Chapter 323 Let the News Fly a Little Longer_1
Gu Chen didn't think much of it, "As long as the person guessed is you, what does it matter?"
The scholarly and gentle man who was usually unflustered, when it came to sweet nothings, he inserted them into the conversation seamlessly, one after another.
Wan Qi, counting on her many years of acquaintance with Gu Chen, wanted to effortlessly find someone to catch her in the latter half of her life when she had reached a certain age.
She had originally thought that by dedicating herself to helping Gu Chen's uncle with his work, with a supportive uncle by her side, obedient Gu Chen would not refuse this well-matched marriage. Unexpectedly, Gu Chen's uncle had played her. Gu Chen's heart had, at some unknown time, made room for another—Shen Xian—leaving Wan Qi to truly understand for the first time what it meant to come up empty-handed.