Chapter 269 - 49: Worth Guarding for a Lifetime
Gu Xiaoxi picked up the photo and newspaper, her face instantly darkened.
The photo was of the two of them entering the airport, probably taken by someone in secret.
Her and Danny Jay’s positions, spaced some distance apart, was unproblematic. However, the newspaper, embellishing and adding frivolous words, gave these few photos an entirely different flavor.
Maybe others wouldn’t recognize the person in the photos as her, but Quan Shaoqing definitely could.
Without a second thought, Gu Xiaoxi slapped the photo down on the table, then squatted in front of Quan Shaoqing with her hands clutching her ears. She looked up at him cautiously, her voice soft as a mosquito’s hum, "This is absolutely unfounded. I just know him, and we don’t have any special relationship. I ran into some trouble in D state, and he helped me out. That’s all."
There she squatted, hands clutching her ears, her delicate face filled with anxiety.
Her actions, seen through his eyes, somehow had an indescribable cuteness, especially those misty eyes of hers, like sunshine-illuminated crystals, rippling in the cold depths of his heart.
The anger he had repressed a moment ago dissipated instantly, as he instinctively believed her words.