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.

minute later, her phone

to feel a pang of disappointment. It was just a promotional text from 10086 about

switched her phone to silent mode and

"Miss, Miss..."

someone calling her. Furrowing her brows, she forced her

propped herself up halfway and saw Aunt Liu standing at

is it, Aunt

living room. He said

Pick me up?

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

I’ll be

an hour later, Ji Wei was seated securely in

office exuded understated sophistication and elegance, mirroring his

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

surroundings, looking left and then

her first time in Gu Moqian’s office, so

before her was a spacious lounge, fully furnished with a kitchen

Gu Moqian stayed when

room’s understated luxury, Ji Wei found herself

at a bookshelf filled with an impressive collection of books—half of them in English—which

she caught sight of a photo of

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