The Moon Shines on Me (GL) - Chapter 5

Those rich second-generation jerks originally didn’t know Ji Xiao’s identity, but later Lin Qinghuan told them that she was the eldest daughter of the Ji family.

If this were twenty years ago, the Ji family might have deserved some deference, but now that they’re so down on their luck, whose family present wasn’t wealthier than the Ji family?

However, this Gu family was a bit tricky.

Gu Shiwei saw that they had no reaction and grew impatient, so she directly picked up her phone and opened the dial pad. When those people saw that Gu Shiwei really intended to call the police, they rushed over to try and grab her phone.

Gu Shiwei flashed aside and used a flying kick to send the man flying far away. Her decade-plus of taekwondo training wasn’t for nothing; she practiced precisely for crucial moments like this.

“Do you even know who I am, to dare to touch me?” Gu Shiwei slowly squatted down, pinching the ice-cold phone between her thumb and forefinger and tapping the man’s face: “You have one minute to get out of this bar, or else, every single person here, I’ll bankrupt your family by tomorrow.”

Hearing Gu Shiwei say this, those people didn’t dare to stay a second longer, afraid of being remembered by her.

Just now, Lin Qinghuan had said she was going to call the eldest daughter of the Gu family, and they hadn’t believed it. Now, seeing that Gu Shiwei indeed looked very much like Gu Qingfeng, and coupled with her wanting to call the police, running was the best strategy.

What was face compared to life?

The wisest person is the one who understands the times.

So they ran, even carrying the one Gu Shiwei had kicked away.

In an instant, most of the people left the room. The remaining seven or eight were friends who came out to play with Lin Qinghuan.

“Thank goodness for you. Those guys are just bullies, daring to pick on anyone.”

Lin Qinghuan breathed a sigh of relief. She poured a glass of wine and handed it to Gu Shiwei.

Gu Shiwei took it but didn’t drink. She walked to the sofa and looked down at Ji Xiao, suddenly frowning: “Who called her here?”

Ji Xiao was a few years younger than them and had been sickly since childhood, rarely leaving the house. When they all hung out, they had to go to her place, so why was she appearing in a bar?

“Sister Shiwei, I wanted to come myself.” Ji Xiao seemed startled tonight, her eyes wet and glistening with tears when she looked up at Gu Shiwei.

Gu Shiwei glanced at her, then looked away.

“Sister Shiwei, why didn’t you tell me you were back in the country? I heard from Qinghuan that they held a welcome party for you.”

Ji Xiao bit her lip, looking wronged. They used to be so close, but they hadn’t been in touch since Sister Shiwei went abroad, and she hadn’t even told her when she came back.

“We usually gather at bars, so we didn’t call you.”

Gu Shiwei finished speaking, found a clean sofa, and sat down. She put down the glass of wine Lin Qinghuan gave her and checked her phone.

The time was eight in the evening.

“Xiao Xiao, don’t overthink it. Shiwei didn’t call you because she was considering your health. Besides, you can’t drink, so why would we call you? To watch us drink? Don’t be upset, little darling. So, did you ask us out today just because of this? There’s no need. Your status as the group’s darling in our social circle is unshakeable, so rest assured—”

Gu Shiwei: “Lin Qinghuan, come and drink with me.”

Lin Qinghuan’s words to comfort Ji Xiao were suddenly interrupted by Gu Shiwei. She turned around, looking at the glass of wine Gu Shiwei had exiled to the table, and said meaningfully: “Didn’t you say you weren’t drinking?”

“I suddenly feel like it again.”

Gu Shiwei picked up the glass and took a small sip.

Lin Qinghuan had nothing to say about Gu Shiwei’s sudden capriciousness. She patted Ji Xiao’s shoulder, then plumped down next to Gu Shiwei.

Lin Qinghuan: “How’s the progress on the company side?”

Gu Shiwei didn’t look at Lin Qinghuan. She raised her glass, swirled it, and stared absently at the wine through the light with her light-colored eyes.

“It’s going well.”

“You’re the most successful one among us. You became a CEO right after graduation. They’re all so envious of you.” Lin Qinghuan took a sip of wine and said blandly, “Of course, I envy you too.”

Lin Qinghuan’s family had been doctors for generations. Although they had some wealth, it was insignificant compared to the Gu Corporation. The others present were similar. Ten years ago, they might have ranked well in Jinghai, but now, with new talents rising, they had been pushed onto the beach by the subsequent waves.

“Tell me, you have the education, the looks, the figure, and so much money that you couldn’t spend it all in several lifetimes. Why don’t you have a date?” Lin Qinghuan stared perplexedly at Gu Shiwei, then downed another mouthful of wine.

Gu Shiwei suddenly smiled and said: “I want to know too.”

It wasn’t that no men or women had confessed to Gu Shiwei before, but she was busy with her studies and had no mind for dating.

Even after graduating, she had no intention of finding a partner.

For some reason, Gu Shiwei suddenly thought of Shen Yuan. Her attitude towards herself couldn’t be called liking; it could even be called cold.

Was she, Gu Shiwei, really so unlikeable?

She had kindly helped her pay on the bus that day, yet later she was so aloof.

When they ran into each other on the road that night, she was eager to distance herself, and the next day she didn’t reply to her WeChat message.

Thinking of this, Gu Shiwei suddenly picked up her glass and took a large gulp of wine. The alcohol slid down her throat, suppressing a hint of her restlessness.

“My lady, take it easy. This wine has a strong kick, you can’t drink it like that.”

Lin Qinghuan quickly poured a fresh glass of wine and replaced the one in Gu Shiwei’s hand.

After doing this, Lin Qinghuan said: “Speaking of which, several younger guys and girls have asked me for your contact information, probably wanting to pursue you. Should I give them your contact info so you can chat privately?”

Lin Qinghuan was about to reach for her phone, but before Gu Shiwei could speak, Ji Xiao, who had been listening quietly, suddenly interrupted: “What? Someone wants to pursue Sister Shiwei?”

“Yeah, how could someone as beautiful as your Sister Shiwei not have admirers?” Lin Qinghuan suddenly smiled and gestured toward the door: “The people chasing her could line up from here to France.”

Gu Shiwei gave Lin Qinghuan a ‘you’re exaggerating’ look and said indifferently: “No need, not interested.”

Whether intentional or unintentional, this one sentence from her made both Lin Qinghuan and Ji Xiao fall silent.

“Serves you right for being single.”

After a moment, Lin Qinghuan finally said through gritted teeth.

Gu Shiwei raised her delicate eyebrows and suddenly smiled: “Aren’t you too? Who are you to talk about me?”

Gu Shiwei was very beautiful when she smiled. She was a mixed-race beauty with striking features, and slightly tipsy after a few sips of wine, her smile had a captivating, ‘foxy’ quality, alluring without even trying.

It was normal that such a person was hard to catch.

Lin Qinghuan and Ji Xiao were both stunned.

“Alright, I should go. You guys enjoy yourselves.”

Gu Shiwei checked her phone again. It was nine in the evening.

As Gu Shiwei stood up, Ji Xiao also rose from the sofa. She looked down and said sheepishly: “Sister Shiwei, thank you for helping me out tonight.”

Gu Shiwei: “You’re welcome.”

“You’ve been drinking, let me take you home.” Ji Xiao said, and was about to go over and support Gu Shiwei, but unexpectedly, Gu Shiwei directly put her arm around Lin Qinghuan’s shoulder and walked out with her: “No need. You stay here, it’s not safe to leave.”

Gu Shiwei lifted her chin, signaling towards the others in the room: “When the party ends, you leave with them. Qinghuan can see me out.”

Ji Xiao tightly gripped the luxurious folds of her skirt, meekly saying: “Okay then…”

“Okay, I’ll escort Miss Gu.”

Lin Qinghuan wasn’t particularly drunk. She helped Gu Shiwei walk out of the room.

The moment they left the room, Gu Shiwei’s arm left Lin Qinghuan’s shoulder. Her steps were steady, showing no sign of having drunk alcohol.

“Wait, Gu Shiwei, were you using me as a shield against your admirers?”

A gust of cold air made Lin Qinghuan realize what had happened.

It was obvious to anyone that Ji Xiao liked Gu Shiwei, but Gu Shiwei clearly wasn’t interested. Lin Qinghuan was careless today, having been set up by Ji Xiao, but they had grown up together, so she couldn’t fall out with her over something so small.

“You’re only just realizing it.” Gu Shiwei glanced at her, frowning slightly: “You’ve been burned so many times, how are you still so easily… manipulated?”

When Lin Qinghuan called Gu Shiwei, Gu Shiwei had already roughly guessed how this whole situation arose. Seeing Ji Xiao only confirmed her suspicions. The reason she didn’t call her out was simply because she didn’t want to make the scene too ugly.

However, Ji Xiao deliberately put herself in a dangerous situation, forcing Lin Qinghuan to call her over, just to meet her and say a few words?

Lin Qinghuan raised her hand in a pledge: “I’ll be careful in the future. Once bitten, twice shy.”

Gu Shiwei nodded, and reminded her again: “Don’t come to places like this often.”

“What’s the point of living if I can’t drink and look at beautiful women!”

“I’m telling you, Gu Shiwei, are you still saving yourself for Mingyue?” Other than that, Lin Qinghuan really couldn’t think of any other reason why Gu Shiwei had become so indifferent to dating.

Hearing the name Mingyue, Gu Shiwei suddenly paused.

Lin Qinghuan stared at her back, her pupils slowly widening: “No way, Miss Gu, is it really true? Is your first love that hard to forget?”

“Besides, that wasn’t even a first love, it barely even counts as an online relationship.”

Lin Qinghuan recalled. This whole thing had happened about eight years ago, she only remembered that Mingyue’s voice sounded nice, a very gentle ‘big sister’ voice, and it had completely charmed Gu Shiwei back then.

Lin Qinghuan was still chattering in her ear, but Gu Shiwei’s thoughts had already drifted far away.

She remembered the time eight years ago.

Two years before eight years ago, Gu Shiwei had just finished her college entrance exams and was bored during the summer break. On a whim, she played a game developed by the subsidiary of Qingfeng Group, published by Zhaoyang, which was born in the same year as Gu Shiwei, called Ask the Sword in the Jianghu (QJ).

At that time, Gu Shiwei was a total novice. She often fell to her death while leveling up, her gear was so poor that she counted killing monsters by the hour, and she could inexplicably drown just by walking in a river. She was a true newbie.

On the 156th time she was beaten by a monster, a crane cry came from the wind, and a rotating Five Elements and Eight Trigrams formation descended from the sky. A vibrating long sword was stuck in the middle of the formation, and a gorgeous, twin-tailed girl wearing a magnificent dress stepped on that sword. With just a sword-finger gesture, she wiped out all the monsters surrounding Gu Shiwei.

Gu Shiwei was undoubtedly mesmerized. She stared blankly at the magnificent and powerful girl on the screen, then looked at her own corner, dirty and weak, and realized for the first time how big the gap between people could be.

After mourning for herself for a second.

Gu Shiwei resolutely decided to cling to the master.

Zhaozhao: “Boss, taking on apprentices? QAQ”

Mingyue: “I don’t know how to teach apprentices 0.0”

Gu Shiwei thought the boss was politely declining and that their fate ended there. But the next second, the message box lit up again.

Mingyue: “But if you don’t mind, I can try. φ(oPO∗)”

Zhaozhao: “Of course I don’t mind! Master! (≥D≤)”

Gu Shiwei’s message was followed by the in-game emoji for ‘Disciple bows to Master!’

Mingyue: “Just call me Mingyue (=.=)”

Zhaozhao: “Okay!”