Seeing that Gu Zhiqi was leaving school right after class without any intention of going back to the classroom to pick up a backpack, Lu Xingzhe asked, "Aren’t you going back to the classroom?"
Gu Zhiqi: "What for?"
"To get your backpack."
"Don’t have one," Gu Zhiqi replied and then continued walking toward the school gates.
You can’t be so penny-pinching that you won’t even buy a backpack, right?
As he saw Gu Zhiqi walk away, Lu Xingzhe quickly followed suit, taking out his phone from his pocket and sending a message while walking.
"Zhizhi, won’t this boy following you pass his bad luck on to you?" Chubby Chiu asked with slight concern as he saw Lu Xingzhe following Gu Zhiqi.
How could the circle she drew herself be contaminated by her?
Reassured by Gu Zhiqi’s response, Chubby Chiu felt at ease.
The Gu Family car was parked not far from the school. Lu Xingzhe followed Gu Zhiqi out of the school gate and headed straight for the car.
Gu Zhiqi opened the car door and got into the back seat. Lu Xingzhe was about to join Gu Zhiqi in the back when he noticed another girl already seated there, so he opened the door and sat in the passenger seat instead.
After getting into the car, Lu Xingzhe greeted the driver familiarly, "Brother Xiao Qi."
"Young Master Lu, long time no see," Gu Qi, the driver, greeted back cheerfully.
After the greeting, Gu Qi glanced at Gu Zhiqi in the rearview mirror and then looked at Lu Xingzhe, "Young Master Lu, are you and Miss Qiqi made up?"
"Who made up with her?" Lu Xingzhe said coldly and took out his phone from his pocket, burying his head in his game.
Seeing this, Gu Qi just smiled without saying anything.
Listening to the conversation between Gu Qi and Lu Xingzhe, Gu Zhiqi and Gu Xiyue seated in the back raised their eyes and glanced at the two in the front before quickly looking away again.
Taking advantage of the car ride, Gu Zhiqi took out her phone and started fixing Fu Xiyan’s mental method.
She had just typed a line when a message popped up at the top of her screen.
Without paying much attention, Gu Zhiqi swiped the notification away and continued typing.
Before long, another message popped up. Without thinking, Gu Zhiqi tapped it open.
Don’t ask – if you do, the answer is that he sent a red envelope to tempt her.
After collecting the red envelope, Gu Zhiqi checked the message from Su Yunling.
[Su Yunling: Tang Yichen said you’re in Haicheng. Yichen and I are coming to Haicheng tomorrow. Shall we have a meal together?]
Gu Zhiqi, looking at this message, felt inwardly resistant.
After all, she had previously promised Tang Yichen she would treat him to a meal. Now with Su Yunling joining, wouldn’t that mean an extra mouth and additional cost?
Gu Zhiqi didn’t reply to the message immediately, which prompted another one from Su Yunling.
[Su Yunling: Accepting brother’s red envelope and not replying to his message?]
Seeing Su Yunling’s message made Gu Zhiqi consider returning the 200 yuan red envelope.
After thinking it over, she ultimately didn’t return the red envelope for two reasons. One, returning the red envelope was something she couldn’t bring herself to do.
And the other reason was that she still remembered Su Yunling treating her to mooncakes.
There’s a saying about taking favors and being soft-spoken, isn’t there?
With that in mind, she replied slowly with one word.
[Su Yunling: Then it’s settled. I’ll message you when we arrive in Haicheng tomorrow]
After replying, Gu Zhiqi promptly exited the chat. Su Yunling didn’t send another message either.
Gu Zhiqi continued to focus on refining the mental method. At this moment, the car stopped.
Two minutes later, the car still hadn’t started.
"What’s with this terrible jam?" Lu Xingzhe said from the passenger seat.