Chapter 22

Gu Liuguang had just woken up. She closed her eyes and groped for her phone to check the time. When she lit up the screen, she saw dozens of WeChat messages popping up.

They were densely packed together, making her want to close her eyes and pretend she hadn’t seen them.

She took a deep breath. Gu Liuguang opened her eyes and started checking the messages. Although these rich big sisters weren’t Lin Shixia, they made up for it with their witty and considerate chatting style. Gu Liuguang quite enjoyed talking with them sometimes.

Just the luxury cars and villas Little Light mentioned alone were enough to dazzle the eyes, and they often invited her to hang out together without worrying about any expenses.

If she said she had to get up and go to the company, these sisters wouldn’t keep messaging her. They were overly understanding.

At the end of their chats, they would send red envelopes or transfers. Afraid she wouldn’t be able to hold back, Gu Liuguang always quickly clicked to return them, then added, “The company doesn’t allow accepting private transfers.”

She could accept red envelopes or transfers from the one who seemed to be Lin Shixia. Afterward, she could ask Lin Shixia to help handle it. But with so many people, she couldn’t remember them all, so she simply returned them.

Otherwise, she’d just spend whatever money came her way—it burned a hole in her pocket.

After simply handling these sisters’ messages, Gu Liuguang solemnly tapped into fox’s chat window. The other party had messaged her right on time.

【fox: Little Light, are you up?】

【fox: Transferring 5200 (note: voluntary gift)】

【fox: Work is too tiring—give yourself a few days off. Don’t overwork yourself.】

Unusually, Gu Liuguang read all the messages before clicking to accept the payment. She was about to send “Thanks sis,” but instinctively added something else.

【Little Light: Thanks sis. I wonder who’s so lucky to be sis’s girlfriend~】

fox replied instantly: 【Want to know?】

Now Gu Liuguang panicked. It wasn’t narcissism on her part—the other woman kept sending her money and showering her with gifts. Even if there weren’t those feelings, in the heat of the moment, who knew what might slip out.

She was a bit afraid that fox would say it was her. She hadn’t even confirmed if fox was Lin Shixia yet.

Although she did plan to toy with Lin Shixia, if the other woman already had a girlfriend beforehand, a normal person like Lin Shixia wouldn’t get entangled with her anymore.

She wracked her brains while washing up and getting ready to head out, but still couldn’t figure out how to reply to fox. In the end, she guiltily sent, “Sis, I’m off to work now,” as a closer.

【fox: To the hardworking Little Light—maybe something fun will happen today.】

【Little Light: Meeting sis is already super lucky!】

【Little Light: Bye-bye!】

Thanks to Lin Zhenshuang often sending her money before, Gu Liuguang had plenty of sweet-talking lines ready. Afraid the other woman would drag her into more chatting, she hurriedly said bye-bye.

The other side sent a little fox waving sticker.

Gu Liuguang stared at it for two seconds and found it oddly cute, so she added it to her stickers.

Only after getting in the car did she remember Heartthrob Player and Please Hide Your Heart Well. She deliberately scrolled through—they really hadn’t messaged her, so their chats were buried at the bottom.

She frowned slightly and thought that maybe neither of them was Lin Shixia. That didn’t stop her from messaging both anyway: “Sis, I’m off to work. Remember to come see me~”

After sending the messages, she switched WeChat accounts. It was also bombarded with messages.

Messages from her parents were fewer, but there were plenty from her younger siblings—all concerned words. They even said they wanted to come to A City during summer break to work or take care of her daily life, worried she couldn’t manage alone.

Gu Liuguang frowned and recalled that the story’s ending shouldn’t involve family. But if she had the ability to bring them over for a visit, that would be nice too.

Her family treated her well. With a grand wave of her hand, she messaged her little sister to bring the whole family to A City for summer break.

Her siblings were probably in class—no reply after sending the message.

Somewhat bored after going through all the messages, she suddenly spotted Lin Shixia’s avatar buried in the pile. Her whole body perked up.

Lin Shixia had sent a total of four messages in all. The latest one showed as a photo.

Clicking in, it was a selfie from Lin Shixia.

She wore a simple white suspender dress. Her jet-black long hair clung softly to the side of her face, with some trailing into her collar. She sat cross-legged on a dark sofa, slightly turning her eyes toward the camera. A script lay open beside her hand.

Gu Liuguang’s breath hitched. She felt Lin Shixia was too good at this style—especially that sidelong gaze. It was clearly cool and fragile, yet irresistibly tempting, making one want to pinch and knead her.

She didn’t shrink the photo until she got out of the car at the company. Then Gu Liuguang looked at Lin Shixia’s messages.

【Lin Shixia: Finally done with work.】

【Lin Shixia: I see you changed your name. Should I still call you like before?】

【Lin Shixia: Got a new role—starting next month. Can I treat you to dinner?】

【Lin Shixia: [photo]】

Checking the time, the messages were sent at 2:45 a.m.—right after she’d finished chatting with suspects one, two, and three.

It wasn’t impossible that Lin Shixia had chatted with her on a small account, then probed with her main one.

Gu Liuguang frowned, then quickly smoothed it out. This meant Lin Shixia had watched her stream.

Of course, it could be coincidence too. She’d probe more later.

In a great mood, she messaged Lin Shixia back. Unlike before, when she’d messaged her idol nervously as a little fan, afraid of annoying her.

-Sis can call me Liuguang [shy]

-I went to bed super early last night and missed sis’s messages. Sis won’t be mad, right?

That was about enough, but thinking of yesterday’s coin-spender who didn’t want to spend might be Lin Shixia too, Gu Liuguang couldn’t resist adding a provocative one.

-I heard sis has an event in C City. I’ve made plans with others to go see sis [cute]

-So looking forward to meeting sis [cute]

-Off to work now, talk later sis [little fox waving]

Judging by Lin Shixia’s messages, she’d wrapped up super late—maybe still sleeping. Gu Liuguang pocketed her phone after sending and didn’t see Lin Shixia’s status instantly change to “typing…”.

Not everyone had arrived at the dance studio yet. Gu Liuguang only remembered at the door that she’d deleted Zhang Xibai. As expected, Zhang Xibai was probably leading their practice today.

Zhang Xibai had sent that kind of photo first—why should she feel guilty? The more Gu Liuguang thought, the more justified she felt. She went in and saw Zhang Xibai hadn’t arrived yet. She set down her bag and squeezed into the crowd.

Everyone was huddled together, mostly gossiping about which group’s who was hot, or who kept following other beauties to add them on WeChat. It always ended up on the bosses, complaining about the clingy ones who wanted videos.

When it was Gu Liuguang’s turn, she was a bit stunned: “There are ones who want videos?”

Xiao Yao was closest to her and didn’t sound surprised: “Of course. Just turn down the ones who want videos.”

Gu Liuguang thought about it. Among the three “Lin Shixias,” none had asked for a video call with her.

If it was Lin Shixia, it made sense she wouldn’t want to video. Still puzzled, she mentioned it.

The others rarely encountered this either. Xiao Yao suddenly thought of something: “Maybe she wants a net romance with you?”