Chapter 1433: 1434: Wait for me, I'm coming to pick you up
Chapter 1433: Chapter 1434: Wait for me, I’m coming to pick you up
Cui Jiangjing, standing by and enjoying the drama, couldn’t resist stirring the pot, “Judging by the frequency of calls and messages, I’d wager that Little Yan Rong’s anger level is five stars, nearing explosion. You better brace yourself. On this day next year, I’ll light incense for you to commemorate just how quickly you ended up six feet under after your first relationship, you poor fool!”
Li Shengxiao glanced at him coldly and smirked, “You managed to win over Gu Linxi?”
Cui Jiangjing, “…”
“Not yet?”
“…”
“Well, at least I’m married. You should probably light incense for yourself first!”
“Damn it!” Cui Jiangjing sprang up from where he was leaning against the wall, his face red with embarrassment and frustration. “Is it such a big deal to find a woman and get married? It’s no big deal! If I wanted to get hitched, there’d be women lining up from Kangfei’s doorstep all the way to mine. I’m just not interested, okay!”
Getting married—what’s there to be so smug about?
Li Shengxiao shot him a cool glance, then smirked faintly as he curled his lips, “You’re aiming for Gu Linxi?”
“…”
Fatal blow!
Cui Jiangjing was gloriously KO’d, left bitter and heartbroken, wanting nothing more than to avoid him entirely as he kicked him out of the office. Yet, even as he lashed out, he furiously accused him of his shameless antics.
“Do you ever stop to think about why I haven’t managed to win her over? I painstakingly got her to agree to a movie date, a hotel booked for the evening, everything set with just the right vibe—moonless night, wind rustling, plans to lure her over. And then your damned phone call came like a death warrant. I had even decided on the kid’s name, only for your call to drag me away and shove the kid right back into his mother’s belly. I haven’t cried at your door about it, and yet you’re using this to rub it in? Could you at least try to be a decent human being?”
“Leave already, just go! I need a moment to be alone. I need to figure out if I dug up your ancestral grave in a past life to deserve being punished like this—pulling your cart in this one!”
“Go!”
Li Shengxiao gave him one last glance. Just before leaving, he said softly, “I’ll help you arrange a meeting with her some other day.”
“?”
Cui Jiangjing stared at his retreating figure, and his frustration in his chest unexpectedly began to ebb.
But the next moment, his mind turned a corner, his mouth clicked as he realized something was off—Shengxiao offered to arrange a meeting with Gu Linxi? Shengxiao knows Gu Linxi well? What’s their relationship?
Why does it feel like Li Shengxiao understands that woman better than he does?
No, he’d have to find some time to visit the Li Group and get to the bottom of things—he had to figure out if there were any juicy details he wasn’t privy to.
Otherwise, he really couldn’t understand why he, one of Capital City’s few eligible bachelors, throwing himself at her so shamelessly, would get such lackluster interest from Gu Linxi—she even seemed to want to beat him up most of the time. This defied logic!
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[I’m heading home first.]
[The movie is about to start, aren’t you back yet? Your phone is unreachable—I keep dialing, but it says “out of service area.” You’re not suddenly flying abroad, are you? Are you on a flight? Wait, that doesn’t make sense—there’s Wi-Fi on flights now, even if the calls don’t go through, you could still see my messages at least.]
[Li Shengxiao, there are only ten minutes left until the movie starts. I’m taking Little Baby to watch it, okay?]
[We’re at the theater now. You booked VIP couple seats?]
[The movie’s started. I’ve put my phone on silent mode. If I don’t pick up when you call, it’s because I’m watching the movie and didn’t notice. You can message me, I’ll respond when I see it. That’s all—Silent mode, done^-^]
After a few messages, nothing else followed. He checked the missed calls list and counted—Rong Yan had called him eight times in total.
Li Shengxiao rubbed his forehead, went back to WeChat, and replied to her message—
[I’m in Capital City. Ran into some issues, lost track of time, and my phone ran out of battery. Don’t go far after the movie. Wait for me—I’ll come pick you up.]