Gu Family Villa.
Gu Qingyan strode into the villa, looked around, but did not see Shen Zhi Qiu.
Xiao Wanqing lifted her skirt and slowly walked in.
"Aunt Zhang!" Gu Qingyan called out.
"Young Master, you're back." Zhang Ma was preparing dinner in the kitchen when she suddenly heard the young master call her to quickly dry her hands and come out.
"Where is Shen Zhi Qiu?" Gu Qing Yan was a little annoyed when he came back and did not see Shen Zhi Qiu. He had clearly told her that he would have dinner together before he left today. Where did she go now?
"The young mistress has gone to the master's house," Butler Chen reminded her from the side.
Gu Qingyan looked somewhat displeased and immediately took out his phone to call Shen Zhi Qiu.
Shen Zhi Qiu was cooking hot pot at home with Zhou Xiao Ran, and her phone was charging in the room, so she didn't hear it ring at all.
Seeing that the call automatically ended and no one answered, Gu Qingyan called her grandfather.
"Good evening, Grandpa. Has Zhi Qiu returned?" Gu Qingyan asked directly.
"Zhiqiu? Zhiqiu didn't come today." Grandpa's voice came, and suddenly sensing something was wrong, he raised his voice: "Zhiqiu isn't home? What happened? Did you make Zhiqiu angry and leave?"
Faced with her grandfather's outburst, Gu Qingyan had no choice but to appease him first: "No, Zhi Qiu went shopping today. She called me to say she wanted to bring you a gift, but she must have been out too late to go yet. I told her to come home first and bring it to you in a few days."
Seeing that Gu Qingyan spoke with such conviction, Grandpa thought that Gu Qingyan had taken his advice to heart and couldn't help but feel happy: "That's good. Treat Zhi Qiu well. Okay, Grandpa will hang up now."
Uncle Chen watched as Gu Qingyan's face darkened even more after finishing the phone call, and he couldn't help but feel afraid that her anger would affect him, so he stepped aside.
“Grandpa said Zhi Qiu didn’t go.” Gu Qingyan said, staring at Uncle Chen.
"Young Master, I..." Uncle Chen suddenly remembered that when Shen Zhi Qiu left today, she called a car instead of the driver from the master's side. He recalled that he had even helped her carry her luggage, and suddenly felt uneasy.
"Find out where Shen Zhi Qiu went! Notify me immediately when you have the results!" Gu Qingyan took out his phone and dialed his assistant Huang Lin.
Huang Lin was the only person in the company who knew that Gu Qingyan and Shen Zhi Qiu were married. Before, when Shen Zhi Qiu occasionally brought nutritious meals to the company for Gu Qingyan, Huang Lin would wait for her in the underground parking lot, take the lunchbox from her, and then deliver it to Gu Qingyan. Therefore, Shen Zhi Qiu and Huang Lin were acquainted.
Gu Qingyan glanced at the food on the table; it was all his favorite dishes, but he had no appetite at the moment.
"Wanqing, you should eat first, don't go hungry. I'm going upstairs now." With that, she walked towards the bedroom upstairs.
"Qingyan," Xiao Wanqing called out to him softly, "Why don't you have a meal first before going up?"
"It's okay, I'm not hungry." Gu Qingyan said and then disappeared into the stairwell.
Pushing open the door, Gu Qingyan felt a sense of loneliness for some reason.
Seemingly remembering something, he opened the wardrobe and looked inside. He found that he only had his own clothes left for this season, while Shen Zhi Qiu's clothes were all empty.
He strode toward the dressing room, which was filled with a dazzling array of items, including bags and jewelry, all neatly arranged.
Gu Qingyan was somewhat surprised. Based on his understanding of Shen Zhi Qiu, she was such a vain person that even if she didn't want the clothes in the closet, she would still take these bags and jewelry with her. But she didn't. Moreover, the clothes and bags she bought last night were still neatly piled together, with the pockets still intact.
The only thing missing was the bag of gold jewelry.
Gu Qingyan raised an eyebrow. Shen Zhi Qiu was quite good at picking things to take with her.
Just then, his phone rang. He glanced at it and saw it was Huang Lin calling.
"You found out?" Gu Qingyan got straight to the point.
"Mr. Gu, your wife lives on the 20th floor of Building 3 in Lanling Garden in the city. The owner is a girl named Zhou Xiaoran. I checked, and she's your wife's best friend from university, her closest friend." Huang Lin quickly reported Shen Zhi Qiu's location to Gu Qingyan. Seeing that Gu Qingyan didn't speak, he asked again, "Mr. Gu, should I go pick up your wife now?"
"No need, let her stay there if she wants!" Gu Qingyan was a little annoyed, so he hung up the phone and impatiently threw his tie on the sofa.
Outside the door.
Xiao Wanqing had intended to go upstairs to persuade Gu Qingyan to come down for dinner. Just as she raised her hand to knock on the door, she heard Gu Qingyan's angry reply. The corners of her mouth involuntarily turned up. It was truly a stroke of luck.
She straightened her skirt before knocking on the door and calling softly, "Qingyan, why don't you go downstairs and get something to eat? You have a sensitive stomach, so you need to be careful."
Hearing Xiao Wanqing's voice, Gu Qingyan adjusted his breathing, walked over and opened the door. He didn't say anything, but his feet actually started to walk downstairs.
Xiao Wanqing smiled and followed behind.
At the dinner table.
Gu Qingyan ate his meal slowly with a cold face, but it was obvious to anyone with eyes that he was in a bad mood.
Standing to the side, Zhang Ma asked cautiously, "Young Master, should we call the Young Madam again to ask when she will be back?"
"She can come back or not, it's up to her." Gu Qingyan said coldly without even looking up.
Xiao Wanqing curled the corners of her lips, picked up a shrimp for Gu Qingyan, and began to fan the flames: "Qingyan, don't be angry. Zhi Qiu has a bad temper. She's probably unhappy that I'm staying here. How about I move out and stay in a hotel?"
Bad temper? Gu Qingyan began to think upon hearing this. When exactly did Shen Zhi Qiu start to have a bad temper? It seemed that it really was after Xiao Wan Qing moved in that she seemed to have completely changed into a different person, becoming willful and reckless.
He snorted coldly: "Ignore her. You stay here and relax. I'm the one who calls the shots in this house."
Hearing Gu Qingyan's words, Zhang Ma sighed quietly. It seemed that the young mistress of the Gu family would soon be replaced.
Xiao Wanqing lowered her head, a smile playing on her lips, and calmly took a sip of soup.
This wave is in the bag.
She knew that the most important person in the man's heart was her. Even if Shen Zhi Qiu stayed for another ten years, she would still be more important to Gu Qing Yan than her.
After dinner, Gu Qingyan made an excuse that he had to work overtime and went back to his study.
He stared at the computer, feeling extremely agitated. In the past, when he worked overtime in his study at night, Shen Zhi Qiu would always make an excuse that his study was more comfortable, and then she would come in with a book, lean against the sofa in the study, and read to keep him company.
Because she found the sofa in her study too hard, she also got herself a light yellow beanbag chair in front of the French windows, claiming that the more comfortable she was, the harder she would study.
Although he disliked that the yellow beanbag chair didn't match the style of the study, Shen Zhi Qiu had already bought it, and she was indeed reading very quietly in the study, so he couldn't refuse.
But now that Shen Zhi Qiu has moved out, she probably won't sit there with him anymore.
Thinking about this, Gu Qingyan felt a little irritated. What exactly was going on? Was this woman trying to plant a seed of doubt in his heart?
He shook his head dismissively and began to devote himself entirely to his work.
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