Seeing that Gu Zhiqi’s state was off, Su Yunling had no heart to care what that touch of lost feeling was about and turned her head to look at Tang Yichen, "What’s going on?"
Tang Yichen shook his head immediately upon hearing this, "I don’t know either. He just appeared behind me out of nowhere, claiming he’s not Gu Xiaoxi but some Taoist Master Yunzhi."
Su Yunling heard this and frowned slightly.
While the two were talking, Gu Zhiqi had already started to walk away.
Su Yunling noticed this right away and quickly raised his hand to grab Gu Zhiqi’s wrist.
But before he touched him, his wrist was caught in a counter-grip.
Su Yunling instinctively twisted his body to dodge the hand that Gu Zhiqi had aimed at his shoulder and simultaneously put some distance between them.
He could feel it, this child was resisting his approach.
This realization made Su Yunling feel slightly uncomfortable at heart.
But now was clearly not the time to think about these things.
Su Yunling set his gaze on Gu Zhiqi, "What’s wrong?"
Seeing that he hadn’t managed to grab him, Gu Zhiqi paused for a moment, and when he saw him backing away, Gu Zhiqi’s eyes calmly looked at Su Yunling and said, "Don’t touch me casually."
Su Yunling lifted his eyebrows lightly upon hearing this, "Can’t touch?"
"But you just touched me, and you even felt my hand," Su Yunling said, raising his hand and bringing it in front of Gu Zhiqi, "Look, it’s all red from your touch."
Gu Zhiqi fell silent upon seeing this.
Three seconds later, he extended his own hand to Su Yunling, "You can touch it back."
Such an ambiguous statement.
He cleared his throat lightly, turned around quickly, and went back to the spot where he had been standing watch.
Su Yunling looked at Gu Zhiqi’s action, slightly arched an eyebrow, and then helplessly smiled.
"A girl’s hand indeed shouldn’t be touched casually. I apologize for touching you just now without permission," Su Yunling said sincerely to Gu Zhiqi.
This child didn’t like to be touched; he couldn’t let that lead to an even greater aversion in her heart toward him.
Gu Zhiqi didn’t speak.
She had just touched him without asking, should she apologize?
Unaware of Gu Zhiqi’s inner thoughts, Su Yunling approached her and then looked toward the direction where Tang Yichen was standing, pointing at the couch nearby, "Shall we go there to sit down and talk?"
Gu Zhiqi responded with a slow nod.
"Let’s go." Afraid that she might slip away if he wasn’t careful, Su Yunling let Gu Zhiqi walk first.
Once settled on the couch, Su Yunling immediately pulled up Yun Sen’s WeChat, looked at Gu Zhiqi and said, "Sit here for a while. I’ll call..."
He hadn’t finished speaking when he noticed the cellphone on the table, its screen lit up, displaying an incoming call on WeChat.
The caller ID was Lu Xingzhe.
Su Yunling’s gaze paused briefly.
The name sounded familiar.
"Your phone, aren’t you going to answer it?" The phone model on the table was very special, rare, and easy to recognize; Su Yunling knew at once it was Gu Zhiqi’s phone.
Gu Zhiqi glanced at it.
Seems like he had taken his money but hadn’t helped him transcend his calamity yet.
Thinking thus, she reached for the phone and swiped to answer the call.
"Where are you?" As soon as the voice connected, a chilly and unpleasant voice came through, tinged with a bit of urgency.
Hearing Lu Xingzhe’s tone of voice, Gu Zhiqi furrowed her brows, her face cold and indifferent, and she remained silent.
"Hello? Gu Zhiqi, are you there? Are you listening?" After not hearing Gu Zhiqi’s voice for a while, Lu Xingzhe began to doubt if the call had connected.
"Do not call upon my name so directly," Gu Zhiqi spoke coldly.
Her voice was chill and indifferent, leaving Lu Xingzhe on the other end stunned for a few seconds.
After a good while, Lu Xingzhe spoke irritably, "Damn! Have you been drinking?!"