Chapter 937 - The Last to Turn the Tide (5) (1/2)

: The Last to Turn the Tide (5)

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Ma Qiqi was stunned. She didn’t expect that Gu Nianzhi would object. She held onto her phone, lost for words, as she sat on her bed. She did not know what to do next.

The phone was silent on the other end. Gu Nianzhi guessed that Ma Qiqi probably didn’t expect her objection and was in shock. However, the fact of the matter was that she couldn’t allow Ma Qiqi to stay with her for now. She was probably the only one who knew that Is.h.i.+hara Taro’s actual target was her, Gu Nianzhi.

The dorm building’s elevator accident must have been a hasty operation carried out by Is.h.i.+hara Taro after hearing news of her early graduation. Gu Nianzhi also had her own thoughts as to why Gui Suyao was the one in the elevator. But for now, pacifying Ma Qiqi came first, as Gu Nianzhi did not want Ma Qiqi to take it the wrong way.

Ma Qiqi was her best friend. When she was trapped in Germany with no aid or recourse, Ma Qiqi was the only silly one who desperately thought of ways to help her out of the situation.

Gu Nianzhi composed herself then noticed Huo Shaoheng’s incoming call. However, she didn’t answer it. Instead, she held onto her phone and continued to console Ma Qiqi. She said very gently, “Qiqi, don’t overthink it. It’s not that I don’t want you here, it’s just that I ran into a bit of a problem here, and the dorm is actually safer. Just wait a few more days. When exams are over, I’ll pick you up, and you can stay over at my place, alright?”

Ma Qiqi bit her lips, initially intending to plead with Gu Nianzhi once more, but after listening to what she just said, it really did seem like she had some matters to resolve, so she couldn’t bring it up again. Ultimately, she nodded and said softly, “Alright, I understand. It’s late, let’s go to sleep. Goodnight.”

Gu Nianzhi kept silent for a while then replied, “Goodnight.”

After hanging up, Ma Qiqi still felt somewhat uncomfortable. She was not afraid after the incident, but she didn’t understand Gu Nianzhi’s behavior. She played with her cell phone in low spirits and dialed Yin s.h.i.+xiong’s number.

“Brother Xiong, Nianzhi is not letting me stay at her place.” Ma Qiqi sounded moody and was sniffling. It sounded like she was crying.

When Yin s.h.i.+xiong heard that, he felt heartbroken. He said hastily, “Qiqi, don’t be afraid. How about I pick you up, and you can stay at my house? I have an apartment outside, too.”

Ma Qiqi snapped out of it and objected immediately. “Well, there’s no need for that, Brother Xiong. Maybe Nianzhi really has her own matters to deal with. I’m alright. I’ll talk to you again when exams are over. Bye bye.” Ma Qiqi had calmed down at last. She hung up the phone, rolled over, and fell asleep.

However, Yin s.h.i.+xiong got worried instead, so he called up Huo Shaoheng quickly and complained. “Master Huo, what’s wrong with Nianzhi? She isn’t someone like that! Qiqi told her that she wants to stay at her place for a few days, but she actually objected to it!”

Huo Shaoheng did not continue to call Gu Nianzhi since her line remained engaged the whole time. He a.s.sumed that she would bring Ma Qiqi over to her apartment to stay for a few days. After all, people had just died in the dorm building’s elevator, so it was justifiable for her, a lady, to feel afraid. He really didn’t think that Gu Nianzhi would object to Ma Qiqi’s request to stay with her. That was far too unusual.

Then he thought about Gu Nianzhi’s out-of-the-blue decision to stay off-campus at her own apartment instead of the school dorm. Huo Shaoheng sensed something was amiss. He couldn’t just sit around anymore. He grabbed his coat from the hanger at the door in a hurry, put it on, and left with the car key.

He did not call his orderly, Fan Jian, to chauffeur him around. Instead, he drove out personally and headed in the direction of Gu Nianzhi’s Hepingli apartment.

…

Now that Gu Nianzhi knew what happened to the school elevator, she could no longer fall asleep. She got up from her bed and went to the kitchen to warm up some milk. Just then, her cell phone started to ring again.

Gu Nianzhi checked her phone, and it turned out to be He Zhichu. She answered her phone with a swipe. “Professor He? It’s late. You’re not asleep yet?”

He Zhichu stood in front of Gu Nianzhi’s dorm building as he called her. He was wearing Valentino haute couture. It was an ash-colored, slim-fit, camel fleece, half-length coat. “Nianzhi, are you asleep? You weren’t given a scare today, were you?” He had just learned about the elevator accident at Gu Nianzhi’s dorm building and went there specially to see her.

Gu Nianzhi shook her head quickly. “I’m alright, Professor He. It’s late. Shouldn’t you be resting?”

He Zhichu raised his head and looked in the direction of her dorm room. “I’m at the front of your dorm downstairs. My mind is not at ease. Turn on your lights so that I can see them.”

Gu Nianzhi didn’t know what to say. Previously, when she returned from Huo Shaoheng’s side, she told He Zhichu that she wanted to stay off-campus at her apartment in Hepingli, and he objected to it at the time. Gu Nianzhi paid lip service to him and secretly stayed off-campus.

She had adjusted so well in that week that He Zhichu didn’t even realize anything was up. But she could no longer keep this from him now. Gu Nianzhi sighed lightly, took a sip from the gla.s.s of milk that she had just taken out of the microwave, and calmly said, “Professor He, I’m not staying at the dorm.”

He Zhichu could not respond for a while. Eventually, he said in a hoa.r.s.e voice, “Where are you?”

“I’m in my Hepingli apartment,” Gu Nianzhi replied softly. She spoke in a slow and gentle voice as she tried her best in that moment to think of ways to appease He Zhichu.

“Didn’t I tell you not to go anywhere?” He Zhichu raised his voice. He was gripping his cell phone so tightly that it should have been crushed.

Gu Nianzhi laughed a little and said gently, “Professor He, it doesn’t actually matter. You see, my return to the Hepingli apartment caused me to dodge the dorm building’s elevator accident. I missed the danger and also wasn’t frightened by it. Isn’t that great? Besides…”