Gu Qiusha regretted it immensely and was blaming herself: "Ugh, I really was blind, I shouldn’t have sought out that Wu... hic!"

Startled by the phone’s vibration, she hiccuped and quickly answered. It was a colleague from Gu Yuzhi’s law firm: "Miss Gu, do you know when Professor Gu will be back? Granny Yang’s case has been accepted for appeal, and the court session is tomorrow. Although there’s a 99% chance we can’t beat Lawyer Shangguan, and we probably won’t be able to overturn the case, we can’t afford to be intimidated and not show up. But we can’t reach Professor Gu at this crucial moment..."

Gu Qiusha was taken aback and quickly asked in rebuttal, "I don’t know when he’s coming back, but do you know where he went?"

The colleague was momentarily confused by the tongue-twister-like question, then stammered a reply: "Didn’t Professor Gu say he was going to Qingcheng on a business trip to help you discuss copyright issues?"

Gu Qiusha stomped her foot: "When did I ever ask my brother to discuss copyrights? What on earth is he doing?"

He’s not in the capital, doesn’t answer his phone, what’s with all the secrecy.

Mr. Wu is causing trouble and there are scandals flying everywhere, and the case represented by Shangguan Wanwan is about to deliver the final blow, yet he just leaves without a word, how can he be so irresponsible?

＝＝

Qingcheng Four Seas Hotel.

In the dead of night.

Gu Yuzhi tossed and turned on the hotel bed.

The string of missed calls on his phone screen made his heart ache.

The news pop-ups continually emerging about the reversal of the Li Family murder case and the appeal likely ruling them not guilty, mixed with entertainment scandals involving Xi Langyue and Wu Qianman, made his head throb even more.

"Sha Sha must be very upset now, she can’t hold on any longer..." he mumbled painfully.

He desperately wanted to fly back to the capital immediately to be with her, but the threatening message warning of exposing his relationship with Gu Qiusha made him cautious, unable to take a step.

But his retreat to Qingcheng was originally to protect Sha Sha, yet now these unavoidable news reports were hurting Sha Sha again.

Gu Yuzhi sighed deeply, pinching his forehead.

Perhaps he was wrong.

He really should have discussed it with Zuzi right away, asked her for some guidance, instead of worrying about face, afraid that Bao Gucheng would laugh at him.

With dry lips, he finally made up his mind, found that name in his contact list, and dialed the number...

＝＝

The night was as profound as water.

The window of a staff dorm at Imperial University quietly sounded twice.

With a sound as slight as a squirrel cracking open a pine nut, the locked window suddenly opened from the outside.

A man’s figure, adeptly jumped down from the windowsill, naturally approached the bed, looking up at the dark ceiling inside, at the horizontal clothesline...

The girl in white, lazily lying there like she was resting on a cloud, blinked at him: "Xiao Chenger, don’t you have a key? Why don’t you come in through the door?"

The dorm was arranged by Bao Gucheng, and the code for the lock was set by him.

She was often too lazy to remember, so she just walked through walls.

But he had such a good memory, he wouldn’t forget.

"Troublesome. The noise from opening the door is too loud."

"Pfft."

Xi Zuzi was amused by the man’s serious answer.

Alright, Ancestor is also quite afraid of trouble.

"Xiao Chenger, didn’t we just meet during the day, why come again so late..." To pay respects to Ancestor? Ancestor doesn’t need such frequent formal greetings, morning and night.

"There was too much news breaking tonight, afraid you’d be worried, brought you a..."

"Wine?"

"Calming soup."

"..."

Well, he is a considerate boy after all.

Xi Zuzi smiled brightly.

Gracefully, she descended from the rope.

The moment her toes touched the ground, her watch began to vibrate...