Three days of New Year's Day holiday have passed, and Cheng Qicai's legs are still weak when she goes to work.
That's incredible! Absolutely incredible! When Cheng Qicai checked her phone after returning, she saw that her step count was almost 30,000.
At this moment, Cheng Qicai deeply realized what it meant to be younger than older.
During his free time, Lin Fengjie chatted with her, "Qicai, how was your time at the lantern festival on New Year's Day?"
Cheng Qicai complained, "My back hurts, my legs ache, I'm practically begging to use crutches to get to work!"
She is able to come to work entirely because of her excellent character of being strong-willed despite her disability, okay?
Lin Fengjie laughed unkindly, "Haha, it's not that serious!"
Just as she and Lin Fengjie were laughing happily, Gu Liji appeared quietly from behind the door.
The two immediately stopped laughing and greeted him formally, "President Gu!"
Gu Liji's gaze drifted to Cheng Qicai, "Qicai! Come to my office for a moment."
She and Lin Fengjie exchanged a glance, shrugged helplessly, and followed Gu Liji to his office.
Gu Liji hesitated for a moment before asking, "Qicai, did you spend New Year's Day with Su Ni?"
Cheng Qicai nodded, "Mm!"
As they spoke, Gu Liji's eyes lit up. "I checked Su Ni's WeChat Moments, and there are no photos of Lu Qi. Is that because..."
"He's gone." Cheng Qicai cruelly stated this fact, and she saw the light in Gu Liji's eyes dim.
Feeling a little reluctant, she still asked, "Brother Gu, didn't you say you were planning to give up?"
Gu Liji said dejectedly, "I thought..."
Alas, love is such a deadly poison!
Seeing his dejected appearance, Cheng Qicai felt that it was better to end the pain quickly than to prolong it, so she told him directly, "Actually, this New Year's Day, Brother Lu mainly wanted my sister to meet his parents next Thursday, and he will really propose after that."
"Really..." he murmured to himself, his expression dazed.
Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, his eyes lit up again. He looked at Cheng Qicai seriously and asked, "Do you think I have a high chance of succeeding if I propose to Lu Qi first?"
Cheng Qicai was speechless. You couldn't even win her over when they were still boyfriend and girlfriend, and you expect to win her over with a marriage proposal?
Moreover, probability is only called probability if it is possible for something to happen; what you're saying is pure fantasy.
"Uh... Brother Gu, you should face reality." Cheng Qicai didn't know what to say. After thinking for a long time, she gave up struggling and advised him honestly.
Gu Liji had another idea. "Tell me, if I just give up now, drink myself into a stupor every day, drink until I have a perforated stomach and am hospitalized, and cause the company to lose money and go bankrupt, will Su Ni feel guilty towards me and give up on Lu Qi?"
"..." Cheng Qicai took a deep breath and said seriously, "Brother Gu, Lu Qi's approach might be the only way to make things work."
Why are you, the third male lead, trying to imitate the male lead's tactics? If you actually do that, you'll only get a "friend zone" card.
Xiao Gu, recognize your place!
He was completely oblivious to Cheng Qicai's words, lost in his own thoughts, "Then I'll cut my wrists, jump into the river, get hit by a car..."
Are you having the female lead lead the male lead to your banquet?
Cheng Qicai: "...Let's not think of such harmful methods."
Gu Liji wouldn't listen, "Then I'll run over Lu Qi, drug him, and make him cheat on me..."
"Brother Gu!!!" Cheng Qicai saw that his thoughts had gone from harming himself to hurting others. This idea of walking on the edge of the law made Cheng Qicai break out in a cold sweat.
She quickly intervened, saying, "Brother Gu, have you forgotten the man who touched you while you were drinking last time?"
Gu Liji was jolted back to reality by Cheng Qicai's words. He sighed dejectedly and waved his hand at her, "You can go out now."
Seeing that he really needed some peace and quiet, Cheng Qicai took a few steps outside, then turned back and asked Gu Liji, "Brother Gu, you're not really going to commit suicide, are you?"
Although the novel ends by saying that he attended the wedding of the male and female protagonists, what if he did?
"..." Gu Liji remained silent, then answered calmly, "No."
Seriously? That tone sounds even scarier!
Cheng Qicai hesitated before returning to her office. Lin Fengjie immediately came over and asked, "President Gu, what's wrong?"
She glanced at the doorway to make sure no one was eavesdropping, then whispered, "I'm heartbroken!"
Lin Fengjie asked, half-heartedly, "Your sister..."
Cheng Qicai nodded.
Worried that Gu Liji might do something irreversible, Cheng Qicai would find an excuse to go to his office every half hour to check on him.
Every time I went in, I would see Gu Liji staring at the ceiling, like a fish floating belly up in a fish tank, his eyes empty and exuding a faint sense of death.
At noon, Cheng Qicai went to call him for lunch, but he said he wasn't hungry. Still worried, Cheng Qicai brought him some food, but he still didn't touch it.
Since the blow, every document she and Lin Fengjie submitted remained untouched. The next time they went in and reminded him, he mechanically filled in his name.
She thought he hadn't reacted much when he heard others talk about Lu Qi's marriage proposal, and that it wasn't that serious. But now that she's talking to him about it, he can't stand it.
Cheng Qicai felt this wouldn't work, so she turned on her phone, found Gu Rongqi's phone number, and dialed it.
"Hello, Mr. Gu!" The call was answered quickly.
A voice came from the other end, accompanied by the sound of pages turning, "What is it, Seven Colors?"
Cheng Qicai, somewhat embarrassed, explained Gu Liji's situation, "President Gu, do you think we should let Brother Gu go back and rest?"
"Okay, I'll be there in a bit."
Two or three hours later, there was a knock on the office door.
Cheng Qicai went to open the door and her eyes met those of Gu Rongqi at the door. She called out softly, "President Gu!"
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