Chapter 424: Earlier than That

It has to be said that Zhan Mo's foresight really worked. As soon as he sent his WeChat account, Jiang Yuxu added Tao Jiu.

Although Zhan Mo had already informed in advance, Jiang Yuxu still introduced himself when applying.

Just a few minutes after sending the friend request, Tao Jiu accepted it.

Jiang Yuxu glanced at the time. There was still an hour left for lunch break. Tao Jiu should still be busy with work, so he didn't disturb her after adding her as a friend. He didn't say his first sentence until lunch break.

Jiang Yuxu: [Hello, I'm Jiang Yuxu. If you're not busy right now, I'd like to borrow your time to chat for a few minutes.]

Tao Jiu: [Not busy, you say.]

Jiang Yu's preface: [I want to pursue Gui Qing.]

Tao Jiu: [Huh? How come you want to talk to me if you want to pursue her?]

Jiang Yuxu: [I might not be her type. Some questions are inconvenient to ask her. Sorry to bother you.]

Tao Jiu: [Oh, if I understand correctly, you want to ask me what type of person she likes?]

Jiang Yuxu: [Is it convenient to say?]

Tao Jiu: [To be honest, I’m not very clear about this either.]

Tao Jiu: [Even though she's been around so many people, it seems like she doesn't have any set standards? Her tastes are quite varied.]

Tao Jiu: [However, it seems I've never had a relationship with someone like you.]

Jiang Yuxu: [Which Type Am I?]

Tao Jiu: [Reserved? Oh, by the way, she was quite proactive in the conversation before. Were you being too tactful?]

Jiang Yuxu: [Will being too proactive cause her trouble?]

Tao Jiu: [Haha, you are so graceful.]

Jiang Yuxu: [……] For a moment he couldn’t tell whether Tao Jiu was praising him or mocking him.

Tao Jiu: [You're right. This scale is difficult to grasp. If she's interested in you, your initiative will be helpful.]

Jiang Yuxu: [You are her friend, do you think she has feelings for me?]

This was another thing he and Tao Jiu wanted to find out - according to his understanding, Gui Qing only had Tao Jiu as a very close friend. The two had known each other during their undergraduate studies and also received their master's degrees in the same school. This relationship was unmatched by any of his colleagues.

Tao Jiu: [Lawyer Jiang, have you never been in a relationship?]

Tao Jiu: [Have you ever thought about this: if she wasn't interested in you, why would she have spent over a year with you?]

From Tao Jiu's two sentences, Jiang Yuxu came to a conclusion - Tao Jiu knew about her past with Gui Qing.

It seems that his speculation was correct.

Gui Qing basically has no secrets in front of Tao Jiu.

Jiang Yuxu stared at the question sent by Tao Jiu, his heart beating faster and faster, his brain buzzing, and some ideas were about to come out - he was too slow before, or some preconceived notions made him get stuck in a dead end.

After Tao Jiu asked this question, he suddenly realized that Cheng Mi and Gui Qing had only been in a formal relationship for two or three months. He also said that none of Gui Qing's relationships lasted long because her novelty towards men wore off quickly.

But their previous underground relationship really lasted for more than a year.

Moreover, it was he who unilaterally proposed the end.

When Jiang Yuxu was thinking about this, Tao Jiu sent another message: [Have you figured it out? ]

Jiang Yuxu took a deep breath: [Thank you, it was my empress dowager who realized it later.]

Tao Jiu: [Indeed, Lawyer Jiang's reaction time in emotional matters is too long.]

Jiang Yuxu: [I thought she was just looking for something new, and I was prejudiced against her.]

Tao Jiu: [Because of her relationship with Cheng Mi?]

Jiang Yuxu: [Well, the first impression I had when we met wasn't very good.]

Tao Jiu: [Do you remember the first time you met?]

Jiang Yuxu: [Met at the Cheng Mi group's meeting.]

Tao Jiu: [Wrong.]

She said: [Your first meeting was earlier than that.]

Jiang Yuxu's right eyelid twitched, and he frowned involuntarily. Was it earlier than that? But he had no memory of this at all -

Tao Jiu: [It seems you don’t remember it at all.]

Jiang Yuxu: [I don't remember. Would you mind telling me?]

Tao Jiu: [Tennis Hall.]

Tao Jiu provided clues to the location, but Jiang Yuxu racked his brains but couldn't think of anything.

He did go to the tennis court often to play tennis when he was in LA, but he didn't remember seeing Gui Qing there.

Tao Jiu: [Can’t remember?]

Jiang Yuxu: [What happened at that time?]

Tao Jiu: [It's normal that you can't remember her, because you didn't see her at all that day.]

Jiang Yu's preface: [……]

Tao Jiu: [You were playing basketball that day, and she noticed you as soon as she came in. But when she came up to look for you, you didn't look at her, and you left before she could say anything.]

Jiang Yuxu still had no impression.

In the past few years, he would not pay any attention to the opposite sex around him. If it was not the opposite sex with whom he had academic interactions, he would not even remember their names.

Not to mention her appearance, Gui Qing had such a beautiful face, but he didn't recognize her the first time he saw her.

Finally, it was when she introduced herself and mentioned Cheng Mi that he remembered her.

The kind of thing that Tao Jiu just mentioned must have happened to him many times.

Jiang Yuxu had never thought that he and Gui Qing had such a "connection".

besides.

What did Tao Jiu mean by "noticing him"? Could it be that Gui Qing had already...

Buzz.

Before Jiang Yuxu could think about it, Tao Jiu sent another message. She teased: [You are the first man to ignore her, so she is impressed by you.]

Jiang Yu's preface: [……]

Tao Jiu: [You don't remember this incident, but do you remember that time at the party when you refused to do the mission with her?]

Jiang Yu's preface: [Remember.]

Tao Jiu: [So, these two things combined made her impressed by you.]

Jiang Yuxu knew people's desire to conquer and their bad nature. Gui Qing had always been adept at dealing with relationships between men and women. His initial indifference had inadvertently aroused her desire to conquer.

No wonder she behaved in a very ambiguous way towards him when she first came to the law firm.

It wasn't his illusion.

That’s right.

Jiang Yuxu suddenly remembered something.

He held his breath, and his slender fingers typed a question in the input box: [Why did she come to North City?]

Tao Jiu: [I said it was because of me, do you believe it? ]

Jiang Yu's preface: [……]

Tao Jiu: [I'm just kidding. It's not because of me, and it's certainly not because of you. She just needs experience to get a promotion at her company.] Tao Jiu: [Although she loves dating, she's not a love-brained person. Look, you said you wanted to break up, but she didn't pester you, right?]

Jiang Yuxu was choked and speechless.

Tao Jiu: [If you want to pursue her, then show your sincerity and pursue her while she is single.]

Jiang Yuxu: [Is she single?]

Tao Jiu: [You don't believe it?]

Jiang Yuxu: [It seems she doesn't live alone now.]

Tao Jiu: [Since you don't believe me, just go ask her directly. I'm going to eat, so I won't chat anymore.]

Tao Jiu forwarded the chat history with Jiang Yuxu to Gui Qing and rolled his eyes.

She couldn't help but complain to Gui Qing: "I'm about to get a work injury just chatting with him. You're so stubborn that you're obsessed with this three-stick stick. You're such a stubborn piece of shit that you can't even hold back a fart. I'm convinced."