The Whole Internet is Shipping Me with My Ex-Boyfriend-Chapter 279: A Gift for Chi Yu

Early the next morning, just at dawn.

Gu Yuan got up at seven-thirty, first heading to the adjacent children’s room to have a look. On usual mornings when she rose early to the children’s room, she could see the soft little bundle sprawled comfortably, sleeping soundly on the pink princess bed.

Today, when she came to check early, there was no one on the princess bed.

Looking around, there was no one in the entire children’s room either.

Gu Yuan went downstairs to search around, finally finding the little bundle’s figure in the vegetable garden on the east side.

"Suisui."

Gu Yuan stood outside the fence and called out.

Suisui had sneaked up early in the morning and came out barefoot looking for her mother to change her clothes.

Seeing the little princess with her wild hairstyle so early in the morning, her mother was already used to it. Holding the little princess, she went to the dressing room to change her clothes. As the weather was good today and fearing it might get too hot, the mother also tied two braids at the back for the little princess.

She is Miss Gu’s daughter, the little mistress of the Gu Mansion. The mother told herself not to kiss her too many times, but still couldn’t help secretly stealing one kiss before carrying the little princess downstairs.

Uncle Xiang took a hoe and scissors and headed to the east side where they had tilled the soil and planted vegetables the previous year.

Suisui followed along, the old man and the little girl walking one after the other.

The morning sun was about to rise in the east, and the early morning light was like a fine, dense layer shining down. As Suisui walked, wearing a straw hat and holding her head high, the light fell on her face like a thin layer of powder, blending with the fine soft fuzz on her cheeks.

"Grandpa Xiang, can we eat the beans now?"

"Yes, we can stir-fry the beans tonight."

"What about this dark one?"

"Little Princess, that’s not dark, it’s green. That’s called a cucumber, and it will be a couple more days before we can eat it."

"Oh."

Even though she answered, Suisui tiptoed and took a bite out of that palm-sized cucumber.

It’s tasty.

She took another bite.

Still tasty.

By the time Uncle Xiang had walked halfway around the garden to where she was, he saw a cucumber with several bite marks, pitifully hanging and swaying.

"Huh?" Uncle Xiang was puzzled. He looked around and then at the ground: "Could there be mice??"

The bite marks looked like they came from a mouse.

They looked quite fresh, probably just bitten recently.

No way, he had to look for the mice.

"Suisui."

At this moment, Gu Yuan’s voice came from outside the fence.

In the vegetable garden, Suisui, who had just done some mischief, looked up when she heard her mother’s call, with evidence of her stealing — a cucumber seed sticking to her lips.

"Mama." Suisui’s eyes squinted with a smile.

Gu Yuan walked over toward her.

She wasn’t fully dressed up, just wore a brown dress, with her hair pinned up with a hairpin, and slippers on her feet, radiating a casual, lazy beauty.

After approaching, she spotted the cucumber seed on Suisui’s lips, crouched down to pull Suisui closer, tidied her clothes, combed through her messy light brown hair, straightened the tilted straw hat, and asked, "Are you hungry?"

Suisui shook her head: "Not hungry."

Uncle Xiang came over and said to Gu Yuan, "Miss Gu, there seems to be a mouse in this vegetable garden. It seems we need to prepare some traps."

Gu Yuan looked up and asked, "What did the mouse eat?"

Uncle Xiang showed her the cucumber with bite marks in his hand, "This cucumber hasn’t even grown up yet. Yesterday it looked fine, but today there’s such a big bite mark. Looks like a mouse did this."

Gu Yuan couldn’t hold back her laughter: "We’ve found the mouse."

Uncle Xiang was surprised, only to see Miss Gu turning the little princess around. The little princess looked up, cucumber seed evidence of her stealing still on her mouth.

The culprit was right there.

The evidence was conclusive!!

Uncle Xiang then realized: "So it was Suisui who stole the cucumber!"

Suisui gave a charming smile, unclear why she couldn’t eat them, as long as they were tasty, she would eat them.

Uncle Xiang had initially been contemplating secretly about preparing more traps or mousetraps, but knowing that the little mouse was Suisui, Uncle Xiang found it both amusing and annoying.

"Little Princess, you can’t eat cucumbers that small; they need to grow a bit more before you can pick them to eat." Uncle Xiang said smilingly.

Suisui half-understood: "But it tastes good."

Uncle Xiang said: "If it’s not ripe and you eat too much, you’ll get a stomachache."

Upon hearing about getting a stomachache, Suisui held her belly: "No, I didn’t."

Uncle Xiang laughed heartily.

"Suisui." Gu Yuan turned her daughter to face her.

Suisui looked at Gu Yuan with her beautiful eyes.

Gu Yuan knew her daughter was still young and needed to be taught slowly and asked, "Do you know that was wrong?"

Suisui nodded: "Yes, I know~"

"Will you do it next time?"

"I will."

"..."

It was like saying: I know I’m wrong, but I won’t change!

Gu Yuan couldn’t get angry, she was just a bit helpless, her early morning mood dictated by Suisui.

In these three years, apart from work, Suisui was her everything.

She brought life back into her due to Chi Yu’s departure.

In her once dull and gloomy life, the first ray of light was Chi Yu, and the second was Chi Yao.

Chi Yao is the full name following Chi Yu’s surname, with the nickname Suisui.

However, Gu Yuan rarely calls her by her full name, both outside and at home, preferring to use her nickname Suisui. Sometimes Sheng Yi likes to add a Gu before Suisui, effortlessly calling out Gu Suisui.

So others only know that Suisui’s surname is Gu, unaware of the name Chi Yao.

She still remembers when she became pregnant with Suisui; it was within her expectations. Before that, she had taken precautions, except for that night when she took the initiative not to.

She originally planned that Chi Yu would stay longer this time, at least not leave in such a rush. It was already December, and there was more than a month until the New Year. She thought if she really got pregnant, it would be a gift for him before he left, and they could spend the New Year together.

Life is always unpredictable.

Such a pity, Chi Yu doesn’t know she gave birth to a daughter for him.

On the way back with Suisui in her arms, Suisui took her hat off and put it on Gu Yuan’s head.

The hat was too small and unsteady, so Suisui held it with her little hand, saying: "Mommy is so pretty."

"Suisui is also very pretty."

Suisui continued with enthusiasm: "Mommy’s dress is so pretty."

Gu Yuan then asked her: "What color is it?"

Suisui thought for a moment and said: "Green."

"No."

"Pink."

"It’s brown."

"Oh~~ Brown~"

Actually, Suisui still can’t distinguish colors well.

Except for white, she can’t tell other colors apart and always guesses randomly when asked. But Suisui speaks very clearly, and apart from being shy, she’s especially lively around familiar people.

Today Suisui doesn’t have to go to early education classes, so Gu Yuan plans to let her stay home and play, and she’ll come back at noon to have lunch with her.

Gu Family doesn’t need Gu Yuan there for now, as there are many matters with Yingcan lately.

The drama "Heavenly Emperor as a Partner" has been in preparation for three years. It’s a major production by Yingcan, and the original novel topped popularity charts for three consecutive editions.

After Yingcan bought the rights, they began intense adaptation and production.

Just building the film base with huge investment took almost three years, and costumes and props were prepared over three years, with the main characters having dozens of costumes all hand-stitched.

The adaptation is now complete.

Costumes and props are ready.

Most of the casting is finalized.

However, the schedules for the male and female leads haven’t been set. Currently negotiating are some hot stars and top talents, with Yingcan being cautious, paying close attention to the opinions of the original fans. The unscheduled timing is just an excuse for the public; in reality, they’re still selecting.

The remaining roles for the second and third male leads, and the second female lead, are still being recruited through auditions.

Last night, Zhou Huai didn’t encounter a wealthy woman who could see through his facade but instead ran into a boss who wanted to ’pull strings’ with him.

The other party slipped a business card into his waistband, leaving Zhou Huai stunned, frustrated all night, and feeling weak and downcast this morning.

Even though he bowed to life.

But!

He really can only accept a two hundred-pound wealthy woman; ’pulling strings’ is something he absolutely ’can’t handle’.

He glanced at Chi Yu, seeing him show up at the company like clocking in, ready to leave right after.

Zhou Huai called out: "Hey, buddy."

Chi Yu turned his head at the sound.

Zhou Huai walked over, slung an arm over Chi Yu: "Where did you go last night? Did you secretly hook up with a wealthy lady with decent qualities?"

Chi Yu glanced at him, removing the arm around his shoulder: "What does my business have to do with you."

"Of course it does. We joined the company on the same day as newbies. What you don’t have, I don’t have; what you want, I also want. So, did you really hook up with a wealthy lady?"

Chi Yu’s expression was cold, obviously not wanting to bother. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

Zhou Huai said: "Did you really meet a wealthy lady? Wow, how did you get so lucky? I’m just miserable, met someone who wanted to pull my strings."

Too noisy.

Chi Yu walked away.

Zhou Huai chased after him: "Buddy, do me a favor."

"What do you want?" Chi Yu didn’t stop walking.

Zhou Huai, following Chi Yu’s steps, said: "Can you ask the wealthy lady you found if she has any friends? Age isn’t a concern, it doesn’t matter if they’re not pampering. If she wants me, I’d take off her socks myself."

Chi Yu: "..."

Finally stopped, Chi Yu looked sideways at Zhou Huai with an expression of speechless disbelief: "Are you short on money?"

Zhou Huai responded with an upbeat smile: "I’ve got no special skills, just this face that’s decent. Knowing this industry gets money fast. If I weren’t short, would I be in this line? Otherwise, I’d be doing cons."

"Then why not do cons?"

"Don’t feel right about it, I’ve still got to accumulate good karma."

"You’re already this far, and still want karma?" Chi Yu sneered.

Zhou Huai’s smile faded, and his voice dropped: "For my sister’s karma, she’s still in the hospital, needs money, a lot of money..."

Chi Yu paused silently.

Then asked: "How much do you need?"

Zhou Huai’s carefree smile returned: "Buddy, don’t think of helping me out; we’re the same. If you’ve got spare money, you’ve got to live. Help me when you’re really well-off."

Before he could finish speaking, Chi Yu handed over a card: "There’s a hundred thousand here; is that enough?"

Zhou Huai: "..."

Totally stunned on the spot!!

Couldn’t believe it!

Just too absurd!!!