dognovel Chapter 94: The Identity is Revealed!
Chapter 94: The Identity is Revealed!
Shang Shixu looked up, his phoenix eyes slightly narrowed.
A strong sense of eeriness washed over me.
His gaze swept over that face inch by inch.
He looked from face to feet, and then from feet to face.
This face looks almost exactly the same as in the photos.
She looked a little rounder than when I saw her two weeks ago.
However, that's not the point.
The key question is, why does he experience such a strong sense of disconnect?
Is it because... we're not used to seeing her face yet?
Despite the man's sharp gaze, Gu Manning forced herself to remain calm and sat down opposite him.
Shang Shixu's scrutinizing gaze remained unchanged as he reached out and pushed the menu over.
"Let's order."
Gu Manning remembered Jiang Wan's instructions and handed over the task of taking orders to her.
She immediately typed a line in her phone's notes:
You order, my throat hurts.
Turn the phone over and show it to him.
Shang Shixu glanced at it and pressed the button on the table.
The waiter entered quickly.
He rattled off a long list of menu items.
After the waiter left, the private room became somewhat quiet.
Following Jiang Wan's instructions, Gu Manning typed a line again, mimicking her conversational tone:
Brother, why aren't you saying anything?
Shang Shixu subconsciously frowned.
He suppressed his sense of rejection and replied indifferently, "I don't know what to say."
The awkward silence was also within the pre-set scenario provided by Jiang Wan.
Gu Manning simply copied the answer.
Are you still not used to me showing my face?
Shang Shixu hummed in agreement.
I found another reason in my mind to justify this feeling of division.
Perhaps because they can't hear familiar voices, they can't connect them with faces.
Shang Shixu forced himself to hold back a little longer, thinking that perhaps that familiar feeling would return soon.
Seeing that he really didn't want to talk, Gu Manning didn't say anything more.
Jiang Wan once said that if the conversation doesn't go well, one should remain silent.
When the waiter came in to serve the food, both of them felt a sense of relief.
The aroma of the food eased the awkward atmosphere a little.
Shang Shixu picked up his chopsticks and began to eat.
Gu Manning also quietly started working.
The only sound in the private room for a moment was the clinking of bowls and chopsticks.
Meanwhile, at S University's girls' dormitory.
Jiang Wan sat at her desk, silently memorizing key points.
However, as he recited the poem, his thoughts began to wander, and he couldn't help but glance at the phone on the table.
Zhou Feiyan, sitting in the chair behind her, turned around, holding a large roll of cold noodles.
With greasy lips, he asked, "Wanwan, this cold noodle roll is so delicious, are you sure you don't want a few bites?"
"You eat it, I have no appetite."
"All right."
Zhou Feiyan turned around and continued eating by herself.
Jiang Wan stared at her phone for a few seconds, picked it up and threw it into the drawer, but suddenly stopped as she closed it.
No.
What if Gu Manning asks for help but I don't hear her?
She sighed and took her phone out again.
Since she couldn't memorize it anyway, Jiang Wan simply lay down on the table and idly tapped her phone screen with her fingertips.
It's 6:30 now.
They should have already started eating.
I hope everything goes well...
*
Inside a private room at a private restaurant in the clouds.
Shang Shixu discreetly sized up the person opposite him.
His cold gaze was devoid of any emotion.
No matter how he looked at it, he couldn't find that sense of familiarity.
But reality was telling him that this face belonged to Gu Manning.
He couldn't feel a single emotion towards her.
Jiang Wan's image appeared in Shang Shixu's mind.
Putting aside appearances.
Jiang Wan made him feel "similar", while Gu Manning in front of him "did not".
The answer is obvious.
Shang Shixu felt as if he had been hit hard by a stone, and a dull pain shot through his chest.
He took a deep breath and decided to test it.
Gu Manning, sitting across the table, realized that this meeting wasn't as scary as she had imagined.
Finish eating quickly, and find an excuse to slip away.
She picked up a shrimp dumpling and put it in her mouth, when Shang Shixu's nonchalant voice came from across the table.
"I remember you didn't like shrimp dumplings."
Gu Manning paused in her chewing, her mind flashing back to the "tips for improvisation" that Jiang Wan had once taught her.
When someone brings up a topic, don't panic. First, acknowledge their point, and then offer your own thoughts.
Gu Manning swallowed her food in a few bites and picked up her phone to type.
I don't like it, but I'd like to try it occasionally.
After you finish playing, show it to the other person.
A cold light flashed in Shang Shixu's eyes, and he gave a very faint "hmm".
Gu Manning silently breathed a sigh of relief.
Neither of them spoke again after that.
Shang Shixu held his phone and sent a message to his family's driver.
Tell him to go and check the rear-seat surveillance footage from the Rolls-Royce on April 19th.
Gu Manning was enjoying her meal, completely unaware that her identity had been exposed.
Shang Shixu discovered the truth with a seemingly insignificant test.
Jiang Wan had casually praised the shrimp dumplings at the restaurant during her last visit.
Gu Manning finished eating quickly and wiped her mouth with a tissue.
My gaze fell on the white box with gold trim next to Shang Shixu's hand.
If I'm not mistaken, that should be her birthday present.
She quickly gave it to him and then slipped away.
She picked up her phone and typed the following:
Is that box next to me a birthday present for me?
After reading Shang Shixu's work, he coldly uttered two words.
"no."
Gu Manning was embarrassed when she guessed wrong.
She felt that she and Shang Shixu were completely incompatible.
It must be tough on Wanwan to be such a cold and arrogant man.
She continued typing:
Brother, I have something to do, I have to go now.
Contact via mobile phone
She smiled and flipped the screen to show Shang Shixu.
The man gave a blank "hmm".
Gu Manning ignored his cold attitude, picked up her bag and left.
"Bang."
The door to the private room closed behind her, and she breathed a sigh of relief.
After walking out the gate and getting into the car, and making sure she was safe, Gu Manning called Jiang Wan.
S University.
Jiang Wan's cell phone rang.
She ran to the balcony and quickly answered the call.
"How is it?"
On the other end of the phone, Gu Manning's melodious voice came through: "Successfully completed."
Hearing those four words, Jiang Wan breathed a sigh of relief, but still asked with unease, "How was his attitude today?"
"His attitude... was neither warm nor cold."
"I barely exchanged more than a few words with him."
"He didn't seem to have much of an appetite, only ate a few bites, and kept checking his phone, so he probably had some important work to do."
"After I finished eating, I said I had something to do, and he didn't say anything, so I just left."
Jiang Wan was a little confused.
Why is it different when I'm with her?
Could it be that you've encountered some difficulties at work, which is why you're not in the mood to get physical?
Seeing that Jiang Wan remained silent, Gu Manning continued:
"Don't worry, someone as proud as Shang Shixu would never expect someone to lie to him about something like this."
"We're about the same height and build, and I talked to him the way you taught me, so he shouldn't suspect anything."
Jiang Wan agreed with her statement.
Given Shang Shixu's personality, he wouldn't believe that anyone would dare to lie to him about something like this.
Besides, if he really had suspicions, he wouldn't have let Gu Manning go so easily.
Jiang Wan's anxiety subsided for the time being.
However, today is only the first hurdle.
He will have to stay for a few more days, and there will be other challenges ahead.
"Okay, don't go on business trips for the next few days. He might ask to meet up at any time."
"Yes, I know."
Jiang Wan hung up the phone and logged back into Facebook.
the other side.
Shang Shixu was holding his phone and watching the car's surveillance footage.
In the video, he is wearing an eye mask and leaning back in his chair.
A girl dressed in white sportswear sat next to him.
She slowly removed the covering from her face, revealing a face without makeup.
Even though he had already guessed the answer, Shang Shixu still gasped for breath when he saw that face.
My brain was buzzing, and all sorts of memories flashed through my mind.
Those lies that came out of thin air, those carefully crafted sweet words.
It was all a scam tailor-made for him.
"Jiang Wan...you're really great!"