After Gu Xin finished speaking, she ran towards Lu Zheng's house.
Li Muyan took a box out of his pocket and handed it to Gu Nian.
Gu Nian didn't take it, looking at him and asking, "What's this?"
Li Muyan said, "Gu Nian, this is a little trinket I made for you. I've heard about what happened this month from my mother, and I'm sorry I couldn't do anything for you. So, I made this little trinket; you can take it out and play with it when you're feeling down!"
Gu Nian looked at Li Muyan suspiciously, but still didn't take the gift: "Li Muyan, we're just business partners. We haven't talked about anything outside of business in all this time, have we? So, I think we shouldn't exchange gifts privately to avoid misunderstandings. Right now, I don't want to get involved in any romantic relationships with any man. Do you understand what I mean?"
Li Muyan was taken aback, then laughed: "Of course I understand, I understand everything! But I didn't give it to you alone! I also gave some to Huihui, Sisi, and Xinxin. This time there are only two, so I gave the one to Huihui. I'll give the ones to Sisi and Xinxin next month. There's no other connection, so it can't be called a private exchange."
Gu Nian breathed a sigh of relief and took the box. "Li Muyan, I might sound a bit presumptuous, but I still need to explain first. It's mainly because two things happened this year, both related to relationships, and both because of me. I feel quite innocent. Xu Changfeng is alright; at least I know, and I tried to explain things to him clearly, but he just didn't listen. As for Cheng Rui, I didn't feel I treated him any differently, but he insisted I couldn't live without him and was willing to be his concubine. I'm truly innocent. So, let me make this clear: between us, we'll only discuss business, not feelings. If I do anything that makes you mistakenly believe I have feelings for you, you must tell me, and I will definitely correct it, really."
Li Muyan: "...You've reached the age where you should be thinking about marriage. Actually, you could consider me."
Gu Nian shook her head vigorously, "No, no! I finally fell for someone, only to find out it was all wishful thinking on my part. How embarrassing! And those I didn't fall for, they're ruining me! I've made up my mind, love is poison, I can't touch it. Making money is better!"
As she spoke, she opened the box. The box didn't look very big, but it had a nice sense of layering inside. There were two little figures inside, as if they were playing house. There was a mechanism on the outside of the box; when you moved it, the two little figures would move. Although their movements were simple, it looked quite fun.
Gu Nian once again admired Li Muyan's hands-on skills and the flexibility of his thinking.
But Li Muyan caught the key point in Gu Nian's words: "You said you're moved? You have someone you like?"
Gu Nian played with the box, nodding and then shaking her head: "I thought that if I was attracted to him, he was the one I loved, but my mother told me no. I've recently come to my senses, and it seems I don't like him that much. I thought we got along well, so I told you about this embarrassing thing I did. Please don't laugh at me! That thing is in the past. After experiencing the situation where the person I liked didn't like me back, and the person who liked me I didn't like, I don't want to talk about relationships anymore. I'm still young, I'm not in a hurry. By the way, are the people in this box me and Sister Huihui? Why didn't you make four little people at once? It's so nice for the four of us sisters to be together! Why separate us? Xinxin and Sisi aren't much younger than us either."
Li Muyan: ...That's you and me!
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