The young man looked at Shen Yanchen and was stunned. His confidence immediately halved, and he stood up with a dry smile, "You two are together? I thought..."
As he was explaining, Shen Yanchen calmly picked up the young man’s phone on the table and deleted the unsaved number from the call history. Then he threw the phone back to him, "Get lost."
The young man swallowed and quickly walked away, but still turned back and said to Gu Qimiao with reluctance, "Girl, remember to contact me."
"Brother Yan Chen, where did you go?"
Shen Yanchen kept a straight face and didn’t answer. He sat opposite her, silently took her phone, deleted the number, and handed it back to her, asking, "Do you get hit on often?"
Gu Qimiao looked at him awkwardly, unsure how to answer. It wasn’t often, just occasionally one or two thick-skinned guys.
Shen Yanchen didn’t blame her, took off his sunglasses, placed them on the table, then took out two band-aids from his pocket and sat next to her.
"Take off your shoe."
Gu Qimiao was puzzled, not understanding what he was going to do.
He reached out and grabbed her ankle, took off her shoe, and lifted her leg onto his lap.
Only then did Gu Qimiao see the blister on her heel and muttered, "When did this happen?"
Shen Yanchen gently applied a band-aid to her blister, it didn’t hurt her, but he felt heartbroken, "Don’t wear these shoes again."
Gu Qimiao gave a dry laugh and didn’t say anything. If it weren’t for wanting to look nice in front of him, she wouldn’t have worn these shoes.
"Also, if any man tries to grab your phone again, just slap him and come to me if there’s any trouble."
Gu Qimiao joked, "Does that include you just now?"
He glared at her and changed the subject, "Let me see the photos you just took."
Gu Qimiao was stunned, then stammered, "I took too many, some are useless. Let me select them and show you later."
She had secretly taken many photos of him! How would she explain if he saw them?
At that moment, her phone rang, changing the topic. It was Gu Moming checking up on her. Gu Qimiao perfunctorily said she was having a meal and hung up.
Seeing that they had almost finished eating, Shen Yanchen originally planned to take her shopping for the day and then watch a movie at night, but since her foot needed rest, he said, "It’s hot outside, let’s just look around here."
He Ye said that it’s best to buy something when going out together, so that later, when she sees it, she’ll remember their outing.
She didn’t wear jewelry regularly, and suddenly gifting clothes seemed inappropriate. Besides these, he couldn’t think of anything else to give.
Understanding a woman’s mind is hundreds of times harder than business schemes!
Moreover, she quietly followed him, not showing any particular interest in anything, like a child new to the city, with wide eyes looking around, without the typical behavior of other girls clinging to a guy’s arm and whining about what they wanted.
"Gu Qimiao." He called out to her while she was peeking into a game room.
She turned around, looking at him blankly.
Seeing her interested but noticing many men inside, Shen Yanchen abandoned the idea of taking her in to play.
Even if no one dared to flirt, he didn’t like so many men staring at her, it felt like his possession was being ogled.
Gu Qimiao trotted a few steps to catch up with his pace. Shen Yanchen said, "I have a partner’s daughter who has a birthday coming up. Help me pick a gift."
"A gift?" Gu Qimiao believed him, seriously thinking, "How old is she?"
"What does she like?"
"If I knew, I wouldn’t be asking you."
Gu Qimiao purposefully looked at the surrounding stores, saying, "Let’s have a look around first."
On the lower floor were all boutique gift shops with odd little trinkets, but someone like Shen Yanchen probably wouldn’t like them, right?
After going through half the shops without finding anything suitable, Shen Yanchen regretted using this excuse, making her walk so much again.
Gu Qimiao, while looking and daydreaming, wondered if he would seriously pick a gift for her on her birthday.
Would he be by her side on her next birthday? She hoped he would remember the day they met.
"Come back." He called out to the walking-ahead Gu Qimiao.
Gu Qimiao turned back, seeing him standing in front of a display of beautiful sand art bottles.
He asked, "How about this?"
As an artist herself, Gu Qimiao naturally liked these handmade sand art bottles, "I think it’s great. You can ask the artist to put your message in the bottle, very creative!"
The artist, sensing business, came over to introduce, "Just tell me what you want, and I can make it!"
Shen Yanchen raised his eyebrow, "Can you make a human figure?"
"No problem!" The artist pointed to Gu Qimiao, "I can make one based on your girlfriend."
Gu Qimiao blushed and hurriedly said, "It’s not for me..."
Shen Yanchen interrupted her explanation, "Make one and let’s see."
"Alright, please wait a moment."
Gu Qimiao looked at other sample sand bottles, "They’re all so pretty. Look, this one has a birthday theme too."
Shen Yanchen casually said, "Then let’s take this one, making a new one is a hassle."
"Then forget the custom one, just take this."
"It’s already started." He asked the artist, "How long will it take?"
The artist was busy preparing materials, "A human figure needs a large bottle for the effect, about an hour or so. You can watch a movie and it should be done when you get back."
Shen Yanchen had the same thought and smoothly took Gu Qimiao downstairs to the cinema.