Gu Zhiqi fell silent for a few seconds upon hearing those words, then raised his eyebrows slightly with a light laugh, his eyes revealing a carefree indolence, "Definitely."
Qiao Qingshu, seeing this, subconsciously curled her lips, "Make sure you keep your word."
"Of course," Gu Zhiqi said, as he began to walk inside.
It was not until Qiao Qingshu entered the banquet hall that she realized she hadn’t seen Ye Lili, "Where’s Ye Lili?"
"She went back to her room," he pondered and then added, "Seventh floor."
After coming down from the eighth floor, Ye Lili said she had something to do in her room and then took the elevator to the seventh floor.
Qiao Qingshu listened, nodded slightly, and stopped talking.
At this point, they both had entered the banquet hall.
The garden and the balcony doors on the first floor of the hotel were interconnected; just as they reached the balcony doors they saw Gu Huaijin.
Gu Huaijin was chatting with a woman, or more specifically, the woman was chatting away at him.
The woman, wearing a black, sexy strap fishtail gown, was chatting with a smiling Gu Huaijin, who, despite his cold demeanor, was responding occasionally with detached politeness.
The woman seemed oblivious to the indifference on Gu Huaijin’s face and kept on talking.
In the midst of speaking, the woman staggered a bit unsteadily, toppling towards Gu Huaijin.
When Gu Huaijin noticed Gu Zhiqi appearing at the balcony door, all his attention was drawn to her, completely missing the woman falling towards him.
As the woman fell towards him, Gu Huaijin stepped towards Gu Zhiqi.
Gu Huaijin’s brows were slightly furrowed as he took a few large steps towards Gu Zhiqi, seemingly glancing unintentionally outside the balcony before his gaze settled on Gu Zhiqi, giving her a thorough look from head to toe.
Only after making sure she was alright did he relax and speak irritably, "Didn’t I tell you to stay with Mom and Yueyue? Where did you run off to?"
"I was admiring the flowers with Xiao Qiao," Gu Zhiqi replied perfunctorily, without even glancing at Gu Huaijin.
Are you sure you were admiring the flowers with me?
Besides, you weren’t with me the whole time either.
Hearing Gu Zhiqi’s response, Gu Huaijin then remembered Qiao Qingshu standing next to Gu Zhiqi, "Xiao Shu."
"Brother Huaijin," Qiao Qingshu greeted Gu Huaijin with a slight nod.
"It’s been a while since you’ve visited our place, come over when you have time," Gu Huaijin said with a gentle smile, unlike his earlier detached coldness, as he spoke to Qiao Qingshu.
After Qiao Qingshu agreed, Gu Huaijin then turned his gaze back to Gu Zhiqi, only to find her looking persistently in a certain direction.
Following Gu Zhiqi’s gaze, he caught sight of the somewhat grim-faced Han Feifei.
Ever since Gu Zhiqi spotted Gu Huaijin and Han Feifei, her gaze lingered on Han Feifei, who wasn’t far away.
With Gu Huaijin’s departure, Han Feifei staggered slightly, nearly falling to the ground, but fortunately, she managed to steady herself at the last moment.
After regaining her composure, her complexion twisted as she gritted her teeth and turned towards where Gu Huaijin was.
Seeing Gu Zhiqi next to Gu Huaijin, Han Feifei bit her teeth angrily, her eyes filled with evident displeasure.
When she met Gu Zhiqi’s deep and hazy eyes, Han Feifei froze for a moment, and seeing Gu Huaijin looking over as well, she quickly masked her discontent, putting on a smile and nodded gently to both Gu Zhiqi and Gu Huaijin.
Then she started walking towards them, "Xiao Qi, long time no see."
Gu Zhiqi withdrew her gaze, ignoring her, and instead looked at Gu Huaijin, "A word in private?"
Gu Huaijin, surprised at the request, raised his eyebrows slightly and then nodded gently.