Chapter 1385. Perish 6
He silently listened but did not say anything after that. He only reached out to caress her long hair that fell along her back.
When she saw that he did not respond, she softly asked, “Don’t you have anything you want to say?”
“What do I say? This is what I wanted, and this outcome was within my expectations.”
“Are you referring to Doris’s end?” Xi Xiaye asked.
Mu Yuchen slowly moved his arm away from around her waist and answered calmly, “Right from the start, I never thought of letting Doris leave City Z, so I could only cut her wings first, but she was smart too. She arranged for Gu Lingsha to leave, but the move was a step slower than I anticipated.”
When Xi Xiaye heard his revelation, she could not help but sigh. The image of Doris collapsing replayed in her head once again, and her heart could not help but tighten. “What do you think Gu Qiwu feels about Doris? I really can’t see through him. To say that he really cared about Doris, it doesn’t seem quite like it either, much less Aunt.”
“I’m afraid he doesn’t know the answer to this either. All of the worries from before might fade with Doris, and come to a full stop. It’s time for these things to end now,” he responded, then walked over to switch the lights on again.
Xi Xiaye nodded as she followed after him. “Dinner’s ready downstairs. Come down to eat when you’re ready.”
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