noffsinger Chapter 15 A Gentleman? They're all the same once their pants are off.
Chapter 15 A Gentleman? They're all the same once their pants are off.
Li Xi was attracted to Gu Zhen's appearance, but that was all.
She can be useless, but she can't be a third party who destroys other people's relationships.
Whenever Gu Zhen has a girlfriend, fiancée, or someone he's having an ambiguous relationship with, Li Xi will immediately get up and leave.
Gu Zhen seemed not to hear Li Xi's question. He got up and took the documents to his study.
As they reached the corner of the corridor, Shi Guzhen said, "I often go to that coffee shop, but today is the first time I've enjoyed the 'buy two, get one half price' offer."
Li Xi was taken aback.
After figuring out Gu Zhen's meaning, Li Xi couldn't help but smile and mutter, "Being single is fine, but why express it so subtly?"
He's really hiding his true colors.
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The rental agreement was made in duplicate, with one copy kept by Gu Zhen and one copy kept by Li Xi.
Holding her room key and contract, she had just left Gu Zhen's house when she heard Jiang Xinghe's door open.
"Cough!" Jiang Xinghe coughed against the door, startling Li Xi.
When Li Xi looked over, Jiang Xinghe asked with a half-smile, "Did you finish so quickly?"
Without much thought, Li Xi nodded without hesitation, "Of course, Professor Gu is a person who values efficiency, unlike you."
Jiang Xinghe exclaimed in surprise, "...He finished in just over twenty minutes? He's so young, and his kidney function is already failing?"
"Li Xi, while you're still young, hurry up and find someone else."
Li Xi then understood what Jiang Xinghe was thinking. "Jiang Xinghe, if you ever break your head, your brain will definitely be yellow."
"His mind is full of yellow scraps!"
Jiang Xinghe was extremely surprised. "What? You didn't go home with him just to sleep with him?"
Li Xi rolled her eyes. "Just because you can't control your lower body doesn't mean everyone else can. Our Professor Gu is a gentleman, pure and virtuous."
Jiang Xinghe: "Isn't it all the same once you take your pants off? If you don't believe me, go and pull down his pants and see if he's pure and innocent, a true gentleman."
"He will still stand up!"
Li Xi was too lazy to argue with him.
She walked to Jiang Xinghe's door and stood outside, saying, "Take my luggage out. I won't go into your house, lest you lose your temper and drag me to bed."
Jiang Xinghe sneered, "A tasteless bumpkin like you doesn't deserve to be in my bed."
Jiang Xinghe slammed the door shut and turned to go to the living room to get Li Xi's luggage.
Knowing that there was a portrait and memorial tablet of Li Xi's father in the luggage, Jiang Xinghe was very careful when handing the luggage to Li Xi.
"Which floor do you live on?"
Li Xi checked her luggage and said without looking up, "Professor Gu's building, 22nd floor."
"Then we're neighbors now. You don't have much luggage, so I won't help you unpack. I didn't sleep well last night, I'm going to catch up on my sleep."
After saying that, Jiang Xinghe tossed the car keys to Li Xi, "Go get the luggage from the trunk yourself. You can keep the car keys for now. I'll ask you for them when I need them."
"Oh, right." Before closing the door, Jiang Xinghe reminded Li Xi, "Help me get my things back as soon as possible."
When it came to serious matters, Li Xi didn't mince words. She said, "At the latest, Officer Zhou will provide clues by tomorrow night, and the Jiang family will definitely contact me then."
"Row."
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Apartment 2201 and Apartment 2301 are about the same size, but their interior layouts are completely different.
Li Xi had been to Gu Zhen's house. Gu Zhen's living room and dining room were actually quite small, so his bedroom must be very spacious.
Compared to Gu Zhen's house, the layout of Li Xi's apartment is more in line with the living habits of ordinary people.
The living and dining areas are larger, while the bedrooms are relatively smaller.
Knowing that the new tenants were in a hurry to move in, Gu Zhen called a housekeeping service in the morning to do a thorough cleaning of the apartment, so that it was ready for immediate move-in.
Li Xi put her luggage in the master bedroom and her computer, along with her father's portrait and memorial tablet, in the guest bedroom.
She sent Gu Zhen a WeChat message: "Could you give me the housekeeper's phone number? I plan to convert the guest room into a study, without a bed."
Li Xi's only two requirements for his study were that it be empty and quiet.
She's an orphan, and no one often comes to stay overnight at her house, so keeping this bed is a waste of space.
Gu Zhen gave her the housekeeper's number directly.
Li Xi called the housekeeper, who said it was too late and that noise was prohibited in the apartment after 9:30 pm, so they would have to come and clean up tomorrow morning.
Li Xi thought for a moment and said, "Then let's come again tomorrow afternoon." She probably wouldn't be able to get up in the morning.
By the time I finished packing, it was past midnight.
Li Xi put her phone on silent mode and finally got a good night's sleep.
When Li Xi opened her eyes again, the first thing she did was reach for her phone and check the time.
2:40.
Ok?
Li Xi jumped out of bed and pulled open the blackout curtains. The blinding sunlight rushed towards her, and she was stunned.
She slept for a whopping 14 hours!
That's amazing! Even pregnant women can't sleep as much as she does.
Back when she lived with the Xie family, Li Xi only slept seven hours a day, waking up twice during the night.
It's all because of the Xie family's bad feng shui!
While brushing her teeth, Li Xi checked her phone and discovered that an unknown number had been calling her repeatedly since 11 a.m.
I played six times in total, the last time being twenty minutes ago.
In addition, Officer Zhou also called her.
Li Xi first called Officer Zhou back.
It was quite noisy on Officer Zhou's end, so he raised his voice and said to Li Xi, "Ms. Li, our technicians have successfully repaired the hotel's surveillance cameras and have identified the poisoner."
At this point, Officer Zhou deliberately left people in suspense, asking Li Xi, "Have you guessed who it is?"
Li Xi held the phone away from her ear, pressed it, and then said, "Is this Miss Jiang?"
"Guessed it right."
"Ms. Jiang has been taken to the police station for questioning. Whether you want to settle this privately or go through the proper channels is up to you."
Officer Zhou knew that Li Xi's purpose was not to send Jiang Qingkong to jail, so he did not make a fuss when he sent his subordinates to arrest Jiang Qingkong.
"Thank you very much, Officer Zhou. I'll present you with a banner another day!"
Officer Zhou laughed heartily, saying that presenting a banner was much more to his liking than stuffing money into a cigarette box.
“Okay.” Officer Zhou shamelessly reminded Li Xi, “Remember to unfurl the banner and walk around the police station from the main entrance, making sure all your colleagues see it.”
"OK, no problem."
After hanging up with Officer Zhou, Li Xi ignored the unfamiliar number. She changed her clothes and then asked the housekeeper to come and move the bed.
The housekeeper arrived quickly, accompanied by two strong and burly security guards.
The security guard hunched over as he dismantled the bed, revealing a narrow but muscular lower back.
Li Xi asked the housekeeper, "Are the security guards in this building selected based on their looks and physique?"
The butler smiled and said, "Miss Li is joking, but we really don't have any ugly security guards." The ugly ones are all on the night shift.
There's nothing we can do; the apartment owner is obsessed with looks.
After dismantling the bed, the housekeeper said goodbye to Li Xi and left with the security guards and the bed.
Li Xi glanced at the car keys on the entryway cabinet and realized that she had forgotten to return Jiang Xinghe's car keys.
She sent Jiang Xinghe a WeChat message: 【Are you up yet?】
Jiang Xinghe sent her a picture of herself eating snail rice noodles.
Li Xi went upstairs to return the car keys.
Jiang Xinghe stood behind the door wearing a light gray pajama set. A pungent smell of snail rice noodles wafted out of the house. Seeing Li Xi frowning, he said, "The house smells too strong, so I won't invite you in to cook."
Reaching out to take the car keys, Jiang Xinghe asked Li Xi, "Has the Jiang family contacted you yet?"
"I've made a few calls, but I've put my phone on silent while I'm sleeping, so I haven't answered them yet."
“No wonder,” Jiang Xinghe told her, “Jiang Qingkong’s mother thought we were having an affair. She called me first thing this morning and asked me to threaten you into settling things privately.”
It must have been the scene of Jiang Xinghe accompanying Li Xi back to the Xie family to retrieve something yesterday that reached the ears of the Jiang family, and the stepmother assumed that the two were having an affair.
Li Xi said, "Don't worry about it, I'll handle this. Let's put your stepmother out of the picture for now."
Thinking of something, Li Xi added, "Where did you get your driver's license? Can you recommend a reliable driving school? I'm planning to get my license."
"You can't even drive?" Jiang Xinghe asked Li Xi. "How old are you?"
Li Xi: "22." She just graduated from university.
Jiang Xinghe leaned against the door frame and chuckled, "So you're a recent college graduate. No wonder you're so 'naive,' daring to drink any alcohol offered by just anyone."
Li Xi: "...I admit I'm stupid, but it's impolite of you to say that again."