After encountering the old monk, Gu Wancheng lost all interest in shopping. She made a phone call and asked her driver to pick her up at the square entrance.
While waiting for the driver, Gu Wancheng took out her phone and sent a message to Bo Yizhou.
When Bo Yizhou received the message, he lowered his eyes, seemingly lost in thought, and had a strange feeling about him.
This was the first time Gu Wancheng had asked him to go home early. Bo Yizhou frowned and asked Li Xiao to check what he had done that day, something so unusual.
The final document handed to him was very simple, with no other issues, except for the matter of encountering Cheng Yan in the square.
Bo Yizhou was completely baffled as to what had happened.
This curiosity lasted until three o'clock.
When they got home, they found Gu Wancheng in his room, fast asleep on the sofa.
Bo Yizhou raised an eyebrow and told him to come back early, but when he returned, he was asleep. Even the commotion and the explosion couldn't wake him.
Although he's sleeping soundly now, it won't stop him from sleeping just as soundly a few hours later.
Without intending to wake him, Bo Yizhou turned and left the room, going to the study where he brought back some documents.
After a while, there was a knock on the door outside the study. Then the door was gently pushed open, Gu Wancheng poked her head in. Her eyes lit up when she saw Bo Yizhou.
She pushed open Gu Wancheng door and walked in, calling out sweetly, "Honey~ I'm here."
Bo Yizhou his head to look at him, his eyes full of question marks.
Gu Wancheng sat on his lap and wrapped her arms around his neck.
At this moment, Bo Yizhou was unaware that his worldview was about to collapse. He reached out and put his arm around Bo Yizhou's frail waist. Thanks to his frequent consumption of cake, Bo Yizhou had developed some soft, chubby flesh around his waist, Bo Yizhou subconsciously pinched.
Gu Wancheng glared at him, "Don't you dare pinch my flesh!"
Bo Yizhou stopped his mischievous hand and casually placed it on his waist as if nothing had happened.
Gu Wancheng looked him in the eyes and said seriously, "What I'm about to say is outrageous."
Bo Yizhou nodded absentmindedly, his gaze lingering on the man's opening and closing lips.
Gu Wancheng's face darkened, and she slapped his shoulder hard, saying, "Listen carefully."
Bo Yizhou grasped his hand and nodded, "Okay, go ahead."
Gu Wancheng lowered her head. "I am the complete Gu Wancheng."
Bo Yizhou, a question mark appearing on his face.
Under his bewildered gaze, Gu Wancheng slowly recounted this outrageous story, concluding by saying that she had run into the old monk again in the square today.
Bo Yizhou was inwardly turbulent, but he didn't show it on his face at all, because Gu Wancheng was staring intently at him.
He was afraid, Bo Yizhou could sense it.
Therefore, Bo Yizhou couldn't let him show any other reaction.
As expected, Bo Yizhou's expressionless face relieved Gu Wancheng, and he was no longer nervous. He was afraid, really afraid, that Bo Yizhou would give him a strange look, but he didn't.
Bo Yizhou had a question: the information Li Xiao found only said that he had met Cheng Yan, but there was no mention of the old monk. He told Gu Wancheng about this.
Before Gu Wancheng could react to the fact that he had secretly investigated her, she was shocked by what he said. "Impossible, Cheng Yan and I both saw it."
"There is indeed no such person. They only said that you and Cheng Yan ran into each other, but they didn't see a third person," Bo Yizhou said.
Gu Wancheng frowned, Bo Yizhou reached out to smooth his furrowed brows. "I believe you."
Gu Wancheng nodded, took out the amulet left by the old monk, and told him that he originally wanted to exchange it for cash for him, but when he returned, the monk was no longer there.
She handed him the amulet and said, "This is the amulet he left behind; there's another one for Chaochao."
Bo Yizhou took a look, but couldn't see anything special about it, yet he still kept it on his person.
This is indeed a rather strange matter.
After talking it out, Gu Wancheng felt much more relaxed. She leaned on Bo Yizhou's shoulder, whispered in his ear, "Thank you for believing me."
Bo Yizhou gave a soft "hmm" and patted his back.
Around three o'clock, Cheng Yan was walking down the street carrying a birdcage containing a brightly colored parrot.
Suddenly, the sound of tires screeching came from the car, followed by gasps of surprise from the surrounding crowd. Cheng Yan turned his head and saw a car speeding towards him. The car was going so fast that Cheng Yan's pupils shrank dramatically; there was no way to dodge it.
Suddenly, just a fist's distance from Cheng Yan, the car braked abruptly, and the parrot in the cage fell to the bottom with a thud. A moment later, a sharp cry rang out.
"They killed a bird! I'm going to die!"
"Birds being killed! Help!"
Cheng Yan realized what was happening and shook the birdcage. "What are you yelling for? It's not dead yet."
The parrot's calls stopped abruptly, like a duck being choked.
The driver scrambled out of the car, shouting, "Brother, are you alright? Are you hurt?!"
Cheng Yan didn't speak; his heart was still pounding, and all he could hear was the sound of his own heartbeat.
Seeing that he didn't speak, the car owner panicked and hurriedly tugged at his sleeve, "Brother, are you alright? Please! Say something!"
He looked like he was about to shatter, and just as the car owner was about to kneel down before him, Cheng Yan finally spoke.
"I'm fine."
The car owner was so moved that he burst into tears and quickly took out his phone, saying, "Brother, please turn on your phone."
The car owner's gaze fell on the phone in his hand. Seeing that the phone was on, he quickly snatched it away. Just as Cheng Yan was about to take the phone back, the car owner scanned a QR code and put the phone back in his hand.
Cheng Yan looked down at his phone with a puzzled expression, and a message popped up.
Fifteen thousand yuan has been received.
Cheng Yan was taken aback.
The driver said, "Brother, go get something good to eat."
Cheng Yan glanced around and saw a group of people taking pictures with their phones. He frowned.
Upon seeing this, the car owner immediately spread his arms wide and shouted, "What are you filming? I'm talking about you! What are you filming? Believe me or not, I'll sue you for violating my portrait rights!"
Cheng Yan was speechless for a moment.
After a while, the traffic police arrived and discovered that the problem was a brake malfunction.
After this incident, Cheng Yan returned home exhausted, having gained a lot of fright and 15,000 yuan.
Suddenly, he remembered something, unzipped his coat, took off the lucky bag hanging around his neck, opened it, and found that there were no more talismans inside, only a small clump of ash.
After a while of tender moments in the study, the two prepared to go to school to pick up Chaochao.
When Chaochao saw that they had come together, she jumped up excitedly.
She ran towards them, bumping into Bo Yizhou's leg. Why didn't she bump into Gu Wancheng's leg? Because Chaochao was afraid of knocking him down.
Hugging Bo Yizhou's leg tightly, she excitedly called out, "Dad, Father!"
"Mmm." Bo Yizhou placed his hand on his head and patted it.
Gu Wancheng smiled, took out the amulet, and hung it around Chaochao's neck. "Don't take it off, you have to wear it all the time."
Chaochao's eyes sparkled as she looked down at the little bag on her chest, then she grinned happily, "Thank you, Daddy!"
Then Chaochao took one in each hand and walked forward.