LIGHTNOVELONLINE
Chapter 123
Gu Wen seemed not to have heard her, striding and pulling her towards the direction of the car.
Shang Xi was stunned, looking at the tall back of the man: "Why aren't you talking? I haven't taken my bag."
Gu Wen suddenly stopped, turning his head to look at her, his eyes sharp: "A bag? I've prepared a lot."
"What..." Before Shang Xi could react, Gu Wen had opened the passenger door, letting her get in, even bending down to fasten her seatbelt.
The sudden proximity made Shang Xi pause.
"You..."
"Come with me to a few places." Gu Wen closed the door, getting in from the driver's side.
Shang Xi hurriedly asked him: "What about Baby Shang?"
"At the old mansion." Gu Wen started the car, staring straight ahead, his lips tightly pursed, clearly unwilling to discuss further. The profile of his face became sharper, and when he didn't speak, he looked like a cold sculpture.
Shang Xi sat up straight, not saying anything.
But after the car had been driving for a while, she suddenly became wary. Gu Wen wasn't trying to take her somewhere to lock her up, never to see her son again, was he?
She swallowed: "How much longer until we get there? Are we leaving the city?"
"What if we leave the city? Are you afraid?"
"Who, who's afraid." Shang Xi pursed her lips: "I haven't eaten yet, don't go too far."
"Heh..." Gu Wen let out a mocking laugh: "Shang Xi, remember, don't lie in front of a werewolf."
Shang Xi was stunned.
Then she heard Gu Wen say: "The smell of hotpot on you is so strong that not even flowers can mask it."
Shang Xi was embarrassed, that's right, how could she have forgotten Gu Wen's dog-like sense of smell.
She and her friends had eaten hotpot before returning to the flower shop.
She extended her sleeve and lowered her head to smell it, ah yes, there it was.
But wait, the hotpot smell wasn't the issue here, was it?
She took a deep breath, frowning: "Where are you taking me..."
"We're here." Gu Wen said calmly.
Shang Xi didn't get to let out her breath, hurriedly looking outside. The car had entered a large iron gate, and a villa slowly came into view.
"Where is this?"
The car stopped in front of the house.
"Get out." Gu Wen said.
As soon as Shang Xi got out, Gu Wen pulled her hand, leading her inside.
"Hey! You..."
Gu Wen pulled her along as if touring a museum, showing her around the entire villa, and finally asked her: "Do you like it?"
"Huh?" She frowned, not comprehending.
"You don't like it?" Gu Wen looked as if he understood something, pulling her to leave.
Not long after.
They entered a luxurious riverside mansion.
This one she knew, only prominent figures lived here.
Gu Wen pulled her through the residential area again, asking the same question: "What do you think? Do you like it?"
Shang Xi had somewhat understood: "What does it matter if I like it or not?"
Gu Wen stared at her, his eyes dark: "If you like it, we'll live here."
Shang Xi's eyes widened, immediately struggling free from Gu Wen's grasp: "I don't like it, no need."
What did this mean?
Did Gu Wen want to renege? Did he still not want to let her and her son leave?
Gu Wen looked at his hand that had been pried open, his eyes darkening, "If you don't like this place, it's fine, I have plenty of houses."
He pulled Shang Xi's hand again and got into the car.
This time, Shang Xi refused.
"No need to look anymore, I don't like any of the houses. I just want to go back to my own home. Gu Wen, are you trying to renege?"
Gu Wen stared at her: "Renege on what? I'm just taking you to look at houses."
"It's good that you're not reneging, thank you for your kindness, I'll be going back." Shang Xi glared at him, then turned and strode away.
The sky gradually darkened, the lights came on, and the city night also slowly awoke.
Gu Wen stared at Shang Xi's decisive back as she walked away unhesitatingly, not looking back, as if she was about to leave his life forever.
He clenched his fists, taking a deep breath, and a pair of large ears suddenly sprouted from the top of his head, followed by a large tail from behind...
But, he had completely lost control.
His bones cracked and creaked, and eventually, his form changed into a massive, terrifyingly large pure black wolf.
He let out a low growl.
Shang Xi froze.
Then, she quickened her pace, seeming to have sensed something, and even started running.
She was still wearing a leather jacket, leather miniskirt, and thigh-high high-heeled boots, the heels making a clumsy clack-clack-clack sound on the ground.
But, she had forgotten.
In front of a ferocious beast, running means showing weakness, and would completely trigger the beast's instincts.
Especially in front of a werewolf of such monstrously large size.
She had only run two steps when a violent gust of wind swept over her, and in the blink of an eye, she was enveloped in a fluffy world, her whole body surrounded by soft warmth.
In that moment, her heart was filled with fear, but her body felt as if sinking into clouds, so comfortable, such a contradiction.
"Gu... Gu Wen!! Have you gone mad?" She knew Gu Wen wouldn't harm her, she shouted: "This is the city center, do you know what will happen if someone sees you like this?"
The giant wolf let out a light growl, as if saying: Whatever, he didn't care.
"Calm down!"
"Ah!"
Shang Xi was grabbed by her clothes and tossed onto the wolf's back.
"Wait!!" Shang Xi yelled: "I'll go look at houses, I'll look! Just turn back quickly! But I won't live there."
The black giant wolf paused for a moment, and in her panic, Shang Xi reached out to stroke its back: "Calm down, turn back quickly!"
The giant wolf was silent for a while, then transformed its form. Shang Xi never got off its back, and as it turned into an upright form, revealing large ears and a large tail, her position changed from lying on its back to being carried horizontally in its arms.
Looking up, she saw that massive wolf snout.
"......"
To be honest, it wasn't a pretty sight.
She immediately averted her gaze, trying to get down: "I'll go look, but I won't live there, understand?"
Gu Wen held her tightly, opening his wolf mouth to speak in human words: "Let's go take a look first."
"Then put me down."
Gu Wen turned his back towards the car, looking at the awakened city: "Shang Xi, let me take you soaring across the rooftops of the city's buildings to see the views."
He wasn't driving anymore.
He would carry Shang Xi and leap across the rooftops of the city's buildings to go look at houses.
"Hold on tight to me."
Shang Xi: "Hey! You..."
In the next second, Gu Wen dashed and leaped, immediately landing on a second-floor rooftop, then jumping again to the fifth floor.
In the rushing wind, Shang Xi kept her eyes closed, feeling like she wanted to scream, her hands tightly gripping Gu Wen's clothes on his back.
Gu Wen stopped on a tenth-floor rooftop, pausing for a moment.
Shang Xi slowly opened her eyes, and the orange lights along the riverside, combined with the various colored lights from streetlamps, shops, hotels, and bars all came into view at once.
It was... beautiful.
"Don't be afraid, I won't let anything happen to you." Gu Wen said.
Shang Xi looked up, only to see that massive wolf snout again, pursing her lips and averting her gaze.
"Shang Xi, your human world's night looks like a river of stars." Gu Wen began leaping skillfully across the city's rooftops again. Shang Xi was afraid at first, but got used to it later, wanting to see a different side of Qingcheng.
It really was beautiful.
She had never imagined she would soar across the rooftops of Qingcheng like this, for a moment thinking she was dreaming.
Below were streams of cars and crowds of people.
They passed by hotpot restaurants, barbecue stalls, jumped over a food street, and the smell of stinky tofu wafted up.
She heard Gu Wen say: "I don't understand you pure humans' food. Before, I thought you had a habit of eating rotten things."
Shang Xi: "......"
He must be talking about stinky tofu.
Finally, they stopped in front of a luxurious mansion.
That place was slightly smaller than Nanfeng Courtyard, but much larger than a villa. Rose bushes surrounded the corners, and rows of rose bushes lined both sides of the residence.
Very beautiful.
"Shang Shu's kindergarten is just ahead," Gu Wen said.
As he was about to leap down, Shang Xi pursed her lips and said, "Let's end it here, Gu Wen. I won't be staying."
Gu Wen remained silent for a moment.
"I've put some things inside."
"What things?"
Then...
Shang Xi froze as she looked at the boxes piled up in the living room, beautifully packaged.
Gu Wen picked up one of them and said, "I didn't know what you liked, so I bought every brand and color, including limited editions."
Shang Xi stood dazed.
"I saw that this is how you humans pursue partners."
"There's a helipad here. Would you like to take a flight on a plane named after you?"
Gu Wen's tail swayed lightly as he held one of the boxes with his wolfish muzzle. His wolf claws gently scratched at it, revealing a white leather bag. He didn't look at her, silently taking out the bag.
Shang Xi looked at him, finding this wolf-man somewhat clumsy and unsightly at the moment. It was hard to believe that such a creature existed in the human world. He was still wearing his black office suit from work, which was stretched and bulging at the seams.
The sight of those wolf claws holding the bag was surreal.
But what was wrong with her?
Not only was she not afraid of this scene, but she could also sense the sincerity and helplessness of this clumsy and unsightly wolf-man.
Even Shang Xi herself realized that she had rejected Gu Wen many times.
That night.
He said, "Shang Xi, don't leave."
And she said, "I'm sorry."
...
Six months passed, and Shang Xi began packing her clothes and cleaning the room.
Outside the gates of Nanfeng Courtyard, over a dozen cars were parked inconspicuously. Sister Dao didn't end up bringing a hundred cars after all.
Author's note: That night, Gu Wen said a lot more. I'll write about it tomorrow.
It's 4 a.m. now, and my throat hurts + coughing. Not sure if I've caught COVID again.