Chapter 99: Gu Yizhou’s Persistence, Yan Luoxi is Back

Chapter 99: Chapter 99: Gu Yizhou’s Persistence, Yan Luoxi is Back

He Mingyi was mortified by Gu Yizhou’s words.

Right now, he wished a hole would open up in the floor and swallow him whole.

"COUGH~"

"Um... Little Sister Sisi, I didn’t know this was your milk. My apologies."

He Mingyi said with a deeply unnatural and embarrassed expression, "How about I go downstairs and buy you a new carton?"

"Hmph!"

Song Sisi huffed, rolling her eyes at him, clearly wanting nothing to do with him.

Seeing this, Gu Yizhou sighed and stepped in to smooth things over.

He first looked at He Mingyi and said, "All right, Mingyi, don’t worry about buying another one. It’s just a carton of milk. It’s no big deal, let’s just leave it at that."

Then, he turned to Song Sisi. "Sisi, you don’t need to be angry either. We’re all colleagues here. It’s not worth it."

He Mingyi nodded without a word.

As for Song Sisi, hearing her favorite Brother Yizhou say so, she pouted. Although she was still upset, she ultimately gave an obedient nod.

"Brother Yizhou, I’m going to get some water."

With that, she took her mug and walked toward the breakroom without even sparing He Mingyi a glance.

"Phew..."

Only after she left did He Mingyi let out a deep sigh of relief.

"Thanks, Old Gu!"

He bumped Gu Yizhou’s shoulder. "Hey, Old Gu, what do you think is up with that girl, Sisi? It’s like she’s on a short fuse today. So fired up this early in the morning!"

"..."

Gu Yizhou shot him a look and shook his head helplessly. "All right, that’s enough. If Sisi overhears you, you’ll be in for it."

"Besides, when it comes to work, Sisi is our senior. You should show her a little respect."

He Mingyi’s hand froze mid-air.

"And don’t forget... for your internship conversion review, part of your score comes from the full-time employees on your team!"

Gu Yizhou twisted the knife.

He Mingyi: "..."

Seeing his stunned expression, Gu Yizhou didn’t say anything else. He just patted his shoulder and returned to his desk to get to work.

When He Mingyi snapped out of it, he saw Gu Yizhou was already busy. He didn’t say another word, silently returning to his own desk and booting up his computer.

For the rest of the morning, no more arguments broke out in the office, and a sense of harmony was restored...

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At ten in the morning, Gu Yizhou finished all of his analysis reports for the day and emailed them to his team lead, Chen Dong. Then, he went to his team lead’s office to ask for the afternoon off.

His team lead, Chen Dong, was a decent guy. Seeing that Gu Yizhou had already finished his work for the day and had something urgent to attend to, he didn’t formally report the leave request. Instead, he told him he could leave right away. If anyone from upper management asked, Chen Dong would just say he was out collecting data.

Gu Yizhou hadn’t expected Chen Dong to say that, but he wasn’t an idiot. He happily accepted the offer.

Truthfully, Gu Yizhou could have waited until after work to go look for the cat, but he was a persistent person. He didn’t want to wait any longer. He was determined to find Xiaobai this afternoon and wouldn’t rest until he did!

After chatting with Chen Dong for a few more minutes, Gu Yizhou grabbed his backpack and hurried out.

He had to take a cab to the mall first to pick up his second-hand, beat-up Chunfeng 450SR motorcycle. It was inconvenient to get anywhere without a vehicle.

As for a four-wheeled car, Gu Yizhou planned to find time to pick up an inexpensive commuter car soon. That would make it more convenient to visit his parents.

It was a long drive, after all, and riding a beat-up motorcycle wasn’t practical when it was windy or raining.

Besides, it wasn’t like Gu Yizhou was short on cash now. He could just buy one!

Lost in thought, Gu Yizhou walked out of the office.

"Hey, Yizhou, are you heading out for something?"

Shen Meng, the receptionist at the front desk, called out when she saw him rushing.

"Ah?"

Snapping back to reality, Gu Yizhou nodded. "Yeah, Shen Meng. I’ve got something urgent to take care of. Can’t talk now, bye!"

With that, he walked out of the company.

The receptionist, Shen Meng, watched his retreating back and shook her head with a helpless sigh.

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Gu Yizhou went to the mall, retrieved his motorcycle, and then rode toward the Binjiang No.1 Mansion District.

「A dozen or so minutes later.」

Gu Yizhou rode his motorcycle into the residential complex.

The gate to the parking garage was broken, so for the past couple of days, all traffic had been routed through the main entrance.

This was an older complex without separate lanes for pedestrians and vehicles, so this kind of arrangement was quite normal.

"Huh... it’s that goofball kid!"

The old security guard said with a puzzled look, "Why does he look so worried?"

The old security guard at the gatehouse had been about to greet Gu Yizhou, but held his tongue when he saw the worried and hurried expression on his face.

After entering the complex, Gu Yizhou decided to check his apartment first.

’What if Xiaobai came back on her own?’

’Then I wouldn’t have to go looking for her. A happy ending for everyone!’

So he rode his motorcycle to the base of his apartment building, parked it, and headed upstairs with his keys.

As expected, the apartment was still empty.

What Gu Yizhou didn’t know was that at this very moment, Yan Luoxi—his Xiaobai—was on her way back to the complex.

Because it was almost eleven o’clock!

She had to come back!

What if she turned back into a cat while she was still out?

That would be a disaster!

That’s right.

Yan Luoxi was still in her human form.

She had thought she would revert to her cat form in the early hours of the morning, but she hadn’t. She was still Yan Luoxi, the aloof, ice-queen CEO.

So, she had gone to the office that morning to take care of business.

When Roy saw her at the office that morning, they were surprised. Hadn’t she said she wouldn’t be coming in?

But Yan Luoxi didn’t explain.

But the good times didn’t last. At half-past ten, Yan Luoxi suddenly felt something was wrong. The urge to transform into a cat was hitting her again. She had no choice but to hastily tell Roy something had come up and rush downstairs, driving toward the Binjiang No. 1 Mansion District.

She could have chosen to return to her own villa.

But her first, subconscious instinct was to go back to Gu Yizhou’s place...

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"Sigh..."

Gu Yizhou stared at the empty living room and sighed helplessly.

He decided to go back downstairs and search the complex grounds more thoroughly.

If he really couldn’t find her, his only option was to ask the property management office for help. But as everyone knew, the management office was only ever proactive when it was time to collect fees; the rest of the time, they were completely useless.

Still, Gu Yizhou was out of options.

Gu Yizhou had also considered asking the System.

’The System is so overpowered, finding a cat should be a piece of cake for it, right?’

But the System completely ignored him.

The System only ever showed up to issue tasks.

The rest of the time, it was completely gone without a trace. The damn thing might as well not exist!

’Looks like my System isn’t as overpowered as the ones in those novels from my past life,’ Gu Yizhou thought with a sense of resignation.

Just as Gu Yizhou was downstairs looking for his cat, Yan Luoxi returned to the complex, driving a flashy red Ferrari sports car...