Chapter 20

When Qi Zhao's brain was reconnected, Gu Ci was already dead.

Qi Zhao reacted for two seconds and sent a message to Gu Ci: [Mr. Gu, did you call the wrong number? 】

Based on the fact that she and Gu Ci have been getting along for so many days, they should not be familiar enough to call each other at any time.

Or a video call.

Gu Ci replied quickly this time.

[Gu Ci: No. ]

While Qi Zhao was still stunned as he stared at those two words, Gu Ci's second phone call popped up again.

Qi Zhao quickly put down the wine glass in his hand, pushed down all the raised hair, and then pressed the green button.

A "ding——" sound came from the phone. When the sound disappeared into the air, Gu Ci's face instantly filled the entire screen.

He held the phone a little lower. At this angle, ordinary people's faces might have been distorted and revealed, but Gu Ci's facial features on the screen looked even deeper.

The jaw line is clear and the nose is straight. The light reflected on his face made his eyes, which were always lowered, not so cold.

Qi Zhao first showed his standard eight teeth and said politely: "Mr. Gu, is there something wrong with the film and television department?"

Before Gu Ci could say anything, Qi Zhao saw a calico cat suddenly appear on the screen.

Xiaoxiao climbed onto Gu Ci's arm and reached his shoulder. After seeing Qi Zhao on the phone with her round eyes, she first whispered in confusion.

After seeing Qi Zhao move in the "square box", he instantly became excited.

"Meow!"

Qi Zhao saw Xiaoxiao stretching out a paw to reach for the mobile phone in Gu Ci's hand. He was afraid that he would lose his footing and pressed Gu Ci's face with his other front paw.

The small force did not seem too small, Qi Zhao saw that Gu Ci's right cheek was slightly deformed by the small claws.

Gu Ci, who seemed to be used to being used as a pedal, remained motionless, with a calm and serious expression on his face that made Qi Zhao want to laugh.

Perhaps because one cheek was squeezed, Gu Ci's words were a little unclear: "There's something wrong with it."

She didn't know if it was Qi Zhao's misunderstanding, but she always felt that she heard something in Gu Ci's unclear Mandarin . A hint of resentment.

Xiaoxiao was still pulling Gu Ci's phone with his front paws. Qi Zhao saw Xiaoxiao moving around on the screen and stretched out his hand to shake it: "Xiaoxiao, good evening."

Xiaoxiao heard Qi Zhao's voice. It stopped moving instantly, retracted both paws, and sat obediently on Gu Ci's shoulder. Its eyes were lowered into a semicircle, and its voice was a little aggrieved: "Meow..."

Qi Zhao felt as if his heart was being tugged. His eyebrows couldn't help but droop.

Gu Cijian was silent for a long time as he faced a man and a cat with frowning faces on the screen.

In the end, as if he was afraid that Qi Zhao would misunderstand and to explain himself, he held it in for a long time: "...I didn't abuse it."

After hearing the voice, Qi Zhao pulled back from the little feeling of distress and recalled His expression just now made Qi Zhao's ears warm: "I know, I believe Mr. Gu."

Although Qi Zhao said this, Gu Ci was afraid that she was telling lies.

Gu Ci pursed his lips and was quiet for a few seconds before explaining the whole story: "After you left the office this afternoon, it barked for a long time without hearing your voice, and then bit the camera."

Qi Zhao heard this and looked at Xiaoxiao. Xiao didn't know whether he didn't understand or didn't care. He opened his mouth and yawned, then raised his paws and rubbed his face.

The corners of Qi Zhao's lips couldn't help but curl up, which seemed to be two extremes from the opposite Gu Ci, who showed a hint of melancholy.

"It kept barking after I got home and didn't eat..."

Gu Ci, who was usually taciturn, now talked more when talking about Xiao Xiao.

Halfway through his words, Qi Zhao seemed to have remembered something. He stared at the screen and suddenly apologized: "I'm sorry, because the doctor said that it must have a stable diet in the past few days. I persuaded it for a long time, but it couldn't take a bite." Eat. So I asked Ye Zhiyuan for a photo of your ID card to show him. "

Qi Zhao didn't care about this, she was more concerned about the subsequent development of the matter.

The curve of Qi Zhao's mouth became wider and wider, and his voice was filled with a smile: "Is that a snack?"

Gu Ci frowned when he heard this and said "hmm".

The downcast expression sounded like envy and jealousy.

"But it only ate the few bites in front of the monitor."

His tone had an indescribable and arrogant tone.

From the words Qi Zhao revealed through Gu Ci, you can probably guess why he made the video call to him.

"So Mr. Gu made a video call to me to persuade Xiaoxiao to eat?"

Gu Ci didn't say anything, which was regarded as acquiescence.

He turned the camera over, and Qi Zhao immediately saw the pet monitoring robot that had fallen to the ground.

The bulging circular lens of the pet surveillance camera has cracked several times with obvious white gaps. The carrot stuffed toy also lying next to it is like a "provocation" left by the culprit at the scene of the crime.

Qi Zhao saw the picture on the screen suddenly rise, as if Gu Ci had stood up.

Qi Zhao followed the phone screen to the top of the small cat bowl. Xiaoxiao jumped off Gu Ci's shoulder at some point, walked from outside the screen to the center of the screen, raised his head and shouted at Gu Ci: " Meow——"

Gu Ci casually responded to Xiaoxiao: "You just talked to her, now you can eat."

Xiaoxiao seemed to understand, yelled at the phone camera and walked to his food obediently. I ate from the bowl with big mouthfuls.

A mouthful of food, a mouthful of water, a combination of dry and wet, so comfortable.

Qi Zhao, who was still thinking about how to persuade Xiaoxiao to eat, was stunned when he saw it eating so easily.

Not to mention Qi Zhao being confused, Gu Ci, who had witnessed everything with his own eyes, was a little confused.

"You're on hunger strike because you really want to talk to her..."

Qi Zhao heard Gu Ci's somewhat surprised murmur, took the phone away and moved his face out of the camera, and couldn't help but laugh a few times.

When Qi Zhao returned to the camera, his whole face was a little red from suppressing laughter.

She coughed slightly to cover it up, but she heard Gu Ci sigh.

Qi Zhao saw the camera suddenly drop and the small image on the screen suddenly enlarge. The whole picture turned into a close-up of the snack cat food.

Gu Ci's voice was a little helpless: "Why can you understand what I'm saying now, but you pretended not to understand when I tried to persuade you just now?"

Xiaoxiao, who was eating, didn't know whether he was disturbed by the sudden mobile phone or by Gu Ci. The sound disturbed.

It raised its head from the bowl, wrinkled its kitten face, as if losing its temper, and its voice became a little shrill: "Meow!"

Qi Zhao saw the camera freeze for a few seconds, and then moved back a certain distance. .

Gu Ci's voice on the phone was a little muffled: "...You clearly didn't want to eat just now."

After hearing this, Qi Zhao quickly tightened his lips, fearing that he would laugh out loud.

Gu Ci is not a person who takes the initiative to speak, nor does he feel that a quiet atmosphere will cause embarrassment.

Qi Zhao and Gu Ci are the opposite.

Qi Zhao felt that no matter between two familiar or unfamiliar people, as long as there was silence for more than five seconds, the whole person would become a little uncomfortable.

Qi Zhao searched for topics to break the silence in her mind, although the topic she had the most contact with Gu Ci now was about the film and television business.

But this time it was Gu Ci who took the initiative to bring up a small personal topic to her in his private time.

If I were to talk about the film and television department in this situation, it would ruin the atmosphere.

So Qi Zhao thought for a moment and said, "I see that Xiaoxiao seems to like that carrot toy very much, and it's a little pilling."

The camera moved as Gu Ci turned his head, and Gu Ci saw the black and white gray environment After putting down the touch of orange, he said "Hmm" first, and then said: "Because the size is just right, Xiaoxiao likes to hold it when sleeping."

His tone was as familiar as if he had seen it many times.

After getting the response, it became easier to continue the conversation: "Then when Xiaoxiao grows up, I will give him another one."

"No need." Gu Ci refused simply, "I bought it for him. A lot of toys."

Although Gu Ci's words seemed a bit like he wanted to draw a clear line with Qi Zhao, his somewhat confusing tone afterward proved that Gu Ci was simply refusing.

"But it doesn't seem to like playing very much."

Hearing this, Qi Zhao recalled the color layout of Gu Ci's home, then thought about the bag of toys he bought for Xiaoxiao, and asked speculatively: "...you bought it for Xiaoxiao What color is the toy?"

"White," Gu Ci said after thinking for two seconds, "and black."

Qi Zhao:

"Mr. Gu, cats don't like it the most. The color seems to be white."

Gu Ci was quiet for a few seconds. After regaining consciousness, he frowned deeply: "Really...?"

Qi Zhao asked Gu Ci: "You can buy yellow for Xiaoxiao in the future. Or blue toys, maybe purple ones too."

Gu Ci nodded behind the screen, already thinking about all the blue and yellow toys in all the pet shops in the hotel.

When Gu Ci was lost in thought, there was another familiar friction sound from his trousers.

Gu Ci lowered his head and saw that Xiaoxiao had finished eating at some point and was now pulling at his trousers with his front paws and shouting anxiously: "Meow!"

Gu Ci asked: "You still want to chat with her? ?"

"Meow."

Gu Ci picked up Xiaoxiao. Xiaoxiao, who usually screamed when he was suddenly picked up, had no intention of resisting at the moment.

Gu Ci: ...

Although he was helpless, Gu Ci still flipped the camera so that Xiaoxiao and Qi Zhao could communicate face to face.

Qi Zhao didn't know how she communicated with Xiaoxiao, who didn't understand the language. She only knew that when she hung up the phone, it showed that they had been chatting for more than an hour.

Qi Zhao, who had a dry mouth, quickly poured a glass of wine to moisten his throat.

Qi Zhao, who was exhausted of energy, walked to the bedroom and lay on the bed for a while, then turned on his phone and clicked on the chat interface with Qin Zhuo.

Now, whether it's strategy or work, she has to increase her presence in front of Qin Zhuo.

[Zhaojiu Plaything: Director Qin, how are you thinking? It

took more than ten minutes for Qin Zhuo to reply, but it could be seen that he was in a good mood and the message was responding to Qi Zhao.

[Qin Zhuo: Mr. Qi, why don’t we meet and talk tomorrow? ]

[Zhaojiu Plaything: Of course, you can decide the location. ]

Qin Zhuo immediately sent a string of addresses.

It was the home-brew restaurant where they first met.