Chapter 24: Ridiculing each other!
Sneaking around? Su Mengxue's ears instantly turned red. It seemed that Gu Yunting regarded her as a nymphomaniac.
She bit her lip in disagreement. You know, in all the years she has been in the fashion industry, all the male models under the spotlight are clothes hangers with outstanding figures and faces.
She wasn't the kind of woman who hadn't seen the world, so why would she peek at him? This man was truly narcissistic.
Just as she was about to speak, she suddenly realized that she was too close to Gu Yunting. She hurriedly pushed him away, took a few steps back, and said unnaturally, "Gu Yunting, don't get me wrong. I just wanted to see how you make a fire. Now that the fire is lit, please leave."
After Su Mengxue finished speaking, she immediately looked away.
When Gu Yunting saw Su Mengxue was anxious to get him away, a cold look flashed in his eyes.
After a brief silence, he said, "You know the situation in our family. My dad is angry. He's already old. For the sake of his health, I want to wait until he's in a better mood before talking to him about this. Can you help me keep it a secret for a while?"
Su Mengxue's eyes moved slightly. If she cut off her relationship with Gu Yunting, she would have to move out immediately and rent a house. This would be a considerable expense. She had to keep the money she had for buying the jade pendant. In this case, she might as well stay in Gu's house first and move out after she made money.
Thinking of this, she looked up at Gu Yunting and replied with feigned embarrassment: "Okay, in order to prevent Grandpa Gu from getting suspicious, I will stay here for a while. I will move out after you find a chance to explain everything to him."
After a pause, she added, "However, for our sake, let's not delay this matter for too long."
The reason why Su Mengxue said this was, firstly, to express that she was not reluctant to leave, but was staying here reluctantly for Gu Changhe. In a sense, it could be considered as doing Gu Yunting a favor. Secondly, she was confident in her ability to make money. She believed that it would not take long before she would be able to earn her first pot of gold.
Gu Yunting knew that Su Mengxue was eager to cut off ties with him. His eyes darkened and he said in a low voice, "Don't worry, I'll explain everything to my dad as soon as he gets better."
Su Mengxue didn't notice his mood change. Her mind was full of what hairstyle she would use the tongs to perm. She replied absentmindedly, "That's good."
Gu Yunting felt inexplicably irritated. He stopped talking and turned to walk out. When he was almost at the door, Su Mengxue's voice came from behind him: "Gu Yunting, how do I get to the Hepingli Family Compound? Is it far from here?"
Gu Yunting's steps suddenly stopped, his brows furrowed. Hepingli Family Compound? Although he and Shen Yanzhi were not close friends, he knew that was where he lived. Shen Jianmin had invited his family to visit him in the past.
He turned around and asked desperately, "What are you doing there?" His tone was originally asking, but in his impatience he couldn't hold it back and it turned into a questioning tone.
Su Mengxue heard the impatience in his words, raised the corners of her eyes slightly, and said nonchalantly: "Find a friend."
Gu Yunting sneered. It turned out that she was dressed so beautifully because she was going to meet Chen Yanzhi. His voice suddenly became cold and hard: "I don't know."
After he finished speaking, he left without waiting for Su Mengxue's answer.
Su Mengxue curled her lips and muttered, "This bastard is really hard to get along with."
After scolding Gu Yunting for a few words, she prepared to perm her hair. She first went to the inner room to get a comb and divided her hair into several small strands. Then she put the iron tongs in the corner in the stove and roasted them for a few minutes. When a red light came out of the iron tongs, she took it out.
After the pliers cooled for a few minutes, she gently touched the surface of the pliers with the back of her hand to feel the temperature. After trying it several times, when the pliers were no longer too hot, she started from the ends of the hair, clamped a strand of hair with the pliers, and slowly rolled it from the roots to the ends. Finally, she stayed for a few seconds and quickly released it.
About half an hour later, she had carefully finished perming her entire hair. She couldn't wait to go back to the inner room and walk to the mirror.
She saw the results of the perm and, while her hair was still not completely cooled, she used her hands to scratch the parts that she was not satisfied with. In the end, she was barely satisfied with the result.
She stared at her shiny black curls in the mirror and felt a little sorry for the original owner. After all, using tongs to perm hair was too damaging to the hair quality. However, she couldn't afford a hairdresser's perm right now, so she had to make do with this for now. She secretly thought that she had to win over Sister Xu tomorrow, otherwise all this trouble would be in vain.
The next morning, Su Mengxue got up at daybreak and went to the mirror. Fortunately, her hair still retained the same curly shape as yesterday. Although not as curled as yesterday, it was exactly the natural curl she wanted.
She quickly washed and changed into the light yellow dress, then put on some light makeup. She checked the time, wrapped the repaired shirt in the brown paper the salesperson had given her when she bought the fabric, and walked quickly to the front hall.
Last night, Aunt Wang came to the courtyard and asked her to go to the front hall for dinner. There were only Gu Changhe and her at the table. Gu Yunting was not there. She thought he had returned to the army. When she finished her meal and left, Gu Changhe specifically told her to come to the front hall to eat with him in the future.
Su Mengxue didn't know how to use the stove in the yard, and it wasn't appropriate for her to cook for herself as a guest, so she readily agreed.
She knew basic etiquette. Gu Changhe was her elder, and she shouldn't keep him waiting, so she went to the front hall early this morning.
Arriving at the restaurant, the table was indeed empty. As soon as she sat down at the table, Aunt Wang came in with the dishes.
Su Mengxue smiled and asked Wang Ma, "Do you know how to get to the Hepingli Family Compound?"
Wang Ma put the food on the table and replied, "Miss Su, Hepingli is in the west district, and we are in the east district. The distance is not short."
Su Mengxue frowned and asked, "Is there a bus that can get there?"
Just as Wang Ma was pondering this, she saw Gu Yunting walking towards them. Unaware of the situation, Wang Ma's eyes lit up when she saw him, and she said cheerfully, "Miss Su, let Yunting take you there later! He's going back to the army after dinner, so he'll be able to give you a ride on the way."
"Not on the way!"
Before Aunt Wang could finish her words, Gu Yunting responded in a cold voice.
Mother Wang was stunned in place, then reacted and smiled awkwardly, "Miss Su, after you leave the compound and walk about fifty meters to the right, there's a bus stop at the intersection. If I remember correctly, it should be the Hepingli Family Compound."
Su Mengxue glanced at Gu Yunting calmly, concealing her emotions, and said to Wang Ma with a smile, "I understand. Thank you."
Wang Ma noticed that the atmosphere was not right and replied vaguely, "You two sit down first. I'll go call the master to eat." Then she left in a hurry.
Su Mengxue was too lazy to pay attention to Gu Yunting, so she simply turned sideways, pursed her lips and said nothing.
When Gu Yunting sat down, his eyes unconsciously swept over Su Mengxue's goose yellow dress, and then fell on her delicate cheeks with light makeup and the slightly curly hair draped over her shoulders.
He thought of her chopping wood and making a fire yesterday. It turned out that she wanted to use the tongs to perm her hair. His fingers hanging at his sides suddenly tightened, and a barely perceptible darkness flashed in his eyes.
Didn't she say she had someone she liked in the countryside? She immediately fell in love with Chen Yanzhi again. She was really fickle.
Su Mengxue noticed the burning gaze on her side and turned around to meet Gu Yunting's direct gaze. There was a coldness in his eyes, which made her feel uncomfortable.
She thought of his cold refusal to give her a ride just now, and sneered, with a mocking arc on the corner of her lips: "Gu Yunting, you are staring at me like that, are you fascinated by me? It's a pity, I don't like you."
"You're overthinking it." Gu Yunting said in a cold and hard tone, "I don't want a woman who changes her mind from one day to the next."
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