"No, Sister Annie, Ziqian is my friend's brother, and also my friend. We grew up together. Ziqian, this is Sister Annie. She has helped me a lot before. She's a very nice person." Bai Xiaoru waved her hand to clarify the relationship and introduced Annie and Ji Ziqian to each other.
"Hello, Ji Ziqian."
"Hello, hello, I'm Annie."
Annie nodded, and she and Ji Ziqian exchanged a smile, thus becoming acquainted.
It turns out they're just friends. I thought he was her boyfriend. I almost wronged Xiaoruo. Annie is so embarrassed.
I must ask Xiaoruo properly next time I have the chance, what's the status of her relationship with the boss?
“Oh, right, let me introduce you too,” Annie put her arm around Gu Yao, who had been silent the whole time. “This is my colleague and best friend, Gu Yao. Xiao Ru, if you come to our company often, you’ll see him a lot. He’s the president’s assistant, and he’s always managing things. He can be a bit nosy at times, but he’s a really nice guy.”
Gu Yao looked annoyed; who introduces people like that, Annie?
Annie then introduced Bai Xiaoruo to Gu Yao, "Let me introduce you, my lovely little sister Bai Xiaoruo. She's still in college, a really nice girl. If I didn't know you were so picky and nitpicky, I would have introduced Xiaoruo to you as your girlfriend."
girlfriend?!
The other three were anything but calm.
Ji Ziqian pondered: I haven't even expressed my feelings to Xiao Ruo yet, and now another rival for my affections has appeared?
Bai Xiaoruo was quite helpless: "If Sister Annie and Shushu knew each other, they would probably get along very well. Why are they all in such a hurry to introduce me to potential partners?"
Annie usually tolerated pairing Gu Yao up randomly and never took it seriously, but could Bai Xiaoruo be someone she introduced casually?
Gu Yao silently prayed: No! I wouldn't dare take it even if you gave me a thousand lives! If Mingyu finds out I'm dating his wife, I'd rather die than admit it. Can Annie please stop talking nonsense? If it gets to Mingyu's ears, I'm doomed.
Gu Yaoqing coughed twice to break the awkward silence, "Alright, alright, it's good that we know each other. I'm going to the hospital to get my wound bandaged up."
"Hey, I'll go with you. What if you faint on the way because of blood loss?" Annie grabbed him. They had only just met Bai Xiaoruo and hadn't even exchanged a few words yet. Why was he in such a hurry to leave?
"I'm not that fragile."
"Wait a minute, let me tell Xiaoruo first before I leave. There's no rush." Annie looked at Bai Xiaoruo apologetically. "Sorry, Xiaoruo, I have to go to the hospital with Gu Yao first. Let's meet up again next time."
Bai Xiaoruo nodded, "Okay. But, Sister Annie, since you're here for dinner tonight, why would he...?"
Gu Yao doesn't seem like a drunk person, and it's even more impossible for him to have fallen like that.
"Sigh, I'm even more annoyed than you. I just got here not long ago, and I don't know where this guy got involved with this tomboy. When I arrived, I saw her swinging her bag and hitting him nonstop, and now he's all bruised. We're leaving now, bye~" Annie, Bai Xiaoruo, and Ji Ziqian waved, holding tissues to press on Gu Yao's still bleeding forehead, and hurriedly walked towards the restaurant exit.
"Bye-bye~" Bai Xiaoruo waved goodbye to Annie.
Sister Annie and Gu Yao have left, but Ziqian and I still haven't found Shushu.
"Brother Ziqian, wait here for me. I'm going to the restroom to look for Shushu. She's been in there for so long and I haven't heard from her. I wonder if her stomach pain has gotten worse."
"Um."
Just as Bai Xiaoruo entered the bathroom, Ji Ziqian's phone suddenly vibrated, indicating that he had received a new message.
It was sent by Ji Shushu.
Ji Ziqian took out his phone and looked at it—
[Dear bro, are you and Xiaobai still eating at the restaurant? I got home a long time ago. The moon is beautiful tonight, so you'd better make the most of it. You can't get Xiaobai out every day, so happiness is up to you. That's all I can do for you, little sister~]
After reading the message, Ji Ziqian was both amused and exasperated.
This mischievous girl actually tricked him and Xiao Ruo, and yet they were so worried about her.
Bai Xiaoru knocked on every door in the restroom, asking each one until she confirmed that Ji Shushu wasn't in. She hurriedly came out, "Brother Ziqian, what should we do? Shushu isn't in there. Does this restaurant have any other restrooms?"
What if something really happens to Shushu?
"Alright, Xiaoruo, no need to look anymore. Shushu has already gone back ahead of us," Ji Ziqian reassured her.
"She went back? Why didn't she tell us? She really scared me to death."
Bai Xiaoruo's heart, which had been in her throat, finally settled down. It was better for Ji Shushu to have gone home than to have disappeared and been lost forever.
"Now..." Actually, Bai Xiaoruo wanted to go back a little. Although she knew that Xuan Mingyu would never go back to that house, it wouldn't be good to go back too late. After all, she was already married and had a husband.
In addition, my thigh is still a little sore.
"Xiao Ruo, if you don't mind, would you like to walk with me? We haven't seen each other for so long, and I have a lot to tell you. I'll take you home in a bit."
Brother Ziqian... Bai Xiaoruo wanted to refuse, but seeing Ji Ziqian's persistent and expectant expression, she couldn't bring herself to say no and softened her heart.
Well, that's fine. After all, we just ate, so let's just treat it as a walk. Besides, Ziqian isn't a bad person, and there's no misunderstanding between the two of us.
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