"Come out with me for a moment, I have something to discuss with you."
Long Tianjiao followed him out.
"What are your sister-in-law’s plans for today?"
"How would I know? She wouldn’t tell me these things," said Long Tianjiao honestly. "Our company is preparing for a new project lately, and my sister-in-law spends a lot of time there. She hardly has any other matters and almost always comes to the office."
"Let me ask you, is Antonio still pursuing your sister-in-law?"
"Don’t you know?" Long Tianjiao whispered, "Bro, seriously, my sister-in-law is so in demand, you’ve got to step it up. Your rivals are not just one; there’s also Gu Xichen."
Not just the two of them...
After Long Tianjiao went to class, Long Yubei didn’t leave.
When Gu Lili was drinking coffee in the office, she saw him walk straight in.
He came directly to her, stared into her eyes without saying a word.
His deep gaze was unreadable.
Gu Lili, sitting there, put down her cup, "Mr. Long, is there something important?"
Long Yubei unconsciously furrowed his brow, the address ’Mr. Long’ stretched the gap between them even wider, "I don’t like you calling me that."
She knew exactly how he liked to be called.
"You know, the name you like to hear, I won’t call you that anymore."
"You, such a busy person, shouldn’t waste your time on me. If there’s nothing else, you can go back," Gu Lili said without looking at him.
Not harsh words, yet still they hammered at his already battered heart.
Such an expressionless ’keep your distance’ made Long Yubei feel as if she was no longer within his reach.
Every second of life seemed to be an agony.
He had never felt this way before.
It felt worse than death.
Long Yubei left, and only when Gu Lili heard the door close did she lift her head.
She covered her face with her hands, sat quietly for a while, and then got up and left.
Antonio stopped her, "Lili, where are you going?" Tʜe sourcᴇ of thɪs content ɪs novel~fire~net
"Going home, I won’t come over today."
When Liang He returned home from his family’s house, he saw Shi Xiaotian with her bag, standing at the door.
He stepped forward to open the door, Shi Xiaotian followed him in, and casually shut the door behind her.
"Brother Liang..." Shi Xiaotian hesitated before speaking, "Why didn’t you wait for me when you left the hotel? I was so worried when you didn’t answer my calls."
"Xiao Tian, there’s something I need to ask you."
"Alright." She sat down, her body tensely rigid, "Ask away."
"I want to hear the truth."
Shi Xiaotian looked at his cold expression, wavering between denial and acceptance, and finally decided to be true to herself, nodding, "I like you, no, to be precise, I love you."
"So, you put an aphrodisiac in my drink? Hoping to get me into a physical relationship with you? Is that it?"
"I didn’t." That, she could never admit.
"Whether you did or didn’t, you know, and I know. I’ve been in the entertainment circle for years and have seen darkness far beyond this. Actually, I wanted to talk to you alone when I left the hotel that night. I had quite a bit to drink, but I wasn’t drunk. I was very lucid, I was looking at a script. After drinking the tea you poured for me, my body gradually became burning hot. It was just the two of us, if not you, then was it a ghost?"