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However, Gong Yan wouldn't care if she knew or not.

Because this wasn't something that was hard to find out. If he wanted to know, it wouldn't be that hard to find out.

Many of the media reporters were well aware of this matter. However, they did not dare to announce it to the public as the one holding power in the palace was him.

He calmly looked at the woman's pale and weak face. A dark light surged in his eyes.

Finally, he suddenly said, "Come with me."

He then turned around and walked to the front.

Pei Luoyi didn't understand what was going on. She watched as the man turned back in the direction of the elevator. Although she didn't know where he was taking her, she still followed him without any hesitation.

There were only two people in the elevator, and no one else was in between. They smoothly arrived at the floor the man pressed.

The door opened and the two of them stepped out of the elevator.

Pei Luoyi looked at the long corridors on both sides of the elevator. This floor gave her a very serene feeling. Even the nurses that passed by would occasionally have light footsteps.

The corridor was clean, and Pei Luoyi followed the man as they walked. She knew that most of the rooms here were VIP wards, and only the wealthiest and wealthiest people could live here.

The man in front of him suddenly stopped in front of a door.

Pei Luoyi naturally stopped in her tracks as well. Looking at the man's back, she could not help but feel that the atmosphere had become slightly heavy.

"What's wrong?" she asked slowly, looking at the broad, tall figure in front of her.

The man turned around and his gaze fell on her face. He looked straight into her eyes.

It was as if light could not reach those black eyes that were as deep as the ocean at night. It was so deep that no one could clearly see what was inside.

"Pei Luoyi." He looked at her.

"Hmm?"

Pei Luoyi returned his gaze, but for a period of time, he did not speak again. There were many emotions flashing through his deep and dark eyes that she could not see.

The surroundings were very quiet. The two of them stood face to face, yet they did not communicate, making it seem even more abrupt.

In the end, the man still didn't say anything. He lightly turned his gaze away, pressed the doorknob on his lower body, and entered the ward.

However, he did not walk straight in. Instead, he stood quietly by the door and turned around to look at her.

Although she didn't know what he was trying to do, she could still read his eyes.

She followed him in.

Then, he saw a thin figure lying on the bed quietly, as if she was asleep. However, if she simply fell asleep, there shouldn't be a life support device inserted into her mouth and nose.

It was a thin woman.

Pei Luoyi turned her head and looked at the man with a puzzled expression. "She's …"

The man's gaze stopped on the bed, but when he heard her question, he didn't turn around. It was as if his body was enveloped in a layer of cold pressure. In just a minute, his aura had changed.

"When I first entered the palace, she was only five years old and didn't know anything. The original intention of the palace to adopt me was also so that when she could shoulder the burden of the palace in the future, I could support her from the sidelines."

Pei Luoyi stared blankly at the man's cold expression before following his gaze. She could vaguely sense that he had brought her here today.

"A year ago, I went to the restaurant at the peak of Mount Tan to negotiate a contract with the merchant. She also arrived at the time when it was time for her to take over the palace, but her personality was too slow and she refused to come into contact with the company. I forcefully dragged her along and later on, after that car accident, she became like this."

His tone was very light, to the point that even Pei Luoyi was unable to tell what he was feeling when he said those words.

Or … Too much time had passed, and the hatred and resentment from before had already dissipated by quite a bit.

But... Could it be like this? If it wasn't, he wouldn't have to bring her here today.

She pursed her lips into a faint smile and looked at him. "What do you want to say? Just say it directly. Such a roundabout way of doing things doesn't seem like you are."

Only then did the man shift his gaze from the woman on the bed to her face. His expression was still cold, as if he were wearing his usual cold mask.

"Pei Luoyi."

When he coldly called out her name, it made Pei Luoyi feel as if her heart had suddenly shrunk.

Her lips tightened slightly.

"You still don't admit it?"

He was referring to the accident.

So this was what he wanted to ask.

Pei Luoyi's entire body seemed to relax. However, her face was pale, and she was about to burst out laughing.

In fact, she did smile, but it did not reach her eyes.

"Mr. Gong, how am I supposed to admit that I didn't do anything? Even if I said I didn't do it tens of thousands of times, you still wouldn't believe me. Since that's the case, why do you need to ask?"

The man's brow suddenly froze.

It had been a long time since she'd seen that fierce look in his eyes, and for a moment, Pei Luoyi found it hard to adapt to it.

The air suddenly froze. Their eyes met, and a cold intent that could not be dispersed lingered around the two of them.

"You said you didn't, but I believe in what I've seen with my own eyes. If you hadn't got out of the car at that time to check out the situation, if you hadn't run away from the scene with a panicked expression, you probably wouldn't be who you are today, and I, I wouldn't be what I am today."

A person's fate was like a line without a fixed trajectory. You never knew when a person's fate would change the direction of their life due to some fortuitous encounter.

On the way back from the hospital, the two of them maintained a tacit understanding of each other and remained silent throughout the journey.

She had thought that he would drive her directly to the white house and let her off. She hadn't thought that he would drive her directly to his villa. Without saying anything, he pushed open the door and stepped out.

She didn't know whether to walk back to her original residence or force herself to keep up with the man's footsteps.

The man turned around at the door. Seeing that she was still standing next to the car, Lingran spoke up, "What are you still standing there for? I don't have the habit of waiting for people to eat with you."

Pei Luoyi looked at the man's back and wanted to say that she wasn't actually hungry at all. After waking up in the afternoon, she had already eaten a meal.

But the man never gave her a chance to speak.

Pei Luoyi only had one bowl of soup for dinner. It was very hot when she made the soup, but she didn't stir at all. She held her chin in one hand and kept her eyes fixed on something as if she was thinking about something.

Opposite of her, Gong Yan put down his bowl and chopsticks after eating. He picked up a napkin and wiped his lips, which hadn't touched anything. He saw that the woman seemed to have lost her appetite.

His eyes slightly flickered, but he still didn't say anything. He stood up and walked up the stairs with a cold and slender figure.

Until the footsteps disappeared around the corner of the stairs.

Pei Luoyi put down the spoon and tilted her head to look in the direction of the stairs. Her eyes were filled with sadness.