caring reminder a wife would give her husband, yet he couldn't detect a hint of care in them.
The Gu Lanshan of the past was not like this, how was she back then?
