Reborn to Outshine My Ex and His White Moonlight novel Chapter 354

Chapter 354: Chapter 354: Not Ugly, Quite Cute

A familiar voice, yet Lin Zhiyi felt as if it came from another lifetime.

She followed her pale fingers and looked toward the newcomer.

It was Gong Chen, whom she hadn’t seen for over a month.

He had lost some weight, his features became sharper and more dangerous, and his deep, ink-black eyes imperceptibly flickered.

With just one glance, a chill crawled up her spine, her blood turning ice-cold.

Lin Zhiyi’s mind wandered for a moment. Realizing she had been staring at him, she immediately returned to reality and turned her body aside.

"No need."

As she walked past him, her wrist was tightly grasped.

The man stared at Lin Zhiyi’s face, his jawline tensed, and his restrained eyes brimming with intense emotion.

The next second, he closed the door behind him forcefully, pushing Lin Zhiyi back into the restroom.

Lin Zhiyi stumbled back several steps, hitting the edge of the vanity, her head pressing against the cold mirror.

The man leaned in close, looking down at her face, not missing a single flicker of change.

His unabashed, fiery gaze was so intense it left her gasping for breath.

Lin Zhiyi tried to look away, but he caught her chin and lifted it, forcing her to meet his eyes.

His Adam’s apple rolled slowly, his breath delicately landing on her face.

"You really want to marry him?"

"Yes." Lin Zhiyi answered with crisp decisiveness.

Gong Chen’s eyes reddened slightly, turning instantly dark and fearsome.

Lin Zhiyi struggled, and the chin he was holding started to hurt more and more.

Suddenly, he pulled her into his arms with force, his dark eyes shaking with a complexity he could not understand.

As he kissed her fiercely, the sound of a slap echoed in the empty restroom.

"Have you come to your senses?" Lin Zhiyi said angrily, "You’re married, Third Young Master."

Gong Chen tilted his head slightly, his tongue licking the corner of his lips.

His gaze darkened, his hand holding the handkerchief lifted slightly to wipe the hair on Lin Zhiyi’s temple.

"There’s some water."

"I don’t need you to care! Can’t you understand? Can you stay away from me! Why do you come and go as you please! Get out!"

Lin Zhiyi forcefully pushed the man in front of her and ran out.

Reaching the end of the corridor and feeling the warm breeze by the window, she finally regained some semblance of rationality.

She took a deep breath, adjusted her thoughts, and turned back to the private room.

Unexpectedly, Chen Jin had followed her.

He handed her a pouch: "Miss Lin, here’s some stomach medicine."

The sudden show of concern was just like spoiled food, nothing but a source of nausea.

After that night, Lin Zhiyi had been healing herself, both physically and mentally.

Yet that man could get married with a clear conscience just by telling himself to forget, and then pretend nothing had happened as he showed concern for her.

Just thinking about this, Lin Zhiyi could not contain her fury as she grabbed the medicine, threw it on the ground, and stomped on it several times.

"Tell him, I don’t need it!"

Having said that, Lin Zhiyi turned around and left.

Chen Jin watched her retreating figure, wanting to call out to her several times, but in the end, he just sighed, picked up the medicine from the ground, and went back to Gong Chen’s side.

He looked at Gong Chen awkwardly: "She doesn’t want it. Third Young Master, you rushed here as soon as you got off the plane, let me take you back to rest."

Gong Chen’s eyes drooped, concealing the calm look in his eyes: "Hmm."

...

Back in the private room, Liu He and Sang Li were chatting and laughing, getting along very well.

Only then did Lin Zhiyi regain some sense of reality.

She longed for a normal family too much, with parents and a husband who cherished her, a future where everything was ordinary and smooth.

Now, she was about to get it all.

Sang Li looked at her with concern: "What’s wrong?"

Lin Zhiyi took a sip of tea: "This morning I tried making a new flavor of fried pancake, but I accidentally used too much oil, and ever since then, my stomach has felt uncomfortable. Just now, seeing all the greasy dishes made me think of those oily pancakes."

Liu He quickly interjected: "Stop, just hearing about it makes me feel greasy. Back in high school, you loved eating those, and once after eating too much, not only did you feel sick to your stomach, but the next day you broke out with several big pimples. You even believed those internet remedies saying ginger could clear up acne. So you sneaked into the kitchen in the middle of the night, but then you ran into..."