Chapter 7: Chapter 7 That was for the room fee!
Lu Wanwan was holding the bracelet and walked briskly down the empty street outside the villa.
This area was Huacheng Xinguang, an expensive villa district. Forget buses, not even taxis would be around now.
Besides relying on her own two legs, she had no other choice.
Before long, a beam of car headlights shone from a distance, and the sound of an engine slowly approached.
She turned her head and a black Bentley Mulsanne stopped beside her, the driver’s window rolled down completely.
“There are no cars here, it would take you at least half an hour to walk out,” Gu Annan said from inside the car without looking at her.
Lu Wanwan gave him a cold glance.
His bland tone continued, “I’ll take you to the city center only. I don’t have time to drop you off, don’t think too much.”
Lu Wanwan really wanted to turn around and leave with dignity, but if it took half an hour to walk out before hailing a taxi, the dormitory doors at school would be closed already.
A wise man does not eat the loss before his eyes, so she swallowed her pride and sat in the passenger seat.
“I told you, don’t regret it,” Gu Annan drove off, his gaze fixed on the windshield ahead.
“Mr. Gu, you’re thinking too much, I don’t regret it,” Lu Wanwan explained. “After all, you can’t tell the truth. Otherwise, everyone would know you’ve slept with my sister, how would you then get engaged to the younger one?”
She called him Mr. Gu.
Gu Annan’s eyebrows tensed up momentarily.
“Don’t worry, I will keep this matter secret for you,” she said in a feigned casual tone, “It’s a family marriage arrangement, after all; it wouldn’t look good for anyone if it got out.”
The silence inside the car gave her an indescribable feeling.
“You’re engaged to her, right?” she wanted to confirm.
Gu Annan replied coldly, “The Lu family has only two daughters, my choices are limited.”
Lu Wanwan quickly turned away, looking at the villas speeding by outside the window to hide the sudden pallor on her face.
This ‘limited choice’ clearly never included her in the options.
How could she have felt even a flicker of unwarranted anticipation!
Suddenly feeling the air conditioning in the car was too strong, Lu Wanwan pulled at her clothes, wrapping herself tightly.
Gu Annan caught a glimpse of her action, and the glaring men’s attire, his gaze as cold as a frigid pool.
Once they were out of Huacheng Xinguang, he abruptly stopped the car.
“You can get a cab here.”
Despite hearing that emotionless voice, Lu Wanwan still felt somewhat reluctant.
Would driving a bit longer kill him? Taxis are so expensive!
Before she unbuckled her seat belt, suddenly a bundle was thrown onto her lap.
She looked down and broke out in a cold sweat.
It was the change she’d tossed at the hotel that morning…
“Lu Wanwan, you’ve really grown, huh? Sleeping and then leaving with three hundred and eighty?” Gu Annan’s frosty gaze, for the first time tonight, fixed directly on her.
She desperately wanted to crawl into a crevice. She hadn’t known at the time.
“You… think it’s too little?”
The suddenly oppressive atmosphere inside the car made it hard to breathe.
“Not too little since you counted it so clearly…”
She didn’t even know how much money it was total; she couldn’t imagine Gu Annan with his icy-block face counting each bill meticulously.
“I didn’t know it was you at the time, otherwise…”
He was so rich, who would go dutch with him!
Gu Annan fixed his eyes on her face, “If you knew it was mine, how would you have paid the whoring fee?”
“Whoring fee?” Lu Wanwan’s eyes widened, startled, “When have you…”
She looked at Gu Annan’s expression; fortunately, she didn’t finish her sentence.
“Ahem…” she raised her hand to press her forehead, blocking the murderous gaze beside her and explained in a soft voice, “That was for… the room fee.”