After a while, Gu Nanyu stood up and said, "I’m going to the restroom."
Wei Ling asked puzzled, "Isn’t there one in the private room?"
Li Yingjun flashed a meaningful smile, patting Wei Ling’s shoulder, "Talk less, drink more."
Wei Ling responded with an "oh" and continued to drink with Li Yingjun.
After leaving, Gu Nanyu asked a server where Dai Shiqi was, and the server pointed him in the right direction.
Gu Nanyu found Dai Shiqi while she was tidying up the bottles, storing the leftover drinks from guests.
"Dai Shiqi," Gu Nanyu called softly behind her.
"What is it? Do you need anything?" Dai Shiqi turned around, and seeing it was Gu Nanyu, she asked indifferently.
"Nothing, I just wanted to ask you something."
"What is it?" Dai Shiqi continued sorting the bottles, "I’m working. If you’re asking personal questions, just forget it."
"Dai Shiqi, did your exam grades drop this time because you were too busy to study regularly? Working at the bar really isn’t a good job, you go home too late. You’re a girl, it’s too dangerous," Gu Nanyu’s tone revealed some undeniable concern.
Dai Shiqi stood upright, turned to look at Gu Nanyu, and suddenly laughed, though there was a hint of sarcasm in her smile.
"Gu Shao, I think you have no right to intervene in my affairs, right? I’m poor, so I work to save money. I’m exchanging my labor for my earnings, what’s wrong with that? When I go home late, someone from my family picks me up after work. There’s no need for you to worry about this." Dai Shiqi’s tone was somewhat cold.
Gu Nanyu stood there, frowned, and was about to say something when Dai Shiqi interrupted him again.
"And, you’re saying my grades dropped because my rank fell?" Dai Shiqi suddenly sneered, "Do you overestimate me, or underestimate Tianmiao and Xi Linghe? Have you really not noticed, or just pretending? My scores are pretty much the same as before. Their scores have far exceeded mine. It’s not that my grades dropped; it’s that they’re genuinely impressive. Got it?"
Having said this, Dai Shiqi ignored Gu Nanyu and went back to her tasks.
Gu Nanyu stood there for a long time in silence, finally turned and left slowly.
Dai Shiqi glanced back at Gu Nanyu’s retreating figure, her expression complex but quickly reverting to normal, and she continued working busily.
Gu Nanyu returned to the private room, Li Yingjun glanced at his expression and snickered, "Gu Shao, tried to put a hot face on a cold butt, huh?"
Gu Nanyu glanced at Li Yingjun but said nothing, just picked up a bottle and drank in silence.
"What, what?" Wei Ling asked curiously and puzzled.
"Some people are just stubborn. I mentioned before that someone likes the class representative, but won’t admit it. Now he’s back after hitting a brick wall, definitely not in a good mood, so don’t provoke him," Li Yingjun said with a carefree tone.
Wei Ling: "..." I think you’re already provoking him.
"I’m leaving, you guys keep drinking." As expected, Gu Nanyu stood up with a dark expression and started to walk away.
"Hey?" Wei Ling called out, trying to stop him, but Li Yingjun held him back.
"Let him have some peace," Li Yingjun gestured.
After Gu Nanyu left, Wei Ling finally asked with a shocked face, "Gu Shao actually likes that Dai Shiqi? My goodness, what does he see in her? I’ve said before—no figure, no looks, no charm, right?"