As she was leaving, Cheng Qicai stood up.

"Your thermos." Gu Rongqi handed her the thermos on the table.

"Thank you." Cheng Qicai took the thermos.

Fortunately, Gu Rongqi reminded me, otherwise I would have lost another thermos.

Why "again"? Because she thought of the quack duck that she had only played two rounds with before disappearing like the wind.

Xu Wuruo and Yun Suni parted ways with them at the door and went back to the company to continue working overtime.

Standing by the roadside, Gu Rongqi asked her, "Going home?"

"Not yet, I'm going to the mall later to pick out a gift for my sister," Cheng Qicai replied.

Gu Rongqi's car arrived, and Cheng Qicai opened the car door to let him in. "Goodbye, Mr. Gu."

With a soft "bang," the car door closed.

But Gu Rongqi didn't start the car. Instead, he rolled down her window and said calmly, "Get in, I'll take you to the mall."

"No need..." Cheng Qicai wanted to refuse, but seeing the insistent look in Gu Rongqi's eyes, she pursed her lips and stopped refusing.

"Thank you, Mr. Gu." Cheng Qi opened the car door and got in.

Cheng Qicai looked at the high-end interior of the car seat and carefully placed the thermos on her lap instead of letting it touch it.

Seeing Cheng Qicai sitting upright, Gu Rong stepped forward and lightly tapped the leather surface of the central armrest: "You can put it on this armrest."

Cheng Qicai placed the thermos on the armrest, feeling embarrassed.

Seeing that she was being overly polite, Gu Rongqi frowned slightly and said, "My back is fine, you don't need to feel so guilty and nervous. It was just an accident, and I didn't take it to heart."

“No,” Cheng Qicai shook her head, paused for a moment, then suddenly turned to stare at him seriously, “It’s because you took good care of me last time, Mr. Gu, so I’m just being kind to you.”

Gu Rongqi was taken aback, his mind dazzled by the subtle, bright light in Cheng Qicai's eyes.

His heart pounded heavily, driven by an indescribable feeling. But when Gu Rongqi tried to figure out what was wrong, it vanished as quickly as it appeared.

The car stopped quickly, and Gu Rongqi only snapped out of his confusion after Cheng Qicai said goodbye.

Cheng Qicai watched Gu Rongqi's car leave, and Gu Rongqi dropped her off at the shopping mall near her home.

She had already decided what gift to give the female lead—an eye massager.

Yun Su Ni is naturally beautiful, rarely wears makeup, dresses simply, and doesn't wear many accessories. Cheng Qi Cai couldn't think of anything else to give her besides cosmetics and accessories.

Then I realized that the female lead is a pragmatist who spends all day in front of the computer doing research and development, and she's still working overtime now.

It's easy to imagine how much pressure the eyes are under. Coincidentally, when she was shopping at the mall last time, she saw this eye massager and thought it would be a perfect gift for the female lead.

After paying, she carried the tote bag containing the eye massager and felt something was missing.

While waiting for the elevator downstairs, she suddenly woke up and realized that something was missing: she had left her thermos in Gu Rongqi's car.

Good heavens, because of Gu Rongqi, she still bought the more expensive one in the supermarket, which costs 239.9 yuan!

She had spent a lot of money today, and she felt like her heart was bleeding. Now, she had lost several hundred dollars for no reason.

Her 239.9 yuan! Cheng Qicai was about to cry from the sheer stupidity of her actions.

Misfortune never comes singly; the unpleasant things that followed her return were that Ms. Yun asked her to invite Ji Xing to her birthday party.

Cheng Qicai reluctantly said, "We haven't established a relationship yet, it's not appropriate to invite them, and it would just make them give gifts for nothing."

Ms. Yun retorted, "What's wrong with giving a gift for someone's birthday? Who attends someone's birthday without giving a gift? Since they've taken the initiative to contact you, it means they value you as a person. Why don't you invite them over?"

"I won't shout," Cheng Qicai said firmly.

She returned to her room, suppressing her anger, and took out her phone, intending to explain things to Ji Xing.

She kept deleting and rewriting on her phone, but still couldn't find a suitable excuse.

Oh God, just kill me!

Cheng Qicai lay sprawled on the bed, silently shouting towards the ceiling.

The next day when she went to work, Lin Fengjie saw her looking worried and asked, "What's wrong? You look like a little bitter gourd today."

"Stop teasing me, Brother Lin." Cheng Qicai was quite helpless at Lin Fengjie's amused expression.

Lin Fengjie pressed her, "Tell me quickly, I love being a caring older brother and helping others solve their problems."

She really had no one to confide in right now, but she just had to get it off her chest, so she finally spoke out about her troubles.

"Your blind date..."

Lin Fengjie had just begun to express his opinion when the door was pushed open, and Gu Liji looked at the two people standing close together and asked, "What are you talking about?"

"It's nothing!" Cheng Qicai replied quickly, not wanting to make her experiences public knowledge.

"Hmph! Trying to fool me," Gu Liji crossed his arms and looked at the two of them with a scrutinizing gaze. "I heard you talking about blind dates."

"Cheng Qicai, are you talking about your blind date? Tell me about it." Gu Liji urged.

Cheng Qicai: "..."

No, you've already heard about it, why do you insist on digging deeper?

With such a gossipy nature, no wonder she lost to Lu Qi.

Cheng Qicai reluctantly recounted how she got along with Ji Xing.

"This won't do. It's obvious that this guy is just putting on an act, showing off his superiority over you." Gu Liji said indignantly, "You can't associate with someone like that."

"No, I'm thinking about how to reject him."

"That's easy, just say you two aren't a good match."

"That reason probably won't work. The main problem is that my mom really likes him. If I refuse like this, she'll scold me to death." Cheng Qicai scratched her head. "Ugh, that's why I'm so troubled because I can't think of any excuse."

Gu Liji didn't understand. "No, your mother is satisfied with a man like that? You'll be tortured by him every day from now on."

"Sigh..." Cheng Qicai sighed, "I have to refuse him in the next couple of days. It's my birthday on Thursday, and my mom wants me to invite him to dinner for my birthday."

Gu Liji said impatiently, "Stop dawdling. Give me your phone, I'll call back for you."

Cheng Qicai was pleasantly surprised, "?! President Gu, you've come up with a reason?"

Gu Liji snorted coldly, glancing at her disdainfully: "You don't believe me?"

Seeing his confident demeanor, and recalling his reputation as a womanizer and how he had dealt with so many exes without causing any major trouble, Cheng Qicai noticed his composure.

Coupled with his current arrogant attitude, Cheng Qicai felt a sense of relief.

Therefore, trusting him completely, I unlocked my phone and handed it to him.

"This is it." Cheng Qicai clicked on Ji Xing's profile picture.

Gu Liji could tell from the profile picture that it was him. The picture showed him resting his chin on his hand, looking out the window at a 45-degree angle, with a coffee and computer on the table, looking like an elite.

Gu Liji was extremely disdainful, thinking that this man was unusually pretentious. Even someone as wealthy as him didn't act this way.