My Dominant Contract Husband Won't Let Me Go-Chapter 493 We Shouldn’t See Each Other for Now (7)

Cheng Ziyang had left for quite some time before Gu Ningyi’s gloom slowly dissipated, and his tightly clenched fists gradually relaxed.

He closed his eyes, and after a moment when he opened them, his brows and eyes had returned to calmness, at least... on the surface.

He dismissed the idea of going over to catch someone. At this moment, he was not suited to meet Dong Xin Yan, otherwise he feared he couldn’t control himself. But there were still some things that had to be clarified.

Gu Ningyi picked up his phone again and dialed once more.

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The words that Cheng Ziyang had said before leaving, each pierced Xinyan’s heart. Even though he had been gone for a while, Dong Xin Yan still couldn’t quite recover.

She sat on the sofa hugging her knees. The surrounding quietness made her uneasy, and increasingly guilty.

She felt she couldn’t let herself continue thinking, otherwise, perhaps guilt would interfere with her ability to make the right choice.

She got up, went back to the room, and prepared to tidy up a bit to divert her attention. By chance, she glanced at the phone on the nightstand.

It was then she vaguely remembered that her phone had been unusually quiet all morning.

Returning to the room and picking up the phone from the nightstand, Dong Xin Yan found that it had somehow been turned off.

Strange, did she turn it off yesterday?

Dong Xin Yan wondered, pressing the power button, and a few seconds after the screen lit up, the phone rang, and Gu Ningyi’s name immediately appeared before her eyes.

She told herself, how could it have been so quiet? 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

Dong Xin Yan stared fixedly at the flashing name, hesitating whether to answer, hesitated for a few seconds before slowly pressing the answer button.

She hadn’t replied to his message yesterday; today’s call had to be answered, otherwise, with Gu Ningyi’s temperament, he’d come looking for her directly.

"Hello—."

The familiar voice finally reached his ear, yet Gu Ningyi couldn’t bring himself to be happy.

As soon as Cheng Ziyang left, she powered on the phone, what does that say? He didn’t want to think about it, nor was he willing to.

Gu Ningyi tried his best to control his tone, striving for calmness and gentleness, "Why did you just turn on your phone? Just woke up?"

"No, I woke up long ago, I just didn’t know the phone was off." Dong Xin Yan replied naturally.

"Is that so?" Gu Ningyi’s voice was indifferent, not sure if he believed or didn’t, then he spoke again, "Did you see the message I sent you last night?"

Last night’s message... Dong Xin Yan knew, he was definitely going to ask about that.

Dong Xin Yan pursed her lips and replied, "I saw it, but it was too late when I got back last night, after bathing I felt very tired, laid on the bed and fell asleep, so I didn’t reply to your message, you don’t mind, do you?"

Not replying to his message, of course, wasn’t because she was too tired, but because at that moment she was thinking about Ziyang and lost the mood. But naturally, she couldn’t tell the truth. Wasn’t this response quite appropriate?

Unexpectedly, as soon as she finished speaking, Gu Ningyi let out a sneer.

The voice was light, yet carried a hint of mockery, "Were you so tired? Too tired to even reply to a message?"

This tone of Gu Ningyi’s made Dong Xin Yan feel inexplicably uncomfortable, was it really such a big deal about a message?

Yet the next second, Gu Ningyi continued, "Or, were you with someone else, with neither the time nor energy to deal with me?"

Even though Gu Ningyi had restrained his emotions, listening to her somewhat evasive tone, he couldn’t help but question her.