Chapter 131

Pili was actually a person with a cold exterior but a warm heart. Although she was a bit between laughter and tears, she couldn't help but be moved.

After all, having lived this long, Gu Lianxing was the first person to cry like this for her.

Shen Ci pulled out two tissues to gently wipe away Gu Lianxing's tears and soothed her softly: "Alright, stop crying, your eyes are swollen like goldfish."

With her emotions slightly calmed, Gu Lianxing nodded, not forgetting to look in the mirror, and cried again: "So ugly!"

Shen Ci and Pili looked at each other and shook their heads with a smile, but it was precisely because of Gu Lianxing's presence in the dorm that it was filled with life.

Before long, Jiang Lingchuan sent a message. Gu Lianxing took a look and said to Shen Ci: "The thing you wanted is here, wait for me to go down and get it."

Upon hearing this, Shen Ci's face lit up: "The invitation?"

Gu Lianxing nodded: "My dad said the seat might be further back, but there's no other way."

"It doesn't matter, as long as I can get in, I don't mind standing and listening."

Gu Lianxing glared at her and muttered: "No ambition!"

The rain had stopped by now, and the air was cool and damp. After Gu Lianxing went downstairs, she walked straight up to Jiang Lingchuan and held out her hand.

Jiang Lingchuan didn't rush to give her the item, just stared at her face, and then his expression tightened as he asked: "What's wrong with you? Did you cry?"

"Give me the thing, stop asking!" Gu Lianxing urged impatiently.

Jiang Lingchuan was uncharacteristically firm, looking at Gu Lianxing seriously: "Who bullied you? If you don't tell me, I won't give it to you!"

"Give it to me!"

"No, you tell me!"

"Are you going to give it to me or not? If you don't, I'm going to be angry!"

"You tell me why you were crying, and I'll give it to you!"

"..."

The two of them went back and forth like children bickering. In the end, Gu Lianxing had to reach out and grab it herself; Jiang Lingchuan didn't dare to hold on tight for fear of tearing the invitation.

But he couldn't hide the worry and heartache in his eyes.

Gu Lianxing felt guilty under his gaze, lowered her head slightly, and whispered: "I'm fine, I just listened to a story and cried."

"Oh." Upon hearing this, Jiang Lingchuan's expression immediately relaxed: "That's good, then I'm leaving."

Gu Lianxing nodded, then suddenly remembered something and looked up: "Wait a minute, um, thank you."

Jiang Lingchuan's brows knit together upon hearing this. Seeing Gu Lianxing turn to leave, he called out to her: "Lianxing!"

"Huh?"

Gu Lianxing turned to look at him, her eyes filled with confusion.

Jiang Lingchuan walked back to stand in front of her, looked into her eyes, and asked seriously: "Why do you keep thanking me?"

"Huh? Is there a problem with me thanking you?" Gu Lianxing's eyes widened in disbelief: "You don't like it?"

Who knew Jiang Lingchuan would actually nod: "I don't like it."

Gu Lianxing choked, and then heard Jiang Lingchuan say with a hint of grievance in his tone: "You were never this polite to me before, why are you suddenly..."

"I'm not being polite to you, it's just..." Gu Lianxing's mouth hung half-open; she was at a loss for how to explain her sudden change in behavior.

After a long while, she said: "I just wanted to have a better attitude toward you, otherwise it would seem like I have no manners!"

Jiang Lingchuan then said to her with a stern face: "Not needed, just be like you were before."

That way, it would show that he was different from others; he was the special one.

But Gu Lianxing didn't quite understand and asked in confusion: "Be like before, ordering you around and bossing you about?"

"Yes."

"Then call me Queen!"

"?"

Jiang Lingchuan gave Gu Lianxing a deep look as if she were a fool, then curled his lip and walked away in silence.

Seeing this, Gu Lianxing's face scrunched up; she thought he liked it.

Returning to the dorm, her sad and heartbroken mood seemed to have been swept away. Gu Lianxing triumphantly waved the invitation in her hand and looked at Shen Ci: "Tell me, how are you going to thank me?"

"I'll give you my life!" Shen Ci said.

Gu Lianxing smiled with satisfaction: "Deal!"

"What is this?" Pili asked curiously, leaning in to look.

Gu Lianxing then told Pili about Shen Ci being an investor, giving her a little shock.

Sure enough, after hearing this, Pili's look at Shen Ci changed. She exclaimed: "So you're so rich now because you made money through investments?"

Shen Ci looked at Pili's serious and faintly excited eyes, hesitated for a moment, and then asked: "Do you believe in rebirth?"

Pili was stunned: "What the heck?"

"Nothing, it's money I made from investments." Shen Ci nodded.

Pili was amazed: "That's amazing, can you teach me? I want to make money!"

Pili didn't just say "I want to make money" lightly; she really needed money, and Shen Ci already knew everything about her situation.

"If there's an investment that's guaranteed to make money, I'll take you with me."

"Really? Thank you so much!"

Gu Lianxing wasn't interested in business and interjected: "How was your date today? How was that police officer?"

"Pretty good." Shen Ci said truthfully: "Seventy points."

"Huh? Only seventy points? Where did the other thirty go?" Gu Lianxing asked, looking surprised.

Thinking of Tang Song's height, physique, and appearance, shouldn't his base score be at least eighty?

"There's still a key factor that's unknown, isn't there?" Shen Ci said with a meaningful expression.

Gu Lianxing and Pili understood in a second, and immediately showed expressions that said "some things can only be understood, not explained."

Gu Lianxing said: "That aspect is worth thirty points? You're too exaggerated!"

"Not exaggerated, it's really important!" Pili strongly agreed with Shen Ci's point of view.

That ability was the adhesive for a relationship. Gu Lianxing looked like a pure little rabbit and didn't realize the importance of such things yet.

"So how far did you progress today? Didn't you go to the movies? Did you kiss?"

Facing the three-part interrogation, Shen Ci looked at her burning desire for gossip and hummed: "Let you down, pure and plain, didn't even touch hands!"

"Huh?" Gu Lianxing's mouth dropped open, her eyes full of disappointment: "So boring."

Pili looked at Shen Ci and said: "Next time, just go to bed with him directly, give Lianxing a little shock."

"Huh?" Gu Lianxing's eyes widened again, shocked: "Isn't that too fast?"

Shen Ci couldn't be bothered with them, got up, and went straight to the bathroom to wash up.

With the invitation obtained through Gu Lianxing's help, Luo Tianrui and his team successfully participated in this exchange meeting on artificial intelligence technology. Top teams from major companies across the country shared their experiences and industry technologies, and everyone benefited greatly from this conference.

After the meeting ended that day, everyone had another group dinner.

At the table, Luo Tianrui suddenly said halfway through: "The Jiang Corporation has also started to get involved in the artificial intelligence industry this year. As one of the four major groups in China, the Jiang Corporation mostly involves itself in the real economy and highly profitable sectors, such as real estate, commercial districts, natural gas, and minerals. Now that Jiang is suddenly investing in artificial intelligence, it means that artificial intelligence is one of the sectors with the most development potential now and in the future."

"And the Jiang Corporation has deep pockets, so they will inevitably invest huge amounts of capital in this area. Moreover, as an emerging enterprise in the field of artificial intelligence, our project is actually very suitable for Jiang. It would be great if we had the opportunity to connect with their team."

Shen Ci listened to Luo Tianrui's words, and there was a part of it she always felt she had heard before.

After a long while, she looked at Luo Tianrui and asked tentatively: "Senior brother, the Jiang Corporation you mentioned, is the chairman named Jiang Yuanliang?"