Halfway through the movie, Su Mianmian noticed Tang Yunzheng calling her repeatedly. Thinking it was urgent, she ran outside the theater to answer. Unexpectedly, Tang Yunzheng just wanted to know where she was.
Su Mianmian frowned. "I'm at the movie theater, what's up?" There was a full five seconds of silence on the other end. Just as Su Mianmian was wondering if Tang Yunzheng had hung up, his icy voice came through the receiver again. "With whom?
Su Mianmian, who are you going to the movies with?" Su Mianmian noticed something was off about Tang Yunzheng's tone, but didn't think much of it, assuming his spoiled brat temper was flaring up again. "What's it to you? Do I need to report to you who I'm going to the movies with?"
Tang Yunzheng cursed on the other end. "Su Mianmian, you just wait, I'm fucking coming to find you right now!" Tang Yunzheng hung up, quickly washed up, grabbed his car keys, and ran downstairs. "Stop! Where are you going?"
Tang's mother strode up to Tang Yunzheng. "You came home so late last night, and ran out as soon as you woke up. Xiaozheng, you're a junior in college, you'll graduate in a year, how can you still be so playful!" Tang Yunzheng had no time to listen to his mother's nagging.
"Mom, I really have something to do, I have to go out right away. Can you lecture me when I get back?" "No!"
Tang's mother blocked Tang Yunzheng's path. "Something's happened at the company. Your father went to deal with it last night and hasn't come back yet. You need to go to the company now." "Something's happened at the company?"
Tang Yunzheng frowned. "If the company has problems, my going won't help. Mom, I really have something to do, please let me through, okay?"
Tang's mother was determined not to let Tang Yunzheng leave. "Your father is getting old, and the company will eventually be handed over to you. How can you ignore it? Even if it's a huge problem today, put it aside for now!"
...Su Mianmian finished her phone call and sat back down next to Gu Yizhou. Gu Yizhou glanced at Su Mianmian without changing his expression. "What's wrong?" Su Mianmian frowned. "Tang Yunzheng suddenly called to ask what I was doing, and then inexplicably said he was coming to see me."
Gu Yizhou raised an eyebrow slightly and handed her the milk tea. "Want some more?" "Yes." Su Mianmian took the milk tea, put the straw in her mouth, took a couple of sips, and the sweetness spread from her mouth throughout her body. She squinted her eyes contentedly.
Gu Yizhou saw this and let out a soft chuckle. "Is it that good?" Su Mianmian nodded seriously and held the milk tea out to Gu Yizhou. "Haven't you tried it before? Want to try some?" Gu Yizhou stared silently at the milk tea in front of him, not moving for a moment.
Su Mianmian realized something. "Oh, I almost forgot, you don't like sweets." She tried to pull her hand back, but halfway through, her wrist was grabbed. Gu Yizhou lowered his head, his gaze appearing particularly deep in the dark theater. "Who says I don't love you?"
He took a couple of sips from Su Mianmian's hand. Su Mianmian blinked twice, then suddenly realized they were sharing a straw. Her face flushed involuntarily. She saw Gu Yizhou swallow hard, then give a serious evaluation. "Mmm, delicious."
Su Mianmian's face burned even more, feeling the hand Gu Yizhou was holding was also intensely hot. She silently pulled her arm away forcefully and sat up awkwardly. As they walked out after the movie, Su Mianmian deliberately distanced herself from Gu Yizhou.
That madman Tang Yunzheng—she didn't know if he would really come looking for her—she definitely couldn't let him see her with Gu Yizhou.
Just then, coincidentally, someone bumped into her from behind. Su Mianmian swayed, but Gu Yizhou quickly steadied her. Then, his fingers naturally took hers. Su Mianmian struggled slightly, "It wouldn't be good if Tang Yunzheng saw this later."
Gu Yizhou didn't look at her, his grip on her hand remaining firm. "Don't worry, he won't come." Seeing his certainty, Su Mianmian asked suspiciously, "How do you know?" Gu Yizhou's face remained calm. "I guessed."
At that moment, Tang Yunzheng, whom they "guessed" wouldn't come, was working as a laborer in his father's office. A large order at the company had run into trouble, and everyone was in a frenzy. They were so busy that they didn't leave the company until dinnertime.
As soon as he left the company, he couldn't wait to call Su Mianmian. Su Mianmian was having dinner with Gu Yizhou at the time. She glanced at the caller ID and answered the phone right in front of him. "Tang Yunzheng, why have you been calling me all day?"
Tang Yunzheng repeated his question, "Where are you? Who are you with?" Su Mianmian sighed. "If you don't have anything else, I'm hanging up." "Don't hang up!"
Tang Yunzheng hurriedly said, "I just wanted to ask you, will you come with me to Allen's concert tomorrow?" Su Mianmian glanced at Gu Yizhou, unsure if he would agree to her going to the concert with Tang Yunzheng.
He seemed to have a lot of opinions about Tang Yunzheng. "We'll see." "What do you mean 'we'll see'? I finally managed to get these tickets! Didn't you say you wanted to go to his concert?"
Tang Yunzheng paused for two seconds. "Besides, I have something very important to ask you in person." Su Mianmian frowned. "What is it?" Tang Yunzheng's tone was a little irritated. "This can't be explained over the phone. Let's talk about it when we meet tomorrow."
Tang Yunzheng then hung up the phone. Su Mianmian put down her phone and looked at Gu Yizhou. "Um, Tang Yunzheng asked me to go to Allen's concert tomorrow." Gu Yizhou peeled shrimp, his eyes lowered. "Hmm, do you want to go?"
Su Mianmian thought for a moment. "I'll go. He said he had something to ask me, and I can also clear things up with him." Gu Yizhou placed the peeled shrimp meat into Su Mianmian's bowl. "Then let's go." Su Mianmian carefully observed Gu Yizhou's expression. "You're not angry, are you?"
Although she was a little drunk last night, Gu Yizhou's accusations against her in the car were still ringing in her ears. Gu Yizhou smiled faintly. "You've explained everything so clearly to me, and I'm still angry? In your heart, am I such an unreasonable person?"
Su Mianmian pouted. "Well, I just wanted to clarify things beforehand." As they were talking, they suddenly heard a clear voice call out, "Big brother, sister-in-law!"
Su Mianmian wasn't used to this address and didn't react for a moment until a playful figure came running over. Gu Jingyu, her big eyes crinkling, exclaimed, "Big brother, sister-in-law, what a coincidence! You're eating here too?"
Gu Yizhou glanced instinctively behind her. "Who did you come with?" Gu Jingyu stuck out her tongue. "With my parents."
Turning back to Su Mianmian, she complained, "Sister-in-law, you don't know, they were having dinner with clients and dragged me along. I'm so bored." Su Mianmian found Gu Jingyu adorable. "Do you want to eat with us?" "Sure?"
Gu Jingyu was so excited she wanted to jump for joy, but then she remembered there was a big shot sitting there.
She forcefully suppressed her excitement and looked pitifully at Gu Yizhou. "Big brother..." Gu Yizhou, without looking up, said, "Your sister-in-law invited you, what are you standing there for?" This meant he agreed.
Gu Jingyu happily exclaimed "Yay!" and pulled up a chair to sit next to Su Mianmian. "Hey, big brother, what happened to your mouth?" Gu Jingyu pointed to his lips, tilting his head to examine Gu Yizhou.
Su Mianmian followed Gu Jingyu's gaze and saw a patch of broken skin on Gu Yizhou's lower lip, covered with a dark red scab.
Recalling a scene from last night, Su Mianmian's face immediately flushed. He'd been bumped and bled last night; it must be quite serious. Jingyu was really observant; she'd spent the whole day with Gu Yizhou and hadn't noticed.
Seeing that his head was almost buried in the plate, Gu Yizhou's thin lips curled slightly. "I was accidentally bumped by a drunk cat."