Chapter 31 Gems: After all, I can't do it alone. ...
Those around him also noticed that Gu Yinyan had drawn a so-called "bad" card.
Jiang Huai, who had just begun to show some interest in the thin piece of paper, seemed to have his enthusiasm dampened.
He had originally wanted He Xintu to help him see if there was any chance for a turnaround in his relationship with Dr. Jiang.
However, after seeing Gu Yinyan's divination results, Jiang Huai was afraid that he might receive a similar bad answer, so he felt it was better to keep him in the dark.
Whether the divination results are accurate or not is another matter, but once you receive this kind of information, it will linger in your mind like a spell, vaguely appearing at any moment when you need to make a decision in the future, making you hesitate.
He Xintu left temporarily, saying he would put the cards away and go downstairs to get some more wine.
Only the four of them remained. Liang Yizhi looked at Gu Yinyan's face across from her and asked a series of questions: "You have someone you're dating? Why didn't you tell us?"
If Gu Yinyan had someone he liked, she would naturally be happy for him. However, the fact that none of them knew about it made Liang Yizhi feel that he was being a little unfair.
Gu Yinyan didn't answer directly: "You believe everything he says?"
"You don't believe me?" Liang Yizhi asked. "But you just said you would listen to Boss He's advice?"
Gu Yinyan took a piece of cut fruit from the plate on the table, put the skewer in his mouth, and chewed it slowly.
“Listening to his advice and having my own ideas are not contradictory,” Gu Yinyan said calmly.
Leung Yik-chi: Aren't you worried about the outcome he mentioned?
Gu Yinyan said, "It all depends on human effort. What's the use of worrying? I can only know what to do when things actually happen."
He Man squinted and smacked her lips twice: "So you mean, does this person even exist?"
Gu Yinyan tossed the skewer into the nearby trash can and wiped his hands with a tissue.
"She doesn't know any of this."
The three people next to them exchanged glances.
This means that the existence of that object has been acknowledged.
Jiang Huai immediately teased him: "Oh—our dignified President Gu, when did you start playing the role of a secret crush? This is really not like you."
Gu Yinyan glared at him: "Stop gossiping."
“I’m not just gossiping, I’m concerned.” Jiang Huai supported his shoulder. “You should tell us more about what’s going on with you. Don’t be like that girlfriend you had a few years ago, hiding things from everyone until we found out after you broke up. That’s so pointless.”
None of them had ever seen Gu Yinyan's previous girlfriends. Jiang Huai felt that he was hiding them like treasures, not letting anyone know about them.
He had only seen some of the gifts the woman had given him, but had never had the chance to see her face. This matter remained on Jiang Huai's mind.
He acted like a life coach on the path of love, speaking earnestly to him: "You can consult me more on this..."
Before he could finish speaking, a large piece of cantaloupe was stuffed into Jiang Huaigang's wide-open mouth, silencing him.
The melon, still attached to a skewer, was stuck between his upper and lower teeth. Gu Yinyan put his hand down: "If you love melon so much, eat a couple more pieces and say less."
Jiang Huai had a large melon stuffed in his mouth, his eyes filled with resentment.
He guessed that his ex-girlfriend's story with Gu Yinyan might have been very unpleasant, which was why Gu Yinyan always avoided talking about it.
Thinking of this, Jiang Huai decided it was best not to make himself disliked. Since his brother already had someone else he liked, it was really not nice of him to bring up people from the past in front of him.
He puffed out his cheeks, hooked his arm around Gu Yinyan's shoulder, and chewed on a cantaloupe, saying, "I'll let you off this time, but don't do it again. This time, you have to introduce this one to us, or I'll expose all your dark history!"
Gu Yinyan glanced at him, tilted his head back and drank the glass of wine in his hand, his Adam's apple bobbing, but he didn't say anything.
Everyone continued drinking and chatting, and about ten minutes passed, but He Xintu still hadn't returned.
Liang Yizhi glanced around a few times and said to He Man, "Wait for me, I'll go see if He Xintu needs any help."
He Man: "You're such a worrywart. You're so concerned after just one short time apart. This is his territory. Maybe he's busy with other work at the bar."
Liang Yizhi said, "Then I'll go take a look and come right back."
He Man waved her hand.
Liang Yizhi went downstairs.
He Xintu was behind the bar on the first floor, talking to other bartenders. Noticing someone approaching out of the corner of his eye, he looked up and smiled, "What brings you down here?"
"I haven't seen you come back yet. Is there anything I can help you with?"
"It's nothing. I just had some other work to do, so I came down to make you a couple more drinks." He Xintu walked to the bar. "How are your friends enjoying their drinks?"
"Everyone says it tastes good, so don't worry."
He Xintu looked at her with a smile. In this light, Liang Yizhi's skin appeared very white, and her pupils reflected the light from the wine cabinet lights and the glass bottles behind her, like a pair of sparkling gems.
He Xintu admired the scene and asked, "Are you satisfied with the divination results just now?"
Leung Yik-chi said, "Of course. I really like that Sun card."
Recalling what he had read from the divination cards for her, He Xintu felt as if a soft thorn had been pierced in his heart.
He looked at the girl in front of him, who was as clear as a gem: "I didn't know you had that kind of experience. That man was a real scoundrel."
"It's okay, it's all in the past." Liang Yizhi smiled nonchalantly. "It's also my fault for being too slow. Actually, so many clues had already been revealed, but I never realized it."
He Xintu asked, "Is he good to you?"
"Perhaps it's not bad within his capabilities?" After chatting for a few minutes, Liang Yizhi simply sat down on a bar stool.
"But then I realized that he had made many promises to me, none of which he kept. These were probably omens."
"for example?"
Liang Yizhi recalled: "We had agreed to go hiking in Tongzhen together and to see the sea in the north. He even said he wanted to learn piano for me and hoped that one day he could accompany me... but in the end he never even touched the piano lid."
As Liang Yizhi spoke, her head drooped, one hand resting on the bar counter, her fingers seemingly unconsciously touching something on the table.
Suddenly, someone grabbed her hand.
Liang Yizhi was startled by the sudden warmth and straightened her neck in a daze.
He Xintu said, "You know what? You can't read tarot cards for free. The other party has to give something in exchange."
Liang Yizhi paused.
She didn't know what He Xintu wanted from her.
He Xintu chuckled: "Remember when I told you that my new store is in Tongzhen and that it's about to open?"
Liang Yizhi nodded.
"In exchange, you'll come with me to Tongzhen and see how my new shop is?"
As Liang Yizhi looked at He Xintu's face, her heart rate gradually increased.
His smile was incredibly deceptive; his thin, narrow eyes were hidden behind his curly hair, making them difficult to see clearly, yet only making people want to know more.
Liang Yizhi asked cautiously, "So... just the two of us?"
“Yes, just the two of us.” He Xintu placed his hand on hers. “Just think of it as a relaxing trip. I’ll arrange everything.”
"What he couldn't do for you, I will do for you."
The bar was filled with noise and chaos, while the bartenders were busy as bees.
The person behind was pounding fruit pulp with a pestle, while the person in front was shaking a shaker up and down, causing ice cubes to collide and shatter inside. There was also music and conversation, a cacophony of noises.
Liang Yizhi's heart felt as if it were inside the bartender's shaker, being shaken up and down and left and right.
Just then, a sound broke through all the surrounding noise and came from behind her.
Clear and steady, just like in her dream, it conveyed itself accurately—
"It's no fun with just two people."
Gu Yinyan strolled over to Liang Yizhi's side. His gaze inadvertently swept over the two hands clasped together on the bar.
His voice was casual, ruthlessly ruining the ambiguous atmosphere: "Why don't we all do it together?"
Upon hearing the sound, Liang Yizhi suddenly pulled her hand away, looking embarrassed. She touched her neck repeatedly, as if trying to warm her cold hand with the warmth of that area.
Gu Yinyan leaned against the bar: "Are you itchy?"
Liang Yizhi then realized that she had never thought this person was so annoying before.
She mumbled, "Nothing. Why did you come down?"
"You haven't been back for so long, I imagine you have a lot of wine to bring, and it's taking you forever to get it out."
Gu Yinyan sat down on the other chair.
The bar stools were quite high, and with Gu Yinyan's long legs, he could lean back and still put his feet on the ground. The fabric of his suit trousers at the knees brushed against Liang Yizhi's calves, causing a slight itch.
Gu Yinyan gazed at her profile: "When are we going to Tongzhen?"
He Xintu's hands were now free, so he changed his posture and intertwined his fingers again: "It's not decided yet, this is just an agreement between the two of us."
Although He Xintu still had a smile on his face, his words had already revealed the true nature of his character.
He was quite displeased that his upcoming date had been interrupted; his smile frosted over, and he maintained only the bare minimum of politeness.
Gu Yinyan lifted his eyelids and looked over: "Wasn't it supposed to be a condition for the divination?"
Clearly, he had heard the entire conversation and made no attempt to conceal it.
Gu Yinyan reached out and casually placed his hand on the back of the chair behind Liang Yizhi: "How can we betray Liang Yizhi and make an exchange for everyone?"
He Xintu's molars are inexplicably sore.
A perfectly good date invitation turned into "selling yourself" in his mouth? That's quite a change in tone.
Gu Yinyan said to himself, "He Man and Jiang Huai also really want to go."
He turned his head to look at the person he had encircled between his arms and body.
The light in his pupils was obscured by his half-drooping eyelids, and suddenly dimmed, becoming as deep and dark as a well.
No one responded, so Gu Yinyan asked again, "Don't you want to take us?"
Liang Yizhi inwardly complained about how he was so lacking in emotional intelligence at this moment, constantly taking advantage of the situation, which was unlike his usual style.
“No…” Liang Yizhi sighed inwardly, then changed her question to He Xintu, “Then, Mr. He, could you take everyone with you?”
He Xintu remained silent for a while, glanced at Gu Yinyan, and answered rather reluctantly: "...Of course."
"In that case, let's all go together. How about this weekend? If you don't have time, then forget it."
"I'll always have time," Gu Yinyan said. "I guarantee I'll be there on time."
After several rounds, the drinking session ended.
He Xintu said that there were still some accounts to settle at the bar today, and a new batch of alcohol had arrived, so he had to go and check the goods and couldn't deliver them today.
Gu Yinyan made a phone call and asked his driver, Lao Zhang, to come and drive. Jiang Huai and He Man, who had drunk the most, were taken home first.
Only Liang Yizhi and Gu Yinyan remained in the car.
Liang Yizhi rested her elbows on the edge of the bed, propping up her temples. A crack opened in the car window, letting in a cool breeze that lifted her bangs and stray hairs by her ears. The wind blew onto her warm cheeks, which were flushed from the alcohol, a dense and pleasant sensation.
Liang Yizhi doesn't have a high alcohol tolerance and didn't drink much, but she was still a little dizzy.
She spoke through the wind: "Gu Yinyan."
Gu Yinyan's car window was also open, and the wind was whistling in his ears. He silently pressed the switch next to him and closed the window.
Silence returned to his ears, and Gu Yinyan asked in a deep voice:
"how?"
Liang Yizhi's voice was soft: "Why did you interrupt me and He Xintu?"
Are you angry?
"No." Liang Yizhi said with her eyes closed.
"I know you don't trust him. I'm really not confident about the two of us traveling alone." She felt listless and drowsy.
She found that she always seemed to fall asleep easily when she was around Gu Yinyan.
Leung Yik-chi said, "You wanted to involve everyone because you were worried about me, right?"
Outside the car, rows of streetlights and tall sycamore trees passed by. The yellow light was mostly blocked by the leaves, and the light shone on Gu Yinyan's straight nose, sometimes bright and sometimes dim.
He said without batting an eye, "It's good that you know."
Liang Yizhi opened her eyes, leaned back against the pillow and turned to look at him: "Look, I've told you everything about my affairs, and I feel at ease letting you all get involved."
"So you can definitely confide in us about your problems."
Sleepiness clouded her almond-shaped eyes with a thin layer of mist, making them resemble a winter lake.
Liang Yizhi said softly, "I know you didn't grow up at home, so you're used to not relying on others and not getting anything from them. But I don't want you to shoulder everything alone. We've known each other for so long, and you've always been the one helping and taking care of me. I also want to do something for you."
“If you have someone you like, you must tell me.” Her eyes were as clear as lake water beneath the melting ice. “I can be your wingman, find out what she likes to eat and do, create opportunities for you, and get rid of all potential rivals around her. If you don’t dare to say it, I will pass it on for you.”
Gu Yinyan stared at her, remaining silent for a long time.
She didn't understand his intentions. Seeing that Gu Yinyan hadn't moved for a long time, Liang Yizhi became a little anxious. She sat up, leaned over, and placed her hand on the back of his hand.
"Are you pretending not to hear me?"
“I heard you.”
"So, will you agree or not?"
Gu Yinyan hummed in agreement.
Only he knew that this simple word was probably the biggest lie he had ever told in his life.
Liang Yizhi was truly satisfied with his answer: "Anyway, what I mean is, you should share more with us in the future. Tell us if you have any difficulties, and we'll all help you, okay?"
"Okay," Gu Yinyan replied.
"Then you have to help me a lot."
His thoughts were fleeting, and in the long night, he imprinted every word Liang Yizhi said into his subconscious.
Gu Yinyan turned to look at her: "After all, I can't do it alone."
The sunlight from the window fell behind his temples, shrouding his handsome face in dark shadows.
Upon hearing his words, Liang Yizhi smiled broadly and said, "No problem."
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