Chapter 334: Chapter 307: You Can Bribe Me
Although Mr. Gu was happy to hear Qiao Yuxian call him "Brother Yanjing," today it seemed to make him uneasy.
Qiao Yuxian seemed to have something on her mind, yet nothing at all.
Gu Yanjing wasn’t quite sure what had happened.
And it seemed Qiao Yuxian didn’t intend to tell him.
After lunch, Gu Yanjing sat at his desk replying to an email.
Qiao Yuxian sat beside him, leaning against his shoulder, chatting with Chen Xi.
Chen Xi had been called over again by someone named Gu Yao.
Though she had her phone with her, the signal was completely blocked.
In fact, after Chen Xi sent her a message, the signal was completely gone.
Qiao Yuxian figured they must have had signal-blocking devices in the car.
So Qiao Yuxian couldn’t pinpoint Chen Xi’s location.
Chen Xi stayed with Gu Yao for three days, and after she came out, she contacted Qiao Yuxian.
Qiao Yuxian was teaching her how to locate by sound.
To see if Chen Xi herself could gather some useful information.
"Tired?" Gu Yanjing raised his hand, using the web of his thumb to support her chin, pinching her cheek.
"No." Qiao Yuxian pinched his finger, "Work well, I’m supervising you."
Gu Yanjing tilted his head to look at her, noticing her lowered eyelashes.
He watched for a while, then shut down his computer, held her hand, wrapped his arm around her waist, and had her sit on his leg.
"What are you doing?" Qiao Yuxian was suddenly startled.
Gu Yanjing looked at her and said, "Are you unhappy today?"
Qiao Yuxian thought for a moment and said, "Just okay."
"Just okay." Gu Yanjing said.
Qiao Yuxian laughed and said, "Why are you suddenly imitating me?"
Gu Yanjing’s eyes softened with a slight smile, looking at her without speaking.
Qiao Yuxian looked into his eyes.
His clear, cool phoenix eyes, narrow double eyelids, with a hint of a smile, like soft snow sprinkled with a bit of sunshine.
Both bright and dazzling.
Qiao Yuxian leaned in and kissed the corner of his eye, "What? Are you unhappy I call you Brother Yanjing? Do you want someone else to call you that?"
Gu Yanjing caught some clues, subtly saying, "No one else."
"Oh? Really?" Qiao Yuxian looked into his eyes, "Our Mr. Gu, the greatest beauty in the world, how could there be no one else?"
"No one," Gu Yanjing replied with unusual certainty.
Qiao Yuxian smiled, wrapping her arms around his neck, "So which sounds better, Brother Yanjing or husband?"
Gu Yanjing looked at her beautiful eyes.
Qiao Yuxian also looked at him, thinking for a moment, "Brother Yanjing? Husband? Brother Yanjing? Husband? Brother Yanjing? Husband?"
From questioning to affirming.
Each time she said it, Gu Yanjing kissed her lips once.
Kissed her until Qiao Yuxian couldn’t stop laughing, and then ended.
Gu Yanjing saw she was finally happy.
Qiao Yuxian leaned on his shoulder, swinging her leg, "Gu Yanjing, your birthday is coming up, how do you plan to celebrate?"
Gu Yanjing said, "Your birthday is coming up too, how have you celebrated in the past?"
"Hmm?" Qiao Yuxian looked at him, "How do you know my birthday is also coming up?"
"Grandfather said," Gu Yanjing replied.
Qiao Yuxian’s birthday on her ID card is fake.
It’s more than a month later than her actual birth date.
"Grandfather seems to know everything." Qiao Yuxian laughed.
Gu Yanjing also smiled slightly, "He’s in Capital City, with his eyes set in Yue City."
Qiao Yuxian pursed her lips, holding back her laughter.
Gu Yanjing pinched her cheek.
Qiao Yuxian couldn’t resist her curiosity, "I’ve always been curious about one thing, but it feels a bit inappropriate."
"I’ve never seen my grandmother." Gu Yanjing satisfied her curiosity, "My mother heard from Gu Zhengyu that my grandmother left the Gu Family when my second uncle was eight. She remarried and had a new family, completely cutting off ties here."
Qiao Yuxian looked at him.
Gu Yanjing said, "I heard... Grandfather and their relationship didn’t seem bad, they respected and supported each other. Grandfather always said Grandmother was a good woman, a qualified mother, and a very competent head matriarch. But..."
"But there was no love." Qiao Yuxian said, "Rather than living together without emotional intimacy, it’s better to separate and find one’s own happiness."
Gu Yanjing agreed with her, "I also heard that back then, the family forced Grandfather to marry by dragging him back from abroad. Grandmother ran away from two marriages, and even the wedding day had a planned escape route. But something happened that day, and she willingly stayed."
Qiao Yuxian just listened, feeling sad.
Two families, an alliance by marriage for interests, sacrificing two people’s happiness.
In five years, they had two sons.
Then ten more years of raising and nurturing.
Finally, still deciding to leave.
After leaving, they completely lost contact.
The intricacies of it all, unless you were directly involved, no one could truly understand or explain.
"Sigh." Qiao Yuxian sighed, "So, how will you spend your birthday?"
Gu Yanjing looked at her.
Qiao Yuxian said, "I don’t really celebrate birthdays. I usually just eat a bowl of longevity noodles. How about you? Can I tag along for your birthday, since it’s only a day apart?"
"We’ll see." Gu Yanjing said.
"Okay." Qiao Yuxian said, "There’s no rush. I’ll head to work then."
As she said this, she tried to get up, but Gu Yanjing pulled her back and gave her a kiss.
Qiao Yuxian obediently accepted the kiss, then got up and headed towards his tea cabinet.
Gu Yanjing followed behind her.
Qiao Yuxian pulled out a box of Xinyang Maojian from there, "Can I take this?"
"Mm." Gu Yanjing replied.
"I’ve completed over half of my internship. The school will send someone to inquire about our internship progress." Qiao Yuxian said, "I’ll use it to bribe the leaders."
"You can bribe me directly," Gu Yanjing said.
"No way. Bribing you would require sacrificing my looks. It’s too costly." Qiao Yuxian said.
Gu Yanjing: "......"
"Alright, I’m heading to work now." Qiao Yuxian tiptoed and kissed him again.
Then she happily left with the tea leaves.
When she got to the translation department, Qiao Yuxian delivered the tea leaves to the director’s office first.
Then Qian Huai almost fainted.
He didn’t even dare touch the box of tea leaves.
"What is this?" Qian Huai asked, trembling, pointing at the tea leaves.
Qiao Yuxian said, "This is tea leaves."
"What kind of tea?" Qian Huai asked.
"Xinyang Maojian." Qiao Yuxian replied.
"This is Blue Sky Jade Leaves!" Qian Huai’s voice trembled.
"It’s Xinyang Maojian." Qiao Yuxian repeated.
"It’s Blue Sky Jade Leaves!" Qian Huai raised his voice.
Qiao Yuxian: "...... it’s tea leaves."
Qian Huai: "......"
"Don’t worry, it wasn’t stolen." Qiao Yuxian said, "Share it with everyone to taste."
"Ah?" Qian Huai looked at her in bewilderment.
Qiao Yuxian put down the tea leaves and said again, "Share it with everyone to taste."
Then she left, leaving Qian Huai alone in the office, keeping his distance from the tea leaves, eyeing them from three meters away.
These wealthy people, wealthy people... that’s the life they lead.