Seeing that Gu Luoqi was a little agitated, Qi Sheng's smile became much brighter, and he looked to be in a great mood, so he ate all the wontons in one go.
"Gu Luoqi?"
Gu Luoxi felt the voice was familiar, and upon looking over, she found it was indeed someone she knew.
"Zhao Mu?" Her voice was somewhat uncertain.
"Hmm, long time no see. It seems you almost don't recognize me." Zhao Mu looked deeply hurt.
"It's been a long time, hasn't it? Didn't your family move away a long time ago? Why are you here?" Gu Luoqi asked.
"I came with my parents to visit relatives," Zhao Mu said.
"I didn't expect you to have changed so much," Gu Luoqi couldn't help but exclaim.
I never imagined that the chubby little boy who used to follow me around would grow up to be such a handsome young man.
Fortunately, Zhao Mu didn't know what she was thinking, otherwise he wouldn't know how to react.
The system couldn't suppress its gossip-fueled curiosity: "Is this also your good friend?"
Gu Luoqi thought for a moment and said, "Well, you could say that."
She had stayed at her maternal grandmother's house for a while, which was arguably her best playmate.
After figuring out the whole story, the system couldn't help but raise its voice a little, "So, you could say this is your childhood sweetheart?"
"No, not really." Gu Luoqi frowned. Why is the system getting more and more gossipy?
"I have to say, your taste is terrible. I think Zhao Mu is much better looking than that Su Yan guy," the system said calmly.
"That's because you're prejudiced against them," Gu Luoqi snorted coldly.
She knew perfectly well that when she first bound herself to the system, this guy treated Su Yan like a thief, fearing that she wasn't thinking clearly enough and might rekindle her relationship with Su Yan.
Seeing her speak up for Su Yan, the system seemed to break down, its voice trembling slightly, "You don't still have illusions about Su Yan, do you?"
"You're overthinking it." She almost rolled her eyes; she was just teasing it.
"If you ask me, you shouldn't even have thoughts of early romance..." the system rambled on, starting to give Gu Luoqi some advice again.
She had gotten used to it, but she didn't expect the other person to say at the end, "Even if it's puppy love, I'll still vote for Qi Sheng."
Gu Luoqi almost choked on her breath, her face turning red as she tried to hold it in, afraid that others would notice something was wrong. "What are you saying?"
"Please stand firm in your position. If no one is acceptable, then no one is acceptable, not even the King of Heaven himself."
Honestly, why bring up Qi Sheng out of the blue?
She glanced at Qi Sheng somewhat guiltily, but unexpectedly, he was also looking at her, so she had no choice but to look away first.
He continued catching up with Zhao Mu for a while.
Qi Sheng remained silent, though his eyes flickered and his lips curled into a stiff smile.
Gu Luoqi and Zhao Mu were having a pleasant conversation when she felt someone tug at her sleeve.
She turned to look at him, only to see Qi Sheng point to his medicine bottle, "It's gone."
For some reason, Gu Luoqi felt that he looked pitiful at that moment.
"Wait a moment, I'll go get someone." He said, and hurriedly got up.
When she returned, blood had already started flowing back into Qi Sheng's IV drip.
And why does it feel like there's something strange about the atmosphere between Qi Sheng and Zhao Mu?
The nurse said gently, "The family members should be more careful next time."
After she left, Gu Luoqi looked guilty and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't notice."
"It's alright. You haven't seen each other for so long, it's normal that you couldn't think of me for a while." Qi Sheng's eyes crinkled into a smile.
System: Why does this guy seem so sleazy?
Is this its illusion?
The key issue is that the host doesn't seem to have noticed yet, so should it remind the host or not?
Qi Sheng remained completely silent until Zhao Mu left.
Gu Luoqi always felt that this guy was strange.
Wait, is this guy jealous?
The more she thought about it, the more likely it seemed.
He blurted out instinctively, "Zhao Mu was my childhood playmate..."
“Childhood sweethearts.” Qi Sheng stared at her with his clear eyes.
System: Spot on!
"I wouldn't say that, we haven't been friends since we were kids..."
"Hey, hey, hey, why are you talking like Zhao Mu is some kind of long-gone white moonlight?" the system couldn't help but say.
"Uh, it can't be that bad, can it?" Gu Luoqi was speechless. Was her language expression really that bad?
But seeing Qi Sheng's bad expression, she felt that what the system said was right.
She didn't find Qi Sheng's anger scary at the moment, but rather somewhat cute, and subconsciously said, "Even if I had a childhood sweetheart, it could only be you."
As soon as she said those words, she even wanted to slap herself.
Good heavens, what did she just say?
Qi Sheng was stunned for a moment upon hearing this, his expression stiffening, but the slight upturn of his lips betrayed him.
Gu Luoqi: "..."
She felt she needed to be more careful with her words and actions from now on.
Under Gu Luoqi's "meticulous care," Qi Sheng's illness dragged on for a full week before he recovered.
Fortunately, it was cured before New Year's Eve.
During this time, Zhao Mu also came to see Gu Luoxi. Unexpectedly, his grandparents still remembered this boy.
Perhaps it was because of what she had said to Qi Sheng earlier that his expression wasn't so stiff anymore.
Gu Luoqi was somewhat helpless; this guy really was…
Never mind, she didn't know what to say.
Because the end of the year was approaching, Mr. Gu was already on holiday.
"I'll be there in a few days," said Mr. Gu.
"What about Aunt Qi?" Gu Luoqi understood the implication in his words.
It seems Aunt Qi doesn't plan to come.
"She's at her grandma's house; we'll go back on the first day of the Lunar New Year."
Gu Luoqi frowned. "How about... we don't go back for New Year's Eve this year, and you stay with Aunt Qi?"
Aunt Qi has no other relatives besides them and Qi Sheng, so it's not right to leave her alone at her grandmother's house.
She didn't invite Aunt Qi over either, as it would always be a bit awkward.
Mr. Gu was strongly opposed, but in the end he was persuaded by her.
"Then I'll come pick you and Xiaosheng up after the New Year." Mr. Gu always goes to pay his respects every year, so this year will be no exception.
Gu Luoxi agreed, after all, she still had to go to her grandmother's house.
Looking back, Qi Sheng must have suffered a lot of injustices over the years.
He only had Aunt Qi as a blood relative since he was a child, and he excluded her like this, so he probably didn't feel a sense of belonging when he went to his grandmother's house when he was a child.
Qi Sheng felt a little uncomfortable under her almost loving gaze. "Why are you staring at me like that?"
"It's nothing, I just feel like you've had a tough time all these years." Gu Luoqi, without realizing it, blurted out her true feelings.
She was a little embarrassed and quickly laughed it off, "No, no, I was just saying."
Qi Sheng glanced at her, his expression serious yet gentle, "I don't think so."
Only now did he seem to acknowledge the kindness that fate had shown him.
After learning of their plans, the grandparents entrusted them with the important task of shopping for the New Year.
It's clear that Gu Luoqi and Qi Sheng are happy to stay here.
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