Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Qin Zhiâai called up the mansion, and it was shortly picked up by Nanny Zhang. âGood afternoon, this is the Gu Mansion.â
Qin Zhiâai greeted Nanny Zhang first before she addressed her agenda, âIs Grandpa home?â
âOld Master? Yes, he was resting. Iâll get him.â As soon as Nanny Zhang finished her sentence, Qin Zhiâai could hear a series of footsteps fading away into the background. The conversation came from afar, and she could vaguely hear Nanny Zhang telling Grandpa, âItâs a call from Young Mistress.â
After a short while, Old Master Gu picked up the phone,âXiaokou.â
Qin Zhiâai still could not get used to anyone addressing her as âMiss Liangâ or âXiaokou,â even though she had been acting as Liang Doukou for more than a month. Her response was always slow by half a beat whenever someone was looking for Liang Doukou.
It was no exception this time around. Qin Zhiâai hastily reacted to Grandpa after a short pause. âGrandpa,â she went straight to the point, âYusheng called me earlier on and said that you wanted us to attend a charity dinner tonight together.â
After a short halt, she continued, âBut Iâm so sorry Grandpa. Iâm leaving for the States tonight as I will be doing some shootings from tomorrow onwards, so I probably have to miss tonightâs dinner.â
On the other side of the phone, Old Master Ku paused for very long before he uttered, âXiaokou, is Yusheng stopping you from coming?â
âNo, no, Grandpa, it was really a coincidence,â she tried to say coquettishly, âThe filming was set in stone for quite some time. If you donât believe me, you can check the news. I couldnât lie to you if there werenât any shootings.â
Old Master Gu was amused by Qin Zhiâai and let out a laugh. âOf course, work comes first. Iâm just worried that youâre being bullied by that fellow, Gu Yusheng. In the end, it just means more unhappiness between the two of you.â
Qin Zhiâai hung up the phone after their conversation. She went straight to her room upstairs to start packing her luggage.
Technically speaking, she hadnât fabricated anything. She really was doing a shoot in the States, but the plane ticket she had booked was actually for a flight tomorrow.
She called her manager to request moving her flight forward to today after she was done packing.
She then dragged her luggage down the stairs.
Before leaving the house, she had the housekeeper give Gu Yusheng a call, notifying him that she wouldnât be unable to attend the dinner, since she had a last-minute shooting to be done. As such, he wouldnât have to fetch her at all. Also, she reminded the housekeeper to tell him that she had already informed Grandpa about it.
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When the housekeeper called, Gu Yusheng was sitting in his bright and spacious office, reading and approving documents.
He didnât even look at his phone screen as he swept the answer button, lifted it to his ear, and answered while he was signing a document.
âMr. Gu, Miss wanted me to give you a callâ¦â
On hearing the word âMiss,â he frowned and contempt flashed in his eyes. He snorted and was prepared to turn a deaf ear to what the housekeeper was going to say.
The housekeeper on the other end was intimidated by his snort and shivered while he talked, âMiss said she will be flying off to the States tonight as she had some last-minute work to do. She will not be attending tonightâs charity dinner, and you donât have to pick her up.â
Gu Yusheng suddenly stopped in the middle of flipping his document.