Overconfident Gu Jingshi

"Uh..."

Looking at Su Xiaoxiao's message, Shen Qing's mouth hung slightly open, and he fell into a momentary silence. Just say he picked up a girl?

That definitely wouldn't work; it would be a mercy if Su Xiaoxiao didn't turn him in to the Public Security Bureau.

"I'm giving it to my sister-in-law."

He casually made up an excuse, though he did have that intention. Usually, his sister-in-law was the one buying clothes for him and his older brother, while she rarely bought anything for herself.

"Oh." Su Xiaoxiao replied quickly, "What size?"

Shen Qing glanced at the Female Bodyguard, who was focused intently on the television. "What size..."

Asking her was definitely out of the question. Should he take the clothes she had changed out of to measure them?

His peripheral vision drifted involuntarily toward the balcony, where Shen Qingtang's freshly washed linen clothes were hanging.

Not to mention whether he would be branded a pervert, she would probably try to kill him on the spot.

"Um, Qingtang."

Shen Qing put down his phone and walked over. "I just satisfied your request for cola, so shouldn't you satisfy one of my requests?"

He felt that sincerity was the ultimate weapon.

However, it seemed his phrasing was a bit off; Shen Qingtang immediately grew wary and shrank into the corner of the sofa.

"Y-you, what do you want to do?"

Sure enough, there was no such thing as a free lunch—he was either up to no good or a thief. Was that sweet black water too expensive after all?

"I, I will pay you back."

Shen Qingtang pursed her lips, though she had no idea what she could possibly do to repay him.

"No, it's not like I'd do anything to you over a bit of food." Shen Qing laughed helplessly. "I don't have any clothes here that fit you.

But to buy clothes, I need to know your size—like your height and weight."

As for undergarments and the like, he would have to take her to the mall to buy them; he couldn't ask someone else to help with that.

He didn't want to be labeled a pervert.

Hearing this, Shen Qingtang subconsciously looked at the clothes she was currently wearing and tugged at the collar. They were indeed uncomfortable and a bit too big.

"How do I measure?" Her tone carried a hint of hesitation.

"Just leave it to me."

Shen Qing dug a tape measure out of the coffee table drawer and found a scale underneath. He quickly measured her height and weight and sent the numbers to Su Xiaoxiao.

"Many thanks. Your great kindness, Qing will never forget."

The message had just been sent, and before Su Xiaoxiao could reply, Chen Chen, who had been silent since last night, finally responded, saying he was free this coming Wednesday.

"What's up with this guy? It took him a whole day to reply."

"Hello, food delivery."

Hearing the knock at the door, Shen Qing shook his head and stopped overthinking it. After all, they were about to graduate, and everyone had their own things going on.

Su Xiaoxiao also replied just then: "Received."

However, compared to the calm of the text messages, in a bedroom within a high-end residential complex, Su Xiaoxiao was frantically tagging Gu Jingshi.

She looked at the data Shen Qing had sent and shook her head.

"Don't mess with me."

One meter seventy-two.

No, that was absolutely wrong.

She had seen Shen Qing's sister-in-law before. She might not know much else, but she was very sensitive to height. That woman was at most under one meter seventy, right?

This kid Shen Qing was being dishonest.

"It's bad, Jingshi!!! Your man is about to be snatched away by someone else!"

"Answer me!"

Su Xiaoxiao was so anxious she hopped off the bed and paced around the room. Her best friend had just had a change of heart, yet Shen Qing was about to run off.

Being caught in the middle was truly killing her!

But half an hour passed, and she still hadn't received a reply from Gu Jingshi.

If she weren't worried about interrupting a potential meeting, Su Xiaoxiao would have called her directly.

"Just got out of the company, what's wrong?"

Finally, the phone "dinged," and Gu Jingshi's message arrived.

"Sister! Your man!!"

Su Xiaoxiao's typing speed went into overdrive. "He just messaged me, asking me to help him buy clothes for another girl!!"

Next, she forwarded the chat history from just a moment ago.

"What's the matter? I'm only asking you to help pick out some clothes. Didn't you say it was a gift for his sister-in-law?"

Gu Jingshi's tone was calm; she even sent a smiling emoji.

Su Xiaoxiao's eyes widened, as if she wanted to poke a hole through her phone screen. "I've met his sister-in-law, she definitely isn't one meter seventy..."

"It's fine, maybe you just remembered wrong."

"That's not what I meant!"

Su Xiaoxiao was so anxious she wished she could crawl through the internet cable to shake some sense into this overconfident woman.

"Don't worry, I know what you're worried about."

Gu Jingshi's message carried a sense of certainty. "But Shen Qing doesn't know how to talk to women at all. Even if someone were interested, they'd probably be scared off by his attitude soon enough. He definitely won't be able to escape my grasp."

"Alright, I have things to attend to. My dear Xiaoxiao, let's chat later."

There was no reply after that, leaving Su Xiaoxiao to fret alone; her best friend was simply too confident for her own good.

"No, I have to go check on the situation."

Of course, she had no intention of causing trouble for Shen Qing; after all, they were both her friends.

In the center of Binhai City, beneath the Gu Corporation Building, a pharmaceutical enterprise.

Gu Jingshi stood before the revolving doors, put away her phone, and murmured, "Is Shen Qing trying to run away?"

She had long known about Shen Qing's family situation—his older brother Jiang Cheng and his sister-in-law Su Wan. That height was indeed not his sister-in-law's.

But so what?

In every aspect—wealth, ability, appearance, and even physique—who had Gu Jingshi ever feared? Why should anyone else have the right to compete with her?

"Don't worry, Shen Qing. I'll come find you as soon as I finish dealing with company matters."

Gazing at her own reflection in the glass, Gu Jingshi's eyes were filled with confidence. There had never been a thing she set her sights on that she didn't eventually obtain.

She also knew that cutting off contact so abruptly before was indeed excessive, but she would make it up to him.

Stepping out of the lobby, the night wind howled, causing Gu Jingshi's red hair to flutter. She looked up toward the high floors of the building, where a single light was still burning.

She let out a disdainful snort.

A bunch of old fossils. When her father was alive, he had to consult her on many matters, and now they still wanted to force her into a marriage alliance? They were dreaming!

Her phone rang again.

Gu Jingshi glanced at the caller ID, the coldness in her eyes instantly fading, her voice softening.

"Mother, I'm heading back now."

After chatting for a few moments, Gu Jingshi hung up and walked toward the parking lot.

A red Ferrari SF90 was parked in a reserved spot. She walked over, and the moment she touched the hidden door handle, the car automatically unlocked.

Sitting in the driver's seat, she didn't start the engine immediately, her gaze falling once more on the message Su Xiaoxiao had sent.

"One meter seventy-two, certainly not short, but still a bit lacking compared to me."

Meanwhile, at Sunshine Residential Complex.

Shen Qing had finished dinner and cleaned up the takeout boxes. He dug out the toiletries he had bought and beckoned Shen Qingtang into the bathroom.

"Here, this is toothpaste."

He opened the packaging and squeezed a bit of the white paste onto the back of his hand, a cooling sensation spreading out.

"You recognize a toothbrush, right?"

Shen Qing handed the newly purchased toothbrush to her. "Toothpaste is a substitute for tooth powder or salt. If you drink cola and don't brush your teeth, watch out for cavities."

"Cavities?"

Shen Qingtang tilted her head, looking completely bewildered.

"It means invisible bugs growing inside your teeth; it'll be very painful."

"Tooth-bugs?!"

Shen Qingtang realized what he meant and instantly covered her cheek. She had witnessed the agony of toothaches before; she'd seen an old dart master rolling on the ground in pain.

"You need to brush up and down; that's the most scientific way. As for what 'scientific' means, don't ask me."

That was something he couldn't explain in a short amount of time.

"And then there's this."

Looking at the bag of colorful feminine products, Shen Qing scratched his head and opened his browser to search.

"I can't teach you how to use this. How to use it, when to use it—you'll have to learn by following the video."

He handed her the phone and consciously stepped back a few paces.

Shen Qingtang lowered her head to look at the screen, initially confused, but suddenly she blushed and cast a glance at him.

Shen Qing pretended not to notice and returned to the living room, listening to the muffled sounds coming from the bathroom.

He felt that he should probably buy her a mobile phone as well.

It would not only be convenient for staying in touch, but once he taught her how to use it, she could look up things she didn't understand online herself.

However, he would need to consider turning on parental controls to keep her from being influenced by all sorts of messy content.