Chapter 623: Chapter 623: My Relationships with Those Women Are All Just for Show
"Playing along? Who are you putting on a show for?"
Playing along? This obviously is self-destructive to one’s reputation.
For the past two years, Gu Sheng’s reputation in the Capital City has been quite unsavory, known as a notorious playboy in the circles.
Though, no particularly nasty scandals have been heard about him.
Of course, it might also be that people are wary of the Gu Family’s influence and dare not speak.
She has heard some things in private.
She also heard people say that Gu Sheng only changed suddenly in the past two years, and he seemed truly different before.
But back then, she was solely focused on chasing Shangguan Yu and didn’t care to learn about these things.
Now, she really wanted to understand Gu Sheng a bit more.
He himself said that it was because she forgot him, and he was angry, so he became like this.
But she couldn’t understand this childish behavior, nor could she accept such a ridiculous explanation.
She forgot him, it’s not like she wanted or willing to.
Is it necessary to torment himself and her like a madman?
So when Gu Sheng said he would change, Gu Yao, not holding out much hope, didn’t think to give him any chance.
"I..." For a moment, Gu Sheng truly didn’t know how to answer this question.
"Don’t tell me it’s because of me again, I can’t bear so many inexplicable blames." Gu Yao couldn’t help but mockingly retort.
"..." Gu Sheng lowered his eyes slightly, and his mood instantly dropped.
Feeling the change in Gu Sheng’s mood, Gu Yao was also affected, and her mood turned sour as well.
The two of them stopped talking, walking side by side in silence, with an atmosphere so dull it was hard to break.
From the school to where they lived wasn’t very far.
As they were about to reach the entrance of their neighborhood, Gu Sheng stopped, smiled, and asked Gu Yao:
"What do you want to eat tonight? I’ll go buy the ingredients."
It seemed like his mood had improved.
"Whatever."
Gu Yao’s quite perfunctory response made Gu Sheng feel unsettled.
If it were you, who worked very hard to learn cooking just for someone, and when you succeeded, you eagerly asked what they wanted to eat, only to receive such a disinterested reply, this kind of thankless effort would surely upset anyone.
Realizing that her response might have hurt his feelings, Gu Yao quickly opened her mouth to make up for it: "I’ll go with you to buy them."
"You want to go?"
Gu Sheng was a bit pleasantly surprised.
"Mhm, it’s not far anyway, and I don’t have much homework tonight, just a page of material."
"Then let’s go."
The gloomy mood Gu Sheng had earlier was wholly lifted as he led Gu Yao to a big supermarket not far ahead.
Watching Gu Sheng buy ingredients without any mishap, even though he had only been learning to cook for a few days, Gu Yao couldn’t help but suspect that maybe he did know how to cook after all.
However, when she accidentally walked around behind Gu Sheng and inadvertently saw him take out his phone, secretly checking a pre-listed recipe, buying items according to the list, Gu Yao felt a sudden and indescribable rush like being hit by a giant wave.
The Gu Sheng in front of her felt unfamiliar yet very familiar.
Seeing the changes in Gu Sheng over the past few days, she truly felt, just as he claimed, he had changed, changed so much she could hardly believe this was Gu Sheng.
They say habits die hard, yet he managed to change overnight.
Is it truly his strong self-control, or is it, as he says, that he’s not changing, just returning to how he used to be?