You Are in Love with Me, Aren't You? (2)

She stared fixedly at her screen without shifting her eyes even after her phone screen had turned black.

Outside the bathroom, her mother had already served the dishes on the table and, wondering why Qin Zhi'ai was taking so long, she walked to the bathroom door and knocked. "Xiao'ai? What's up with you?"

Returning to her senses, Qin Zhi'ai replied in a voice that was calmer than what she had expected, "Coming!"

Behind the door, she waited until her mother's footsteps were gone before turning back to look at the mirror hanging on the wall.

Her eyes, as reflected in the mirror, were bright and clear, with no sign that she had just learned about the marriage of Gu Yusheng and Liang Doukou. In her heart, though, she felt waves of overflowing emotions.

Following dinner, Qin Zhi'ai cleared and washed the dishes and tidied up the kitchen, as she'd been doing since she'd been staying with her mother.