"It's been so long... My brother has given me a lot of pocket money since then, and I've already switched to the latest model... The old one... It's okay if you don't compensate me, just... forget it, I believe you didn't take advantage of me."

Another new style will be released early next month. Ji Shushu has liked it for a long time, but she hasn't saved enough money to buy it yet; it costs several thousand yuan.

"Then send me the one you like, and I'll buy it for you."

"Huh?" Ji Shushu was stunned. How did he know that she had something she liked but hadn't bought yet?

"I... I already said it's fine, you don't need to pay me back. Do you have money to burn?" Ji Shushu was too embarrassed to accept other people's money for nothing.

Whether he compensates her or not is no longer important to Ji Shushu. She only has one crucial question to ask Gu Yao now.

"You...that...it's...me..." She stammered for a long time, not knowing how to start. "Um...last time at the bar, were you the one who took me home?"

"Well, it was nothing. Don't go to places like that alone again. You don't know, if I hadn't overheard those two men targeting you and trying to spike your drink, you would have... Never mind, it's all in the past, let's not talk about it." Gu Yao hesitated, after all, nothing happened afterward. She was just drunk and he kindly took her home. If it were anyone else, he would have done the same.

"What? You mean...?"

Oh my god...

Ji Shushu covered her mouth. If what Gu Yao said was true, then if he hadn't appeared at that time, wouldn't she really have been...

That was terrifying. It seems I really can't drink too much alcohol in the future. Next time I go to a bar, it'll be safer to go with a few friends.

"Well... thank you. Consider it settled, we're even now, and neither of us owes the other anything."

"You don't want your COEO anymore?"

"No, I don't want it."

"You won't call me a sissy or a pervert anymore?"

"I...I've already settled everything." Ji Shushu took off the suit jacket draped over her shoulders and handed it back to Gu Yao. "Here, take it back. Go back to your own homes, go back to your own mothers. Goodbye, no, never again."

"Wait a moment."

He took her hand.

"What else do you want to do?"

Startled, Ji Shushu quickly pulled her hand back from his grasp and staggered back two steps. Was he going to push his luck?

He just said he wouldn't do anything inappropriate to her.

"You're the bridesmaid today, and you're just going to leave like this? Do you think you're doing right by the trust Anne placed in you?"

"I... these are two different things."

"How can they be two different things? Do you know that everyone is waiting for you to come back? You are more important than today's bride."

"No... I..." Ji Shushu lowered her eyes. She knew she was wrong to do this. She shouldn't have lost her temper at Annie's wedding, and she shouldn't have treated Bai Xiaoruo like that. But... now that things have turned out this way, she really doesn't know how to go back and face the two of them.

“I accidentally pushed Xiaobai, I hurt her, I’m a bad person, why would I go back... They wouldn’t want to see me.”

"If you go back and apologize, I think they won't blame you anymore. Come back with me, stop throwing tantrums, they all need you."

"But...can I...really do it?" Ji Shushu was still hesitating.

“Of course,” Gu Yao glanced at his watch; there were less than ten minutes left. “Let’s hurry, there’s not much time left before the wedding starts.”

Ji Shushu struggled internally for a few more seconds before deciding to go back with Gu Yao.

You have to take responsibility for your own mistakes; running away will never solve anything.

......

On the way back to the hotel entrance, Ji Shushu couldn't help but ask Gu Yao, "The person I added a few days ago... is that your WeChat? Did you already know it was me, so you deliberately ignored me?"

Do you think I'm as free as you, spending all my time playing on my phone?

Indeed, when Ji Shushu added him, her profile picture was a selfie. Gu Yao recognized Ji Shushu at a glance. He didn't pay much attention to her because he was too busy with work and didn't have time to spare. Also, he really didn't know what to say to her and was afraid that she would put on that scolding attitude and give him a thorough dressing down.

"So, what about after that? What if you stop going to work?"

"I'll talk to you when I have time."

"oh."

Ji Shushu gave a small "Oh".

For some reason, when she heard Gu Yao say that he would talk to her when he had time in the future, she no longer felt disgusted with him; instead, she felt a little happy.