Chapter 30
Let's chat.
These two words were spoken coldly yet left no room for refusal.
It sounded just like a leader's order.
Gu Yubai didn't give Yu Xia a chance to refuse. After saying that, he stood up and walked outside.
All that remained on the table was half a bowl of noodles and three people looking at each other in bewilderment.
The expressions on the faces of everyone else screamed, "What's going on here?"
Yu Xia felt mostly despair.
We're doomed.
What's meant to happen will happen.
Fu Ze was mostly confused.
I don't understand what happened between Gu Yubai and Yu Xia. Did Gu Yubai confess his feelings to Yu Xia yesterday and get rejected?
Um? ? ! !
Thinking of this, Fu Ze's eyes gleamed.
He pondered for a moment, then exclaimed, "Holy crap!"
Judging from this performance, it really is possible.
This is going to be interesting.
Fu Ze's gossip was tinged with excitement.
Yuan Yi's works are mostly thrillers.
As she watched Gu Yubai's cold and indifferent departing figure, a chill ran down her spine.
Yu Xia wanted to intimidate everyone as soon as she arrived.
That's absolutely terrifying!
She looked at Yu Xia with pity.
His eyes looked like those of a cannon fodder who had bravely sacrificed themselves but were ruthlessly tortured, filled with a kind of pity that said, "Although I really want to help you, I am powerless to do anything about it."
Under Yuan Yi's pitying gaze and Fu Ze's curious eyes, Yu Xia knew there was no way to hide. After finishing the last mouthful of porridge, as if eating her last meal, she left with a resolute expression.
The conversation took place at the corner of the corridor.
It wasn't time for work yet; this place is usually not very popular.
Yu Xia truly resembled a schoolchild being scolded, her hands hanging at her sides, clutching the hem of her clothes, pinching and fidgeting here and there. Her eyes were downcast, wandering around, looking here and there, but never glancing at Gu Yubai.
This sight reminded Gu Yubai of the time when she bumped into him in the bar.
She was like that too, with her head down, hiding, looking flustered and guilty.
Feeling a gaze on her head, Yu Xia deliberately shifted her gaze to the window, making it wander aimlessly. To appear relaxed, she even whistled casually, trying her best to hide her awkwardness.
She tilted her head, whistling as if to hide her whistle, and looked at the distant cloud.
This is her habit of avoiding awkward situations.
I like to make some noise to cover up the past.
She looked like she was admiring the scenery, but she was actually observing the other person out of the corner of her eye, her mind filled with thoughts of: What is Gu Yubai going to say?
Confessing your feelings? No way! I would never accept an office romance! Besides, who would date their boss? What's the difference between that and dating your homeroom teacher?
But judging from Gu Yubai's expression, he doesn't seem like he's going to confess. So what is he going to do?
Holy crap! Could it be that he felt he lost face because of what I said yesterday, and now he wants to save face by firing her?
That's so unethical! She's only been here two days, and she doesn't want to lose her job yet...
Most importantly, she has no money now, so where is she going to find her next job?
And where else could she find a studio that provides meals and has such delicious food in the cafeteria?
People shouldn't be so selfish as to care about saving face just because they've lost something...
Just as Yu Xia's thoughts drifted to outer space, a clear voice pulled her back to reality: "Yu Xia."
Hearing her name from Gu Yubai's mouth for the second time today jolted Yu Xia awake from her reverie.
Are we really going to talk about leaving the company?
After a pause, Yu Xia hesitated for a moment before cautiously asking, "What's wrong?"
Gu Yubai said, "I was about to ask you what's wrong."
ha?
This question left Yu Xia completely baffled.
What's wrong with her?
Didn't he call her out?
Who are you playing charades with here?
What else could she be doing? She was just trying her best to figure out what he meant, and he even asked her what was wrong. She wanted to ask him what was wrong too.
Before she could speak, Gu Yubai continued, "I don't know if it's just my imagination, but I feel like you're avoiding me today."
When the word "hide" was mentioned, Gu Yubai's eyebrows furrowed slightly, his expression revealing a hint of resistance as he looked at her.
Hearing this, Yu Xia looked away guiltily and stubbornly said, "No."
"I wasn't avoiding you." Perhaps feeling that those three words weren't convincing enough, Yu Xia added another sentence.
That was simply because she didn't know how to face it, and she habitually acted like a coward.
"Then why did you lower your head when you saw me in the cafeteria today?" Gu Yubai asked directly.
Holy crap!
Yu Xia felt at a loss when faced with his blunt and direct question.
No, wouldn't a normal person just know when to stop asking questions?
Why do you insist on pointing it out?
How am I supposed to explain this?
If I say that I'm avoiding you and don't want to face you, wouldn't it be even more awkward if we met in the future?
Besides, my head is on my own body. I can lower it whenever I want. Do I have to report to you when I lower my head?
Yu Xia didn't know what reasonable and decent excuse to come up with. Her little face was full of deep thought, and she was very troubled.
Fortunately, Gu Yubai didn't press the issue further. Instead, he asked, "Did my words yesterday scare you?"
Gu Yubai directly passed the questions he had asked Chi Ximin yesterday to the person in question.
Although the young anchor poured out her grievances on her phone and her alternate account yesterday, revealing all her feelings and even detailing her entire emotional journey.
But Gu Yubai asked again today.
I don't know what their motivation was.
Perhaps it was the strange feeling that arose in Gu Yubai's heart when he noticed the young anchorwoman lowering her head in the cafeteria today, and realized that she was avoiding him. It was like being pricked by a thorn.
Doubt, dissatisfaction, and displeasure are all present.
But the most direct and clear thought is that I don't want small-time streamers to ignore me like this.
So, at the awkward cafeteria table, he called out to Yu Xia and asked that question again.
In the identity of Gu Yubai.
He wanted to see if the young anchor would be as honest when facing Gu Yubai as she was when facing Bai and Bye online.
On the other hand, he also wanted to see the vivid expressions of struggle, hesitation, and confusion on the young anchor's face when faced with these problems—expressions that couldn't be seen on the phone screen.
He stared at her face, not wanting to miss any expression on it.
He waited for her answer.
Yu Xia's expression was constantly changing.
No, this is getting more and more direct!
Were you scared?
There is definitely some.
After all, anyone would be startled if their boss suddenly said "You're cute," let alone a new employee like her who loves watching mindless short dramas.
But how should I put it?
You can't exactly say that because he said "you're cute," she imagined all sorts of dramatic office romances. Like, blacklisting her from the whole city if she didn't agree, demanding everyone isolate her, and using every means to torment her, and so on.
Isn't that just crazy?
Besides, this was just her imagination. What if the other person didn't mean it that way? Wouldn't she be making a fool of herself, like a clown?
Yu Xia couldn't bear to be in such an awkward situation.
Perhaps it was because Yu Xia's expressions were so obvious that Gu Yubai had already gotten the answer from her ever-changing expressions.
For some reason, Gu Yubai suddenly felt like laughing. He realized that what he had said was actually not wrong at all.
The little streamer is really cute.
She's cute when she's conflicted, cute when she's excited and happy, cute when she pours out her troubles and complains to him, "What should I do?", cute when she keeps talking about how great Baihe is, and cute even when she's troubled and doesn't know what to say.
Gu Yubai could even imagine the expression on the face of the little streamer who had typed a long string of words with him behind the screen.
Those vivid and lively expressions are like frames of specially captured highlights, connecting every word spoken, matching the corresponding expressions, flashing through the mind, constantly freezing, reappearing, and repeating endlessly.
Incongruously, Gu Yubai suddenly recalled Chi Ximin's question from last night: "Do you have a thing for Sister Yu Xia?"
What was his response at the time?
appreciate.
He said he admired Yu Xia.
Before today, Gu Yubai had no doubts about the question he had given. He could even say with certainty that it was the most truthful, appropriate, and suitable answer he had given after thinking about it for a long time.
But today, at this very moment, looking at the young anchor's face, he began for the first time to question whether the answer he had carefully given yesterday was accurate.
like.
The words Chi Ximin uttered echoed in his ears once again.
So he began to think with his precise, error-tolerant mind about the difference between the words "like" and "appreciate".
But he soon discovered to his surprise that even someone as intelligent as him could not give a standard and accurate answer.
At least that's how it looked when I looked at the young streamer.
For the first time, Gu Yubai felt his thoughts were a bit chaotic, unable to sort them out, like a tangled mess of yarn.
It seems that there are problems in this world that he cannot solve.
He looked at Yu Xia's conflicted and distressed face.
Despite having mild obsessive-compulsive disorder and being accustomed to finding answers immediately since childhood, he clearly has more important things to do now.
Let's set aside any answers that we can't figure out for now.
He didn't want the small-time streamer to be troubled.
"I'm sorry, my words have caused you trouble," Gu Yubai said.
Yu Xia was taken aback.
"At the time, I just thought of a friend of mine when I saw your expression. Her mannerisms and movements were very similar to yours. I thought she was like a little kid performing in kindergarten, so I blurted it out without thinking. That sentence was just my simple expression, nothing more..." He spoke very fluently and sincerely up to this point, but then he paused.
Does it mean nothing else?
It doesn't seem so.
It has a slightly different meaning.
But even he himself couldn't explain what this extra bit was.
Only when he got to this point did he vaguely realize that it wasn't just about praising her cuteness.
It seems there are some other ones as well.
Yu Xia looked at him as before, seemingly a little confused as to why he had stopped.
Gu Yubai snapped out of his thoughts and continued, "There was no other meaning behind it. I'm sorry, it was my fault. I hope today's explanation will make you feel a little better."
Don't avoid me anymore.
I don't like it when you avoid me.
This is annoying.
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