CHAPTER 25: DO WE KNOW EACH OTHER?

"That still won’t do."

The village chief was very principled: "If I say you can’t go in, you can’t go in."

It’s not that the village chief was stingy, mainly because it wouldn’t be right to make the warehouse public without first consulting Yanyan.

But Chi Yu insisted on going in and reached out to open the door, and the village chief quickly blocked him: "You young people, really, how can you not understand reason at all? When I say you can’t go in, you can’t go in."

The village chief had an impression of Chi Yu, and a pretty deep one at that. His face was like the drawings in a book, hard to forget even if you wanted to.

Though the young man’s face was handsome, he wasn’t very good-hearted. Last night he even badmouthed Yanyan, and the village chief remembered that.

Yu Yang and Lin Xijiang quickly came over and separated Chi Yu and the village chief, with Yu Yang holding onto Chi Yu: "Hey, hey... Chi Yu, listen to me, there must be a reason the village chief said you can’t go in. We’re recording a program right now, so no matter what the issue is, let’s sit down and talk."

Lin Xijiang tried to calm the village chief: "We’re really sorry, Village Chief, let’s sit down and talk if there’s anything."

Sheng Yi, having sent Dao An away, walked over briskly: "The village chief just said, don’t linger around the warehouse here. Let’s find another place to talk if there’s anything."

"Yes, yes." Yu Yang pulled Chi Yu along, giving Lin Xijiang a look, "Let’s go outside."

Chi Yu surprisingly complied and didn’t insist further, only withdrawing his hand from Yu Yang’s grasp.

His clear and bright eyes were like the dimmed night sky, leaving only a flicker of dim light. He turned his head and said to the village chief: "I’m sorry, my emotions were a bit unstable just now. I’m really sorry for the trouble and inconvenience caused."

The sudden apology left everyone present momentarily stunned.

It seemed unexpected that someone as cold as Chi Yu would actually apologize.

The village chief waved his hand generously: "It’s okay, it’s okay. Just listen to the advice next time."

Chi Yu lowered his eyes, turned, and left the warehouse, and everyone else followed suit.

Li Yan, who had just come back from the bathroom, found everyone gone, leaving her alone and forgotten, looked around frantically, and finally stamped her foot in frustration: "Ah—what about me!! Doesn’t anyone wait for me!"

So only she went to find the bathroom for real.

Left alone, Li Yan was preparing to hurry back and catch up with everyone. She turned and was startled by the sudden appearance of a man’s figure: "Ah!!"

Dao An asked: "Who are you?"

"Who are you then? You almost scared me to death, lunatic." Li Yan patted her chest as her heart raced wildly.

"How can you just insult people?" Dao An frowned, then turned to look in another direction: "They’ve all left."

Gu Yuan then put on a straw hat and walked over, his light gaze sweeping over Li Yan before retracting, and walked ahead: "Let’s go back."

Dao An responded and followed.

The moment Li Yan saw Gu Yuan appear, she widened her eyes, feeling this woman... she looked so familiar...

She quickly searched her memory and soon found a face that matched this woman.

It’s her!!

Li Yan immediately caught up and blocked Gu Yuan’s path.

Gu Yuan: "Something wrong?"

Li Yan snorted with a bit of a mocking tone: "It’s you! But that clinginess even I have to admire, to have chased all the way to the Ancient Water Village. How is it, came with high hopes and left dejected?"

Gu Yuan slightly tilted her head, looking at Li Yan with eyes devoid of emotion, and asked: "Do we know each other?"

"Pretending not to know me?" Li Yan felt proud, "Yi Shu always said I had thick skin, but there’s someone with even thicker. Don’t you know what kind of person Chi Yu is? It’s easy to start something out of excitement, but finishing it is hard. Do you really think you’re different to Chi Yu?"