“…” Su Ziqing hummed in agreement, “At first I was a little resistant.”
"And now?"
"Right now... he's actually doing fine, he's a really nice person." Although his ideas are a bit wicked, they always hit the mark.
Without him, she doesn't know how she would be now.
Thinking about this, Su Ziqing felt that she didn't even have the right to 'dislike' it.
"He's a good person?" Luo Ziqi felt like she might be hearing two Gong Chengjues. "What's so good about him? Do you even know what he is..."
"Hmm?" Luo Ziqi kept stammering like this, and Su Ziqing had lost all curiosity. "Whatever you hear may not be true."
After saying that, she shrugged. "Am I not the best version?" Her reputation and her father's reputation were already well-known in City A. Could these things really be believed?
"Ziqing, I'm not talking about you, but anyway, you need to be careful." Luo Ziqi felt that things had to be handled carefully, after all, once you've offended Gong Chengjue, it won't be easy to get out of there.
"Relax, but what about you? How's your relationship with Sheng Yuanshuo going now that it's been exposed?" Su Ziqing looked at the dark circles under Luo Ziqi's eyes, wondering if it was from being too tired from filming or from the news these past few days.
"There's nothing going on yet." Luo Ziqi was a little uneasy. She had prepared herself mentally, but she was still somewhat anxious.
"Um?"
"What I mean is, there's nothing going on with the Sheng family yet." He probably felt that someone like her, from the entertainment industry, wasn't worth taking seriously.
However, Sheng Yuanshuo's intention was that once the matter was made public, he was preparing to take the step towards marriage.
"Marriage?" Su Ziqing was even more shocked than Luo Ziqi when she heard that Luo Ziqi wanted to get married.
Luo Ziqi smiled expectantly. "Yes."
"Your career is booming right now..."
"I never thought about retiring from the entertainment industry. Many celebrities continue to work in the industry even after getting married. Wait, we should be talking about you now, how did we end up talking about me again?"
Luo Ziqi steered the conversation back on track, "Let me tell you, I heard some horrifying news in the capital."
Su Ziqing could roughly guess from her expression that it was about Gong Chengjue, and she was somewhat resistant, "I said, what you hear may not be true."
“I heard that Gong Chengjue came to City A because…” Luo Ziqi whispered in Su Ziqing’s ear, “He got involved in a murder in the capital and came here temporarily.”
Su Ziqing narrowed her eyes slightly.
Luo Ziqi looked at her seriously, "Whether it's true or not, Ziqing, you have to be careful now that you're with Gong Chengjue."
Su Ziqing: "..."
"Are you and Gong Chengjue really a perfect match and getting engaged?" Luo Ziqi suddenly asked again.
Su Ziqing touched the faucet with her hand and then rinsed her palms with warm water.
When I heard that Gong Chengjue had blood on his hands, my palms involuntarily broke out in a cold sweat...
“Of course, they were lovers when my grandfather was alive.” Su Ziqing didn’t want to say too much to her friend, so she smiled slightly. “We’ve been here too long, it’s time to go out.”
Gong Chengjue was not outside. If Su Ziqing hadn't seen the bodyguards still outside, she would have thought that Gong Chengjue had abandoned her and left first.
Luo Ziqi conveyed her message, and then she had to go record a variety show, so she couldn't wait for Gong Chengjue to come back and say goodbye, and left first.
When Gong Chengjue returned to his original position, he saw Su Ziqing playing on her phone alone.
"And her?"
"Ziqi is a very busy person. She has a variety show to record later, and she has to catch a night flight back to the film set to shoot her scenes tonight, so she's leaving now." Su Ziqing put down her phone.
Gong Chengjue simply said "oh," showing no interest in Luo Ziqi's whereabouts.
He sat down opposite her, looking at her thoughtfully.
Su Ziqing felt a little uncomfortable under his gaze. "What's wrong?"
"She wanted to talk to you, right?" Without the word "right," it would just be a question. But with "right," it becomes a question of fact.
Su Ziqing wanted to shake her head in denial, but when she met his shrewd eyes, she felt that it was better to just say it now.
"Yes, she just flew back from the capital. Her relationship with Young Master Sheng has been exposed and she's been trending on social media frequently lately."
"If you want to be with Sheng Yuanshuo, you still have a lot of detours to take." Gong Chengjue doesn't like to comment on other people's lives, but this time, he couldn't help but chime in.
"Hmm? Why?" Su Ziqing had also met Sheng Yuanshuo in person, and he didn't seem like the kind of person who would listen to his family's arrangements.
Gong Chengjue's words made it seem as if Luo Ziqi's relationship with Sheng Yuanshuo still had a long way to go.
But didn't you say you wanted to get married?
“Yuan Shuo is the heir of the Sheng family,” Gong Chengjue said calmly.
"How many men do you think would choose a beautiful woman over an empire?" he asked again.
Su Ziqing's words caught in her throat, and after a long while, she finally said, "But Sheng Yuanshuo wants to get married..."
"Hmm," he replied with only one word.
Su Ziqing understood that wanting to get married and being able to get married are two different things.
"And what about you?" she suddenly couldn't help but ask.
Gong Chengjue raised an eyebrow. "Me? I don't need to answer a multiple-choice question."
Su Ziqing: "..." This domineering statement is so intriguing, it makes me feel a little itchy.
So what he meant was that he wanted it all?
"What are you worried about?" He looked deeply into her eyes. "We..."
“I’m not worried about anything,” she interrupted him directly. “After all, you can control everything.”
"You heartless woman." He glanced at her.
Su Ziqing lowered her eyes, pretending not to see anything.
"Nothing else to ask?" he asked casually.
Su Ziqing hesitated for a moment, then looked around at the surroundings. She still felt that if they sat facing each other, their conversation might be overheard, so she stood up and sat down next to him.
Gong Chengjue watched without changing his expression as she sat close to him and then leaned close to his ear to ask a question.
"You got into a murder case in the capital?"
A warm breath reached his ear, stirring his heartstrings, and Gong Chengjue felt a certain nerve in his body being tugged and tremble.
He hadn't quite heard what she said...
After Su Ziqing finished speaking, she observed his expression; he had drifted off into thought!
Could it be true?
But she's already asked, what if she gets silenced for knowing too much?
"Huh? What did you say?" Gong Chengjue felt as if the beastly nature that had been suppressed for many years had found a crack and was desperately trying to jump out and bite.
His eyes were fixed on Su Ziqing in front of him, watching her red lips part and open. Suddenly, he couldn't help but reach out, put his arm around her shoulder, and took the initiative, kissing her fiercely.
Su Ziqing was startled by the sudden kiss. Was he angry or embarrassed?
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