Fortunately, the plane had six seats, so two passers-by who didn't know the truth were sitting in the aisles on both sides, avoiding a lot of unnecessary awkward greetings and staring at each other - but Chu Li found that she seemed to be the only one who felt awkward. Gu Baizhi was watching Korean drama on her phone and didn't even look up. Zhu Chuan and Jiang Yucheng were chatting happily...

Zhao Chuan: "How come your "The Lost Heavenly Emperor Girl" is the most read serialized and forwarded article on Weibo? What about me?"

Jiang Yucheng: "How should I know you? You don't blame me."

Zhuochuan: "He doesn't even care about his face anymore."

Jiang Yucheng: "You can't even change your face to eat a full meal or put on a new dress... Speaking of shameless, you are even more shameless, showing your affection at an awards ceremony broadcast live nationwide. Why, you can't wait to declare your sovereignty, afraid that someone will snatch it away?"

Zhuo Chuan: "I just had to pee urgently, so I asked her to take off my coat. You guys insist on thinking that we were showing off our affection - then what can I do? This is how we live our daily lives. The air I breathe is a luxury for single people like you."

Jiang Yucheng: "Yes, yes, it's all air. Many people say that a couple's first trip is the end of their relationship... I'm looking forward to it."

Zhuo Chuan: "Give up, we have lived together for so long, what could be incompatible?"

Chu Li: "..."

If I were to say what's out of sync, it probably starts with the fact that you don't even want to go out... You're even reluctant to brush your teeth in the morning. I've never seen anyone so shameless as to procrastinate and be reluctant to go out with the ultimate goal of "missing the flight".

Chu Li propped up his chin and listened to the two literary giants, Zhechuan and Jiang Yucheng, quarreling like elementary school students all the way from G City to Urumqi... Then after a three-hour transfer at Urumqi Airport, Chu Li was abandoned by Zhechuan. The two brothers sat together, wearing exactly the same casual suits of the same brand, style, but different colors. When their four long legs swung, they formed a beautiful airplane line on the plane.

Otherwise, how can they say that when men become gay, women have nothing to do?

If Chu Li's ticket, which she had booked, wasn't released, she would almost suspect that Zhuo Chuan was playing a trick on her.

And they were originally a connecting ticket issued from the same city of G, so the seats were next to each other. Also, because Zhaochuan and Jiang Yucheng insisted on sitting together, after changing trains, Chu Li looked at the ticket in his hand and naturally sat next to Gu Baizhi - Gu Baizhi was a beauty, and maybe because of the mask on her face, she looked murderous. In the past, Chu Li might not have dared to talk to her, but fortunately, after almost two years of destruction by Yuanyue Society, at least in the eyes of outsiders, Chu Li had almost become a person similar to Gu Baizhi.

……………………So, there’s nothing to be afraid of.

When boarding the plane from Urumqi to Istanbul, Chu Li tried her best to prepare herself mentally, but when she actually sat down next to Gu Baizhi, she still felt like she had a thorn on her buttocks -

The seating order was Jiang Yucheng, Zhuochuan, Chuli, and Gu Baizhi. There were four rows of seats in the middle of the plane, and once the four of them sat down, the air conditioning on the plane went down a few degrees: it was like two complete enemies meeting, and they were extremely jealous of each other.

Leaving aside Jiang Yucheng and Zhuchuan, this was the first official meeting between Chu Li and Gu Baizhi.

It is said that there cannot be two tigers in one mountain. Now two tigers are squeezed in the narrow economy class and looking at each other. It is really embarrassing.

"...I didn't expect that the New Shield Society and the Yuanyue Society are as stingy," Chu Li took the initiative to speak, "They are not willing to give us a seat in the business class when we go out on a mission... Look at the legs of these two men, they are almost curled into big bubble gum."

"It's only a dozen hours, can their legs be broken?" Gu Baizhi took off her mask. "The difference in the business class fare is enough for me to buy a bag. Why waste that money... You know, Turkey is located at the junction of Asia and Europe, so it is a no-man's land. Luxury goods are cheaper than anywhere else, so half of my suitcase is empty. I only brought three bags with me."

Chu Li: "..."

Chu Li was a little confused when she first heard about the algorithm of measuring currency based on "how many bags can you buy" and turned around to find that even the high heels on Gu Baizhi's feet were expensive items that cost her one month's salary...

As far as she knew, the salary of the editor-in-chief of Xindun Society was not too high. At this moment, Gu Baizhi seemed to sense Chu Li's sneaky gaze and smiled: "I pursue a high-quality life."

Chu Li was a little impressed when he heard this, and suddenly felt that his life was a bit rough, always following Zhuo Chuan and his dog.

But before she could say anything, the two men in the next seat said something:

Zhao Chuan: "Gu Baizhi, please don't teach the little girl bad things."

Gu Baizhi: "What's wrong with me?"

Zhuo Chuan: "My daughter is the kind of person who happily used a canvas bag that she bought from Taobao for 20 yuan to mail to her family for a whole year."

Gu Baizhi: "You just watched her use the canvas bag for a year?"

Chu Chuan: "What's the matter?"

Gu Baizhi: "Didn't you tell her that your dog's collar has a small Hermès buckle? She even showed it off to us proudly."

Zhuchuan: “…”

Chu Li: "It seems I am worse than a dog."

Zhuchuan: “…”

Zhao Chuan didn't dare to say anything. He pointed at the tip of Gu Baizhi's nose from a distance, gave her a cold look that said "I'd be a fool if I can sign my next book to you", and turned his head to look at Jiang Yucheng.

Jiang Yucheng risked his life to save his friend: "You live in that doghouse, and you claim to have a high quality of life, forget it. I couldn't believe my eyes when I went to pick you up downstairs this morning... You are the editor-in-chief of Xindun News Agency, but you live in that slum-like place. I saw with my own eyes a man wearing a hard helmet walk out of the room next to yours, ready to start a hard day's work of moving bricks."

Gu Baizhi kicked off her high heels and put on the wool socks in the small bag given by the stewardess. Without even looking up, she said, "It's terrible. So, Mr. Jiang Yucheng, if you can sell yourself to Herman, I can move out of that slum."

Chu Li: "I used to live in the slums, until I couldn't even afford to live in the slums anymore, and Teacher Chu Chuan picked me up from the street and brought me home."

Zhuo Chuan immediately responded: "That's right, you used the rent you owed over the years to buy a hundred Hermès dog collars. I didn't ask for a penny—"

Chu Li turned her head to look at Zhuo Chuan, who looked back at her confidently: "Am I good to you?"

Chu Li: “……………………Yes, so I have to sell your book to Herman as a token of my gratitude.”

At this moment, Herman was mentioned lightly, and the atmosphere suddenly became a little subtle.

Gu Baizhi nodded and said, "Well, you guys are really here for cooperation on Herman's next book? I knew it, Chuli. It would have been great if you had come to Xindun - now we don't have to be so embarrassed about Herman's affairs..."

As soon as Gu Baizhi finished speaking, the three people beside him looked confused, and it was obvious that they were saying: How do you look embarrassed?

"What's so good about Yuanyue Society? Really, the management's thinking is frighteningly outdated, and there are a few idiots... Uh, you drove away a little idiot Lao Miao, but there is still a big cancer left, stingy and conservative, and looks down on editors - this is the funniest thing - it's obviously a marketing department that relies on editors for food and waits for death, but it still looks down on editors - although Xindun Society is not richer than Yuanyue Society, it can still give me a five-digit salary every month... After all, they know how they can live without me." Gu Baizhi stuffed the mask into the front pocket, "If you want to come, I will also give you a five-digit salary, but you don't want to. Really, I really don't know what's good about Yuanyue Society. Are you nostalgic? Do you like antiques?"

Chu Li: "...When Mr. Chu Chuan told me that you wanted to poach me, he didn't mention the salary at all."

Gu Baizhi looked at Chu Li in surprise: "Now that you know, whether you want to come or not - well, forget it, wait until you get your year-end bonus. If you leave now, it will just give Liang Chonglang, that scoundrel, a bargain-hunting man, a chance to get something for nothing."

Chu Li: “That’s the truth.”

The only classic way for women to start a conversation that never changes:

Find someone you both know and then say something bad about him.

So at this moment, Liang Chonglang, who was sitting in the office looking at reports and pressing calculators, had unknowingly contributed immeasurable amounts of effort to the friendship between Chu Li and Gu Baizhi...

The two started to complain about the arrangement of the activities on the day of the first release of "The Divine Book of Luo River" at the comic exhibition, and complained all the way to the "why" and "where are you now" incidents. With Gu Baizhi laughing so hard that he was out of breath, everyone finally got through the most embarrassing period and night fell.

…

At night, the lights in the cabin went out.

The flight, which lasted for several hours, was boring. Gu Baizhi put on headphones and went to watch TV series, while his two brothers, Zhao Chuan and Jiang Yucheng, took out their laptops and started typing away.

Chu Li leaned on Zhuchuan's arm and slept for a while in a daze. When she opened her eyes, two hours had passed. She didn't know when a blanket appeared on her body. The man held her with one hand and typed with the other.

Zhuo Chuan didn't notice that Chu Li had woken up. His eyes were still fixed on the computer screen, his hands were clacking, he kept pressing the space bar, and he kept arguing with the person next to him in a low voice.

Zhuo Chuan: "You are such a scumbag and you want to compete with me. Black question mark face, I am faster than you with one hand."

Jiang Yucheng: "Yes, yes, you are worthy of being single for 28 years. Your hand speed is really fast. I admire you."

Zhuo Chuan: "It seems that the one who holds the tenderness in my arms right now is me, not you, my friend. Are you heartbroken?"

Jiang Yucheng: "..."

Jiang Yucheng stopped talking. Chu Li felt that perhaps only Chu Chuan, a man with nerves thicker than a bucket, would not feel embarrassed about this topic... So she simply closed her eyes, leaned into the man's arms, and continued to pretend to be asleep.

After a while, a voice came from Zhu Chuan's chest: "Then you and Gu Baizhi..."

Jiang Yucheng: "Who are you scolding?"

Chu Chuan, Chu Li closed his eyes and pretended to be dead: "..."

"Gu Baizhi is also very capable at work. Chu Li occasionally abuses his power for personal gain and makes some small mistakes... I think Gu Baizhi, who is as hard-hearted as a man who only cares about money, would never do that. She is quite suitable for a philistine like you." The man said lazily, "We are two people out here alone this time, why don't we develop some relationship?"

Jiang Yucheng slammed his computer shut: "Take a look at the heroine in the sentence you are talking about... If I value a girl's ability so much, why don't I marry a computer?"

"That's what you told Chu Li at the beginning."

"Since I've been rejected, I don't have to find a way out for myself, right?"

“…”

Chu Li closed his eyes and heard Zhaochuan slowly say "Oh".

I was just thinking that this guy is really careless. He is still discussing her affairs right in front of her. Isn't he afraid that she will wake up and be embarrassed? ... Just as I was thinking about it, I heard Zhu Chuan ask in that anxious tone: "Do you still like her?"

Chu Li's heart was lifted up.

Jiang Yucheng said nothing.

The brief silence made Chu Li feel a little urgent to pee.

At this moment, she felt the man holding her head like a baby and tucking it behind her. The man said in a voice that was firm and possessive, "From childhood to adulthood, I have given you everything. Don't think about it this time. I won't give it to you."