Chapter 43: Chapter 43: You staring at me like this now, are you tempting me to commit a crime?

"Alright, alright, I was wrong. I won’t say that again."

Ji Wei laughed as she wrapped her arms around her father’s neck, though a faint unease lingered in her heart.

After finishing breakfast, Ji Yunli headed to the company.

Meanwhile, Ji Wei went to Cuiya Residence to chat with her grandmother, stayed for lunch, and then returned to her room.

She had intended to take a nap, but no matter how much she tossed and turned, she couldn’t fall asleep.

Now that Gu Moqian wasn’t around, why did she feel like something was missing?

Even though they had just seen each other this morning.

What was he doing now? Was he in a meeting, handling business affairs, or perhaps out negotiating partnerships at a social event?

Unable to control her thoughts from wandering to Gu Moqian, Ji Wei grumbled inwardly and sat up in frustration, grabbing her phone from the bedside table.

"I think I might be missing you a little."

She quickly typed out a message and sent it, leaving herself no room for second thoughts or regrets.

After sending the text, Ji Wei kept her eyes fixed on the phone screen, terrified she might miss his reply.

Ding-dong.

later, her phone buzzed with a new

as she opened it eagerly, only to feel a pang of disappointment. It was just

phone to silent mode and shoved

"Miss, Miss..."

haze of sleep, she faintly heard someone calling her. Furrowing her brows, she

herself up halfway and saw Aunt Liu standing at the

it, Aunt

in the living room. He said he’s here to pick

Pick me up?

Wei noted it was only three-thirty in the afternoon. Wasn’t he supposed to pick her up in

I’ll be

later, Ji Wei was seated securely in

exuded understated sophistication and elegance,

one wall, offering a bird’s-eye view of Rongcheng’s bustling

curiously surveyed her surroundings,

was her first time in Gu Moqian’s office, so naturally,

appeared before her was a spacious lounge, fully furnished with a kitchen and bedroom—ready for someone to move in at a

must be where Gu Moqian stayed when he

room’s understated luxury, Ji Wei found herself wandering

bookshelf filled with an impressive collection of books—half of them

caught sight of a photo

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