The rebate for this quest was tenfold, adding another two hundred million to Gu Wanshi’s assets.
Right after, she picked out two more women’s watches, one for Madam Mu and another for Mu Anqian.
For one, the gifts they’d given her were quite valuable, and she felt it was only proper to reciprocate, for another, if she only gave a gift to Mu Zecheng alone, it would feel a little awkward.
Leaving the watch store, Gu Wanshi took out her phone and sent Mu Anqian a message.
“Anqian, are you free right now?”
“What’s up?” Mu Anqian replied almost instantly.
Gu Wanshi told her about the watches.
This time it took Mu Anqian a moment to reply. “Aw, thank you so much, Wanshi, but I’m busy right now, and my grandma’s busy too! Just find my brother and give him the watches instead, I just told him about it, you two should have exchanged contacts last night, right?”
Before Gu Wanshi could respond, she saw a message from Mu Zecheng come in.
“Miss Gu, where are you right now?”
Gu Wanshi sent him the address.
“Got it, I’ll be right there.”
Gu Wanshi and Zhao Tong sat in the car waiting, during which Zhao Tong went and bought two cups of milk tea.
Gu Wanshi had tried to pay her back for it, but Zhao Tong flatly refused.
About ten-some minutes later, Mu Zecheng arrived.
Gu Wanshi handed him the watches, explaining in detail which one was for him and which ones were for Madam Mu and Mu Anqian.
Mu Zecheng thanked her, then asked, “Have you had lunch yet, Miss Gu?”
“I already ate,” Gu Wanshi said with a smile.
Mu Zecheng was silent for a few seconds, then said, “Then I’ll head off first.”
“Okay.”
Once Mu Zecheng left, Gu Wanshi got back in the car too.
Zhao Tong had gotten out of the car with her earlier, and although she hadn’t stood particularly close, she’d still heard the exchange between Mu Zecheng and Gu Wanshi.
“Boss,” Zhao Tong said, looking suspicious, “Mr. Mu, could he actually like you?”
“How could that be?” Gu Wanshi said without a second thought. “This was only the second time we’ve met.”
“But, from how he sounded just now, it seemed like he wanted to ask you to lunch.”
Gu Wanshi thought about it and said, “That’s just him being polite.”
Come to think of it, she’d never actually dated anyone in her past life, although she’d acted in romance scenes, they’d been rare.
So when it came to matters of the heart, she was a bit dense.
But no matter how she thought about it, she couldn’t imagine Mu Zecheng liking her.
Anyone else, maybe, but this was Mu Zecheng, rumor had it he had no interest in women at all, that no woman had ever appeared by his side, and even the assistants and secretaries under him were all men.
“You must be overthinking this,” Gu Wanshi concluded.
“Fair enough.”
Meanwhile, once Mu Zecheng got into his own car, he immediately opened the box holding his watch.
He removed his old watch and put on the new one.
Yes, it suited him perfectly.
Mu Zecheng’s lips curved into a faint smile.
Although the watch Gu Wanshi had given him wasn’t exclusively made for him alone… for some reason, his mood still lifted noticeably.
Ever since first seeing her at “Drunken Sea and Clouds,” he’d found her interesting.
Then later, at the mall, seeing her being harassed by another man, he’d had security teach the man a proper lesson.
At the time he hadn’t thought much of it, just felt that he couldn’t let her be bullied by anyone.
Then, later still, she’d saved his grandmother…
Mu Zecheng lowered his eyes to look at the watch on his wrist, a faint glint flickering in them.
He’d never dated anyone before, never liked any woman.
Even now, he wasn’t sure whether what he felt toward Gu Wanshi could really be called liking her.
But he had to admit, he wanted to keep getting to know her, wanted to understand her better.
Yet Gu Wanshi didn’t seem to feel that way about him at all…
As he was pondering this, Mu Anqian’s call came through.
“Brother, did you see Wanshi? How did it go?” Mu Anqian asked eagerly.
“I saw her,” Mu Zecheng said. “I got the watches, I’ll give you yours tonight when I get home.”
“Ugh, who’s asking about the watches, I’m asking about you and Wanshi! Is she next to you right now?”
“No.”
“How did you mess this up?” Mu Anqian complained. “You couldn’t even manage to ask her to lunch?”
Mu Zecheng rubbed his temples and said, “She said she’d already eaten.”
Mu Anqian went quiet for a moment, then let out a merciless laugh. “Hahaha, so you asked her and got turned down! My dear big brother, so this day has finally come for you?”
“Was there anything else?” Mu Zecheng asked flatly.
“Don’t rush me, I think I should help you out, sigh, since you’re my brother after all!”
“…What exactly do you have in mind?”
“Heh heh, let me think it over properly! But mind you, I’m definitely on Wanshi’s side in this, if she really has no interest in you, then don’t force it, okay!”
Hearing this, Mu Zecheng suddenly frowned, a discomfort settling in his chest that made him miss whatever Mu Anqian was going on about on the other end of the line.
Gu Wanshi bought some food and went to visit the players at the club.
By the time she arrived, the players had just finished lunch and were on a break.
A player named Su Kan was holding up his phone, live-streaming.
He’d originally been a fairly well-known gaming streamer, but after joining the club, he’d focused on training, only going live occasionally in his free time to chat with fans.
“Take a look, everyone, this is our new place, pretty nice, right? All thanks to running into such a great boss, beautiful and kind-hearted… oh, and speak of the devil, our boss is here! Sister Wanshi!”
Su Kan greeted Gu Wanshi with delighted surprise.
The camera panned to Gu Wanshi, and the chat exploded instantly.
“Whoa, so gorgeous! Is she some kind of celebrity?”
“Guys, for a beauty like this, aren’t we supposed to send some gifts?”
“Isn’t this just some plant the streamer hired?”
Su Kan immediately said seriously, “Please don’t spread nonsense! I’m focused entirely on preparing for the tournament right now, streaming’s just to chat with fans, why would I need to hire a plant? Besides, she really is our club’s boss, you can say whatever you want about me, but don’t talk about my boss like that!”
“Exactly, whoever’s saying it’s a plant must have water in their brain.”
“Does a beautiful girl like this even need to be a plant?”
“Well, if the streamer says she’s the club’s boss, that means she’s not just gorgeous, she’s rich too! A total white-rich-beauty!”
“Someone give me her social media handle! I need to follow her!”
“Streamer, have the beautiful girl say something!”
“I feel like I’ve seen her somewhere before, maybe on the news?”
“Please, let us hear her voice!”
Su Kan scratched his head and asked Gu Wanshi carefully, “Sister Wanshi, my fans want to hear you say something, is that okay? It’s totally fine if not! They’re just chattering away.”
Gu Wanshi had long grown used to cameras in her past life, so naturally she didn’t think much of it now.
She had Zhao Tong bring the food inside first, and was about to greet the camera when she suddenly heard a voice ring out.
“Gu Wanshi, I finally found you!”