Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Gu Yusheng hadnât been to the company for about ten days, so he had many meetings to attend and many clients to meet. He was busy from the morning to the afternoon. He didnât even have time for water in between.
It was already four oâclock in the afternoon when he finally had a break.
He hadnât slept much the night before and had a headache. He leaned on the office chair and rubbed between his eyebrows. The cell phone on the desk started to ring before he had really rested.
He stopped rubbing between his eyebrows and took a look at the time with his head tilted. It was a call from Lu Bancheng. His fingers slid across the screen and picked up the call without any emotion on his face.
âBro? Wu Hao is flying back to Shanghai tomorrow morning. Do you want to have dinner tonight?â Lu Bancheng said.
Gu Yusheng tapped on the touchpad on his computer to look at his schedule. He saw he didnât have anything important for the rest of the day, so he answered with an âokay.â
âIâll see you at Peking Bistro at 7:00 tonight,â Lu Bancheng said.
Gu Yusheng simply agreed and wanted to hang up on him, but he heard Lu Bacheng again before his touched the end call button. âBro Sheng, we only have few of us tonight. Do you want to bring Xiaokou tonight?â
Gu Yusheng answered him without giving it too much thought, then hung up the phone.
Gu Yusheng started to have pictures of him and her having sex flash in his mind since Lu Bancheng had mentioned Xiaokou.
Gu Yushengâs face didnât seem as tense anymore. It was possible she would still be tired from last night. She was still in a sound sleep when he had left the house in the morning. He wondered if she was awake now.
If she hasnât woken up yet, should he remind the housekeeper to wake her up and ask her to prepare some food? Gu Yusheng thought to himself.
Thinking this, Gu Yusheng picked up the landline and called the house.
When the phone had just rung once, he saw an email arrive in his inbox. As he read it, he asked the housekeeper on the phone, âDid Miss wake up yet?â
âShe woke up a while ago and already had lunch. Sheâs been taking care of the flowers and plants in the sunroom.â The housekeeper paused for a second before she asked, âDo you want me to ask for Miss to talk to you?â
âNo, tell herâ¦â Gu Yusheng wanted to tell the housekeeper that he would come to pick Liang Doukou up for dinner at six. However, when those words were on the tip of his tongue, he suddenly stopped.
He wondered why Lu Bancheng had asked him to bring her to the dinner if only the guys wanted to have dinner together.
Suddenly, Gu Yusheng changed his mind and said, âIâm not coming home for dinner tonight.â
He became a little upset and hung up the call.
There must be something wrong with Lu Bancheng. Why did he ask me to take her to dinner? Iâm not bringing anybody! Gu Yusheng thought to himself.
Qin Zhiâai didnât go back to the master bedroom until five oâclock.
She looked at Liang Doukouâs cell phone first and made sure she hadnât missed any important calls before she took her own cell phone, which had been set on silent, out.
There were two missed calls from about half an hour before.
She couldnât have been more familiar with the number. It was her best friend, Xu Wennuan.
Qin Zhiâai walked directly to the balcony with the phone and called Xu Wennuan back.
Xu Wennuan picked up after it had only rung twice. Qin Zhiâai heard Xu Wennuanâs complaining right away. âXiaoâai, do you even know to call me back?â
âI didnât hear it. Iâmââ Qin Zhiâai said.
Before Qin Zhiâai could finish apologizing, Xu Wennuan interrupted, âIâm not accepting your apology. It would be better if you could take me out for dinner.â
Qin Zhiâai said, âSure, Iâll take you out to dinner when you come to Beijing or I go to Shanghaiââ
Xu Wennuan interrupted her again. âNah, Iâll see you tonight at Peking Bistro at 7:00.â