You Have the Right to Keep a Secret Love

Chapter 43: "The person I want to confess to has always been..."

The next day, Qi Xi woke up with a splitting headache, feeling like she had a hangover. When she checked the time, she realized it was already 10 o'clock in the morning. However, as she got up and looked around, she realized that she wasn't in the house she shared with Zhao Yiran but in...

...in Gu Yan's sister's guest room!

Qi Xi couldn't spare any thoughts for anything else and practically crawled out of bed.

Her memories of last night were fragmented and hazy, and her initial reaction was unease and nervousness. She couldn't believe that what happened last night was real...

Qi Xi's recollection of last night was extremely blurred. She vaguely remembered Gu Yan coming, but she couldn't distinguish between reality and dream. She remembered feeling extremely aggrieved, and she recalled accusing Gu Yan. But beyond that, she couldn't discern whether it was real or a dream because she had a night full of bizarre dreams after getting drunk—dreams where she dragged Gu Yan and Zhao Yiran to a nightclub, dreams where she went outside to dig and plant vegetables, dreams where she borrowed money from Gu Yan to lend at high interest rates. The most ridiculous dream was when she attended Gu Yan's wedding and then celebrated his child's one-month celebration, and the most aggrieved part was that she gave him a measly 800 yuan as a gift, and Gu Yan actually complained that it was too little! This man didn't let her off even in her dreams!

Now that she woke up in Gu Xuehan's house, it was highly likely that what happened yesterday at the bar with Gu Yan was true...

But the rest...

The rest couldn't possibly be real. After all, Qi Xi still considered herself a responsible and restrained exemplary person in the local community. Moreover, she even returned 800 yuan as a wedding gift to Gu Yan without holding any grudges. It was simply too ridiculous. If Gu Yan were to marry someone else, Qi Xi was absolutely certain that she wouldn't give him a single cent! There was no way she would attend his wedding!

With this thought, Qi Xi consoled herself. Therefore, all those embarrassing things must have been Qi Xi's dreams.

But as she thought about it being just a dream, Qi Xi felt a bit suffocated. She felt a bit pitiful, idealizing Gu Yan to be so good in her dream and confessing his feelings for her...

As the unmistakable sensation of Gu Yan's touch lingered on her skin, Qixi despaired, realizing that everything at this moment was probably not a dream. It seemed that last night, while intoxicated, she had indeed made a fool of herself in the bar and likely harassed Gu Yan. That's why she woke up in Gu Yan's sister's house, and Gu Yan, probably due to their coworker relationship, had no choice but to stay and take care of her.

With this realization, everything felt suffocating.

So Qixi covered her face with the blanket, tightly closed her eyes, hoping to shut out everything from the outside world and wishing for Gu Yan to leave soon.

But he didn't.

That guy Gu Yan not only didn't leave, but he even sat at the edge of Qixi's bed. "Are you getting up? I made congee and hangover tea for you."

Qixi couldn't pretend anymore. She threw off the blanket and quickly put on her slippers. "I'm going to wash my face and brush my teeth!"

She practically ran into the bathroom.

In the bathroom, Qixi tried to gather herself. While she had some recollection of fragments from last night, she couldn't remember all the details.

She decided to maintain a calm facade and observe how things would unfold.

After finishing her morning routine and stepping out of the bathroom, Qixi returned to her usual nonchalant self. Seeing that Gu Yan didn't display any abnormal behavior, she greeted him casually and sat down at the dining table, pretending everything was normal as she had always done.