Bai Yuqi not only had to go himself, but he also had to bring along his number one financier, best friend, and lifelong rival, Mr. Gu.
When he called, Bai Yuqi heard an extremely disdainful tone.
"Hello? Why is it you?" Gu Yaoyang frowned, holding his phone.
"Me? What about me?" Bai Yuqi's burgeoning desire to share was instantly crushed. "What do you mean?"
"I thought it would be Qing Tian..." Gu Yaoyang said bluntly. "If you have nothing else, hang up. I'm waiting for Qing Tian's call."
"I!" Bai Yuqi was speechless for a moment, feeling an urge to yank Gu Yaoyang through the phone and beat him up.
How could this guy be so infuriating!
Can't you, love-struck fool, wake up a little!
"Bye-bye." Seeing that Bai Yuqi couldn't articulate much, Gu Yaoyang was about to hang up.
"You! You wait a minute!" Bai Yuqi immediately shouted, "Gu, my rival, oh Gu, my rival! You truly are my rival!
Is there no one else in your heart except Xia Qing Tian?
What about our years of friendship? Huh?"
"If it weren't for our years of friendship, I wouldn't tolerate your constant extortion and wouldn't have protected you at the Bai family so many times," Gu Yaoyang seemed accustomed to Bai Yuqi's intermittent, nagging tone. "I'm the one who helped you retrieve those treasures of your grandfather."
"This... that's true... hehe." Bai Yuqi was always like this; his temper flared up and vanished quickly, his mood changing as easily as flipping a book. "So, I'm going to Finland next month, you coming too?"
"No time, I'm busy with a pile of things every day. Where would I get that kind of American time to accompany you to Finland?" Gu Yaoyang refused impolitely. "Can't you busy yourself with something more important? If you're too idle, go back and see your grandfather more often, so you don't always need me to bail you out. How can you be like this all the time?"
"Xia Qing Tian is going too," Bai Yuqi rolled his eyes. "Xia Qing Yu has an exam, and she's accompanying her."
"Then..." Gu Yaoyang paused and said, "If I squeeze my schedule, I might be able to make some arrangements. What date next month?"
"You, you, you! You love-struck fool! You hypocrite!" Although Bai Yuqi had guessed this outcome, he couldn't help but curse. "You're really my rival! I owe you, right!"
"If you insist on saying so, you do owe me quite a bit," Gu Yaoyang's tone was as detached, cold, and infuriating as ever. "Tell me the time, and I'll have Assistant Lin book the tickets."
"It's not confirmed yet!" Bai Yuqi snorted. "Only Mr. Gu is the busiest, right? I don't need to be busy, do I~ I still need to arrange my time!"
"Then you don't have to go," Gu Yaoyang said directly. "You're not doing anything important if you go anyway. One less person means one less third wheel. Bye-bye."
After saying that, he hung up without giving Bai Yuqi a chance to revert to his nagging persona.
Bai Yuqi stomped his feet in anger, spewing curses.
On the sofa nearby, Nemo, eating pizza and drinking cola, watched Bai Yuqi's outburst. After a final burp, he offered a comment: "Heh, interesting."
Meanwhile, after hanging up, Gu Yaoyang immediately called Assistant Lin: "The urgent matters for next month should be arranged for this month. The non-urgent ones can be postponed to August. I have other arrangements next month.
Also, I might have to go to Finland next month. The accompanying personnel are not yet confirmed, so please apply for my visa first. Also, handle Bai Yuqi's visa. Tomorrow, ask him if he has any accompanying personnel he wants to bring along, and prepare accordingly."
Although Gu Yaoyang complained about Bai Yuqi verbally, in reality, he would still prepare what Bai Yuqi needed in advance.
After all, Bai Yuqi had been unreliable since childhood; without Gu Yaoyang, it was uncertain if he would have lived to his current age.
After instructing Assistant Lin, Gu Yaoyang continued to wait for Xia Qing Tian's call.
However, until late at night, Gu Yaoyang did not receive the call that was supposed to come.
On the other side, Xia Qing Tian's attention was unfocused all evening.
Since Bai Yuqi left the Xia family, Xia Qing Tian had been checking her phone from time to time. Even when Aunt Liu spoke to her, she had to call her name several times before Xia Qing Tian snapped back to attention.
"Qing Tian, are you alright?" Aunt Liu asked with concern. "Is your academic workload too heavy?"
"No, no," Xia Qing Tian smiled sheepishly. "I'm just a bit worried about my aunt. My uncle mentioned before that he had met my aunt when he arrived in Z City, but we haven't heard from them since..."
Xia Qing Tian casually made up an excuse.
However, this wasn't entirely an excuse.
After all, she did have this layer of concern.
But Yu Zi Xuan was with Yue Cheng Feng, so she should be fine. Yue Cheng Feng would take good care of her.
Xia Qing Tian was actually waiting for a call, a call that should have been made.
Unfortunately, she didn't receive this call until late at night.
"Liar..." Before falling asleep, Xia Qing Tian threw her phone aside and muttered irritably, "He even said he liked me... a liar who doesn't even call... conceited guy! No one likes you! Dummy!"
She turned over, wrapping herself tightly in the quilt, and finally drifted off into a dazed sleep.
Meanwhile, Yu Zi Xuan had already been uneasy while staring blankly at the hospital.
Especially when people from the organization called her, intentionally or unintentionally trying to find out if she had made direct contact with Gou Wen, Yu Zi Xuan lied to the organization for the first time.
"I don't know who she is, and I'm not sure if she's someone sent by Gou Wen or from Mobius," Yu Zi Xuan said. "In any case, this attack was very sudden and proves my previous suspicions were correct. My surroundings are full of dangers, and I cannot be careless for a moment."
"Is that so?" The other side did not suspect, and was relieved. After saying a string of comforting platitudes, they encouraged Yu Zi Xuan to do her job well and find Tang Jia Mingzhu as soon as possible. The organization had high hopes for her.
"Okay, I will work hard," Yu Zi Xuan replied vaguely before ending the call.
The organization was deceiving her, hiding things from her.
Once trust has a crack, it becomes extremely fragile.
That person was Gou Wen, and also her sister.
She had always thought her sister was dead, and perhaps her sister also thought she was dead?
The sudden fire at the orphanage killed many people. She was so scared at the time that she kept crying.
Later, someone transferred them and told her that her sister was dead.
If she wanted to survive, she had to work hard to be the one who wouldn't be killed.
Only the most outstanding person had the value to live, and could live...
She abruptly closed her eyes. Yu Zi Xuan had too many memories she dared not recall.
When she opened her eyes again, Yu Zi Xuan met a pair of eyes full of worry. She could hardly believe it, her lips trembling as she whispered the other person's name: "Cheng Feng..."