Chapter 453: Chapter 453: Comforting Him (1)

Gu Annan narrowed his eyes. “Whose call are you waiting for?”

Her question was irrelevant.

She decisively shifted her gaze back and returned her focus to the phone, opening Weibo.

Seeing her dismissive attitude, Gu Annan’s face darkened, and he went back into the study.

As expected, Weibo had exploded, and Zui Entertainment was fanning the flames, the turnaround was too sudden for anyone to cope with.

Of course, there were also people questioning whether it was deliberately slandering.

Even if the authenticity of the recording was hard to determine, the photo was incontrovertible evidence, silencing most of the doubting voices.

Lu Wanwan glanced at it and suddenly received a private message.

She hardly ever used her Weibo account, which was no different from a burner account, just used for logging in to check out some gossip and jokes.

Barely anyone knew about it, so how could someone have sent her a private message?

She clicked on it and saw Bai Lingyun’s name with a verified ‘V.’

“Stirring up such a big fuss? Trying to become famous?”

She was also suspicious, wondering how Bai Lingyun knew her Weibo account.

She casually replied, “Obviously being slandered, have any experience in this area to share?”

Soon she received a reply, “Usually, posting a selfie gets people to slander me back.”

“…” A world controlled by appearances.

Lu Wanwan had no intention of continuing the private message chat with him, finding switching back and forth troublesome, so she didn’t reply.

She was planning to head to the forums to see how others were analyzing the situation, but before she could close Weibo, another private message came in.

“Remember to pay back the money you owe next time.”

Lu Wanwan rubbed her temples, feeling for the first time that repaying money was not an easy task.

Last time she had intended to repay him, but then she encountered her grandmother’s niece Cheng Yue, and the matter was again left unresolved.

“Guaranteed to pay back, just name the time!”

Lu Wanwan waited for his reply, only to see him take ages to respond with, “We’ll talk later. Let’s discuss it another time when you answer the call personally.”

In person?

That call just now had been from Bai Lingyun!

She had been looking at her phone just fine, her head turned toward the direction of Gu Annan’s study.

The door to the study wasn’t closed, and she could only see a bit of a shadow.

But she had finally found the reason for his sudden mood change.

Lu Wanwan didn’t reply and locked her phone, walking towards the study in her slippers.

“Gu Annan…”

Gu Annan was looking at some documents, not lifting his head, as if he hadn’t heard her voice.

“I was just scrolling through Weibo, and I saw…”

“I’m very busy.” He still did not look up, coldly dropping the three words.

Hitting a wall, she retreated from the room.

Busy was a fact; she decided to wait until he finished his work and cooled down.

Little did she know that this wait would last until the evening, even serving his dinner directly to him.

Lu Wanwan looked at his stern face focused on the computer screen and explained, “I wasn’t waiting for Bai Lingyun’s call.”

Gu Annan’s face grew even darker, and he looked up at her briefly, his expression unchanged.

“…Then I’ll go out first.”

His eyebrows were tightly furrowed, originally just asking casually whose call she was waiting for.

He had even deleted the number, so how did she know it was Bai Lingyun who had called?

He thought for a while, then slid open his phone.

He hadn’t used WeChat much since he set it up, but he had added all the necessary contacts and groups.

One of the groups consisted of relatives and acquaintances, including Bai Lingyun, though hardly anyone spoke in there.

He thought for a moment, snapped a photo of their marriage certificate, and threw the picture into the group.

Immediately, several lurkers surfaced asking what was going on. He didn’t explain but simply exited WeChat and continued reading his documents.