Chapter 84

Qi Zhao didn’t know if something was wrong with him or if Gu Ci’s body temperature had dropped.

She always felt that the temperature of the back of Gu Ci's hand was getting lower and lower under her palm, but the palm of her hand that was in contact with him was sweating.

Alcohol seemed to have paralyzed some of Gu Ci's nerves. Now he seemed to be completely dominated by instinct, completely unable to think of the tacit social rules in life.

After Gu Ci said that, he just stared at Qi Zhao, leaving no time or space for her to react.

Gu Ci, who usually showed no emotion, seemed to be a different person at this moment, with blazing eyes.

His eyes were glued to Qi Zhao, and Qi Zhao always felt that there was no way out behind him when facing his serious and probing eyes.

There was a rare stubbornness in Gu Ci's eyes.

However, Qi Zhao was a little unclear whether the words he said in a drunken state were a confession or a statement.

Qi Zhao didn't know if Gu Ci could remember these things after he sobered up, but she knew that if she responded to Gu Ci under such uncertain circumstances, the result would only be embarrassment when they meet again.

When Qi Zhao was sorting out his words and planning how to deal with Gu Ci, he suddenly saw a figure in his peripheral vision that looked like a rescue force sent from heaven.

She withdrew her hand and waved in the direction of the man. The happiness in her tone was obvious and real: "Ye Zhu!" Ye Zhiyuan, who

was obviously hiding something, was stunned when he heard Qi Zhao's voice. Stunned, he reacted and looked around for the source of the sound.

Ye Zhiyuan cast his gaze in the direction of the pavilion.

He saw Qi Zhao, who was waving his arms with a smile on his face, and Gu Ci, who was staring at him expressionlessly with a somewhat resentful look.

Although Ye Zhiyuan was a little puzzled when he met Gu Ci's gaze, he had more important things ahead and did not allow him to think about it in detail.

Ye Zhiyuan took three steps at a time and came to Gu Ci, mysteriously handed him what he had in his hand, looked around and whispered in his ear: "Mr. Gu, I'm afraid that your bottle will not last long." Before the whole scene was over, I brought another bottle over."

Qi Zhao glanced at the bottle in Gu Ci's hand, and after careful inspection, he determined that it was the sparkling water he had drank in the room before.

Ye Zhiyuan's expression seemed to be worried that Gu Ci would touch the wine.

Just as Qi Zhao was about to explain, he saw Ye Zhiyuan wrinkle his nose.

After he distanced himself from Gu Ci, he stared at the expression on Gu Ci's face that changed as if the gears were slow for two seconds.

"Mr. Gu... have you been drinking?"

After seeing Gu Ci nodding in confirmation, Ye Zhiyuan asked again: "Have you ever been alone with others?"

When Gu Ci was still responding, Qi Zhao spoke up for him. Answered Ye Zhiyuan's question: "Mr. Gu has been with me since he finished drinking and didn't meet anyone else at the banquet."

Ye Zhiyuan breathed a sigh of relief.

Qi Zhao recalled what Gu Ci had said before about the drunken contract and could probably guess what Ye Zhiyuan was worried about.

She saw that Gu Ci's condition did not look like someone who would be able to sober up for a while, and she was not sure whether she could leave directly in this situation, so she asked for professional advice.

Qi Zhao did not directly ask if he could leave, but gently reminded Ye Zhiyuan: "Ye Zhu, Mr. Gu is in a state where he may not be able to have normal social interactions with others."

After Ye Zhiyuan thought for a moment, he looked at The door opens to the banquet hall.

Before leaving, he did not forget to tell Qi Zhao: "Manager Qi, please sit here with Mr. Gu for a while. I will be back

soon." Ye Zhiyuan's steps were a little hurried, and Qi Zhao watched his back leave before speaking again. He returned his attention to Gu Ci.

I wonder if drunk people's brains become single-threaded thinking, but Gu Ci became strangely quiet after being interrupted by Ye Zhiyuan and suddenly having a bottle in his hand.

He seemed to have forgotten why he was angry with Ye Zhiyuan just now.

Gu Ci held the bottle of sparkling water in his hand and shook it, feeling the fluctuations when the water flow hit the wall.

The sound and touch of the impact seemed to be trapped in the bottle, and Gu Ci also felt as if there was a question trapped in his mind that had not yet been answered.

The intertwined thoughts when he was awake seemed to have been cut with scissors and became short and messy. Gu Ci suddenly couldn't remember what he was worried about just now.

He subconsciously repeated the actions he had just done, trying to use the inertia of his body and mind to evoke memories.

Gu Ci made a lot of trial and error, and found that only when his eyes fell on Qi Zhao, his thinking could be briefly clear.

Gu Ci looked at Qi Zhao, his eyes unconsciously filled with a hint of help.

He expected Qi Zhao to tell him something.

When drunk, Gu Ci was much more outgoing than when he was sober, and Qi Zhao could read his eyes at a glance.

But she didn't want to tell Gu Ci anything.

Qi Zhao acted as if he didn't know anything about it. After noticing Gu Ci's gaze, he tilted his head and asked him, "What's wrong?"

Gu Ci, who was already full of questions and looking forward to getting answers from Qi Zhao, listened. She couldn't help but frown when she asked this question.

His eyes were wider than usual, and the genuine confusion in his eyes combined with the deep frown made Qi Zhao hallucinate the word "stupid" from Gu Ci's cold face.

Qi Zhao couldn't help but raise a smile. Seeing her sudden smile, Gu Ci didn't have time to ask "why" before Ye Zhiyuan came back.

Qi Zhao turned his head when he heard the footsteps.

Ye Zhiyuan seemed to have run over, his chest was rising and falling visibly, and he was still breathing heavily.

Qi Zhao didn't know what he said to those people inside. She only heard Ye Zhiyuan say to herself: "Manager Qi, I have taken care of everything inside. If you have no other unfinished business at this banquet, If so, we can leave now."

Qi Zhao, who originally just wanted to see what medicine was sold in Mother Qin's gourd, lost interest in staying after seeing everything in this Hongmen Banquet, so she heard Ye Zhiyuan nodded without any hesitation.

It was not completely dark when the three people got into the car and left. Zhao could see the sky outside at the intersection of black and blue through the car window.

The background color outside the car window is not dark enough, and the reflection on the car window cannot be seen clearly.

Qi Zhao could directly see the traffic outside through the window, but he could not see Gu Ci whose outline was not clear enough in the window.

Ye Zhiyuan glanced at the rearview mirror as he had done when he arrived.

The two people in the back seat were just as they had come.

Gu Ci still looked at Qi Zhao, and Qi Zhao still looked out the window.

But the only difference was that Gu Ci didn't look at her from the corner of his eye from time to time this time, but turned to stare at Qi Zhao openly.

His eyes were straight, like a taut kite string.

Seeing that the atmosphere between them had obviously changed, Ye Zhiyuan didn't know what happened to these two people, but he could confirm one thing.

Or rather confirm again and again.

Manager Qi and Mr. Gu are definitely in love.

Ye Zhiyuan, who had been following Gu Ci for the first time in so many years and had heard "tiddy news" about him, felt a little excited in his heart. Even when he was working beside Gu Ci, he couldn't help his curiosity in gossiping.

Ye Zhiyuan will see Gu Ci throughout the weekend, and he is also looking forward to discovering clues about Qi Zhao and Gu Ci's relationship throughout the weekend.

But it wasn't until Monday's regular meeting that Ye Zhiyuan saw Gu Ci and Qi Zhao interact.

Ye Zhiyuan was confused, and Qi Zhao was also a little confused.

Obviously, the favorability score reported by the system in the background that night had increased gratifyingly, but Gu Ci still looked the same as before.

She couldn't help but observe Gu Ci's expression with her peripheral vision during the meeting, but she couldn't see a trace of the drunken night on his expression.

Qi Zhao didn't know if Gu Ci had really forgotten everything that happened in the pavilion or if he was hiding it too well. Qi Zhao couldn't tell from his calm eyes and expression.

In order to get close contact with Gu Ci to confirm his judgment, Qi Zhao stopped to meet with Gu Ci after the meeting.

Gu Ci was stunned for a moment when he saw her, and his movements were obviously sluggish for a moment.

Before Qi Zhao had time to judge why he was frozen for a second, Gu Ci himself directly said the answer.

He hesitated before speaking, and the pause between sentences was a little awkward: "Ye Zhiyuan said that I have been staying with you when he was drunk that day... I didn't say anything to make you uncomfortable, right?"

Qi Zhao heard Gu Ci said this and knew that he was the kind of person who could break up.

However, Qi Zhao, who had already learned Gu Ci's true feelings from the drunken mouth, was not worried at the moment. He just smiled at him, shook his head and said, "No, Mr. Gu is very good when he is drunk."

I don't know why he said this . Although he was embarrassed to say it, he still felt a little embarrassed to be drunk in front of Qi Zhao. Gu Ci lowered his head and coughed lightly.

Ye Zhiyuan, who was standing behind Gu Ci, suddenly couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips when he saw the color of the back of his ears.

He glanced at Gu Ci and then at Qi Zhao, feeling a little excited in his heart for some reason.

Ye Zhiyuan began to look forward to the conversation between the two again.

He heard Gu Ci, who was always taciturn, speak up first and take the initiative to create a topic: "If the film and television department is threatened or has problems, you can come to me for discussion."

Qi Zhao simply nodded after hearing this . , Ye Zhiyuan suddenly froze.

Ye Zhiyuan had no intention of listening to the rest of the conversation between the two. It was not until Qi Zhao left that he hesitated for a long time before asking Gu Ci: "...Mr. Gu, does the backup film and television department need to be disbanded?"

Ye Zhiyuan The "backup film and television department" in the words is actually the real film and television department, and Linhe, which is now launched with great fanfare, is the backup film and television department.

Gu Ci knew that the market in the film and television industry was too strong. If he wanted to come here to get a piece of the pie, he might be boycotted by people in the circle.

So he prepared Cicada and Shell before establishing the film and television department, and planned to use the current film and television department as a target to attract firepower. He would launch a real film and television department only after he became familiar with the opponent's tactics.

Gu Ci's previous instructions to the company's senior leaders had always been to meet the needs of the film and television department and ignore the film and television department's requests for help.

But what he said to Qi Zhao now made Ye Zhiyuan feel trapped.

Ye Zhiyuan didn't understand why Gu Ci would take the initiative to lend a helping hand to a shell that was about to shed its skin at such a juncture, but he did not directly question Gu Ci's actions, but instead sidetracked the cicada who was about to spread its wings in this plan.

Gu Ci naturally understood what Ye Zhiyuan meant, and immediately expressed his attitude: "There is no need to disband, everything will continue as usual."

The backup film and television department still needs to exist, but now it has changed from plan a to plan b.

As the person in charge of Linchuan, Gu Ci understands better than anyone that the current film and television department is a discarded child that was determined from the beginning.

But as the maker of the plan, Gu Ci knew better than anyone else the changes that occurred in the process.

The biggest change is the current director of the Film and Television Department, Qi Zhao.

Gu Ci could discard them without any scruples at first, but now he wants to keep them as much as possible.

Qi Zhao is retained in the film and television department.