Chapter 67: Chapter 067 Recently Tight on Money
The next morning.
With the enthusiastic help of Song Qiuqiu and Su Xiaotang, Qi Yue’s luggage finally expanded from one backpack to one backpack plus one handbag.
She wrapped the sword with a cloth strip and casually put it in the handbag, but since it was too long, the tip stuck out a bit.
When Gu Huai saw her, she was dressed like a standard backpacker, with a windbreaker and hiking boots, and her equipment was quite complete.
Although Gu Huai was also in casual wear with sports shoes, when he stood there looking at her, smiling lightly at her, it was as if he instantly transported her from the noisy city to a remote and quiet forest teeming with fireflies…
Qi Yue was momentarily stunned, then hurriedly waved in Gu Huai’s direction, “Boss!”
Gu Huai stepped towards her, “Let’s go.”
Qi Yue told Gu Huai about the itinerary, “Boss! Here’s the plan: we’ll take a cab to the high-speed train station, ride the train for two hours, then take a long-distance bus. After getting off the bus… the hotel I booked is the closest to the experimental fields…”
Qi Yue rambled on for a while: “Is this arrangement okay?”
Gu Huai didn’t indicate whether he had listened or not, simply saying, “All good, you decide.”
Qi Yue couldn’t help but grumble to herself, the big shot was way too trusting of her, he wasn’t even afraid she’d sell him out…
Guess high intelligence really makes one capricious!
“Okay! Then! Let’s head out!”
As Qi Yue turned around, the sword in her handbag accidentally hit Gu Huai’s arm.
Gu Huai: “…”
Qi Yue quickly stuffed the sword back inside, “Ah, sorry…”
“What’s that?” Gu Huai asked, curious about the oddly shaped object.
“This?”
Qi Yue pulled it out of her bag.
Turns out, it was actually a sword.
Gu Huai looked slightly puzzled, “You carry this with you… for self-defense?”
Qi Yue hurriedly said, “This is the stand I use for roasting potatoes. I plan to ask the staff there if I can live stream there; if yes, I want to see how their potatoes taste when roasted…”
Gu Huai fell silent for a moment: “You can bring this on the train?”
“Yeah! I always bring it with me when I go out! It only looks like a sword, but actually, it’s not, it’s a trophy from a fencing competition! One time when I couldn’t find a suitable stand for roasting potatoes, I discovered it, and it turned out to be just perfect, so I started using it. Pretty ideal, right?” Qi Yue said proudly.
Gu Huai: “Ahem… quite suitable.”
Qi Yue was also quite pleased with herself: “Otherwise, just leaving it lying around would be such a waste, now it can continue to shine in another role!”
Gu Huai smiled and asked, “Other than planning to roast potatoes, do you have any other plans?”
Upon hearing this, Qi Yue immediately took out a notebook from her bag, opened it, and inside were densely packed handwritten notes: “These are all the questions I want to ask Professor Shen… Is it too many? I’ve tried to cut them down as much as possible!”
Gu Huai: “Anything else?”
Qi Yue spoke somewhat sheepishly, “There’s also… a personal matter…”
Gu Huai: “A personal matter?”
Qi Yue nodded, “I brought a few of Professor Shen’s books, I was wondering if it would be convenient for him to sign them for me when we get there. A personalized autograph would be even better, of course, but I’d be very happy with just a plain autograph…”
As Qi Yue spoke, she realized she was doing all the talking and asked, “So, Boss, do you have any plans for this trip? Just for a field study?”
“To ask them if you can live stream roasting potatoes, and then to request a special autograph from Professor Shen on your behalf,” Gu Huai said with a light laugh.
“Ah, really? Thank you so much, Boss! Do you have any other plans?”
How come it was all about helping her…
Qi Yue wanted to say that if he had things to do, he could just put her down in the potato field while he attended to his matters…
“Do you have any other plans?” Gu Huai asked back.
Qi Yue thought for a moment and said, “I looked up some travel guides, and there’s a huge farm nearby, I figured since we’re here, why not check it out!”
Gu Huai nodded, “Okay, so President Qi, will you take me along?”
“You want to look into it too? Absolutely no problem! I’ll handle it!” Qi Yue readily agreed.
“Thanks, President Qi, for shouldering the cost again. I’ve been a bit tight on cash lately,” Gu Huai said with a chuckle.
“No worries! It just so happens I’ve been quite flush recently!”
As Qi Yue spoke, she couldn’t help feeling a little puzzled internally. She had spent so much money recently, shouldn’t she be the one who was tight on cash?
Why was the Boss strapped for cash too…