But at this moment, as he listened to her accusations and admiration, another image uncontrollably flashed through Gu Chengyu's mind: that small figure wearing a drab gray T-shirt and bulky glasses.

Forced to guard Lin Shu's costumes, she was drenched in sweat... yet she would still hold the script under the shade of a tree, intently studying it.

Aversion replaced all other possible emotions.

After she scolded and made things difficult for Hehe, he could no longer feel any affection for her.

Even the way he was putting on airs seemed particularly hypocritical and glaring.

Lin Shu continued, trying to appeal to their past relationship: "...Chengyu, does it really have to come to this between us?"

"Can't we talk this out properly? You know I've always..."

"Are you done?" Gu Chengyu coldly interrupted her emotional outburst, his voice devoid of any emotion.

Lin Shu was interrupted by him and looked up at him in surprise.

Gu Chengyu's gaze fell on her carefully made-up face.

He parted his thin lips slightly, his voice low but authoritative: "Yun Que is having a private gathering in half a month. You'll come with me."

Lin Shu's heart skipped a beat.

Is he... giving her a way out? Hinting at reconciliation?

She knew it!

He still cares about her after all!

She suppressed her overwhelming joy and smugness, but tried her best to maintain a certain composure and arrogance on her face, slightly raising her chin: "Chengyu, it's not that I can't go. It's just that this matter..."

She wanted to say, "You haven't apologized to me for this yet. You should at least give me back the endorsement, right?"

Moreover, she can't lower herself so quickly; she has to play hard to get.

However, Gu Chengyu's patience had clearly run out.

He had no interest in hearing what she had to say next.

Indifference remained in the man's eyes.

"To go, or not to go."

His voice was deep and carried the oppressive air of someone in a superior position. "Go, in the bureau, in front of everyone, bow your head and admit your mistake, and say you want to make up."

He leaned down slightly, closing the distance a little, and looked into Lin Shu's face, but his words sent a chill down her spine: "You won't go, or you'll go and fail to do your job..."

"Go back to being a bartender."

After speaking, Gu Chengyu straightened up.

He no longer looked at Lin Shu's face, which was drained of color and filled with shock and humiliation. Without hesitation, he turned around, strode away from the coffee shop with the same composure he had shown when he arrived.

The doorbell rang again, as if mocking Lin Shu's earlier self-delusion and scheming.

Lin Shu stood frozen in place, her fingertips icy cold.

The momentary sense of pride was instantly overwhelmed by embarrassment and fear.

He wasn't giving her a chance.

Or is it genuine weariness?

how so?

She's been with him for so long, so she knows him quite well.

This shouldn't be happening!

what to do?

Does she have to wag her tail and beg for mercy like a dog in front of everyone?

The key issue is that I don't get any benefits at all?

Could you get blacklisted if you don't do a good job?

Gu Chengyu, you're so heartless!

Things got out of control; she messed things up.

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