Bab 30: Contract Marriage (28)

The man tugged at his necktie. His thin lips were pursed as his eyes were frozen upon the computer screen.

He could see it.

On the computer screen that he had yet to switch off.

It was a picture of two people sitting opposite each other in a café.

Perhaps it was the angle of how the picture was taken. The woman seemed to have looked down with a faint smile on her face. She was gentle and quiet.

However, that smile… 

It made someone's eyes burn in pain.

***

Gu Xichao knew who that man sitting opposite of Jiang Yuan was.

Mu Feng.

The male protagonist of the charade some time ago.

***

He raised his slender fingers and closed his laptop. His pale, handsome face didn't show much expression. His beautiful blue eyes seemed to be covered under layers of emotions.

His eyelashes were thick and curled, and when they were half-closed, it seemed somewhat sorrowful.