Chapter 5: Let's dig in
"Wu... Wu Shiqian." It wasn't that Guo Xiaozhong hadn't considered running into Wu Shiqian here. He also knew that Yang Zhao and Zhao Xin were the two people in the whole company best qualified to pursue her. Both were children of senior company officials, and the relationship among the three was particularly ambiguous. Wu Shiqian could often be seen coming and going from this café with the two of them as though it were their own backyard, yet this was a social setting beyond the reach of children like them who lived in the old compound.
So when Guo Xiaozhong and Su Can had nervously walked in, he had probably still been thinking about how to remain unruffled and calmly present a properly composed front if they happened to encounter anyone they knew. Yet when he actually ran into Wu Shiyin and Yang Zhao, he became so nervous that he could barely get his words out smoothly.
Wu Shimiao's startled exclamation upon seeing Guo Xiaozhong here had already drawn everyone's attention in the quiet surroundings. The girl was fairly striking to begin with, and her makeup was quite refined. Her exclamation at Guo Xiaozhong gave everyone around them a legitimate excuse to look her over closely. Why wouldn't they take it?
But Wu Shimiao merely felt that her outburst had been too rash and had annoyed the people around her. She couldn't help taking some of that irritation out on Guo Xiaozhong. Then she noticed Su Can beside him. After his first glance, this boy hadn't looked her squarely in the eye again, which dented her confidence somewhat. Inwardly, she snorted. What are you acting so superior for?
Yang Zhao, however, smiled. "Oh, Guo Xiaozhong, what brings you here too?" Though he didn't show much,