Of course, the anticipated R-rated scene never appeared, but a certain usually aloof young man felt heavily wounded in his little heart.
The prank manual kept flashing offline, and the atmosphere maintained a certain unspeakable eerie state. When the few of them played until late at night, there was finally a trend of winding down. However, by this time, Su Jiameng was already napping against Gu Ningxuanâs shoulder, her breathing peaceful.
"We canât play so wildly in the future." Li You, having returned to his usual demeanor, helplessly glared at Gu Ningzhi, who had remained unscathed, raised his hand to check the time on his brain chip, and said, "Remember to report on time, I wonât wait for anyone!"
"No problem, Little Squid!" Gu Ningzhi put away the prank manual, to prevent the few guys it had messed with from freaking out and damaging items.
Gu Ningxuan had already recovered from his injured state, and seeing Su Jiamengâs peaceful sleeping face, his emotions were somewhat complex.
It seemed his luck wasnât good today; Su Jiamengâs bad luck drew her in, and most likely, heâd be the unlucky one. He actually wanted to roar, was the integrity of this prank manual eaten away? Or is it on sale for three cents a pound? Thank goodness, losing integrity wonât kill anyone!
Guan Changxi seemed dissatisfied that his emotions werenât complex enough, added salt to the wound, and said very seriously, "Todayâs shop accounts havenât been tidied up, Iâll go check them first. Please, Mr. Gu, ensure the master gets home safely, thank you!"
Gu Ningxuan stared blankly at Changxi; actually, this guy was just afraid of Su Jiamengâs indiscriminate attacks while drunk, right? Tidying up the shop accounts, seriously, this guy really thinks he canât read accounts? Does such simple accounting really need daily checking?
Nonetheless... in the end, Gu Ningxuan nodded, accepting this lamentable task, "Alright, the butler, take care on your way."
The journey was uneventful, allowing Gu Ningxuan to breathe a sigh of relief and have the leisure to think about todayâs events.
He wasnât a slow-witted person, the attack incident at Xilena First Affiliated School revealed a lot and vaguely indicated that the current Alliance wasnât as peaceful as it appeared on the surface. He didnât know whether he should be glad to stay away from such trouble, or lament that he doesnât have the position and power to intervene in these matters now... Being the third son of the Gu Family came with both pressure and convenience and privilege.
At least... if he were still the third young master of the Gu Family, he could use the familyâs power to further investigate the truth.
"Weâre home, Iâll call Miss Su Mo to have you brought to your room..." Gu Ningxuan carefully laid Su Jiameng onto the sofa and was about to call Su Mo to care for the drunkard, when he found her gripping his pant leg tightly, "Miss Su?"
"Sit down... I have something to tell you." Su Jiameng pressed her forehead in pain, her face hazy, seemingly troubled by a memory, "Or else, watch out for your own neck!"
Gu Ningxuan secretly smiled wryly, if it were the "Mummy Major General" state, Gu Ningxuan naturally couldnât resist, even being completely suppressed, but this current Su Jiameng... seemed she wasnât quite his match.
"Whatâs the matter?" Gu Ningxuan sat next to her as instructed, keeping a long distance to avoid her suddenly going crazy and pouncing on him.
"About todayâs events..." Su Jiameng was much clearer now, and she could smell the heavy scent of alcohol on herself, the scenes from her drunkenness flashing occasionally, causing her face to change repeatedly, "Iâm very sorry, it wasnât intentional... I hope you donât mind."
Teasing and whatnot, still playing the game till death transformed various teasing, Su Jiameng thought it was remarkable Gu Xiaosan didnât explode on the spot and instead endured... indeed, the classmate Gu Xiaosan was a very well-behaved, very kind, and very easy-to-bully good young man!
It would have been better not to say it, but once mentioned, Gu Ningxuan couldnât help recalling all kinds of pitfall scenarios at the celebration, his face racing towards the color of a red apple and not looking back, "Itâs nothing, nothing I wonât mind... and it was just a game."
"Hmm, thank you for your tolerance." Su Jiameng rubbed her brow again and said, "What do you make of todayâs attack incident?"
Talking business, Gu Ningxuan sat up straight, speaking seriously, "It seems highly likely that the Allianceâs high-level insiders instructed it. Of course, we canât rule out the possibility of confidential information leaked, enabling those escapees... in short, thereâs definitely more to it."
"Hmm, I think so too." Su Jiameng said lightly and then didnât linger on the topic, instead asking, "Gu Ningxuan, Iâm a bit curious, what do you plan to do from now on? I can see you wonât stay here for the long term..."