novelraw Chapter 232 - 210: She Confessed to Me
Chapter 232 - 210: She Confessed to Me
Shen Yanchen ordered the dishes alone, but Fang Shaobei noticed that he had basically ordered all of Gu Qimiao’s favorite foods.Turns out, he’s not the only one who knows her so well.
After some pre-meal snacks were served, Gu Qimiao took a sip of juice and then asked Fang Shaobei, "Mr. Fang, why did you want to see me?"
Fang Shaobei hid his feelings well and smiled, "I just wanted to ask how you have been considering."
In fact, he already knew the answer. From the moment she came with Shen Yanchen, or rather when he decided to make that choice for her, he had already guessed the answer.
Gu Qimiao pressed her lips together and said, "Mr. Fang, I’m afraid I can’t go with you." Saying this, she looked at Shen Yanchen beside her and continued, "My home is here now."
Fang Shaobei nodded, "It’s alright. I’ll leave the gallery here for you to manage, and I’ll come back to check on it when I have time."
"Okay."
Shen Yanchen frowned as he looked at Fang Shaobei. Although he didn’t know the ins and outs, he roughly understood from this conversation that Fang Shaobei actually wanted to take Gu Qimiao away?
"Where to?" Shen Yanchen tilted his head to ask Gu Qimiao, with a hint of interrogation in his tone.
Gu Qimiao explained, "Mr. Fang is going back to Italy, I..."
"Do you want to go with him?" He interrupted Gu Qimiao’s words.
"I originally did... but now I have you." Gu Qimiao looked at him, her gaze carrying a bit of flattery.
Fang Shaobei looked at her, smiled but said nothing.
Shen Yanchen gave him a glare, naturally knowing his intention behind this.
Perhaps he should thank Fang Shaobei, otherwise, this girl certainly wouldn’t have confessed so easily.
But thinking about it also gave him a bit of a fright. If Gu Qimiao had really gone with him, that would be interesting. This Fang Shaobei, using public means for private gain!
"Mr. Fang, can’t you stay here? Didn’t you say before that you might not go back?" Having been teacher and student with Fang Shaobei for many years and working together all these years, thinking about him leaving made her a bit reluctant.
On the path of painting, without Fang Shaobei, there would be no her today. The help and encouragement he had given her were indispensable.
Hearing her words, Fang Shaobei felt quite gratified. It was enough that she was thinking of keeping him.
"After all these years there, it still feels more convenient over there."
"Will you come back here when you have time?"
Fang Shaobei looked at her, his smile slightly bitter, "It depends. If things are busy over there, there may not be much time to come back."
With her around, how could he not want to come back? But she had already chosen her future. Following Shen Yanchen, she would surely be happy, so he no longer had a reason to stay.
Sometimes he would think, if he had taken this step earlier all these years, letting her understand his feelings, would the result have been different?
But seeing Gu Moming’s ending, he thought, if he had revealed his feelings to her, she might have always avoided him. Gu Moming had been by her side all these years, but her heart was still with Shen Yanchen.
Gu Qimiao had also worked with him in Italy and understood how busy he was. So she smiled and said, "It’s okay, I will go find you."
"Alright, I will wait for you there."
Shen Yanchen gave Fang Shaobei another dissatisfied look, but the latter just smiled politely as always.
Gu Qimiao drank a lot of juice and went to the restroom in the middle, leaving the two men staring at each other.
Shen Yanchen was the first to speak, saying, "You’re pretty confident, aren’t you? You still wanted to take her away?"
"If you had held back a bit longer, maybe she would have gone with me."
Shen Yanchen took a sip of tea, a bit of smugness in his tone, "She confessed to me, just last night."
Fang Shaobei raised an eyebrow, clearly a bit surprised, but quickly regained his composure and said, "Not everyone is as lucky as you have been, to hold a place in her heart for so many years."
Shen Yanchen didn’t refute, indeed, he felt very lucky to have always been in her heart.
For over ten years, she could still remember him, he felt very fortunate. He never thought he could still hold a place in her heart after all these years, when she was only three, and even when they parted, she was just five. He always thought he was merely a passerby to her.
When Gu Qimiao returned, Shen Yanchen forced her to drink two bowls of chicken soup. She was very obedient and asked Fang Shaobei about his schedule during the meal. He’d be leaving early the next morning.
After lunch, Shen Yanchen received a call and had to go to the company. He initially wanted Gu Qimiao to go with him, but Fang Shaobei said he had some matters to explain to her at the gallery.
Thinking that Fang Shaobei would be leaving tomorrow, he felt there was no need to be so petty and let Gu Qimiao go.
Sitting in Fang Shaobei’s car, they were chatting, and Gu Qimiao casually joked, "Mr. Fang, are you really going to marry a foreign girl?"
Fang Shaobei’s eyes remained ahead, skillfully turning the steering wheel. He said while turning, "Foreign girls are not bad, a mixed-race baby would be nice."
"Then you’d better hurry up, your grandma is so anxious, aren’t you worried?"
Fang Shaobei turned his head to glance at her, "What, now that you’ve found someone, you’re trying to lecture me?"
Gu Qimiao smiled happily, "I’m not lecturing you, just saying that a man should get married. My brother is a few years younger than you, and his mother is already anxious."
Fang Shaobei said meaningfully, "Do you think everyone can find a mutual love like you? This matter depends on fate, you can’t rush it when it’s a lifetime commitment."
"How do you know we’re mutually in love?" Gu Qimiao seemed slightly surprised.
"When Shen Yanchen appeared, your eyes lit up. Do you think I couldn’t see that?"
Gu Qimiao smiled shyly and asked again, "But how did you know he liked me?"
Had she not seen Shen Yanchen’s notebook, she might still not know that the person he liked all along was her.
"Him? He placed an order worth billions at the gallery and took you to his company, and you still don’t see it?"
Gu Qimiao paused, "But he said it was for the company’s anniversary decorations, and since you and he are good friends, I thought he was just supporting your business."
Fang Shaobei laughed, "Honestly, it’s rare to see two people with a mutual secret crush come together like you guys."
Gu Qimiao pursed her lips and then complained, "Then why didn’t you tell me if you knew?"
Fang Shaobei hid his thoughts well, his demeanor still as calm as usual, with a hint of a smile in his tone, "Even I can’t handle my own business, how could I bother with yours?"
"Ding— Ding—" Gu Qimiao’s phone rang, and Fang Shaobei glanced at the name on the screen and teased, "Can’t stand being apart for just a moment?"