"...…" Hearing Xie Qiyan's words, Gu Jingchen almost instinctively, without hesitation, snapped his head around!
Even though he had always been mentally resilient, Gu Jingchen, the hardened old man, had swiftly erected mental defenses in that fleeting moment. But upon seeing the woman he adored—the light of his life—his dark, jet-black eyes involuntarily contracted fiercely before igniting with an intense glow. That brightness was soon replaced by gloom, icy coldness, and menace, as his face grew shadowed with a sharp chill and frosty anger.
