Tonight? Not free?! (1)

Yue Qianling was originally seriously imagining the picture that Ren Tianyi had described, but when she heard Gu Xun’s words, an image of a man hugging and kissing women left and right in a bar inexplicably popped into her mind.

“Hiss—”

Yue Qianling rubbed her forehead and suddenly couldn’t imagine it anymore.

So she took a few sips of water and softly said, “Actually, I don’t really like going to places like bars.”

Upon hearing this, Gu Xun lowered his head, his lips curving, and he glanced at Yue Qianling from the corner of his eye.

Pretty clever.

Yue Qianling didn’t notice Gu Xun’s gaze, she only felt that her whole body was getting a little hot again, and her forehead was sweating a little, so she raised her hand against her forehead.

“I only go when my colleagues get together, and I’m always the fruit platter killer.”

Ren Tianyi smiled and said, “Yeah, that makes sense. A sunny and lovely girl like you seems to prefer outdoor activities.”

Before Yue Qianling could respond, Gu Xun suddenly stood up and sat next to Ren Tianyi, facing Yue Qianling.

His tall and straight figure instantly blocked Yue Qianling’s view, casting his shadow over her.

“What’s wrong?” Ren Tianyi was a little confused. “Why did you move over here?”

Gu Xun casually said, “I don’t like that seat.”

“……”

Yue Qianling thought to herself, ‘Wasn’t you who insisted on sitting over here just now?’?

Truly capricious.

But it was fine, at least, she wouldn’t be exposed to the sun anymore.

Ren Tianyi directly ignored this small episode and redirected the topic back to himself.

“I used to think the same way as you, but then I realized that it was because I was too young and hadn’t experienced any real troubles.”

He sighed and patted Gu Xun’s shoulder, “I still envy you. You can be happy just by playing basketball every day like a child.”

Gu Xun looked at him with an indifferent expression, then curled his lips and suddenly pushed the water cup in front of Ren Tianyi.

“Have some water, brother.”

Ren Tianyi was stunned for a moment. “Hmm? You’re calling me brother?”

We don’t know each other that well, though?

“Otherwise? Should I call you uncle?”

Gu Xun dragged out the last syllable in a lazy voice. “That’s not very good, after all, you’re only ten years older than me.”

“What?!”

Yue Qianling’s eyes suddenly widened, “Manager Ren, you’re over thirty?”

She thought he was only twenty-five or twenty-six!

Ren Tianyi awkwardly withdrew his hand that was on Gu Xun’s shoulder, and forced a smile, “Do you think I look young?”

“Yes, when we were talking just now, I thought we were about the same age.”

Yue Qianling couldn’t help but start to scrutinize Ren Tianyi’s appearance again.

He did have a baby face, fair complexion, with a trendy pair of glasses, and donned a pastel-colored cotton shirt, looking nothing like someone in their thirties.

Ren Tianyi felt more at ease and leaned back in his chair, leisurely saying, “Because I’m young at heart, I can get along well with the youngsters around me.”

“Yeah.” Gu Xun propped his elbow on the table, with the back of his hand supporting his temple, and stared at Ren Tianyi with a lazy and relaxed demeanor, “During the last company outing, brother told us a lot of things about his past. Many things we hadn’t heard before, and it felt like a different era. It’s quite interesting.”

“Can you continue to talk about it now?”

Gu Xun just stared at Ren Tianyi lazily, making it seem like he genuinely wanted to hear his casual chat.

What do you mean by ‘a different era’?

The smile on Ren Tianyi’s face was a bit difficult to maintain. He pursed his lips and said, “Maybe next time.”

Listening to the back-and-forth conversation between Gu Xun and Ren Tianyi, Yue Qianling felt something was strange, but she couldn’t pinpoint it.

Moreover, with Gu Xun around, she couldn’t relax completely no matter what.

She had only been sitting for a while, and she felt her nerves were already very tense. So, she thought for a moment and said, “Well, let’s chat next time. I’m going back first.”

She was about to stand up when Ren Tianyi stopped her.

“Let’s exchange WeChat, and I’ll let you know next time when there’s a new game configuration.”

Gu Xun, who was originally sitting lazily, suddenly straightened up and looked at Yue Qianling.

However, Yue Qianling smiled back, “Sure.”

After saying this, she actually took out her phone.

Not long ago, she claimed not to be familiar with him, but then she added Ren Tianyi on WeChat.

Gu Xun nodded to himself.

Very good.

The two quickly added each other on WeChat.

Yue Qianling waved to Ren Tianyi, then turned and walked towards the elevator.

The pantry suddenly became much quieter.

Ren Tianyi didn’t leave either. He leisurely fiddled with his phone.

He first clicked into Yue Qianling’s Moments to take a look, and when he found that there was nothing, he pursed his lips and exited, starting to edit the contact information.

However, he got stuck on the first character.

Gu Xun tilted his head and said coldly, “Her last name is Yue, don’t you remember?”

Ren Tianyi let out an “oh” and typed in “Yue Qianling,” pressed save, then turned to look at Gu Xun.

He still smiled: “Alas, I’ve been too busy with work lately, so my memory isn’t very good.”

Gu Xun stood up, turned around, and left, too lazy to say more to him.

They were all colleagues, and if Ren Tianyi hadn’t said those uncomfortable things from the beginning, Gu Xun wouldn’t have wanted to waste time here with him.

But he really couldn’t stand Ren Tianyi and Yue Qianling interacting with each other.

Over a month ago, he had heard Ren Tianyi say the same thing to another girl during the company outing.

Even the adjective “sunny and lovely” hadn’t changed.

He didn’t know how Yue Qianling could still smile at such a person.

After Yue Qianling left, she didn’t go straight back to the Mobile Game Division.

As soon as she reached the hallway, she ran into Wei Han.

“Have you thought about it?”

Wei Han held a bunch of things in his hands and tilted his head, looking at her.

With people coming and going around, Yue Qianling hesitated for a moment before saying, “Teacher Wei, I’m afraid I can’t be of much help.”

She felt that she was too young and lacked experience, and while she hoped to enter a better field, 3A games were still too big of a leap for her, and she felt that her abilities were still not enough.

Seeing her hesitation, Wei Han shook his head and said, “Don’t worry. We’re just stuck in a thinking dilemma for too long and need some fresh blood and ideas. When you have time, come and brainstorm with us, and think about the details with your older brothers and sisters. Isn’t that interesting?”

So, she’s going to be a seasoning ah.

If Wei Han had said this earlier, Yue Qianling wouldn’t have hesitated until now.

Upon hearing this, she immediately smiled and nodded: “No problem!”

“Then come find me next Monday, and we brainstorm together?”

“Okay.”

After saying that, Yue Qianling walked towards the elevator, a faint smile lingering on her lips.

This was perhaps the only thing that had made her happy since graduation.

While waiting for the elevator, she hummed a song softly and took out her phone to ask Yin Xue to have dinner together tonight.

Her mood finally felt like it had cleared a layer of mist, and even the scorching sun at this moment felt incredibly gentle.

However, the weather in midsummer changed even faster than flipping a book.

Just a few hours ago, the sky was clear and sunny, but now it was pouring rain.

When she got off work, Yue Qianling walked to the company’s entrance and found herself blocked by the pouring rain.

She actually had an umbrella with her, and the distance to the subway station wasn’t far.

But she was wearing new sneakers today and didn’t want her shoes to suffer this ordeal.