After checking in my luggage and going through security, I didn't have to wait long in the waiting room before I heard the boarding announcement.
Luo Shimiao found a seat, fastened her seatbelt, rested her chin on her hand, looked out the window, and tried hard to recall what happened on the rooftop that night, but she couldn't remember anything.
How could I take advantage of him? Touch his abs? Kiss him? Sleep with him? Luo Shimiao shook his head. Sleeping with him was absolutely out of the question.
Luo Shimiao turned her head slightly. Gu Nian hadn't said a word since he sat down, and had been reading the whole time. It seemed he was really angry. Sigh! It's just a meal, fine, let's go.
Luo Shimiao tugged at Gu Nian's sleeve with her fair fingers and whispered, "Teacher Gu, I'll go back with you for dinner."
"Um."
That's it? Nothing else to say? Like, what happened on the rooftop that night? Aren't you going to go into details?
After waiting for a long time without the man speaking, Luo Shimiao made a face at Gu Nian, put on an eye mask, and went to sleep.
Just as Luo Shimiao put on the blindfold, the man next to her, who had previously had a cold expression, slightly curled the corners of his mouth.
At Jingdu Airport, after getting off the plane, Luo Shimiao turned on her phone and saw 10 missed calls, all from Luo Min. She quickly called back.
Before Luo Shimiao could even speak after the call connected, she heard Luo Min's loud voice: "Luo Shimiao! Is your phone just for decoration? You don't reply to WeChat messages, you don't answer phone calls, what are you trying to do, fly to the sky or bury yourself in the ground?"
Luo Shimiao: "Sister Min, please calm down. I drank too much at the celebration party last night and slept the whole time on the plane. I didn't mean to not reply to you. I called you as soon as I got off the plane."
Luo Min roared, "You're drinking again! Don't you know your own limits? From now on, if you drink recklessly outside, I'll dock your pay!"
"Okay, okay." She sighed, realizing she no longer even had the freedom to drink.
Luo Min calmed down a bit: "Don't come out yet, I'll come get you."
The phone volume was a bit loud. After hearing it, Gu Nian said calmly, "No need, I'll take her home."
Luo Min: "Shi Miao, who is this?"
The voice sounded somewhat familiar.
Luo Shimiao: "Gu Nian."
"So it's President Gu. I've heard so much about you. My daughter Shi Miao is a bit mischievous. If she accidentally offends you, please forgive her and don't hold it against this little rascal," Luo Min said with a warm smile.
Hearing the completely different tone and attitude, Luo Shimiao snorted lightly. They even used honorifics. They bully the weak and fear the strong!
Luo Min: "It's quite far from here, so I'd like to trouble Mr. Gu to take my Shi Miao there."
Luo Shimiao said, "Sister Min, aren't you worried that he'll sell me off?"
Luo Min: "Tch~ I'll believe you if you sell him out. At least Mr. Gu is the world's richest man, noble and valuable. What do you have? Alright, alright, that's enough. I'm going to pick out a script for you."
Seeing Gu Nian laughing to the side, Luo Shimiao said fiercely, "What are you laughing at? What's so funny?"
The man suppressed his smile: "I think your agent makes a lot of sense."
Luo Shimiao squinted at the incredibly handsome man: "Give me the money back. 1350 plus 600 for laundry, that's 1950 in total. No more, no less. Cash, WeChat, or Alipay?"
Gu Nian took out his phone and tapped the screen a few times with his fair and slender fingers.
"Ding-dong"
Luo Shimiao opened her phone and saw the transfer notification! Her jaw nearly dropped in shock. She quickly tapped the screen, and the payment was confirmed.
“Money that’s been transferred out is like water spilled; there’s no precedent for returning any money that goes into my pocket.” She said, quickly putting her phone away, afraid that Gu Nian would ask her to return the money.
Gu Nian noticed her little actions and shook his head: "I'm very curious, how did your family raise you to be like this?"
Luo Shimiao said with dissatisfaction, "What's wrong with me? I have good looks, a great figure, and talent. What's wrong with me?"
Gu Nian crossed his arms, his dark eyes filled with amusement: "Talents? Hanging upside down from tree branches, stealing bird eggs, cheating, climbing on roofs and removing tiles, and swearing?"
"Cough cough cough." She coughed tactically.
Luo Shimiao hadn't expected that Gu Nian would see through her cheating during the last game of Truth or Dare. This man was no simpleton. She quickly changed the subject, pointing to the blue suitcase on the conveyor belt and saying, "The luggage is here."
After parting ways with everyone, Luo Shimiao was led into a black minivan by Gu Nian.
Luo Shimiao got into the car and said in surprise, "Going back already? I haven't prepared a gift yet. It would be so impolite to go empty-handed."
Gu Nian smiled and patted the girl's hair: "No need to prepare a gift, just show up." He paused and added, "There might be a lot of people, so if you're scared, just come with me."
"A lot of people?"
Gu Nian: "Yes, today is my grandfather's 80th birthday."
Luo Shimiao was dumbfounded: "Didn't you say it was just a simple meal?"
Gu Nian shrugged: "My mom told you, but you forgot."
The thought of attending the birthday banquet of the richest man's grandfather made it even more imperative not to go empty-handed.
Luo Shimiao hurriedly asked, "What time does the birthday banquet start? What does your grandfather like?"
Gu Nian: "It's three o'clock this afternoon, so there's really no need for a gift."
"No, I won't go if you don't let me prepare a gift. Tell me quickly, what does your grandfather like?"
Unable to persuade Luo Shimiao otherwise, he could only say, "He likes to collect paintings, especially landscape paintings."
Luo Shimiao smiled, her worries vanishing: "That's easy, I'll go home and steal..."
Gu Nian tilted his head and raised an eyebrow at Luo Shimiao.
"Take one, I have many paintings at home."
"Uncle, could you please go to Lijinhua Garden first?"
Butler Hong Bin said kindly, "Yes, Miss Luo, you can call me Uncle Hong, just like the young master."
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