Chapter 51: You Dare Touch Her?

Seeing her eyes fixed on the downstairs, Sheng Yu across from her also turned his head and followed her gaze.

When he saw the figure downstairs, a flash of dark light crossed the man’s eyes.

It’s him…

“Sheng Yu.”

Qiao Shuyi suddenly called out to him.

“Do you know that girl? Why do I feel like I’ve seen her before?”

“I do.”

“Hmm?” Qiao Shuyi’s gaze immediately fell back on his face.

“She’s the daughter of the second branch of the Ji family, Ji Yuan.”

Sheng Yu thought for a moment, “Technically, she should call me cousin.”

Qiao Shuyi nodded in a way that seemed to understand.

So she’s from the Ji family, no wonder she looked familiar.

She must have seen her at the birthday banquet last night.

Old Madam Ji has two sons, the eldest son is called Ji Hong, who is Mu Nian Qing’s husband.

The second son is called Ji Yang, who should be this Miss Ji Yuan’s father.

But…

Why is she with Gu Linchuan?

Although the Ji family is not as prosperous as it once was, it is still far beyond what the Gu family can aspire to.

Moreover, the Gu family has fallen from grace and is unlikely to be seen by the Ji family.

Whatever.

Qiao Shuyi shook her head, not wanting to think about it anymore.

It’s none of her business anyway.

Just as she was thinking, a familiar voice suddenly came from outside.

“Let’s just go here, the environment is pretty good.”

“Okay.”

They were actually sitting next to them.

This is… too coincidental.

Thinking of something, Qiao Shuyi suddenly raised her head and looked at Sheng Yu across from her, tentatively asking, “That person is called Gu Linchuan, you’ve seen him a few times before, you should still remember him, right?”

Sheng Yu nodded.

He not only remembers him.

He remembers him very well.

“Then you should have heard about what happened between him and me, right?”

“I’ve heard something.”

Qiao Shuyi swallowed a piece of lamb with some indignation, “I don’t like him now, and I hate him.”

“Yeah, I know.” Sheng Yu smiled, looking into her eyes, his thoughts suddenly drifting back to many years ago.

He remembered the first time he saw Gu Linchuan.

It was several years ago, when Qiao Shuyi and Sheng Tang were still in junior high school.

That day, he went to school to find Sheng Tang for something.

On the way, he passed by the school’s basketball court, where a group of boys were playing basketball.

But it wasn’t them that attracted him.

It was Qiao Shuyi, who was sitting quietly on the bleachers watching them play basketball.

She was wearing a clean white and green school uniform, holding a bottle of mineral water, her eyes fixed on the figure on the court.

He couldn’t help but stop and observe.

Soon, he noticed that her gaze was always following one figure, she would clap her hands in delight when he scored, and she would sigh in disappointment when he missed.

It was the most dazzling figure on the court.

At the same age of fourteen or fifteen, he was half a head taller than the others, with short, messy hair and a handsome face, he smiled very brightly.

It was probably the kind of boy that girls of that age liked the most.

During the halftime break, he saw Qiao Shuyi running towards him with the water in her hands.

He naturally took the water from her hand and drank it.

The kids around him were laughing, seemingly teasing them.

The sunset that day was very red, and it was also red when it shone on her face.

At that moment, he suddenly felt a surge of envy.

A beautiful age, a beautiful love… everything seemed so beautiful.

He didn’t know how long he stood there, until Sheng Tang came to find him.

“Brother, what are you looking at?”

Following his gaze, she quickly saw Qiao Shuyi on the bleachers.

“Qiao Qiao, she’s… watching Gu Linchuan play basketball again.”

“Who is he?” he asked.

“Qiao Qiao’s childhood sweetheart, they’ve known each other for years, Qiao Qiao likes him a lot.”

So, it’s a childhood sweetheart.

At that time, he didn’t have too many complex emotions, only memories and nostalgia for his youth.

But now, when he thinks back, he suddenly feels regret.

He never imagined that he would fall in love with her many years later.

Falling in love with the girl who was six years younger than him, who had her eyes on someone else.

But he just couldn’t help but fall for her.

…

“Sheng Yu?”

Qiao Shuyi’s voice suddenly rang out, pulling Sheng Yu back from his thoughts.

He collected his thoughts, his gaze fell back on her face, and he spoke softly, “What’s wrong?”

“What were you thinking about? I saw you spacing out.”

“Just… suddenly thought of some things from the past.”

“What happened in the past?” Qiao Shuyi asked curiously.

“It’s not anything important.” Sheng Yu smiled and rinsed a piece of lamb for her, changing the subject.

No matter what happened in the past, he is the one standing beside her now.

That’s enough.

She puffed out her cheeks, “Oh,” she said, “Okay then.”

She looked quite cute.

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After dinner, the two of them packed up and prepared to leave.

As they passed by the private room next door, Qiao Shuyi suddenly heard a woman’s voice, with a smile in her voice, asking, “You and the eldest Miss of the Qiao family are childhood sweethearts, aren’t you? Why did you suddenly stop liking her?”

Qiao Shuyi’s footsteps stopped abruptly.

She wanted to hear what Gu Linchuan had to say.

Did she fall in love with someone else?

Or was it Liang Man’s intentional seduction?

But she didn’t expect Gu Linchuan to find the reason in her.

For a while, Gu Linchuan’s voice finally rang out, a little muffled, “She’s… too annoying.”

“Annoying?” Ji Yuan’s voice held a hint of curiosity.

“Yeah. She comes to find me all the time, even when she has nothing to say, she still calls me, chatting about a bunch of nonsense, and whenever I get a little closer to any girl, she’ll ask questions… and she’s got a spoiled princess temper, she’s very delicate, she can’t stand any hardship.”

Qiao Shuyi was stunned, her hands hanging by her side involuntarily gripped the hem of her clothes, her body trembling slightly.

A big hand suddenly landed on her shoulder.

She raised her eyes slightly, meeting the man’s dark, deep eyes.

“Do whatever you want to do, no matter what happens, I’ll cover for you.”

“…Okay!”

Qiao Shuyi was silent for a moment, then nodded vigorously.

She took a deep breath, then suddenly kicked the screen not far away.

The screen immediately fell to the ground, startling the two people who were having hot pot inside.

“What’s going on…”

Before Gu Linchuan could react, Qiao Shuyi rushed over in three or two steps, and directly slapped him in the face, left and right.

“Slap! Slap!”

Gu Linchuan was completely stunned.

Seeing Qiao Shuyi suddenly appearing in front of him, he was even more stunned, “You, how did you…”

After the shock, Ji Yuan pointed at Qiao Shuyi and screamed, “Who are you?! What are you doing?”

Qiao Shuyi ignored her, coldly curled her lips, and looked at Gu Linchuan, “Gu Linchuan, you’re so good at shifting blame, are you going to become a chef?”

At this time, Gu Linchuan finally came to his senses, realizing that he had been slapped in the face by another woman in front of a woman, he was instantly furious.

“Qiao Shuyi, you’re asking for it!”

He raised his hand high, ready to hit Qiao Shuyi.

However, before his hand could land, it was intercepted by a strong hand.

A cold male voice rang out above his head.

“You dare touch her?”