She couldn't help but said: "Si Xue was also there when I ordered, and she ate even though she knew she couldn't eat. Shouldn't she know her own physical condition best?!"
Lu Shiqian frowned and suddenly emphasized his tone: "What do you mean?"
"..."
Gu Nian lowered his eyes and swallowed all the words in his stomach.
Just now...she was also in a fit of rage and started talking without any other meaning.
Lu Shiqian looked at the top of her hair, his deep eyes meaning nothing.
Gu Nian didn't speak anymore. She had just said everything she needed to say, and now she didn't know where to go to make up for it.
Just when the two were in a stalemate, the lights in the room suddenly went out and they fell into darkness.
"……ah!"
Gu Nian screamed subconsciously, and then was pulled into Lu Shiqian's arms.
The two suddenly closed the distance, and the cold breath of the man came over.
Gu Nian's heartbeat quickened without any trace of his strength. For a moment, it was as if the tension just now had never existed before.
Her face slowly turned red.
Lu Shiqian placed a hand on the top of her hair and smoothed it gently.
Is he... subconsciously protecting her?
The surroundings were dark and quiet, and each other's breathing and heartbeats could be heard clearly.
Gu Nian leaned in Lu Shiqian's arms, as if escaping, not thinking about what happened in the past two days.
This was equally painful for Lu Shiqian.
With my arms full of fragrance, those thoughts that I usually suppress in my heart grow wantonly in this darkness.
But he also knew that all the woman in his arms was thinking about was divorcing him, separating, and drawing a clear line.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but hug her tighter.
Gu Nian was afraid of the dark, and when she was in the darkness, she always felt like there was something crawling out from around the corner.
She reflexively reached out and grabbed Lu Shiqian's clothes tightly.
Lu Shiqian sighed inaudibly and reassured in a low voice: "It should be fine, it's probably a line failure."
"...Why didn't they tell me in advance?"
At this moment, Gu Nian's voice was like a kitten's, without any of the toughness she had when she talked back to him just now.
And the two of them were in such a position that Lu Shiqian could kiss her forehead just by lowering his head.
The familiar fragrance of his hair penetrated into his nostrils, and the little woman in his arms tightly hugged his waist and leaned against his arms.
In the darkness, Lu Shiqian's dark eyes dimmed, and his voice was hoarse: "It may be an emergency."
Gu Nian felt his chin resting on the top of her head, and the hands on her waist tightened, but she no longer cared about it at this time. The fear brought by the darkness gradually seeped in, making her breathless.
Not long after, there was a burst of footsteps in the corridor, and the sound of the hotel staff and the door opening of the room could be vaguely heard.
"Go and see if it's stopped over there... did the switch trip?"
"Hello, please don't panic. It's just a small problem. It will be fixed later..."
But the sounds from the outside world were blocked by Gu Nian. She only felt that the darkness in the room had substance, as if it had turned into a strange-looking beast and was slowly extending its claws towards her.
She usually doesn't even dare to walk alone at night, and she has to leave a night light on when sleeping.
This kind of phobia of the dark seemed strange and unavoidable to be hypocritical when spoken of. She never told Lu Shiqian.
At this time, Gu Nian's forehead was covered with beads of sweat. She felt a little out of breath and her whole body was shaking slightly.
She held on to Lu Shiqian tightly, like holding on to a life-saving straw or a piece of driftwood when drowning in the deep sea.
Lu Shiqian didn't notice anything strange about her.
He suddenly remembered that Si Xue, who was suffering from stomach problems, was alone in the room.
It's difficult for her to get up now...it seems impossible without someone around.
Thinking of this, Lu Shiqian showed a hint of worry on his face. He placed his palm on Gu's mind and said comfortingly: "It's okay. I should call you soon."
After saying that, he wanted to pull Gu Nian away, but Gu Nian held on to his clothes tightly and refused to let go at all.
Lu Shiqian patted Gu Nian on the back again and said as softly as possible: "Si Xue is alone in the room. She is afraid of the dark and is not feeling well. I have to go back and take care of her."
"Just sit still in the room and nothing will happen."
When he suddenly heard this, Gu Nian felt as if a stone was stuck in his heart, and he felt uncomfortable all over his body.
She wanted to say that she was also afraid of the dark, but Lu Shiqian didn't give her a chance to speak, pushed her away and turned around to leave.
The door opened and closed, and Gu Nian stood alone in the darkness, terrified and at a loss.
Separated by a wall, Xu Yang waited in the room for a long time but no call came.
Hearing the footsteps in the corridor outside, he suddenly felt worried about Gu Nian.
I took out my mobile phone and sent her a WeChat message, but no one responded for a long time. I simply called her directly, but no one answered.
After thinking about it, he opened the door to the room directly.
There happened to be a waiter passing by the door. He stopped the other person and asked, "Can I ask how long it will take before the call comes?"
"Sorry sir, we don't know yet. Our electricians are working on repairs. Please be patient and wait a moment."
Xu Yang didn't say anything more and walked towards Gu Nian's room.
In the room, Gu Nian shivered and huddled in a small ball in the corner. Tears fell silently to the ground, not even daring to cry out.
In such an environment, the scene after her father's accident could not help but flash before her eyes.
The cold morgue was dim and dull, and her father's body lay there motionless. The white cloth was particularly conspicuous in the darkness, so that when the doctor later turned on the light, she saw only boundless darkness and the white cloth.
How terrible is the darkness? It's just that when you are in it, you feel there is nowhere to escape.
Those strange black tentacles stretched out towards her, as if they wanted to eat her.
There was no one to protect her. Her father was gone, her brother was gone, and Lu Shiqian...he went to accompany others.