Although Gu Huaizhi returned to his own home downstairs that evening, his heart remained with Shen Mianyin.
As soon as he got home, while Shen Mianyin was still brushing her teeth, Gu Huaizhi initiated another video call.
Shen Mianyin could only prop her phone up on the bathroom sink, leaning it against the mirror.
Seeing Shen Mienyin brushing her teeth, with her mouth full of foamy toothpaste, didn't seem messy at all in Gu Huaizhi's eyes.
Gu Huaizhi even thought he wanted to see Shen Mienyin like this every morning and night.
After Shen Mianyin rinsed her mouth, she was able to speak: "Did you leave something behind?"
"No," on the screen, Gu Huaizhi's face, bathed in the warm light of his bedroom, looked exceptionally gentle. "I just... I missed you as soon as I left your house."
Shen Mianyin used applying toner as a way to hide her blushing face.
But the cool toner couldn't dispel the heat on her face.
After finishing up in the bathroom, Shen Mianyin took her phone and returned to the bedroom.
Even through the phone screen, with Gu Huaizhi looking at her like that, Shen Mianyin still felt nervous.
"Go to sleep early, good night."
Shen Mianyin was stunned for a moment. This person had just left and immediately called back, but after saying only a few words, he was telling her to go to sleep.
"You called me just to tell me good night?" Shen Mianyin couldn't help but mutter.
"Mhm," Gu Huaizhi said with a smile, "This is already perfect."
For some reason, Shen Mianyin's heart suddenly felt touched by his words.
It was such a simple sentence, yet it sounded sweeter than any love words.
"Gu Huaizhi," Shen Mienyin called out.
"Hmm?"
"Actually, I missed you too as soon as you left." Moreover, even before this, she couldn't help but think about him every day. "Good night."
After saying that, without giving Gu Huaizhi a chance to respond, Shen Mianyin hung up the phone.
Shen Mianyin smiled at her phone, wondering what Gu Huaizhi's reaction was.
But a short while later, the doorbell rang.
Shen Mianyin was puzzled, wondering who it could be at this hour.
She went to the entryway and tapped the screen on the door, only to find Gu Huaizhi standing there.
Hadn't they just hung up the phone?
Shen Mianyin opened the door: "Why are you..."
"You said you missed me," Gu Huaizhi said, standing at the door. "So I came over to let you see me."
Shen Mianyin: "..."
She suspected that this man had simply expressed his longing for her in a more refined way.
Shen Mianyin held back a laugh, stood on her tiptoes, and proactively kissed Gu Huaizhi on the lips, "Then, good night?"
Gu Huaizhi was taken aback, completely unexpected Shen Mianyin to kiss him first. His voice became extremely hoarse: "When you do that, it makes me not want to leave."
Shen Mianyin wasn't completely clueless. Hearing Gu Huaizhi say that, her face flushed crimson.
Although... although she didn't mind it at all.
But they had just gotten together; wasn't it a little too fast?
Gu Huaizhi took a deep breath and said hoarsely, "Good night."
Before Shen Mianyin could muster the courage to ask him to stay, Gu Huaizhi had already entered the elevator.
Shen Mianyin watched the elevator doors close before closing her own door.
She knew Gu Huaizhi felt the same way, and she also understood the respect behind his restraint.
That night, Shen Mienyin experienced insomnia for the first time in a long while.
Early the next morning, Shen Mienyin got up early to make breakfast, and then she messaged Gu Huaizhi on WeChat to ask if he was awake.
If he was, he would see her message.
If he was still asleep, she wouldn't disturb him.
Unexpectedly, Gu Huaizhi replied instantly, "I'm up."
Shen Mianyin: "Then would you like to come up for breakfast?"
Gu Huaizhi: "Okay."
A little while later, Shen Mianyin's doorbell rang.
Shen Mianyin had just put coffee grounds into the coffee maker and hurriedly went to open the door.
Upon seeing Gu Huaizhi, Shen Mianyin said, "Why don't you just add your fingerprint to the fingerprint lock? That way, you won't have to ring the doorbell every time."
Gu Huaizhi closed the door: "No need."
Shen Mianyin wondered if he was still being too polite.
“This is just a rented apartment, after all,” Gu Huaizhi explained. “When we leave later, let’s register your fingerprint with the lock downstairs.”
Gu Huaizhi didn’t even say it was his place—his intention to have Shen Mianyin move in was crystal clear.
Shen Mianyin brought breakfast to the table. Gu Huaizhi liked his coffee black, no milk or sugar, and Shen Mianyin had gotten used to drinking it the same way.
After breakfast, the two arrived at the entrance of Gu Huaizhi's home, where Gu Huaizhi added her fingerprint to the fingerprint lock.
Although Gu Huaizhi didn't add his own fingerprint to Shen Mianyin's fingerprint lock, he did learn the password.
Using the password to open the door was just as easy.
After that, the two got into the car, and before driving, Gu Huaizhi asked, "Can I park the car in front of your company today?"
Asking like this was the same as saying, "I'm her boyfriend."
How wonderfully straightforward.
Shen Mianyin was momentarily stunned but then nodded. “Sure.”
Gu Huaizhi’s eyes visibly brightened, his mood lifting noticeably. He even tapped his fingers rhythmically on the steering wheel as he drove.
Being able to openly and legitimately park his car in front of Shen Mianyin's company for the first time made Gu Huaizhi feel like he was standing a little straighter than yesterday.
As soon as Shen Mianyin opened her car door to get out, she heard the sound of the adjacent car door opening.
She turned her head and saw that Gu Huaizhi had also opened his door.
This man was determined to make a high-profile display in front of her company.
Shen Mianyin watched Gu Huaizhi walk around the front of the car and come to her side.
She quietly waited, wanting to see what this man was planning to do.
Gu Huaizhi smiled and raised his hand, gently smoothing a strand of hair that wasn't even out of place.
Shen Mianyin held back a laugh and said, "Then I'll go."
"Mm," Gu Huaizhi said, "I'll go back to the office and check my schedule, then I'll let you know if I can pick you up tonight."
"Okay," Shen Mianyin nodded.
Gu Huaizhi had finally shown off enough. He figured that among the passersby, there must have been quite a few of Jincheng employees.
Everyone should be able to tell their relationship by now.
Shen Mianyin turned her head and saw Lin Jinshen frozen at the entrance.
it wasn't just him, many other employees had also unconsciously stopped in their tracks, looking at Shen Mianyin and Gu Huaizhi in shock.
This included Xu Huaixiang.
Xu Huaixiang's face was filled with disbelief.
Shen Mianyin and Gu Huaizhi?
Shen Mianyin had really managed to hook up with Gu Huaizhi?
Next to Xu Huaixiang, a colleague couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, "What's going on? Is Shen Mianyin really with... really with President Gu?"
"No way, right?"
“But look at President Gu, he’s being so obvious about it.”
“Exactly. I’ve never seen President Gu act so openly with any woman before, let alone display this kind of intimacy.”
“Even that recent scandal, when the Hong Kong media published those photos, it was just a picture of President Gu standing next to the daughter of Hong Kong’s richest man. There wasn’t any interaction between them at all.”
“Still, wasn’t there a rumor before that Shen Mianyin’s business deals were… well, thanks to someone? Could it really have been President Gu helping her?”
“Stop talking nonsense,” Xu Huaixiang snapped, glancing at Lin Jinshen.
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