The three of them found a grilled fish restaurant. Since Gu Rongqi couldn't handle spicy food, Cheng Qicai ordered the mild version.
Wu Jieyu's eyes darted back and forth between Cheng Qicai and Gu Rongqi. Suddenly, she stood up and said, "I want to drink a cup of milk tea. I'll go outside and buy one. Qicai, what do you want to drink?"
"I'll be with you..."
"No," Wu Jieyu quickly interrupted her, "I can go by myself. You can call me when the fish is served."
Cheng Qicai looked at Gu Rongqi. She knew what Wu Jieyu meant; she just wanted to create an opportunity for the two of them.
"Okay, I'll have a jasmine milk green tea."
Wu Jieyu looked at Gu Rongqi, "Gu Rongqi, what would you like to drink?"
"Thank you, but I don't need it. I'll just get a bottle of water from the cashier later," Gu Rongqi said with a smile.
Watching Wu Jieyu leave the store, she handed two portions of chestnut cakes to Gu Rongqi: "I bought these with Wu Jieyu when we were shopping earlier. She said they were pretty good. You can try them."
Gu Rongqi took it, feeling the warmth of the bag's exterior. "Thank you."
Cheng Qi saw that he had accepted the cup, touched the inside of the cup in his hand, and said, "You didn't need to come. I... will only be here for two or three days."
“I went to your house to look for you the day you came to City B, but you weren’t there. The security guard at the entrance of your community said you went out with your suitcase.”
Cheng Qicai was taken aback, wondering why he was saying this.
"I thought you... were trying to avoid me, which is why you left with your suitcase." Gu Rongqi said this with a forlorn look in his eyes, tinged with melancholy.
In particular, he looks thinner than before.
When Cheng Qicai met his gaze, she felt her heart clench instantly.
Gu Rongqi wasn't entirely wrong; she did indeed have that purpose from the beginning.
But now...
Cheng Qicai lowered her eyes and denied it, "No, it's just that I haven't gone out with Wu Jieyu for a long time. She happened to be free, so I came to B City to play with her. I didn't plan to stay for long, just two days and then I'll go back, so I didn't tell you."
Gu Rongqi smiled and said, "That's good."
As the two chatted, the owner brought out the grilled fish, and Cheng Qicai asked the owner to get her a bottle of mineral water.
Then he called Wu Jieyu, who had gone out to buy milk tea.
She handed the milk tea to Cheng Qicai, then looked between the two of them, but couldn't discern anything.
Midway through the meal, Wu Jieyu asked, "Gu Rongqi, you came here to see Cheng Qicai, do you have any other plans?"
“No,” Gu Rongqi shook his head.
Wu Jieyu's eyes darted around, and she smiled as she said to him, "How about we go hiking and visit a Taoist temple tomorrow? That temple is incredibly effective for praying for marriage. We're all single anyway, so let's go and pray, maybe it'll work out!"
Gu Rongqi did not answer; his gaze fell on Cheng Qicai.
Wu Jieyu's gaze also turned to Cheng Qicai.
Feeling their gazes on her, she put down her chopsticks, looked back at Gu Rongqi, and asked, "Are you going?"
Gu Rongqi's eyes and the corners of his mouth curved into a wider smile; he looked very happy. He nodded and replied softly, "Okay."
After the three finished their meal, as they were about to part ways, Cheng Qicai asked, "Have you found a hotel yet?"
"No, I'm staying at Lu Yuliang's place. He bought a house outside and happened to have extra rooms. I'm leaving my luggage there too."
Hearing that Gu Rongqi had somewhere to go, Cheng Qicai was relieved. "That's good. We'll be going now. Take care on your journey."
Okay, see you tomorrow.
After walking for a while, Cheng Qicai looked back and saw Gu Rongqi's receding figure, and she breathed a sigh of relief.
"Everyone's already gone, why are you still looking?" Wu Jieyu looked at her with a mischievous grin.
"No, I was just checking if he had left." She had noticed before that Gu Rongqi would watch her from behind when they parted ways.
“Oh…” Wu Jieyu drawled out, “You’re all in this state, and you still won’t talk. I don’t know what you’re thinking.”
Seeing Cheng Qicai about to open her mouth, she quickly interrupted, "I know what you're going to say, but the ancients told us that people should enjoy life while they can."
Cheng Qicai did not refute Wu Jieyu's words. "Alright, stop talking so much. People might think Gu Rongqi bribed you."
"Just bribe me, I'll get him to introduce me to a friend who looks like him. I just took a good look, he really is handsome!" Wu Jieyu said enviously. "You little brat, you're so lucky!"
Cheng Qicai was disgusted by her tone, so she moved a little further away from her and complained, "You should watch less of those old lady dramas!"
The two walked back to their dormitory. Having learned their lesson from yesterday, they finally remembered to set their alarms in advance.
The next day, the two of them finally got up on time and didn't oversleep again.
When Cheng Qicai got up, she sent a message to Gu Rongqi to let him know that they were already up.
Before leaving, I called him and learned that he was already waiting for them at the school gate.
When the two arrived at the location Gu Rongqi had given them, they were taken aback to see that he was driving.
Cheng Qicai couldn't help but ask, "Your car..."
"I borrowed it from Lu Yuliang; that way it'll be more convenient to go back and forth," Gu Rongqi explained.
Cheng Qicai suggested, "Well then, since it's still early, let's have breakfast first, so we won't get hungry while we're climbing."
Gu Rongqi and Wu Jieyu agreed, and the three of them ate their fill before setting off for their destination.
“I saw that Taoist temple was super popular online before, especially for seeking marriage. I went there a lot and soon met my soulmate.” Wu Jieyu winked at Cheng Qicai.
Cheng Qicai asked, "Did you go and beg?"
"No, I had a boyfriend back then, so I was out there doing nothing. Now that I don't have one, of course I have to go and find someone new."
Cheng Qicai looked at her with disdain, "Do you need metaphysics to find a boyfriend?"
"If you want to find a good one, doesn't that require some kind of metaphysics? After all, it's something you can't just come up with by chance."
Wu Jieyu's words were full of hidden meanings, making Cheng Qicai not want to talk to her at all. Now, Wu Jieyu could hint at anything about Cheng Qicai.
Sure enough, the words I used to say to her have now come back to haunt me.
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