Shi Yuan sent Zhu Tingyue home angrily. Before leaving, he looked at her hesitantly as if he wanted to say something.

Zhu Tingyue asked him suspiciously, "Do you have anything else to do?"

Shi Yuan lowered his head slightly, his thick and long eyelashes obscured the light in his eyes, and his voice was as light as the breeze blowing through the leaves.

"Um...are you free next Wednesday? Let's get together."

Zhu Tingyue was stunned at first, then she reacted, "Next Wednesday? I'm free!"

She looked at Shi Yuan with some confusion, wondering why he seemed to be hesitant and constipated.

Hearing Zhu Tingyue's affirmative answer, Shi Yuan's originally tense body relaxed instantly, and an expression of relief appeared on his face.

He raised his head and his eyes met Zhu Tingyue's. There was a gleam of excitement in his eyes, and even the tone of his voice rose unconsciously, "Okay! Then it's settled. See you next Wednesday!"

At this moment, he swept away his previous restraint and hesitation, and became cheerful and light-hearted. The visible sense of ease seemed to infect everyone around him.

"No, what's the matter?" Zhu Tingyue thought his behavior was very strange.

Shi Yuan looked at her in surprise and asked, "It's nothing. You didn't forget your birthday, did you?"

"I... Of course I didn't forget my birthday. I understand. You should go back soon! Drive slowly."

Zhu Tingyue immediately shut up and waved at Shi Yuanyang, clearly intending to drive him away.

"I'm glad you didn't forget. I'm leaving now."

Shi Yuan stepped on the accelerator and quickly drove away.

Zhu Tingyue, who was standing there, was shocked by the message he left. Next Wednesday was Chen Yanqiu's birthday, but she really didn't know about it. The same went for him. Why didn't he tell her?

If she was completely unprepared, Shen Yanqiu would be angry for who knows how long! There was still time, so she could think about what gift to prepare for him.

Before that, I still need to give him a call and try to find out his intentions indirectly, as I really don't know much about his preferences.

Wouldn’t it be embarrassing if you don’t choose the right gift?

The phone was dialed and the ringing continued over and over again, but no one answered, just like the previous times.

Zhu Tingyue was puzzled. He could always answer Shi Yuan's calls in time, but he couldn't hear his own calls?

Her patience was limited. She would call him one last time. If he didn't answer, she would never call him again.

The ringing continued. The long wait made Zhu Tingyue's anger grow. With the last bit of patience gone, Zhu Tingyue reached out to hang up. At this moment, Shen Yanqiu's calm voice came from the phone: "Hello?"

Zhu Tingyue clenched her teeth and clenched her hand holding the phone tightly. Thinking about the purpose of her calling him, she tried hard not to get angry.

"It's me, Zhu Tingyue."

Although Zhu Tingyue had tried her best to suppress the surging emotions in her heart, one could easily detect her excitement from her cold words.

Chen Yanqiu was so perceptive that he caught the difference in Zhu Tingyue's voice almost instantly. An ominous premonition suddenly came to his mind, causing his originally calm heart to become uneasy.

Could it be that... because I deliberately didn't answer the other party's call before, Zhu Tingyue was angry?

Thinking of this, Shen Yanqiu's hand holding the phone involuntarily tightened slightly, and even a layer of fine sweat beads oozed out of his palm, making the phone case a little damp.

At this moment, Chen Yanqiu no longer had any of his previous calmness and composure. His heart was filled with fear and worry about the unknown consequences that would result from Zhu Tingyue's anger.

He held the cell phone tightly, as if it was his only life-saving straw, not daring to relax for a moment.

After hesitating for a long time, Shen Yanqiu finally mustered up the courage and asked cautiously with a slightly trembling voice: "Is there something wrong?"

Zhu Tingyue did not hear the change in his tone, she just felt that he was being brief and to the point and was deliberately ignoring her, so her voice unconsciously became colder.

"Nothing, just telling you that the company was acquired by your father."

Chen Yanqiu was not surprised by this matter at all. Zhu Tingyue probably called him yesterday to talk about this matter.

She always thinks about herself, but I got angry and didn't answer her call because of a few words from others. No wonder she was angry, it was my fault.

His tone softened instantly, as if a gentle spring breeze brushed past his ears, and he said gently: "I know, you have worked so hard! How about this, to express my gratitude, I would like to treat you to a meal..."

However, at this moment, his words came to an abrupt halt because a crisp "beep" sound suddenly came from the mobile phone.

Zhu Tingyue hung up the phone without hesitation, leaving the second half of his sentence stuck in his throat.

Chen Yanqiu seemed to be under a spell, staring blankly at the black phone screen in front of him, his heart filled with confusion and anxiety.

He began to reflect on whether he was too slow in apologizing just now, which made Zhu Tingyue mistakenly think that he was not sincere enough or did not care about the other party's feelings, so she hung up the phone in anger.

Various speculations kept swirling and intertwining in his mind, making him more and more upset.

Zhu Tingyue must be very angry. I have to apologize and make sure she feels my sincere apology.

He turned on his cell phone and dialed back. The ringtone rang over and over again, but Zhu Tingyue didn't pick up.

As fate would have it, this time it's his turn to suffer.

Looking at the dark night sky outside, it was only eight o'clock. It was almost late autumn and it got dark early. If he went there and came back quickly, he could still be back before ten o'clock.

He left without hesitation. He opened the door stealthily and listened to the noises downstairs through the crack. At this time, Zhu's father and mother should be chatting downstairs.

He pricked up his ears, held his breath, and listened for a moment, confirming that there was no sound downstairs, then Shen Yanqiu quietly slipped out through the half-open door.

He closed the door gently, went around to the other side of the stairs, bent down, and went downstairs like a thief.

Just as he was about to take the last step, Zhu's mother's voice suddenly came, which frightened Shen Yanqiu.

"Hey, Yueyue hasn't slept yet. The moonlight is just right tonight. I'll go and ask her to come down and take a walk!"

Zhu's father agreed, and said in a cheerful voice: "That's fine. Now that the girl sees that I'm not as close to her as before, she must be mad at me!"

Zhu's mother poked his arm and said unhappily, "What are you talking about? She's your own daughter. If she doesn't want to be close to you, who else can she be close to?"

Zhu Mingchuan, who was stabbed in the arm, was in a good mood. His wife's words made him very happy.

"Well, I just said that. Yueyue and I are the closest, how could I not know that?"

The voices of the couple were getting farther and farther away. Chen Yanqiu silently retracted his foot and ran towards the room at a speed a hundred times and a thousand times faster than when he came down.