She didn't dwell on it too much, but she kept it in mind. Now, when she met Chen Xu alone, she brought it up again.
Gao Xiaojie said, "I know you're all trying to persuade me, but some things, once they've happened, they've happened. You can't change that by talking or spouting platitudes. Wu Yuan almost lost his life, and now it's your turn. I'm wondering if I should leave this place. My brother also passed away. It seems like no one connected to me ever ends up well. You escaped this time, but what about next time?"
Her words shocked Chen Xu, who exclaimed in surprise, "You're leaving?!"
“I don’t want to leave either.” The girl fiddled with her fingers. “I’ve made a lot of friends here, and I even have shares in the cake shop. I don’t want to leave either, but the SMMH boss must have offended a lot of people. Miwad is just the first batch; who knows, there might be others later? Heh, I’ll drag even more people down with me, you know I hate that. What I like most is for everyone to live happily together, isn’t that better? But speaking of which, university is only four years, and we’ve already passed a quarter of our time. Anyway, we’ll have to part ways sooner or later, so it’s okay to do it a little earlier.”
Separation?!
This is not the word Chen Xu wants to hear or accept right now.
With his current abilities, he doesn't actually need to waste his time in university anymore... That's right, wasting time, that's exactly what Chen Xu is doing in university right now.
Many companies have already contacted Chen Xu, which is quite rare for a freshman. Even without Xiao Min's supercomputer, Chen Xu's personal abilities are already far superior to the average person; in short, he's a talent... And with the supercomputer, Chen Xu can go anywhere in the world! Becoming the world's richest man is just a matter of time.
However, Chen Xu is currently enjoying his university life and the people around him, so he doesn't think about parting and can't accept the idea of parting!
It's already May, and in a few days, Wang Dong and his senior interns will be back. Does their return mean goodbye?
So Chen Xu quickly said, "Don't overthink it, everything's alright now. Miwad is dead, and no one will bother you anymore."
Gao Xiaojie smiled faintly; Chen Xu had never seen her smile like that before. Her smile was so gentle and heartbreaking, a serene smile tinged with sadness and a sense of having seen through many things. It was beautiful, but it didn't suit her.
It's really not suitable!
“Miward is just the first one, there will be others later. When I was little, I got into a fight with a neighbor's kid, and my brother and I beat him up.” Seeing Chen Xu break out in a sweat, Gao Xiaojie covered her mouth and laughed, “I was very naughty when I was little. Yeah, and then his family came to my parents and cursed them horribly, saying I was a jinx. Sigh, now my husband is still nowhere to be found, and I've already killed my brother, and then you, and Wu Yuan, were all a little bit short.”
"What kind of talk is this?" Chen Xu said, both amused and exasperated. "How can you be so feudal and superstitious? You were even planning to apply to join the Party, don't you know that Party members are all atheists?"
Gao Xiaojie smiled and tilted her head: "I didn't want to either, but some things just keep happening one after another, so I can only accept it as fate."
"This isn't fate!" Chen Xu was getting angry. The more she acted this way, the angrier Chen Xu became... because Chen Xu knew that her attitude might mean she had already made up her mind.
Gao Xiaojie looked at Chen Xu, blushing slightly: "If I leave, will you miss me?"
Chapter 204 Leaving? (Part 2)
"If I leave, will you miss me?"
Seeing the glimmer of expectation in Gao Xiaojie's eyes, Chen Xu turned his head away in a huff and said irritably, "No way! If you really leave, I'll hate you for the rest of my life!"
"Oh, is that so?" Chen Xu's words didn't frighten her. Gao Xiaojie sighed softly and stood up. "Someone's hatred, at least, is a kind of longing, isn't it?"
Seeing her stand up, Chen Xu immediately tensed up and grabbed her, saying, "What are you doing? Let me tell you, if you leave now, I really won't consider you my friend anymore! I won't acknowledge you as my friend anymore!"
Chen Xu immediately grabbed her hand, not caring about awkwardness in this situation. Neither of them was in the mood to think about it.
Gao Xiaojie turned around and smiled: "Okay, if you don't want to acknowledge me, then don't. It's best if you don't know me at all, for your safety."
After saying that, the girl turned to leave. Chen Xu knew that if he let her out the door now, he would probably never be able to catch her again. So he jumped out of bed, grabbed Gao Xiaojie from behind, and practically yelled, "Woman, don't test my patience! Try walking out that door!"
Gao Xiaojie was held in Chen Xu's arms, feeling his hot masculine aura and the warmth from his hands pressed against her stomach, and her heart softened.
To be honest, the fact that Gao Xiaojie sneaked back to see Chen Xu alone, and that Chen Xu was the first person she thought of after making the decision to leave—she didn't even tell Zhan Jing before coming straight here—shows that Chen Xu still holds a very important place in her heart.
If someone else had treated her like that, she might have slapped them across the face. But when Chen Xu held her like that, she felt her body go limp and she couldn't muster any strength at all.
Chen Xu rested his head on Gao Xiaojie's shoulder and said, "Don't go... especially don't use this as an excuse to leave. I promise this will never happen again. And even if it does, if it's directed at you, I can protect you while I'm by your side. If something happens to you while I'm not there, I won't forgive myself."
"Don't be silly," Gao Xiaojie said gently, leaning against Chen Xu's chest. She said softly, "An enemy like Miwad is beyond our ability to contend with. You were lucky today, but how long can that luck last... none of us know. And they don't know we have these bulletproof vests. Once they find out, they'll be prepared. Do you think we'll have that kind of luck again?"
"There won't be a next time. I promise you there won't be a next time!" Chen Xu roared impatiently. "Even if there is, we'll die together! Let me tell you, actually SMMH..."
Chen Xu abruptly interrupted. In his haste, he had almost blurted out that SMMH was himself! But he ultimately didn't. Seeing Gao Xiaojie's slightly tilted head and strange expression, Chen Xu sighed and changed his words, saying, "Things have developed to this point. The real reason actually stems from SMMH. Tell me the truth, have you ever blamed him?!"
“No! Not at all!” Gao Xiaojie slowly shook her head: “He helped me fulfill my wish. I will be grateful to him for the rest of my life. No matter what this matter may bring me, I will not blame him. Because I believe that he would never want us to be in trouble.”
Chen Xu breathed a sigh of relief. "Since that's the case, please have faith in SMMH's capabilities, okay? This was a complete accident. I believe there won't be a next time. If you just leave like this... I will hate you. I will hate him too!"
"You can't hate him!" Gao Xiaojie broke free from Chen Xu's embrace. "Don't you have any conscience? You can't hate him over something like this. Do you know how many times SMMH has helped us? That X is also a friend of SMMH, right? Without them, would your game have been able to be released smoothly?"
Mentioning X, Chen Xu suddenly realized, "That's right! I don't have any real power in reality, but X does! If they were to speak..."
But Chen Xu quickly rejected the idea.
Because it's too flashy.
What they want now is to keep a low profile, not to be flashy.
Although Organization X is powerful, it will always have rivals. Perhaps it's better if they don't speak up, because once they do, their enemies will shift their focus to Gao Xiaojie. What if Gao Xiaojie is just an ordinary student? Who would bother with her? Who would even think of causing her trouble?
Ordinary people have ordinary worries, but they also have more security.
“I didn’t mean anything by it.” Chen Xu looked into Gao Xiaojie’s eyes. “Why don’t you stay? I feel guilty about your overthinking. After all, SMMH has helped more than just you; it has helped me too. If someone really causes trouble for our SMMH friends in the future, I don’t think I can escape it either. So why do you want to leave? Stay, and we can face whatever happens together. You’re right, SMMH has helped me a lot, and now even if I wanted to distance myself from it, I couldn’t.”
"but……"
Chen Xu placed his hand on her shoulder and pulled her into his arms: "No buts, I've said everything I can. If you don't stay, I'll..." Chen Xu tightened his grip on her, pulling her back closer. The two were now very close, so close they could smell each other's breath.
Gao Xiaojie felt Chen Xu's warm breath on her face, and she felt like she was suffocating—not physically, but mentally. She almost murmured in a dream, "What about you?"
Chen Xu didn't know what to do. According to the experts online, he should just kiss her now and make it a done deal. But the problem was that reaching out to hug her was already something Chen Xu hadn't thought of, and if he continued... Chen Xu suddenly felt a little panicked.
Just then, the ward door creaked open. Chen Xu and Gao Xiaojie quickly separated and looked towards the door as if they had done something wrong. The person at the door was also staring at Chen Xu and Gao Xiaojie in disbelief.
Guan Yi?!
Why is she back?!
Guan Yi's expression first showed surprise, then changed, and his eyes narrowed.
Oh no, there's a murderous aura!
Chen Xu knew Guan Yi very well; she only squinted like that when she was in a bad mood. And why was she in a bad mood?
Oh my god, I couldn't help myself and kissed this vixen in the car. Although it was just a quick peck, and although this was only our second "kiss," this time it was my own initiative. This kiss was completely different from the unintentional kiss we shared in bed last time!
That kiss, at the time, might have been spontaneous. If Chen Xu had just passed out afterwards, nothing would have happened. But the problem is, he's alive and well, so he has to clean up his own mess. The girl came to his door, only to find him already embracing another girl. Tsk tsk, this kind of thing… it's not funny when it happens to you!
However, Guan Yi was a very clever woman, and a clever woman wouldn't let her man embarrass himself in front of others, so she coughed lightly and deliberately smiled, "Oh? It seems I've come at the wrong time?"
"Ah!" Gao Xiaojie blushed instantly, like a primary school student caught doing something wrong by the teacher. She quickly said, "No, no, don't think nonsense."
"I wasn't thinking anything inappropriate." Guan Yi deliberately dragged out the word: "Heh, but what... are you doing?"
Hearing the woman speak like that, Chen Xu felt a little embarrassed and quickly said, "Gao Xiaojie was blaming herself just now, and I was comforting her."
"Does comforting someone require a hug?" Guan Yi said with a half-smile. "Alright, alright, I didn't mean anything by it. Actually, Chen Xu, I think you two are quite suitable. Look, a lot of people are starting to date now, you two would be a perfect match, you're even a pair of lovebirds now."
That sounds... kind of sarcastic!
Chen Xu winked at Guan Yi, signaling her to stop being so sarcastic. Guan Yi gave him a look that said, "I'll settle the score with you later," before saying, "Never mind, never mind, look at how red you are. Ha, I didn't expect Gao Xiaojie to blush sometimes. Okay, I'm not messing with you anymore. I just remembered, Chen Xu, your phone was with me when you were changing clothes, so I came to return it to you."
Then the woman clapped her hands and said in a casual tone, "Alright, you look like you're recovering quite well. Get discharged soon, Boss Wang Dong is back."
"Boss Wang Dong?!"
Chen Xu knew that Wang Dong and his fellow third-year students hadn't attended classes since the start of the new semester after the Lunar New Year because they were doing a three-month internship. It was time for them to return. Chen Xu hadn't seen his older brother in a long time, and he really missed him. After all, Wang Dong had taken care of him as soon as he arrived at school… he was a true brother!
Guan Yi said with a smile, "Boss Wang Dong wanted to come see you when he found out you were hospitalized, but we told him you're resting now, and he said he'd come tomorrow. If you can be discharged tomorrow night, come have a drink with Boss Wang. I'll come too. Gao Xiaojie, what about you?"
“I received his text message. Don’t worry, I’ll go too.”
"That's good. I've notified them. I'll be going now." Guan Yi smiled, slung his small bag over his shoulder, opened the door, and walked out, closing the door behind him.
The moment the door closed, this alluring woman couldn't help but lean against the wall, tears streaming down her beautiful face...
Chapter 205 The Rich Woman (Part 1)
Guan Yi wasn't stupid; on the contrary, this woman was very clever. When she saw Chen Xu and Gao Xiaojie embracing, she knew that things were already going in the direction she least wanted to see.
Guan Yi had always felt a sense of crisis because he was dealing with Chen Xu, who was completely clueless about relationships. Well, he really was clueless about relationships. Anyone could see that Chen Xu's relationships with the three of them were far from normal! And all three women and one man were currently single, with absolutely no rumors circulating about them other than living together. Even Guan Yi himself found it hard to believe!
Thinking of that kiss in the car earlier, Guan Yi felt a mix of sweetness and bitterness in his heart. He then wanted to rush back into the house and drag that heartless philanderer out to beat him up... You kissed me and now you're hugging Gao Xiaojie. What do you want?!
The significance of that kiss was extraordinary, and Chen Xu knew it, as did Guan Yi.
Even in a crisis, ordinary friends would at most hug, how could they possibly kiss?
Since they kissed, they're definitely not just ordinary friends.
Chen Xu's impulsive action at that moment took a crucial step. If it weren't for what just happened, he should have naturally gotten together with Guan Yi... But instead, he went and hugged Gao Xiaojie?!
The two of them were hugging so intimately!
I'm so angry! I'm so angry!
In the past, even if Guan Yi didn't directly confront Gao Xiaojie, at least now it was Gao Xiaojie leaving the room, not herself… Women and men are similar in some ways. A man would also be anxious if he saw his girlfriend hugging his friend. And to be honest, even now, Guan Yi felt that her relationship with Gao Xiaojie was only that of ordinary friends; the person who connected them was Chen Xu.
So for Guan Yi, although she thought Gao Xiaojie was a decent person, once such a friend became a rival in love, then the word "friend" would lose its meaning to her.
But just as she was about to say something, she suddenly remembered the phone call her father had made to her that afternoon.
Douglas will definitely report the attack on Guan Yi's school bus to Grandpa Guan. When Grandpa Guan finds out, he is furious and calls her personally, demanding that she return immediately.
Guan Yi initially refused to go back, just like Chen Xu. Her motivation for staying at university now stems from the people she cherishes there. The difference is that Chen Xu cherishes a group of people, while she cherishes only one.
When her father came to see Chen Xu last time, she was both nervous and excited. Compared to those self-important aristocratic sons, she really liked Chen Xu, a sincere and somewhat naive, stubborn college student.
This doesn't mean that all the young men Guan Yi encountered were spoiled brats. On the contrary, their excellent education and family backgrounds meant that most of the aristocratic children were of high quality. Many were polite, well-mannered, and erudite. They were also proficient in many musical instruments... But Guan Yi felt that these people lacked sincerity. The learned social etiquette made everyone's smiles seem so polite and distant.
Chen Xu's sincerity moved her. If they had only had mutual attraction before, then when she saw Chen Xu jump out of the car to draw enemy fire for the sake of everyone in the vehicle, the shock of him risking his life completely won her over.
So Guan Yi refused to go back. She preferred her current free and easy life. But at the same time, she also knew that she only had a little over three years left to enjoy her freedom.
Three years later, when she graduated from university, she had to go back, and at that time, she would have to face separation.
In the past, Guan Yi wouldn't have cared so much. Since she had made the impulsive decision to live freely for four years, she would also impulsively obtain the love she wanted, even if that love only lasted three years. Even if that love was destined to have no ending... As for the future, she didn't want to think about it.
But as she and Chen Xu grew closer and their relationship improved, and then came today's events.
She suddenly realized she couldn't bring herself to do it.
She couldn't bring herself to be with him because she couldn't bear to face the inevitable breakup... She was afraid of falling in love herself, and she was also afraid that Chen Xu would fall in love.
At that moment, Guan Yi suddenly realized that he had actually started to think about others.
Guan Yi actually has a very spoiled, princess-like temperament. Her politeness is a trait she developed from childhood, and like Chen Xu, she enjoys helping others because she's not short of money and is just bored. However, if she considers something hers to be hers, she will absolutely not easily give it up to others…like her feelings.
She had thought about her relationship with Chen Xu, and she knew it was a hopeless one. Given the Chen Xu family's power, they weren't strong enough to beat out their rivals and win her hand. From a young age, she knew that for scions of wealthy families like her, marriages were always pre-arranged… unless a miracle occurred.