“Qi, check Douyin!!”
The moment Qi Qi walked out of the lab, she saw the message from Lin An.
Below the text was a link.
Headline:
Shocking! Young Master Cheng Flaunts His New Girlfriend on a Date in Broad Daylight
Even though she had seen plenty of similar news and her heart had long gone numb, it still ached sharply.
Her fingers curled slightly as she couldn’t help but tap on the link.
The link redirected to Douyin.
The location was at a bar entrance. The video quality was too blurry—only a few figures could be made out.
Even with just a blurry profile, Qi Qi recognized Gu Cheng at a glance. The woman beside him was gazing at him with tender affection.
The video lasted only a few seconds. After she paused it, Lin An sent another message: “?”
As the message went through, her phone rang.
“That cheap brother of yours sure moves fast. I couldn’t change my underwear quicker than him. When did he get back? Wasn’t he off chasing Jiang Yu? Don’t tell me he got dumped?”
“You’re asking me? Who am I supposed to ask? I found out two hours later than you did.”
Lin An was silent for a moment, then said, “Qi, if you ask me, just cut him off already. Three-legged toads are hard to find, but two-legged men aren’t exactly rare. If worse comes to worst, I’ll make the sacrifice.”
Qi Qi: “No thanks. I’m straighter than you.”
“…I’m serious. With a face like yours that works for both men and women, if the country supported same-sex marriage, I’d have made my move ages ago. Gu Cheng really is blind as a bat.”
Qi Qi was used to her nonsense.
“Brother Qi.”
Hearing someone call her, she turned around.
Her assistant, Wang Meng, walked over.
“What’s up?”
Wang Meng: “Elder Tang said once this case is wrapped up, you have to go home and rest for a few days.”
Qi Qi: “Tell the teacher not to worry about me.”
Wang Meng was blunt: “Oh, no, it’s not that. Elder Tang is mainly worried you’ll drop dead in the lab, and then he’d have to clear out an autopsy table for your body. Too wasteful.”
Qi Qi: “…”
“Xiao Meng, is there nothing left in this world you want to live for?”
Wang Meng looked wronged: “Those are Elder Tang’s exact words. He told me to relay them verbatim.”
“Fine.”
“Brother Qi, you’re willing to go home and rest?!”
Qi Qi shot her a glance: “Yeah. I won’t waste an autopsy table. I’m not worthy.”
Wang Meng: “…”
“Hahahahaha! Xiao Meng, I told you long ago, her mouth was pickled in arsenic. You didn’t believe me, and now you’ve been shut down.” Lin An’s hearty laughter came through the phone.
Wang Meng pouted: “Sister An, that’s why they say you’re brilliant.”
Qi Qi glanced at her phone.
“Gotta go. I need to take a call.”
“Yeah, I’m off tomorrow. Let’s grab a meal together.”
Once Lin An hung up, Qi Qi answered.
“Uncle Wang.”
It was the Gu family’s driver on the other end: “Qiqi, are you off work yet?”
Uncle Wang had always been good to her, calling her Qiqi in private.
“I was just about to head back. Is something wrong, Uncle Wang?”
Uncle Wang let out a sigh of relief: “Young Master Qiu just called and said the young master is drunk. I need to rush to the airport to pick up the mister and missus. Could you help Uncle Wang pick him up instead? I’ll send you the address.”
It seemed her parents didn’t know Gu Cheng was already back from abroad. Otherwise, they would have told Uncle Wang to keep her away from her brother.
That said, under these circumstances, Qi Qi didn’t want to see Gu Cheng cuddling up with some other woman either.
Unfortunately, before she could figure out how to refuse, the address had already been sent.
Uncle Wang really couldn’t get away, so he hurriedly said a few more words and hung up.
Qi Qi ran a hand through her hair in frustration, grabbed her keys, and walked toward a black motorcycle.
October in Jinggang was no longer scorching.
She wore a black casual shirt and trousers, the collar open wide, revealing her collarbones.
At 1.7 meters, Qi Qi was perfectly suited to handle a motorcycle. She put on her helmet, slid down her sunglasses with one hand, and then came the roar of the engine.
Wang Meng and a few colleagues watched her leave with dazed expressions.
“No wonder Douyin always says every girl has a motorcycle dream,” one of them remarked.
“I don’t know if Brother Qi cuts men down, but she definitely cuts women down.”
Just as the girls were sighing, a string of curses rang out from behind them.
“Is that dead girl riding her motorcycle to work again? Does she have a death wish? I’ll save her a spot in the dissection room sooner or later!”
“Elder Tang is nagging again.”
Seeing who it was, Wang Meng and the others quickly scurried into the lobby.
…
Starlight Bar
The motorcycle came to a stop. Qi Qi took off her helmet and looked at the entrance of the club. She hesitated for a moment before concealing the look in her eyes and walking in calmly.
It was still the same decadent, intoxicating environment.
Perhaps because it wasn’t dark yet, the bar wasn’t crowded, so the group didn’t bother with a private booth.
Qi Qi spotted Gu Cheng at a glance.
Gu Cheng sat there with a languid air. Setting aside his status, his face alone was enough to make women swoon.
The brothers beside him were in high spirits.
Qiu Sheng poured Gu Cheng a glass of wine, then deliberately poured a cup of warm water and handed it to the man on the other sofa.
“Brother Jian, how could you bear to come back from England?”
“Isn’t it because I missed you?”
Jian Yubai lazily draped his arm over the back of the sofa, legs crossed.
He leaned forward, reaching out with his other hand to pick up the cup. The ring on his index finger clinked softly against the rim of the glass.
Unlike Gu Cheng, who always wore a gentle smile, this guy’s smile carried a mesmerizing, soul-capturing allure, and his tone was always flippant.
Qiu Sheng said with a wry grimace, “Honestly, if I actually had those filthy thoughts about you, my dad would be beating me with willow branches every single day.”
Another brother teased, “Stop scaring the guy, will you? Aren’t you afraid Brother Cheng will get jealous?”
Gu Cheng replied lazily, “If you want to know if I’m straight, you can find out yourself.”
That brother chuckled. “If I were a woman, I’d definitely be willing.”
The woman in the leather skirt beside him was thoroughly enjoying the drama from the front row.
She’d heard that the Second Young Master of the Jian family had questionable sexual orientation, but she never thought it was true.
Still…
These two were genuinely handsome as hell. Not just them—the others nearby were top-tier too.
Who wouldn’t want to look at a bunch of 1.88-meter handsome men?
Anyway, one more look meant one more year of life—that was the longevity secret Douyin taught.
“Brother Cheng, weren’t you going after Jiang Yu? Why are you back? Did you win her over? By the way, why did you and Jiang Yu break up? And why did she leave?”
Qiu Sheng really couldn’t sit still. His mouth ran nonstop without a pause.
Qi Qi, who had just approached, unconsciously stopped in her tracks. As luck would have it, Qiu Sheng’s question was exactly what she had always wanted to know but never dared to investigate.
As she waited masochistically for Gu Cheng’s answer,
the man dodged all the questions: “I think we should just let Jian Yubai turn you gay.”
Sure enough, Qiu Sheng shut up.
Just then, Jian Yubai suddenly looked up, and the others turned their heads to follow his gaze.