"He..." Song Jiaqi was still pointing in the direction where Ye Yang had left.
"Alright, heâs a stranger now," Eleven consoled her.
An Hao didnât say anything.
That must have been someone Qianxun knew, and she also seemed a bit familiar, but he had walked away so quickly that she couldnât clearly see who it was.
...
Eleven brought back a hot potato.
After taking Song Jiaqi to her home, she discovered that there wasnât a single person there.
Gu Liancheng, holding Song Jiaqi at the doorstep, said, "She must live alone."
Eleven looked around the house, and everything suggested that she indeed lived alone.
"What should we do..." Eleven looked helplessly at Gu Liancheng.
"Thereâs no other way, I see youâre not at ease leaving her alone, letâs go back to Sea View Villa for now. Luckily, thereâs plenty of room; it wonât matter if she stays for one night."
...
"Jiaqi drank so much because there was a reason, she missed the final selection round; almost half a yearâs efforts were wasted."
"The girl group SA Company is preparing to debut?"
"Yeah, she didnât make it, just like being eliminated. She must be very confused about the future now, not knowing what to do. Though she seems indifferent, she must feel uncomfortable inside."
Her conflict was that her good friend Haohao had been selected.
If she had lost to her in a fair competition, Eleven believed that Jiaqi wouldnât have felt any displeasure. But the trouble was...
"The selection... was it yesterday?"
"Yeah, it ended yesterday morning at ten, and she didnât make it."
"Did you know, on the night of the 9th, when you were mistaken for Xiao Man and kidnapped, Song Jiaqi also went to the West City Hotel?"
"What?"
Eleven suddenly felt that there was something and stepped out of the guest room, pulling him into their bedroom.
"What do you mean?"
"I thought of that when I saw Song Jiaqi just now, itâs definitely her."
"Youâve seen Jiaqi?"
"Just in passing. At that time, I only thought she looked familiar and couldnât remember who she was. Worried about you, I didnât have the mind to recall where I had seen her before."
West City Hotel...
She felt vaguely that there was something.
"Do you need any help?" Gu Liancheng saw her puzzled look.
Eleven shook her head, "No need. Iâll ask Jiaqi when she wakes up tomorrow. If she doesnât want to tell me, we shouldnât pry into her privacy."
"Okay," he nodded, "I donât mind."
Song Jiaqi and her relationship was just that of "her good friend."
If it werenât for that connection, no matter what Song Jiaqi became, he wouldnât care.
Gu Liancheng sat in the swivel chair while Eleven looked at the gentle smile he had for her, crawled off the bed, and, cat-like, nimbly settled into his arms, hugging his neck, saying, "Xiaoqing told me today that you werenât like this in the past."
"How was I?"
"Cold-faced," Eleven rubbed his face with her hand, "Like the Arctic Iceberg. Youâve met Li Sinian, right? Xiaoqing says youâre his brother!"
"Is that so?" Gu Liancheng curled the corner of his mouth, chuckling, "Youâve always seen Li Sinian, do you think Iâm like him?"
Eleven immediately shook her head like a rattle-drum, "No, not alike! Heâs an iceberg, but youâre the warm sun."
Curiously, she asked, "Why were you so special to me when we first met? I really want to know! Is it because Iâm different? You couldâve let me get soaked to death in the pouring rain, but when you walked over to me, extending your hand, you were incredibly gentle."