"There's nothing else, so I'll hang up now." Ye Ziyu said, pulling the phone away from her ear.
"Wait!" Gu Xiuyu stopped her.
His voice was cut off halfway, and the sound of a dial tone came from the receiver.
Ye Ziyu didn't want to talk to him for another minute.
It seemed he still needed to try harder!
...
"Ziyu is back?"
There was some commotion outside, and Ye Qianzhi poked his head out to look.
He already knew about the situation online; Shen Meixiu had deliberately shown him her phone. For this, he had also quarreled with Shen Meixiu over her remarks.
Glancing at the clock, Ye Qianzhi picked up the landline phone next to him and muttered, "It's already after work hours, why isn't she back yet?"
"Miss is back." The servant in the courtyard, upon seeing Di Mingjue's car, immediately informed Ye Qianzhi inside the house.
The person who had been waiting for a long time finally returned, and Ye Qianzhi immediately rushed out.
"Where is she?"
There were only servants in the courtyard.
Di Mingjue drove the car directly into the garage, and the two of them came in from behind.
"You're finally back!" Seeing Ye Ziyu, Ye Qianzhi excitedly walked forward and grabbed her hand. He looked her up and down, and seeing that she was unharmed, his worried heart finally settled.
Ye Ziyu, being grabbed by him like that, looked blankly at Di Mingjue beside her.
Ye Qianzhi turned his head and roared at Di Mingjue, "What's wrong with you? Such a big incident happened, and you're not in a hurry to resolve it!"
If he hadn't known late, he would have gone to his company to find him by now.
The two felt bewildered and took a while to snap out of it.
So, he was talking about the gossip online!
Ye Ziyu spoke to explain, "You've misunderstood. I have no relationship with Gu Xiuyu. Those photos were a misunderstanding. Big Brother was also present at the time."
"Misunderstanding?" Ye Qianzhi didn't believe it. "How can people online say you have a relationship with Gu Xiuyu, and that's why Gu Corporation's project partner is Ye Corporation?"
Ye Qianzhi wasn't afraid of what others said; he was just worried that Ye Ziyu wouldn't be able to be with the person she liked. If she really had something with Gu Xiuyu, and he liked her, then he would make them be together by any means necessary.
"Don't you know about the keyboard warriors online? They just spread rumors and say baseless things based on their own imaginations," Ye Ziyu said.
If she really had something with Gu Xiuyu, given their current triangle relationship, those articles would have been deleted long ago, leaving them no chance to discuss it.
Ye Qianzhi looked Ye Ziyu up and down, then gruffly shouted at Di Mingjue, "You come to my study!"
"Can't you say whatever you have to say in front of me?" Ye Ziyu blocked him.
Seeing her defend Di Mingjue so much, Ye Qianzhi's attitude improved. He said gently to Ye Ziyu, "Don't worry, I won't do anything to him. I just have some things to tell him."
"It's fine." Di Mingjue walked past Ye Ziyu and followed Ye Qianzhi upstairs.
Ye Ziyu stood downstairs watching them go up, then sat on the sofa and browsed her phone.
Seeing photos of her and Di Mingjue interacting inexplicably appearing online, she couldn't help but be amused. It had been so long that she couldn't remember when or where these photos were taken.
After ten minutes of browsing, they still hadn't come down.
Ye Ziyu got up and went to the kitchen to pour a glass of water.
Ten minutes later, Ye Ziyu, bored, ate an orange, but they still hadn't come down.
The longer it took, the more she felt something was wrong. She looked up at the second floor, feeling restless. After a moment of hesitation, she got up and went upstairs.
As soon as she reached the top of the stairs, they came out of the study.
"Worried about me?" Di Mingjue strode quickly to Ye Ziyu's side, bending down and speaking in a voice only the two of them could hear.