Young Master Fei felt anxious, speeding the entire way. He even ran a red light with no one around for six seconds, finally managing to trail right behind Gu Xiyue.
Seeing that Gu Xiyue was about to get into her car and leave, Young Master Fei did not even have time to tidy his clothes as he scrambled and tumbled out of the car to chase after her.
"Xiyue! Wait! Xiyue! Wait!"
In his panic, he naturally failed to notice Gu Xiyue's expression.
Hearing the voice, Gu Xiyue turned her head to look, watching the annoying pest running over in such a disheveled state.
She did not notice that a momentary smile hung on the corners of her lips, and a flash of slyness lit up in her eyes, but both calmed down immediately. It was just that the action of opening the car door became slower than a sloth.
"Xiyue, wait... pant... pant pant... wait..." Young Master Fei ran up in front of Gu Xiyue, panting heavily and catching his breath in large gasps.
"Is there something you need, Young Master Fei?" Seeing the annoying pest arrive, Gu Xiyue had no choice but to put on a show and halt her actions, pretending nonchalantly and indifferently as she asked.
Strange, why hadn't Gu Xiyue gotten into the car yet when he had clearly run such a long distance and spent so much time?
Could it be that he actually possessed extraordinary athletic talent?
There was no time to think too much. Young Master Fei started calling the roll before he had even caught his breath.
As the first major scene in the book, Young Master Fei could be considered to have placed quite a bit of importance on it.
In terms of props, there were a few Supreme Roses that could be called peerless treasures, dozens of fresh and dripping ordinary red roses, a large stack of various red fresh flowers whose names he could not call out, and well, some fake flowers... Although not exquisite enough, something was better than nothing, so he would just make do with them for now. Presumably, she shouldn't care too much about these details, so he would just put a checkmark first to indicate a pass.
Venue? In front of the Gu Corporation building, the environment was pleasant, the atmosphere was stellar, and most importantly, it was the location designated by the original book. Perfect! Checkmark.
Characters present? I am here, Gu Xiyue is here, Ye Chen? Let me take a look, he is here. This was also perfect, checkmark.
Now everything was ready except for the crucial element; as long as the upcoming performance did not experience any flaws and progressed step by step according to the plan, wouldn't his score this time easily pass or even get a high score?
What displeased Gu Xiyue was that her question did not get a response from the other party, and that annoying guy was actually still looking around over there as if something in the surroundings was a hundred or a thousand times more important than her, completely wearing a distracted expression.
This really angered Gu Xiyue.
I saw her willow eyebrows erect, her pretty eyes holding anger, and she reproached angrily, "Young Master Fei, I am talking to you! Are your ears deaf or what? Since it's like this, then I have no need to stay here anymore; I still have a lot of things to do! So, if there is nothing else, I'm going to be leaving first. In addition, I also want to solemnly warn you not to come pestering me again in the future! Otherwise, don't blame me for being unpolite to you!" With that, she turned and made to leave.
"No, no, no, Xiyue, do you know what day today is?"
"What day?" Gu Xiyue turned around to see what on earth he was going to say.
"Today is the 909th day of our meeting! From the very moment we first met, I knew that you are my only true love in this lifetime. My love for you is as eternal and unchanging as the heavens and the earth, and in the days to come, you will be the brightest moon in my heart, while I will become the most scorching sun in your life. No matter when or where, as long as you need me, I will unhesitatingly extend my arms to give you the warmest, most solid support."
"..."
If this annoying guy could confess to her with sincere eyes and a genuine tone, Gu Xiyue, although a little bit moved, would still not hesitate to tell him to stop dreaming and hurry up and give up on this idea.
But right now...
Fei Yangyao's mouth opened and closed, syllables jumping out one by one as he stiffly recited rigid lines, his gaze repeatedly darting toward the security guards behind her.
What? Are the security guards the target of your confession, is that it?
Am I a part of the dynamic between the two of you?
Then why come looking for me? You might as well go find them instead!
Go live with them!
How could anyone insult people like this!
Gu Xiyue felt as if her eyes were about to breathe fire, her expression growing increasingly angry and her chest heaving violently with rage. She simply wished she could pounce forward and bite him to death.
Fei Yangyao turned a blind eye. Standing in place, he raised a hand and snapped his fingers, and a gorgeously decorated floral float slowly drove over. "Xiyue, this is a gift I prepared for you: 520 Supreme Roses, symbolizing my feelings for you. Would you be willing to be my girlfriend?"
Just as Gu Xiyue looked over, she discovered that a tall, annoying guy was flexibly shifting his footwork, intentionally or unintentionally blocking her line of sight.
Not only that, but this annoying guy's gaze was also wandering everywhere, seemingly concealing some sort of unease.
Oh no! She must never be allowed to detect any anomalies, Young Master Fei worried inwardly.
Something is fishy!
She abruptly shoved him aside, stepped forward quickly to inspect, and instantly discovered that these were not Supreme Roses at all. Most of them were just ordinary flowers, and that wasn't even the most excessive part—the most excessive part was that there were! There were even fake flowers!
Gu Xiyue instantly flared up, "Fei Yangyao!"
"Here!" The guilty suspect surnamed Fei panicked and replied reflexively.
At this moment, his heart was filled with confusion and unease.
Where did something go wrong? According to common sense, she should not even look at these roses at all, so why would she go and inspect them closely?
What should he do now?
Wait! Wouldn't this be even better?
The original intention was for her to detest and reject him so that he could successfully complete the fake-boyfriend task between the male and female leads. If she really developed feelings of disgust, wasn't that precisely the result he hoped for?
Thinking of this, Young Master Fei's confidence suddenly surged.
He straightened his posture and asked with feigned composure, "What's wrong? Is there a problem?"
"Fei Yangyao, what on earth do you mean? Why are you treating me like this! There are so many women in this world, why do you have to fixate on just me?
"You've come to my company to harass me every day for the past two and a half years, and every time you come, both of your eyes are wide open with a blank stare. Everyone thought you were looking at me, but that wasn't the case at all!
"Those two eyeballs of yours weren't focused whatsoever; you just treated me like a prop, and your mouth only kept babbling your own words as if you were completing some kind of task. Every time was the same, never changing its appearance!
"No matter what I said, after finishing your own spiel, you would just drop a parting line of 'Xiyue, I'll come again tomorrow' and leave, never! Never once paying attention to me!
"And what about now? Not only was your shadow nowhere to be seen yesterday, without leaving a single word or finding a single excuse, but today you even used fake flowers to fob me off.
"Fine! You don't even look at me with your eyes anymore. Am I, Gu Xiyue, some kind of lowly person? To be sickened by you like this—if you don't give me a clear explanation today, I am not going to let this rest!!"
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