Chapter 72: Gu Yeting Says Sorry

When Gu Wenyan opened the door, her eyes were slightly red, but she still smiled as if nothing were wrong: "Why are you here? Didn't you continue watching the birthday video downstairs?"

Gu Yeting frowned deeply, his gaze heavy as he looked at her: "You said those things on purpose just now, you deliberately wanted us to feel indebted to you?!"

Staring at Gu Yeting's sharp gaze, Gu Wenyan did not avoid it at all, looking straight back at him.

Her gaze was clear, devoid of any emotion; there were no ripples, and she was not nervous.

"I was just stating a fact. If you don't want to feel indebted to me, saying anything is useless. As for... if you don't believe me, I won't force you to trust me, and I don't care either."

"If there's nothing else, you should leave first." Gu Wenyan said, moving to close the door and drive Gu Yeting out.

But this man reached out with extreme force, hooking his hand onto Gu Wenyan's door, not wanting to retreat immediately.

He lowered his head, his gaze deep, staring straight at Gu Wenyan, his expression extremely blunt: "When you were a child, did you really never have a birthday?"

Gu Wenyan was cold and indifferent: "If you don't believe me, nothing I say should be of any use."

She added with some helplessness: "What exactly do you want?"

Gu Yeting clenched his fists, countless emotions interweaving in his dark eyes, his voice becoming hoarse at some point: "I don't know."

"What?" Gu Wenyan frowned, not quite understanding what he meant.

"I thought that even if you weren't at home before... at least you were doing okay. I had always thought that."

"So?" Gu Wenyan was puzzled.

"Forget it, I don't want to make useless excuses for myself. About what happened before, I am very sorry."

Gu Wenyan knew very well how difficult it was for Gu Yeting to say these words, but her face remained indifferent.

Looking at Gu Yeting, her clear eyes showed no emotional fluctuation: "Oh, I see."

Gu Yeting's expression changed: "Is that your only reaction?"

"Otherwise? You say one 'sorry' and I have to be eternally grateful to you? Express understanding for all your previous behavior? I'm not that pathetic!"

Gu Wenyan was somewhat annoyed: "Yes, you are my brother, but you aren't my only brother. At least the eldest brother realized his debt to me a long time ago. Although I didn't ask him to compensate me for anything... I felt his sincerity, so I forgave him."

Gu Yechen had always been the most mature person in this family, so he realized his mistakes earlier than the others, which Gu Yeting could understand.

But then, Gu Wenyan said: "The second brother and I also looked at each other with mutual dislike at first. He looked down on me, thinking I was vulgar and rude... in short, nothing I did met his requirements."

"But on the day of the Art Gallery Opening Ceremony, he expressed his trust in me, and I think that's enough. Even if we can't become a very loving brother and sister, at least I no longer hate him."

Hearing this, Gu Yeting ground his back teeth, a very displeased expression appearing on his cold, stern face: "What does that mean?"

So it meant that in the end, he was the most obtuse and stupid one in this family?

It took until today for him to realize how wrong his behavior before her death was??

Gu Yeting pressed his tongue against his teeth, saying word by word: "And me?"

"You apologized, but that doesn't mean everything is wiped clean. I can only say that from now on, you walk your path, and I'll walk mine. Let's not disturb each other and just coexist peacefully in this house."

After speaking, Gu Wenyan suddenly pushed Gu Yeting out of the room with force, and the door slammed shut with a "bang."

Having been shut out, Gu Yeting put his hands on his waist and irritably rubbed his hair.

He had never been ignored like this before!

But he knew in his heart... everything seemed to be his fault, and it was normal to face such treatment now.

Gu Yeting kept a cold face, just about to knock on the door again, when his peripheral vision caught sight of Gu Mianmian looking at him timidly from the side.

At this moment, he actually didn't know how to face Gu Mianmian.

Although he still doted on Gu Mianmian, even out of habit, but... he had already been such a scoundrel that he hadn't even cared for his own biological sister, and now he was treating her so well...

He withdrew the expression on his face and said faintly: "Go to sleep early."

After saying that, he returned to his room.

Left behind, Gu Mianmian's emotions were on the verge of collapse, her features almost twisted.

Soon, the day arrived for Gu Wenyan to attend the Reading Club that Gu Mianmian had signed her up for.

These past two days, whenever Mother saw Gu Wenyan, she was always hesitant to speak, constantly fussing over her, wanting to double down on making up for her guilt.

As for Gu Yeting, he tried to say something several times, only to be ignored by Gu Wenyan, leaving him to keep a cold face at all times, his emotions accumulated to the edge of an outburst.

Gu Yechen and Gu Yefeng were both away from home these past two days, so they didn't know what had happened at home.

Before going to the Reading Club, Gu Wenyan told Bao Sihan about her plans, and the man asked: "What time does it end? I'll come pick you up."

"It should end in about an hour, right?" Gu Wenyan felt it wouldn't take too long.

The man's cold-textured voice was always especially low and gentle when speaking to her; he chuckled: "Alright, see you later."

Gu Wenyan had just hung up the phone when she saw Gu Mianmian: "Sister, let's go out together. It just so happens I'm going to that Reading Club today too."

She glanced at Gu Mianmian with indifference: "Let's go."

In any case, Gu Mianmian was definitely going to cause trouble at the scene, and Gu Wenyan didn't mind her presence.

It was just as well...

Gu Wenyan also wanted to see what kind of tricks Gu Mianmian had up her sleeve.

Taking the car arranged by the Gu Family to the venue of today's Reading Club, it was on the second floor of an art museum, with a very stylish interior.

Gu Mianmian led Gu Wenyan inside, and after dressing up meticulously, she quickly blended in with the group of young masters and ladies who were also dressed to the nines.

As for Gu Wenyan, she was very simple, wearing only a light-colored new-style Chinese cheongsam with some modern tailoring elements, but the bamboo leaves printed on the cheongsam set off her cold temperament.

So even though this group of young masters and ladies were meeting her for the first time today, the gazes landing on her were very frequent.

Knowing Gu Wenyan's identity, everyone dared not slight her, though they didn't take her too much to heart either.

Although they feared Bao Sihan, as long as their families didn't have any business dealings with the Bo Family, there was no need to be overly afraid.

"What books has everyone brought to introduce to us today?" The man wearing glasses took the lead in arranging for everyone to be seated and asked.

Gu Mianmian immediately turned her head to look at Gu Wenyan: "Oh my, Sister, did you not bring a book today! How could you be so careless as to forget even this!"