Chapter 2 Slow Walking, No Delivery
Gu Qingyan did go to the toilet, but he was indeed delayed because of some things.
He is not in a very good mood today, and he can't say why, the wine is tasteless in the mouth, and his heart is always like a stone, so stuffy that people can't get angry.
There are a lot of people in the bar, and even two people who have never known each other before can get to know each other naturally for a night in this place, and after the night they still return to the posture of strangers.
Gu Qingyan washed his hands and listened to the ambiguous sound of the wall.
It's not surprising that some things are used to it.
When he finished washing his hands, the movement was just over, and then he heard the sound of the door opening.
In order not to cause embarrassment to the two of them, Gu Qingyan kindly didn't turn back in a hurry, lowered his head and washed his hands again before going out.
However, the next scene was a scene that Gu Qingyan had never thought of.
In the hallway, a man and a woman remained in the hallway.
The woman is holding a men's coat in her hand, which is not very tall, but it is better than the proportions of her body.
Medium-length curly hair is draped over the shoulders, a lapel striped patchwork lace-up shirt highlights the grace of the figure, and the facial features are much more refined than two years ago, wearing bright red lipstick, bright and eye-catching, but the beautiful moon eyes are still unchanged, and they look extremely bright in the hazy corridor light.
The man standing opposite her was only wearing a white shirt, and he didn't know what he was talking to her, and the conversation between the two was mixed in the stereo, and Gu Qingyan couldn't hear it clearly.
"I'm sorry,"
Li Yue put away the long hair scattered around his ears: "Mr. Wu is a very good person, but I don't have the intention of falling in love now, I just returned to China, and there are still many things to do, I hope you can find someone who is really suitable for you as soon as possible." β
"No, no, no, I think Miss Li should have misunderstood me,"
Gu Qingyan saw the man in front of her push the gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of her nose.
is obviously an elite image, but in Gu Qingyan's eyes, all that is left is pretending to be forced and obscene.
Wu Mengran smiled softly: "I heard Ni Hao say that you want to open a cheongsam studio when you return to China this time, to be honest, I also have a fund recently that I want to invest in other industries, I appreciate your idea, young people nowadays will rarely invest in this industry." β
"Thank you, but now I don't have the idea of merging shares, because my current development goal is to make an offline store in the mall, and I know that the risk is very high, so,"
Li Yue smiled, and the corners of her eyes hooked: "Are you sure you still want to join?"
Wu Mengran was stunned: "Isn't it an online store? Miss Li wants to go offline?"
"Yes, I didn't think about online for the time being, because my grandmother used to be a tailor in Beicheng, and I wanted to try offline products first. β
Wu Mengran fell silent.
From a market perspective, the apparel industry is changing with each passing day.
First-line luxury brands are high-end repeat customers, mid-luxury is for most of the white-collar workers in the workplace, and fast fashion brands focus on civilians and students.
But what audience can the cheongsam have?
Not to mention the high requirements for women's figures, the largest audience of the workplace and student class is even more impractical, the cost of materials is high, and Beicheng is located in the north, which is not as good as the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River, and the season that can be worn all year round is only a few months.
Wu Mengran has a good impression of Li Yue, it is nothing more than that Li Yue is beautiful, highly educated, and has a face when she takes it out.
It just so happens that he is not short of money, and investing in a studio has no impact on him.
If you can get in touch with Li Yue through this money, this transaction will not be a loss.
But if it's an offline store...
Wu Mengran felt that there was really no need for this, this was a bottomless pit, and the probability of loss was greater than revenue.
There are beautiful women, there is no need to find such an ambitious one, it is difficult to grasp it in the future.
Li Yue is not a fool, and he knows almost everything when he sees Wu Mengran's embarrassed expression.
"I'm really sorry just now, I got your clothes dirty, I just washed them with water, if you don't mind, I'll take it back and help you clean it up, and find time to return it to you?"
"That's good," Wu Mengran caught Li Yue's steps: "Then I won't be polite to you, let's go back first, Ni Hao is still waiting, her temper is about to explode after waiting for a long time,"
Li Yue smiled and said "yes", and the embarrassing occasion was resolved by the woman's high emotional intelligence.
Li Yue was very glad that the other party was still tactful and did not get entangled in the end like those international students when they studied abroad before.
The two men turned and walked out one after another.
Gu Qingyan was not far behind the two of them, and he clearly saw that at the moment when Li Yue turned around, the man in the white shirt made a note from his mouth.
Gu Qingyan narrowed his eyes, if he guessed correctly, that note should be-
Rough.
Heh, this Li Yue, what kind of stuff did he find after leaving him.
Gu Qingyan followed behind the two, unhurried, and the voice he heard in the toilet just now kept echoing in his mind.
No, it won't.
Although Li Yue, a woman, has a docile personality, she will not do such a thing in such a place.
Two years ago, she was inexplicably going to break up with herself, and at that time he thought that Li Yue was just talking and playing, and he lost his temper because he ignored her for too long.
He was busy with the AI project in his hand, and after receiving Li Yue's breakup text message, he only glanced at it cursoly, replied, "Don't have nothing to do", and continued to be busy with the work at hand.
It's been a month since I think about it.
Li Yue didn't call him once in a month, nor did he prepare what he likes to eat and wait for him to get off work in the laboratory building as before, let alone say "good night" greetings every day.
The mobile phone is blocked, WeChat is blocked, and even Alipay can't be contacted.
Gu Qingyan called Ni Hao, and after connecting, he rang three times and was hung up by the other party.
Then he went to the shop opened by Li Yue's grandmother to look for Li Yue, but saw that the door of the store was tightly closed.
In the end, I learned from Li Yue's mentor that Li Yue's grandmother had passed away.
Her grandmother helped her apply for admission to the Politecnico di Milano in Italy before her death, and Li Yue followed the old man's last wish to go to Italy.
In the past two years, Li Yue has not called him once, nor has he heard a word about Li Yue from others.
However, no one expected that they would meet in this place today, or in such a way.
After the memories ended, Gu Qingyan unconsciously walked back to the main bar with the two people.
Ni Hao was lowering her head to send a voice message to her boyfriend, and when she saw the two of them coming back, she whistled maliciously: "Why did you two go for so long, Alas Yueyue, why are you still holding someone's coat, reluctant to let go?"
"Don't mess with you," Li Yue didn't know when Ni Hao would have the identity of a matchmaker: "I didn't wash him, and this fabric can't always be washed with water." β
"Hey, if you can't wash it, you can't wash it clean, it's a big deal to throw it away, you learn this again, and it's great to make a new one for others,"
Ni Hao patted Wu Mengran on the shoulder: "Alas, I'm not blowing the rainbow fart of our Li University designer, our Li Yue is a top student who graduated from Milan Polytechnic University and has won several design awards,"
"Yes, I've heard that Miss Li is very good, and I appreciate it. β
Li Yue was speechless, her face buried in her knees, and she didn't bother to answer a word.
A glimmer of light flashed in Ni Hao's eyes, and he continued,
"It's not just you who appreciate her, our Yueyue is beautiful, highly educated, and has a good temper, the people who chased our Yueyue in college sent all the love letters to the dormitory manager, where is there a shortage of handsome guys in the art department, just drag one out and you can dump his ex-boyfriend 800 streets, what's wrong with refusal, people dare to say it, where is it like some people, don't show up when it should appear, this will steal the cat's strong head and hide from listening to others, what kind of man,"
Li Yue raised her head, and repeatedly felt that Ni Hao's words were wrong, and Ni Hao's next sentence was-
"Come out, I've seen you earlier, Gu Qingyan.
β......β
Gu Qingyan scolded silently.
He embarrassedly tidied up his clothes, and appeared in front of the booth of the three of them with the steps of "I just play dead, I can't let you see that I am embarrassed".
Wu Mengran didn't know Gu Qingyan, thinking that he was just a friend of Ni Hao and Li Yue, so he didn't speak, picked up the wine on the table, and tried to reduce the exposure.
And Gu Qingyan didn't think so, just now Li Yue said that the clothes were not cleaned, which means that the two of them must be together just now.
As for what got dirty...
He really didn't want to admit that the two of them had made the noise, but it was true that there was no one else in the hallway but the two of them.
Gu Qingyan finally knew where the unpleasant anger came from today, and his eyes had never left that Wu Mengran since he stood here, as if he had brought a knife, and he wanted to poke that person to pieces.
Li Yue sighed in his heart when he heard the words "Gu Qingyan", it was different from the time he mentioned it in the car just now, this time he really stood in front of him.
Ni Hao leaned on the back of the sofa with disdain in his eyes: "Is there something wrong with you?"
Gu Qingyan skipped Ni Hao and looked down at Li Yue: "Li Yue." β
Li Yue poked her phone calmly and raised her head shallowly: "En." β
There is no emotion, no tone, and even a look is willing to give him more.
When Li Yue was in college, she pursued Gu Qingyan passionately, and after falling in love, she was obedient, no matter how bad and ridiculous Gu Qingyan was to her, Li Yue never made trouble with him once.
And now, the woman's words and expressions reveal a cold strangeness.
For some reason, Gu Qingyan had a feeling that he couldn't catch her at the moment.
Gu Qingyan found a sofa position, facing Wu Mengran, looked at him twice, and then retracted it to Li Yue.
Li Yue didn't want to look at Gu Qingyan more, two years ago she could tolerate him in every way, as long as he said it, she could do it, but now it's different.
She didn't need him anymore, and the transition between liking and disliking wasn't complicated, just one word.
Gu Qingyan is not a good temper, she was spoiled by her when she fell in love with Li Yue before, and she never spoke to her in a low voice, and this time it was the same.
He tried to calm down: "When did you come back?"
"It's been a week. Li Yue was concise and to the point.
"A week. Gu Qingyan nodded, and asked again, "Why didn't you tell me when you came back?"
Li Yue frowned: "Why should I tell you?"
Both of them broke up, and Li Yue thought there was no need to report to her ex-boyfriend.
"Why,"
Gu Qingyan repeated, shook his head, took out a cigarette, lit it, and the thick white smoke quickly dispersed between the booths.
"Don't say a word when you leave, and don't say a word when you come back, Li Yue, are you playing with me?"
"Gu Qingyan, I think there are some things you have made a mistake. β
Li Yue didn't quite understand what qualifications this person had to say to her, maybe what he wanted to ask was about why she suddenly broke up that year.
But Li Yue didn't plan to tell him.
Li Yue continued: "I personally think we have broken up, and if you ask me this question now as an alumnus, I can tell you that I went abroad to study. β
"Do you think I'm asking you this?"
Li Yue's heartbeat increased unconsciously as soon as she took a look.
Gu Qingyan saw the woman's eyelashes trembling up and down, her head lowered, and her fingers circled on the back of the sofa, he knew that she was nervous.
"I don't want to say much about the breakup, I don't think we're a good fit. β
Li Yue raised his head and looked directly at him: "It's as simple as that." β
"Not suitable?"
Gu Qingyan smiled, when he chased him back then, the whole school knew that he would not chase her and not graduate from college in her life, so she would dare to say that the two were not suitable.
"And who's the right fit for you?"
The man finally couldn't help it, his eyes were like cold swords, his bony fingers were tapping on the table, and he looked at Li Yue: "After two years of going out of the country, my vision has deteriorated, I still really underestimate you?"
"I don't quite understand what you mean, Mr. Gu. β
Li Yue told herself in her heart not to be angry with fools, and said with a smile: "My vision is indeed not very good, I understood this a few years ago, did you know Mr. Gu?"
β.....β
This is to say that she was blind when she chased him before.
"Okay,"
Gu Qingyan raised his eyelids, leaned over to Li Yue's side, didn't give people a chance to hide, and said in a voice that the two of them could hear:
"Then it was all pretending to fall in love with me before?Why haven't you used this trick on me?,I can't wait to find a man, I have to find a man with similar conditions.,You can also see this today?Praise you on the surface for being good to you.,Turn around and scold you behind your back.,Believe it or not.,He dared not to know you when he got out of this door.,Except-
Before Gu Qingyan finished speaking, the sentence "No one will like you for so many years in vain except me" had not yet been spoken, Li Yue had already gotten up, ripped his tie with one hand, and pushed him onto the sofa with the other, and then watched her pick up the wine bottle on the table, and the cold liquid splashed down instantly.
Li Yue's shoulders trembled, and her voice trembled.
", I don't want to see you!"
"it!"
Kong Mu was so frightened that he didn't stop his steps, and he almost threw himself on the sofa.
"No, if you have something to say, Li Yue, you're a little too much!"
Gu Qingyan was so embarrassed for the first time in his life, looking at his son-in-law who was afraid of the sky and the earth on weekdays, the money he raised was expensive.
Fang Yu stood up: "What are you playing cheap, you Li Yue, do you know where this is, playing tricks with here, fishing for rich people and daring to play temper are you!"
Bang Bang β
The sound of wine bottles smashing,
Ni Hao held the handle of the wine bottle and said to Fang Yu: "Shut up your rotten mouth for me, and don't give a speech about your filthy thoughts as life experience, do you think everyone is like you as a licking dog to insure your tongue?"
"You-"
"Shut up,"
Ni Hao has always been disgusted with Gu Qingyan's friend, he bullied Li Yue a lot when he was in college, and was later cleaned up by her, but he didn't expect it to be the same now, especially what he said about Li Yue just now, Ni Hao couldn't help it.
"The wine bottle is in my hand, today a grandmother, I smashed your head out of this door, no one dares to say that I smashed it, believe it or not, I told you to shut up is a good word, dare to say a word, I will cut off your tongue for you, keep your tongue to coax your master to go"
Fang Yu's face was red when he was yelled, there were many people around to watch the excitement, the other party was still Ni Hao, the Ni family was strong in Beicheng, he couldn't afford to provoke him.
"Don't talk yet," Kong Mu pushed Fang Yu aside: "It's nothing to do with you, don't get involved." β
Fang Yu's fists squeaked, but he didn't dare to get angry again, he could only stare at Li Yue with a resentful look.
Gu Qingyan collapsed on the sofa in a daze, obviously frightened by Li Yue's actions, and sat on the sofa in a daze and let the liquid soak through his clothes layer by layer.
At that moment, he was really stunned, he didn't even dare to imagine that the move just now would be made by Li Yue.
How so?
After the shock, the faster came naturally anger, after all, he was Gu Qingyan, the only heir of the famous Gu family, looking at the entire Beicheng, how could anyone dare to do this to him.
"Li Yue, come over to me!"
"If you ask me to come over, will you instruct me after so many years?"
"I let youβ"
"Stop. β
Li Yue interrupted Gu Qingyan's words, and stretched out his palm to make a stop movement towards him
"In this way, you heard about me first, Gu Qingyan, I don't know what you mean by stalking me today, and I won't ask you, but I think you should know, I don't want to have anything to do with you anymore, we have broken up a long time ago." β
Li Yue turned his head and looked at Kong Muan: "I have something to say?"
Kong murmured: "...."
"No, what's the matter with me, Li Yue, you have something to say, calm down, did you and Brother Yan misunderstand something?"
"Misunderstanding?"
Li Yue sneered, and seemed to be mocking, and suddenly felt cold.
That's how the word misunderstanding is used?
pretending, wanting to capture the old and indulge, she Li Yue followed him for two years and finally ended up with such two words?
Gu Qingyan stood up after calming down, and the liquid splashed on his clothes ticked to the ground.
Li Yue turned her head away and closed her eyes, which had been sour and swollen for a long time.
She had imagined today's scenario two years ago.
She thought that she would have to return to China sooner or later, Beicheng was so big, she would meet Gu Qingyan sooner or later, if he didn't say it, maybe the two of them could be strangers again.
If he said it, then the two of them would definitely have a big fight like today, and they would break up unhappily.
Li Yue felt that the man was approaching her, and she wanted to retreat, but the man was working faster than her, and grabbed her wrist.
"You just came back, I won't quarrel with you, Li Yue, you look at me, I have something to ask you now,"
Li Yue stubbornly didn't look back, and twisted towards the center of the dance floor.
Gu Qingyan's eyes were almost red: "Are you crazy?"
The man's eyelids are thin, and Li Yue can't see it if there is a mist or not: "Break up, you can divide it, and leave without saying a word, now that I'm back, I'll say something to you, you're like this, what about you playing with me, Li Yue? Haven't I just taken care of you for a month?"
"Ha, that's ridiculous,"
Li Yue broke free from the shackles of men: "It's been a month since I've been gone, and my boyfriend only remembered that there is such a person as me, what do I keep you doing if I don't share it with you, and when you marry someone else, do you still remember that you still have a college girlfriend?"
"I said I was busy with other things at the time, I didn't mean to ignore you, and you didn't know that I was in the lab?"
"Are you in the lab all day long? eat there, live there, and have someone to serve you?
Li Yue remembered something: "I forgot that you are the young master of the Gu family,"
"Can you stop talking to me in a weird way, Li Yue, why are you like this now?"
"What's wrong with me?"
"What do you say is wrong with you!"
Li Yue at this moment made Gu Qingyan feel strange.
He admitted that what he said just now was a bit excessive, and he also admitted that he was jealous, after all, Li Yue had never been alone with a strange man when the two were still together, let alone talking to him in this tone.
He heard her grievances, her hatred for him, and her determination not to have anything to do with him anymore.
But what grievances did she have, he was the one who was dumped in vain.
Li Yue rubbed the bridge of her nose: "You don't care what I do, this is our booth, if you don't like it, you can go farther, don't get in the way of Mr. Gu's eyes." β
"Okay," Gu Qingyan's temper also came up, knowing that today's entanglement would definitely be fruitless: "Today, when I have a brain disease, I will waste time with you, my clothes,"
Gu Qingyan took off his coat: "Wash it for me, if you can't wash it, you will pay me the original price"
If you can wash that person, you can't wash him.
Li Yue took the coat, rubbed his two fingers, and stuffed it back into his arms: "If you can't wash this fabric cleanly, I'll compensate you." β
"Fifty thousand. β
Gu Qingyan was cheeky: "I bought it for 50,000 yuan, you can pay for it, WeChat transfer." β
As he spoke, he took out his mobile phone and opened the QR code for adding friends.
However, Li Yue directly skipped this step, operated the mobile phone, and transferred 20,000 yuan to his Alipay.
"Gu Qingyan, if you lie to others, I won't say anything, this kind of fabric can be sold to you for 50,000 yuan, or the person who doesn't sell it will take a fancy to you stupidly, or you will see that you are not only stupid but also have a lot of money, I will transfer the money to you, let's clear the two of us." β
Li Yue's every word was tied to Gu Qingyan: "Slow down and don't sendββ"
β......β