Chapter 75: Chapter 075 One Solidarity Knot per Person
After Gu Huai left, Qi Yue picked up her phone again.
The room wasn’t soundproof, and fearing she might disturb someone, Qi Yue explained what had happened to Su Xiaotang and Song Qiuqiu via text.
The explanation was logical, clear, and straightforward, the kind that definitely wouldn’t cause any misunderstandings.
Song Qiuqiu: [See, what did I tell you! Xiao Tang, transfer one yuan to me quick!]
Qi Yue: [What one yuan?]
Su Xiaotang: [I bet with Qiuqiu that you and the god-level player were in a clandestine affair. Qiuqiu said it wasn’t possible, and then I lost… Yue Bao, you owe me money ah ah ah! And I had so much faith in you!]
Qi Yue: […]
She really didn’t need that kind of faith!
The kind of faith that presumed she was audacious and shameless… she could do without that…
After hesitating for a long time, Qi Yue typed a message: [Actually, it’s not entirely impossible that there’s something going on…]
Song Qiuqiu: [What do you mean?]
Su Xiaotang: [What do you mean?]
Qi Yue: [I’ve noticed something… it seems like the god-level player is intentionally or unintentionally flirting with me…]
Song Qiuqiu: [Heh, did the rain mess up your brain?]
Su Xiaotang: [Sweetie, go to bed and everything will be in your dream!]
Song Qiuqiu: [Ah, truly worthy of being a god-level player, even Yue Bao with her potato for a brain couldn’t resist his charm!]
Su Xiaotang: [But that’s pretty normal, isn’t it? What’s wrong with being lustful? Who isn’t? But Yue Bao, you must keep your wits about you; don’t get lost in the fog!]
Song Qiuqiu: [Don’t worry, she’ll be back to normal once she sees Potato tomorrow morning!]
Qi Yue: […]
She was mustering up the courage to share seriously, why didn’t anyone believe her?
Maybe she really was overthinking it?
The situation before was indeed a bit ambiguous; it was inevitable that she might overthink…
Forget it, time to sleep!
Qiuqiu was right, seeing Potato tomorrow morning would stop these wild thoughts!
…
The next morning, Qi Yue woke up feeling refreshed.
After the night’s rain, the weather had cleared up, and the morning sunlight filtered through the dense foliage to the yard, filling the air with the fresh scent of wet earth.
Qi Yue drew a deep breath, feeling invigorated.
Just as she stepped into the yard, she saw Gu Huai had already awakened, sitting under a tree on a wicker chair, drinking tea with dappled sunlight dancing on his hair tips.
Upon hearing footsteps, Gu Huai lifted his eyes to her, “Awake? Come have breakfast.”
“Coming!”
Qi Yue walked over and noticed that breakfast was quite sumptuous, with porridge, steamed buns, boiled eggs, corn, and purple sweet potatoes.
Qi Yue happily picked up an ear of corn, “We had a corn tasting class before, and this variety is delicious…”
“Then eat more,” Gu Huai said, pulling out two red strings and handing them to her, “Here you go.”
“What’s this?”
Qi Yue looked skeptically at the two handmade red strings in Gu Huai’s hand, each with a knot in the middle, looking quite delicate.
Gu Huai replied, “Last night’s elderly couple, when they left this morning, gave us these handmade Solidarity Knot bracelets as thanks. Take it. If you ever meet someone you like, you can give the other one to him.”
Qi Yue took them with a surprised face, “It’s a Solidarity Knot! Is it from the old couple? It’s so pretty!”
After pondering for a moment, Qi Yue said hesitantly, “But, we both helped, and if it’s a thank you gift, I shouldn’t take it all by myself, that would be so embarrassing… Maybe… you should keep it.”
Hearing this, Gu Huai nodded, following her words, “In that case, let’s share it, one for each of us.”
“Oh, that works! Then let’s each take one!” Qi Yue also felt this was the most appropriate, so she passed one of the bracelets to Gu Huai.
After she handed it over, Qi Yue looked at the Solidarity Knot bracelet she was holding and then at the one Gu Huai had, suddenly she stopped.
One for each… wasn’t there something not quite right about this?