Chapter 202: Just an acquaintance

After the music ended, Gu Zhiyuan jumped down from the stage amid the cheers of the crowd. The boy helped her up, and the two chatted all the way to the booth.

When passing by this table, the secretary recognized Gu Zhiyuan: "Ms. Gu..."

Hearing the familiar voice, Gu Zhiyuan turned around and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

“When I was watching on the stage, I said that you looked like me. You should come and play too. You haven’t been to the company for a long time. Mr. Shen is also here…”

Following the secretary's gaze, Gu Zhiyuan saw Shen Xubai sitting in the corner.

Meeting his dark gaze, the smile on Gu Zhiyuan's lips froze.

Shen Xubai drank some wine, and his handsome features revealed a bit of elegance under the dim light. His pupils were dark and cold, and his expression was dull. He just stared at himself steadily.

Their eyes met, and a silent stagnation spread in the air.

Gu Zhiyuan's heart choked. She tried her best to suppress the bitterness in her heart and pretended to be nonchalant, "What a coincidence, you are also having dinner here."

Gu Zhiyuan's attitude was unremarkable, like meeting a stranger, polite but distant. But it was precisely because of this that it was unusual. She was always as warm as the sun, so why was she so cold today?

The boy next to her felt the cold and oppressive gaze on him, and was a little frightened. He slowly said, "Sister, is this your friend?"

Gu Zhiyuan's eyes swept across Shen Xubai lightly, without lingering, and said casually: "Just an acquaintance of an elder."

His tone was full of indifference.

"You guys take your time and have fun, we'll go back first." Gu Zhiyuan nodded and went to sit next door without looking back.

Luo Yan and the secretary looked at each other in bewilderment, not daring to breathe. Especially after hearing what Gu Zhiyuan said, what else was there to not understand?

Mr. Shen and Ms. Gu are having a conflict!

No wonder Mr. Shen has been acting so abnormally lately.

When the city gate is on fire, the fish in the pond will be affected. They are now just small fish and shrimps, and dare not move.

When he heard Gu Zhiyuan's word "elder", the look in Shen Xu's eyes suddenly turned cold.

elder.

What a great elder.

Shen Xubai's face was gloomy, and no one else dared to say anything.

Shen Xubai raised his hand to grab the bottle, and Luo Yan realized that his palm was still bleeding. He exclaimed in surprise: "Boss Shen, your hand..."

Shen Xubai didn't care at all. He asked the waiter to bring another glass and ordered a few more bottles of wine.

It was Luo Yan who asked the manager to call someone to handle it.

While bandaging the wound, Shen Xubai had a blank expression on his face, as if the injury was not on his own hand.

Next door, Gu Zhiyuan’s ears pricked up when he heard that Shen Xubai’s hand was injured. How could he be injured again?

She quickly suppressed her concern; it had nothing to do with her anymore.

However, she started to become absent-minded in the second half.

…

Halfway through, she went to the bathroom, and when she came out, she ran into Shen Xubai.

The two met face to face in the corridor. Gu Zhiyuan lowered his eyes and made way to the side.

Shen Xubai had no intention of leaving, and looked at her with a serious look.

Gu Zhiyuan was about to leave, but he blocked her way.

She raised her head, and there was no smile in her clear and beautiful eyes, only coldness and confusion: "What does Mr. Shen mean?"

What's the meaning?

Shen Xubai didn't understand either.

When he heard those words, the anger and irritation that surged in his heart almost overwhelmed him. He used up almost all his strength to restrain himself before he chose to turn around and leave.

Old-fashioned, boring, and entertaining. If he had heard these words at first, he would not have been at all moved.

But just as he was gradually accepting her, these words broke down his defenses one by one, and his self-esteem and pride would not allow her to get close to him again.

It turned out that his initial consideration was correct. He was just her entertainment when she was bored and could be forgotten at any time.

But these days she has slowly penetrated into his life in every possible way. She decisively withdrew, but left him with all the discomfort and torment.

Seeing her cold little face, treating me like a stranger but smiling at others, the resentment and anger in my heart grew wildly.

"I'm just an elder?" Shen Xubai approached step by step, lowered his eyes and glanced at her, his tone inexplicable.

Gu Zhiyuan felt a little unfamiliar with Shen Xubai, and was frightened. He kept backing away, but held his head high and refused to admit defeat: "Isn't it?"

"You said you didn't like me and told me not to look for you again. I didn't provoke you again, so what does Mr. Shen mean now?"

"Besides me being ignorant and chasing after you, is there any relationship between us?"

"You're so much older than me, calling me your elder isn't too much of an exaggeration, right?"

Gu Zhiyuan retreated step by step until his back was against the wall and he had nowhere to retreat.

She clutched the hem of her skirt with her fingers, bit her lip, and looked up into his eyes: "Or, Mr. Shen, do you regret it now?"

What if I regret it?

Shen Xubai moved his lips and was about to blurt out the words, but suddenly he remembered the words he heard that day, every word of which struck his heart.

Now that he has regained his sanity, what is he doing now?

He pursed his lips and moved aside.

Gu Zhiyuan looked at his actions and chuckled, unable to tell whether it was disappointment or self-mockery.

What is she expecting?

She looked away, walked past him without looking at him, and returned to the booth.

Obviously she thought she had let it go, but when she really saw Shen Xubai, her emotions would still be affected and controlled by him.

She picked up the wine in front of her, blamed herself for not living up to her expectations, and drank it angrily.

"Hey sister, my sister, you'll get drunk if you drink like this." Gu Yunyi was horrified when he saw her drinking so hard, "If my uncle and aunt find out, I'll get beaten!"

Gu Zhiyuan waved his hand away: "Don't worry, I can't get drunk."

…

At the end, Gu Zhiyuan had drunk a lot of wine, but was not drunk yet.

Gu Yunyi looked at her, then at the brothers beside him. They were all drunk and couldn't drive, but he had to ensure Gu Zhiyuan's safety.

"I'll ask the driver to pick you up."

Gu Zhiyuan took out his phone and called a taxi: "It's okay, I'll take a taxi back."

"It's not safe this late."

"Have you forgotten that your sister has learned Sanda?" Gu Zhiyuan called a taxi on her phone. "It's okay. Be careful on your way back."

At this moment, she really looks like an older sister.

"Okay, tell me when you get home."

Gu Yunyi and the others were going back to school, so they got a taxi first.

Gu Zhiyuan was standing on the side of the road waiting for a car. Suddenly, a black Rolls-Royce drove in front of her.

The car window rolled down, revealing Shen Xubai's handsome face: "Get in the car."