After Ms. Yun and Mr. Cheng left, the atmosphere among them fell silent again.
A familiar but annoying voice rang out, "What are you three doing here?"
Then she scoffed and said to Gu Liji, "It's been so long, why are you limping?"
Cheng Qicai turned her head and saw that it was Qin Biyu, whom she hadn't seen for a long time.
Gu Liji retorted, "You're the one with a limp! Why aren't you staying abroad? What are you doing back here? Acting like a masochist?"
"What, you have the nerve to come to an engagement party? I can run and jump, why wouldn't I be embarrassed to come?" Qin Biyu glanced at his feet disdainfully and shouted sarcastically, "Crippled feet?"
Listening to the two of them arguing back and forth like elementary school kids, Cheng Qicai felt a headache coming on and wanted to go somewhere else.
Taking advantage of a lull in their bickering, she turned and quietly slipped away.
Gu Rongqi followed after him in a few steps.
Cheng Qicai looked at Gu Rongqi, who had inexplicably appeared next to her, and asked in confusion, "What are you doing?"
"Let's go out for some fresh air, wanna come along?"
Cheng Qicai nodded hesitantly.
The two walked to the artificial lake outside the hotel. A cobblestone path surrounded the lake, and the scenery was quite nice.
The roadside greenery is also well done, and it's the season when all kinds of flowers are in bloom and the weather is getting warmer. The peach blossoms and cherry blossoms in the green belt are blooming in full glory.
The sun is shining brightly today, and the warm sunlight feels very comfortable on my skin.
"How about we sit on those chairs for a bit? We can soak up some sun, and it's not far from the banquet, so we can go back later."
"Okay." Gu Rong nodded.
The peach tree behind the bench exudes a gentle fragrance, and a breeze blows, causing the petals on the tree to dance.
Looking at the petals in the wind, Cheng Qicai felt a sense of wonder at how wonderful life was.
The two sat down on a bench, and Cheng Qicai couldn't help but remark, "The flowers here are blooming beautifully."
"It's quite good." Gu Rongqi smiled.
Neither of them spoke for a moment, and Cheng Qicai felt that it was fine to just walk quietly like this.
With such a great environment, it would be a shame not to take out your phone and play around.
Having learned from her previous social media mishap, she immediately turned off the volume before confidently starting to watch videos.
At first, I wasn't used to not being able to hear anything, but it got much better as I watched.
The bees collecting nectar in the trees were a bit annoying. In the end, Cheng Qicai kept circling around the phone screen. Cheng Qicai waved them away, but they came back after two seconds.
So don't easily imitate the heroines in idol dramas by reading books or looking at your phone under flowering trees, otherwise the bees will turn into something even more annoying than flies.
They dared not hit them, and they could not drive them away.
If the mountain won't come to me, then I'll go to the mountain. She decided to leave.
Cheng Qicai stood up, preparing to return to the hotel.
Gu Rongqi looked at her with a puzzled expression, "Did you leave?"
“Hmm, there are too many bees.” Cheng Qicai nodded. “Would you like to sit for a while or stay together? There’s still some time before the ceremony.”
“Let’s go.” Gu Rongqi also stood up.
"Wait a minute!" Cheng Qicai suddenly called out to him.
Gu Rongqi stood up straight and didn't move, his dark eyes looking at her, and he seemed to trust her a lot.
Cheng Qicai explained, "There's a bee on your neck, let me remove it for you."
Cheng Qicai took a small step towards Gu Rong, staring at the motionless bee on his neck. With a swift motion, she used the back of her phone to swat the bee away.
Cheng Qicai is wearing puff sleeves today, with red ribbons decorating her wrists. When she raises her hands, the ribbons rise and fall, rubbing against the side of her neck.
There is a slight itching at the starting point.
Seeing the bee that had disappeared from his neck, she asked, "You weren't stung, were you?"
“…No.” Gu Rongqi’s Adam’s apple bobbed.
"That's good," Cheng Qicai breathed a sigh of relief. "Let's hurry up and leave, lest we get stung by bees, that would be too unlucky."
Cheng Qicai's worries were not unfounded. After all, when she was with Gu Rongqi before, bad things were likely to happen to her.
It seems like it's stopped recently.
Before Cheng Qicai could turn around and leave, a shout came from behind, "Gu Liji! Gu the Cripple!"
Cheng Qicai turned around, but before she could see clearly, her arm was pulled away by a strong force.
She felt her vision go black, and the familiar scent of wood filled her nostrils. Then she was embraced by a strong body and held tightly. In a dizzying moment, her body fell backward.
My mind went blank for a moment.
But she didn't feel any pain; it was just a sudden series of shifts in perspective that left her momentarily confused.
"Are you alright?" came a voice from above.
Feeling the fleshy texture of the suit jacket wrapped around her body, and the embrace of the arms around her waist, Cheng Qicai's heart pounded uncontrollably.
Her head, which had finally cleared up, started to feel dizzy again. She bit her lip, and the slight stinging pain brought her consciousness back a little.
She hesitated for several beats before stammering, "N-nothing... I'll get up first."
“…Okay.” With the feeling of being restrained around her waist gone, Cheng Qicai stood up awkwardly.
Then he reached out to pull Gu Rongqi, who was still on the ground, and asked, "Are you alright?"
With such a huge force hitting him, and him bearing the weight of two people, it's unknown how badly he was hurt.
Seeing Cheng Qicai's outstretched hand, Gu Rongqi hesitated for a moment before reaching out and shaking it.
It was soft, just as I had imagined that day.
Although it was called a pull, Cheng Qicai didn't feel that he used much force without using her hand; it was more like he was putting his arm around her.
"It's nothing, it just hurt a little when I bumped into it, but it's nothing serious." Gu Rongqi patted the dust off his clothes.
Cheng Qicai looked at his exposed skin with concern, "That's good, there are no scratches or anything, right?"
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