Chapter 9: A Ci, Please Have a Seat

Looking at those flowers fluttering all over the sky, they wither at the most beautiful moment……

That night, Yang Tongxue lay on her side at the edge of the bed; a faint light shone on her face, revealing an unconscious smile at the corner of her eyes.

On the tiny phone screen, Chen Ci was shouting with all his heart.

Not only did this song become more flavorful the more she listened to it.

Even the phone screen's resolution, blurry to the point of being touching, fell in her eyes like a hazy filter.

As she watched, everything that had happened earlier that day surfaced one by one before her eyes.

From the nervousness before her first meeting, to being at a loss when confessed to, the surprise of 'Old Boy', and……

Hehe……

Unintentionally, Yang Tongxue hastily covered her mouth.

Looking up, fortunately the roommates should all be asleep, with no reaction.

Ptoo~

Yang Tongxue secretly spat.

Really useless, she actually got lovesick again?

And it was toward her boyfriend.

But that final kiss really left her breathless, so exciting… Ptui ptui ptui!

Yang Tongxue let out three more 'ptui's—what potential?

No matter how you say it, that was Chen Ci coming to deceive, to ambush—when have I ever suffered such a loss?

Next time, I must firmly grasp the initiative and properly settle this score!

"If there is a tomorrow, blessings to you, my dear……"

But…… Chen Ci, singing with all his heart on stage, is really handsome!

His final 'dear'—was he saying it to me?

Thinking of this, Yang Tongxue's toes unconsciously exerted force, she curled up tightly, her snow-white thighs pressed closely together.

Summer solstice, a faint sweat……

On the very first day of saying he would quit drinking, Chen Ci went back on his word without hesitation.

After that night, none of the four members of the Broken Guitar Band walked out straight.

Only when the sun was high did Chen Ci slowly wake up.

To be precise, he was woken up by a phone call.

Chen Ci saw the caller ID was an unknown number, and without thinking hung up and went back to sleep.

But the other party seemed unwilling to let him sleep without waking him, persisting and calling three times in a row.

Chen Ci had no choice but to answer reluctantly, and the moment the other party spoke, Chen Ci wanted to curse—"Hello, this is XX Real Estate Agency……"

"I'm not buying a house." Chen Ci said coldly.

If it weren't because the other party was a sweet-voiced young lady, he wouldn't bother to deal with them.

"Mr. Chen Ci, you've misunderstood……"

After a thorough explanation, Chen Ci was mostly awake and also understood.

Basically, the property left by his parents was entrusted by a trust fund to this real estate agency for rent.

Now the house has been rented out, but the things inside might be his parents' belongings, which belong to Chen Ci.

So they proactively notified Chen Ci, it's a humanized service.

And that property, to Chen Ci, is indeed of extraordinary significance.

That is his family's old house; back then, Chen Ci's father went to Fujian to do business by sea and settled in Xiamen.

Speaking of which, it can be considered Chen Ci's hometown; he lived there for a long time, and only after the family business grew did they come to Jingcheng.

"Alright, I understand."

Having just awakened from a great dream, Chen Ci's heart was calm; he had already decided to part with the past and live differently.

Let the past go; this can also be considered a farewell.

"I'd like to ask, who is renting this house?"

"It's a film crew shooting a movie."

"A film crew?"

"Yes, they also rented the staff building opposite the villa, with a six-month lease, for shooting locations."

"I understand……"

"Why tell him these things?"

"Because the building opposite is also his family's……"

Chen Ci got up to wash up, and meanwhile looked for something to eat.

Soon, this house would no longer belong to him.

Only his aunt wasn't so heartless as to repossess the house and evict people right after his parents passed… maybe.

After hastily washing up and changing out of alcohol-soaked clothes, Chen Ci found a carton of milk in the fridge, didn't use a cup, tore it open with his hands, and gulped it down in one go.

After drinking it all in one go, he let out a burp filled with milky fragrance.

Then he rummaged through the fridge, but found nothing edible except cold drinks and beer.

Finally, Chen Ci picked a bottle of the most ordinary orange juice, walked to the living room, and was stunned.

"Speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao appears," as the saying goes; in the middle of the villa's leather sofa sat a middle-aged woman—his aunt.

"You don't need to be in such a hurry, do you?"

He glanced left and right, but didn't see the figure of a certain little chubby one.

"A Ci, please sit."

"Chen Ci's brows and eyes slightly froze with a strange expression, but he still chose to sit down: 'Gu Ma, A Se, did he go to school?'"

"Chen Ci remembered that A Se would only start elementary school after this summer."

"\"Today we won't talk about him, let's talk about you. \""

"\"Me? \""

"Chen Ci chuckled, wondering if she really came today to drive him away?"

"\"Some things, I didn't have time to finish saying yesterday, A Ci...... \""

"\"I'm listening. \""

"Gu Ma smiled: 'When I came over this morning, although I smelled alcohol, I didn't see any trace of a woman, which shows you've made progress.'"

"Chen Ci frowned upon hearing this, but did not lash out."

"\"Your hair is also cut short, much better than before...... \""

"Although Chen Ci's previous hairstyle couldn't be called overly eye‑catching, as a rock‑music fan it wasn't unusual for him to be a bit unconventional in this regard."

"So on the first day he arrived here, Chen Ci cut his hair short, feeling much more refreshed."

"\"What exactly do you want to say? \""

"Faced with Chen Ci's proactive question, Gu Ma paused briefly, then let out a faint sigh."

"Glancing at Chen Ci, she spoke slowly: 'I originally didn't want to be so blunt, to hurt everyone, but since you asked like this, I......'"

"\"Please go ahead. \""

"Chen Ci didn't want to keep beating around the bush, so he directly interrupted her."

"Gu Ma paused briefly, gave a slight nod: 'All right, then I'll speak plainly. A Ci, your parents entrusted you to me; seeing your change, I feel relieved.'"

"\"But that's not enough; you need to get on the right path—you can't keep drifting like this. At the very least, you need to find a proper job...... \""

"\"Wait, are you serious? \""

"The more Chen Ci listened, the more dumbfounded he became, momentarily unsure how to react."

"At first, Gu Ma praised herself for having made progress; though it sounded odd, one might easily think she was being sarcastic."

"But Chen Ci endured it; in his memory, this seemed to be the first time Gu Ma had ever said something nice about him?"

"Then, immediately afterward, she used his departed parents to pressure him, which made Chen Ci somewhat unable to hold back."

"Just as he was about to lash out, she suddenly shifted the conversation to finding him a job."

"Going round and round, there was a moment when Chen Ci didn't know whether to suspect his own or Gu Ma's mental circuits were faulty."

"\"A Ci, your uncle Gu Fu, hearing of your change, was also very pleased. For this, he specially asked friends for help and introduced you to a job. \""

"\"Hold on, who did you say? Chen…… my uncle Gu Fu? \""

"Watching Chen Ci stunned on the spot, Gu Ma couldn't help but smile; indeed, as the most beautiful Diaochan, even the tiny hint of pride at the corner of her mouth was vividly portrayed."

"\"Actually, I didn't really expect that either...... \""