The smile on Gu Liji's face vanished the moment he saw Lu Qi, and he asked unhappily, "Lu Qi, what are you doing here?"
When Lu Qi and Gu Liji, these two rivals in love, met, they were extremely hostile, exchanging sharp glances at each other.
"What? Do I need your permission to come see my girlfriend?" Lu Qi smiled generously. "Or are we not welcome?"
“…No.” Gu Liji glanced at Gu Rongqi behind Lu Qi.
He forced a smile, a smile that concealed a knife: "I just don't understand, how come you followed us here right after we arrived? Were you spying on Su Ni? Hehe... Of course, I was just joking, you don't mind, do you?"
When Lu Qi saw Yun Suni looking at him, he quickly denied it: "No, I heard it from your mother yesterday."
He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Yun Su Ni's expression had improved.
Cheng Qicai also breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that Lu Qi would say in front of everyone that she was the one who told him, which would expose his identity as a double agent.
Gu Liji, however, didn't want Lu Qi to have his way, and deliberately raised his voice, "Seven Colors, have the photos been taken yet?"
Seeing the flames of war reaching their area, Cheng Qicai shuddered and forced herself to answer, "It's done."
Gu Liji took the camera from her, pulled out a photo of him and Yun Suni, and commented, "It's a good photo."
He then held the camera up to Lu Qi's face, asking him with a hint of smugness, "Mr. Lu, don't you think so?"
Looking at the photo of the two people intimately close together, Lu Qi felt a surge of anger rising within him, wishing he could punch Gu Liji's stinky face.
"Let me see!" Qin Biyu stepped in and looked at the camera. "It's a good shot. Take one for me and Lu Qi too."
Cheng Qicai glanced at Lu Qi's face, which was as cold as ice, and then turned her gaze to Yun Su Ni behind Gu Liji.
Yun Su Ni's expression wasn't good either; she looked away expressionlessly.
At the bustling entrance, Cheng Qicai felt a stagnant atmosphere, as if their small space had become isolated. She was at a loss for what to do.
The awkward, chaotic atmosphere made her unconsciously move closer to Gu Rongqi.
At least in this complicated relationship, she was the only one who made him feel that they were kindred spirits.
Before Lu Qi could finish refusing, Qin Biyu wrapped her arms around his and excitedly pulled him to another spot, waving to Cheng Qicai, "Hey friend, come take pictures here."
Before Cheng Qicai could react, she was already quite annoyed by the other party's overly familiar and commanding tone.
Slap! Slap! Slap! She's a mistress and she even dares to take pictures with someone else's boyfriend in front of his girlfriend.
That's utterly shameless.
Seeing the female lead's pale face, Cheng Qicai became increasingly dissatisfied.
But hearing Qin Biyu's persistent urging, Cheng Qicai reluctantly walked up to them, snapped a few photos, and said perfunctorily, "Okay."
"Let me see how the photos turned out?" Qin Biyu released Lu Qi's arm and walked towards her.
Cheng Qicai handed it over with a cold expression.
Qin Biyu flipped through the photos on her camera, looking displeased. "What kind of photos did you take? My face isn't that big!"
Cheng Qicai rolled her eyes inwardly, leaned closer, and pointed at her face with her finger, commenting, "Look at your cheeks, they're so protruding, how come your face doesn't look big?"
Qin Biyu touched her cheek; it did seem a little protruding, but she was still unhappy. "It's not that..."
"Alright, alright, I didn't take photos of Brother Gu and my sister like this, only yours, which means there's nothing wrong with my photography skills." Cheng Qicai interrupted her, taking the opportunity to turn the tables, "Let's not talk about it anymore, let's go hiking, we've already wasted so much time."
Before Qin Biyu could react, she quickly walked into the gate.
Undeterred, Qin Biyu chased after Cheng Qicai, wanting to confront her, but Cheng Qicai was not about to give her the chance.
Cheng Qicai pretended to frown slightly, as if she was impatient with her pestering, but she still suppressed her anger and kindly advised, "My friend, sometimes you should look for the reasons within yourself."
Seeing Qin Biyu's devastated expression, Cheng Qicai was overjoyed.
"You're infuriating, you damn mistress!" Cheng Qicai thought to herself, giving him the middle finger.
She walked quickly to Gu Rongqi's side, pretending to have just noticed him, and knowingly asked, "Mr. Gu, you're here to go hiking too?"
"Is your hand alright after climbing the mountain?" Gu Rong asked, touching her hand, which was still bandaged.
"Huh?" Cheng Qicai's eyes were still on Qin Biyu out of the corner of her eye. When she saw that Qin Biyu did not come to find her, but instead moved closer to Lu Qi, she couldn't help but frown again.
Hearing Gu Rongqi's question, she snapped out of her reverie and replied, "Yes, it's nothing."
To ensure her reliability, she extended her middle finger toward Gu Rongqi and shook it back and forth twice, saying, "See, it's very flexible."
"..." Gu Rongqi was silent for a while, "Indeed."
Cheng Qicai noticed Gu Rongqi's pause and realized that she was only holding up her middle finger.
Her face flushed, and she awkwardly withdrew her hand. "I'm sorry, Mr. Gu, I wasn't paying attention."
Cheng Qicai felt like an idiot standing next to Gu Rongqi.
"It's nothing." Gu Rongqi paused, his gaze falling on the backpack on her back. "Why are you carrying such a big backpack? Aren't you tired?"
"Not tired." Cheng Qicai pretended to sway the backpack on her shoulder. "When I was a kid, I carried firewood up mountains, which was much heavier than this, and I was still able to walk briskly."
Just as she said, her breathing was not disordered or heavy; only her cheeks were flushed with a faint pink, like the tender pink of a lotus flower in its first bloom.
Cheng Qicai rubbed her face a couple of times, but there was nothing dirty. She asked, puzzled, "President Gu, is there something on my face?"
Gu Rongqi looked away and gazed ahead. "No."
They climbed for more than ten minutes before finally reaching the cable car station, which leads directly to the ticket office, the official entrance to the scenic area.
Because the Lushan scenic area has been developed for a long time, the cable car is still the old model, which can only carry a maximum of four people.
There were six of them, and two of them had to ride in the other car, but the four of them seemed to be secretly competing with each other.
Cheng Qicai and Gu Rongqi exchanged a glance and walked towards the next cable car in tacit agreement.
Cheng Qicai put her large backpack on the ground, took out a bag of biscuits, tore it open, and handed it to Gu Rongqi. "President Gu, have a taste, it's delicious."
"Thanks."
Gu Rongqi symbolically picked up a piece, put it in his mouth and took a small bite, the rich chocolate melting on his tongue.
It tastes good, but it's too sweet.
He rarely eats packaged snacks; everything he eats is handled by a dedicated person, such as cakes and cookies, which are made by a professional pastry chef.
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