"I'll be too busy, probably not able to spare any time," Qin Zhi'ai said .
"You're right . Can you write down the steps for me? I'll follow your recipe to make it for Mr . Gu . If you have time, you can make it, too," the housekeeper joked with a smile . "Mr . Gu must like your cooking more . "
Qin Zhi'ai curled her mouth up, but she didn't say anything back . Instead, she immediately looked down to hide her sadness, then she turned around and walked out of the dining room .
…
The day before, Gu Yusheng had slept soundly at the Four Seasons Hotel . He was woken up by the landline phone in the room .
Actually, he hadn't slept that long, but he felt like it had been more than a century . When he woke up, he wasn't sure what day it was .
The phone kept ringing, so he frowned and picked it up . It wasn't the hotel staff . Instead, tt was his driver, Xiaowang . He sounded worried when he said, "Master Gu, it's me, Xiaowang . "
Gu Yusheng sounded a little grumpy and sleepy at first, since he had been woken up by the call . "What's going on?" Gu Yusheng asked .
"Something happened at the Shanghai office . They need someone from headquarters to help them . Master Gu, who do you think we should send there—" Gu Yusheng interrupted without evening asking what was wrong with the Shanghai branch . "Book a plane ticket for me . I'll go there . "
Xiaowang seemed to be shocked by Gu Yusheng's decision . He had been so mad the previous day and smashed his whole office . He was shocked for a second before he responded to Gu Yusheng, "Yes, Master Gu . "
"I'll be waiting for you outside of the Four Seasons Hotel in half an hour . On the way, can you stop by a mall and buy me a new cell phone?" After pausing for a second, Gu Yusheng gave more instructions to Xiaowang . "There are clean clothes in my room at the office . Can you bring two outfits for me?"
After they hung up the phone, Gu Yusheng leaned back on the headboard of the bed . He lit a cigarette and held it between his fingers, taking the time to smoke it . After he finished the cigarette, he flipped the blankets open and got out of bed . He walked to the bay window and opened the curtain to see how beautiful the night view of the city was .
Gu Yusheng stared at the view outside the window for a long time until his eyes became sore . He looked at the watch on his wrist, anticipating when Xiaowang would come so that he could put on his clothes and walk downstairs .
On the way to the airport, Xiaowang remembered he hadn't booked a return ticket for Gu Yusheng . He asked, "Master Gu, it's not a serious issue at the Shanghai branch . I think things will be settled by tomorrow morning . Should I book a ticket back to Beijing for tomorrow afternoon?"
Gu Yusheng watched the street lights pass by outside the window . He looked like he was lost in thought . After a long time, he responded affirmatively to Xiaowang . He turned around and took a look at Xiaowang, saying calmly, "No rush . You can book it for later . "
The reason he was going to Shanghai was to go to a different place and relax a bit .
Thinking of this, Gu Yusheng said, "Didn't the Shanghai Finance channel ask me to do an interview with them a couple times before? Contact them to see when they would be free to interview me in the next few days . "
"Yes, Master Gu . " Xiaowang had worked for Gu Yusheng for many years . He might not have understood every thought in Gu Yusheng's mind, but he could at least guess at most of them . He had never seen Gu Yusheng expose himself to the media . If he wanted to do an interview, he was merely looking for excuses to not go back to Beijing .
Chapter end
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