Ye Qianning could hear him. Her heart ached to see her father in such distress. She wanted nothing more than to get up and tell him she was fine, but she couldn't. She had to seem gravely ill for those people to believe her act.
Gu Shuo's fox-like eyes darkened. He turned and left the room, a dull ache spreading through his chest. 'She's still just a child. Of course she'd be terrified by something like this.'
'If my men had only intervened yesterday, none of this would have happened. What if the little girl never wakes up…'
A sharp pain twisted in Gu Shuo's chest, and he clutched at it fiercely. 'So this is heartache. It really hurts!'
'Since Prime Minister Gao was the first to make a move, then he'll be the one I make an example of!'
Qian Fanji followed him out the door and summoned his personal guard.
"Sir." A guard in combat attire knelt before him.
