NOVEL NEXT Chapter 85: Why did he feel that his boss had been very out of character as of late? (1)
Looking at how excited Dong Mingming was in gossiping, Gu Xi’s lips twitched. She patted Dong Mingming on her shoulder and really wanted to tell her that dating at such a young age was just wrong.
As it turned out, Gu Xi didn’t even have the chance to say those words out before the group walked over to them.
Someone stopped the two of them.
“Hi there, fellow schoolmate, we are working on a Wall of Smiles for our Art Festival next month. Our goal is to put people’s smiling pictures on a display wall.” One of the girls explained to Gu Xi and Dong Mingming. She then asked, “Can we can picture of the two of you?”
Gu Xi and Dong Mingming exchanged a look.
Right at this moment, Gu XueEr, who had just finished the props walked over. She seemed to have been taken aback a little when she saw Gu Xi but recovered quickly.
Giving the two of them a friendly smile, she said to them, “This is a very meaningful activity. We will be placing the Wall of Smiles in front of the largest wall at the Art Festival’s main venue. It will look amazing. You can think of it as your contribution toward the Art Festival.
“Nor would you need to feel embarrassed. The wall will be huge and there will be many other students up there with you.”
One must say that this Beauty Queen was quite convincing.
“Oh, alright then.” Gu Xi and Dong Mingming nodded.
“Awesome.” Gu XueEr smiled and called out to another student, “Can you take a picture of them?”
Gu Xi and Tong Mianmian followed the other student to the front of the props.
Gu XueEr ran back over with two headgears in her hands.
“Oh, I almost forgot. Why don’t you put this on too?”
One was a green alien and the other was a small sunflower. Both of them were hollowed out in the middle for the head to fit inside.
Dong Mingming, “……” Why did she feel that this was a set up all along?
Gu Xi, “……” Is it too late to run away now?
After the photos were taken, the two “youngsters” returned to their classroom.
Dong Mingming was still going on and on about it, “Do you think my life-long reputation is going to be ruined by that headgear?
“What am I going to do? The photo wall will be placed at the most eye-catching location at the venue. It will be so embarrassing if anyone sees them!
“I looked on our way out. There were bunny ones, Hello Kitty… … all of the other cute ones. Why did they have to give me such an ugly one?”
Gu Xi patted Dong Mingming on her shoulder again to express that she did want to say anything. At the very minimum, Dong Mingming got the little sunflower one. What about her bizarre ET one?
That being said, the two quickly forgot about this encounter.
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After school that afternoon, Gu Xi saw the familiar-looking car parked not too far away when she walked out of the school.
She parted ways with Dong Mingming and hopped into the car.
She, however, did not see Gu Shao in the car.
“Uncle Xiao Fei,” said Gu Xi. She wondered why Gu Xi wasn’t there when Xu Fei was there in the passenger seat.
“How’s your day at school today, Xiao Xi?”
“Not bad,” said Gu Xi with a smile.
Noticing the disappointment in Gu Xi’s smile, Xu Fei quickly figured it out and explained, “Boss was going to come pick you up but there were some last-minute issues during the product testing and Boss was called away. He had me come to pick you up first.”
What he said made Gu Xi somewhat nervous. “Product testing? Is everything okay?”
“It’s all fine.” Xu Fei waved his hand then carried on to say, “We figured out that the issue laid with a connecting part and we are handling it right now as we speak. It shouldn’t take long.”
Gu Xi nodded.