Chapter Fifteen Fool

  After crying, Gu Mò Níng's mood improved a lot. She pulled Su Xiǎo's hand and had a slight bitter smile in her eyes, but the corners of her mouth curled up into a relaxed and slightly playful smile. "Xiǎo Xiǎo, let's go find Shěn Ruì now and scold him fiercely." Seeing Gu Mò Níng's smile, Su Xiǎo also smiled and put his arm around Gu Mò Níng's shoulder in a domineering manner. "Alright, let's go." Lán Tiān Jiǔ Bā (Blue Sky Bar).

  As soon as they arrived at the entrance of the bar, Gu Mò Níng's legs went weak and she completely lost her previous determination. She looked at Su Xiǎo with a hint of panic in her eyes. Su Xiǎo gave Gu Mò Níng a firm look, grasped her hand tightly, and encouraged her, "Don't be afraid, I'm here. At most, we'll just slap him once and it's over. It's his fault anyway, he definitely won't dare to fight back."

  Gu Muer Ning slightly relaxed and smiled at Su Xiao, took a deep breath, grasped Su Xiao's hand more tightly, and resolutely prepared to walk with Su Xiao into the bar.

  "Mo Ning." As soon as Mo Ning arrived at the entrance of the bar, Shen Rui had already seen her. Seeing that she was hesitating at the door and didn't dare to enter, thinking it was her first time in this kind of place, he went to pick her up. Only when they reached the entrance did he discover that Su Xiao had also followed Mo Ning, which was still Mo Ning's first time bringing a friend out.

  Shen Rui's eyebrows twitched slightly, and he gently pulled Guo Mo'ning's hand to head into the bar, but was suddenly shaken off by Guo Mo'ning with force. "What's wrong?" Shen Rui didn't get angry, his eyes filled with tender affection, and asked Guo Mo'ning in a spoiled tone.

  Gu Mò Níng looked at Shěn Ruì, her eyes slightly evasive, not knowing how to speak up, and could only nervously bite her lower lip. Sū Xiǎo saw Gu Mò Níng staring blankly without speaking, and hastily directly slapped Shěn Ruì on behalf of Gu Mò Níng.

  "Bang," a crisp sound rang out, and Gu Mò Níng instantly woke up with wide eyes, looking at Sū Xiǎo in disbelief, then turning to Shěn Ruì whose face was slapped sideways. Five bright red finger marks made Gu Mò Níng's heart skip a beat.

  "Shen Rui, why did you deceive me?" Gu Mo Ning suppressed the heartache in her eyes and asked Shen Rui calmly.

  Shen Rui gave Su Xiao a cold glance, making Su Xiao feel guilty for a moment, but she still glared at him defiantly, as if everything was his fault and had nothing to do with her.

  "Do you know?" Shen Rui let out a cold hum, turned his head to look at Gu Mo Ning, and raised the corner of his mouth with an unintentional playful curve.

  "Gu Mò Níng, I'm sorry. It was me who had to make a bet with Shěn Ruì, and I ended up hurting you. I feel very apologetic." ōu Yáng Bīng and the others quickly came out after seeing Shěn Ruì being beaten. Jì Liáng hastily explained to Gu Mò Níng on behalf of Shěn Ruì. Jì Liáng had heard from afar Gu Mò Níng's questioning of Shěn Ruì, and saw his distressed expression. Today was the last day of the bet, so he guessed that Gu Mò Níng knew about the bet and hurriedly apologized.

  It was just for fun that he made a bet with Shen Rui. After getting familiar with Gu Mò Ning, he found himself quite liking this lovely girl. She is indeed excellent, knowledgeable and skilled, yet never shows off or feels superior. Compared to Shen Rui's previous girlfriends, she is many times better; sometimes he wonders if Shen Rui really likes her, and he also hopes that the two of them can truly be together, rather than just because of the bet.

  "Hey, haven't I seen you somewhere before?" A crisp voice suddenly sounded beside him, and Su Xiao saw Ji Liang with an inexplicable sense of familiarity, so he directly interrupted his apology.

  Ji Liang couldn't help but look at Su Xiao, only to find that it was the same girl he had seen at the entrance of the bar on the night Shen Rui first brought Gu Mo Ning and them together.

  "Oh, it's you. A month ago, you were standing at the entrance of the bar, too afraid to go in, didn't remember?" The girl in front of him was different from the one he saw a month ago.

  A month ago, Su Xiao stood stupidly at the door, hesitating to enter. Her eyes were dull and had no focus, like a discarded doll, lost and dispirited.

  Now, Ji Liang carefully sized up Su Xiao. Her pointed melon-seed face, slightly plump lips, pretty and straight nose bridge, slender phoenix eyes, and a thick, heroic eyebrow - she could be considered a beauty.

  Ji Liang stroked his chin and thought to himself that it would be great if he could have a bit more flesh like Gu Mo Ning, being too thin wasn't very good-looking.

  With Ji Liang's reminder, Su Xiao quickly recalled the night Shen Rui found her. She only reacted now that Ji Liang was actually the red-haired rogue who scared her off that night.

  "Hmph, indeed birds of a feather flock together. What kind of person hangs out with what kind of friends." Su Xiao thought back to that night when he saw her in a sorry state and felt extremely indignant, her eyes blazing as she glared at Ji Liang, the words from her mouth tinged with mockery.

  Ji Liang heard Su Xiao's words and didn't get angry. On the contrary, it was indeed their fault. He slowly walked to Gu Mo Ning's front, looked at her sincerely, and apologized to her.

  "Gu Mò Níng, I'm sorry. This matter is our fault. Can you forgive me?" Upon hearing Ji Liáng's apologetic voice, Gu Mò Níng's emotions didn't improve, but instead became even more sorrowful.

  She doesn't need their apology, she just wants the truth. And even if there is an apology, it should be Shen Rui apologizing to her, not Ji Liang. But Shen Rui actually stood by and didn't seem to want to explain anything.

  Understand Gu Moning like Su Xiao, looking at Gu Moning's low head and silence, she knew that she was even more heartbroken now. Moreover, she didn't want apologies from others, but only wanted to find Shen Rui for an explanation.

  Su Xiao pointed at Shen Rui with her right index finger, furrowing her brow. "Shen Rui, don't you want to explain anything?" Shen Rui raised an eyebrow, a cold smile playing on his lips as he looked at Su Xiao with a hint of disdain in his eyes. "Explain what? You already know everything, don't you? Just explain it to her yourself, why bother coming here to find me, how annoying."

  Gu Muer's body swayed, was she really that detestable? Because he didn't truly like her, but in order to fulfill the bet, he had no choice but to be with her for a month, which made him even more disgusted with her.

  But he's Shen Rui, who isn't afraid of anything and would never compromise himself. If he didn't like it, he'd just throw it away. What kind of bet could have made him interact with her for a whole month? Could it be that he actually has some feelings for me?

  Gu Mò Níng felt that she was really cheap, Shěn Ruì had already said it to this extent, and she still wanted to look at him with a hint of hope, extremely seriously asking him "Do you have even the slightest bit of liking for me?"

  Shen Rui gave Gu Mohan an incredulous look, "You've said so much already, and she still asks if you like her. What's wrong with this person, does she want to humiliate herself?"

  Shen Rui did not answer Gu Mo Ning's question, making Gu Mo Ning anxious as if there were countless ants crawling in his heart, terrified and restless.

  "I don't like you." One sentence, instantly plunged Gu Mo Ning into a deep, dark ice pit, his blood frozen, limbs stiffened, and even breathing became extremely difficult.

  "Gu Mornin, are you okay?" Suddenly a weak ray of sunlight came in, but it was ultimately too weak, not enough to warm her up.

  Ouyang's icy gaze swept over Shen Rui, her eyes filled with a hint of blame. She walked over to Gu Mò Ning's side and comforted her with concern, her hand lightly raised as if wanting to touch Gu Mò Ning's head, but was quickly dodged by the latter.

  Ouyang Bing looked at Gu Moring, who was as vigilant and sensitive as a wounded beast, with a hint of worry in his eyes. He awkwardly withdrew his hand and let out a sigh of sympathy as he gazed at Gu Moring.

  She, after all, cannot accept her own good. Previously, her eyes only had Shen Rui's good, but now, the hurt Shen Rui gave her makes her unwilling to get close to anyone else. The comfort and heartache of everyone else compared to the pain Shen Rui gave her is always negligible.