Chapter 213
Gu Ranqiu signaled to Fang Yue. Fang Yue understood at once, opened Gu Ranqiu's handbag, and took out a small cigarette case and a lighter.
"Give me the lighter too." Gu Ranqiu interrupted Fang Yue as she was about to light it for her.
She casually drew out a slim women's cigarette and lit it with practiced ease. A faint glow flickered in the darkness, and the smoke she exhaled blurred Gu Ranqiu's lovely features.
"I'd wanted to smoke inside. Then I went to the garden and got dragged into chatting with some actress for ages." Gu Ranqiu lightly flicked away the ash, her fingers delicately holding the cigarette, her entire bearing carrying an indescribable languor.
She glanced at Jiang Hansheng and raised her delicate chin. "Wasn't it supposed to be a surprise for me? Just consider my return a surprise for you too."
Li Wenchuan was unaccustomed to the smell of smoke and frowned slightly. "There was no need to report it to me. I'm not a child anymore."
"You're just like you were as a child. Does that mean you still resemble a child, or that you were already a little adult when you were young?" Gu Ranqiu suddenly said. She had no intention of continuing that topic. "Believe it or not, I came back because I wanted to see you too."
Outside the Fang Family was hardly a suitable place to talk, especially with cameras around. The group got into Jiang Hansheng's car and headed for Landscape Orchid Pavilion.
Fortunately, nothing they had said just now was something others couldn't hear. Gu Ranqiu had plenty of tricks up her sleeve.
"You won't mind if I stay at your place, will you?" Gu Ranqiu asked. "I'll be bringing a young girl with me too."
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