I tilted my head and looked at Gu Yuan's gloomy face with a worried look in my eyes. His face seemed colder than the weather outside.
"What else do you expect?" When his cold eyes met mine, I quickly averted my gaze. It was better not to provoke him when he was in a bad mood.
"Never mind. You two have a good talk. Please don't fight." I exhorted earnestly.
Gu Yuan and I stood at the door for a while, then Jun He walked out.
"It's settled, Lanlan. Do you want to take a second look at your old flame?" Jun He curled the corner of his mouth, twirled the contract in his hand, and winked at me.
I thought he was just joking at first, but I didn't expect him to buy the store in such a short time. This was really a big deal!
Gu Yuan frowned. Without waiting for Jun He to say anything else, he grabbed Jun He by the collar and disappeared in a silver flash.
Jun He's voice echoed in the night sky: "Lanlan, this tavern will be yours from now on. Wait for me to come back and run it with you."
After his voice faded, a transaction contract fluttered down from the sky. I squatted down and picked it up. My name was clearly written on it in black and white.
At the same time, Li Xue walked out of the hall. When she saw me, she stepped forward and said, "Don't take Ling Chuchu's behavior to heart. She's in the same group as Wang Siqi and Qin Lan. Moreover, it seems that Zhou Yichen has feelings for you, so she was annoyed and deliberately targeted you."
"You can't say that casually. I'm a married woman."
Li Xue patted me on the shoulder and said earnestly, "Girl, can't you tell that he changed his clothes specially for you? And you said you're married. Do you have any evidence? Show me your marriage certificate."
Li Xue's words left me speechless. We had held a wedding, but we never got a marriage certificate.
"Silly girl. You fell in love just because of a promise. Without a certificate, it doesn't count for anything. Forget it. The food here is not good. I'd rather go back to the dormitory and eat instant noodles."
With that, Li Xue hailed a taxi and left.
Bai Qi sighed heavily beside me. I turned to look at him and asked, "Why are you sighing?"
"Nothing. No wonder Long Lin cast the peach blossom curse on you. You really have a lot of suitors."
Bai Qi was starting to tease me too. I slapped him on the butt with the contract and said, "Then why don't you help me fend them off?"
"I can't beat any of them. How can I fend them off? If you want to fend them off, you should go and ask Long Lin what kind of peach blossom curse he cast. Why does it only affect humans but not gods?"
I was too lazy to talk to him about this. I grabbed his clothes and said, "Let's go. Let's go home."
"Lanlan..." Just as I was about to go home with Bai Qi, Zhou Yichen's voice came from behind.
I turned to look at him. "Do you have anything else to say, Senior Zhou?"
When he saw me turn around, he looked a little embarrassed. He subconsciously rubbed his hands and said, "I'm sorry. Actually, I wanted to invite you to dinner this time, but I couldn't think of a good reason to invite you alone. So I thought of inviting everyone to dinner to liven things up so that you wouldn't feel embarrassed. I didn't expect Ling Chuchu to make such a scene and embarrass you."
"It doesn't matter. Li Xue just told me that she's on good terms with Wang Siqi and Qin Lan. I've had conflicts with both of them. It's only natural that she doesn't like me."
"Ah... Well, Lanlan..." Just as I was about to leave, he stopped me again.
Bai Qi frowned and stepped in front of me to stop him from getting too close.
Zhou Yichen quickly withdrew his hand, as if he still had something to say.
"Bai Qi, go and buy me a bottle of water. I'm thirsty." I tugged at the corner of Bai Qi's clothes.
"I have water." With that, he took out a bottle of water from his backpack and handed it to me.
This guy was so oblivious. It was obvious that I was trying to give him an excuse to leave.
"I want to drink milk tea."
"I have that too." He rummaged through his backpack and actually took out a cup of milk tea.
"It's still warm. Drink it." He blinked his blue eyes. His furry ears were so cute. He was such a smart person, but he was pretending to be stupid.
There was nothing I could do. Even if I asked him to leave, he probably wouldn't. So I had to compromise.
"Senior Zhou, just say what you want to say. He's not an outsider. You don't have to hide it from him."
Zhou Yichen had no choice but to say in front of Bai Qi, "That man just now..."
He hesitated for a couple of seconds and then continued, "... Is what the man who kissed you said true?"
"He's my husband." I felt that this statement wasn't convincing enough, so I quickly added, "My real husband."
Zhou Yichen was silent for a while and then asked, "He said Ling Chuchu is in danger. Is that true?"
"My husband never jokes about such things." I replied.
Zhou Yichen bit his lip and hesitated for a long time before saying, "Ling Chuchu's family is in the real estate business. Her father and my father are old friends. We grew up together. Because of her wealthy family background, she developed such an overbearing personality."
"Actually, she's not a bad person at heart. She's just easily influenced. She believes whatever her friends say. She targeted you because someone must have instigated her."
"Okay, Senior Zhou. You don't have to beat around the bush. Just say it straight. What do you want me to do?"
Zhou Yichen smiled sheepishly and said, "I knew I was right about you. Lanlan is really smart. You understand what I mean without me having to say much."
"Can you help her? After all, she's still young."
"I can't decide this alone. I have to go back and discuss it with the spirits in our family's shrine."
"I understand. Well... This is a matter of Chuchu's life. I still hope you can help her. Don't worry about the money. There will definitely be enough. After it's done, I'll bring her to kowtow to you and apologize."
"That's not necessary. I'll give you an answer after I go back and discuss it. Is that okay?"
Zhou Yichen licked his lips and smiled gently. "Okay... Let's exchange contact information so we can keep in touch."
"Sure." After we exchanged contact information, we left.
Bai Qi walked with his hands behind his back and said, "You just let him get your contact information. You're so easy to deceive."
"We're all classmates. Isn't it normal to exchange phone numbers?"
Bai Qi didn't say anything else. He zipped up his jacket and tucked his neck into the collar. His injury wasn't fully healed yet. Walking in the wind and snow with me on such a cold day, he was likely to catch a cold.
I quickly hailed a taxi, and we took it home.
When we got home, I waited in the living room for a while before Gu Yuan came back.
When he saw me, without waiting for me to say anything, he picked me up horizontally and carried me upstairs.
Then he started to kiss me roughly and pulled down my clothes on my shoulders.
I wasn't fully prepared yet, but he was burning with passion. I didn't know what he had just been through, but it was obvious that he was in a mood.
He didn't say a word until he had vented his emotions.
I nestled in his arms and wrapped my arms around his waist. I felt really bad. "Gu Yuan, what on earth happened to you?"