As soon as the message was sent out, none of his brothers came, but his sister did.

When Shi Hexuan saw the woman at the street corner, he immediately lowered his head, afraid of being discovered.

Upon seeing this, Lu Qing deliberately spoke loudly:

"Shi Hexuan, you're here!"

Upon hearing the sound, Shi Hexuan's older sister, Shi Heyan, indeed looked over.

Shi Hexuan glared angrily at Lu Qing: "What are you doing!"

Lu Qing: "Your rescuer has arrived, shouldn't I help you?"

Shi Hexuan gritted his teeth and whispered:

"If I'm having a hard time when my sister comes, you might not be having a good time either!"

"Let me tell you, my sister used to pursue Gu Xicheng, and he almost became my brother-in-law!"

Lu Qing was taken aback and immediately looked at Gu Xicheng.

Just as Gu Xicheng was about to explain, Shi Heyan arrived.

"Shi Hexuan, I told you to mind the shop and you actually ran off here! If I don't kill you today, I'll call you 'sister'!"

Shi Heyan grabbed Shi Hexuan's ear with one hand and punched him on the head with her other fist.

Shi Hexuan didn't dare fight back after being beaten; he could only howl and beg for mercy.

"Sis! Sis, I was wrong! Please stop hitting me!"

"Sis, look who's that? Gu Xicheng! The man you can't have!"

Upon hearing the name Gu Xicheng, Shi Heyan froze, turning her head to look at him stiffly.

When Gu Xicheng's face came into view, past memories instantly resurfaced.

"Sorry, I already have a fiancée! It's an arranged marriage by my family!"

"Gu Xicheng, don't use this as an excuse. I know you're not the type to tolerate an arranged marriage!"

"..."

Shi Heyan stared blankly at Gu Xicheng for a long time, but Gu Xicheng didn't give her a single glance. Instead, he carefully peeled shrimp for Lu Qing.

"Is it tasty?"

Lu Qing nodded: "Delicious!"

Gu Xicheng smiled gently and wiped the grease from the corner of Lu Qing's mouth.

Upon seeing this scene, Shi Heyan felt a sudden pang of sadness.

Upon seeing this, Shi Hexuan cautiously said:

"Sis, she's Old Gu's fiancée!"

Shi Heyan was even more surprised when she heard this.

"Gu Xicheng, she...she's the one you were betrothed to since childhood!"

Gu Xicheng then turned to look at her, giving her a polite smile:

"Long time no see! Let me introduce you to my fiancée, Lu Qing!"

"Qingqing, she is Shi Hexuan's older sister, Shi Heyan."

Lu Qing put down the skewers in his hand, grinned at her, and said, "Hello!"

Shi Heyan was stunned for a moment, then looked at Gu Xicheng:

Can I speak with you alone for a few minutes?

Gu Xicheng looked at Lu Qing: "Qingqing, will you let me go?"

Lu Qing: "Go ahead! And bring me back a cup of plum juice while you're at it. I saw a long line earlier so I didn't buy any, but the line has thinned out now."

"Okay!" Gu Xicheng smiled slightly, then looked at Shi Heyan:

Let's go!

Shi Heyan left with Gu Xicheng.

Upon seeing this, Shi Hexuan hurriedly asked Lu Qing:

Aren't you afraid they'll rekindle their old flame?

Lu Qing frowned and asked, "Old flame? Gu Xicheng liked your sister?"

Shi Hexuan shook his head repeatedly: "No, if Lao Gu really liked my sister, they would have been together back in college."

Lu Qing: "If you don't like it, then there's no affection. What am I worried about?"

Shi Hexuan pursed his lips:

"But my sister still can't forget Lao Gu all these years."

"Were there many girls pursuing Gu Xicheng before?" Lu Qing asked.

"So many! Enough to stretch all the way to France!"

Recalling those days, Shi Hexuan couldn't help but gasp in amazement:

"Back in the day, Lao Gu was the undisputed heartthrob of Peking University. He was handsome, had a great physique, and was rich. Countless girls were captivated by him."

"Among them, my sister pursued him the most relentlessly. For two whole years, my sister would get up every morning to make him breakfast by hand, even though he always refused."

"My sister has completely sacrificed her self-esteem and dignity for him. Back then, my sister was a campus beauty, but she rejected countless suitors for Gu Xicheng."

"I managed to stay in the relationship until almost graduation."

Hearing this, Lu Qing couldn't help but sigh:

"A handsome man is a curse!"

At this point, Shi Hexuan couldn't help but ask:

"Was your marriage with Lao Gu really an arranged one?"

Lu Qing nodded: "Yes! It was arranged by my master and Aunt Gu. I was only one year old at the time."

"However, we also asked Gu Xicheng for his opinion, and he agreed."

Shi Hexuan chuckled:

"When you were one year old, Gu Xicheng was probably only five or six years old, so his promise doesn't count!"

"It counts! Of course it counts!" Lu Qing said, frowning unhappily.

Shi Hexuan: "But he didn't understand what love was at all back then!"

"The Gu family I knew wasn't the kind of man who would succumb to family pressure!"

Lu Qing frowned and thought for a while before saying:

"Gu Xicheng's feelings for me are genuine. It's not because of our childhood betrothal, nor was I forced into it!"

Shi Hexuan smiled and said, "Little sister, you're really confident!"

Lu Qing: "Confidence is a virtue!"

Shi Hexuan sighed: "I just don't know what Lao Gu is thinking."

In the distance, at a stall selling sour plum juice, Gu Xicheng stood quietly in line, with Shi Heyan standing beside him, watching him without saying a word.

"Didn't you have something to say? Why did you stop?" Gu Xicheng asked calmly.

Shi Heyan lowered her head and pursed her lips, saying:

"Gu Xicheng, are you really willing to accept an arranged marriage? I don't believe you're that kind of person!"

"If you're only being nice to that girl to make me give up..."

Before she could finish speaking, Gu Xicheng interrupted her.

"no!"

Shi Heyan: "What?"

"I'm good to Qingqing simply because I love her and want to be good to her. It's not to make anyone give up on me, nor is it because of my engagement to her," Gu Xicheng said with utmost seriousness.

Shi Heyan's eyes trembled slightly: "You...you really...like her?"

"It's not just liking, it's love!" Gu Xicheng corrected earnestly.

"Shi Heyan, didn't you just say you didn't believe I was the kind of person who would accept an arranged marriage?"

"Indeed! If I don't want to, no one can force me, so isn't my attitude towards Qingqing obvious?"

"I love her simply because it is her, regardless of whether she is the girl I was betrothed to as a child, as long as it is her."

Shi Heyan's eyes reddened, and her voice became slightly hoarse:

"I...I understand!"

At that moment, it was Gu Xicheng's turn to line up.

"Four cups of plum juice, one without ice and with extra sugar, the rest are up to you."

"Okay!"

The boss responded and started working.

While doing so, he looked at Gu Xicheng and Shi Heyan and smiled:

"Young man, is this girl your girlfriend? Why are her eyes red? If you've upset her, just make it up to her! We're out having fun, not arguing!"

Gu Xicheng immediately said:

"Boss, she's not my girlfriend. My fiancée is sitting over there. She's eaten quite a bit and is just waiting for your plum juice to cleanse her palate!"

The boss paused for a moment, then laughed:

"I'm sorry! I misunderstood!"

"It doesn't matter!"

Gu Xicheng smiled slightly, and after receiving the plum juice, he walked straight back.