Chapter 178: You are also a useless thing

Gu Shangyou and his wife knew their daughter's feelings and were afraid it would be too awkward in a moment. Mrs. Gu took the opportunity to quickly greet the young girls: "Aren't you going to sleep at Shen Ci's house? It's getting late, hurry over. You have to get up early tomorrow to go back to school."

Seeing this, Shen Ci also stood up: "Then we'll head back. Goodbye, Uncle and Auntie."

Jin Pili didn't know what had happened, but just nodded along.

Before leaving, Mrs. Gu added a piece of clothing for her daughter. Seeing her eyes were red, she knew she must be feeling bad inside, so she gently touched her daughter's face and said: "Wear an extra layer. It's getting cooler; you need to pay attention to keeping warm."

Gu Lianxing didn't cry. The tears that needed to be shed had already been shed on the rooftop that night. She wouldn't shed another tear for Brother Jiang Cheng.

Inside the house, Gu Shangyou invited Jiang Cheng to sit on the sofa to drink tea and chat. The topic inevitably revolved around Jiang Yuanliang.

"Went to Xuecheng?"

"Yes. The Xuecheng government has a natural gas project they want to cooperate with the Jiang family on. Second Uncle has always attached great importance to official projects, so he went personally. He's been gone for a week now, and we don't know when he'll be back."

Gu Shangyou nodded in understanding. The Jiang Group's business was large and wide-ranging, especially after Jiang Yuanliang took over, the group's development reached another height. Now, even official projects in other provinces would take the initiative to find the Jiang family for cooperation.

"How is your father's health lately?" Gu Shangyou changed the subject and asked about Jiang Cheng's father.

Jiang Cheng responded with a smile: "He's been quite good lately. Maybe he's happy because I got engaged; his condition is much better than before."

Jiang Cheng's father was the eldest son of the Jiang family, but unfortunately, his health had never been very good, and he couldn't get involved in group affairs. That was why the position of chairman was handed to the second son, Jiang Yuanliang, without any suspense.

And Jiang Yuanliang was now nearly forty years old, yet he remained unmarried and childless. His mind was entirely on the group and business; he had no time and no desire to consider such things.

He did, however, treat Jiang Cheng as his own. This villa in "Wanjia Denghuo" was a wedding gift from Jiang Yuanliang to Jiang Cheng.

From Gu Shangyou's perspective, the next successor of the Jiang family would undoubtedly be Jiang Cheng, barring any accidents.

"If his health improves, the burden on your heart can be lighter. You are young now, and you should put more effort into the group. Learn skills from your Second Uncle properly. I remember when he was your age, he had already started leading teams to expand business outside. Your Second Uncle is grooming you as his successor; we can all see that," Gu Shangyou said earnestly.

But while Gu Shangyou could say this, Jiang Cheng dared not acknowledge it.

He smiled and said: "Second Uncle is still young. I haven't thought about taking over his position. I'm content just learning more things under him."

"By the way, my grandfather has been busy arranging a marriage for Second Uncle lately, saying there are a few suitable candidates, just waiting for Second Uncle to come back and take a look."

This made Gu Shangyou laugh, but upon further thought, given Chairman Jiang's temper, the old man probably had no other choice.

"Your Second Uncle is past the age of romance. Blind dates might not be a bad idea; maybe it will actually work out. He should hurry up; it's not too late to have children before forty."

"My grandfather thinks so too," Jiang Cheng nodded.

On the other side, when Shen Ci and the others returned to the villa, Gu Lianxing no longer showed any signs of abnormality.

But Shen Ci was still a bit worried, yet didn't want to bring it up again.

As it turned out, Gu Lianxing brought it up herself: "Sigh, seeing him still makes my heart ache, but the cold wind on the road just now cleared my head."

She looked at Shen Ci and smiled helplessly: "He's already engaged, what else is there for me to struggle with?"

Shen Ci patted her on the shoulder: "It's good that you can think it through."

Jin Pili only then realized what was going on. No wonder she felt the atmosphere was strange; it turned out Lianxing and that man just now had a history.

"It's hard to find a three-legged toad, but aren't there plenty of two-legged men?" Jin Pili also chimed in to comfort her.

Only, coming from her mouth, it felt a bit incongruous.

After a moment of surprise, Gu Lianxing laughed: "Not bad, Jin Pili, you're a bit of a 'scumbag' at heart too. But you're right. I'll raise fish, you build the pond, and we'll be sea queens together! Aren't there plenty of men?"

As she spoke, she didn't forget to remind Shen Ci: "Baby, your Tang Song is about to expire too, right? It's been over a month? Time to change!"

Shen Ci rolled her eyes: "Is this not the time when you were scolding your cousin?"

"Can that be the same?" Gu Lianxing said righteously: "If a man is scum, he deserves to die. If a woman is scum, it must be the man's problem."

Shen Ci smiled without a word and turned to go upstairs, but was grabbed by Gu Lianxing.

"What?" Shen Ci looked at her sideways in confusion: "It's ten o'clock, time to wash up and go to bed."

Gu Lianxing gave her a scrutinizing look: "You've been very busy lately, and we haven't had a good chat in a long time. I'm asking you, have you and Tang Song actually 'done it'?"

Jin Pili looked at Gu Lianxing with a pained expression: "Can you change the word? It sounds too ugly!"

It made her subconsciously imagine Shen Ci in that situation.

"'Clapping for love,' 'clapping for love,' is that better!" Gu Lianxing changed her wording immediately.

Shen Ci asked with a puzzled look: "Your vocabulary in this area is quite rich, just rolling off the tongue? I thought you were a pure, innocent little flower!"

"Stop changing the subject." Gu Lianxing forcibly pulled Shen Ci to the sofa and sat her down: "Tell us, among the three of us, you're the only one dating. You definitely have to spill the details."

Jin Pili, who was on the side, sat down silently and also looked at Shen Ci with eager eyes, a "tell us" expression on her face.

Shen Ci was speechless.

But inside, an inexplicable joy welled up. She had longed countless times for such a friendship where they could talk about anything, and at this moment, it suddenly became concrete.

It was something she hadn't obtained in her previous life.

"Not yet," Shen Ci said in a low voice.

"Ah?" Gu Lianxing exclaimed upon hearing this: "No way, big sister, is he useless? How can he resist such a beautiful girlfriend?"

Jin Pili, on the side, slowly raised her hand and said indifferently: "I won!"

Gu Lianxing looked speechless, sighing as she stared at Shen Ci with disappointment written all over her face: "You really are a useless thing!"

Shen Ci was shocked and stood up with a "whoosh": "No way, you two, you're betting on this kind of thing?"

Gu Lianxing took out her phone and transferred "20 cents" to Jin Pili, then shrugged at Shen Ci: "Who told you to always be away from the dorm lately? We were bored, so we just made a casual bet for fun."

Jin Pili, after receiving the transfer, said calmly: "I just wanted to make money."

Shen Ci:...

What great best friends.

"But what's going on with you two? It's been over a month. Hasn't he mentioned it? Didn't you say you were craving his body?" Gu Lianxing leaned in again, chattering away.

Shen Ci:... ===== CHAPTER 179 =====