"It hasn’t been long," Gu Zhiqi continued to give a perfunctory response, not taking her eyes off her phone.
Seeing her , Qiao Qingshu knew she was busy and didn’t bother her. However, she glanced at Mo Weiran.
Although Mo Weiran didn’t know Qiao Qingshu, he lifted his hand and gently waved at her when he saw her looking his way, "Are you the young lady’s friend? Hello there, my name is Mo Weiran."
Upon seeing this, Qiao Qingshu nodded at Mo Weiran, "Qiao Qingshu." After speaking, she immediately withdrew her gaze and refocused on the book in front of her.
After seeing her reaction, Mo Weiran touched the back of his head.
Even though Qiao Qingshu had exchanged names with him, he couldn’t shake the feeling that she seemed hostile towards him.
It inevitably made Mo Weiran overthink.
He was certain this was his first encounter with Qiao Qingshu. Yet, her name sounded somewhat familiar to him.
Mo Weiran touched his head and thought for a few seconds, then he remembered.
Qiao Qingshu, wasn’t she the infamous top student from class eight? Despite being in class eight, she was always ranked in the top five in the grade, occasionally even securing the top spot.
So, her hostility towards him... could it be the disdain from a top student towards an underachiever?
As he contemplated, he shook his head to himself. It didn’t quite look like that, it seemed more like she was being cautious of him.
He had seen this kind of guarded look in Lu Xingzhe’s eyes as well.
As he thought about it, his gaze suddenly fell on the book in Qiao Qingshu’s hands.
Seeing Qiao Qingshu so engrossed in the book, Mo Weiran blinked. Attending a banquet and still studying—do top students really study this hard?
Mo Weiran admitted he didn’t understand the world of top students.
Half an hour later, Gu Zhiqi finished the mental method for Fu Xiyan.
After sending the mental method as a file to Fu Xiyan, she also sent a message urging for the final payment along with her bank account number.
Fu Xiyan didn’t reply immediately, and Gu Zhiqi didn’t bother waiting.
The banquet was scheduled to last from twelve noon until ten at night. With the event being so lengthy and dull, Gu Zhiqi could hardly bear it and decided to slip away.
Just as she put away her phone and got up, Qiao Qingshu turned her attention to Gu Zhiqi, "Where are you going?"
Upon hearing this, Qiao Qingshu put away her book and stood up as well, "I’ll go with you."
Wait, the banquet hadn’t even gone through its full process yet, and they were leaving?
"Wait, the feast hasn’t even officially started, and you’re leaving?"
At the mention of the feast, Gu Zhiqi suddenly paused and turned back, giving Mo Weiran a look, "Hasn’t it started yet?"
The banquet had been going on for over three hours already, hadn’t it?
And it still hadn’t started?
Seeing this, Mo Weiran quickly shook his head, "Not yet, but it should be soon."
The birthday celebration had a lot of steps. Even though it had begun at twelve, the earlier steps weren’t finished yet, and just the gift-presenting part alone would take a significant amount of time.
Hearing this, Gu Zhiqi nonchalantly sat back down, looking seriously at Qiao Qingshu, "Leaving before the feast starts is somewhat impolite."
She had thought they had already missed it.
If you want to enjoy the feast, just say so.
Her lips twitched slightly, but she said nothing and took a seat next to Gu Zhiqi.
Was there someone else who came to the banquet just for the meal like he did?
Wait, wasn’t this young lady not driven out of the Gu Family? Why would she not be able to afford a fancy meal?
Recently, there had been rumors about Gu Zhiqi being allowed back into the Gu Family, and Mo Weiran had heard some of them.
If she hadn’t been driven out of the Gu Family, why did she still seem like she was barely scraping by?
Could it be that, like him, she was raised to be frugal?