CHAPTER 206: CHAPTER 206: HE DOESN’T CARE

Faced with Gu Ningyue’s unusual demeanor, Lin Ruixian pondered for a moment before tentatively asking, "Did you have a fight with Ling Tianyou?"

Gu Ningyue took a sip of the iced juice the waiter brought her, and somehow thought of the time she treated Chi Xingtong to a bottle of iced water, which cost 180.

Compared to that place, the prices here were clearly more expensive.

"No fight." Gu Ningyue said these words, but her voice was muffled, "Even if I wanted to fight, Ling Tianyou wouldn’t argue with me."

Chen Rui has already returned, and sooner or later, this role of hers as the clown will be over.

Thinking of this, there was a touch of grievance in her gaze.

Lin Ruixian seemed to catch the undertone of Gu Ningyue’s words and said with a slight smile at the corner of his mouth, "I think you still care a lot about Ling Tianyou."

Gu Ningyue looked at him with a glance, "What good is it if I care? People might not care."

She called him back, but barely said a few words before it went back to talking about Chen Rui.

And he even spoke well of Chen Rui, as if she was the devil, afraid that she would hurt Chen Rui.

Just now, she hadn’t reacted, but thinking about it calmly made it all clear!

She initially thought Ling Tianyou might be afraid Chen Rui would say something to upset her, but now it seems she was being self-delusional.

"Not necessarily!" Lin Ruixian took a sip of the ice water beside him, "You’re not him, how can you know what he’s thinking?"

Gu Ningyue pursed her lips, "Why would I know what he’s thinking? Whatever!"

"You look just like a primary school student now." Lin Ruixian found it a bit funny, but then he looked at her with seeming understanding and said, "Though it’s normal, you never had a boyfriend, right?"

Gu Ningyue gave a cold grunt, just as she was about to list some famous big names, she heard Lin Ruixian say, "Fake couples for missions don’t count!"

Gu Ningyue froze, reluctantly saying, "Well, no, is that alright?"

Lin Ruixian’s smile changed, mixing in a hint of complexity, "How about you be with me, and I’ll personally teach you?"

"Don’t even think about it!" Gu Ningyue rolled her eyes, "As bad as it gets, I’ll be abandoned by Ling Tianyou, but being with you might get me skinned by Ling Tianyou!"

Seriously, who would dare make a cuckold of Master Ling, better off ending themselves than that.

Soon, the Western dishes were served one by one, and those two bottles of expensive red wine were opened and placed on the table.

The two poured a glass of wine each, Lin Ruixian looked at Gu Ningyue and said, "If Ling Tianyou really ends up with Chen Rui, what are you going to do? If I were you, I wouldn’t stay in A City anymore. Chen Rui is not an easy person, even if Ling Tianyou doesn’t care about you anymore, A City certainly won’t have a place for you."

Lin Ruixian had investigated some of Chen Rui’s past and her temperament, so he knew her somewhat.

Gu Ningyue’s personality was too straightforward, although smart, she wasn’t a match for Chen Rui in certain matters.

Moreover, considering the present, Gu Ningyue was far from knowing Ling Tianyou as well as Chen Rui did.

She didn’t even know what Ling Tianyou cared about, what he was thinking.

If this continues, Lin Ruixian thought, even without Chen Rui, there would still be a destiny of separation.

The consequence of not understanding is—mutual distrust.

Gu Ningyue looked at Lin Ruixian and said, "We don’t interfere with each other, if Chen Rui can trouble me, then I’ve wasted my time in the organization, but... you do have a point. More trouble than it’s worth, living life’s most important thing is happiness."

Lin Ruixian nodded, "So, when the time comes, how about being with me and traveling the world together?"

This is something he wanted to do a long time ago.

Only, he wanted to do it with someone he cared about, so he never acted.

Gu Ningyue glanced at him, traveling the world? How much would that cost?

"Forget it! By then I’ll probably be broke."

Without Ling Tianyou’s support, wants to travel the world?

Isn’t this a joke?

Lin Ruixian raised an eyebrow, "If you’re with me, you won’t have to spend a dime. Just accompany me, I’m bored being alone."

He said half-jokingly, and Gu Ningyue suddenly remembered one thing, "By the way, how much do you have in savings now? Not counting what your family gave you, just what you earned in the organization. Do you have three million?"

Gu Ningyue knew Lin Ruixian was very efficient, always among the top ranks in the organization.

The time in the organization was relatively brief, but he took many good tasks and employers were generous.

Over three years, he should have millions, right?

Lin Ruixian drank a sip of wine, praised it, then looked at her and said, "Close enough! Why, afraid I can’t cover your expenses?"

Gu Ningyue looked at him with uncertainty: ’Close enough to what amount?’

After hearing him, it seemed she might have underestimated.

Lin Ruixian twirled a crystal wine glass in his hand, smiling, "Seven hundred sixty thousand only."

Gu Ningyue paused, then swore, "Where is that close enough, it’s vastly too low!"

Double and more, seemed she underestimated Lin Ruixian.

Lin Ruixian laughed and put down his wine glass, looking at her, "As long as it’s not over ten million, to me, they’re somewhat similar."

While chatting, Gu Ningyue felt slightly better.

Only occasionally would Ling Tianyou’s name flash in her mind, making her sad in an instant.

Was she already this fond of Ling Tianyou?

Why did she not feel it at all before?

As they sat in the restaurant eating and talking, they watched the sunshine outside slowly turn yellow.

The setting sun made everything inside blurred and indistinct.

Gu Ningyue enjoyed the quiet moment, finally looking at Lin Ruixian after a long time, "We haven’t eaten out like this in a long time."

Lin Ruixian nodded, "True! The last time we were this relaxed was the day before your master assigned us a mission."

That mission was Gu Ningyue and Lin Ruixian’s first collaboration.

Both thought it would need a lot of time to coordinate, but the mission succeeded unexpectedly.

Compared to the noisy aftermath, the first collaboration was almost laughably considerate of each other.

Thinking back, Lin Ruixian still missed it deeply.

Sadly, nothing could return.

He was still him, but Gu Weiwei was no longer Gu Weiwei.

She was Master Li Ling’s fiancée, and who knows how much longer she would be bound to that role!

But that’s alright, he had waited so many years, he didn’t care about this moment...