Forbidden to Flirt and Run 45

Chapter 45 Extra 2

In mid-January, the temperature in Lin City dropped sharply.

Xu Qingtang had been busy rehearsing the post-New Year’s play with her senior apprentice-sister. Gu Yizhi was also getting busier. After a trip to a hot spring resort in the neighboring city the day after their engagement, they had no more time for outings.

So, Xu Qingtang cherished the time she spent going to and from work every day.

This evening, her senior apprentice-sister rarely saw Xu Qingtang alone at the theater entrance. She flicked her bangs and teased, “What’s wrong? Your fiancée is willing to let you go home alone today?”

This had to be mentioned. The night before last, when she and her junior apprentice-sister were chatting at the door, a young man had just rushed over to hit on her. A certain fiancée’s face was indescribably cold.

Xu Qingtang looked at her phone and said, “I have a dinner date with a friend tonight.”

Her senior apprentice-sister teased her a few more times and said, “Then I won’t chat with you anymore. I still have to go back and pack. I have to prepare some things for the New Year.”

After the two of them waved goodbye, Xu Qingtang soon saw Tang Gui’s car.

After getting in the car, Xu Qingtang took off the plaid scarf around her neck. Tang Gui turned the steering wheel and asked, “What’s the matter? You’re in such a hurry?”

Xu Qingtang said, “Xiao Gui, do you have any recommendations for a wedding dress shop?”

Tang Gui was shocked. “You two are so fast? You’re getting married right after the proposal?”

“No…” Xu Qingtang confessed, “I just want to give her a gift, a New Year’s gift.”

The proposal plan had fallen through, and Xu Qingtang felt she still wanted to have some sense of participation, but proposing again was a bit silly.

During this time, Xu Qingtang had visited all the major and minor wedding dress shops in Lin City herself. She had even consulted Zhou Jiaran, but she was not very satisfied. Her friend was in design after all, and she had her own expertise. Perhaps her advice would be better.

Tang Gui tilted her head and thought for a moment, then gave a simple and unadorned suggestion, “Ask your Gu Yizhi.”

“…” Xu Qingtang said, “How can it be a surprise, how can it be a gift then?”

“I forgot about that,” Tang Gui had a sudden realization. After a moment of thought, she said, “There is one.”

Then Tang Gui drove Xu Qingtang to a villa in a certain suburb. They walked in through the main entrance and could see the display wall in the hall at a glance. Then a staff member came to receive them.

The owner of the wedding dress shop was a woman in her thirties. She spoke softly and had a pleasant voice. As they chatted, Xu Qingtang flipped through the wedding dress catalog and looked at it carefully. In the end, she felt that the style was very much in line with her ideas.

Finally, after making a decision, the woman asked, “We’ll notify you when it’s finished. Will you pick it up yourself or should we deliver it to you?”

Xu Qingtang thought for a moment and chose to have it delivered, but she left Tang Gui’s address.

After leaving the wedding dress shop, Tang Gui opened the car door and asked, puzzled, “Wouldn’t it be fine to leave it at your place?”

Xu Qingtang said, “She sometimes spends the night at my place. She might see it.”

Tang Gui nodded. “Alright, alright.”

In early February, Tang Gui sent her a message saying that the wedding dress had just arrived. Xu Qingtang planned to pick it up in a few days. She quietly leaned over to reply to the message. Gu Yizhi had just finished cutting some fruit and handed a piece over. Xu Qingtang, as if facing a great enemy, subconsciously protected her phone.

Then their eyes met, and it was extremely awkward.

Not to mention whether Gu Yizhi would be suspicious, Xu Qingtang herself felt that her behavior was suspicious. She nonchalantly deleted the message and cleared her throat. “You scared me. I was looking at something.”

Gu Yizhi gave her a meaningful look. “What were you looking at?”

Xu Qingtang thought for a long time and said, feigning shyness, “That, you know, I want to learn more. You know.”

Then she made a move to eat the fruit, but Gu Yizhi had already withdrawn her hand. She had to fork a piece herself and feed it to Gu Yizhi, saying, “I’m really not lying to you. It’s fine to look at those things by myself, but it always feels strange to look at them with you. I’m just afraid you’ll be shy.”

Gu Yizhi glanced at her and didn’t eat the piece of fruit. “Use your mouth.”

Xu Qingtang: “…”

Finally, after the fruit was finished, Xu Qingtang’s breathing was a little messy. She stared at Gu Yizhi for a few seconds, then couldn’t help but kiss her again.

A few days later, it was the weekend. Xu Qingtang pulled Gu Yizhi out to watch a movie.

Just as they reached the cinema entrance, Xu Qingtang suddenly saw Tang Gui at the entrance of a hotel, holding a gray suitcase in her hand.

Xu Qingtang was puzzled. “Why are you suddenly staying at a hotel?”

Tang Gui sighed. “Don’t mention it. My mom is here.”

Xu Qingtang was even more confused. “Don’t you have a spare room?”

Tang Gui’s face was complicated. “She was supposed to come the day after tomorrow, but who knew she would suddenly show up. I hadn’t had time to pack my things, and she found out about my sexual orientation. So, I came out to avoid her.”

Xu Qingtang: “Ah?”

Tang Gui quietly pulled Xu Qingtang to the side and said, “My ‘Master’ just got a promotion, right? So of course I have to support her, and then…”

Xu Qingtang: …

She patted Tang Gui’s shoulder. “Have a good talk with your auntie.”

But Tang Gui hadn’t even finished speaking when Tang’s mom called. Her voice was audibly furious. “Where are you? Where the hell are you?”

Tang Gui’s scalp tingled. “I’m out for dinner.”

“You’re not at home and you’re out. Get your ass back here. I wasn’t done asking you questions, why did you run?”

Tang Gui said, “Later. Qingtang is here.”

“Who’s here is not… oh, Qingtang. Alright then. Then you two come back together.”

With that, the phone was hung up.

Tang Gui looked at Xu Qingtang with difficulty. Xu Qingtang thought for a moment and said, “It’s fine. I haven’t seen your auntie in a long time anyway.”

The movie trip was ruined. Jiang Wan, who had gotten the news from somewhere, came over with a pile of fruit. She had even changed out of her usual enchanting and charming style of clothing into something very formal.

The two of them, for some reason, had discussed it. In the end, Tang Gui got into Jiang Wan’s car, and the two cars set off together.

Xu Qingtang had taken the fox doll to Gu Yizhi’s car a while ago. At this moment, she was hugging it, poking its nose with her finger, and said wistfully, “Why is it always this kind of thing recently?”

Gu Yizhi raised her hand and rubbed her nose, asking gently, “Are you very familiar with her mother?”

Xu Qingtang nodded. “Yes, my mom and she know each other.”

She turned her head. “What’s wrong?”

Gu Yizhi said softly, “Nothing. It’s a little strange.”

Xu Qingtang was lost in thought, hugging the doll.

Twenty minutes later, the four of them arrived at Tang Gui’s residence.

Seeing so many outsiders, Tang’s mom didn’t lose her temper, just glanced at Tang Gui, snorted, and asked, “How long did you plan on hiding it from me?”

Tang Gui: “I…”

Tang’s mom: “If I hadn’t come early, I wouldn’t have known what you’ve been up to behind my back! I just called Teacher Qi…” She glanced at Xu Qingtang. “I didn’t say I didn’t agree. You, on the other hand, just packed your things and ran out.”

This development was a little unexpected for everyone.

Tang’s mom suddenly said, “Qingtang.”

Xu Qingtang: “Ah?”

Tang’s mom said disapprovingly, “What ‘auntie’? I’ve always thought of you as half a daughter. Since Teacher Qi has no objection, then you should both change the way you address me.”

“Change the way I address you?”

“Call me ‘Mom’.”

Xu Qingtang: ???