Chapter 168: Big News! Gu Yizhou, Heartbroken?

Chapter 168: Chapter 168: Big News! Gu Yizhou, Heartbroken?

In the blink of an eye, it was Monday morning, time for work.

In the president’s office on the top floor of the Tidal Group headquarters, a cough could be heard from time to time.

Unsurprisingly, Yan Luoxi’s cold had gotten worse.

Her young assistant, Bai Jie, knocked on the office door and reported respectfully, "President Yan, the Finance Department has an investment document that needs your urgent review and signature."

"Mm, bring it here."

Yan Luoxi said with a nod.

Noticing Yan Luoxi’s haggard expression,

After setting down the document, her young assistant, Bai Jie, hesitated for a moment before asking, "President Yan, are you feeling unwell?"

Yan Luoxi’s skin was very fair, so whenever she felt even slightly ill, an unhealthy flush would appear on her cheeks.

"I’m fine."

Yan Luoxi said calmly.

"Well... should I call a doctor for you?"

Bai Jie asked in a low voice.

"No need. It’s just a cold. You can get back to work."

Yan Luoxi said with a wave of her hand.

Her young assistant, Bai Jie, had no choice but to turn and leave.

She worked through the morning.

Yan Luoxi made sure to drink several extra glasses of water, and her trips to the restroom became more frequent.

Her cough improved slightly.

But her nose was still a bit stuffy.

During her lunch break, she took her temperature again.

36.7 degrees.

Her fever had broken. Now it was just the cold that remained.

...

At four-thirty in the afternoon, Yan Luoxi finished up her urgent tasks, changed her clothes, and prepared to leave early.

Outside the office,

a worried Bai Jie walked over. "President Yan, are you sure you don’t need me to call a doctor?"

"No, it’s fine. I’m leaving now."

Yan Luoxi got on the elevator and left the company.

Around four-fifty,

she returned to the Binjiang No. 1 Mansion District.

In apartment 306, Yan Luoxi put down her things, then boiled some water and took some cold medicine.

By the time she finished, it was exactly five in the afternoon.

Perhaps because of the cold medicine, Yan Luoxi felt a bit drowsy.

So she draped a blanket over herself, curled up on the sofa, and took a nap.

With her eyes closed and her long, silky black hair fanned out, her pale little face possessed a different kind of sickly beauty.

Just as you’d expect!

Even when sick, a beautiful person is still beautiful!

...

However!

While she was getting some much-needed sleep, over in the Tidal Group’s Finance Department, Gu Yizhou had been listless all day.

Work that he could have normally finished in a single morning, Gu Yizhou had dragged out until it was almost time to clock out, and he still wasn’t done.

He couldn’t help it!

He just wasn’t in the mood for anything today!

’It’s been two days!’

’This time, it seems my Xiaobai is really gone!’

He had spent half the day yesterday searching for her, but there was still no sign of Xiaobai.

This filled him with immense self-blame.

’If I hadn’t stayed out so long on Saturday night, Xiaobai probably wouldn’t have snuck out.’

Sigh...

It would be a lie to say he wasn’t sad that Xiaobai was gone. After all, they had spent so much time together. Humans aren’t made of stone; how could he not have feelings?

He had long since grown attached to Xiaobai.

"Hey, Old Gu, what’s wrong with you?"

Hearing his sigh, He Mingyi, who was nearby, leaned over with a curious look on his face. "I’ve seen you moping around all day. You didn’t even eat lunch. What’s gotten into you?"

"Did you get your heart broken?"

Gu Yizhou shot him a glance, not wanting to deal with him.

Normally, he wouldn’t have hesitated to fire back a sarcastic comment or two, but he wasn’t in the mood right now.

"Uh..."

Seeing Gu Yizhou’s silence only made He Mingyi more curious.

"Holy crap, no way!"

He exclaimed, "This is huge! Old Gu, did you really get your heart broken?!"

Since it was nearly the end of the workday, everyone in the office had started to relax.

Hearing this, they all couldn’t help but look over at Gu Yizhou.

Especially the women.

Their eyes were wide!

’Gu Yizhou got his heart broken?!’

’When did he even get a girlfriend?!’

Song Sisi, sitting diagonally across from him, was the first to react.

She shot up from her seat and ran over to Gu Yizhou’s desk.

She had actually noticed that Gu Yizhou wasn’t himself today, but she had just assumed he was tired and hadn’t wanted to bother him.

But now, hearing He Mingyi say Gu Yizhou was heartbroken, how could she possibly stay put!

’I haven’t even made my move yet, and Brother Yizhou is already heartbroken?!’

’What does that make me?!’

"Brother Yizhou, you..."

She stood in front of Gu Yizhou, her eyes red, at a loss for what to say.

Gu Yizhou, meanwhile, was utterly speechless.

He hadn’t wanted to respond to He Mingyi, but that damn guy had been so loud he’d attracted everyone’s attention.

If he didn’t say something now, by tomorrow the gossip about him getting dumped would probably have spread throughout the entire company!

"Er... hey everyone, don’t listen to He Mingyi’s nonsense!"

Gu Yizhou explained with a helpless expression, "I don’t even have a girlfriend, how the hell could I get my heart broken!"

"Uh..."

He Mingyi realized he had just spoken too loudly and said awkwardly, "So you’re not heartbroken?"

"I saw you looking half-dead all day, so I just assumed you got dumped!"

At that, Gu Yizhou couldn’t help but roll his eyes at him and snap, "I’m just a little stressed out and in a bad mood, that’s all."

"Oh, oh."

"Whoops, sorry ’bout that, my man Yizhou!"

He Mingyi grew even more embarrassed.

Seeing this, Gu Yizhou just shook his head, speechless.

But he didn’t dwell on the matter.

It was Song Sisi who then asked with a concerned expression, "Brother Yizhou, what’s wrong? Is there anything I can do to help?"

Seeing the genuine concern on her face, Gu Yizhou’s heart warmed slightly.

’There are still good people in this world!’

"Sigh..."

He let out a soft sigh and said, "It’s nothing big. My cat snuck out again, and I haven’t seen her for two days."

"Huh?"

Song Sisi was a little dumbfounded.

’Just because of that?’

She didn’t say much more, though. Instead, she asked, "Brother Yizhou, why does your cat always sneak out?"

She seemed to recall Gu Yizhou mentioning his cat had gone missing and that he needed to look for her before!

Hearing this, He Mingyi put on an I-told-you-so expression and said, "Old Gu, I’ve told you before, you can’t tame a stray you pick up off the street!"

"Just buy a kitten and raise it yourself. It’d be a lot less hassle!"

"But you just wouldn’t listen!"

Gu Yizhou: "..."

’Forget it!’

He couldn’t be bothered to say any more.

After giving a few perfunctory replies and turning down Song Sisi’s offer to help him search for the cat after work, Gu Yizhou went back to his tasks.

Right now, all he wanted was to quickly finish the work at hand and go home.

If Xiaobai still didn’t come back, this time he was really going to put up "missing cat" posters everywhere.

He’d talked about doing it the last two times but never had to. This time, it looked like he really would.

’If that doesn’t work, I’ll have to go door-to-door and ask if anyone has seen Xiaobai...’