Gu Zhiqi raised an eyebrow, "There’s a mock exam in half a month, how did you know?"
Chubby Chiu: "Hehe, I stumbled upon it when I was browsing the forum of First Middle School."
Gu Zhiqi nodded, feeling not the slightest bit anxious inside; half a month was plenty of time to prepare.
With the storage bracelet, all her belongings were basically inside it, leaving little to pack, so it took less than two minutes to get ready.
After leaving Shadow Court, she headed straight for Su Yunling’s courtyard to say goodbye to him.
However, Su Yunling was nowhere to be seen in his courtyard, only Tang Yichen was there.
Tang Yichen had just walked out of the study and immediately asked Gu Zhiqi, "Gu Xiaoxi, why have you come over?"
"Where is Su Yunling?" She seemed not to have seen him since yesterday afternoon.
"He went out on a mission last night and hasn’t returned yet," Tang Yichen answered Gu Zhiqi’s question before asking another, "Do you have something urgent for Third Brother?"
Gu Zhiqi shook her head, "Nothing important, just came to say farewell to you guys."
Tang Yichen was stunned for a moment, "What? You’re leaving?"
Inside, he felt a hint of reluctance.
In his heart, Tang Yichen had long considered Gu Zhiqi his sister, and now at the news of parting, a natural sense of reluctance sprouted within him.
"Stay a few more days, I haven’t even taken you around the capital properly," Tang Yichen tried to retain Gu Zhiqi.
"No need, there will be other opportunities," Gu Zhiqi directly refused.
"Then, leave tomorrow at least, Third Brother will definitely be back tonight, it’s better to say goodbye in person," Tang Yichen urged. If Third Brother found out that Xiao Qi had left upon his return, he would surely be unhappy.
"I will send him a message on my phone," Gu Zhiqi said nonchalantly.
Is that really the same thing?
Seeing that Gu Zhiqi was insistent on leaving, Tang Yichen couldn’t forcibly keep her, so he reluctantly said, "Are you going to leave right now? Let me drive you to the airport."
Upon hearing this, Gu Zhiqi refused again, "No need, I have to make a trip to Heavenly Domain Pavilion first."
She could sense the fluctuations of Vital Energy coming from the study; Jin Cengran must have taken the Elixir and was sitting in meditation to recover.
When repairing foundational energy, one needed a protector.
Just now, Tang Yichen must have been acting as a protector for him.
"Here." Before Tang Yichen could finish, Gu Zhiqi handed him four talismans, cutting him off, "Two for you and two for Su Yunling, thank you for taking care of me these past days."
She could certainly feel the care they had shown her.
Tang Yichen took a step back upon seeing this, "No, what are you doing? This is too formal. In my heart, you are my sister, and it’s only right for a brother to take care of his sister. Why are you giving me talisman paper?"
Gu Zhiqi, anticipating that he would refuse, maintained the gesture of offering the talisman paper, saying, "They’re not for you to use."
Didn’t she say two for him? So now all of them are for Third Brother?!
Gu Zhiqi: "Your parents might need them."
From Tang Yichen’s expression, one could tell that his parents’ misfortune was imminent; that’s why she gave him the talisman paper.
As for Su Yunling, she couldn’t do fortunes or readings for him, so the two she gave him were just an afterthought; after all, both of them had been quite kind to her, and it wouldn’t be right to favor one over the other.
Listening to Gu Zhiqi, Tang Yichen first froze, then looked at her with skepticism, "You’re not trying to hoodwink me into accepting it, are you?"