The elevator arrived, and Cheng Qicai stepped inside.
Seeing Gu Rongqi still at the door, she called out in confusion, "Mr. Gu?"
Gu Rongqi walked in and suddenly asked, "Want to have a meal together?"
Cheng Qicai was taken aback by the question. She saw the reflection on the elevator opposite, which showed the two of them standing side by side, and also showed Gu Rongqi looking at her with his head turned to the side.
It was as if he had been watching her for a long time without her knowing.
Cheng Qicai was startled by her sudden thought and quickly turned her gaze away, watching the numbers on the floor display jump down one by one.
Oh dear, what am I thinking, indulging in wishful thinking?
She declined, saying, "No, I have something to do."
"What is it?" Gu Rongqi asked.
Go back to bed.
Of course, Cheng Qicai couldn't say this out loud. "Uh... I'll go home and collect the laundry."
The moment she said it, Cheng Qicai cursed herself in her heart; this excuse was utterly lame.
I must have been so confused by that thought that I lost my mind.
She didn't dare look at Gu Rongqi's expression; after all, she didn't believe such a perfunctory excuse.
"..." Gu Rongqi continued, "Let's go together. I was originally here to pick up Liji, but I just called him and he's out with his friends. The restaurant reservation is already made, so it would be a waste if we didn't go."
Cheng Qicai nodded awkwardly after hearing what he said.
The elevator reached the third floor. "Then will you wait for me in the lobby for a while?"
Gu Rong started to speak.
After giving the documents to her colleague, Cheng Qicai went downstairs and saw Gu Rongqi sitting on the sofa in the lobby.
She walked over quickly and called out, "Gu Rongqi!"
Gu Rongqi stood up and handed over the items on the table.
Cheng Qicai took it and saw that it was the same milk tea she had drunk with Gu Rongqi last time.
"Thank you!" Cheng Qicai thanked Gu Rongqi, then wondered, "Why did you suddenly buy this?"
She remembered that he had said it was too sweet last time.
"Last time it was a bit too sweet, but otherwise it was fine. This time I added half the sugar, and it's much better," Gu Rongqi replied.
She said that very few people can resist the charm of milk tea, right?
The two went together to the restaurant that Gu Rongqi had booked.
The location was inside a shopping mall. As soon as Cheng Qicai entered, she saw a shop at the entrance with a giant panda plush toy attracting customers.
It's fluffy and looks very cute.
If Cheng Qicai hadn't known there was an adult inside, she would have gone up and touched him a couple of times.
Cheng Qicai looked enviously at the children surrounding the panda, who could not only touch it but also receive balloons.
She also wanted to be a child.
Gu Rongqi followed her gaze and saw the panda plush toy. He asked, "You really like pandas?"
"Hmm, quite cute." Cheng Qicai laughed.
"Didn't you go to the zoo to see the pandas yesterday?" Gu Rongqi's voice was very calm.
When the zoo was mentioned, Cheng Qicai felt awkward. She glanced at Gu Rongqi's expression and wondered if he was as gossipy as they were.
Cheng Qicai joked, "That one you can see but can't touch. This one you can not only see, but also touch, and you can get balloons too, isn't that great..."
Gu Rongqi's eyes were unreadable. "Did you go with your family?"
“No, friend.” Cheng Qicai shook her head.
She had just thought he wouldn't be as gossipy as Gu Liji and the others, so why did he ask this question now?
Fortunately, he didn't ask those questions afterward.
Gu Rongqi was silent for a moment, then asked, "Is the zoo fun?"
"It's alright, there are quite a lot of animals inside. You just need to go early and see the popular animals first so it won't be crowded. That's what we did yesterday, and we perfectly missed the peak time." Cheng Qicai enthusiastically shared her summary of yesterday with him.
Gu Rongqi gave a lukewarm "hmm".
This immediately dampened Cheng Qicai's desire to share, and seeing that he wasn't interested, she stopped talking about it.
The two entered the restaurant and were surprised to see Lu Qi and Yun Suni sitting in the corner.
Cheng Qicai stepped forward with delight to greet them, "Sister, you're eating here too?"
Hearing the voice, Yun Suni looked up and saw Cheng Qicai and the others, and was also surprised, "You're here to eat too?"
She looked at them again and asked curiously, "Just the two of you?"
Cheng Qicai said, "Gu Ge was supposed to be with us, but he went out to play with his friends, so it was just the two of us."
Hearing Cheng Qicai say this, Yun Suni didn't think much of it.
Lu Qi, standing next to her, glanced at Gu Rongqi behind her. Their eyes met, and Lu Qi instantly understood the meaning in Gu Rongqi's eyes.
He smiled knowingly.
"Then why don't you eat with us? We just arrived too," Yun Suni invited.
Cheng Qicai turned to look at Gu Rongqi.
Gu Rong nodded and said to Yun Suni with a smile, "Then I'll have to bother you."
The group sat down together.
"By the way, Qicai, how was the trip to the zoo yesterday?" Lu Qi suddenly asked.
"It's fine," Cheng Qicai replied vaguely.
No, what's going on today? Why are they all fixated on this little thing? She really didn't want to talk about it anymore.
She now deeply regrets posting that status update.
If she posts this again, she's a dog.
Gu Liji and Lin Fengjie were easy to understand, but Lu Qi and Gu Rongqi were truly hard for her to comprehend.
Upon hearing Cheng Qicai's answer, Yun Suni smiled and said, "It seems you have a good impression of Ren Baiping."
Cheng Qicai was clutching the menu tightly when she felt a gaze fall on her. Sensing this, she looked up and met Gu Rongqi's eyes.
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