Lu Linghong touched his nose, "Probably something..." He sneezed again, then continued, "Allergies, I guess."
After sneezing three or four times in a row, Su Ziqing looked at him worriedly, "You really look like you have a cold. I have some cold medicine here, shall I make you a cup?"
As she spoke, she walked towards the box where the medicine was kept...
"No, I'm not that fragile, I'm a grown man." He raised his hand to check the time. "It's getting late, you should get some rest."
"Are you leaving now?" Su Ziqing looked at him with slight surprise.
Lu Linghong smiled at him and asked, "Do you intend to keep me here?"
Su Ziqing smiled and said, "There are guest rooms here." Since there were bodyguards around, it wasn't really a case of a man and a woman alone together.
Lu Linghong shook his head. "No, I'll go back to the hotel and take the earliest flight back to the capital tomorrow."
Su Ziqing looked at him, feeling a little strange, "Why didn't you take Chengjue's plane back?"
Lu Linghong remained silent for a while before finally saying, "I guess we're just not compatible in this life."
Even if it's just a brief alliance due to occasional events, like Su Ziqing's sudden mishap, he doesn't want to deal with Gong Chengjue at any other time.
Presumably, Gong Chengjue felt the same way.
Some people are just impossible to be friends with.
Su Ziqing didn't say anything more. "Then be careful when you go back. If Senior Brother Feng contacts you, ask him to contact me as well."
Lu Linghong nodded.
The house is quiet again. Although it feels weird to share a room with a bodyguard, the house is a duplex, so living on both floors is acceptable, right?
Su Ziqing coughed lightly, looking at the bodyguard who had been trying to remain invisible.
She remembered that this bodyguard had been sent by Gong Chengjue to protect Zhou Ruoling.
"When did you transfer back from Miss Zhou's place?" Su Ziqing walked to the sofa and sat down, giving a slight bow. "No need to be so formal, sit down."
The bodyguard's heart skipped a beat, and he said seriously, "Mr. Gong said we must be vigilant at all times..."
"Didn't Mr. Gong tell you that when you're my bodyguard, you have to listen to me?" Su Ziqing's face still had a faint smile, but her eyes were serious.
The bodyguard had no choice but to sit down, though he did so in a very formal and respectful manner.
"You haven't answered the question I just asked yet?" Su Ziqing gently swirled the water glass in front of her, fixated on the question she had just asked.
Regarding Mr. Gong's personal emotional issues, the bodyguard felt that he shouldn't say a word, right?
After struggling for a moment, he finally said, "I was transferred back a long time ago, right after Mr. Gong's accident and I came back..."
"Would it be convenient for me to talk to Miss Zhou?" Su Ziqing knew that the man had professional ethics; otherwise, would he act like a gossipy young girl?
A person who can't even get past the hurdle of keeping secrets can't be a bodyguard.
The bodyguard nodded, then added, "But I don't know much."
"Does Miss Zhou meet with Chengjue often?" she asked.
"Not often, about once a week." The bodyguard glanced at Su Ziqing, thinking she probably wasn't angry, but he wasn't sure if she was jealous.
After saying that, he added, "To outsiders, Mr. Gong and Ms. Zhou's relationship appears to be a casual date, but in reality..."
"In essence?" Su Ziqing raised an eyebrow slightly. "You've been following them all along?"
The bodyguard nodded. "Yes."
Su Ziqing: "..."
She couldn't help but take another sip of water from her glass. "Oh, so what are they actually doing?"
"Mr. Gong was busy with official business, and Ms. Zhou was playing mobile games. Then, when the time was up, their 'date' ended," the bodyguard stated earnestly.
Su Ziqing suddenly felt like laughing, "Is it like this every time?"
"Yeah, it's always like this." But the bodyguard paused for a moment, though he probably didn't realize it was obvious.
The media captured photos of the two holding hands intimately, making it seem like their marriage was just around the corner. But now, coming from the bodyguard, this is the truth.
Okay, she wasn't jealous at all; she was just asking casually!
She wouldn't ask Gong Chengjue how he and Zhou Ruoling got along, hmph.
"Not even once?" she asked, putting down her water glass and staring at the bodyguard.
He paused just now, though very faintly, but she caught it.
The bodyguard felt a chill run down his spine as she stared at him with a smile. Ahhh, he would rather face an assassin than face Miss Su like this.
Mr. Gong had previously reminded him that if Miss Su asked any questions, he should answer them to the best of his ability.
It can't be said...
There's nothing I can't say!!
Yes, that's it.
But he's a bodyguard at work, and a straight man off work too, okay? Mr. Gong and Ms. Zhou had an unexpected encounter...
"Hmm? Can't I say?" Su Ziqing frowned slightly.
"Could it be that Chengjue and Miss Zhou did something intimate?" she suddenly asked.
Oh dear, this is so sour it's making the whole room smell sour.
The bodyguard shook his head. "No, it was one time when Miss Zhou had been drinking..."
The word "alcohol" usually implies a story, Su Ziqing looked at him and said, "Go on."
"Miss Zhou said that it would be nice to actually get married, and then she asked Mr. Gong if he was willing." After the bodyguard finished speaking, he felt that the whole room was filled with sourness.
Su Ziqing was no longer as calm as she had been just moments before.
"Mr. Gong was naturally unwilling, and then Miss Zhou said that as a way to repay her for her efforts, he should kiss her."
Su Ziqing knew roughly what kind of person Zhou Ruoling was; she herself had said that a marriage alliance wasn't considered a marriage alliance until it was finalized.
When Gong Chengjue got into trouble, she went to Zhou Ruoling, hoping that Zhou Ruoling could use her family's connections to find out something from the Gong family. However, Zhou Ruoling was calm at that time, as if she had no relationship with Gong Chengjue at all.
It was also said that if Gong Chengjue got into trouble, the marriage partner could be changed.
Then she stumbled upon Zhou Ruoling and Miss An's...relationship. Logically, Zhou Ruoling should know very well what she wants, right?
But for a woman to have such thoughts about marriage, could it be that something has happened between Zhou Ruoling and Gong Chengjue in the past month or so?
Or to be more precise, what happened to Zhou Ruoling?
Did that make her think that marriage was actually possible?
Su Ziqing was deep in thought, but the bodyguard couldn't stand it for even a second longer. "Miss Su..."
"So, Chengjue kissed him." Su Ziqing raised her eyes and looked at the bodyguard.
The bodyguard blinked at her.
How did she guess it so quickly?
"It was an accident," was all the bodyguard could say.
Su Ziqing said "Oh," not wanting to imagine that unexpected scene. Hmm, this is really bad. She suddenly felt very angry. What should she do?
"Oh," she said with a long "oh."
The bodyguard looked at her and felt that her "oh" sounded a bit off. He wondered if he should tell Mr. Gong about it later.
"Go and rest." Su Ziqing stood up and went upstairs to her room.
The bodyguard immediately rushed back to the room and called Gong Chengjue, "Mr. Gong, Miss Su knows that Miss Zhou kissed you."
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