Chapter 298

She hadn't expected Gu Gu Hanyuan to suddenly say something like that.

She asked in astonishment:

"Atone?"

Gu Gu Hanyuan's eyes locked on Seeing Ning Zhongze.

Pressuring her.

"Of course, Lady wouldn't think that after doing such a thing she could still get off scot-free, would she?"

"Are you trying to force me to agree to you and Shan'er staying together?"

Seeing Ning Zhongze's expression darkened somewhat.

As a mother who doted on her daughter, she was unwilling to agree to such a thing.

"I also know Lady is doing this for Shan'er's good."

Gu Gu Hanyuan said unhurriedly.

"It's just that shouldn't Lady solve this little problem for me?"

At the same time, he gave a subtle signal.

Seeing Ning Zhongze caught Gu Gu Hanyuan's meaningful glance and took a look.

Her heart immediately skipped a beat.

An ominous premonition surged up in her once more.

"What do you mean?"

Gu Gu Hanyuan's eyes glinted with amusement:

"Lady watched with great enthusiasm last night, didn't she? Why not give it a try?"

"You—!"

Seeing Ning Zhongze's face drained of color.

She hadn't expected Gu Gu Hanyuan to be harboring such an idea.

For a moment, she was left speechless.

Yet Gu Gu Hanyuan unexpectedly offered a reason.

"This way, Lady and I become accomplices. It should also put Lady's mind at ease, shouldn't it?"

"I never expected you to be this kind of person!"

Seeing Ning Zhongze ground her teeth.

She only felt she had misjudged him.

Gu Gu Hanyuan pressed closer to Seeing Ning Zhongze once more.

Gazing at her phoenix eyes brimming with fury, her ravishingly beautiful face.

He turned the tables and teased:

"We're both in the same boat, pot calling the kettle black. If Lady hadn't been in the wrong first, how could I possibly be pressuring you?"

Seeing Ning Zhongze's face was ugly as she thought for a long time but couldn't come up with a way to break the deadlock.

Yet this matter was such that even if she wanted to kill herself to prove her innocence, it would still seem beneath contempt.

Only inviting ridicule.

Looking at Gu Gu Hanyuan's handsome features, his eyes hiding a sharp glint.

She recalled how he had saved her last night.

She sighed inwardly.

Consider it repaying a debt of gratitude.

"This matter I can agree to, but anything beyond that, don't even think about it."

Gu Gu Hanyuan had no intention of pressing further.

This sort of thing truly wasn't fit for polite company.

At best it was just a private affair between a man and a woman.

It simply wasn't worth Seeing Ning Zhongze giving her all.

"Lady is overthinking it. I merely wish to become an accomplice with Lady, that's all."

"And you are not to touch Shan'er either."

Seeing Ning Zhongze thought of Yue Yue Yue Lingshan and added another line.

"Then during this time we travel together, shouldn't Lady take some responsibility?"

Gu Gu Hanyuan saw that Seeing Ning Zhongze still wanted to haggle.

Naturally, he wouldn't be polite with her.

"I truly misjudged you! 680"

Seeing Ning Zhongze's eyes were full of resentment.

"Heh, Lady might do well to examine her own conscience first."

Gu Gu Hanyuan casually shot back.

His eyes signaled to Seeing Ning Zhongze:

"Can Lady begin now? If it drags on too long, it'll inevitably arouse suspicion. Lady doesn't want Yuezhang Sect to learn of such a thing, does she?"

Seeing Ning Zhongze saw that things had already come to this.

Further haggling would be useless.

Yet she was soon shocked once again.

Last night she had been too far away to see clearly.

At such close range, it was inevitably a little overwhelming.

Gu Gu Hanyuan, seeing this, teased:

"Lady, the way you stare so entranced—even I would blush."

"Bah! Who's entranced!"

Ning Zhongze spat in embarrassment and annoyance.

She was imitating last night's Yue Yue Lingshan.

After all, she was a mature woman.

Although she had no prior experience.

She learned far faster than Yue Yue Lingshan.

Ning Zhongze coughed a few times.

She shot Gu Gu Hanyuan an indignant glare.

Silently tidying up the aftermath.

Gu Gu Hanyuan paid no heed to her glare.

He said unhurriedly:

"I'll be counting on you tomorrow as well, Lady."

He left under Ning Zhongze's resentful gaze.

Ning Zhongze's fierce, unyielding nature—

Gu Gu Hanyuan knew it well.

So he held himself back, not pressing too far.

Only just brushing against the bottom line.

At the very least, it wouldn't end in a mutually-destructive outcome.

And with what happened tonight,

Ning Zhongze would be easy to handle from now on.

He just had to wait for Old Yue to provide an opening.