CHAPTER 249: CHAPTER 234 FINALLY WAITING TO MEET AGAIN

Tang Tianyou’s current expression was one close to ecstatic excitement, which left the others around him dumbfounded.

The content of the text message was very simple: Tang Tianyou, I sincerely thank you for today’s incident, thank you! By the way, how did your check-up results turn out?

Even though it was just an ordinary thank-you text message, Tang Tianyou still felt surprised as if he had won the lottery. In his eyes, this was the first time Qiqi had taken the initiative to send him a message. He pondered for a long time how to reply. If he said everything was fine, would that mean their conversation would end with a goodbye? He didn’t want to say goodbye to her so soon.

After pondering for a long time in his head, Tang Tianyou slowly typed out: "The results haven’t come out yet, I’m going to pick them up in two days."

In this way, would she take the initiative to contact him again in two days? Then, he could find another topic to keep the conversation going with her.

"How can the hospital be like this, why can my check-up results come out immediately, but you have to wait for two days? No, I will go and check on it tomorrow."

Thinking of her indignant appearance, Tang Tianyou’s smile deepened: "The doctor has already said it’s nothing serious, the check-up is just a routine procedure, don’t worry, I’m full of energy right now."

"Tang Tianyou, don’t do such impulsive things again. If something truly happened to you today, I would feel guilty for a lifetime."

After a moment of thought, he replied: "I was indeed impulsive."

Without pressing the send button, he deleted the words he had typed one by one, and finally sent: "Does the wound still hurt?"

This time it took a while for Gu Qili’s reply to arrive, reluctantly: "It’s much better now; I won’t chat with you any longer, I need to pack up and head home, goodbye."

Had he finally reached the point of goodbye?

Filled with some disappointment, Tang Tianyou simply replied with two words: "Goodbye."

After putting down the phone, he looked at the group of shock-stilled people around him, expressionless, he picked up the wallet and car keys from the table: "You guys keep playing, I have something to attend to and will leave first."

It was only after Tang Tianyou slammed the door of the card room shut that the group, as if recovering from paralysis, came to their senses.

"Did you see that expression on Tang Boss just now? The person he’s chatting with is definitely a woman."

"Damn, that smile on his face is disgustingly sweet. If you didn’t know any better, you’d think he was in the throes of passionate love."

"When have we ever seen Tang Boss care so much about a woman? Could it be that he has genuinely fallen for someone this time?"

"Who knows, he was acting lifeless just before, but the moment he received that text message, he instantly perked up like a dragon in high spirits."

Tang Tianyou drove home, in high spirits, opened the door and looked around the room. Eventually, he found Mickey, the Pug, dozing on the sofa, and picked it up by the fold of skin on its neck and threw it into the car.

Mickey glared at him discontentedly; at this hour, where did he want to take it? Was he having another mental breakdown?

Tang Tianyou took Mickey to Jingshan Park. He parked the car next to the garden they had met in last time. Not knowing in which building and on which floor she lived, he could only wait here.

Mickey, with its excellent memory, knew immediately where they were once the car stopped. In just a moment, its drowsiness vanished completely, and it perched its front paws on the car window to peer outside.

For about half an hour, a man and his dog waited before a Maybach 62S slowly drove in.

The gleaming headlights brightened the colorful brick road of the community, and the flowers and bushes emerged from the darkness. The lights then flashed towards Tang Tianyou’s car, and he hurriedly bent down to avoid the intense beam.

The Maybach 62S stopped in front of a garage ahead; the headlights then turned off, and a person got out. He went to the passenger side, opened the door, and lifted the person sitting there out of the car.

The streetlamp at the entrance cast a bright light, falling directly onto her face,

She nestled obediently in his arms, and as they said something amusing, she laughed towards him gigglingly, her smile was so dazzling it was blinding, and so brilliant it was eye-catching.

Even though she wasn’t laughing at him, Tang Tianyou still couldn’t help but curve his lips into a big smile in response to her.

But that smile hadn’t fully retracted before it froze on his lips.

That’s right, what was he doing here? To watch them show off their affection and find self-torment?

How could he have impulsively forgotten that she is Mu Shuoqian’s woman? Between them stood Mu Shuoqian, like vast seas and mountains.

He was not afraid of Mu Shuoqian, but he wouldn’t be so selfish as to interfere knowing she was happy.

Tang Tianyou lit a cigarette and leaned back in his car seat silently smoking, the sunroof open, he stared blankly at the stars filling the sky.

The pug still sprawled by the car window, staring vacantly at the steps that had long been devoid of people, only covered by a thin layer of light from the street lamps.

In the villa on Jingshan, the bathroom was filled with the steaming heat of hot water.

Gu Qili sat in the bathtub, her uninjured hand covering her face. Whether it was due to the steam or the hand that was applying shower gel on her back, her face had turned red all the way to the base of her neck, as had her entire skin, now flushed with a tender red.

After being worn out all day and covered in dirt, and with her injured right hand wrapped up like a mummy, someone very kindly offered assistance, helping her undress and bathe.

Since her mother wasn’t around when she was young, Gu Qili had never bathed with anyone else. When she got a bit older, she would play with water by herself in the washroom, while Gu Dezhong would sit at the door and chat with her, fearing she might accidentally slip or choke.

Even Gu Dezhong had never bathed her,

"How am I supposed to wash you if you don’t cooperate?" Mu Shuoqian rinsed away the foam from her back with the shower, scolding her in a stern voice while scrubbing her hair.

Pfft, if she were to cooperate more, who knows what indecent things he’d end up doing.

No sooner had this thought crossed her mind than the water in the pool suddenly rose a level, with some splashes spilling over the edge.

That’s what’s real.

She wrapped her uninjured arm around his neck; a layer of white foam floated on the surface of the water, the temperature in the room rose a few more degrees, something slapped against the surface of the water, faster and faster until the rhythm was lost and most of the water had splashed out.

A bath taken so tumultuously left Gu Qili utterly exhausted, and she fell asleep in his arms.

Mu Shuoqian lifted her out of the water, dried her body with a towel, and only then released her from his steady hold. Even at the most passionate moments, he was always careful,

When summer came, Aus City was almost always shrouded in rain.

Mu Shuoqian’s gaze fell upon the two grapevines outside the window, their freshly-sprouted green leaves stretching outwards, and a raindrop happened to fall upon one, bending it downward with its sudden weight.

One drop, then two; the rain soon began to pour.

Mu Shuoqian looked down and pressed a few times on the screen, and quickly, the call connected.

"Send them a big gift, I want to see it by tomorrow morning."

After hanging up, Mu Shuoqian casually closed the window and returned to the bedroom, kicking off his shoes.

Because of her injury, Gu Qili had taken two days off work. When she woke up in the morning, Mu Shuoqian had already left for work. Today’s medication was divided into three portions on the table, with a cup of warm water at just the right temperature beside them.

Gu Qili smiled, picked up the pills, and swallowed them with the warm water.

She washed her face with one hand and, upon reaching the dining room, noticed a box of takeout on the table.

Just as she was about to open the box for breakfast, she received a call from Mickey saying she was on her way to visit her.

Gu Qili sent her location via WeChat, then sat down to eat breakfast.

An hour later, the doorbell rang, and Mickey stood at the door with a thermos and several bags of fruit, peering into the house warily: "He’s... not home, is he?"

"He’s gone to work." Gu Qili took the items from her, "He’s not going to bite, why are you acting all scared like a mouse seeing a cat?"

"Your husband may be handsome, but he’s as stern all day long as an old king on a playing card. It’s hard not to be afraid." Mickey stuck out her tongue, her curiosity piqued as she began to look around the house.

"Your place isn’t that big, I thought Mu Shuoqian’s house would be one of those two or three-story villas." Mickey eyed a vase in the living room, "Even this broken vase is on display here?"

Gu Qili picked two bananas from the fruit she had bought, peeled one for herself, and started to eat, muttering, "Mu Shuoqian said it’s from the Qing Dynasty, cost over three million, I think..."

Just a moment ago, Mickey was disdainfully toying with the vase, but upon hearing Gu Qili’s words, she quickly treasured it like a precious item, carefully wiping with a tissue where she touched it, "A three-million-dollar vase just sitting here?"

"Qiqi, if I sneak it away, would Mu Shuoqian know?"

"Go ahead and take it if you want; he probably won’t know. Last month, I found a small jar under the coffee table, which I thought would be perfect for storing salt. But one day Mu Shuoqian came into the kitchen and saw it. He told me it’s from the Northern Song Dynasty." Gu Qili took another bite of banana, "These things are all gifts from others; he doesn’t care much about them."

"I better be honest. Who knows, maybe even your toilet is from the Stone Age," Mickey said, and collapsed onto the sofa before picking up the remote control. There was a live broadcast of a variety show she liked today, a local program called "Couple’s Challenge."

The TV had just turned on when a news item popped up.