Early the next morning, everyone got up early, had breakfast, and took a bus back to the city.
Just as they set off, Sheng Tang received a call from Gu Jiahui.
"You’re coming back today, right?" he asked Sheng Tang.
Sheng Tang replied yes.
"What ti will you arrive roughly?" Gu Jiahui asked again.
Sheng Tang calculated the ti.
Last ti it took three and a half hours to get into the mountains, and from the city to the foot of the mountain, it took more than two hours, so it would take at least six hours to arrive.
It was already ten in the morning.
"It’ll probably be around four or five in the afternoon," Sheng Tang said, "We’ll have lunch on the way, so it might be even later."
Gu Jiahui: "I won’t be picking you up; I have a date tonight."
"Brother Fei will co to pick up Ai’ai and , no need for you," Sheng Tang laughed, "We’ll see you at ho then."
"Okay, see you later," Gu Jiahui said.
After hanging up, he felt an inexplicable emptiness in his heart, as if sothing had been lost.
He did have a date tonight.
This ti, it was Yang Mingming who asked him out, and it wasn’t just today that she asked.
A few days ago, Yang Mingming asked him if he was free. He happened to have sothing to do in Beijing, so he told her the truth.
Unexpectedly, Yang Mingming didn’t get angry. Instead, she was silent for a mont and asked him when he would return.
Gu Jiahui told her the ti.
"Then let’s et on the 28th," Yang Mingming said, "I really want to see you."
This ant that Gu Jiahui was one step closer to success. When had Yang Mingming ever been so understanding of him?
Tonight’s date was the fruit of his victory, yet he felt no sense of accomplishnt.
He really wanted to pick up Sheng Tang.
Sheng Tang had been in the mountains for almost two months; he wanted to take her out for a good al to make up for the hardships of the past two months.
At the thought of this, Gu Jiahui couldn’t sit still.
He was internally torn.
Rationally speaking, standing up Yang Mingming was very unwise, and Sheng Tang didn’t expect him to pick her up; it was aningless to go.
But emotionally, he still wanted to be the first person Sheng Tang saw when she returned to the city.
If not him, then it might be Gu Shiting.
It wasn’t about competing with Gu Shiting. They were different, and they treated Sheng Tang differently.
Compared to Gu Shiting, Gu Jiahui was more like an ascetic. He was working on himself, not on love.
After hesitating for a long ti, Gu Jiahui made the most irrational decision of his life.
He called Yang Mingming.
"I’m sorry, sothing ca up tonight. Can we reschedule for tomorrow evening?" Gu Jiahui said.
Yang Mingming: "..."
After a long silence on her end, there was an explosive shout: "You’re standing up?"
"No, it’s really sothing important," Gu Jiahui said, "Can we do it tomorrow evening? I’ll make it up to you then."
"Get lost! Who needs to et you? Let’s just never see each other again!" Yang Mingming said harshly.
Upon hearing this, Gu Jiahui felt an inexplicable sense of relief.
It was as if a heavy burden that had been pressing on him since childhood was lifted at the most irrational mont.
However, he couldn’t really let go of all his resentnt.
He wanted to say a few comforting words, but Yang Mingming had already hung up on him.
Calling her again, he found he had been blocked.
Gu Jiahui allowed himself five minutes of relief, pulled himself together, sent her a voice ssage on WeChat, and was blocked there too.
He called Mrs. Yang and explained the situation, asking her to help persuade Yang Mingming.
Mrs. Yang reassured him.
"Mingming is just a bit capricious. She won’t really bla you; your work is important," Mrs. Yang was quite understanding of him.
With the matter resolved, Gu Jiahui took a deep breath and booked a restaurant.
At around three o’clock in the afternoon, he found Ke Fei and asked him when and where he would pick up Sheng Tang.
"I’ll go instead. You can finish work early; you have nothing to do today," Gu Jiahui said.
Ke Fei acknowledged.
He felt that Gu Jiahui still cared a lot about Sheng Tang, but he couldn’t quite understand what was going on between the two of them.
According to Sheng Tang, Gu Jiahui knew about Gu Shiting and was aware that he and Sheng Tang often t, so Ke Fei had no reason to say much.
The bus carrying Sheng Tang approached the city around 4:30 in the afternoon.
She sent an address to Ke Fei, asking him to pick her up at the toll station near the city entrance.
Ke Fei replied, saying okay.
Sheng Tang, along with Wang Chuiyang, William, and others, got off the bus early on the outskirts, to avoid being blocked by paparazzi in the city.
Wang Chuiyang and William’s cars had arrived.
Sheng Tang’s driver was also there.
Unexpectedly, it was not Ke Fei acting as her driver this ti, but Gu Jiahui.
Sheng Tang was a bit surprised.
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