Entwined by Dawn: The CEO's Relentless Obsession-Chapter 166: Love Is Not Always Mutual

When it came to eating, Gu Tiantian eventually gave in to Bai Chenyao.

It wasn’t that she didn’t want to continue talking nicely with Bai Chenyao, but his expression was getting colder and the violent look in his eyes was starting to show.

Seeing this, Gu Tiantian immediately stopped and continued eating obediently.

After the meal, Mrs. Chen cleaned up the bowls, chopsticks, and table, and then brought in the tea that had been brewed, delivering it before returning to the kitchen.

Before they could drink the tea, there was a knock on the door from outside.

"Mr. Bai, Miss Gu, it’s me, Dean Xu."

The voice was unfamiliar, but they had heard it before.

When she saw the elderly man with graying hair who pushed the door open and came in, Gu Tiantian paused in surprise.

Wasn’t he the old man who did the check-up for Grandma?

He turned out to be the dean of the City Hospital.

Just as shocked Gu Tiantian was about to speak, Bai Chenyao coldly spoke first.

"Give her a full examination!"

Dean Xu nodded with a pleasant smile, looking at Gu Tiantian with gentle eyes.

Feeling embarrassed as she was still being held by Bai Chenyao, Gu Tiantian’s cheeks flushed, and she awkwardly lowered her head to look at the carpet.

Only when Bai Chenyao released her, allowing her to go for the examination, did Gu Tiantian breathe a sigh of relief.

Even during the examination, Gu Tiantian’s face remained red.

Dean Xu, looking at her, wore an increasingly gentle and loving smile.

"Where is Miss Gu from?"

Seeing Dean Xu initiate the conversation, although still a bit embarrassed, Gu Tiantian replied honestly.

"I live in Shengjing, but my hometown is Xiangyun City."

"Xiangyun City, huh? That’s not too far from Shengjing. Nowadays, it takes just two hours by high-speed train to get to Xiangyun City."

"Yes, it’s just two hours."

"Ah, with the advancement of technology now, everything has developed together. I remember when I was young going to Xiangyun City initially, it was by walking. If conditions were slightly better, one would ride a bicycle to the bus station and then take a six-hour bus ride to get to Xiangyun City."

Huh?

What Dean Xu is talking about must be from the seventies or eighties, right?

"Dean Xu has also been to Xiangyun City?"

Dean Xu nodded with a smile, chatting while checking various data.

"Yes, back when intellectuals were sent to the countryside, I worked in a village in Xiangyun City, and later when things developed, I was transferred back to Shengjing."

Gu Tiantian was even more surprised, not expecting that Dean Xu was one of the intellectual youth sent to the countryside in the past.

She did not know much about that era.

After all, she wasn’t from that time, but stories of intellectuals being sent to the countryside were seen in the news for many years.

For example, the news said how certain people went thousands of miles away to a certain place back then and stayed for years, facing all kinds of problems and couldn’t return.

When they eventually returned, the elders at home were gone, and they could only weep with regret for missed opportunities. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Ah, she was thinking too far ahead.

"Why did Miss Gu come to Shengjing? Was it for school?"

"Yes, I came to Shengjing as a child to study here, and now I also work here."

"I see, no wonder you know Mr. Bai."

Huh?

What does this have to do with Bai Chenyao?

Gu Tiantian looked at Dean Xu in confusion, and Dean Xu noticed the change in her expression. Seeing the brief rejection in the young girl’s eyes when he mentioned Bai Chenyao, he paused internally.

This seems... not a mutual affection?

If so... this could be interesting to watch.

Dean Xu thought about Bai Chenyao’s temperament and then looked at the girl with a baby face and clear, innocent eyes, smiling softly.