Chapter 75

If you are a man, you should take responsibility for everything; what kind of behavior is it to push the blame onto a woman?

After Shu Xia drank a glass of water, she still felt a bit thirsty, so she poured another glass. She looked at Gu Cheng with a beaming smile, her heart feeling warm as she said, "Everything you said is right. To have such an accurate read on people at such a young age, your future is truly boundless."

It wasn't as if no one had spoken about Fu Chenyan in her past life, but she had believed that those people simply didn't understand Fu Chenyan well enough.

Yet, she had been deceived by Fu Chenyan for over seven years.

Gu Cheng was stunned, "Really?"

"It's true that your future is boundless, and it's true that I broke up with that scumbag. Is there anything else you want to ask?" Shu Xia asked with a smile.

Originally, Gu Cheng had thought he would need to give a long-winded speech, citing classics to properly brainwash Shu Xia and help her identify the scumbag, so that she would know that he, this little wolf-dog, could truly be trusted.

As it turned out, Shu Xia had already recognized the scumbag's true colors on her own.

He suddenly didn't know how to go about singing his own praises.

He scratched his head, "I guess I was just worrying for nothing."

"It was definitely not worrying for nothing. After what you said, I see through the scumbag's true colors even more, and it's even more impossible for me to believe a scumbag's words again."

Shu Xia took off her apron and took her bag out of the storage cabinet.

Gu Cheng's eyes were filled with the bright, dazzling light of a youth, "Really? That's good then. I have many love-struck girls around me who won't listen to anyone, no matter what others say."

"The bystander sees more than the player, or perhaps those people are just too good at disguising themselves. To see through a scumbag's true colors, one really has to pay a great price." A flicker of shattered light from having been hurt flashed through Shu Xia's eyes.

That shattered light seemed to carry a lot within it; Gu Cheng was stunned.

He raised a hand and pressed it against his chest; why did it suddenly feel a bit painful?

"Are you... really okay?" Gu Cheng asked cautiously.

"I'm fine. I need to go now; I have an appointment with a friend at six." Shu Xia glanced at the time.

Gu Cheng blinked. Seeing that there was no trace of sorrow on Shu Xia's fair face, he immediately felt he had imagined too much drama, "Ah, I just remembered something. Did you send your resume to Gu Lao's restoration team?"

If Shu Xia joined his grandfather's team, wouldn't he be able to see her often in the future?

Shu Xia had already walked to the door and looked back at Gu Cheng, "The resume has already been submitted, but Gu Lao's team requires qualifications and expertise. I'm afraid I won't be able to get in. Still, thank you. I'm leaving, see you tomorrow."

"Definitely..." Before Gu Cheng could finish his sentence, Shu Xia had already walked out.

His eyes rolled, and he decided not to go home yet. He would go to Liu's to buy a roast goose and take it back to curry favor with his grandfather!

He had to make his grandfather agree to interview Shu Xia.

As long as Shu Xia got the interview opportunity, his grandfather would definitely be pleasantly surprised by Shu Xia's performance!

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The place where Shu Xia and Jiang Nannan had arranged to meet was a hot pot restaurant.

It was a hot pot restaurant that had already been open when they were freshmen; the place wasn't big, but it was affordable and the taste was good.

Coming back to eat after graduation was mostly about the memories and nostalgia for their university days.

The taste was also the same old taste.

As soon as the two sat down, they were recognized by the proprietress.

"Have you two graduated from university?"

"Yes, we graduated over half a year ago. These past two days, we really missed the hot pot at your place, so we drove an hour from far away to eat it," said Jiang Nannan.

The proprietress beamed, "Our shop is closing down, so you probably won't be able to eat our hot pot in the future. Today, I'll give you a few extra dishes on the house, eat your fill!"

Shu Xia was surprised, "Why won't we be able to eat it anymore?"

"This whole area is being demolished, and we'll all be moving away in about half a month. Look, they say it's land bought by the Qiao Group. It seems some big shot came over to inspect it today, probably to check the situation of this land." The proprietress pointed outside the window, and they saw a group of people standing there.

Shu Xia and Jiang Nannan looked over.

When she saw Qiao Muting, who was surrounded by many people who were cautiously conversing and asking for his opinion, Shu Xia froze.