Chapter Twenty-Four

  Good fortune was in a daze, and it wasn't until much later that he thought to himself subconsciously, two hours couldn't possibly have passed without him arriving yet, or had his phone rang while he hadn't heard it?

  He struggled to open his heavy eyelids, and in front of him was a glimmer of light. In the light, there seemed to be a shadowy figure. As he opened them a bit more, with the increasing brightness, the outline of that blurry figure became clearer and clearer.

  "Good luck!" Luckily, he sat up in bed at once.

  It's not like Gong Xi is sitting by his bedside or anything, still with that smiling face.

  "How did you get here?" Lucky Surprise asked.

  "In Beijing, someone came over and hitched a ride on a plane, and then they arrived." said Gong Xi lightly.

  "Can planes also hitchhike? Whose are they going to hitch a ride with?"

  "Hmph, look at your curious face. Even if I told you, you wouldn't know, here, have some delicious food I brought for you." Gong Xi picked up the big bag that was placed beside the bed and handed it over.

  Luckily, she just woke up and hastily felt for her phone by the bed: "Oh no, what time is it?! Didn't it ring?!"

  Of course it rang. It's an electronic product, you set it to one and it's one, you set it to two and it's two. It absolutely won't change the instructions on its own. It just happened that right after it rang, Gong Xi turned it off.

  The phone clearly displayed 12:30, which means he had slept for a whole morning.

  "Dizzy, I'm going to pass out." Xingyun said, not even bothering with Gong Xi, flipping over and getting off the bed, searching for his leather shoes by the bedside, "Huh? Where's my shoe?"

  Gong Xi looked at him with a flustered expression and couldn't help but laugh: "What are you busy with? I've already polished the shoes, they're by the door."

  "Hurry up and give it to me. I overslept. I set the alarm clock, why didn't it ring? How annoying." Lucky complained with a frown.

  Gong Xi stood in front of him and sighed, saying: "Lucky, work is not something that can be finished in one day. If you keep working so hard and get sick, it will delay even more time."

  Good fortune raised her head and looked at Gong Xi. Her big eyes were filled with bloodshot, obviously she had not rested well for many nights.

  Gong Xi looked at the pale face and said with concern: "I just saw Yu Su, he said you've been working overtime every day since you came back, and for the past two days, you've been pulling all-nighters, only sleeping for two hours a day. This won't do."

  "Gong Xi, our task is too urgent, Director Liu will come to inspect our work at the end of the month."

  Jiayu sighed again, "I know, but Director Liu is here to inspect the work, not to chase your progress. If you keep working so hard, you'll really collapse from exhaustion. What then? Won't the work be delayed even more? Listen, go back to bed and sleep for a while longer. I've already spoken with Yu Su and Ding Ling, today everyone is taking a rest day to recharge. So, there's no need for you to rush back."

  "What?! Palace Joy's simple words made Lucky almost unbelievable, he could make both Ding Ling and Yu Su listen to him, take a rest today?! This is simply too magical, Yu Su is a workaholic, and Ding Ling is even more so, a super workaholic who is a combination of two workaholics, they can actually listen to Palace Joy, this is truly astonishing."

  "What's with the wide eyes? Don't you believe me?" Gong Xi asked as if she had seen through Yong Heng's heart.

  "Uh, no, I mean, they really said today is a rest day?"

  Jiayu is laughing again and says no, this is simply unbelievable.

  "Really, don't worry, when have I ever lied to you? Be good, listen and go back to bed. By the way, are you hungry? I'll go get some food for you."

  Lucky belly timely a growl, he just felt himself hungry, nodded hastily: "Uh, I'm hungry."

  Gong Xi smiled and rubbed his head, then took out a paper bag from the bag on the bed, pulled out a piece of pastry, and handed it to Lucky.

  "Give it to the fragrant rice village, eat first and wait for me to come back." After finishing speaking, he folded the bag again and put it back in his backpack. "Only eat this piece, don't sneak a bite, or you won't be able to finish your meal."

  Good fortune had just taken a big bite of Napoleon cake, which was both crispy and sweet. He was thinking about finishing this piece and then eating another one when he was suddenly interrupted by Gong Xi's words. The enjoyable expression on his face instantly froze, and the corners of his mouth drooped down.

  Gong Xi smiled and gently swept away the crumbs from Xing Yun's mouth, saying "I'll go get lunch, we can have dessert after eating."

  Gong Xi put the package on the shelf at the door for safekeeping and then casually closed the door.

  Gong Xi walked out, and only then did Xing Yun realize that he had unconsciously fallen back into his old way of interacting with Gong Xi. Their movements were seamless, a bit too intimate. Thinking about this, Xing Yun's heart skipped a beat in secret alarm - he was different from before now, he was openly Gong Xi's partner, so he couldn't, couldn't get too close to Gong Xi like this again. As he thought about it, the pastry seemed to have lost its flavor as well.

  Jianguo returned to find Xingyun sitting on the edge of the bed, still holding half a cookie, staring blankly.

  "What's wrong?" Gong Xi asked with concern.

  "Huh?" Luckily, he came back to his senses and turned around, "Oh, nothing, it's fine."

  Jiayu stretched out his hand and took the nod from Xingyun's hand, "Come on, let's eat first."

  As soon as their fingertips touched, luck was like electricity, and he quickly withdrew his arm. "Ah!" He exclaimed in surprise.

  Jiayuan suddenly froze there: "What's wrong?"

  Luckily, he lifted his eyes again, and they were still full of panic. He muttered incoherently: "Ah, it's nothing, it's nothing." Then he handed the nod to Gong Xi and awkwardly withdrew his hand.

  The atmosphere suddenly became somewhat subtle, and Gong Xi quietly handed over the dinner plate, carefully avoiding touching Yong Le's body again.

  "Let's eat first."

  "Ah." Xingyun lowered his eyes, not daring to look at Gong Xi, mechanically shoving food into his mouth one bite at a time, the taste like chewing wax, swallowing mechanically.

  Jiayu walked over to the door and picked up the package with things in it.

  "All these are food, I have divided them into two portions for you, one is placed in the office and the other is here, eat some when you're hungry."

  "I've sent your clothes to the laundry, they should be dry by tonight, remember to pick them up. I bought some underwear and socks for you, they're all in the closet. Also, get plenty of rest, don't overwork yourself, your body is weak, you can't compare with others, if you collapse from exhaustion it'll be a hassle."

  Good fortune bowed his head, still shoveling food into his mouth one bite at a time. Tears fell drop by drop onto the rice, and were swallowed into his belly along with it.

  "I'm leaving." Although Gong Xi's heart was heavy with sorrow, she still couldn't bear to part with him. She gazed lovingly at Yun Hai, who sat on the bed with his head hung low, and instead of walking out the door, she turned back to sit beside him once again.