Chapter 7: Alertness

Han stopped and looked at Gu Ningwei's handsome face in the car window. He was a little surprised, but then he understood everything.

Just now he was in the private room, enjoying the flattery and fawning from all sides, but now he was chased out.

Men, sometimes you don’t know what they are thinking, but sometimes you know what they are thinking too well.

But that face, half hidden in the darkness of the carriage and half reflected in the light, is angular, with beautiful lines, and is pleasing to the eye. It will not make people feel disgusted, but will only make people feel sincere joy.

Han was no exception. She curled the corners of her lips and looked straight into the depths of his eyes, where there was a hook that was hooking her.

The two looked at each other for a few seconds, and Gu Ningwei calmly looked away, showing a gentle and polite smile, "I just happened to be on my way."

Han said nothing, blinked, and nodded in understanding.

Well, the excuse is the same...I just happened to be on the way.

"This place is remote and it's not easy to get a taxi. Besides, it's late and it's not safe for a girl to walk at night." Gu Ningwei was in the car, tapping the steering wheel with his fingers, frowning slightly, his eyes a little impatient and a little accommodating.

Han stood there, looking down at him, and said, "Mr. Gu, I appreciate your kindness, but..." She paused deliberately before saying, "It's too much trouble."

"What? You still don't trust me?"

Gu Ningwei raised his eyebrows and looked at her again with a playful expression, half-smiled, "After all, I'm Lu Xiaoping's friend. If you can find Lu Xiaoping, you can find me. If I really have any bad intentions towards you, you can call the police immediately. It's much safer and more convenient than calling an online taxi. Besides, I consider myself a decent citizen. How about I show you my ID?"

As he said this, he pretended to search his windbreaker pocket for his ID.

“…”

Gu Ningwei leaned over and opened the car door from the inside. Han had no choice but to step forward and step into the car. As soon as he sat on the passenger seat, his face came close to him. The warm masculine scent hit him. Han was startled and quickly moved back to avoid him, his body bumping into the back of the chair.

Gu Ningwei looked up at her and smiled, his expression somewhat amused.

He pulled the seat belt and seemed to explain, "There's something wrong with this seat belt. I haven't had time to fix it..."

Han leaned against the back of the chair and looked down at him fiddling with the buckle of the seat belt. He lowered his head, revealing his fair and slender neck. The fragrance of grass and trees filled her nose, making her breathing disordered and her cheeks hot.

Until the seat belt buckle finally fastened with a "click", Gu Ningwei raised his head, looked at him intently again, and curved the corners of his mouth with a smile, "Sorry."

"It's okay." Han adjusted his breathing, put his canvas bag on the storage box between the two of them, separating the two of them, and sat up straight.

Gu Ningwei raised his eyebrows, retracted his gaze, started the car, and kept his eyes straight. The two of them remained silent out of courtesy.

The car was simply decorated, clean and tidy, with only a faint scent of grass in the air, like the scent she had just smelled on him.

When we reached the main road, the lights gradually brightened and the ambiguous atmosphere seemed to weaken a little.

Han seemed to have remembered something and whispered, "Oh, right, didn't you just say you had something important to do? I can't keep you here any longer. Just take me to the nearest subway station."

"It's already this late, there's no point in having any serious business." Gu Ningwei glanced at her and snorted.

"Oh..." Han rolled his eyes and pretended to be regretful: "Xiaoping even opened a bottle of new wine specially for you, but you didn't drink it. He thought you really had something to do."

Han mentioned Lu Xiaoping on purpose, simply to remind Gu Ningwei that she had a boyfriend.

Gu Ningwei frowned slightly, tilted his head to think for a moment, and smiled, "It seems like I have something serious to do."

Han Que: "I'll tell you... Really, then just drop me off at the subway station. Don't let me delay your work.

"The serious thing I have to do is to send you home." Gu Ningwei laughed, his eyes raised, revealing his snow-white teeth, and his expression was naughty.

Han was speechless. After a while, he gently reminded: "Mr. Gu, this routine is too old."

"It's not a trick, it's the truth." Gu Ningwei held the steering wheel with one hand. "When I saw you downstairs just now, I thought that if Lu Xiaoping didn't take you home, then I would take you home. You see, this is Lu Xiaoping giving me a chance, huh?"

His "hmm" sound was low and hoarse, so gentle that it made people think of other things.

Han turned his head to look out the window without answering.

Gu Ningwei was also silent.

However, Han seemed to feel the challenge and competition from the opponent in this enclosed space. This feeling made her a little excited and nervous.

The car entered the old city, driving slowly. The street lights gradually dimmed and the shadows of the trees gradually increased. Gu Ningwei turned on the Bluetooth speaker and played a blues music at a very low volume, which made the night seem more gentle and quiet, making people feel dazed.

Suddenly, he turned the steering wheel sharply, and the car deviated from the road and quickly avoided the potholes in the road.

As the car bumped around, Han was unexpectedly hit to the right side. The hairband on the back of his head slipped off, and his hair spread out, cascading down like a waterfall on the back of his other hand that was holding the gear shift. A few strands of hair brushed against Gu Ningwei's cheeks, making him feel itchy.

Gu Ningwei's Adam's apple moved, and the fingers on his trouser legs curled unconsciously. He exerted a little force, paused, turned his head to look directly into her eyes, and asked in a low voice: "So, you are really Lu Xiaoping's girlfriend?"

Han, however, was running his hair with one hand, looking down for the hair tie. Hearing this, he looked up, his eyes twinkling, and asked, "Why? Doesn't it look like it?"

"It's not like that." His voice was muffled.

Han murmured, then continued to look for the hair tie and asked, "Is it because they don't match?"

Tonight everyone told her, openly or secretly, that you and Lu Xiaoping are not a good match and you are just here to take advantage of her.

She wanted to know what the rich kid in front of her would say.

"They are not a good match." Gu Ningwei said bluntly.

Han Que: "..." She raised her head, loosened her hair and looked at him.

Gu Ningwei smiled and didn't explain.

The light was mottled, and through the windshield, interlaced light and shadows were cast on the faces of the two people, and their expressions were obscure and unclear.

Han couldn't help herself after all and said softly, "Mr. Gu, do you know that what you said is not very polite?" She smiled and said, "Anyway, this is a matter between Lu Xiaoping and me. I don't need other people's comments."

Whether or not you want to continue with Lu Xiaoping is one thing, and whether others interfere is another.

"What I mean is that Lu Xiaoping is not mature enough and he is not worthy of you." Gu Ningwei said with a smile.

"Oh, so you mean he's easy to fool, and I'm the one trying to fool him?" Han said sarcastically, "People are different. Rich people are always more vigilant. No wonder, they're afraid of losing."

"That's not what I meant." Gu Ningwei said calmly, his face expression calm. "Given Ms. Han's cleverness, Lu Xiaoping seems even more childish."

"Smart?" Han frowned and looked back at him.