"Not welcome, so I can't sleep over at my girlfriend's house?" Yang Sijie said with feigned disappointment. "You know, my place is big, but it's just me. It's livelier here, even if it's crowded. Making me go back so late, if I get drowsy while driving and get into an accident..."
Gu Susu immediately grabbed a tissue and wiped his mouth. "Jinx, if you've wiped it, you can forget about it. As long as you don't mind, I'll get you a blanket."
After speaking, she stuffed the tissue into his mouth. Yang Sijie smiled and took out the tissue. "Why do I feel like you've become just like Director Lei from the orphanage?"
Gu Susu cleared her throat and, mimicking Director Lei, put one hand on her hip and pointed at him, "You brat, who are you cursing? Hurry up and wipe that jinxed mouth of yours properly!"
Yang Sijie burst into laughter. "Yeah, that's the look of someone who'll never get married in ten lifetimes."
Gu Susu couldn't help but chuckle and put away the cups.
Yang Sijie asked again, "Did Director Lei get married later? Did she get married off?"
Gu Susu shook her head. "When I left the orphanage, she was still single. She must have been over forty then. Now, I think it's quite good not to get married. If you can support yourself, why must you get married? It's better if you meet someone you like and who's good, but if you meet someone who's not so great, aren't you just causing trouble for yourself? It's better to be single and happy."
Yang Sijie looked at her, his eyebrows furrowed. "Are you telling me you don't plan to get married in this life? Then what about me? Am I not the 'not so great' kind in your heart?"
"Heavens, you're definitely the sun in the sky, the dragon and phoenix on earth. Aren't I always looking up to you?" Gu Susu put on a look of looking up, smiling and revealing a row of pearly white teeth.
Yang Sijie reached out to pinch her cheek, but she dodged him.
She patted her shoulder and said, "You rest on the sofa first. I'll go get the blanket. I'm so tired today, let's get some rest early."
Yang Sijie sighed. "When can I be your real boyfriend? Don't you want to sleep holding me?"
Gu Susu made a face at him and said in a childish tone, "Brother Sijie, why are you saying such disgusting things again?"
"We're not children anymore..."
Gu Susu ignored his protest, went into the room, grabbed a blanket, and threw it at him. "Sleep quickly, I'm turning off the lights."
Yang Sijie hugged the blanket and lay on the sofa with a sigh, pillowing his head with his hands, a smile on his lips. He thought that it was already good enough that she hadn't kicked him out directly.
Gu Susu returned to her room and closed the door. After thinking, she didn't lock it. No matter what Yang Sijie had been through over the years, whether he was a good person or a bad person, she still believed he wouldn't harm her.
The next morning, she was woken by the alarm clock. When she came out of her room, she found Yang Sijie awake even earlier than her, busy in the kitchen.
She looked at his back in the kitchen, a little dazed, thinking that if they hadn't been separated over the years, Sijie would have been her best choice.
But fate had played a trick on them, and her heart was now occupied by someone else.
After washing up and changing, she came to the living room. Yang Sijie had already set out breakfast and beckoned her to eat.
She glanced at the time and couldn't sit down to have breakfast with him. Her wake-up time was very tight every morning, and she could usually only eat breakfast on the way to work.
Moreover, tonight she had to report to Lu Zhiming on the progress of her clients.
"Brother Sijie, I'm sorry, I don't have time to have breakfast with you. Eat by yourself, and please close the door when you leave after eating." As she spoke, she put on her coat and picked up her bag to change her shoes at the door.
Yang Sijie quickly put the eggs and bread into a food bag and handed it to her. "Eat these on the way. Don't skip breakfast, it's bad for your health."
Gu Susu took the food bag and hurried out, saying, "Okay, thank you."
Seeing how rushed she was, Yang Sijie took off his apron and said worriedly, "Forget it, I'll drive you there. Wait for me."
"No need." Gu Susu waved at him. "It's faster for me to take the subway. Driving during rush hour is just as congested. You should eat your breakfast properly before leaving."
She said goodbye to him again and hurried off to work.
Yang Sijie sighed helplessly, wondering if Susu's ambition was a good or bad thing, and then smiled again.
Gu Susu squeezed onto the subway to the company, not late, and even arrived earlier than most people.
There weren't many people in the office, just two older colleagues who had arrived earlier than her, chatting over coffee.
Gu Susu didn't join them, opening her computer to organize the materials she needed to report to Lu Zhiming.
However, she unintentionally overheard one of the older colleagues mentioning Mishang Company and couldn't help but pay attention to their conversation.
"Did you know? Saiou is going to invest in Mishang, and they say they will become Mishang's largest shareholder?"
"Saiou? Weren't they on the verge of bankruptcy a while ago? How do they have funds to invest in Mishang now? And Mishang is the industry leader, usually with strong capital. Would they split their shares with other companies?"
"Then your news is too outdated. Mishang's behind-the-scenes boss, Qin Tianyi, recently failed in an acquisition and had his projects halted. He can't hold on much longer, so Mishang will naturally be affected. Saiou, on the other hand, has come back to life and is about to become bigger..."
Gu Susu's heart suddenly skipped a beat upon hearing this. Was it that serious?
After Qin Tianyi broke off the engagement, he didn't apologize to the Shu family. What was the situation with his Aoxiang Group now?
Also, when she had applied to Saiou Company before, Saiou was indeed on the verge of collapse, on the brink of bankruptcy. Otherwise, Saiou's boss, Wendy, wouldn't have personally gone to entertain clients.
But now Saiou was going to become Mishang's largest shareholder? What was going on? Was it true or false?
She immediately sent a text message to Chang Qingchuan, wanting to verify these matters.
A moment later, Chang Qingchuan replied, saying that Saiou's intention to invest in Mishang was true, but Qin Tianyi had directly refused.
She then asked about the current situation of Aoxiang Group. Chang Qingchuan took a long time to reply, saying he would talk when they met.
So she arranged to have dinner with Chang Qingchuan after work.
Gu Susu was restless all day. When work ended, she finally met Chang Qingchuan and poured out all her questions. Chang Qingchuan told her everything he knew without any concealment.
At eight o'clock in the evening, after parting ways with Chang Qingchuan at the restaurant, she walked aimlessly on the street, constantly thinking about what Chang Qingchuan had told her, and the events that had happened before and after. Pieced together, they seemed like coincidences.
But if they weren't coincidences, it would be too terrifying. She had been trapped in someone's meticulous plan without even realizing it.
Just then, her phone rang. She took it out of her bag and saw it was Yang Sijie calling.
She stared at the caller ID on the screen, took a deep breath, and answered.