Gu Yue casually dropped that remark and moved past the subject. Standing in the courtyard, she glanced over the dishes on the stone table before her gaze returned to Hu Fangyuan. She pressed her lips together, looking a little hesitant.
"Do you have time today?"
Hu Fangyuan blinked.
"What's up?"
Gu Yue lightly hooked a strand of hair hanging over her chest around her fingertip. Her gaze drifted toward the old locust tree in the corner of the courtyard, and her voice grew a little softer.
"Interested in coming to the East Sea Trading Company with me? I heard they've gotten quite a few good things in lately."
At her words, Hu Fangyuan discreetly looked Gu Yue over.
She wasn't wearing her school uniform today.
She wore moon-white casual clothes with narrow cuffs and a thin silver belt that gave her waist a neat silhouette. Her long black hair hung loosely down her back, its ends brushing her waist. She had lost some of the cool aloofness she showed at the academy and gained a little everyday warmth, with a barely perceptible hint of shy pride lingering around her brows and eyes.
Hu Fangyuan's eyes lit up.
How did I nearly forget about this?
Gu Yue's background was anything but ordinary.
That day at the school gates, even Guang Biao, a Six-Ring Soul Emperor, had ended up in that sorry state, yet this girl hadn't panicked once from beginning to end. Clearly, her family had considerable standing.
He had already been planning to cultivate more connections and pursue more cooperation. It was all about making money.
When an opportunity delivered itself to his door, why would he turn it away?
"Of course I do. Why wouldn't I?" Hu Fangyuan immediately changed his tune, smiling readily. "I was just thinking of